山西省太原市外国语校2016届高三下学期5月半月考英语试题.doc

高三年级半月考试卷（ 英语 ） 第I卷 第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分） 第一节 （共15小题; 每小题3分，满分45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 Lill was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. At the age of 16, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. In 1922, with limited education and skills, the future didn’t look bright for Lill. Her father demanded that Lill find a job as soon as possible, but she didn’t have confidence to ask for a job. One day, Lill gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door. She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager. In her broken English, Lill told her she was interested in the secretarial position. Margaret decided to give her a chance. Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lill, let’s see how good you really are.” She directed Lill to type a single letter, and then left. Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:40 am. Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon. She thought she should at least attempt the letter. On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes. She pulled the paper out and threw it away. The clock now read 11:45. “At noon,” she said to herself. “I’ll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again.” On her second attempt, things didn’t get any better. Again she started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though. She looked at the clock: 11:55 ----- five minutes to freedom. Just then, Margaret walked in. She came directly over to Lill and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl’s shoulder. She read the letter and paused. Then she said, “Lill, you are doing good work!” Lill was surprised. She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret. With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow. She thought, “ Well, if she thinks it’s good, t