周口中英文学校2014----2015学年下期高一第三次考试
英语试题
I. 阅读(共20小题，满分40分)
第一节
阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。
A
Exploit your parking space
An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport， you could make anything up to ￡200 or ￡300 a week. Put an advertisement(广告)for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.
Rent a room
Spare room？ Not only will a lodger(房客)earn you an income， but also， thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program， you won’t have to pay any tax on the first ￡4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.
Make money during special events
Don’t want a full-time lodger？ Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital， renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.
Live on set
Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day， depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.
Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof， but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around￡14，000)， and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return， they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However， you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the s
upplier， which could prevent you from changing the roof.
21. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year， the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.
A. ￡800
B. ￡4500
C. ￡500
D.5000
22. If you want to use energy free， you have to_____. A. sign an agreement with the government B. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years C. sell the roof to some energy companies
D. pay around ￡14，000 for the equipment 23. For whom the text most probably written？ A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers. C. Online companies
B
Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research.
Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3，000 18－24-year-olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina，her partner Brad Pitt and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the world's most desirable eyes.
The survey found that young folk with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious，sexy and kind.
And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blue-eyed people wanted to，significantly less than people with other colour eyes.
One in three people who didn't have blue eyes wanted a change. One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarily—and blue is the most wanted colour.
Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying green-eyed people were usually mysterio
D. House owners.
us and creative.
People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.
People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy.
Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes.
The survey also found that 18 percent of people don't know what colour eyes their partner has.
24．According to the new research，when considering changing their eye colour，the number of the people who will choose ________ ranks the second.
A．brown
B．green
C．grey
D．hazel
25．According to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，you'd better hire one who has ________ eyes.
A．green
B．blue
C．brown
D．grey
26．The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by________.
A．babies C．eyes
B．colours D．respondents
27．Which of the following is the best title of the passage？
A．Who have the most charming eyes in the world？ B．Different eye colours in the world. C．A survey result on eye colours. D．Blue—the most attractive eye colour.
C
University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn’t stand
to see good food thrown out on their campus. “We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we could donate it. And they were on board.” he said.
So 18 months ago， the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night， volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far， they have donated more than 23，000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.
Nationwide， $165 billion worth of food is wasted each year， according to the National Resources Defense Council. Spokesman Bob Keefe says that is about 40% of the country’s entire food production. “If we can reduce our waste in this country by 15%， we can feed 25 million hungry Americans. That is a huge benefit. That is what programs like this Food Recovery Network are doing. ” he said.
Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries of the students’ efforts. Ben Slye， the senior pastor(牧师)， said， “It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time， their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over hundred people.”
The University of Maryland’s Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country. “I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America， we want to expand to restaurants and farms.” Said Simon.
The volunteers are committed to making that happen. 28. The dining services in University of Maryland _______. A. wasted large amounts of fresh food on the campus B. directly donated the leftovers to the poor
C. delivered the leftovers to area shelters and food banks D. enjoyed the talk with the students and gave support
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