2015兰州3月诊断英语试题及答案

兰州市2015届高三3月诊断考试
英语试题


第一部分：阅读理解( 共两节，满分40分)
第一节（共15小题；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。
A
Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. These two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses. 
One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success and by the next week he was still missing. 
Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone. Barking, whining (哀叫) and generally pestering (纠缠) Brownie’s human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog. 
Continuously,Ted, Brownie’s owner, was disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!” 
Eventually, Ted followed Spotty to a deserted spot half a mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. 
Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps which were later identified as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week! 
Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort. Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.
Brownie’s leg was treated by a veterinarian (兽医) and he recovered. For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses. 
1．Why did Ted pay little attention to Spotty at the very beginning?
A．Because Ted was tired of listening to Spotty barking.
B．Because Ted only cared about Brownie’s safety.
C．Because Ted was not free at that moment.
D．Because Ted knew where Brownie was.
2．When Ted was led by Spotty to Brownie, he      .
A．was curious to find out what had happened 
B．highly appreciated Spotty’s help  
C．was worried about Brownie’s health
D．regretted not following Spotty earlier
3．Not only did Spotty help Ted find Brownie but also       .
A．he went to see his friend and played with him secretly
B．he sent messages to some other persons in his community to save his friend 
C．he managed to lead a veterinarian to treat his friend
D．he sent food to his friend, accompanied him and inspired him to cheer up 
4．What can we learn from the story?
A．Barking dogs seldom bite.
B．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C．Love me, love my dog.
D．Every dog has its day.
B
  Your kids learn a lot from their friends—things you can’t teach them, no matter how much you 
want to.
  Probably the most important thing kids learn is how to have peer relationships. As a parent, you can’t do this, because you and your child aren’t equals.
  For example, when you’re sitting on your family room floor and your very young child asks you to pass him the blocks, you probably hand them right over. If your child is sitting with a peer and asks the same thing, though, he might not get what he wants.
  To succeed, your child will need to learn strategies for getting what he wants. For example, he might simply yank (猛拉) the toy out of his friend’s hand. If he does that, he may learn that it’s not the best way of getting what he wants because it leads to fighting and time-outs. The successful child 
will learn that he needs to negotiate a trade, to wait patiently, or to find something else equally fun to play with.
  Friends also provide emotional support, something that is part of the foundation of healthy adulthood. You can’t be with your child on the elementary school playground or at the high school dance. Your child’s friends will be the ones to stick up for her, to include her in games, and later, to tell her she looks great even if her lousy prom (糟糕的舞会) date wanders off instead of dancing with her.
  Friends also help your children learn. Friends solve problems together, imitate each other, and 
pass on knowledge .
Some experts believe that the single biggest predictor of your child’s success later in life is her ability to make friends. In fact, they claim it’s even more important than IQ and grades.
This doesn’t mean that the kids who are most popular in school do the best later on in life. What matters is not the number of friends a child has but rather the quality of the relationships.
This is good news for those of us who hate to think that popularity really is the Holy Grail of childhood and adolescence. While it’s true that popularity has many advantages, and that many popular kids really are nice people—and not just the best dressed or best looking—it’s better to have a few good friends than to have the admiration of the masses. 
5．By giving the example in Paragraph 3, the author wants to show that       . 
A．kids can learn how to deal with the relationships when they stay with their peers 
B．parents should spend more spare time playing with their kids 
C．kids should learn how to be polite when they ask their parents for help