2017湖北省八校高三第二次联考英语试题及答案

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　　I think it was October, 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada, and I was asked to accompany her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her business, I was aimlessly wandering down Virginia Street，heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but I couldn’t make eye contact with anyone. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She 1ooked at me as though I were from some other planet and said, “Well…’’ Surprisingly, she followed me out.

　　When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”

　　For a few seconds we just 1ooked. Then I said, “God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it and sharing the beauty.

　　Four years later my situation had changed considerably. I had come to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: cosmetic sales in a department store. We had a lot in common.

　　Then something happened to her that changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world.”, and she had realized the truth in that statement and that she simply had not been seeing it. From that moment on, she turned her life around.

　　25. Why did the writer duck into a department store?

　　A. She found it was boring with nobody talking to her.

　　B. She wanted to buy something for her friend.

　　C. She wanted to find somebody sharing the beautiful sunset.

　　D. She thought it was his responsibility to share the natural beauty with others.

　　26. What does the sentence “God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world” mean?

　　A. We should be optimistic in the face of uncertainty.

　　B. We should believe in God who can help us when we are in trouble.

　　C. We should never hold the belief that God can change our life.

　　D. We should be independent and enjoy ourselves in spite of difficulties.

　　27. What do you think finally changed the writer’s attitude towards life?

　　A. The old magazine she came across. B. The encouragement from the woman.

　　C. The sunset they enjoyed four years ago. D. The woman’s story.

　　28. What may be the best title for the text?

　　A. Depending on yourself B. Sharing beauty

　　C. Struggling every day D. Never giving up halfway