2018-2019学年浙江省台州市高三(上)期末英语试卷

2018-2019 学年浙江省台州市高三（上）期末英语试卷

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一、阅读理解（本大题共 10 小题，共 25.0 分）

A

Living next to the Spellmans ， our new neighbors ， almost drove my mother crazy ． If

shewasn't shaming them for not attending church ， or complaining to her sister Jackie about

theway the Spellman girls dressed ， then she was shoeing theSpellman's dogs out of our yard

orfiling noise complaints with the police ， My mother had never been so busy ． All she ever

spokeof any more were the Spellmans and their wrongdoings ．

One Sunday afternoon after church service， my mother was driving old Ms Parker hometo her

house on the hill when we got a flat tire ． As far as changing the tire， let's just say thatwe

were at the mercy of the good Lord ． Since old Ms ． Parker lived so far up that hill ， not a

lotof traffic drove by us ． It had been about fifteen minutes since the last car passed when

weheard the rattling and puttering of an old pickup truck as it pulled over to assist us ．

The Spellman boys ran up on our car like a NASCAR pit crew ． Before my mother couldeven

protest， they had taken the tire off． "Her spare is flat ， " said the middle one to the big

one． " Give her ours"replied the big one ， barely acknowledging the sacrifice ． My mother

wasstunned． "I don ， t know what to say ， "she stammered． The big one said ， "Well ，

the Lord saidlove your neighbor ， and we are neighbors， right ？

The next day when the Spellman's dogs went through my mother's flower garden ， sheput out

a bowl of water for them ． When she saw the Spellman girls walking out with nothingbut a

halter on， she lectured them about being upright ladies and offered them sweaters． Andwhen

she heard the Spellman's music through our walls ， she tried to dance a little bit ． Sheeven

invited the Spellmans to be part of the good neighbors committee ． Now theneighborhood was

a better place．

1. What was the authors mother mad at？ ______ A. The Spellmans' improper behavior ． B. The Spellmans'attending church alone ． C. The Spellmans'constantly asking for help ． D. The Spellmans 'dogs making too much waste ． 2. How did the author's mother feel about being helped by the Spellman boys ？ ______ A. Delighted B. Concerned． C. Frightened D. Surprised

3. What can we learn from the experience of the author's mother ？ ______ A. Every man has his weak side ． B. Doubt is the key to knowledge ． C. Don't judge a book by its cover ． D. Actions speak louder than words

B

Ms ． O'grady ， the head of Britains Trades Union Congress， issued a challenge onSeptember

10th． "We can win a four-day working week ， "she told members． The demand isfar from

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new． Shorter working weeks have been tried in New Zealand and Sweden， wherein happier，

healthier and more motivated employees ． Those who work shorterweeks are also reported to

be more productive ． Should weekends， therefore， be lengthened？ France's experience

suggests workers may not leap at the chance of working for

fewerhours ． The government reduced the full-time workers week to 35 hours in 2000 ． Last

yearthe French worked 38.9 hours a week on average ， seeming happy to labor above the

requiredlevel and pocket the extra pay or holiday allowance ．

And businesses may not seize the opportunity either ． Working less may be linked tohigher

productivity （ on a per-hour basis）， but overall output could still fall because of thesmaller

number of hours worked ． That will not get governments or employers excited ． Advocates

of a four-day week could claim that improving people's quality of life is moreimportant than

boosting the economy ． In an essay published during The Great Depression， John Maynard

Keynes wrote of an"age of leisure and abundance"in which technologicaladvances would allow

people to work 15-hour week ．

Unfortunately for any readers working hard on a Friday aftemoon ， Keynes jumped at his

conclusion too soon． Even Ms ． O'grady ， now demanding a longer weekend， is

pessimistic inher timescale ． A four-day week is apparently achievable"in this century" ． 4. The underlined phrase"leap at "in Paragraph 2 probably means ______ ．

A. Refuse B. grab C. abandon D. obtain

5. We can infer from the last paragraph that Ms ． O' grady ______ ． A. calls for an urgent attention to her suggestion B. feels confident of making longer weekend a reality C. regrets coming up with the idea of a longer weekend D. realizes the idea of longer weekend remains a distant dream 6. What is the text mainly about ？ ______ A. A longer weekend isn't that practical ． B. The French oppose a longer weekend C. A longer weekend causes lower efficiency ． D. A three-day weekend is a fresh idea in Europe ．