1、2018届 黑 龙 江 省 齐 齐 哈 尔 八 中 高 三 第 二 次 月 考 英 语第二部分 阅读理解（共两节,共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）第一节 阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。AMicro-Enterprise Credit for Street YouthIntroductionAlthough small-scale business training and credit programs have become more common throughout the world, relatively little att
2、ention has been paid to the need to direct such opportunities to youth living on the street or in difficult circumstances. Over the past years, Street Kids International (S.K.I.) has been working with partner organizations in Africa, Latin Africa and India to support the economic lives of street chi
3、ldren. The purpose of this paper is to share some of the lessons S.K.I. and our partner organizations have learned.BackgroundTypically, children end up on the streets not due to a single cause, but a combination of factors: the lack of adequately funded schools, the demand for income at home and so
4、on. The street may be attractive to children as a place to find adventurous play and money. However, it is also a place where some children are exposed, with little or no protection, to exploitative employment, and urban crime. Street Business PartnershipsS.K.I. has worked with partner organizations
5、 in Latin America, Africa and India to develop innovative opportunities for street children to earn income. The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service first started in the Sudan. Participants in this enterprise were supplied with bicycles, which they used to deliver parcels and messages, but they were requir
6、ed to pay for it gradually from their wages. The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia is a joint program with the Red Cross Society. Street Youths are supported to start their own small business through business training, life skills training and access to credit.Lessons LearnedThe following
7、 lessons have emerged from the programs that S.K.I. and partner organizations have created. Its important for all loans to be linked to training programs that include the development of basic business and life skills. Small loans are provided initially for purchasing fixed assets such as bicycles, s
8、hoe shining kits. All S.K.I. programs have charged interest on the loans, primarily to get the business runners used to the concept of paying interest on borrowing money. Generally the rates have been modest.ConclusionThere is a need to recognize the importance of access to credit for poor young peo
9、ple seeking to fulfill economic needs.1. The organization, S.K.I., aims to _.A. give business training and loans to street children B. provide schools and social support for street childrenC. share the lessons S.K.I. learned to help street childrenD. draw the attention of the government to street ch
10、ildren2. This passage implies that with the help of S. K. I. street children may _.A. reject paid employment B. set up their own businessC. leave their families D. employ other children3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The link of all loans to training programs is imp
11、ortant.B. Interest is charged for the loans in all S.K.I. programs.C. The S.K.I Bicycle Courier Service provides the participants with free bicycles.D. The Youth Skills Enterprise Initiative in Zambia works with another organization.B My fathers family is not a musical family. They are a family of w
12、ords. My brother has my fathers dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful at
13、tempts to draw music from me. The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher-Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a li
14、ttle Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists on the keys. I tried to please her. “Feel the music,” she urged. I “felt” it and winced (退避) my ear-for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she alw
15、ays left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals (练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That metho
16、d worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B-sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on. I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged
17、 that my hidden talent was not about to emerge any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey,” she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensiti
18、ve to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears. I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasnt meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that drama might be
19、 more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting.
