福建省厦门市2015届高三适应性考试英语试题 Word版含答案

One August afternoon，he discovered a card saying GREEN BOTTLE STREET at the back of the drawer．He checked the listed details．It was not there．It was a lost，a forgotten street， which existed in the heart of Montreal，not half a mile from city hall，and no one had known．He put the card in his pocket and the next day he went looking for the street with beating heart． At his first glance，Marc realized how it had gotten its unusual name．It was exactly like a bottle in shape．With the sun shining on the garden plots，and the blue sky overhead，the street gave him a sense of peace．A woman some sixty years of age was watering roses in the garden of the first house to his right．

He announced，“I'm from the city engineering department，madam．” The woman recovered herself and set her watering can down．

“So you have found out at last,” she said．“We paid our taxes and made out a lot of forms

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and answered the questions of various officials．Then，after a while,we were sent no notices，so we paid no more taxes．No one bothered us at all．It was a long time before we understood that in some way they’d forgotten about us．”

Marc nodded．Of course，if Green Bottle Street had been ignored by the city hall，no inspectors would go there，no tax collectors．All would pass merrily by．

“For several years，the tenants(租户) here had lived in harmony with each other and the landlord．The owner became so attached to them that he gave them all he had when he died．I have lived here for more than twenty years．I hope to end my days here as well．”

She smiled pleasantly at him，apparently forgetting for the moment that he carried in his pocket a bomb that could blow their little world to pieces．

“You remind me of my nephew,”she said suddenly．“He was a dear boy．I was heartbroken when he died．I’m the last of my family,you know．”

Marc thought of his noisy and violent landlady and neighbors．He could not recall when he had been spoken to with such simple goodwill．His heart warmed to this old lady．“1 wonder,” he said slowly, “I am a good tenant，and I wonder?”

“Oh yes，”she leaned forward eagerly, “you could have the top floor of my house．I'm sure it would suit you．”

Marc took the card out of his pocket and tore it across and dropped the pieces in the

watering can．As far as he was concerned．Green Bottle Street would remain mislaid forever． 67．The underlined sentence “So you’ve found out at las” shows that the woman was . A．disappointed B．puzzled C．curious D．excited 68．What can we know about Green Bottle Street from the passage?

A．It would be renamed very soon． B．It existed for at least 20 years． C．It got its name from a green bottle． D．It was ignored due to its location． 69．It can be inferred that Marc .

A．carried a bomb in his pocket B．hated inspectors and tax collectors

C．looked for the long-lost street happily D．would probably move to Green Bottle Street 70．Marc tore the card into pieces mainly because . A．he fellin love with the woman B．Green Bottle Street got mislaid

C．it presented the wrong information D．he treasured the peace in Green Bottle Street 71．From the passage we may know that . A．the woman’s nephew resembled Marc a lot B．the woman was attached to where she lived C．tenants in Green Bottle Street often had conflicts D．Marc’s landlord gave away what he had when he died

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People will spend a large amount of time to save a few dollars．There’s often a lightbulb moment that happens when you ask them to calculate their time-dollar value，because it reveals that they’re spending more in soft costs than they’re accounting for．

Take a second to think about it．If you spend 3 hours avoiding paying $12 for something， You’ve saved money,but you’ve also been working at $4 per hour．If you’re an entrepreneur(企 业家)，your time is worth more than $4 per hour,and while your choice has saved a “hard” cost， You’ve spent more in your time．Energy and attention are two other soft resources we need to be thinking about，too．Soft costs are just as real as hard costs．In that 3 hours，you could have been doing $300 worth of income-generating，high-value activities．

It’s a bit different when you’re employed by someone else，as you’ll make the same

whether you spend 3 hours or 3 0 minutes to get something done．However,the people who actively add more value to their organization before being paid to do so are the ones most likely to get a promotion or advancement that honors their contributions because they show up in a different way．

The next time you’re thinking of making a decision that involves hard costs,also consider the soft opportunity costs of what you’re currently doing.No decision is made in a vacuum(真空). Outside of “ work” situations，think about how much time you spend doing things you’d rather not do，say，cleaning your house．Is it worth $100 to not have to spend your weekend cleaning your house? Why should you clean your house any more than you should spend time with your kids?

Keeping costs down is always a great thing to focus on．Just make sure that your focus on keeping costs down isn’t also keeping your income or earning potential down． 72．According to Paragraph 2，which of the following belongs to a “hard” cost? A．Money． B．Time． C．Energy． D．Attention． 73．The employee who is most likely to get promoted . A．shows up early every day B．works efficiently when paid C．spends more time than needed D．actively makes profit for the company 74．What’s the author’s attitude towards spending weekends cleaning the house in Paragraph 5? A．Supportive． B．Disapproving． C．Sympathetic． D．Uncertain． 75．How is the text organized?

A．Opinion—Argument —Explanation． B．Opinion—Description—Conclusion． C．Introduction—Analysis—Conclusion． D．Introduction—Comparison—Examples．

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英 语 试 题 第二卷 (非选择题共35分)

注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上作答。在试卷上作答，答案无效。 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文填词(共10小题；每小题1分，满分1 0分)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每

个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet．He (76) up a sign which read，“I am blind，please help．”

A man who walked by took a few coins from his pocket and dropped (77) into the hat．He then turned the sign around，and wrote a (78)s . Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people were (79)g money to the boy．

That aftemoon the man who had worked (80) (奇迹) came to see how things were．The boy tecognized his footsteps and asked，“(81) you the one who changed my sign? What did you write? ”

What he had (82) (写) was，“Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.” Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the (83) things? Of course not．The first sign (84)s said the boy wsa blind while the second told people they were so lucky that they were (85) blind. Should we be surprised that the second one was more effective?

第二节 书面表达(满分2 5分)

每个人都有自己崇拜的偶像，有人欣赏文学大师，有人喜欢科学巨匠或成功商人， 他们的名言隽语充满哲理，启迪人生。假设你是李华，拟参加某英语报社举行的征文 比赛。请从所给图文中选择你最喜欢的一位名人及其名言，写一篇短文谈谈你喜欢他 的理由和他的名言给你的启示。

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