【20套试卷合集】山东省德州市2019-2020学年英语高三上期中模拟试卷含答案

B. People now read more e-books than hard- cover books. C. The new book is similar to the works of Dickens in some way. D. We can not buy Harry Potter series online now.

58. In the writer’s opinion, will Rowling’s new book be successful? A. The writer is confident that the book will be successful. B. The writer doubts whether the book will be successful. C. The writer is unsure that the book will be successful. D. The writer does not express his or her opinion in the passage.

C

My grandfather had a small farm where he raised beef and some grain for feed. He also worked diligently as a factory laborer and country pastor. He was a good neighbor and well-respected for honoring his word. When harvest time came, he’d piece together his old one-row corn picker and oil it up for the season. All his life he worked hard, helped others, and you could count on him to keep his promises.

He had promised to harvest a few ribbons of corn on a friend’s farm, but after harvesting his own corn, Grandpa’s little corn picker coughed and quit. It would be out of commission until a particular part could be ordered, but that would take far too long to help this year. The factory where Grandpa worked began to require overtime. In order to keep his job there he had to leave the farm before dawn and get home until well after sunset.

One autumn night, while harvest time was running out, he and his wife sat at the kitchen table and trying to figure a way out of their dilemma.

“There’s nothing you can do,” said my grandma. “You’ll just have to tell him that you can’t help with the corn this year.”

“Well that just doesn’t sit well with me,” said my grandpa. “My friend is depending on me. I can’t exactly let my neighbor’s harvest rot in the field, can I?”

“When do you think you’d have time to do it?” she asked. “With the overtime you’ve been working you’d be up all night.”

“I know of one night that I could do it!” he said, running to the bookshelf. He grabbed the Farmer’s Almanac(历书) and started flipping through the pages. “Aha! There’s still one more full moon in October.” They say it’s called the harvest moon because it gives farmers more light and more time to collect their crops.

And so a few days later, after a long shift at the factory, my grandpa made his way to

the field where my grandma met him in the truck with dinner. The weather was cold but clear, and the moon was brilliant. He worked through the night to keep his word.

I know this story well, so sometimes, when I’m tempted to cut corners(走捷径) or to put off responsibilities, I think of my grandfather with his scythe(大镰刀) cutting wide arcs（弧线）of corn in the light of the harvest moon.

59. Which was the main trouble my grandfather had in helping his friend? A. His wife objected to his helping his friend. B. His corn picker ran out of oil. C. His corn picker broke down. D. The weather was not favorable.

60. Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the passage? A. My grandfather cared about his work in the factory very much.

B. My grandmother supported my grandfather’s decision to harvest the friend’s corn at the full moon night.

C. My grandfather must have stayed up all night to help his friend harvest. D. My grandfather didn’t manage to help his friend in time.

61. What kind of quality in the grandfather had the most influence on the writer? A. A person should be responsible. B. A person should be generous. C. A person should be selfless. D. A person should be diligent. 62. The passage mainly intends to tell us that . A. helping others is helping ourselves. B. we should be generous with our time. C. keep your promise whatever happens.

D. we should be well-prepared for what hasn’t happened.

D

It might not come as a surprise that China fell behind Western countries in a recent UN report on global happiness. China was only ranked 112th happiest country out of 156 in the UN’s World Happiness Report in April.

The happiest country, it seems, is Denmark, closely followed by three more northern European countries- Finland, Norway, and the Netherlands.

But apart from income and lifestyle differences, there are also cultural reasons for this divide. They show that Chinese people and Westerners have different perceptions of