20、 I loved the challenge of taking our scanty (贫乏) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me-this, to me, was close to magic. Im a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic cre
21、ation. Its a wonderful, blissful (乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place. 4. The underlined word
22、 “emerge” in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by _.A. disappear B. fail C. turn D. show 5. Which of the following best reveals the authors attitude towards piano practice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased. B. She repeated the same mistake in practicing.C. She played the recording ins
23、tead of practicing. D. She recorded her performance for improvement. 6. The authors mother can be best described as _.A. devoted and stubborn B. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerate D. hardworking and generous7. We can learn from the passage _.A. art should be treated as a joy rathe
24、r than a burdenB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. parents should encourage their children to create artCTwo of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those
25、words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment. My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought abou
26、t what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. I dont only avoid those “if o
27、nly” moments when it comes to safety. Its equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor ac
28、ross from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldnt be here. But then I thought about the fact that hes 84 years old and I realized that I shouldnt give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off aft
29、er all.I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or
30、two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that Im doing the right thing. Im buying myself peace of mind and thats the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being. 8. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule? A. Start the car the moment everyone is se
31、ated. B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working. C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone. 9. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to _. A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor B. meet her fa
32、ther who was already an old manC. join in the holiday celebration of the companyD. finish her work before the deadline approached10. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _. A. abandoned B. lacked C. avoided D. wasted11.W hat is the best title for the passage? A. The
33、 Emotional Well-being B. The Two Saddest WordsC. The Most Useful Rule D. The Peace of MindD As rules, laws are peoples rights and responsibilities toward society. Laws are agreed on by society and made official by governments.Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance. Laws seem to li
34、mit peoples freedom to do many things they would like to do. Though laws may prevent us from doing things we wish to do at the moment, laws make everyones life safer and more pleasant. Without laws we could not hold on to our property; we could not go to bed at night expecting to wake up in the morn
35、ing and find that we had not been robbed; no stores in which we buy food, clothes, and other necessities could stay open and sell to us. Our banks would not be safe places to keep our money.Social life would be impossible without laws to control the way people treat one another. It is not the laws t
36、hat should be feared but the trouble that comes to everyone when laws are broken. Once this is understood, a citizen will not fear or hate the law. Understanding the need for good laws and the evil results of breaking laws is the first requirement of good citizenship and government.Philosophers once
37、 believed that in prehistoric time people lived without laws in a “state of nature”. People were free to do as they pleased unless someone stronger stopped them by force. As a result, life became so dangerous and unsafe that leaders had to create laws to protect life and property.This is no longer b
38、elieved to be true. Scholars now think that as soon as people began living in small groups, they worked out rules for getting along with one another. In time everyone accepted and supported the rules. Manners, customs and beliefs controlled the living habits and behavior of the group. Such rules and
39、 habits of life are called folkways.Folkways are probably the real meaning of human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and education. As life became more complex, folkways became more complete guides to living. After thousands of years, some of the important folkways were put into writing as the
40、earlier laws. And as life grew more and more complicated with faster transportation and the rise of modern industry and big cities, more human acts and interests had to be ruled by law. This led to a great increase in the number of laws.But we know that unless laws are enforced, they cannot protect
41、us. Poorly enforced laws invite crime and violence. So we agree that the best protection against crime is planned social change and law reform - to reduce the causes of crime and to encourage people to obey the laws. Such a solution would join a sound system of law enforcement with forces working to
42、 prevent crime. To attain this goal, all citizens must understand the need for good laws and for their enforcement.12. Some persons look on laws with fear, hatred, or annoyance, because_.A. they cant do whatever they want toB. they feel it unnecessary to have lawsC. laws only protect those who worke
43、d out themD. laws and rules are too complicated to understand13. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?A. Without laws we may fail to hold on to our propertyB. In prehistoric time people lived happily without laws in a “state of nature”.C. Human laws, as well as of religion, morals, and educa
44、tion, are believed to originate from Folkways.D. Good citizens and government should be aware of the need for good laws and the evil results of breaking laws 14. A sound system of law enforcement is necessary because_.A. some citizens fear or hate the law. B. poorly enforced laws cause crime and vio
45、lence.C. we need someone stronger to stop crime by force.D. the evil results of breaking laws are getting fewer and fewer . 15. Whats the best title of this passage?A. The Origin of Laws B. Enforcement of Laws C. Leaders and Laws D. Laws and rules. 第二节、七选五（共 5 小题）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为
46、多余选项Bored by the Chinese courses he was majoring in，Zuo Cheng,18，couldnt imagine having to drag himself into class day after day，week after week，for four years.The Beijing Language and Culture University student decided that enough was enough._16_“It may seem like Ive wasted a year and have to start
47、 college all over again，but now that Ive settled on a field Ill be able to concentrate， ” Zuo said.Zuo is not alone.At the China Three Gorges University in Yichang in Hubei Province 53 out of 59 students in the Physics Department took transfer exams last semester._17_“_18_ Many students picked colle
48、ges before majors，only to discover their mistakes a few weeks after arrival on the campus， ” said Jiang Xin,20，who was able to switch to electrical engineering and automation from physics. He said that physics graduates had few other options besides going into teaching._19_A new survey，of 2,500 stud
49、ents nationwide starting in September this year，suggests that as many as 35 percent of students are disappointed by their courses.However，Shao Yangfang，who works at the admissions office of University of International Business and Economics in Beijing，advised students to consider both shortterm and longterm goals.“After graduation do you want to find yourself in a job very specially related to your college major？Or，
