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《2015年甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学高三下学期第二次模拟考试试题 英语》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。满分120分,考试时间为100分钟。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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.ANextyearmarksthe150thanniversaryofwhenlargenumbersofChinesestartedworkingonahugeprojectintheUnitedStates.TheyhelptobuildA
2、merica’sfirsttranscontinentalrailroadbetween1863and1869,connectingtheEastCoastwiththeWest.PeopleknowlittleabouttheChineserailroadworkersandwhathappenedtothemaftertheprojectwasfinished.StanfordUniversityinCaliforniawantstolearnmoreaboutthelivesofthesemenby
3、reachingouttotheirfamilies.BillYee’sancestorscamefromsouthernChina.Hesaid,“Mygreat-great-grandfathercametoAmericaduringthe‘goldrush’daysandhereturnedtoChinaasawealthyman.Andthenmygreat-grandfathercametoworkontherailroadanddiedthere.”Butthatdidnotstophisgr
4、andfatherfromcomingtotheUSonfalsepapers.Heoperatedalaundry.BillYee’sfathercontinuedtorunthebusinessandhasneverreturnedtoChina.“ThingswereprettybadinsomepartsofChinainthe1860’s.TheycametoAmericaatallcostsinorderthattheynolongerhadtobearhunger,”BillYeesaid.
5、ShelleyFisherFishkinishelpingtodirecttheChineseRailroadWorkersinNorthAmericaProjectatStanfordUniversity.Shesaid,“ManyoftheChineseworkerswhocametoworkonthetranscontinentalandotherrailroadsreturnedtoChinaaftertheirworkwasdoneandcreatedfamiliesthere.Someofth
6、emsettledinAmericaandcreatednewfamilies,buttheyhadfamilieswhotheyleftwhentheycamehereandtheymayhavedescendantsinChina.”Thereisaneedtocreatearecordoftheobjectandspokenhistoryfromthefamiliesoftherailroadworkers.“TheUScouldnothavebecomethemodernindustrialnat
7、ionwithouttherailroads.AndtherailroadswouldnothavecometogetherwithouttheworkoftheseChineseworkers,”saidShelleyFisherFishkin.1.WhatdoyouknowaboutBillYee?A.Hisfamilywasrichinthe1860’s.B.HisfathersettledintheUSA.C.Heknowslittleabouthisancestorsandhopestoknow
8、more.D.HisgrandfathercametoAmericawithhisgreat-grandfather.2.AccordingtoBillYee,manyChinesewenttoAmericainthe1860’smainly.A.toruntheirownbusinessesB.tofindtheirancestorsC.tomakealivingD.todiggold3.AccordingtoShelley
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