精品解析：内蒙古集宁一中2015-2016学年高一下学期第三次月考英语试题

集宁一中2015——2016学年第二学期第三次月考 高一年级英语试题 本试卷满分120分，考试时间为100分钟。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共70分 ） 第一部分 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 Los Angeles：Love for Mom is a given，but buying flowers on her big day may not be. A slump in flower sales since late last year was likely to continue through Mother's Day，another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears，which is a period of reduced trade and business activity，and increasing food and gasoline prices. “If you look at what has happened on Valentine’s Day and Christmas, the market for flowers has cooled,” said Eric Bender， an analyst at Bream Murray. “Growth has slowed in the past two quarters. Mother's Day will probably be a slow quarter，too.’’ US floral sales for Mother’s Day, celebrated yesterday, will fall thirteen percent this year to $2 billion，with consumers spending an average of $17.65.according to the National Retail Federation estimates. Mother’s Day，which accounts for a one—quarter of annual holiday purchases，according to the Society of American Florists，is traditionally the day when floral bouquets are delivered to the doorsteps of many mothers.But this year，the shop-owners are concerned. Gabriel Soto，who owns a flower shop beneath an office high-rise in the Los Angeles financial district, is expecting lower sales--and has ordered 30 percent fewer flowers than normal this Mother’s Day. Last month, Solo, who also operates website downtown-flowers, net, closed another store in a nearby building that was headquarters to a mortgage company. After workers lost their jobs due to the housing crisis, orders decreased. 1. The underlined word “slump” in Para. 2 probably means__________________________. A. sharp increase in price B. great fear for losing jobs C. global worry of floral stores D. sudden fall by a large amount 2. According to the author, Mother's Day should be an occasion of_____________. A. a large family get-together B. a big annual holid