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　　2017届黄冈市新考纲联考高三第三次联考
　　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
　　题卡上将该选项涂黑。
　　A
　　Now is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers, as most shops and markets are having their seasonal sales. With the same amount of money, you can find different kinds of goods in this city. Women, young and old, rarely resist the attraction of this shopping paradise(乐园) at this time of year. Lovers will surely have an exciting Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations at the
　　Time Square or in the western styled bars. Spending your holiday in Hong Kong will be easy too, as several pacrs are available from CZL Travel Service, with four-day tours for less than 15,000 yuan.
　　Tour package 1(3,200 yuan) : a 4-day –tour including three nights’ accommodation(住宿), science helicopter flight, night ferrytour of Victoria Harbor and shuttle bus to the park to view the
　　city at night.
　　Tour package 2(1,880yuan): a 4-day-shopping tour including three nights accommodation, tour to Golden Beach and the Vexworseum, shuttle bus to the Peak and shopping opportunities.
　　Tour package 3 (1,480 yuan ) : a 4-day-DIY- tour including three nights accommodation in a
　　four-star hotel and total freedom to do what you want , when you went.
　　21. Which month is the best time for Hong Kong shopping lovers?
　　A. October B. November C. January D. December
　　22. The advertisement is mainly intended to attract people to___________.
　　A. go shopping in Hong Kong
　　B. purchase tour packages from CZL Travel Service
　　C. enjoy Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations
　　D. visit famous places of interests in Hong Kong
　　23.If you want to go shopping while visiting the Vexworseum, you’d better choose______.
　　A. Tour package 1 B. Tour package 3
　　C. Tour package 2 D. Tour package 1&2
　　B
　　A couple of years ago I graduated from art school. After graduation I was unsure of what to do with my degree. I had majored in Illustration（插图） and loved it, but didn’t really feel interested in doing illustrations for any companies. This left me with few options other than freelance（自由作家） and a nannying（保姆） job.
　　I spent two years working as a nanny doing freelance illustration on the side. It just wasn’t quite enough to pay rent, but I loved it, so I worked well over 50 hours a week trying to p with both.
　　Just under a year ago I went to a friend’s wedding. I couldn’t think of a gift for them and really didn’t have a lot of money to spare so I used my talents to create a portrait for them. It wasn’t much, and I hoped it would be a good gift. When I handed the portrait to them and they
　　unwrapped it the looks on their faces was something I did not expect. There were joyful tears in their eyes as they cried, “That’s us! This is so beautiful!”
　　It’s funny because when I was in art school portraits were always my least favorite assignment. I hated drawing people and was always so much more interested in drawing little furry creatures. Once I saw the looks on my friends’ faces after giving them their portrait it was all over. I suddenly loved portraits and wanted to do more.
　　I now take portraits to every wedding I go to and have given them as gifts to the families I nannied for. Every time the reaction makes all of the hard work and time I put into them so worth it.
　　I’ve just started offering couple, family and pet portraits as an item on my etsy shop.
　　24.After graduation, the author chose to ___________.
　　A.do illustrations for a company. B.draw portraits.
　　C.work as a nanny&a freelance D.draw furry creatures.
　　25.Why did the author decide to draw a portrait for her friends as a wedding present? A.Her friends requested her to do so.
　　B. She thought it was meaningful.
　　C. She hadn’t enough money available to buy one.
　　D. She was fond of drawing people best.
　　26.How did the customers feel when they received their portrait?
　　A.delighted B.frightened C.embarrassed D.shocked
　　27. What may be the best title of the passage?
　　A. Your major is your future career.    B.I gave a gift and it turned into a career.
　　C.I sacrificed a lot for my job.         D.You are to do what you desire to do.
　　C
　　About a century ago, the average life-span (寿命) for Americans was about 50 years. Today, the typical American lives for around seventy-eight years.
　　According to a German aging study, the maximum life span in industrialized countries has increased by two years every decade since the mid 19th century. What accounts for such increased
　　longevity?