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　　定州二中高二第一次月考英语试卷
　　考试时间90分钟分值120分
　　卷I
　　I 阅读理解（共两节，满分20分）
　　第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　When Julie Jones and Caroline Atkin were schoolgirls, they promised to be best friends for ever. Years later, Caroline died from a brain tumor at the age of 45, leaving five children. In her last weeks, she aslie to raise the children as her own. Julie, a single mother of three with a small income, didn’t hesitate.
　　“I held her in my arms and said ‘You’ll be Ot I knew I was losing her.”She says.
　　“The hospital rang me and I rushed there, but Caroline had just gone,”she says. “I went to her house. The children arrived home from school in a taxi and I gathered them in my arms and said: ‘Mommy has gone to Heaven.’”
　　“Michael, who was 11, left the room. Kieran, ten, sat in great surprise; James, nine, broke down; while Emma, seven, and Chantelle, five uneasy. I brought them home.”
　　Julie, mother of Adam, 20, Peter, 19, and 14-year-old Christian, moved the table from her dining room to turn it into an extra bedroom for the girls.
　　She says “I put a tent up in the garden, and the children toorns to camp outside. We turned into a game. The children were terribly hurt by losing both their parents. But now, despite our lack of space and money, we have become one happy family.”The table in the kitchen is so small that Julie had to cook Christmas dinner in two sittings. Her eldest son has left for university and his bedroom is used by the younger boys.
　　Julie had to worrs a weens the home on her salary.
　　“The children aren’t quiet anymore. The house is filled with screams and shouts and laughter.”she says. “They say ‘Julie, you mas so happy,’but the truth is that they’re the ones who make me happy. I’m not extraordinary. I’m just a mum.”
　　1. What can we know about Julie from the text?
　　A. She had lived a rich life before the adoption.
　　B. She promised to adopt Caroline’s children as a schoolgirl.
　　C. She blamed Caroline’s husband for taking no responsibility.
　　D. She had to work very hard to support the large family.
　　2. Which one is NOT what Julie did to support the large family?
　　A. Using the dining room as a bedroom.
　　B. Putting a tent up in the garden.
　　C. Persuading her eldest son to leave for university.
　　D. Cooking Christmas dinner in two sittings.
　　3. From the last paragraph, we can know that Julie is _______ .
　　A. annoyed          B. tired        C. modest       D. energetic
　　4. What would be the best title for the text?
　　A. A mother to five orphans           B. Five lucky children
　　C. Caroline’s death                  D. Troubles of raising children
　　B
　　Here are some of the best places you can visit in 2015. Find your favorite and put on
　　your travel list.
　　Washington, DC
　　Attraction: History in the making
　　From the Washington Monument and John F. Kennedy Center all the way to Capitol Hill,
　　the vigor (活力) of the US’capital city is just as strong as in real life as it is in House of Cards.
　　The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s famous assassination (暗杀),
　　and a series of special events will be held to remember the occasion. Lincoln’s famous top hat,
　　the gun that fired the deadly shot, and other things from that fateful day will be on display.
　　Milan, Italy
　　Attraction: A cradle of fine dining and culture
　　If you are a gastronome (美食家), don’t miss Milan in 2015. Expo 2015 will be held
　　between May and October, and the focus is on food.
　　The 1.1-square-kilometer grounds will be laid out like a classical Roman city, with
　　beautiful streets, a canal and a huge la can explore the food district, wander a square