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1、1河南省扶沟县高级中学河南省扶沟县高级中学 2015 届高三下学期模拟考试届高三下学期模拟考试英语试题英语试题本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)。第卷第二部分：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 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。AWhile we are on the subject of crime，our listener question this week comes from Mohamad Firouzi in Iran. He wants to know about the h
2、istory of Alcatraz Island and the prison that once operated there.Alcatraz Island is in the harbor of San Francisco，California. It is best known for being a federal prison，which was also called “The Rock.” It was once the most famous prison in America.Alcatraz was a military prison from the late eig
3、hteen fifties until the nineteen thirties. Then it became a federal prison for the countrys worst criminals. These included murderers，bank robbers and kidnappers. One of the main reasons federal officials chose Alcatraz Island to detain these prisoners was because they thought it would be impossible
4、 for prisoners to escape.Cold，deep and dangerous waters surround the island. Also，the distance between the island and San Francisco is too far for most humans to swim. No prisoner was ever officially reported to have successfully escaped.However，in nineteen sixtytwo，three men broke out of the prison
5、. Each man worked very hard at night for many months to cut through the stone wall of his cell. They made false heads out of paper，paint and hair. On the night of June eleventh，the men placed the heads in their beds to make it look as if they were sleeping. Then，the prisoners escaped through the hol
6、es in their cells to get to the water. The men were never seen or heard from again. It is believed that they drowned while trying to swim to San Francisco.The prison closed in nineteen sixtythree because of the high cost of keeping prisoners there and the need for major repairs. The last prisoners w
7、ere moved to other jails.2In nineteen seventytwo，the United States Congress passed a bill creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Alcatraz Island and the old prison are part of this area.Each year，more than one million people visit Alcatraz to see the prisoners cells and listen to stories
8、 about the jails history. But unlike the prisoners who once lived there，visitors can escape from the prison whenever they want and return back across the harbor to San Francisco.21The text mainly tells us _.Aabout the history of Alcatraz Island and the prison there.Babout the history of Alcatraz Isl
9、and.Cabout a military prison.Dabout the subject of crime.22Why did federal officials make Alcatraz the most famous prison in America?ABecause no prisoner successfully escaped from the prison.BBecause Alcatraz was Alcatraz Island.CBecause Alcatraz was a military prison.DBecause cold，deep and dangerou
10、s waters surround the island.23Paragraph 5 is written to _.Atell us the three prisoners escaped the prison.Bprove prisoners couldnt successfully escape from the prison.Ctell us how prisoners escaped the prison.Dtell us the three prisoners could make false heads out of paper，paint and hair. 24Now Alc
11、atraz _.Ais a place of interest.Bdetains some prisoners.Cis where the United States Congress is.Dis still the most famous prison.BWhen his book The Little Prince began，Conor Grennan was planning a yearlong trip around the globe，a journey that began with a threemonth voluntary service in the Little P
12、rinces Childrens Home，an orphanage(孤儿院)in Nepal.Arriving there，Conor was immediately welcomed by all the children even though he had no 3previous experience in working with children. He quickly grew to love the job. But it wasnt long before Conor came to learn that the children were not orphans at a
13、llthey were actually children who had been separated from their parents by a child trafficker(贩子)This realization turned Conors global journey into a strong desire to try to find a way to reunite these children with their families. As a part of his efforts，Conor did a great amount of work when he wa
14、s back in America. He started up a nonprofit organization called Next Generation Nepal( NGN )，raising funds in order to buy a house in Nepal as another childrens home. Then，back in Nepal，he began a lifechanging trip into remote villages.It is really amazing to read about Conor communicating with the
15、 children and to read his descriptions of each of them. He made me truly care about the kids. I wanted them to be able to reunite with their families，too! Unfortunately，this was simply not possible for some of the children. But there were some lucky ones. Jagrit，for example，had thought for years tha
16、t both his parents were dead. So，Conor was surprised when he visited Jagrits village and was introduced to the boys father! Conor suecessfully found many of the families of the children and also found his future wife while in Nepal.25What do we know about the Little Princes Childrens Home?AMany children ended there due to illegal trade.BThe children in it are all orphans.CIt is worldwide profitable organization.DIt has many bra
