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1、河南省南阳市七校2017-2018学年高一上学期第一次联考英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）（略）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。ALife hasnt always been easy for Sareana Kimia, 16. Her parents split up when she was young, and she hasnt seen her dad since she was l0. In June 2014, she and her m
2、om, Shefali Gupta, found out that they would soon be evicted (逐出) from their home. Sareana knew that her mom had money problems.Even before the eviction, Gupta had become very sad. Because she didnt have health insurance, Gupta couldnt get a doctors help for her emotional problems.Sareana took charg
3、e of things at home. For example, she often cooked her familys meals. When she and her mom were about to lose their home, it was Sareana who arranged a place for them to stay.For years, Sareana had been an active volunteer with several organizations. She even started her own group, Youth for Nationa
4、l Change. It works to support the rights of young people.Sareana called a few adults she had worked with. After finding out about her situation, one couple opened their doors right away. But by August 2014, the couple no longer had room for Sareana and her mom. The two ended up living in their car.
5、They didnt want to go to a homeless shelter out of fear that they could be split up. Through it all, Sareana kept working on projects and studying. “At no point did I let what was going on change my daily routine,” she says.Sareana is homeschooled online and goes to classes at a nearby college. Last
6、 fall, school bills began piling up. She had no way to pay them. A friend suggested that she try raising funds online. After a newspaper ran an article about Sareana, donations poured in-nearly $ 30,000! She paid for school and had enough money left to rent a small apartment. She and her mom moved i
7、nto it in January 2015.1. What happened to Sareana in 2014?A. She lost her father.B. She became homeless.C. Her mom abandoned her.D. Her house was destroyed.2. Sareana started an organization to .A. teach people to cookB. support poor peopleC. earn moneyD. help youth3. Sareana finally found her own
8、apartment .A. by raising moneyB. by doing parttime jobsC. with the help of her friendsD. with the help of her collegeBEarlier this year, my family experienced an unexpected tragedy. The kind of tragedy which knocks you out of yourself and turns your whole world upside down. A tragedy which also caus
9、ed me to be out of work for three months. It was completely unforeseen and I had no time to put together an out-of-office plan.Ive worked at previous companies where this kind of tragedy would have been handled professionally; I would have been given the legallyrequired money and asked to leave. But
10、 at SAS Institute (an American developer of analytics software), my team stepped in and filled in with no questions or hesitations. My work was not left undone. My clients (客户) were patient when those picking up the pieces of projects unrelated to them needed some time to get familiar with the work.
11、 My management and colleagues checked on my family regularly. At last, my manager, my entire team and Human Resources Department helped me back to work at my own pace. They even changed my workspace over a weekend to better suit my personal needs before I even came back to work.You see, SAScreatesaf
12、amily. The special attention to employee happiness and work/life balance makes that family possible. The flexible work environment enables most employees to create a schedule that best suits their personal needswhether its attending a school play or taking an aging parent to the doctor. The Work/Lif
13、e Office has a wealth of resources for college planning, anger management, sorrow, etc. But, as you can see, it doesnt stop there. Most employees believe that SAS is their family. We rely on each other. We help each other succeed. We celebrate team successes. We hang out after work. Our kids play to
14、gether. We laugh together and cry together.Sure, we have a lot of convenience benefits at SAS. But, what really makes a difference to me is the SAS culture that the outside world doesnt always see: The balance. The companionship. The management support. The family it allows me to have.Im so eager fo
15、r others to see the side of SAS that I see every day.4. After the tragedy, the author .A. changed his jobB. felt very hopelessC. was sick for three monthsD. turned to his colleagues for help5. What did the authors colleagues do for him during his absence?A. They raised money to help him.B. They visi
16、ted his family every weekend.C. They asked his clients to wait for him to return.D. They moved his office desk to a convenient place.6. By saying the underlined words “SAS creates a family” in Paragraph 3, the author means .A. the employees feel at home at SASB. SAS often organizes family get-togethersC. many S
