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　　2014 年辽宁大连市高三第一次模拟考试
　　英语能力测试
　　第二部分：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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Since I started working part-time at a grocery store, I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buys things. To me, a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping cart(车). One of the first things customers forget is how to count. There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line, which is clearly marked 15 items(件) or less, with 20, 25 or even a cart load of items.
　　Customers also forget why they came to the store in the first place. Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say, “ Oops, I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread. I hope you don’t mind waiting, while I go to get it.”Five minutes later, he’s back with the bread, a bottle of milk, and three rolls of paper towels. What is stranger is that customers also seem to forget that they have to pay for their groceries. Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries, a customer will wait until I announce the total. Then, in surprise, she says , “ Oh no, what did I  do with my check book?” After 5 minutes of digging through her purse, she borrows my pen because she has forgotten hers. But I have to tolerate customers because they pay my salary, and that’s something I can’t afford to forget.
　　21. What does the author say about his customers?
　　A .They can not count numbers.
　　B. They sometimes jump the queue.
　　C. They don’t know how to express themselves.
　　D. They behave as if their memories had totally failed.
　　22. According to the text, who are supposed to be in the express line?
　　A  Customers with nothing purchased.
　　B.  Customers with not more than 15 items.
　　C. Customers with items between 15 and 25
　　23. When customers arrive at the chect counter,they_______
　　A. find their pens lost
　　B. go back and get more items
　　C. can not wait to pay for their groceries.
　　D. prefer paying by check to paying with a credit card.
　　24. We can infer from the text that ________
　　A. business in the grocery store runs well
　　B. the author finds his present job full of fun
　　C. the author’s part-time job calls for patience
　　D. customers go to grocery stores without planning.
　　B
　　Flappy Bird is flapping(拍打) its wings no more. The popular game for mobile equipment was removed from online stores on Sunday by its Vietnamese creator. Who said its fame “destroys my simple life”
　　Dong Nguyen, who created the game in just two to three days, was making as much as $50,000 a day from the game’s advertising income. In several Twitter posters, he said the game’s removal was not due to legal issues(问题) and that he may make a follow-up.
　　Mr. Nguyen, who describes himself as an “ enthusiastic independent game maker”, also said on the micro-blogging mobile game so far. Coming out in May 2013, the game was free to download and required players to tap the screen to keep the bird in flight.
　　In spite of its simple graphs, Flappy Bird was an extremely difficult game since many users could only keep the bird in the air for  a new seconds before it hits an obstacle (障碍物) and falls.
　　After Mr. Nguyen took the game down, many fans turned to social media to ask for its return. The game is no longer a available through online stores, but it still works on phones that had previously downloads it. However, some fans expressed their relief that the game was gone. One user described Flappy Bird as “ an addictive game that everyone hates to love” while another said, “I think it’s for the best, and for the best of all the broken –down phones out there.
　　25. Dong Nguyen took Flappy Bird down because________
　　A. it was against the law
　　B. it was ea