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　　惠州市第一中学 2017届高二年级 考试
　　英语试题
　　第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30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 my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till I’d got a permanent one.
　　I had seen an agency advertised in a local paper, so as soon as there was no one about to say “Where are you going?” I rushed out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
　　The simple atmosphere of the office calmed me, and I sat down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk opposite looked carefully at me. Then she questioned me in a low voice. I answered softly and started to feel helpless. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job, so I felt I had to give her the idea of a widowed mother struggling against poverty. But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references. Suddenly, the telephone on her desk rang. While having a mysterious conversation, she kept looking at me. Then I heard her say:
　　“In fact, I’ve got someone here who might suit.” She wrote down a number, and my spirits rose as she held out the paper to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. Cook a dinner for ten people tomorrow. Could you manage that, I wonder?”
　　“Oh, yes,” say I—never having cooked for more than four. Then I rushed out and called the lady, Miss Cathy. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. “Are you sure?” she kept saying. Anyway she decided to employ me and a permanent position if I carried out the promise of my self-praise. I asked her what tomorrow’s menu was to be.
　　“Just a small, simple dinner: lobster cocktail, soup, turbot Mornay, fruit salad and a savory.” In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off.
　　1. What did the author feel on her way?
　　A. Excited but worried.
　　B. Nervous and excited.
　　C. Easy and curious.
　　D. Helpless but excited.
　　2. Why didn’t the woman give the author the job at first?
　　A. Because the woman found that the author didn’t respect her.
　　B. Because the woman realized that the author made up a story.
　　C. Because the author hadn’t been a cook before or got a reference.
　　D. Because the woman had already hired a more suitable cook.
　　3. According to the passage, what would the author most probably do after the call?
　　A. Read some cookery book.
　　B. Call her family and tell them the news.
　　C. Go to the woman’s house.
　　D. Buy what the woman told her at once.
　　B
　　Lots of people buy books and products from Amazon, an online seller. They offer and pay over the Internet and the books are shipped through the mail or a delivery service like FedEx.
　　One day, people could get their Amazon deliveries from an “unmanned aerial vehicle”—a timely vehicle that looks like a toy helicopter. And instead of waiting days to get the parcel, it could be at the buyer’s home in half an hour or less. The company is working on a fleet of tiny vehicles they call “Prime Air”. The vehicles are also known as “octocopters”. On their website, Amazon says, “One day, Prime Air Vehicles will be as normal as seeing a mail trucks on the road today.”
　　The U.S.’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working on safety regulations for unmanned flying vehicles like the Prime Air copters. Those regulations will mare the copters are able to fly safely where they need to go. Once the FAA has put its rules in place, which could be as early as 2016, Amazon will be ready with its fleet of tiny flyers. The process could take as many as five years.
　　The new delivery service would likely be available only in the United States, at first. The copters the company is testing now can handle pacp to five pounds (2.3kg) and they have a range of 10 miles (16 kilometers).
　　Other companies are also looking at using unmanned flying vehicles to deliver their products. For instance, Domino’s Pizza in the U.K. released a video showing a “DomiCopter”, delivering a pizza. That video may have been a publicity stunt（噱头）. In any case, just like Prime Air’s octocopters, the DomiCopters don’t have clearance（许可）to take off just yet.
　　4. For what purpose does Amazon want to use the Prime Air?
　　A. To predict the sales volume.
　　B. To check the delivery service.
　　C. To shorten the delivery period.
　　D. To remind people to order online.
　　5. What do we know from Amazon’s words in paragraph 2?
　　A. The Prime Air Vehicles will still travel on the road.
　　B. The Amazon’s delivery system needs to be improved.
　　C. The Prime Air Vehicles will be widely put into use soon.
　　D. The creation of the Prime Air Vehicles was inspired by the mail trucks.
　　6. The Prime Air Vehicles will be regulated by the U.S.’s FAA for __________.
　　A. the design plans
　　B. the delivery price
　　C. the driver’s training
　　D. the safety assessment
　　7. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us about the new delivery method?
　　A. Its safety  B. Its delivery ability  C. Its appearance  D. Its moving speed
　　8. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
　　A. The new delivery service has attracted more customers.
　　B. The designer of Amazon has promoted “Prime Air” to other company.
　　C. Another unmanned vehicle has been put into use by a British pizza company.
　　D. Unmanned vehicles could possibly be developed and employed by more companies.
　　C
　　One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most  unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every  English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used.
　　This was a huge tasrray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the  British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr.