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1、1周口中英文学校 2014-2015 学年下期高一第三次考试英语试题I. 阅读（共 20 小题，满分 40 分）第一节 阅读理解 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C、D 选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。AExploit your parking spaceAn unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300
2、a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.Rent a roomSpare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Ro
3、omspare or Roommateeasy.Make money during special eventsDont want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.Live on setRenting your home out as
4、 a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your home gets picked.Use
5、your roofYou need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with th
6、e supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.21. If you earn 5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.A. 800 B. 4500 C. 500 D.500022. If you want to use energy free, you have to_.A. sign an agreement with the governmentB. keep the roof unchanged
7、for within 25 years 2C. sell the roof to some energy companies D. pay around 14,000 for the equipment23. For whom the text most probably written?A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers.C. Online companiesD. House owners. BBlue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research. Blue eyes like those be
8、longing to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3,000 1824-year-olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina，her partner Brad Pitt and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the worlds most desirable eyes. The sur
9、vey found that young folk with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious，sexy and kind. And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blue-eyed people wanted to，significantly less than people with other colour eyes. One in three people who did
10、nt have blue eyes wanted a change. One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarilyand blue is the most wanted colour. Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying green-eyed people were
11、 usually mysterious and creative. People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours. People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy. Blue was the most commo
12、n eye colour among respondents，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes. The survey also found that 18 percent of people dont know what colour eyes their partner has. 24According to the new research，when considering changing
13、their eye colour，the number of the people who will choose _ ranks the second. Abrown Bgreen Cgrey Dhazel25According to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，youd better hire one who has _ eyes. Agreen Bblue Cbrown Dgrey26The underlined word “peepers” in
14、 the passage could be replaced by_. Ababies Bcolours Ceyes Drespondents327Which of the following is the best title of the passage?AWho have the most charming eyes in the world?BDifferent eye colours in the world. CA survey result on eye colours. DBluethe most attractive eye colour. CUniversity of Ma
15、ryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldnt stand to see good food thrown out on their campus. “We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead
16、of throwing out the food we could donate it. And they were on board.” he said.So 18 months ago, the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night, volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23,000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.Nationwide,
