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1、和诚中学2018-2019学年度高三12月月考英语试卷考试时间：100分钟 满分：150分 第二部分 阅读理解（共二节，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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。A21. How much time do you need to babysit Marys two boys each week?A. 5 hours. B. 10 hours. C. 14 hours. D. 40 hours.22. Which ad requires the jobhunters to work on Monday morn
2、ings?A. Ad A. B. Ad B. C. Ad C. D. Ad D.23. What is a necessity for people to get these jobs?A. They should look after Marys two young boys on weekends.B. They are supposed to work fulltime just on Saturdays in the Munchies Caf.C. They should have your own bike to take this longtime newspaper delive
3、ry work.D. They need to communicate in a certain foreign language when working for the City Museum shop.BPostmen are all too used to keeping an eye out for the threat of dogs. But in a seaside town in North Wales，they have been forced to take cover from an unexpected threat seagulls. They have compl
4、ained that the birds have become so terrifying that deliveries to some streets have been suspended. Yesterday residents of Abergele agreed the seagulls were fearless but said they were angry at losing their daily post.Roberts, who works as a safety adviser，lives where the attacks have taken place. “
5、Last week，we noticed we hadnt got any mail for what we thought was a week，but its hard to tell because you dont always know if youre due any mail，”she said. “We put something on Facebook asking if anyone else had not had their post. . . One of my Facebook friends said a postman had refused to delive
6、r because of the seagulls. ”Royal Mail said that deliveries had been interrupted because of the postman experiencing attacks by seagulls as he delivered mail on his round there over the past few weeks, adding that the postman got peoples mail through whenever it was safe.“We know that these kinds of
7、 attacks do happen at this time of year across the country as they are nesting，she said. Royal Mail apologized to the customers affected and promised to continue to monitor the situation every day，but in the meantime some are having to travel to neighbouring Rhyl to collect mail from the delivery of
8、fice there. But he recommends preventing gulls nesting on roofs in advance by putting up nets, and if all else fails, walking with an umbrella up during worst-affected areas.24. What does the underlined word “suspended” most probably mean?A. Increased. B. Paused. C. Printed. D. Decreased.25. The res
9、idents of Abergele are not happy because _.A. the seagulls are so terrifyingB. the dogs are so threateningC. they dont receive their post on timeD. the seagulls are stealing their post26. Why did Debbie Roberts put something on Facebook?A. To know if anyone else had the same experience.B. To offer a
10、dvice to deal with the seagulls.C. To avoid being attacked by seagulls.D. To answer questions about safety.27. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Seagulls like to steal residents post.B. Postmens safety is threatened by seagulls.C. Residents of Abergele are afraid of seagulls.D. Daily post is del
11、ayed because of seagulls attack.CThe sun was setting and the farm would be closing. I dressed our three daughters quickly as my husband started the van（厢式货车）. Cutting down our own Christmas tree had been a family tradition. As our family grew，so did our excitement for going out to find the perfect t
12、ree.As we walked through the rows of trees，my youngest daughter Kimberly shouted excitedly，“There it is，the perfect tree!”The other two agreed. My husband and I looked at each other puzzled. We were surprised the girls thought that straggly (凌乱的）little tree was perfect. Its branches were misshappen(
13、畸形的）and the trunk was visible through the spots where there were no pine needles.We tried to persuade our daughters into changing their minds, but in vain. We had to tie the sad little tree to the roof of our van and headed home. As we reached our house, Heather jumped out first. Suddenly she shoute
14、d，“The tree isnt there! ”We thought she was kidding. However，it wasnt there.The girls were so disappointed. “Well get another tree tomorrow，”I said, secretly hoping the new tree would be prettier. But the girls gave us the look that no parent can resist. We had no choice but to go back and find that
15、 tree.About five minutes into our drive, we saw it on the side of the road. As we got closer，we found it had been run over by a truck. As we lifted the tree，we saw that a big part was ripped off，but we took it home anyway.That night，as we decorated our tree，something magical happened. We didnt reali
16、ze it at the time but we were making a very special family memory. By the time we were done，I had to admit，it didnt look sad after all. “This is the best tree we ever had. Its perfect!，”my second daughter Samantha said excitedly. My husband and I couldnt have agreed more!Now we always recall that little broken tree! Year by year，we tell the
