山西省平遥县和诚高考补习学校届高三月考英语Word文档格式.docx

1、第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分, 满分45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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOctober 21 was a very dark day in Texas. Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes, it caused the largest business damage in Texass history. The worst thing is Hannas destructive force nearly wiped out most power poles and

2、power lines. According to Center Point Energy, Hurricane Hanna affected 2.15 million customers. Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark. Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents. Most of Houston seems to be returning to normal. Schools, restaurants, retail stor

3、es and gas stations are open. Smiles are back. But harder-hit places, including Galveston, will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing, and coastal towns are a mess. Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texas. Several public schools in Galveston are

4、 closed due to water damage. Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13. Many school supplies were destroyed. Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston, Texas. This is where Paula Reed and he

5、r family are staying. Believe it or not, Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing. When Paula was a girl, she was an orphan, but was taken in by her stepmom, Antonia Flores. Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few years. Before

6、 the hurricane, Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter. There, she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed.21. Whats the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?A. Hundreds of people are still missing. B

7、. A large number of people are homeless.C. Power facilities are severely destroyed. D. Factories are closed and many people jobless.22. It can be inferred that the residents in Houston_.A. have fully recovered from the disasterB. were the most unlucky people in the disasterC. need a long time to bri

8、ng their life back to normalD. suffered less from Hanna than people in Galveston23. Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_A. at least one month B. at least three weeksC. two weeks at most D. nearly half a month24. Paula Reed and her family consider the hurric

9、ane a blessing because_A. they had nothing lost after Hurricane HannaB. they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelterC. Paula was taken good care of in the shelterD. Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decadesBThe International Painting Contest on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pret

10、ty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island.Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing t

11、o make the world a better place.”Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate（使生动）her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remo

12、ve dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.”She created a whol

13、e world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons.Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.”Along with having her artwork featured on Go

14、ogles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh.On Sunday, the night before her work w

15、as revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at midnight.“I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.25. Whats the passage mainly about?A. The winner and her work in the painting contest.B

16、. The team of artists at Google to animate drawings.C. The painting contest of Googles homepage in 2015.D. The water-cleaning machine in the painting contest.26. According to the passage, we know that_.A. Audrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedB. a water-cleaning device was made in the contestC. $50,