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1、甘肃省高台县第一中学2014年高三上学期第四次模拟预测英语试卷注意事项：1. 本卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷两部分，答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡和试卷规定的位置。2. 本卷满分120分。考试用时100分钟。3. 答案必须写在答题卡上各题目指定区域内相应的位置，试卷上答题无效。第I卷第一部分：阅读理解第一节（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。AWhen your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise yo
2、ur income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower（人力资源） for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless y
3、our name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a masters degree, make sure it is an M.B.A.,
4、 and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.A doctorate is the high
5、est degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or under
6、employed in this country than any other part of the world.If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.T
7、housands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.You can equate the level of income with the level of ed
8、ucation only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who _.A. will not be a disgrace to society B. will become lo
9、yal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nations demand as a source of manpower2. Many doctors are out of job because _. A. they are improperly educatedB. they are of little commercial value to their societyC. there are fewer jobs in high schoolsD. they prefer easier jobs that make
10、more money3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Bernard Shaw didnt finish high school, nor did Edison.B. One must think carefully before pursuing a masters degree.C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.D. If you are too well-educated, youll be overeducated for societys
11、demands.4. The writer sees education as _.A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a countrys demands for technical workersB. a way to broaden ones horizonsC. more important than finding a jobD. an opportunity that everyone should haveBMy heart sank when the
12、 man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they werent quite ready to let me in yet. “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me
13、. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when Id flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.The offic
14、er behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone whos on our wanted list. Were going to have to check you out with Washington.”“How long will it take?”“Hard to saya few minutes,” he said, “Well call you when were ready for you.” After an hour, Washington s
15、till hadnt decided anything about me. “Isnt this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Cant you just look me up?” “Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No pho
16、nes!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”“Im just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”I put my phone away.My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families h
