1、淮安中学II部高三英语限时读写训练（四）I.阅读理解（完成时间 8分钟）Generally speaking, people can get discounts off products and services during holidays, weekends, and store anniversaries in China. Yet with the increase of special discount stores which offer discounted brand name clothes and accessories throughout the year, now
2、people can get quality discounted goods whenever they want. Here is a list of special discount stores in Beijing for your reference. Happy shopping! Shangpin Youjia Department Store Shangpin Youjia opened only one month ago and it features new products this season, dominated by such well-known brand
3、s as Nike, Adidas, Levis, Nautica and Hush Puppies. High-priced designer goods are only limited to the sunglasses sold here. Shangpin Youjia labels the discounted price of each item. Discount rates vary from 40 percent to 80 percent off. The best buy here are some domestic brands, which strike a nic
4、e balance with style, quality and price. Location: 1-3/F, Zhongguancun E-center, No.52 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian DistrictTel: 010-62588888 365 Discount Plaza 365 covers over 50 brands like Only, Guess, and Soda, and the discount rates can range from 50 percent to even 90 percent off. The best buy here
5、 are some womens office clothes, all available below 1,000 yuan. Each month 365 will replace the stock with new brands, so shoppers at 365 can always get something new each time they come here. Besides, 365 features regular special discounts on thematic goods which they sell at even lower prices. Lo
6、cation: B2/F, Fullink Plaza, Chaoyangmen, Chaoyang DistrictTel: 010-65881901 Open time: 10:30am-9:30pm LCX Top International Brands Discount Store LCX features over 300 top international brands like Givenchy, Dunhill, Kenzo, Mondi, Christian Lacroix, and most of the items sold here are exclusive（专有的
7、）in Beijing. Discount rates here vary from 50 percent to 90 percent off, and the discounted prices range from several hundred to several thousand yuan, still much cheaper than if you buy the same items abroad. The best buy here are the German shoes, colorful and stylish, worth owning considering the
8、 quality and design. Location: 3/F Beijing Times Square, Xidan, Xicheng DistrictTel: 010-83913388 Yansha Outlets Yansha Outlets feature over 200 brands like Versace, Prada, and CK, and it offers mostly off-season products but all brand new. Discount rates of the same item here constantly change. The
9、 older the item is, the cheaper it is. The best buy here are various home accessories, refined and not expensive. Location: No. 9 Dongsihuan Nanlu, Chaoyang DistrictTel: 010-816005621. Ms. Lee wants to buy her son a pair of German shoes as his birthday present, so she can get it at _.A. Shangpin You
10、jia Department Store B. 365 Discount Plaza C. LCX Top International Brands Discount Store D. Yansha Outlets2. My sister regrets that she didnt buy that blue office clothes two months ago. Now she can call _ to ask whether to buy it.A. 010-62588888 B. 010-65881901 C. 010-83913388 D. 010-816005623.Its
11、 very clever to buy some domestic brands at Shangpin Youjia Department Store, because _.A. they are new products this seasonB. they are the cheapest goods compared to the other three storesC. they are said to strike a nice balance with style, quality and price.D. their discount rates range from 40 p
12、ercent to 80 percent offII.任务型阅读（完成时间12分钟）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填个单词。World Food Prize goes to Ethiopian ScientistSorghum is an important grain for Africa. Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gebisa Ejeta. The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can
13、resist long dry periods. The seeds can also resist the Striga weed, a big cause of crop failures in Arica.Now his work has earned him this years World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation. He received 250,000 dollars for the award. He is only the second African to win the prize since it w
14、as set up in 1986. monty Jones, a rice specialist from Sierra Leone, was the winner in 2004.Gebisa Ejeta is a professor at Purdue University in Indiana. Over the years, he was worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed types for Africa.In the early 1980s, Professor Ej
15、eta developed the first sorghum hybrid seeds. These resisted drought and led to a major increase in production.Drought is not the only enemy. Striga is a parasitic weed that Africans commonly call witch weed. The plant attacks sorghum and other crops and steals water and nutrients from the roots.In
16、the 1990s, Gebisa Ejeta and another researcher, Larry Butler, identified the complex relationships between Striga and sorghum plants. That finding led to the development of seeds which can resist both Striga and drought.Gebisa Ejeta was brought up in a one-room hut in a rural village in west-central
17、 Ethiopia. His mother wanted him to get and education. He walked twenty kilometers to school in a neighboring town. He left home on Sunday nights and returned on Friday. Professor Ejeta has never forgotten his African roots. Today he encourages other scientists to turn to Africas needs.Ethiopian sci
18、entist 1 World Food PrizeThemeGebisa Ejeta, a scientist from Ethiopia, won World Food Prize in 2009.World Food Prize World Food Prize was 2 in 1986. The winner receivers 250,000 dollars for the award, Gebisa Ejeta, was the second African winner after Monty Jones, a rice_3_ from Sierra Leone, who was
19、 the winner in 2004.Growth& early_4_Gebisa Ejeta was 5 _in a rural village in west-central Ethiopia and had to walk 20 kms to 6 _school in a neighboring town._7_ In the early 1980s, Professor Ejeta developed the first sorghum hybrid seeds, which resisted drought and 8 in a major increase in producti
20、on. In the 1990s, Gebisa Ejeta, cooperating with Larry Butler, developed seeds 9 _ to both Striga and drought. Gebisa Ejeta has worked with farmers and seed companies and developed more than eighty seed types for Africa, which makes millions of Africans avoid 10 _ from hunger.III.书面表达（完成时间 20分钟）下面的漫画描绘的是现在老人在孩子离家在外工作后可能遇到的苦恼。请你先对漫画的内容进行描述，然后对这一现象发表自己的看法。注意：1. 仔细阅读图画，适当发挥想象，不要做简单的描述。2. 词数150左右。开头已给出，不计入总词数。Nowadays many old people have to bear misable loneliness after their sons or daughters leave home for work.