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1、2015年2月甘肃省部分普通高中高三第一次联考英语 试卷本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。第一部分 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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑ANext year marks the 150th anniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on a huge project in the United States. They help to
2、build Americas first transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869, connecting the East Coast with the West.People know little about the Chinese railroad workers and what happened to them after the project was finished. Stanford University in California wants to learn more about the lives of these
3、 men by reaching out to their families.Bill Yees ancestors came from southern China. He said, “My great-great-grandfather came to America during thegold rushdays and he returned to China as a wealthy man. And then my great-grandfather came to work on the railroad and died there.” But that did not st
4、op his grandfather from coming to the US on false papers. He operated a laundry. Bill Yees father continued to run the business and has never returned to China.“Things were pretty bad in some parts of China in the 1860s. They came to America at all costs in order that they no longer had to bear hung
5、er,” Bill Yee said.Shelley Fisher Fishkin is helping to direct the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University. She said, “Many of the Chinese workers who came to work on the transcontinental and other railroads returned to China after their work was done and created fam
6、ilies there. Some of them settled in America and created new families, but they had families who they left when they came here and they may have descendants in China.”There is a need to create a record of the object and spoken history from the families of the railroad workers.“The US could not have
7、become the modern industrial nation without the railroads. And the railroads would not have come together without the work of these Chinese workers,” said Shelley Fisher Fishkin.1. What do you know about Bill Yee?A. His family was rich in the 1860s.B. His father settled in the USA.C. He knows little
8、 about his ancestors and hopes to know more.D. His grandfather came to America with his great-grandfather.2. According to Bill Yee, many Chinese went to America in the 1860s mainly . A. to run their own businesses B. to find their ancestorsC. to make a living D. to dig gold3. According to Shelley Fi
9、sher Fishkin, .A. the descendants of the Chinese railroad workers all live a good lifeB. they expect to find all the descendants of the Chinese railroad workersC. some Chinese railroad workers hope they can find their descendants in ChinaD. some Chinese railroad workers have descendants both in Chin
10、a and the US4. Why did Stanford University carry out the project? A. Because they want to help the Chinese railroad workers descendants to get together. B. Because they want to show the importance of Americas first transcontinental railroad. C. Because they want to learn more about how to build a ra
11、ilroad in the past in America. D.Because they want Americans to remember the Chinese railroad workers role in US history.BThe World Bank has looked at the distinguishing features of successful school system.According to the World Banks education specialist, Harry Patrinos, this include: improving th
12、e quality of teachers and making sure that teachers are highly regarded; providing information to make schools accountable and giving autonomy to schools and head teachers.This matters not only for individual pupils but also for the well-being of countries, he says, because improving educational per
13、formance has a direct impact on improving economic performance.Chinas education performance at least in cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong seems to be as spectacular as the countrys fast growing economy.Certainly both these open and outward-looking cities consider education to be important and ar
14、e willing to adopt the best educational practices from around the world to ensure success. In Hong Kong, education accounts for more than one-fifth of entire government spending every year.“Shanghai and Hong Kong are small education systems, with a concentration of ideas, manpower and resources for
15、education,” says Prof Cheng.Under the banner “First class city, first class education”, Shanghai set about systematically re-equipping classroom, upgrading schools and improving the curriculum in the last decade.It got rid of the “key schools” system which concentrated resources only on top students
16、 and top schools. Instead staff were trained in more interactive teaching methods and computers were brought in.About 80% of Shanghai school leavers go to university compared to an overall average of 24% in China. Meanwhile, dynamic Hong Kong was forced into educational improvements as its industries moved to cheaper mainland Chinese
