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1、山西省吕梁育星中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期第三次月考试题 本试卷共150分第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分60分) 第一节（共15个小题，每小题3分，满分45分）ALast week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had. Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I w
2、as surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out. “Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied. I was pretty alarmed
3、 by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly e
4、xpand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it re-grows, you can get at least 5 cm taller!”At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I cant deny that, but I dont think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I dont even bother to wear shoes with thic
5、k soles, as Im not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality. No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as
6、being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should de
7、termine how successful a person is in his chosen career. 1. We can know from the passage that the author works as _. A. a doctor B. a model C. a reporter D. a teacher2. Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to _. A. get an advantage over others in job-hunt B. become a modelC. marry a better
8、manwoman D. attract more admirers3. According to the passage, the author believes that _. A. everyone should purchase perfection, whatever the costB. its right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobsC. it is ones appearance instead of skills that really matters in ones c
9、areerD. media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery4. The best title for the passage should be “_”. A. Young Graduates Have Higher Expectation B. Young Graduates Look to Surgery for Better Jobs C. Young Graduates Opinion About Cosmetic Surgery D. Young Graduates Face
10、a Different Situation in Job-huntB Steve knew hed been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided hed try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which hed been adopted gave him his mothers name, Tallady. But online searches didnt turn up any results about it, and Steve ha
11、d to let it go. In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowes store where Steve, then 22, worked as a deliveryman. When he mentioned the coincidence to his boss, his boss said, “You mean Tallady, who works here?” Steve an
12、d Tallady, a cashier, had said hello to each other a few times at the store, but theyd never really talked. He hadnt even known her name. Steve thought there was no possible way she was his mother though they shared the same name. For a few months, Steve avoided Tallady. “I wasnt sure how to approac
13、h her,” he told a local reporter. Finally, the agency volunteered to arrange their reunion. When Tallady realized that the nice guy shed been waving at was his son, she sobbed. Shed always hoped to meet her birth son one day. Later that day, mother and son talked for almost three hours at a nearby b
14、ar. Shed given him up for adoption in 1985, when she was 23. “I wasnt ready to be a mother,” she told him. Married with two other children, Tallady says, “I have a complete family now. ”5. Steve gave up the online search for his birth mother in 2003 because _. A. there was no information about his m
15、other B. the agency didnt give him any help C. his mother didnt respond to him online D. he missed the information about his mother6. What did Steve find about his mother online in 2007? _. A. Her home address B. Her full name C. Her bosss name D. Her new job7. Why did Steve avoid Tallady for months? A. Because she didnt want to talk to him. B. Because he was not fully prepared for the reunion. C. Because she was difficult to approach. D. Because he didnt think she was his mother.8. The best title for the passage is _. A. The love of motherB
