辽宁省锦州市锦州中学2015-2016学年高一上学期12月月考 英语试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）(略)
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：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。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My brother, mother and I live in Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from even the most basic of services. Therefore, I take weekly trips to the shop to get supplies. About a month ago, I finished loading up the car and was about to leave, when a piece of paper on the ground caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully.
It was a receipt(收据)from the State Motor Vehicle Division, recording the owner’s payment of her Vehicle’s Registration fees. At first I thought that I could find the owner. So I waited there for about an hour. Although the receipt had been borne on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the owner? I looked over the receipt for contact or any personal data, perhaps a license tag(牌照)or telephone number. I checked the date, the fees paid, noted the name of the owner and pocketed the paper. I concluded that the best and easiest step to take was to put the receipt in an envelope and send it to the owner first the next morning.
By the end of the week, I received a beautiful “thank you” letter from a very grateful and happy woman containing a handwritten message and a card. In the letter, the woman explained how the wind snatched (夺去)her receipt from a pocket in her car’s passenger door. She had searched everywhere for quite some time before giving up.
I felt great to know I had helped someone avoid a loss by doing something which at first glance(一瞥) seemed little and unimportant.
21. What can we learn about the author?
A. He lives downtown in Hawaii.
B. He goes to the shop to get supplies once a week on foot.
C. He is too poor to have basic supplies for his family.
D. He is patient and willing to help others.
22. How did the woman feel when receiving the author’s envelope?
A. Proud B. Awful C. Appreciated D. Anxious
23. How did the woman lose her receipt?
A. She forgot where she had put it.
B. A strong wind blew it away.
C. A passenger took it away.
D. She left it in the parking lot.
