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1、安徽省六安市第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语9月月考试题第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面三篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAunt Karen always had a special place in my heart. When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encouragement w
2、hen I needed to hear them. When she died five years ago，I was devastated. The whole family was still in shock when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later. I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karens to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of this do
3、uble loss made me shy away from asking.A few months after Aunt Karens death, I was on my way to work when I saw Rescued Treasures, a local second-hand store. I only had a couple of dollars on me and didnt really intend to buy anything, but I stopped anyway just to look inside. I had been shopping ar
4、ound for a few minutes when a small, black handbag caught my eye. It wasnt fancy or special. I didnt really need a handbag and continued to look around the store, but something kept drawing me back to that handbag. Finally, I checked the price tag (标签). It was just one dollar.The handbag stayed in t
5、he back of my car for weeks until I came upon it during a car clean-up. I opened it up. I couldnt believe it. They hadnt even cleaned it out. It was still full of junk, old candy wrappers, old receipts (收据) and used paper. Usually the store emptied things inside, so there wouldnt be any surprises fo
6、r a new owner.I threw away some wastes, and sorted through the receipts, when I found one item in the small inside pocket. It was an insurance card with the name “Karen Stair” written on it. I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.21. What do we know from the passage?A. Karens hu
7、sband survived her by five years.B. Karens children refused to give any item to the author.C. The author was very shy when she was young.D. Karen had been very kind to the author.22. The underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 1 probably means “ ”.A. very worriedB. a little lonelyC. extremely sadD
8、. slightly disappointed23. The author made up her mind to buy the handbag because .A. she just needed to buy a handbag B. the bag looked strange and was worth the price C. it happened that she could afford it D. someone else persuaded her to buy it24. As soon as the author opened the handbag, she fe
9、lt very .A. surprisedB. excitedC. sickD. nervousBMore companies and recyclers are taking steps to ensure that old electronic devices such as TVs and computers arent sent to poor countries.The Basel Action Network, a Seattle-based non-profit that largely exposed the overseas discarding (丢弃) of US ele
10、ctronic waste, on Thursday launched a programme to use third-party employees to certify (证实) recyclers who dont export dangerous electronic waste.The so-called e-Steward recyclers will also agree not to discard the waste in US landfills and agree to meet other criteria. The certification is intended
11、 to provide companies and consumers with some assurance that the waste, which can include toxins (毒素) such as lead and mercury, is disposed of safely.The Government Accountability Office, in a 2008 report, declared that US electronic waste was often disposed of unsafely in such countries as India. T
12、here, workers recycle gold, silver and copper from the waste, often in open-air acid baths.The Basel Network also says it won assurances from 13 organizations, including Samsung, Bank of America, Wells Far-go, that theyll use e-Steward recyclers whenever possible. Wells Fargo had already been using
13、recyclers who declared not to export. So far, Basel has certified three recyclers and seven sites.Before e-stewards, even, companies that wanted to avoid export of electronic waste had to “hope for the best”, when, they handed their waste to recyclers, says Robert Houghton, president of Ohio-based r
14、ecycler Redemtech. It is an e-Steward that counts major companies among its customers. “Now, they can get some proof,” Houghton says.Basels standards compete with another set launched in January. It was made by industry and backed by the Environmental Protection Agency.That standard, called R-2, doe
15、snt ban the export of dangerous electronic waste but requires that it be handled safely. Instead of a ban, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries says, efforts should be made to help poor countries develop safe recycling.25. How were most electronic wastes dealt with before?A. They were thrown
16、into US landfills.B. They were buried in the desert m die US.C. They were exported to poor countries. D. They were reused by families in poor countries.26. E-Steward recyclers，main job is probably to .A. prevent old devices from open-air acid bathsB. dispose of electronic waste safelyC. collect more electronic waste for profitsD. assure America
