辽宁省东北育才学校高一英语期中试题练习

A. ones of the past B. the past C. that of the past D. those of the past

35. I should make one more thing clear about the manner _________I am approaching this subject.

A in which B which C how D whatever

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A certain daughter complained to her father about her life and how things have been so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and she wanted to 36 . She was tired of fighting and 37 . It seemed that just as one problem was solved another 38 .

Her father, a chef, took her to the 39 , filled three pots with water and placed the fire on high. Soon the three pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in another he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter shut her teeth and impatiently 40 what he was trying to do. She had problems, and he was making this strange 41 . In half an hour he walked over to the stove and 42 the fire. He pulled all the things in three bowls. Turning to her he asked. "Darling what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to 43 the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and 44 it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the 45 egg. Finally, he asked her to 46 the coffee. Her face frowned from the strength of the coffee.

Humbly, she asked. "What does it mean Father?"

He explained. "Each of them faced the same 47 times, 212 degrees of boiling water. However each reacted 48 . The carrot went in strong, hard. But after going through boiling water, it 49 and became weak. The egg was fragile. A thin outer shell protected a 50 center. But after sitting through the boiling water, it's 51 became hardened. The coffee beans are unique, 52 . After they were in the boiling water, it became 53 and richer."

“ 54 are you,” he asked his daughter, "When hard times knocks on your door, how do you 55 ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

36. A. give up B. give back C. give away D. give out

37. A. losing B. struggling C. succeeding D. endeavoring

38. A. rose B. arose C. raised D. awoke

39. A. sitting-room B. garden C. kitchen D. bedroom

40. A. questioned B. asked C. said D. wondered

41. A. behavior B. words C. manner D. act

42. A. closed down B. turned up C. turned down D. turned around

43. A. taste B. smell C. look at D. feel

44. A. break B. drop C. eat D. strike

45. A. soft-boiled B. hot-boiled C. hard-boiled D. damaged

46. A. feel B. smell C. pour D. sip

47. A. hard B. easy C. comfortable D. convenient

48. A. the same B. differently C. unanimously D. painfully

49. A. hardened B. disappeared C. softened D. escaped

50. A. hard B. invisible C. liquid D. solid

51. A. outside B. skin C. shell D. inside

52. A. therefore B. however C. surprisingly D. moreover

53. A. white B. stronger C. weaker D. richer

54. A. What B. How C. Where D. Which

55. A. fight B. manage C. respond D. do

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节(共15题;每小题2分，满分30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。

A

I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Los Angeles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.

While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, “Mr. Castle, how are you?” We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, “It was nice talking to you, Brett.” I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put “Irving” down on my name plate. If he’d have said, “Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?” I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.

The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: You couldn’t accept tips. Okay, I’m outside and I put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.” They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and you put it in their hands and you expect them to say, “Oh, thanks a lot.” When you say, “I’m sorry, I can’t,” they feel a little put down. They say, “No one will know.” And they put it in your pocket. You say, “I really can’t.” It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.

I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.

56. What can be the best title for this text?

A. How Hard Life is for Box Boys

B. Getting along with Customers

C. Why I Gave up My Job

D. The Art of Taking Tips

57. From the second paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A. the writer didn’t like the impersonal part of his job

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