1、2014级高二限时练理科英语练习011（范围：北师大版选修8）使用时间 ，班级 ，姓名 ，得分 ，考后得分 第一节（共8题；每小题2分，满分16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。AIn early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photogr
2、aph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.“You cant say its not a great university, just because Papa went there.”“Thats not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we cant afford to send you to college.”“I wouldnt dream of as
3、king you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things arent that bad, are they?”“No,” she said. “I dont expect you to help support us.”Father borrowed money form his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop, His chief customers were his old college friends. To get
4、new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my Parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small in
5、vestment (投资) could show returns. Whats more ,they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful ；otherwise, they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a stro
6、ng belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.1.The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because .Ahis father graduated fr
7、om the universityBhis mother did not think it a great universityChis parents needed him to help support the familyDhis parents did not have enough money for him2. The father started his small shop with the money from . A. a local league B. his universityC. his relatives D. his college friends3. Why
8、did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husbands business B. To raise money for her sonC. To meet her long-forgotten friends D. To better manage her life4. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? ATo get a well-paid job for himselfBT
9、o improve relations with his motherCTo go to his dream universityDTo carry on with his fathers businessBIf you think that Internet shopping on a Sunday gets you the best deals, then think again. Tuesday is actually the best day of the week if you want to grab a bargain, according to an exhaustive an
10、alysis of online shopping. Thursday is the second best day followed by Fridaybut Sunday is when you are least likely to make a saving. The study also looked at months and found that the preChristmas rush in November is when there are most bargains around on the weband not the January sales. US retai
11、ler(零售商) reporting service Sum All examined 3,000 companies and half a billion transactions as part of its report. It worked out the average discount offered to consumers on each day of the week and over different times of the year.The best day of the week was Tuesday where savings were 4.81 percent
12、, followed by Thursday on 4.80 percent. In third place was Friday at 4.65 percent, then Wednesday at 4.13 percent and Monday at 4.11 percent. Only the foolish would shop on a Saturday where the discounts were typically 3.84 percentand Sunday was the worst with 3.37 percent.The analysis by month is e
13、ven more surprising as most people think that waiting until the postChristmas sales would yield the biggest discounts. In fact, November is when you will get the largest savings at 5.99 percent on average. January came in second at 4.95 percent, followed by May at 4.50 percent.The worst month to buy
14、 online was March where you could expect to save just 2.76 percent. Consumers and experts have been speculating for years about the best time to shop online.Booking a flight has almost become a science with some claiming that buying six weeks before you travel guarantees you the best price. However,
15、 a recent analysis by the US Airlines Reporting Commission found that was not actually the case.Not only did the sixweek window fail to pile up, in some cases the best fares were on sale as long as 24 weeks before departure. The ARC said that booking well in advance is best advised for busy routes o
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