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1、1宜昌金东方高级中学 2015 年春季学期 6 月月考第 I 卷第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第二部分： 阅读理解（共 20 小题;每小题 2 分，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was Mothers Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldnt go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an id
2、ea came to his mind, “Ill send Mum some roses.”While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get for only five dollars, madam?” He asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen(一打). Maybe he would be happy with carna
3、tions(康乃馨).“No, I have to have red roses,” he said. “My mum was badly ill last year and I didnt get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, as rose is her favourite.”After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved
4、by both of them, the assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twentyfive dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of ros
5、es and told the assistant to send them to his mother.As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery(墓地). Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didnt I te
6、ll you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.21. The assistant tried to ask the young man to buy carnations instead of roses because_.2A. carnations were nicer tha
7、n rosesB. roses were saved for JohnC. roses were more expensive than carnations D. carnations were special flowers for Mothers Day22. The young man cried at the cemetery because he _.A. had spent all his money on the roses B. wasnt able to tell his mother he loved her himselfC. felt sorry to ask Joh
8、n to pay for his flowersD. hadnt got enough money for his sick mother23. At last John changed his mind and went home because he wanted to _.A. tell his mother he loved her himself B. ask his mother for more moneyC. tell his mother the young mans story D.ask his mother if she liked roses24. The write
9、r writes the passage in order to tell us _.A. Buy roses for your mother when she is ill B. Let your mother know how much you love herC. Work hard to get more money for your motherD. Send your mother flowers on Mothers DayBLife is difficultIt is a great truth because once we truly understand and acce
10、pt itThen life is no longer difficultMost do not fully see this truthInstead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easyIt seems to them that difficulties represent（代表）a special kind of suffering especially on them or else on their families, their class, or even the
11、ir nationWhat makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful oneProblems , depending on their nature(性质,本性), cause us sadness，or loneliness or regret or anger or fearThese are uncomfortable feelings，often as painful as any kind of physical painAnd since life cau
12、ses an endless series of problems，life is always difficult 3and is full of pain as well as joyYet，it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaningProblems are the serious test that tells us success from failureWhen we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encour
13、age the human ability to solve problems，just as in school we set problems for our children to solveIt is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learnAs Benjamin Franklin said,“ Those things that hurt , instruct(指导) ”It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but t
14、o welcome the pain of problems25. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that_.Amost people feel life is easy Bthe writer feels life is easyCthe writer likes to complain about his problems Dmost people complain about how hard their lives are26According to the passage, we give school children difficult prob
15、lems to solve in order to_.Aencourage them to learn Bteach them to face the pain of solving the problemChelp them learn to deal with pain Dteach them how to respect the problems27. From the passage，it can be inferred(暗示) that _.Aeverybody has problemsBwe become stronger by meeting and solving the pr
16、oblems of lifeClife is difficult because our problems bring us painDpeople like to complain about their problems28The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that_.Awe do not learn from experience Bwe do not learn when we are in pain Cpain teaches us important lessons Dpain cannot be avoidedC4Do successful businessmen need an office? Increasingly the an
