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　　山西省太原市外国语学校2016届高三5月半月考英语试题
　　第I卷
　　第一部分  阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）
　　第一节  （共15小题; 每小题3分，满分45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
　　Lill was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. At the age of 16, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In 1922, with limited education and skills, the future didn’t look bright for Lill. Her father demanded that Lill find a job as soon as possible, but she didn’t have confidence to ask for a job.
　　One day, Lill gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door. She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager. In her broken English, Lill told her she was interested in the secretarial position. Margaret decided to give her a chance.
　　Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lill, let’s see how good you really are.” She directed Lill to type a single letter, and then left. Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 am. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought she should at least attempt the letter.
　　On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. “At noon,” she said to herself. “I’ll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again.”
　　On her second attempt, things didn’t get any better. Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though. She looked at the clock: 11:55 ----- five minutes to freedom.
　　Just then, Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lill and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl’s shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, “Lill, you are doing good work!”
　　Lill was surprised. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow. She thought, “ Well, if she thinks it’s good, then it must be good. I think I’ll stay!”
　　Lill did stay at the Carhartt Overall Company for 51 years, through two world wars and 11 presidents ----- all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.
　　1. Why didn’t the future look bright for Lill when she left school at an early age?
　　A. Because she was forced to leave school.
　　B. Because her father thought that she had enough schooling.
　　C. Because she had no confidence to ask for a job.
　　D. Because her education and skills were very limited for a job.
　　2. The underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph means that        .
　　A. Lill would leave her position then so that she would not face her workmates and her manager 
　　again.
　　B. Lill would move the letter out in the crowd.
　　C. Lill would throw the paper away without being noticed.
　　D. Lill thought people would never see the mistakes in the letter.
　　3. How many attempts did Lill make to type the letter?
　　A. One        B. Two        C. Three           D. Four
　　4. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
　　A. Honesty is the best policy         B. Encouragement makes a difference
　　C. Virtue leads to success            D. Time waits for no man
　　B
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