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1、12017 届砺儒中学高三第一学期届砺儒中学高三第一学期英英 语语注意事项：注意事项：1. 本试卷分第本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。3. 全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第第卷卷 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
2、 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，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AI grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to hav
3、e those jobs to learn responsibility. When I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasnt long before I became known as a singing cook.
4、I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive (董事长) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more reje
5、ction. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call - Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job Ive ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me
6、feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer. 21. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook? A. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook. B. Because he was a cook at a country-mus
7、ic club. C. Because he often sang while cooking. D. Because he liked singing better than cooking. 22. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful? A. Warner Brothers. B. His father. C. A business woman. D. His manager. 23. What made the writer proud of himself? A. His abil
8、ity to live independently. B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did. C. His courage in the face of rejections. D. His hard work in his early days.2B Ive been in the taxicab business for thirty-five years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxicab drivers have to be tou
9、gh fellows to be able to work in New York. Youve got to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day these days, so people get the wrong impression that they are bad. Actually, taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will behave as honest fellows. You read in the papers almost every we
10、ek that a taxi driver turns in money or jewels that people leave in their cabs. If they werent honest, you wouldnt be reading those stories in the papers. One time in Brooklyn, I found a diamond ring in my cab. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of packages that day, so I went back to where I ha
11、d dropped her. It took me almost two days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. I didnt get as much as “thank you”. Still I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she did. I was born and raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old
12、. Then I came to this country where I had a family and bought my own cab. Life hasnt been too easy at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit put away for a rainy day. When I started driving a cab, Park Avenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. Hoofers Brewery was right next
13、 to where the Waldorf-Astoria is now. I did pretty well, even in those days. In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have never had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks. I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity (
14、正直), etc. But it doesnt make any difference what they call it; its still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by.24. Why do people think taxicab drivers are bad according to the passage? A. They have been cheated by taxicab drivers before. B. Most taxicab drivers are t
15、ough fellows. C. Taxicab drivers are dishonest. D. Some taxicab drivers did not return their lost properties. 25. How did the author return the diamond ring to the lady? A. By giving her a call and visiting her. B. By sending her a letter asking her to claim the ring in person. C. By advertising in
16、the papers. D. By going back to where she got off and traced her down for almost 2 days. 26. The underlined phrase “a rainy day” in paragraph 4 refers to _. A. a day when it rains B. a time when the author has trouble with drunks C. a day when the author cant drive a taxi D. a time when a family has financial problems 27. How does the author feel as a taxicab driver? A. Proud and satisfied.
