邯郸市2013年高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷及答案(5)

　　When we got home，we talked about what we could do. We decided to buy fifty pounds of potatoes and live on them for a month. This would allow us to save twenty dollars of our grocery money for the offering. Then we thought that if we kept our electric lights turned out as much as possible and didn’t listen to the radio， we’d save money on that month’s electric bill.

　　The night before Easter， we were so excited that we could hardly sleep. We didn’t care that we wouldn’t have new clothes for Easter； we had seventy dollars for the sacrificial offer¬ing. We could hardly wait to get to church！

　　Finally we sat in church proudly. When the sacrificial offering was taken， wc were sitting in the second row from the front. Mom put in the ten-dollar bill， and each of us kids put in a twenty-dollar bill.

　　We sang all the way home from church. At lunch， Mom had a surprise for us. She had bought a dozen eggs， and we had boiled Easter eggs with our fried potatoes！ Later that after¬noon， the pastor drove up in his car. Mom went to the door， talked with him for a moment， and then came back with an envelope in her hand. We asked what it was， but she didn’t say a word. She opened the envelope and out fell a bunch of money. There were three twenty-dollar bills， one ten-dollar bill and seventeen one-dollar bills.

　　56. The first paragraph mainly tells us that •

　　A. the writer’s father died early

　　B. the writer had many brothers and sisters

　　C. the writer’s family lived a very hard life

　　D. the writer’s mother was very hard-working

　　57. Why did the church raise the money？

　　A. To help the writer’s family.

　　B. To see which family donated most.

　　C. To help a poor family to spend a holiday.

　　D. To hold a great feast in the church before Easter.

　　58. The writer’s family took all the following measures to save money EXCEPT •

　　A. doing part-time jobs

　　B. stopping listening to the radio

　　C. mainly eating potatoes for a month

　　D. using electric light as little as possible

　　59. What was the writer’s attitude towards the holiday offering？

　　A. In high spirits. B. In a state of being mad.

　　C.Too happy tu do anything. D.Owning the feeling of being rich.

　　B

　　The role of women in the entertainment industry is more important today than ever~and we don’t need International Women’s Day to remind us. While women such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry control the world of music， directors are making films that focus on a particular fe¬male character. Here are some women characters from recent popular films.

　　Albert Nobbs： a damaged woman in an age of men （From film~Albert Nobbs）