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1、高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 揭阳市 2015-2016 学年度高中三年级学业水平考试英 语注意事项：1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卷和答题卡相应的位置上。3. 全部答案应在答题卷和答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，将本试卷、答题卷和答题卡一并交回。第第卷卷第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）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
2、项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ASunday, October 5 Clear, 69F My wife, Eleanor, and I took the train from Paris to Strasbourg, where we were met by our driver and guide, and the minibus which goes along with the boat. We stopped off in Barn for an hour on the way. Then we were taken to Nancy where the boat was kept.
3、 After the other passengers arrived, we had our first dinner on the boat. After dinner we walked into downtown Nancy, a village with a large square and wooden houses. Monday, October 6 Rained last night, cloudy in the morning, 69F We spent about two hours in Nancy, then sailed on the Canal de la Mar
4、ne au Rhine. Kind of a lazy day. Eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After dinner we watched a tape on Baccarat, which we will visit tomorrow. It was pleasant to sit out on deck and watch the scenery go by at about 3 mph. Tuesday, October 7 Light rain, 64F This morning we drove over to Baccarat and
5、 toured its museum and the church, which has this unbelievable lamp that is going on a world tour the next day. We did lots of shopping, then walked across the bridge to see a very, very modern Catholic church with special Baccarat windows. We drove to the top of the Voges Mountains and started down
6、 the eastern side. Later, we drove to Sorrenbourg to see the 13th century church at the Cordeliers. It contains the largest window by Mar. Wednesday, October 8 Cloudy, 65 F 高考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 Today we sailed from Schneckenbush to Saverne. We went through two caves, an extremely unu
7、sual part of the journey. This river scenery is very different. We were in a mountain valley with grassland on one side and a forest beginning to show some color on the other. Thursday, October 9 Cloudy, 66F Our dependable minibus was waiting to load the luggage and take us to the hotel where everyo
8、ne went their separate ways. Our boating days are over until next time. 1.Where did the author get off the train?A. Paris B. Strasbourg C. Nancy D. Barn 2.On which days did the tourists spend most of their time on the boat? A. Monday and Tuesday. B. Tuesday and Wednesday. C. Wednesday and Thursday.
9、D. Monday and Wednesday. 3.From the text, we learn that Baccarat and Sorrenbourg are the names of_. A. towns B. churches C. museums D. mountains BIts just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no address. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for t
10、he past 10 years.It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. He didnt hate the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it: overspending, running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and powder for GrandmaKnowing he felt this way, I decided one year to byp
11、ass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.Our son Kevin, at 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended and before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored
12、by an inner-city church, mostly black.As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear to protect a wrestlers ears. They obviously could not afford. Mike shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential,
13、 but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.”Mike loved kidsall kidsand he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. Thats when the idea for his present came.That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling 高
14、考资源网（ ） ，您身边的高考专家投稿兼职请联系：2355394692 headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church.On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year.
15、 For each Christmas, I followed the tradition.The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its c
16、ontents.The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing around the tree with wide-eyed anticipation watching as their fathers take down the envelope. Mikes spirit, like the Christmas spirit, will always be with us. 4. What does the underlined word “bypass” mean?A. give up
