英语密卷1.docx

1、英语密卷1英语(密卷1).docx学校:_姓名：_蒋坤_班级：_18_考号：_II、阅读理解(本大题共15小题，共30.0分)A How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash , or do you like to pay by credit card ? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should. Credit

2、 cards first became popular in the 1920s, At that time, businesses, such as hotels and companies, gave credit cards to their best customers . Unlike todays credit cards, customers could only use these cards at the store or business that gave out the card. Customers had to pay for things in full. The

3、y couldnt pay for something a little at a time. In 1950, a businessman named McNamara started a credit card company - Diners Club. Unlike earlier credit cards, this card could be used by customers at many restaurants. Customers liked the card because they didnt have to carry a lot of cash with them.

4、 Restaurant owners liked the card, too. Why? They found out that customers usually spent more money when they could pay by credit card. In its first year of business, Diners Club issued 200 cards, The customers who got the cards from the Diners Club could use them at 27 different restaurants. Today,

5、 Diners Club has about 8 million customers, and they can use their cards in over 7. 6 million businesses in more than 200 countries.21.What can we know about the earlier credit cards from the passage?A.They could be used everywhere.B.Customers had to pay for things in full.C.They were very popular b

6、efore the 1920s.D.Everyone could get this kind of credit card.22.The underlined word issued here probably means _.A.showedB.tookC.borrowedD.provided23.This passage is mainly about _.A.part of the development of credit cardsB.how to use cashC.the number of people who use credit cards in the worldD.ho

7、w credit cards help businessmen24.The credit cards that Diners Club provide can use_A.in many restaurantsB.only in storesC.only in the business that gave out the cardD.in anywhereB My daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied(欺辱) pretty severely(严重地) in school. So I quitted my j

8、ob as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home. A year ago, a boy of fourteen befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she wanted six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never

9、 met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.” Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter . She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she did in the community. Her son , she explained, had experienced a similar situatio

10、n and was also home schooled. What she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person . Everything was taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy

11、 at a local bike shop. After meeting, the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aun

12、t who has brain cancer, We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home, my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and $100 each to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time. My daughter has always been the giver and now

13、she and our family are the receivers and I cannot tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea!25.What did the author once do?A.She was a ticket seller.B.She was a school teacher.C.She was babysitter.D.She was asocial worker.26

14、.How did the boy get to know the authors daughter?A.They got in touch through the Internet.B.They became friends when talking face to face.C.They went to the same school and met each other,D.They met when buying tickets to a baseball game.27.What can we learn about the boy?A.He always bullies smalle

15、r children. B.He is afraid of meeting strangers.C.He receives education at home.D.He is addicted to the Internet.28.Which of the following best describes the text?A.Good is rewarded with good. B.Two heads are better than one.C.A friend in need is a friend indeed. D.Where there is will, there is a wa

16、y.CIt is unlawful for an employer to publish a discriminatory(歧视的) advertisement.How to identify a discriminatory advertisement: It must be read as a whole, and account must be taken not only of the words, but also of the pictures that it uses. Job titles that have sexual connotations(内涵）mean an int

17、ention to discriminate on the grounds of sex.Example 1 A notice in a restaurant window states:”Waiters required.” The word “waiters” has a male, not a female, connotation. The advertisement does not contain an equal opportunities statement and does not specify that the jobs are open to men and women

18、.Example 2 A medical clinic places an advertisement for a nurse with a photograph of a female nurse. Nursing is an occupation that is traditionally associated with women. The advertisement does not contain an equal opportunities statement.Good practice checklist: Advertise widely so that as that as

19、many suitably qualified people as possible have an opportunity to apply. Do not publish job advertisement in locations or publications where they are likely to be read wholly or mainly by people who share a particular community background, sex, race, disability, or age. Use language which is clear a

20、nd simple and do not use abstract words. For example, when describing the working environment or the characteristics of desirable employees, do not use words like young, mature or energetic. If possible, do not use job titles which have a male or female connotation.For example, do not use the follow

21、ing words: waiter/waitress salesman/salesgirl postman manageress foreman storeman matron chairman/chairwoman head master/ mistressInstead, if possible, use job titles that have gender-neutral connotation. For example, the following words are appropriate: waiting staff sales assistant postal worker m

22、anager stores person supervisor chairperson nurse manager head teacher29.When trying to identify what might be a discriminatory advertisement,we should pay attention to its _.A.style and wordsB.Length and wordsC.Words and picturesD.Length and pictures30.What can we know from the two examples?A.It is

23、 wrong to think a nurse should be female.B.Restaurants prefer male to female workers nowadays.C.Advertisements for medical clinics shouldnt have photographs.D.Job title is one of the most important factors in an advertisement.31.If you want to place an advertisement for a designer, you should publis

24、h it in _.A.Southern Weekend B.Titan SportsC.Entertainment Weekly D.Shanghai LawyerDWhen it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these

25、 people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to

26、my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Lets start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were cha

27、nging into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped. When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair(失望)and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt b

28、ad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other. For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we ofte

29、n discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the others dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell.”We have never met. It is such comforting companions I w

30、ish to keep. One bright hour with them is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.32.In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing p

31、roper social behavior was to _. Abecome serious about her studyBgo to her friends house regularlyClearn from her classmates at schoolDshare poems and stories with her friend33.In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means _. Aour exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of usBwe were unwilling to tear ourselves