扬州2015-2016学年高三第一学期英语期末考试试卷

　　第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分， 共20分)

　　阅读下面的短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　You and I agree to meet at four-thirty . I show up at 4:33 . I don’t say anything ,because that’s close enough to satisfy our social __36___. Only after five minutes do you ___37___ me to say , “sorry I’ m late .”At ten minutes i owe you an ___38__ : “the free way exit was closed . I had to go four miles out of my way .”After twenty minutes I have to make a full and serious __39__ .After forty minutes I’d better not ___40___ at all .

　　That sort of thing ------so formally ___41__ and never explicitly stated----- drives people from other cultures __42____ . Anthropologists (人类学家)list the __43___ things to cope with inn a foreign land . Second only to the language barrier is the way we deal with __44___.

　　Now psychologists look at our __45__of time another way . They go into several countries and measure the ___46___ of life . They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city residents walk . They time transactions (交易)in banks and post offices . They see ___47___ people take to answer questions .

　　Japanese keep a ___48___of the fastest pace . Americans are a ___49____ second . Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of the ___50___ . Italians give long answers to your questions.Indonesians don’t ___51__ setting their bank clocks .

　　__52___ American cities , Boston and Kansas City are fastest .New York is up there ,of course , but we keep a faster pace here in Houston , California’s “slow -pace ”reputation is ___53___ ,as the slowest pace of all is kept in Los Angeles .

　　In a technology-dense world , the tension of life has changed our view of time . __54__ , if we are smart enough , we should not live by the clock only when we have to .

　　Now it’s 4:55 . I’m walking ___55____ ,towards our 4:30 meeting . www.2abc8.com

　　36 . A . contract B. connection C. construction D. confidence

　　37.A.order B. intend C. require D . expect

　　38.A. action B. announcement C. explanation D. eruption

　　39.A. apology B. excuse C. option D. opinion

　　40.A. look up B.stay up C. keep up D. show up

　　41.A . observed B. introduced C. impressed D. imitated

　　42.A. immoral B. unaware C. crazy D. thrilled

　　43.A. fastest B. toughest C.strangest D.funniest

　　44.A . study B. time C. budget D. transport

　　45.A. view B. comment C. contact D. phenomenon

　　46.A. rhyme B .pace C.ratio D. session

　　47.A. how often B. how far C. how soon D. how long

　　48.A . tradition B. note C. record D. secret

　　49.A. narrow B. shallow C. close D. severe

　　50.A.mood B. address C. reference D. list

　　51.A. take over B. care about C . reply to D . answer for

　　52.A. Off B. Among C . Despite D. Besides

　　53.A. ruined B. accomplished C. erased D.deserved

　　54.A. However B. Therefore C. Thus D. Rather

　　55.A. consistently B. unconsciously C. unhurriedly D. anxiously

　　A

　　Every year, countless nonprofit organizations want to double their donations. Many companies in the United States have a Matching Gift program, which offers certain amount of money to these organizations when its employee makes a personal donation. The following list includes information on four major companies matching gift programs.

　　The Coca-Cola Limitation

　　Coca-Cola offers a matching gift program for employees through which the company triples (三倍于)donations to educational organizations, arts& cultural organizations and environmental groups. If you have donors who work for Coke, then make sure they’re submitting these grant requests , as the tripling of employee donations can go a long way.

　　GE Foundation

　　The GE Foundation matches at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum required donation of $ 25 and a maximum donation of $25,000 per year. Employees (both part and full-time), spouses ,and retires are all eligible for their matching gift program.

　　Google

　　Google offers a generous matching gift program through which the company matches donations form employees to a wide range of organizations.

　　This is through either the company’s personal matching gift program or through the matching of fundraising efforts for events such as walks , marathons, bike rides, etc. Each Google employee can request up to $12,000 in matching funds annually through its different matching gift programs.

　　Verizon

　　Verizon has a solid matching gift program in place for its full-time and part-time employees and for its retires.

　　Verizon matches donations at a 1：1 ratio, with a minimum gift requirement of $25 and a maximum gift requirements of $ 1,000 per year, per donor . The company will match a maximum of $5,000 per year , per donor for donation to higher education.

　　56. When a company’s employee makes a donation to a nonprofit, the Matching Gift programs will _________.

　　A. compensate the employee B. donate instead of the employee

　　C. give certain donations as well D. organize some voluntary events

　　57.From the list ,we know that __________.

　　A. Coca-Cola offers three times donations of its employees’ to religious groups.

　　B. Coca-Cola handles its employees’ donations request quickly.

　　C.GE and Verizon will give the same amount, if an employee donates $20.

　　D. Google’s employees can claim matching gift in various forms.

　　58.The purpose of this passage is _______.

　　A. to inform B. to entertain C.to explain D. to persuade