山东省枣庄市2019届高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试题

surprised and explained that the starting salary for all trainees was set in store．

The next day，I received the offer in the mail．As it turns out，I misunderstood the offer—I would earn $1，800 a month．That was a great salary，so of course，I took the job．I never did tell my manager about my mistake，but a few months later he placed me in sales became I was the only trainee who had tried to negotiate a starting !That comedy of errors ended up being a wonderful 22-year career at IBM． 24．Why did the author go to the student center? A．To look for a job． B．To meet a friend． C．To wash her hair．

D．To get a drink．

25．How did the author’s friends feel about her refusal of the interview? A．Satisfied． B．Admired． C．Encouraged． D．Surprised． 26．What was the offer that the IBM made? A．$18 a day．

B．$1，800 a month． D．$18，000 a year．

C．$18，000 a month．

27．Why was the author placed in sales a few months later? A．She did very well in the training． B．She had a law and business degree． C．She was brave enough to negotiate． D．She was a person full of curiosity．

C

Some people prefer Google when exploring the Web．Some like Yahoo Or Bing．But now more than 2．5 million people are using Ecosia a month，because every time they click“Search”they help plant a tree． Ecosia donates an impressive 80 percent of its income，after expenses，to the programs that flow trees in Africa．The money，up to $75，000 a month(most of it from ads)，is responsible for four new trees every minute，according to Ecosia spokesperson Jacey Bingler．

The group，based in Germany，had been funding a tree program in Brazil．but last October it began financing WeForest’s reforestation project in Burkina Faso．in West Africa．It is part of a larger effort to spread greenery across dry regions of Africa．Ecosia’s goal is to plant 1 billion trees by 2020．Originally it hoped to reach that level by this year，but planting costs were high and uses did not quickly flock to(涌向)the search engine．That is all picking up steam today．“We celebrated our first million tress in November 2019，the second million already in May 2019，”Bingler noted．And the cost in Burkina Faso works out to about 30 cents a tree，instead of the dollar being spent before．

Bingler says that the search engine continues to improve；searches are now 34 percent faster than they were last year．It is powered primarily by Bing and is a1so improved by Ecosia’s own technologies．Users

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can also click a“Google”button，which gives that engine’s results for the same search．Bingler also says that Ecosia is an important alternative to the big players“because it encourages users to do good without spending a penny．Highly abstract everyday tasks，like searching the Web，can lead to something as tangible(有形的)as a new tree．”

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28．How do the users of Ecosia help plant trees? A．By using its search engine． B．By donating money to Ecosia． C．By volunteering to work in Africa． D．By surfing its website more．

29．In which country did Ecosia first start its tree program? A．Germany． C．Burkina Faso．

B．Brazil． D．South Africa．

30．Which is one of the reasons for Ecosia’s speeding up its plan now in Burkina Faso? A．More volunteers have participated． C．Joint efforts with Bing and Google．

B．Its searches are faster． D．The cost has reduced．

31．What does“the big players”in the last Paragraph refer to? A．The popular search engines． C．The online game players．

B．The users of Ecosia． D．The big websites．

D

Anja Ringgren Lovén，a care worker from Denmark，was recognized in an international list of the most inspiring people of the year 2019．She beat the likes of Pope Francis，and Barack Obama to top the list of 100 inspiring individuals by the German language Ooom Magazine．

Ms Lovén saved a starving two-year-old boy in January in south-east Nigeria．A photo of her giving some water to the boy was shared around the world，which served to highlight the work she was doing to help orphan children in Nigeria．She named the boy Hope and adopted him．

Before Hope was rescued by Ms Lovén and her husband David，he had been rejected by his family for being a“witch”boy on the basis of rural superstition(迷信)，and had been forced to live in the street，where he caught a series of diseases．

When Ms Lovén was speaking about her experience，she said：“When we first entered the village，I looked over my shoulders and slowly turned around to see Hope sitting on the side of the road．When I saw he was the size of a little baby，my whole body froze．I became a mother myself 20 months ago，and I was thinking of my own son when I saw the boy．For me it was clear at that moment that I would fight with all my strength for him to survive”．

“Anja Ringgren Lovén is a beacon(灯塔)of hope，”said Georg Kindel，OOOM’s editor-in-chief，who led the group that chose the list．“When she saw the starving child，she acted like a human being and became an inspiration for millions．Her keeping efforts to help the abandoned children of Nigeria give us hope and encourage us to follow suit．”

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32．What is the text mainly about?

A．Life condition in Africa． B．An abandoned child． C．An inspiring figure．

D．A list of inspiring people．

33．Why was Hope rejected by his family? A．He was seriously i11． B．He was too small to survive． C．His family couldn’t feed him． D．He was thought magically bad．

34．What was Ms Lovén’s reaction when she first saw Hope? A．Shocked． B．Amazed． C．Excited． D．Disgusted． 35．What can we learn from Georg Kindel’s words? A．Lovén is really a brave fighter． B．Lovén has set us a great example． C．Lovén is better than other candidates． D．Lovén still has a long way to go． 第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(注意：在涂卡时E涂为AB，F涂为AC，G涂为AD)

The age of reliable security is gone．E-mail will never be completely secure for everybody 36 Most messages are sent as plain，easily readable，unencrypted text from your sending device to your e-mail service(Gmail or whatever)，to your receivers’ e-mail services，and from there to their devices．Encryption(加密)is a rare，partial and inconvenient solution.

37 You could use，for example，all encrypted chat program such as Cryptocat，ChatSecure or PQ Chat．But that approach isn ’t the solution，because the same app has to be on both ends of the conversation． 38

There are“unhackable”services，too，with names like Tutanota and Posteo．39 So once again，they’11 never become universal．If you’re not a public figure or politician，your greatest source of protection is your unknown identity．Frankly，the hackers are generally uninterested in getting into the e-mail of nobodies．

No matter who you are，the only good advice is to remember the joke that’s been popping up online lately：“Dance like no one is watching．” 40 A．But there’s a charge to use them． B．Surely e-mail will soon be out of date.

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