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1、1河南省灵宝五高河南省灵宝五高 2015 届高三上学期第二次月考届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题英语试题命题人：刘麦兰命题人：刘麦兰 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）第第 1 节节：（共：（共 15 小题，每小题小题，每小题 2 分，共分，共 30 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和和 D）中，选出最佳选项。）中，选出最佳选项。ANowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer driver
2、s than men.In a survey done for insurer MetLife, 51% of women said they drive more safely. The evidence is on their side: Men are 3.4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for drunk driving. “Women are on average less aggressive and
3、more law abiding (守法的) drivers, which leads to fewer accidents,” the report says. However, not all male drivers share the same opinion. Of the men surveyed by MetLife, 39% claimed male drivers were safer. The findings did back them upon one point: automotive knowledge. The report showed that more me
4、n are familiar with current safety equipment such as electronic stability control，which helps prevent rollover accidents. Auto safety unavoidably matters to Money. Insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims, and for now, that mainly includes women.
5、In general, women pay about 9% less for auto insurance than men. A study by the website Insweb also showed that auto insurance rates are lower for women in most states. Among individual states, women get the greatest, advantage in Wyoming (where they pay 20% less), South Dakota and Washington, D.C,
6、where their insurance costs are 16% lower.“More than 11,900 male drivers died in US traffic accidents in 2009，compared with just under 4,900 women drivers” according to the study. “Based on miles traveled, men died at a rate of 2.5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, vs.1.7 deaths for women.”1. A
7、ccording to the study，female drivers _.A. are more aggressive while drivingB. are more interested in auto knowledge2C. are more likely to stick to driving lawsD. are more familiar with safety equipment2. Insurance companies focus on female driver clients probably because they_.A. cause more accident
8、s on the roadB. pay more money to the insurance companiesC. take the most part of the insurance clientsD. have the lowest amount of money on insurance claims3. We can infer from the passage that_.A. men are 3.1 times more likely to get tickets than womenB. all women in the USA pay the same for their
9、 auto insuranceC. more female drivers die every year than male driversD. women are generally safer drivers than the opposite gender4. The writer mainly develops paragraphs by_.A. giving examples B. making comparisonsC. drawing a conclusion D. presenting an argumentBOn countless mornings over the pas
10、t year, I stood with my son, James, in our driveway, watching our neighbor hurry off to kindergarten. My wife and I wanted to give James the best education, but that meant wed have to change our jobs and spend less time with our kid. I asked myself, “Would this trade-off be worth it?” When I look at
11、 the research on child development, I think it might not. Where our kids go to school might matter less than most American parents think.Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful. In a 2001 study, Greg Duncan, a professor of education at the University
12、 of California, measured the influence that the people in a childs life have on how well the child does in school. Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class, whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their bloc
13、k. The only meaningful link they found was between siblings（兄弟姐妹）and twins in particular.For a long time, scholars thought that a familys income heavily affected how well kids did in life. But that might not be the case. When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at 3the relationship betwe
14、en family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes werent caused by income. She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums.Lareau, another
15、 scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting. He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children. He said “Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their childrens futuresBut they have exaggerated（夸大）the sense of t
16、he risks involved if they dont give their children the best of everything”So at last, we decided to leave things as it were. More time with our kid is the best we can provide.5. The first paragraph is intended to _.A. introduce the topic of the passageB. confirm the result of a researchC. stress the importance of good educationD. support a research on child development6. From the passage we know that most American parents _.A. spend a lo
