山东省枣庄三中2014届高三上学期10月学情调查英语试题答案(3)

42．Which of the following shocked Michael?
    A．The farm was small                   B．The old house looked like his own．
    C．Living conditions were poor in the fields．D．Animals were free in the fields．
43．The old man _______．
A．owned a small farm，which extended only to the wall not far away
B．had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day
C．hadn’t his modern car any longer     D．used to have as good a car as his grandson’s
44．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Michael owned a large farm in Ireland.
B．Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm
within a day．
C．Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day．
    D．Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather
45．From “I used to have a car like that”, we can see that________．
    A．the old man really had a car like that
    B．the old mall knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large
    C．the old mall misunderstood what Michael said
    D．the old man wanted to buy a car like that
B
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animal. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others often. We try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.
No more angry shouts and no more horns!
When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.
46. The author has discovered that people will feel happy when ______.
A. they offer their help                B. they receive others’ help
C. they feel others’ kindness          D. they show their weakness
47. The author feels sad sometimes because ______.
A. he has a soft heart           B. he relies much on others
C. some people pretend to be kind    D. some people fail to see the kindness in others
48. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?
A. They speed up to pass.          B. They waited with patience.
C. They tried their best to help.       D. They put on their flashlights too.
49. In this passage, the author advises us to ______.
A. handle problems by ourselves    B. accept help from others
C. admit our weakness            D. show our bravery
50. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. A Wheelchair Experience.  B. Weakness and Kindness.
C. Weakness and Strength          D. A Driving Experience
C
The British usually expect one or two snowfalls each year but the amount of snow rarely affects everyday life. However, this week Britain has had the worst snow it has seen in around 18 years. Some places had more than 30cm in a day.
The bad weather caused a lot of trouble. More than 3000 schools had to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school. School children weren’t too unhappy about it, though, as they headed out to play in the snow: building snowmen; having snowball fights; and some even snowboarding and skiing.
In London, bus services were withdrawn for a day and tubes and trains were cancelled. Major motorways in the country had to close. Many people were unable to get to work and it is thought the cost of this lost labor is around￡1 billion to businesses and the economy.
Anyone wanting to leave the country had problems too. Runways were closed at all the UK’s major airports because of the snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled leaving many passengers stranded at airports.
So why is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, explained that there aren’t enough snow-ploughs and other equipment and it doesn’t make sense to buy such equipment when it snows so infrequently.
The south-east of England was the hardest hit at the beginning of the week but the snow is now moving northwards where the chaos continues. More ice and snow is forecast throughout the week and the advice from travel and weather organizations is to stay indoors unless you really need to venture out!