2014届嘉定区初三英语一模试卷及答案 - 图文(3)

In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers. Young men, or “stewards (空乘)” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930, a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”. Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous (冒险的) life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but she also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.

Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot. But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because flying was still an unreliable way to travel. There were often delays, many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.

The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.

At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.

In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.

69. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph suggests that Ellen was the first woman to

_________.

A) invent the new word “stewardess” B) flew a plane C) work on a plane D) travel by plane 70. From the second paragraph, we learn that ________.

A) Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls B) Ellen’s family was not rich enough to support her education C) Ellen was fond of working on a farm.

D) Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely. 71. Ellen ________ when she was young.

A) didn’t work as nurse in a hospital B) didn’t want to marry a farmer on a farm C) didn’t take flying lessons D) failed to get her pilot license 72. The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.

A) her flying experience B) her university education C) her nursing experience D) her life attitudes

73. According to the passage, in the 1940s, a woman had to _______ if she wanted to be a

stewardess. A) be a nurse B) be married C) be a mother D) be young 74. The passage mainly talks about _______.

A) the background of early flying pilots B) the experience of flying passengers

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C) the history of early flight attendants

D) the development of airplanes

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完

成短文)（12分） School uniforms have been around for hundreds of years, and even perhaps longer. They are usually used in grade schools, but some high schools, particularly those in England and Europe often have some kind of uniform or dress code requirements. In general, they are used to keep students in line for many different reasons.

One of the 75 of wearing school uniforms is that there is no need to 76 what children are going to wear every day, and there is more concentration on class. One of the benefits of school uniforms in this case is that there is no 77 with others. Everyone is wearing the same clothes every day. This way, instead of competing over who is wearing what, there is more focus on the daily school work. Not always, but in many cases, girls try to dress provocatively (挑逗地), whether it’s to impress the boys, or to outdo (超越)one another. Using school uniforms takes away these distractions (使人分心的事).

Many times, kids are 78 because of the clothes they wear, and it seems that no matter how hard parents try, kids know who is poor in the school. One of the advantages of school uniforms is that there is nothing to tell the difference between who is poor or well off. The benefit of wearing school uniforms is that everyone wears the same thing, whether you are rich, or poor.

There are some other things that make the idea of school uniforms more 79 . There is no need to buy designer clothes that so many kids demand these days, and this can be very 80 for parents who are constantly being asked by their kids to buy the next latest and greatest fashion. Some other advantages of school uniforms is that there is less likelihood of kids wearing gang color and clothes and this can reduce incidents of violence in schools greatly. 75. A. disadvantages B. advantages C. points D. questions 76. A. think of B. try on C. think about D. take out 77. A. contest B. match C. game D. competition 78. A. laughed at B. worried about C. relied on D. surprised at 79. A. attractive B. awful C. correct D. changeable 80. A. easy B. convenient C. helpful D. dull

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)（14分）

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