甘肃省会宁县第二中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题缺答案.doc

英语 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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑． A By the time I reached junior high, I was sure I wanted to be a nurse. If you didn’t study Latin, you couldn’t be a nurse, so I enrolled. Many Latin words were familiar to me. The hard part turned out to be the usage and creating sentences with the words that seemed so easy to pronounce. Several weeks into the course my teacher came to me, saying, ‘I think you should withdraw from this course. It seems to be too hard for you.” That was the day I learned I wasn’t smart enough to become a nurse. With shame, I handed in my Latin textbook. After high school, the years raced by. I married and had children. Then one day my husband John came home. “ Carol, Marx died this afternoon.” I looked at my husband with disbelief. John was touched by this tragedy. Finally one evening he said, “Carol, Jackie has never worked and now she’s alone with four children. I’ve been thinking – if anything happens to me, I want you to be able to take care of yourself and the children. Why don’t you think about what you’d like to do and get the training you’ll need to do it?” I signed up for the entrance exam for nursing programs. One day I received a letter from the school. I wanted so badly to open it, but with my lack of confidence, I laid it on the kitchen counter saying. “I’m not in the mood for a rejection letter today.” Finally I forced myself to open it. “Dear Carol,” I read. “We are pleased to inform you that you successfully passed the entrance exam. 1.Why did John advise Carol to find a job? A. To support the family. B. To be able to live independently. C. To live a more colorful life. D. To provide more allowance for he kids. 2. From the text, we know what the teacher said ___. A. saved Carol from wasting her time B. helped Carol find her true interest C. destroyed Carol’s dream to be a nurse D. encouraged Carol to be careful in learning 3. After rec