辽宁省锦州市2014-2015学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题（PDF版）

高二英语 第 页 （共8页） 第Ⅰ卷 2014—2015 学年度第二学期期末考试 高 二 英 语 注意事项： 1. 本试卷备有答题卡，请在答题卡上作答，否则无效。 2. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间100分钟，试卷满 分120分。 第一部分 听力（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，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 A Social worker Cathy Heying noticed a growing tendency among the homeless and unemployed people she served for nearly a decade at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Minneapolis. “At least twice a week, someone would mention car trouble as a reason for missing a job interview or not getting the kids to day care,”says Cathy, 44.“I thought if I could offer car repairs, I could prevent these problems.” So in December 2012, with little more automotive experience than making small changes to improve her own motorcycle, Cathy signed up for a mechanics（机械学）program. After two years of taking a full-time course, Cathy obtained a part-time degree in auto technology from Dunwoody College of Technology. Then she opened the Lift, a nonprofit garage offering affordable car repair for needy people. “I had no mechanics, no volunteers, and only a few tools,”says Cathy. She operated from a partly closed area in a friend’s garage. But she made it work. One of Cathy’s first customers, Linda Granger, was unemployed when her social worker referred her to the Lift. Her 20-year-old pickup truck had a new heater, timing belt, and brakes fixed by Cathy and a volunteer for $600 total, which Linda is paying off in $20 monthly installments. The same repairs would have cost at least $1,800 at a typical garage. “There’s no way I could have afforded it otherwise,”says Linda. “It’s been a hard journey from social worker to mechanic,”says Cathy.“But compared with other people’s struggles, I have nothing to complain about.” 1 高二英语 第 页 （共8页） 21. What motivates Cathy Heying to open the Lift? A. The car trouble of the homeless and unemployed. B. Ten years of hard work with poor people like her. C. The growing tendency of more job interviews. D. The joy of getting the ki