届高三上学期期中考试英语试题附答案2.docx

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届高三上学期期中考试英语试题附答案2

郑州市智林学校2017-2018学年高三上学期期中考试

英语试题

一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）

A

Part-timejobsfor15and16yearsolds

Waiter/Waitress

Ajobasawaiterorwaitressisagoodchoicefor16-year-olds．Notonlycanoneearn9-12anhour，buttheycanalsogetthetips（小费）．Mostpeoplethat

visitarestaurantdon'tjusthavegoodfood．Theycomeheretorelaxandhaveagoodtime．Besidesservingfoodquickly，ayoungwaiterwhotalkstothempolitelywithasmileonhisfacewillmakethedinersenjoytheirtimeattherestaurant．

Workinalibrary

Ifoneisfondofbooks，workinginalibraryisanothersuitablechoice．Besidesthepayisgood，itoffersalotoffreetimewhenstudentscanactuallysitdownandfinishtheirhomework．Soonreturninghome，theywouldhavetimetohangaroundwithfriendsorjustrelax．Soworkinginalibraryisanexcellentpart-timejobforteens，especiallyforschoolstudents．

Internetjobs

Therearemanywaysofmakingmoneythroughonlinejobslikeclickingonadvertisements，visitingsitesandsigningupwiththem．However，suchonlinejobsdon'tpaywell．AbetterInternetjobforteensistocompleteonlinesurveys．Thesearequitesimplesurveysthatusuallyaskoneabouthis/heropinionsandideas．Manycompaniesusetheseideastomakeproductsdesignedforteenagers．

1.Whatdoesthewriterthinkofthejobasawaiter/waitress？

______

A.Itneedsaperiodoftraining．

B.Itpaysmuchmorethanotherjobs．

C.Itcanimproveone'sleadershipskills．

D.Makingdinerscomfortableispartofthejob．

2.Astudentwhoisbusywithhisresearchpaperwillprobablychoosetowork______．

A.inarestaurant

B.inalibrary

C.ontheInternet

D.inanITcompany

3.Thewriterwrotethistextto______．

A.tellustheimportanceofdoingpart-timejobs

B.adviseteenagershowtochooseapart-timejob

C.teachyoungpeoplehowtomakelotsofmoney

D.introducehis/herexperienceofdoingpart-timejobs

4.Whydosomecompaniesasktheteenstodosurveys？

______

A.Theteenshavemorefreetime．

B.Theycanpaylesstotheteens．

C.Theyneedadvicetomakeproductsforteens．

D.Theteensusuallyexpresstheirtrueopinions．

B

Justwhatisatigermother？

AmyChuaisalawprofessoratAmerica'sYaleUniversityandherrecentbookonthesubjectismakingwaves．She'sbeencalled"dangerous"，"outrageous"，evena"monster"forherdescriptionsofhowshebroughtuphertwodaughters．

HerbookBattleHymnoftheTigerMotherdescribesfightingwithadaughterforhoursatthepianotoensurethechildgetsapieceofmusicright．Sherejectedbirthdaycardsmadeforherbyhergirlsbecauseshedidn'tthinktheyhadmadeenoughefforts．Shecomparedonechildnegativelywiththeother，threateningtoburntheirtoys．Herrulesinclude：

schoolworkalwayscomesfirst；anA-minusisabadgrade；childrenmustbetwoyearsaheadoftheirclassmatesinmath，andplayingtheviolinorthepianoisamust．

Ms．ChuaconsiderstheChinesehardworkethicasawayofcreatinghappy，successfulchildren-atleastinhercase．Althoughshe'shadalargeamountofflakforhertheories，onethingcan'tbeignored-thesuccessofChinesechildrenintheeducationsystem．

InBritain，shockingresearchshowsthatChinesegirls，forexample，areoutperformingallotherforeigngroupsatGCSE-79percentgetting5ACGrades，comparedwith58percentofwhiteBritishgirls．SowhatisitaboutChineseparentingthat'sleadingtohighachievers？

AndhowdoAmyChua'stheoriesplayintothatsuccess？

Shetoldmethatifherdaughtercamebackfromschoolwith96/100inatest，Chuawouldaskherwhathappenedtotheother4points．It'saboutalwaysknowing"youcandobetter"，shetoldme．

Interestingly，inChina，thebirthplaceofthetigermother，peoplearemovingawayfromtraditionalChineseparenting．Theyarefollowingmorewesternparentingstyles．

5.AfterreadingAmyChua'srecentbook，thepublic______．

A.feelverysorryfortheirownchildren

B.considerheraverysuccessfulmother

C.realizetheirmethodsofbringingupchildrenarewrong

D.don'tthinkhighlyofhermethodsofbringingupherchildren

6.WhatcanwelearnaboutAmyChuaaccordingtoParagraph2？

______

A.Sheisverystrictwithherchildren．

B.Shedoesn'tthinkherchildrenareclever．

C.Sheisveryinterestedinplayingthepiano．

D.Sheknowsplayingisimportanttochildren．

7.Paragraph4showsthat______．

A.Chineseparentsdon'tthinkgradesareveryimportant

B.ChinesechildrenareclevererthanBritishchildren

C.Chineseparentsareproudoftheirchildren

D.Chinesechildrendowellintheirstudy

8.Theunderlinedword"flak"inthethirdparagraphprobablymeans"______"．

A.attention　　　　　　　

B.criticism

C.curiosity

D.contribution．

C

Nearingtheageof101hasnotsloweddownoneJapanesewoman．Infact，intheswimmingpool-sheisonlygettingfaster．

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