2015浙江绍兴一中高三上学期回头考试英语试题及答案(3)

　The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it   54  .　
   I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits. Instead I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.　
  Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am   55   my body and myself. I have finally found myself. 　 
41．A．hardly B．frequently C．immediately D．instantly
42．A．left B．to leave C．leaving D．having left
43．A．nothing B．no one C．none D．anything
44．A．ended up B．ended over C．ended up with D．was ended up
45．A．contributing to B．resulted in C．resulting from D．led to
46．A．lacking of B．lack of C．lacking D．lacked in
47．A．reflection B．infection C．imagination D．attention
48．A．unfamiliar B．unhappier C．unfriendly D．unfit
49．A．efforts B．affords C．effects D．infects
50．A．giving out B．giving in C．giving up D．giving away
51．A．challenge B．success C．energy D．work
52．A．It B．They C．There D．I
53．A．solution B．secret C．answer D．road
54．A．deserved B．focused C．caught D．paid
55．A．keep up with B．in line with C．put up with D．catch up with
第三部分：阅读理解（本题共12小题；每小题2分；满分24分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。


A 
     Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket--- anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.
      It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.
       The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway's school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgway's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, the decided that this would be his future.
      In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.
      Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he's skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.
     Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.
56. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?
   A. He became good at most sports.          B. He began to build up his body.
   C. He joined a sports team.                 D. He made friends with a runner.
57. The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ______.
   A. journeys   B. researches   C. adventures   D. operations. W
58. What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders?
   A. He is a success in sports.                      B. He is the best British skier.
   C. He is Ridgway's best student. `        D. He is a good instructor at school.

B
The image of a veiled（用面纱遮盖）bride walking down the aisle on her father's arm could become a thing of the past as a growing trend for 'feminist（女权主义者） weddings' has been detected among modern brides to be.
Doing away with the engagement ring, choosing not to be 'given away like property' and wearing a colour other than white are key themes gaining traction（牵引力） in the feminist wedding trend.
The findings, revealed in a survey of 200 brides to be, revealed that almost a quarter of women planned on keeping their maiden name after marriage, while one in 10 were planning to wear a colour other than white on their wedding day.     
Traditions such as the wearing of an engagement ring are also increasingly being rejected by brides who feel it is anti-feminist - with such an obvious token（记号） to be worn on the finger marking the woman in question as 'taken'. 
However, while there is undoubtedly a stirring among young brides to be, parents can take comfort in the fact that while some women are beginning to push back against the patriarchy（家长制）, the majority are still keen to uphold certain traditions, with 76 per cent of brides saying they really would like their father to walk them down the aisle.
Elki Parmar of Wedding Days.co.uk, who conducted the survey, said: “Some of the brides we have spoken to are doing things that they feel make their wedding more 'feminist'. That could be reflected by deciding not be given away, the idea being that one of the connotations of this tradition is that the woman is property to be given away. Other brides are choosing not to wear white on their wedding day as a woman’s white wedding dress traditionally carries connotations （含义）of virginal innocence whereas what the groom wears on his wedding day is not perceived（意识到） to be symbolic, creating somewhat of an imbalance from some feminist perspectives”.