湖北省宜昌市20xx届高三英语上学期12月月考试题

湖北省宜昌市20xx届高三英语上学期12月月考试题内容摘要：

en closed it. Should I tell her that, in teasing a woman’s weight, she’s joined the long tradition of critics? Should I tell her I didn’t cry when someone post ed my picture and mented, “I’m sorry, but aren’t authors who write books marketed to young women supposed to be pretty?” Does she need to know, now, that life isn’t fair? I feel her eyes on me, waiting for an answer I don’t have. Words are my tools. Stories are my job. It’s possible she’ll remember what I say forever, and I have no idea what to say. So I tell her the only thing I can e up with that is absolutely true. I say to my daughter, “I love you, and there is nothing you could ever do to m ake me not love you. But I’m disappointed in you right now. There are plenty of reasons for not liking someone. What she looks like isn’t one of them.” Lucy nods, tears on her cheeks. “I won’t say that again,” she tells me, and I pull her close, pressing my nose against her hair. As we sit there together, I pray for her to be smart and strong. I pray for her to find friends, work she loves, a partner who loves her. And still, always, I pray that she will never struggle as I’ve struggled, that weight wil l never be her cross to bear. She may not be able to use the word in our home, but I can use in my head. I pray that she will never get fat. 28. Why does the author want to discuss with Lucy? A. Because she wants to offer some other helpful advice. B. Because she is really shocked at Lucy’s rudeness. C. Because she has prepared the conversation for nine years. D. Because she decides to tell Lucy a similar story of her own. does the author want to tell her daughter? A. It is not easy to take the doctors’ advice to eat less. B. People shouldn’t plain because life is unfair. C. People shouldn’t be blamed for their appearance. D. She herself was once laughed at for her appearance. can be inferred from the passage that_______. A. the author earns a living by writing stories. B. the author is a fat but goodlooking woman. C. the author will stop loving her daughter for what she said. D. the author’s daughter agreed with her from the very beginning. author’s attitude towards her daughter can be best described as _______. A. satisfied and friendly B. indifferent but patient C. loving but strict D. unsatisfied and angry D Children’s lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did? It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood without some element of nostalgia(怀旧的 ). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure. These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller. It is mon for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn’t time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today’s boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. This is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves. Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(讽刺 ) is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive” . The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same. 32. What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph? A. To get people’s attention and lead in the topic. B. To gather people’s opinions on childhood. C. To show who the passage is written for. D. To pare the childhood lives of two generations. 33. Which is NOT a reason for the changes? A. Families are smaller today. B. Parents worried too much about their children. C. Toys can be played by children alone at home. D. It’s too dangerous to play outside. 34. What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph? A. Young people today shouldn’t play electronic games. B. Some games that young people play today aren’t really good. C. Computer and video games have replaced the board games. D. Board games are much more interesting than puter games. 35. The writer’s attitude towards the childhood changing is ______。