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1、12015-20162015-2016 学年第一学期第一次阶段考试学年第一学期第一次阶段考试英语英语命题人：高鸿 审题人：李建第一部分第一部分 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 题：每小题 2 分，总分 30 分）AClose your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with
2、 your eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the worlds 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries possess most of this knowledge, while developing countries
3、do not.ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the worlds only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the late
4、st techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and n
5、urses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and t
6、o provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.For just US $38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training progra
7、me for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.21.The first paragraph is intended to _.A. introduce a new way of reading B. direct
8、the publics attention to the blind C. advise the public to lead a simple life D. encourage the public to use imagination2.ORBIS aims to help the blind by _.A. training doctors and nurses B. teaching medical students C. running flying hospitals globally D. setting up non-profit organization3.What doe
9、s the author try to do in the last paragraph?A. Show sympathy for the blind B. Make an advertisementC. Promote training programs D. Appeal for donations 4.What can be the best title for the passage?A. ORBIS in China B. ORRIS Flying Hospital C. Fighting Blindness D. Sight-saving TechniquesBAlthough b
10、eing famous might sound like a dream come true, todays star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the worlds attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their perso
11、nal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.According to psychologist Christina Villareal, celebrities famous people worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing
12、 themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villareal says, “they feel separated and alone.”The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into
13、 battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain (抱怨) about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the sa
14、me way that modern tabloids and websites do.Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say 3something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet
15、 to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.If fame is so troublesome, why arent all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote p
16、laces away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.5. It can be learned fr
