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1、河南省扶沟县包屯高级中学2020届高三上学期第二次段考（期中）英语试卷包屯高中高三英语期中试题第卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFamily Photo Competition: The Winners!Adult winner: Anan Marriage, 42, from HertfordshireThis is just one photograph from a huge collection I have of my four children
2、 growing up. It was taken with a camera fastened to my husbands chest. I think it conveys all the joy and spirit of our family while also being wonderfully creative and powerfully visual.Adult runner-up: Chris Evans, 49, from LondonThis photo was taken on the beach of Norfolk. Weve been going there
3、as a family for the last six yearsthe kids always look forward to a traditional holiday with sandy beaches, picnics and ice creams. This picture has our three children playing in a sand hole on the beach. It took them less time to dig the hole than it would to complete a level of Sonic the Hedgehoga
4、 video gamebut they had twice as much fun!Under-18s winner: Rhine Cunningham, 17,from ColchesterI thought up the idea while watching my dog sit near our boots, wanting to go for a walk. It took quite a few attempts to get her to stay still, but I finally got this one. I really like this photo becaus
5、e it looks as if my dog is saying, “Can we go for a walk now?”Under-18s runner-up: Hope Simpson, 13, from County DurhamThis is a photo of me, my mum and dad, my brother and our dog. I took it with my cell phone. Its a special picture because it was the first time wed been able to go out for a walk i
6、n over a year I was recovering from CRPS （复杂性局部疼痛综合征）and had been in a wheelchair. But myfamily got me through a really tough time.1. What makes Anna Marriages photo special?A. Why it was taken. B. How it was taken. C. When it was taken. D. Where it was taken.2. Which of the following can we see in
7、Chris Evans picture? A. A sandy beach B. Ice creams. C. A video game. D. The sights of London.3. Whose photo features a pet? A. Anna Marriages B. Chris Evans C. Rhine Cunninghams D. Hope SimpsonsB During the Second World War, I met a housewife from Chicago who told me how she discovered for herself
8、that “the cure for worry is to get completely occupied doing something constructive.” I met this woman and her husband in the dining car while I was traveling from New York to my farm in Missouri.This couple told me that their son had joined the armed forces the day after Pearl Harbour. The woman to
9、ld me that she had almost mined her health worrying over that only son. where was he? Was he safe? Or in action? Would he be wounded? Killed? When I asked her how she overcame her worry, she replied: “I got busy.” She told me that at first she had dismissed her maid and tried to keep busy by doing a
10、ll her housework herself. But that didnt help much. “The trouble was,” she said, “that I could do my housework almost mechanically. So I kept on worrying. While making the beds and washing the dishes, I realized I needed some new kind of work that would keep me busy both mentally and physically. So
11、I took a job as a saleswoman in a store.”“That did it,” she said. “I immediately found myself in a lot of activities: customers crowding around me, asking for prices, sizes, colors. Never a second to think of anything except my immediate duty; And when night came, I could think of nothing except get
12、ting off my aching feet. As soon as I ate dinner, I fell into bed and instantly became unconscious. I had neither the time nor the energy to worry.”4. What made the woman feel worried? A. Her sons getting lost. B. Her sons health condition. C. Her sons joining the army. D. Her sons situation in the
13、war.5. Doing housework failed to work on the woman because _. A. she neednt use her mind to do housework. B. she didnt like doing housework at all. C. there wasnt much housework to do. D. it was too boring to do housework.6. Why did the woman take a job as a saleswoman? A. She had to work to support
14、 her family.B. She enjoyed being surrounded by people. C. She wanted being to make her life more colorful. D. She needed a more effective way to defeat her worry.7. After a days work as a saleswoman, the woman _. A. seemed quite disappointed B. fell into unconsciousness C. felt extremely tired D. lo
15、st her appetiteC The people of Austria call their country Osterreich, which can be translated as “eastern realm.” The origin of the name goes back to the 10th century, when Austria was an eastern border area of the Holy Roman Empire. From this early beginning, Austria itself grew into a great empire. During the 16th century, its emperor was the ruler of about ten countries. Today Austria is a small but rich nation in Central Europe.Religious
