福建省厦门市同安一中高三上开学考英语试题含答案.docx

1、福建省厦门市同安一中高三上开学考英语试题含答案同安一中2019-2020高三上开学考本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 第I卷第1部分 听力(略)第2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)AZachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military(军队的)medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet. But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks

2、down the medals rightful owners, and returns them.His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart - he earned one himself in a war as a s

3、oldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrados sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: “Who are you？What antique shop?” However, when she hung up, she regretted

4、the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. “At that point, I knew she meant business,” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a trans

5、lator for the Army during WWII, was killed in action in Europe.Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadnt realized the medal was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zacs mother had found was a family treasure.” This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasions(场合)would they t

6、ake it out and let us hold it in our hands,” Adeline says.As a child, Adeline couldnt understand why the medal was so significant. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, “and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left.” Corrado Piccolis Purple Heart medal now hangs

7、 at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first reunited Corrados medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.21. Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself？A. In the army. B. In an antique shop. C. From hi

8、s mother. D. From Adeline Rockko.22. What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him？A. She was very impolite. B. She was serious about the medal.C. She suspected his honesty. D. She came from a wealthy family.23. What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?A. Her parents advice. B. Her knowledg

9、e of antiques.C. Her childhood dream. D. Her memory of her brother. BF.Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alab

10、ama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her. His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it

11、away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories

12、Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short s

13、tories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and

14、 The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.24. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage? A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 825. Which of the f

15、ollowing is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage?a. He became addicted to drinking. b. He studied at St Paul Academy.c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise. d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.e. He failed to reorder his life. f. He joined the army a

16、nd met Zelda.A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-i-c-d-e-a26. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald _.A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama. B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army C. would have completed more works if his wife hadnt broken downD. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital27