广西玉林市育才中学2012-2013学年高二上10月月考英(3)

高二英语试题

the girl could have all the greedy millionaire’s money? you are interested in it, you may try 36. A. rightly B. directly C. at all D. exactly

37. A. collect B. bring C. count D. store

38. A. took B. spend C. waste D. cost

39. A. happiness B. pleasure C. joy D. excitement

40. A. require B. like C. demand D. want

41. A. cheat B. advise C. persuade D. give

42. A. money B. wealth C. amount D. bill

43. A. had B. used C. need D. ought

44. A. just B. even C. and D. also

45. A. could B. might C. should D. would

46. A. nice B. foolish C. clever D. fair

47. A. writing B. set C. sign D. making

48. A. hoping B. thinking C. fearing D. in order

49. A. plan B. word C. agreement D. mind

50. A. is B. or C. as D. means

51. A. it B. itself C. them D. themselves

52. A. had B. promised C. managed D. failed

53. A. why B. that C. even D. which

54. A. Because B. Since C. Even if D. If

55 A. set B. work C. solve D. turn

第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各项的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance.

One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, ―Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that. ‖

―Oh, no, sir,‖ answered Mr. Briggs at once, ―Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95. ‖

A . He was a worker. B. He was an official.

C. He was a student. D. He was a businessman.

57. The word ―ruin‖ in the second paragraph means .

A. lose B. break C. leave D. destroy

58. As a salesman with the company, Mr. Briggs .

A. visited people to ask them to work with him

B. called on people to make them join the company

C. saw old people in order to help them

D. visited many people so as to offer insurance

59. What was it that surprised the manager? _______

A. Mr. Briggs sold life insurance only to 95 people.

B. Mr. Briggs sold insurance only to people of more than 95.

C. Mr. Briggs had ruined the insurance company.

D. Mr. Briggs gave people generous conditions.

B

Television in the United States is free. To pay for programs, there are many advertisements. Often these advertisements are short plays with actors. The following television advertisement is like many others that Americans see daily.

We see a man and his wife at the breakfast table. They have been married for a long time. They are not speaking to each other. They haven't spoken to each other at the breakfast table for years.The husband is reading his newspaper.We can't see his face.The wife looks very bored as she pours a cup of coffee for him. Today, she is using a new kind of coffee for the first time. The husband picks up his cup. He isn't very interested. He tastes his coffee. Suddenly he puts down his newspaper. Something is different. Can it be the coffee? He takes another taste. It's wonderful. He smiles. He looks at his wife and says in amazement,

"Doris, when did you cut your hair?"