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1、山西省平遥中学2019届高三英语上学期11月质检试题第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ALowCost Gifts for Mothers DayGift No.1Offer to be your mothers health friend.Promise to be there for any and all doctors visits whether a disease or a regular medical checkup.Most mothers always sa
2、y “no need”，but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctors visit.The best part？This one is free.Gift No.2Help your mother organize all of her medical records，which include the test results and medical information.Put them all in one place.Be sure to make a list of all of her med
3、icines and what times she takes them.“Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mothers life，” Dr Marie Savard said.Gift No.3Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions.“Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep，”Savard said.“W
4、e know that good sleep is very important to our health.”Gift No.4Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mothers Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity(慈善机构)Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but ine
5、xpensive thingsmany of which are “green”and then choose a meaningful charity from a list.When your mother gets the gift，she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.1What are you advised to do for your mother at doctors visits?ATake notes. BBe with her. CBuy medicine. DGive her gifts.2Whe
6、re can you find a gift idea to improve your mothers sleep?AIn Gift No.1. BIn Gift No.2. CIn Gift No.3. DIn Gift No.4.3Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to_Aenjoy good sleep Bbe wellorganized Cget extra support Dgive others helpBWhen I told my father that I was moving to Des Moine
7、s，Iowa，he told me about the only time he had been there.It was in the 1930s，when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU)in Dallas，Texas.He also worked as a professor at SMU，and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease.She
8、couldnt afford the operation because her family was poor.Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston，a seaside town near Houston，Texas.She was cleaning out the attic(阁楼)one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿)On its top page were the words，“By OHenry.” It was a nice story，and she sen
9、t it to her daughter at SMU，who showed it to my father.My father had never read the story before，but it sounded like OHenry，and he knew that OHenry had once lived in Houston.So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse，and had written the
10、story there and left the manuscript behind by accident.My father visited an OHenry expert at Columbia University in New York，who authenticated the story as OHenrys.My father then set out to sell it.Eventually，he found himself in Des Moines，meeting with Gardner Cowles，a top editor at the Des Moines R
11、egister.Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot.My father took the money to the girl.It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.My father never told me what the OHenry story was about.But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.4Who found th
12、e OHenrys manuscript?AThe girls mother. BThe authors father. CThe girl. DThe author.5Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?AO.Henry once worked in Houston. BO.Henry once stayed in Galveston.CO.Henry once moved to Des Moines. DO.Henry once taught at
13、SMU.6The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means _Anamed Btreated Cproved Ddescribed7According to the text，why did the authors father go to Des Moines?ATo sell the OHenry story. BTo meet the author himself.CTo talk with the OHenry expert. DTo give money to the girl.CSamuel Osmo
14、nd is a 19yearold law student from Cornwall，England.He never studied the piano.However，he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them.He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts.Then he thinks about the notes in h
15、is head.Two years ago，he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata(奏鸣曲)by Beethoven.He surprised everyone around him.Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly，his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable.They say his ability is very rare，but Samuel doesnt even realize that what he can do is special.Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents，but music teachers told him he should study music instead.Now，he studies law and music.Samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised.“I grew up wit
