河南省南阳市七校2017-2018学年高一上学期第一次联考

河南省南阳市七校2017-2018学年高一上学期第一次联考

英语试题

第I卷

第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）（略）

第二部分 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

Life hasn’t always been easy for Sareana Kimia, 16. Her parents split up when she was young,

and she hasn’t seen her dad since she was l0. In June 2014, she and her mom, Shefali Gupta, found

out that they would soon be evicted (逐出) from their home. Sareana knew that her mom had money

problems.

Even before the eviction, Gupta had become very sad. Because she didn’t have health

insurance, Gupta couldn’t get a doctor’s help for her emotional problems.

Sareana took charge of things at home. For example, she often cooked her family’s meals.

When she and her mom were about to lose their home, it was Sareana who arranged a place for them

to stay.

For years, Sareana had been an active volunteer with several organizations. She even started

her own group, Youth for National Change. It works to support the rights of young people.

Sareana called a few adults she had worked with. After finding out about her situation, one

couple opened their doors right away. But by August 2014, the couple no longer had room for

Sareana and her mom. The two ended up living in their car. They didn’t want to go to a homeless

shelter out of fear that they could be split up. Through it all, Sareana kept working on projects and

studying. “At no point did I let what was going on change my daily routine,” she says.

Sareana is homeschooled online and goes to classes at a nearby college. Last fall, school bills

began piling up. She had no way to pay them. A friend suggested that she try raising funds online.

After a newspaper ran an article about Sareana, donations poured in-nearly $ 30,000! She paid for

school and had enough money left to rent a small apartment. She and her mom moved into it in

January 2015.

1. What happened to Sareana in 2014?

A. She lost her father. B. She became homeless.

C. Her mom abandoned her. D. Her house was destroyed.

2. Sareana started an organization to .

A. teach people to cook B. support poor people

C. earn money D. help youth

3. Sareana finally found her own apartment .

A. by raising money B. by doing part—time jobs

C. with the help of her friends D. with the help of her college

【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A

【解析】本文是记叙文。一个女孩和妈妈无家可归后努力渡过难关。

1. 推理判断题。由第一段中的In June 2014, she and her mom ... would soon be

evicted from their home及下文母女俩的住处可推断，2014年Sareana无家可归了。故选B.

2. 细节理解题。由第四段末的It works to support the rights of young people可知，这个组织是帮助青少年的。故选D.

3. 细节理解题。由最后一段中的After a newspaper ran an article about Sareana, donations poured

in-nearly $ 30,000! She paid for school and had enough money left to rent a small apartment.可知，Sareana挣够了钱搬进了属于自己的家。故选A.

B

Earlier this year, my family experienced an unexpected tragedy. The kind of tragedy which

knocks you out of yourself and turns your whole world upside down. A tragedy which also caused

me to be out of work for three months. It was completely unforeseen and I had no time to put

together an out-of-office plan.

I’ve worked at previous companies where this kind of tragedy would have been handled

professionally; I would have been given the legally—required money and asked to leave. But at

SAS Institute (an American developer of analytics software), my team stepped in and filled in with

no questions or hesitations. My work was not left undone. My clients (客户) were patient when

those picking up the pieces of projects unrelated to them needed some time to get familiar with the

work. My management and colleagues checked on my family regularly. At last, my manager, my

entire team and Human Resources Department helped me back to work at my own pace. They even

changed my workspace over a weekend to better suit my personal needs before I even came back to

work.

You see, SAS—creates—a—family. The special attention to employee happiness and

work/life balance makes that family possible. The flexible work environment enables most

employees to create a schedule that best suits their personal needs—whether it’s attending a school

play or taking an aging parent to the doctor. The Work/Life Office has a wealth of resources for

college planning, anger management, sorrow, etc. But, as you can see, it doesn’t stop there. Most

employees believe that SAS is their family. We rely on each other. We help each other succeed. We

celebrate team successes. We hang out after work. Our kids play together. We laugh together and cry

together.

Sure, we have a lot of convenience benefits at SAS. But, what really makes a difference to me

is the SAS culture that the outside world doesn’t always see: The balance. The companionship. The