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沈阳铁路实验中学2015—2016学年度上学期期中测试高二英语第Ⅰ卷（选择题共 115 分）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑ALos Angeles: Love for Mom is necessary, but buying flowers on her big day may not be.A slump in flower sales since late last year was likely to continue through Mother’s Day, another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears, which is a period of reduced trade and business activity, and increasing food and gasoline prices.“if you look at what has happened on V alentine’s Day and Christmas, the market for flowers has cooled,” said Eric Beder, an analyst at Brean Murray. “Growth has slowed in the past two quarters. Mother’s Day will probably be a slow quarter, too.”US flo ral sales for Mother’s Day, celebrated yesterday, will fall thirteen percent this year to $2 billion, with consumers spending an average of $17.65, according to the National Federation estimates.Mother’s Day, which accounts for a one-quarter of annual holiday purchases, according to the Society of American Florists, is traditionally the day when flowers are delivered to the doorsteps of many mothers.But this year, the shop-owners are concerned.Gabriel Soto, who owns a flower shop beneath an office high-rise in the Los financial district, is expecting lower sales—and has ordered 30 percent fewer flowers than normal this Mother’s Day. Last month, Soto, who also operates nearby building that was headquarters to a mortgage company. After workers lost their jobs due to the housing crisis, orders decreased.1.The underlined word “slump” in Para. 2 probably means _______.A. sharp decrease in priceB. great fear for losing jobsC. global worry of floral storesD. sudden fall by a large amount2.This passage implies that Americans have _______.A. Met financial problems recentlyB. No longer bought flowers for mothersC.delivered flowers to every house for mothersD.cut back on spending because of having lost jobs3.Which would be the best title for this passage?A. Hard time coming nearerB. Mother’s day and crisisC. Sorry mom, love you but no flowersD. Holiday purchases have a hard timeBIKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a natural businessman. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in his community. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward fro his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a business—IKEA.IKEA’s name comes from Kamprad’s initials(I.K.) and teh place where he grew up (‘E’ and ’A’). Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture, but it was not a furniture company in the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods.Kamprad’s wares included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices, including watches, pens and stockings.IKEA first began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947. The furniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprad’s home. Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line. Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture company in 1951.In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its spacious stores with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early 1950s, people ordered from catalogues. Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming people loved being able to see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive. By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling(拆卸) a table to make it easier to transport. Kamprad was inspired. The man had given him a great idea flat packaging. Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales soared. The problem was that peoplehad to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations (内涵) of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for the company, leading to better sales and continued expansion.Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company. In 2004 he was named the world’s richest man. He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing.4.The author states in Paragraph 6 that flat packaging_______.A. needs large space to assembly furnitureB. is a business concept inspired by KampradC. helps reduce transportation costsD. makes the company self-sufficient5.What is the main idea of the passage?A. Ingvar Kamprad is the richest man in teh world.B. IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer.C. The advantage of IKEA’s furniture is dissembling.D. Ingvar Kamprad established IKEA and led it to great success.6.What is the author’s attitude towards IKEA’s future according to the last paragraph?A. Indifferent.B. Optimistic.C. Doubtful.D. Pessimistic.7.The passage is developed primarily in terms of _______.A. order of eventsB. analysis of a processC. examples that illustrate(阐释) a problemD. comparison and contrastCService Trips for High School StudentsAre you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people? Learn all about the world of building and maintaining hiking trails, and experience it in a safe, teamwork-rented environment in various locations across the state. WTA offers first-time participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in back country(边远地区).Front Country TripsOur front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean, in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington. All our trips provide you with experienced crewleaders, a great project, some camping tents, sleeping bags and all your meals for the week.Advanced Back Country TripsOn these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision of a WTA crew leader. Approval from a previous crew leader is necessary.Trip DetailsIn 2015, trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip. Non-members will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip. There will be a $30 cancellation fee for cancellations less than 30 days prior to the trip. Due to the popularity of our trips, please submit your payment and application within two weeks of signing up for a trip. If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call us at 206/625-1367 or email trail_teams@.ScholarshipsWe believe no student should have to stay a t home this summer because he or she can’t afford to go outside. Thanks to donations from members and supporters, WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Application deadline: March 1, 2015.8.If you are going on one of the trips for the first time, you can’t go on trips ________.A. Near the oceanB. In the back countryC.in the Cascade MountainsD. in northeast Washington9.How much will you have to pay for your second trip if you’re not a WTA member?A. $145B. $185C. $195D. $23510.After choosing a trip, you ________.A. will naturally become a WTA memberB. can cancel your trip and get all your money backC. will be added to the waiting listD. must submit your payment and application within two weeks11.You must be lucky enough to obtain a scholarship if you _______.A. apply before March 1,2015B. donate a little money to WTAC. support WTA by advertisingD. volunteer in your high schoolDEducating Girls Is a Real LifesaverClare Short know it. Every developing economist knows it. The World Bank knows it. The education of girls is the surest way to reduce poverty.The reason is simple. All the evidence shows that taking girls out of the fields and homes, and putting them behind desks, raises economic productivity, lowers infant and maternal(产科) death rate, reduces birth rates, and improves environmental management.Why, then, are 90 million primary school-age girls around the world not in school? For the same reason that when Charles Dickens was writing David Copperfield 150 yeas ago girls were absent from the British education system : Men in power mostly prefer it that way, or are not interested enough in changing the situation to commit energy and money to doing so.The countries with the poorest record for having women in positions of power or influence have the worst figures for girls’ education. High-profile intervention(介入) by organization s such as the World Bank has begun successfully with several countries, and more of the same will probably be needed to bring change in conservative, male-run states.Even if there were no development pay-off from gender equality in schools, the education of girls would still be a cause worth fighting for. Education is a human right, and the denial of it to girls is a scar on the community in the twenty-first century.To be born a girl in a rural area in Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Togo, or Sudan—half a dozen of the most shameful performers—means being condemned to a life without school, education, or clean water, marriage and babies coming too early, too many births, children who die of preventable diseases, backbreaking work in the fields, subordination(从属)to husband and his family, and an early death.Every year, almost 12 million children under the age of five needlessly die of infections diseases associated with poverty. But each additional year spent by their mothers in primary school lowers the risk of premature child deaths by about 8 percent. In Pakistan, an extra year of school for 1,000 girls could prevent sixty infant deaths.With women and girls being the main farmers in Africa and southern Asia, their education offers a chance to develop more efficient farming practices, improve output, and raise awareness of the ecological needs of the land with tree planting and farming. Therefore, the world community cannot afford to ignore this avenue change.12.What does the underlined word “it”in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. The poor economy at that timeB. Girls’ absence from schoolC. Energy and moneyD. The education of girls13.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The countries where women have great influence and are in power always do worse in g irls’ education.B. Some organizations such as the World Bank haven’t taken the lead in girls’ education.C. Some girls in Sudan and Indonesia are bound to live a life without education when they are born.D. Each extra year of school for girls has nothing to do with the birth rate and maternal deaths.14.which is NOT the reason why educating girls reduces poverty?A. It improves environmental managementB. It raise economic productivity.C. It creates more childrenD. It lowers maternal death rates.15.What does the author think of girls’ education?A. essentialB. terribleC. indifferentD. helpless第二节据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。