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1、英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。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。AWearing a red nose for a day may seem like a strange way to raise money for char
2、ity. However, it seems to work in Britain.Red Nose Day (RND) is a well-known event the UK. The aim of the day is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief which helps people in need in Africa and in the UK.Red nose?Comic Relief was started in 1985 by the scriptwriter Richard Curtis. Its calle
3、d Red Nose Day, as on this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear! The money made from selling red noses goes to the charity.When is RND?Red Nose Day takes place every two years in the spring and is now so famous that many people consider it to be an unofficial national holiday. For example,
4、 many school have non- uniform days. The fast Red Nose Day was on 13th March 2015.MoneyAcross Britain, people are encouraged to “Do Something Funny for Money”. The money that is collected helps children to go to school, and educates the adults with HIV and AIDS. Comic Relief also works closely with
5、disabled and elderly people to make sure they have equal rights and a better life.So, if you are ever in the UK an Red Nose Day, now you know why you may find normal people wearing red noses and doing silly things! Its all for a good cause! If you want to find out more about the day, have a look at
6、the official Red Nose Day website.21. Why do people celebrate Red Nose Day?A. To raise money for Comic Relief.B. To encourage people to make money happily.C. To raise money to help the poor all over the word.D. To encourage more American people to join the charity.22. What can we know about Comic Re
7、lief from the passage?A. It was started in 1895.B. It helps people from all over the world.C. It offers help to both children and adults.D. It mainly aims to make disabled people have a better life.23. What is probably encouraged to do on Red Nose Day?A. Making red noses.B. Working for money.C. Pain
8、ting your body red.D. Making your face funny.BWhen Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an u
9、nexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends, rooms.At
10、 20, he and a friend started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their companyApple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果园) worker in Oregon.After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a
11、big company with over 4,000 employees.At 30, Jobs, however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from the rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as
12、Apples CEO in 1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Dont lose faith. Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I lov
13、ed what I did. Youve got to find what you love. If you havent found it yet, keep looking.”24. Why did Steve Jobs stop his college education?A. He had financial problems.B. He took no interest in his major.C. He wanted to start a company.D. He hated to share rooms with his friends.25. What can be inf
14、erred about Apple from the passage?A. It was founded in Oregon.B. It had a difficult beginning.C. It developed from a garage.D. It had a successful beginning.26. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?A. Steve Jobs invented the iPhone.B. Steve Jobs joined Microsoft in 1987.C. Steve Jobs gave Apple
15、a second life.D. Steve Jobs set up another company at 30.27. What does what Steve Jobs said suggest?A. Courage goes with confidence.B. Attitude is everything.C. Hope helps us succeed.D. Enthusiasm is the key to success.CEven at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richar
16、d. “Ill be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.“And youll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because Ill be the best lawyer in town!” George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money
