山西省太原五中20xx届高三10月月考英语试题(编辑修改稿)

山西省太原五中20xx届高三10月月考英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

eve either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers. This would mean everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher. 热烈祝贺原创英语专项教辅第一品牌《奇速英语》命中 20xx 全国 44 篇中高考阅读完形。 20xx 版《奇速英语 .考前 30 天及押试题卷》由全国 28 位英语特级教师实名打造，将于 12 月隆重上市，欢迎订阅 教育资源免费下载，教师职称论文发表，欢迎访问《教育界》杂志官网 Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them – a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an illrespected school can show certificates to prove he is suitable for a job, while the lack of a certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a wellrespected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his school’s reputation, unable to pete for employment with the child from the favored school. The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil force because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no special, different academic class. They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection. The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some puter. 41. The word “ favoritism” in paragraph 3 is used to describe the phenomenon that________. A. bright children also need certificates to get satisfying jobs. B. children from wellrespected schools tend to have good jobs. C. poor children with certificates are favored in job markets. D. children attending ordinary schools achieve great success. 42. What would happen if examinations were taken away according to the author? A. schools for bright children would lose their reputation. B. There would be more opportunities and excellence. C. Children from poor families would be able to change their schools. D. Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation. 43. The opponents of the examination system will agree that_______________. A. jobs should not be assigned by systematic selection. B. puters should be selected to take over many jobs. C. special classes are necessary to keep the school standards. D. schools with academic subjects should be done away with. 44. The passage mainly focuses on _________________. A. schools and certificates B. examinations and equality C. opportunity and employment D. standards and reputation 45. The underlined word “reputation” means ______________. A. successful achievement B. good title C. strict management D. fame C Somewhere on the other side of the world, a small group of workers is busy with a lifeordeath struggle． This battle isn39。 t about selfprotection, as admirable as that might be． By slaying to face the radiation and fire at Japan39。 s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the earthquake and then tsunami（海啸） in Japan, the 50 or so workers may have already shortened their life． They knew that would happen． And yet they stay, working in neartotal darkness, pumping seawater onto exposed nuclear fuel in hopes that they can prevent thousands of tons of radioactive material going into the air, and protect the health of millions of people． Their task sounds like something out of a scifi thriller． They worked on the equipment in the plete darkness only by their flashlights, listening for explosions． They carry heavy oxygen tanks on 热烈祝贺原创英语专项教辅第一品牌《奇速英语》命中 20xx 全国 44 篇中高考阅读完形。 20xx 版《奇速英语 .考前 30 天及押试题卷》由全国 28 位英语特级教师实名打造，将于 12 月隆重上市，欢迎订阅 教育资源免费下载，教师职称论文发表，欢迎访问《教育界》杂志官网 their backs． They wear white, fullbody jump suits to protect their bodies． Like Oscar said in Armageddon: Scariest environment imaginable． That39。 s all you have to say． According to news reports, some of the 50 workers volunteered to remain behind to take charge of the fire pumps with which they39。 re spraying seawater on the exposed fuel． It’s part of the job, part of the training, an American nuclear power plant operator said． Nobody makes a secret of the possible dangers at a place like this． If there39。 s a problem, you don39。 t call somebody in to fix it． It39。 s our problem． We39。 re the only ones who can fix it． That39。 s just what we do． I don39。 t know about you, but I39。 ve never really thought of nuclear power plant workers as guardians at the gate —those whose jobs may at any time p。