在19至20世纪的，英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学在世界上的领先地位使得英语成为一种国际语言，以下是山东莱芜市2015-2016高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷，希望对考生有帮助。

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30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。

A

Have you ever wondered why our Easter celebrations include bunnies，brightly colored eggs，baskets filled with bite-size candy,and a banquet of ham or lamb? In fact, most of our Easter traditions are rooted in Christian faith and early religions.Here's a brief history lesson on customs.

Easter Bunny(复活节兔子)

The Easter Bunny—a.k.a Osterhase(German)or Oschter Haws(Dutch)—made its U.S.debut when German and Dutch settlers arrived in colonial Pennsylvania villages during the1700s.Pre—Christian Germans honored an Anglo-Saxon goddess，Eostre，who represented the rising of a new sun season.It’s believed that she had a hare as a companion that represented fertility(生育力)and rebirth.

Easter Basket

Similar to the meaning of leaving cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve，children would leave homemade nests in which the Easter Bunny could lay its colored eggs.Over time，this tradition turned into decorated Easter baskets filled with fake grass，chocolate candy and jellybcans.

Easter Eggs

Christians(基督徒)don’t eat meat and eggs for 40 days in preparation for spiritual update.On Easter Sunday,red colored eggs decorated tables to promote the joy of a new season and represent Jesus’blood on the cross.The colored egg tradition may also have roots in spring festivals，in which eggs were decorated，colored and exchanged as celebrations of spring.

Ham

You know block-eyed peas bring luck on New Year’s Day, but what if we told you a pig had much the same effect? The pig was considered a symbol of luck in pre-Christian Europe，and early Christians were said to have continued this tradition，making it the centre of meals on significant holidays like Christmas and Easter.

If we took a poll on eating ham or lamb on Easter,we’d likely be a country divided.

21.What does the passage mainly focus on?

A.Easter presents. B.Easter beliefs.

C.Easter customs. D.Easter food.

22.Why do people exchange colored eggs on Easter Festival?

A.To welcome the coming of spring.

B.To attract visitors.

C，To decorate tables.

D.To invite Santa Claus.

23.What did“the pig”represent in pre-Christian Europe?

A.Good effect. B.Luck. C.Old tradition.D.Easter culture.

B

I have a memory of being about five years old，picking up a beautiful grilled(烧烤的) cheese sandwich made for me by my hard—working mother and turning it over to see that the other side was burned.Suddenly，what I thought was the perfect sandwich was not so perfect.Mom had tried to hide that fact from me.There was no question;I ate it anyway without complaining.However，that moment has stuck in my mind for many years.Now，at the age of 43 as a mother of two children and as a biology professor where I am routinely the“academic mother”of hundreds of students every year，I find that I believe in The Grilled Cheese Principle.Here is what I mean.

Making a grilled cheese sandwich is easy，right?But when I think of how many burned grilled cheese sandwiches I have eaten，or I have made myself,I realize that most of the grilled cheese sandwiches I have known have had at least one burned side.The thing is that although it is a relatively easy thing to make I can also easily lose focus，and before long the sandwich is burned.For my mother，the first side was usually perfect and the second side got burned due to her being distracted.For me，I have tended to burn the first side，but then I more carefully monitor the second side.Either way，the grilled cheese sandwich suffers because it has not been given the attention it deserves.

So，I have learned that even the simplest task deserves my full attention.When I am multi-tasking，I am doing none of the tasks well.And when I allow myself to be distracted，I am not in the present moment—not paying attention to the small details of living or enjoying the process.

So now，I believe the best way to make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich is to make only one at a time and give it my full attention.

24.How did the writer react to the sandwich with burned side?

A.He ate it with full complaints.

B.He showed no interest.

C.He thought it was still perfect.

D.He was deeply impressed with it.

25.What does The Grilled Cheese Principle mean?

A.Even simple things deserve full attention.

B.Losing focus makes the sandwich burned.

C.Self-made sandwiches are always burned.

D.we should make only one sandwich at a time.

26.Which one can replace the underlined word“monitor”?

A.serve B.watch C.burn D.sell

27.What does the writer want to tell us?

A.Never do multi-tasks.

B.Learn to appreciate the burned sandwiches.

C.Nothing is perfect.

D.Devote yourself to one thing at a time.