张掖市2013英语检测卷.doc

张掖市2013-2014年度高三第一次诊断考试英语试卷 命题人：张掖二中 赵燕玲 杨金宇 审题人 高台一中 裴红燕 （本试卷分第一卷和第二卷两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟） 第一卷 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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Global financial big dogs are no match for Chinas Da Ma, or housewives, who have crowded into gold stores across China, buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks. No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive. During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged Chinese housewives. This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married, said a buyer from Shanghai. The gold business is skyrocketing. Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products, a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. ‘That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets,” said foreign trade Zhang Chen from Industrial Commercial Bank of China. “Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts.” For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices. 1.What does the author indicate in the first sentence of the 1st paragraph? A. The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives. B. China’s “Da Ma” help a lot to support the global economic crisis. C. Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold. D. Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financi