河南洛阳高中2014-2015上学期高二英语期末联考试题.doc

2014-2015学年上学期期末联考试卷 高 二 英 语 第一节（共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Peter Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland. When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little