温州中学高三英语期中试题

chance to 36 another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a 37 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 38 pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.

No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 39 attitude.She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so 40 all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.

21. A. leave behind B. leave out C. leave off D. leave for

22. A. living B. staring C. standing D. going

23. A. car B. ship C. train D. plane

24. A. range B. shape C. sight D. control

25. A. adapting B. suiting C. matching D. fitting

26. A. names B. jobs C. addresses D. directions

27. A. father B. classmates C. brother D. relatives

28. A. performing B. seeking C. waiting D. applying

29. A. programs B. sacrifices C. contribution D. cooperation

30. A. Once B. While C. When D. Unless

31. A. somewhere B. somewhat C. sometime D. somehow

32. A. romantic B. comfortable C. mysterious D. wealthy

33. A. generally B. actually C. especially D. unfairly

34. A. desert B. develop C. affect D. limit

35. A. lifestyle B. value C. journey D. opportunity

36. A. acquire B. explore C. occupy D. realize

37. A. load B. sadness C. result D. challenge

38. A. hang B. draw C. take D. sell

39. A. changeable B. cautious C. positive D. negative

40. A. experienced B. brave C. ordinary D. annoyed

第二部分 阅读理解:(共两节, 满分50分)

III. 第一节(共20小题; 每小题2分, 满分40分))阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

A

Open Letter to an Editor

I had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently — one who works for you. In fact, he’s one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.

Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues, approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I’m sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you’ve given

him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.

So why is he looking for a way out?

He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be

pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.

The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how

long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.

He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he’s doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That’s what you want for him, too, isn’t it?

So your reporter has set me thinking.

Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists — everyone — is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can’t do it,

they’ll find someone who can.

41. What does the writer think of the reporter?

A. Optimistic. B. Imaginative. C. Ambitious. D. Proud.

42. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks?

A. Finding the news value of his stories. B. Giving him financial support.

C. Helping him to find issues. D. Improving his good ideas.

43. Which of the following is nearest to the meaning of “turn his story idea upside down and inside

out” in the passage?

A. Study his story idea in details. B. Get some general idea of his story.

C. Turn his writing over and over. D. Find some reasons to kill his story.

44. The letter aims to remind editors that they should ______.

A. keep their best reporters at all costs C. be aware of their reporters’ professional development

B. give more freedom to their reporters D. appreciate their reporters’ working styles and attitudes

B

The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all

around the world,

By 1930, there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went

to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.

Camillo’s son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators. In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe (主机) computer designed and made in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the world’s leading companies in information technology and communication. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group — one for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telecommunications.

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