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　　湛江市二中2016届高三第二次月考英语试题
　　满分：120分 (共8页)     考试用时：120分钟
　　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
　　“The concept of fate” comes up a lot in conversation with Julia Roberts.” I don't want to toy with the gods, ” she'll say. This is understandable since by any accounting she has been phenomenally lucky: a career that has lasted more than 25 years and includes a best-actress Oscar and a marriage that has sailed past the decade mart these days, she's trying to live a life more ordinary, admittedly a difficult proposition for someone who found super-stardom at 22 with 1990's Pretty Woman and to date has brought in $2.6 billion in box office receipts.
　　She loves the family she created with cinematographer husband Danny Moder, whom she married in 2002. She seems content right where she is dressed in a sweater and jeans, newly blond hair pulled back, her delicately lined face free of makeup, with her children , 9-year-old twins Hazel and Finn and 6-year-old Henry, climbing into her lap to collect hugs. Almost all of her acting work is shot around their schedule, even her most recent: an adaptation of The Normal Heart, a play about the early fight against AIDS, airing on HBO this month.
　　“Her family is a major part of what she does,” adds Bradley Cooper, her co-star in 2010's Valentine's Day , during which, he recalls, a dressing room was turned into a playroom for the 1½-year-old twins. “Her children are always around.”
　　Recently sorrow caught up to Roberts when her half-sister Nancy Motes died at 37 from a possible drug overdose in early February. “You don't want anything bad to happen to anyone, but there are so many tragic, painful, inexplicable things in the world. But as with any situation of challenge and despair, we must find a way, as a family.”
　　1. What is probably the best title of the passage?
　　A. Biography of Julia Roberts.         B. How to Deal with Your Family.
　　C. Julia Roberts’ Lovely Children.      D. Julia Roberts and Her Family Life.
　　2. How many children does Julia Roberts have?
　　A. One         B. Two    C. Three    D. Four
　　3. According to the passage, The Normal Heart is originally a_____________.
　　A. magazine     B. play    C. movie   D. journal
　　4. In the last paragraph, the author mentioned Roberts’ sister to               
　　A. tell us that Roberts hates her sister.   
　　B. stress that Roberts values her family.
　　C. encourage Roberts to hide her sorrow.
　　D. show that Roberts’ sister overdose drug.
　　B
　　While it's located at the so-called "center of the universe," the billboard-covered building is mostly empty. The New York Times constructed the building as its general office building in 1904, and staged a massive New Year's Eve firework display to celebrate.
　　But when the city outlawed the fireworks, The Times' chief electrician, Walter Palmer, came up with the idea to drop a lighted ball from the top of the tower instead.
　　The New York Times owned the building for less than 10 years, and it fell into disrepair as Midtown grew ragged. According to a 1961 "Talk of the Town" piece, "There was a time when alcohol-illegal-selling was going full popularity in one of the basements...when the F.B.I. – this was during the Second World War – was holding automatic gun practice in a basement and using a 7th floor office to trap German spies."
　　In 1995, Lehman Brothers bought the building, but instead of renting office space, it turned the 25-story tower into a billboard and made a 300 percent profit in two years.
　　Filings from 2012 show that the billboards covering the building generate over $23 million annually, which represents 85 percent of the building's total revenue. The building itself has an estimated value between $378 million and $495 million.
　　Walgreens rents the first three floors, with some storage space above that. The upper floors are used for New Year's Eve. But in between, there's not much else.
　　5. Why did the New York Times build the building?
　　A. To take it as its general office building
　　B. To present the New Year’s Eve fireplay.
　　C. To throw a lighted ball from above.
　　D. To make advertising by billboard.
　　6. For what was the building used during World War II?
　　A. For public use. B. For secret use.
　　C. For agriculture use. D. For business use.
　　7. What is the writer’s attitude to the Lehman Brothers?
　　A. They are greedy and selfish. B. They have a brave heart.
　　C. They are self-disciplined. D. They have a business brain.
　　8. Which of the following does the underlined phrase mean?
　　A. The building's whole costs. B. The building's complete value.
　　C. The building's entire income. D. All the building's expenses.
　　C
　　Today’s youngsters use smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices(设备) more than ever before. And the amount of time they spend on these devices is only likely to increase in the future. But are all these changes good?