江苏省20xx-20xx学年高一10月月考英语试题内容摘要:

en broken down. You can approach a builder or a brain surgeon in any bar in any city on any given evening. When the world is your oyster (牡蛎 ), you surely have a better chance of finding a pearl. But it seems that the old conventions have been replaced by an even tighter restriction: the limitations of choice. The expectations of partners are made greater to an unmanageable degree: good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and so on. There is no room for error in the first impression. We think that a relationship can be perfect. If it isn’t, it is intended to be thrown away. We work to protect ourselves against future heartache and don’t put in the hard emotional labor needed to build a strong relationship. Twelvehour work at the office makes relaxed afterhours dating difficult. The cost of housing and childraising creates pressure to have a stable ine and career before a life partnership. 59. In a contemporary family, . share the burdens begin to depend on women are responsible for housework can’t get along together 60. People don’t want to give up their independence because . think they can live happily alone want to have more choices can’t bear arranged marriages don’t want to follow traditions 61. People don’t bother to date because . needs faith to have a life partnership takes them too much energy at work requires luck to build a strong relationship causes mental problems to find a life partner 62. Which of the following can best describe the main idea of the passage? is much more important than love. should spend more money on marriage today. expectations of partners and financial pressure may block a relationship. a perfect marriage can be abandoned for the sake of independence. I was raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley along with five sisters and one brother. When I was 15, I got addicted to drinking at weekends and then dropped out of school. By the time I was 17, I continued to drink heavily. I couldn39。 t find a job to support myself. So, I had no other choice but to join the army. I retired and went back home three years later, still a heavy drinker. When I was 22, I met Sue whose father was also a heavy drinker, so my behavior didn39。 t surprise her. We were soon married and later had two daughters. I started my first business when I was in my midtwenties. A few years later, I bought a large chicken farm. Even with this success, though, my drinking was always a problem. It affected my marriage and family so much that I knew I had to make up my mind to stop drinking. So I tried great efforts. But two years later, I began drinking again. When I was in my midthirties, I sold both of my businesses, and bought the big house on the hill. I was not at all happy, although I had everything that was supposed to make me happy. I sold our big house on the hill and bought a large land, where I built a new house. Our marriage was in big trouble, and my finances would go down the drain. For the first time in many years, I had to go to work for someone as an employee. I took a job as a heavy equipment operator in a road building camp. My marriage still came apart when I was 38, and my kids had to go through our divorce. I spent 6 months in giving up drinking on a school camp. Nearly a year later, I met my childhood neighbor girl, June. We were married not long afterwards. My kids learned to trust me and I have two stepchildren that also love me. Happy life continued about ten years. Everything was going so well when I felt there was something wrong with my body. I went to see a doctor, and the medical examination came out that I had ALS(肌肉萎缩症 ). Record shows that people with ALS generally survive between two to five years after symptoms appear. I39。 ve probably had the symptoms for oneandahalf years already, so I don39。 t know how much time I have left.…God knows… 63. Which of the following is the right order for the author’s experience? a. He married June. b. He married Sue. c. He bought the big house on the hill. d. He bought a large chicken farm. e. He succeeded in giving up drinking. f. He tried but failed to get rid of drinking. , d, c, b, f, e , d, f, c, e, a , c, d, a, f, e , b, d, c, e, a 64. The underlined phrase “go down the drain”(in Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to “_________”. out of expectation totally successful worse and worse safe in one’s pocket 65. What can we know about the author? began drinking at the age of 17. ended his army life at the age of 19. was not happy, although he lived in the big house at the age of 35. bought the big house on the hill when he was 25. 66. What can we infer about the author’s marriage? two kids didn’t trust him before he remarried. finance was the first thing that led to the failure of his first marriage. first wife didn’t know about his drinking before marriage. gave birth to two children in his 40s. 67. What is true according to the last paragraph? author is hopeless because he will be dead in a few years because of ALS. author has hope because the doctor concluded that he had 25 years left. author is uncertain whether the symptoms of ALS have appeared or not. author will ask God whether the disease is curable or not. 第 II 卷(非选择题) 请点击修改第 II 卷的文字说明 评卷人 得分 五、单词拼写:共 10 题 每题 1 分 共 10分 68. Their greed(贪婪 )is endless, so you can never s_____________ them. 69. In ancient times, wealth was measured and e_______________ in things that could be touched: food, tools and stones. 70. You need to sell yourself to the employer by c___________them that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience they need. 71. As the evidence began to a____, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate. 72. Having taught English for nearly 30 years, Mr. Fang is an e___________ teacher. 73. They pride themselve。
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