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1、甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015-2016学年上学期第二次检测考试试题高三英语第一部分：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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Around three forty-five on a rainy Saturday morning, I was woken up by the sound of my pager(呼机) beeping. As a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician, I can never cou
2、nt on a full night of sleep. I pulled myself out of bed and went toward the desk to grab my radio. Our crew was being sent to a nearby home where a man was in cardiac arrest (心脏骤停). We found the man lying on the kitchen floor with his wife beside him. We rushed the patient to the hospital, but despi
3、te our efforts, we were unable to save his life. In my line of life, I rarely get any recognition from the patients we treat, or from their loved ones. But that night, a mans wife approached us, and through her tears, whispered, “Thank you.” Then she hugged each of us. She knew we answered her late-
4、night call for help, even though the ending was not positive. There is something deeply rewarding about helping people in these circumstances. Sometimes, Im able to make their worst day a bit better: like seeing the tears of an injured child turn into a smile when I gave him an interesting toy; or w
5、atching a terrified mothers screams turn into tears of joy when she realized her baby was going to be fine. Experiences like these allow me to see the impact my work has on others. At the same time, I also know the effect it has had on my own life. As a teenager, I felt awkward when my dad hugged me
6、 and said, “ I love you, my dear son.” I was equally uncomfortable and responded, “I love you.” But then I imagined him lying on the kitchen floor that rainy night and realized that my opportunity to say those three words could-at any moment-be taken away forever. Now, I extremely treasure the momen
7、t when my father says those three words to me. Ive learned to appreciate every relationship I have, to tell people I care about them, and to never take anything in life for granted.1. On that rainy Saturday morning, the author was woken to _. A. meet his father for the last time B. save a mans life
8、C. put out a really big fire D. do a scientific experiment2. The author mentioned the injured child and the terrified mother to show that_. A. Life was not always pleasant B. He saved a lot of people C. His help could bring people happiness D. They were very grateful to him3. The underlined word “it
9、” in Paragraph 4 refers to _. A.the authors work B.special love C.others recognition D.a rainy Saturday morning4. According to this passage, we know that _. A. The author never treasured every relation with others B. The authors father died several years ago C. The author regretted treating his pati
10、ents badly D. The authors work greatly influenced him B Educating girls quite possibly outputs a higher rate of return than any other investment (投资) available in the developing world. Womens education may be an unusual field for economists, but raising womens contribution to development is actually
11、 as much an economic as a social problem. And economics, with its emphasis on motivation, provides an explanation for why so many girls cant receive education. Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the fa
12、mily: girls grow up only to marry into somebody elses family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school the prediction becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of lack of att
13、ention. An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance.
14、 The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a good circle. Few will disagree with it that educating women has great social benefits. But it has huge eco
15、nomic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each extra year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has an important influence on health practices, including family planning.25. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _.A. troublesome
