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PAGE PAGE 13 沈阳铁路实验中学2016—2017学年度上学期第二次月考 高三英语 时间：100分钟 满分：120分 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第Ⅰ卷 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。 Uncle Tom gave little Vicki Black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. He told her not to open it until her birthday. She knew her mother wouldn’t tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after Vicki’s father passed away. Besides, Vicki didn’t want to get Uncle Tom angry. But little Vicki didn’t want to just hold it and guess what was in it. After all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll. All the day, Vicki couldn’t stop thinking about the gift. While her teacher was giving a lecture, Vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. When school was done, she raced home. Walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. Holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. Seconds later, she cried. When Mrs Black saw the box, she said angrily, “Didn’t I tell you to leave it alone?” Vicki sobbed and said, “Mommy, you don’t understand.” “Don’t cry to me. You have missed everything now, just because you couldn’t wait, ” Mrs Black accused. “What will Uncle Tom think now?” “Uncle Tom gave me nothing,”Vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “He played a trick on me.” Mrs Black said doubtfully, “Uncle Tom is not like that. You must have dropped it.” Vicki kept crying. Only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. It was Uncle Tom. He looked at the empty box. “You have already done it? I told you to wait for your birthday.” “You didn’t give me a gift.” Fresh tears filled her eyes. “I try to give you something. I know your birthday is a special day. I tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. I think hard and get an idea to give you an important lesson. If you open it o