遵义市省级示范高中2014届高三第二次联考试卷英 语注意事项：1、本试卷共8页，三部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。 2、答卷前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的学校、姓名、班级等填 写清楚，并贴好条形码（非网上阅卷学校在该处填写准考证号或考号）。 3、请将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上，否则作答无效，考试结束，只交答题卡。第一部分 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 48-year-old photographer and adventurer with his trademark black and white beard and shoulder-length hair is also an environmentalist devoted to protecting the source of the Yangtze River.And he likes his new nick-name, "garbage cleaner at the source of the Yangtze River". Yang Xin , is the founder of Green River, one of the country ' s biggest non-govemmental organizationsto protect the country's major rivers. The Yangtze River begins from glaciers in the Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Garbage was rarely seen in the area about 20 years ago, Yang said, as local nomadic people ledtraditional self-sufficient lives, living in tents. Thanks to increasingly convenient transportation, they ' ve started to use modern products packed in plastics, which can ' t degrade naturally. "They don' t have a waste management system and just throw rubbish away like before. So tons of garbage are left on the grasslands and river ways," said Yang. He founded a group with the purpose of dealing with garbage such as plastic bottles, batteries, lunch boxes and so on. In 1997, Yang and his group founded the Sonam Dhargye Nature Preservation Station in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve, in memory of the anti-hunting hero who sacrificed his life to protect Tibetan antelopes.1. Why does Yang Xin get his nickname "garbage cleaner at the source of the Yangtze River " ? A. Because he is devoted to the care for the Yangtze River. B. Because he is a founder of the Yangtze River. C. Because he worked as a garbage cleaner. D. Because he is a photographer and an adventurer.2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. settle down B. break down C. grow up D. take in3. What is the purpose of founding Green River? A .To protect the source of the Yangtze River B. To protect the country ' s major rivers C .To use modem products packed in plastics D .To process rubbish such as bottles.4. We can infer from the passage that______ A .Yang Xin wanted to be well-known as a garbage cleaner B .Green River is one of the non-polluted rivers in China C .The local nomadic people use modern products packed in plastics to lead a simple life. D .Yang and his group help to protect the worsened environment along the Yangtze RiverB The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the largest business bank in Hong Kong was set up in Hong Kong in 1864 when Hong Kong was British Empire' s colony. HSBC is a founding member of HSBC Group, one of the largest banking and financial service organizations in the world that is operating around 10000 branches in 83 countries and regions. After the Opium Wars, Hong Kong became a colony of British Empire. With the increasing trade between China and Europe, there occurred an urge need for a bank to finance trade. Under this circumstance, a Scottish Thomas Sutherland decided to establish a bank with Scottish Banking standards. Therefore, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Board was officially founded on I Queen' s Road Central, Hong Kong and started business on 3 March 1865. The bank was running according to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance(条例) 1866 and accepted a special permission from the British Treasury in 1866. In the same year, a branch was also opened in Shanghai. Both banks began to release local banknote directed by the local govemment. Other services at that time included international exchange, deposits and loans etc. Over the few years, branches opened gradually in Tianjin, Beijing, Hankou, Chongqing and other places. Under the leadership of Sir Thomas Jackson, the bank became increasingly important in Asia and grew in both size and status. In its nearly 150 years of operation and development, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited have invested over $5 billion on self-development and in purchasing shares in Chinese financial organizations and became one of the largest investors among the foreign banks to have invested in mainland China. It holds lg% share in Bank of Communications, 16% share in Ping An Insurance and 8% share in Bank of Shanghai etc. On 2 April 2007, Shanghai-based HSBC Bank(China) Company Limited started operation. It was a foreign bank that operated in mainland China. It is also a part of HSBC Group but is wholly owned by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.5. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Group _______ A. is the largest business bank in the world. B. was set up in Hong Kong China in 1864 . C. is a banking and financial service organization in Hong Kong. D. is operating around 10000 branches in 83 countries and regions.6.What was not the business in HSBC in 1866? A. Releasing local banknote. B. Doing international exchange. C. Making bank savings. D. Purchasing shares.7. The biggest percentage of shares HSBC holds is in _____ as stated in the passage. A. Ping an Insurance B. Bank of Communications C. Bank of Shanghai D. Bank of China8. What is the passage about? A. HSBC is the largest banking organization. B. The British people helped China found HSBC. C. The development of HSBC. D. The importance of HSBC.CBest Ways to Save Money on Holiday Shopping Black Friday and Cyber Monday-that's amateur hour. These holiday shopping tips will help yousave big bucks on your own. Track prices online Websites like Amazon and Bestbuy.cn are constantly adjusting the prices of items, meaning knowledgeable shoppers can keep their eye out for savings if they check back frequently. But who hasthe time to refresh every few hours? Try camelcamelcamel.cn.Search for any item (say, a Furby for the kids) and track its price history-it' ll show you a graph and the highest and lowest price positionsit' s had over the past several days. Close to the lowest point? Snatch it up now. Believe in the Invisible Hand If you' re big on online shopping, visit getinvisiblehand.cn to install(set up for use) the Invisible Hand extension on your computer or download the official iPhone app. Whenever you' re browsing for items online from retailers(零售商) like Lowe's or Sears, it'll automatically search alternatives and notify you if there's a better deal elsewhere. Try shopping on a Tuesday According to a recent New York Times report, online retailers tend to offer the best deals on Tuesdays .Better yet, try Tuesday morning. That same report suggests sales tend to go live early. You can also try shopping late. It' s true that sales start in the early morning hours. But Business Insider(内行) notes that if you shop after 6:00 p.m., some retailers will already have sales for the next day activated, allowing you to get great deals without setting your alarm.9. If you want to get the latest information on updated shopping lists, you may_______. A. come to getinvisiblehand.cn B. read the holiday shopping tips C. visit camelcamelcamel.cn D. download it from the official site10. The best deals online that retailers offer can take place_______. A. on Friday B贵州省遵义市省级示范高中2014届高三第二次联考 英语
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