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柘城县德盛高级中学 2023-2024 学年上期高二第一次月考英语试题 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor ( 分 娩 ). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!” “What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!” Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎). “Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.” An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!” After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted ( 晕 ). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.” Why were the fathers there? They were waiting for their wives. They were seeing doctors. They were waiting for their babies to be born. They were working at men nurses there. Which of the following is true about the third man? He thought the nurse made a mistake. He was very surprised at the nurse’s words. He didn’t want to have these babies. He should never have worked at 7-Eleven. Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man? Hew was afraid of having so many babies. He was seriously ill. He was too excited. He was very glad to have 7 babies. B In 1998, World Cup Football Match held in France took up a new rule. Instead of the usual black and white ball, a colorful ball was used in the game. The new ball was made up of 32 pieces of three colors: red, blue and white. Interestingly enough, the French national flag happened to be in three colors, too. Besid