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2015-2016学年第一次联合命题英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分 听力（1-20小题）在笔试结束后进行。

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I’m a speed reader. Have been since I was a teen. Mother worked for the continuing

education department of a university, and they were offering a class on speed reading and

needed one more person to fill out the class. I became that one person.

The class met for only an hour or two for a few weeks, but when the goal of a class is speed,

you don’t need to meet for long. The instructor said to make our eyes go across the lines of words

as fast as they could and not to be concerned about what the words meant. I read Animal Farm in

10 ten minutes. Cover to cover. The instructor asked what the book was about. I said I didn’t

know, but if I had to guess I’d say it was about animals on a farm. He looked displeased.

I’ve been speed reading ever since. I can’t stop and I can’t slow down. Today, for example, I

plan on reading Churchill’s History of the English Speaking Peoples over lunch. I hope it’s more

memorable than Animal Farm.

As a result of all this speed-reading, I often experience a delay between what I think I read

and what something actually says.

The other day I passed by a mall with a large sign that said “Auto Theft Sale”. I thought how

efficient it was for auto thieves to simply sell all the stole cars in a big tent at the mall. A half-mile

later it dawned on me that the sign had said “Auto Tent Sale”.

Every time I drive through a construction zone, I gasp (屏气). The sign says: “Hit a Worker

$10, 000 (about 62,000 yuan).” It reads like they’re offering a reward. Of course, it’s not an offer.

It’s just that my eyes rarely take in the last line that says, “Fine.” It’s a $10, 000 fine if you hit a

worker. Someone really needs to rephrase that one. Speed reading has bitten me on the backside more than once. Especially as a writer. Just ask

any of my editors.

21. Why was the author able to attend classes on speed reading?

A. Her mother found her gifted in speed reading.

B. She was the only teenager applicant for the class.

C. She’d already practiced speed reading before.

D. She took a chance and filled one vacancy (空缺).

22. What left the instructor unsatisfied in the class?

A. It took the author ten minutes to complete Animal Farm.

B. The author read fast but didn’t get the main idea of the book.

C. The class was only an hour or two for a few weeks.

D. All the class actually failed to follow his advice.

23. The author tends to prove that there is always a delay in her understanding after speed

reading by ________.

A. making comparisons B. analyzing cause and effect

C. giving examples D. drawing a conclusion

24. Which of the following best describes the author?

A. Talented and productive. B. Proud and hot-headed.

C. Careless and quick-tempered. D. Truthful and humorous.

B

A trip across the Pacific will guarantee you a different experience with a tipping

culture

you’ve never come across in China.

In the US, giving a little extra money to service workers on top of your bill is a

common

practice.

Though US national law requires that businesses pay workers at least $7.25 (45 yuan) per

hour, employees receiving tips—often waiters and waitresses—are the exceptions. They usually

only receive at least $2.13 an hour, and tips make up the difference. As the Wall Street Journal

put it, “The American system of tipping holds the promise of great rewards for waiting staff.”

So how should you tip if you are in the US?

Normally you pay tips as a percentage of the bill. Offering an extra 15 percent of the bill to

the waiter or waitress in a restaurant and to the delivery man or woman is customary

and

expected. You can offer more for great service and less for poor service.

Yet there is an exception. For take-out food, you don’t have to provide tips, though some

people say that filling an order still requires work and time that deserve a little extra—but maybe

a little less.

Tips are not expected at fast food restaurants, cafés or ice cream shops either, though a tip

jar might be right by the cash register (收银机). Don’t feel obligated to throw some money in, but

also remember that it doesn’t hurt. Those workers do not rely on tips.