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高三英语测试
考生注意:
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分,考试时间100分钟。
2.答题前,考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时,请将答索答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对
应题目的答案标号涂黑:非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答
题区战内作答,超出答题区域书写的答案无效,在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围:人救版选择性必修第二册Uits1~4。
第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题:每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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Famous Pcople Who Begin With Difficultics
Oprah Winfrey
Probably having onc of the most famous success storics,Oprah was born into a poor
family in Mississippi,raised by a single mother living on welfare.She was physically,and
mentally abused during her childhood Despite her initial strugges as a young girl,she turned
herself into one of the most successful talk show hosts of our time.
Jim Cnrrey
Jim Carrey has been the star of some of the most successful movics of all time.But
Carrey grew up extremely poor in Canada.When he was a teenager,his family took security
jobs in a factory to help pay the bills.And during his first stand-up comedy performance,he
was boocd off()the stage.Not shortly after,he made it big on In Living Color and
then went on to star in Dumb Dumber,The Mask,and Ace Ventura in the same ycar!
James Dyson
If you thought Thomas Edison's failures were bad,let me introduce you to James Dyson,
the famous inventor of the Dyson vacuums(真空吸尘器)you see all over the television.Dyson
developed over 5,000 failed prototypes()before finding the bagless vacuum brand.Not
only that,he put his entire savings account into his prototypes over fifteen years!Luckily,
the bagless vacuum worked.
_Stephen King
Before Stephen King became known as a great living writerhaving written over 60
novels,many of which have been adapted for film and television-King was rejected over and
over again.In his memoir.On Writing,King describes how he used to post his rejection
letters on the wall for inspiration.His first novel,Carrie,was rejected 30 times.
1.What do Oprah and Jim have in common?
A.They were abused by parents.
B.They grew up in poor families.
C.They were hired a