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【题目】【湖北省武汉市2015年中考英语试题】阅读下面三篇材料，从每篇材料后各小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Molly Boylan is one of the most successful business women in Canada after setting up her cosmetic （化妆品） company Blazes in 1992. Though she is very successful, she says that she finds it harder every year in balance (平衡) her business with her family life. She sometimes feels that her two children know more about their baby---sitter than they do about her.

Molly employs (雇佣) around eighty people in her factory and warehouse, and ten others in her two new fashion stores, but her newest employee is the most important one for her. After years of worrying about her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her company. Molly will still be involved in decision- making, and she’s going to stay in touch with the people who work for her, but Sally is going to look after day-to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids.

The new arrangement (安排) is going to start on Monday, and both of them are already excited about it. Sally says, “I’m very nervous, actually, but I’m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days, even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.”

Molly, on the other hand, seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. ”I know that Sally’s going to be a very nice manager.” she says, “She’s only been here a couple of days and she’s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having. The best thing though is that I feel a hundred times happier than I’ve been in years. I mean, I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this, and my kids are really excited about my being at home more. To be honest, I wish I had made this decision years ago.”

【1】The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. Molly and her children

B. Molly finding a new manager

C. the baby-sitter and the kids

D. Molly making a change about her business

【2】The underlined phrase “be involved in” in the passage probably means_________.

A. be interested in

B. take part in

C. be nervous about

D. learn about

【3】Sally seems to be a good manager because ___________.

A. she has set up a new Blazes

B. she keeps in close touch with the workers

C. she has been able to solve a few problems

D. she has been working for the company since 1992

【4】According to the passage, Molly ___________ .

A. will not run her business any more

B. seems satisfied with the new arrangement

C. was not pleased with the baby-sitter

D. was successful both in her business and her family

【5】The best thing for Molly now is that _________.

A. she has more than eighty people working for her

B. her kids know more about the baby-sitter

C. she can have more time to be with her kids

D. she has got a new general manager in her company

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：莫莉博伊兰是加拿大最成功的商业女性之一。虽然她很成功，但是她没有时间很好地照顾家人。她决定让莎莉当新总经理。莫莉将仍然参与决策，但是萨莉照顾日常运行的业务，这样莫莉就可以花更多的时间陪伴孩子。

【1】B细节理解题。根据第二段中After years of worrying about her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamonte new general manager in her company就可看出本文主要是说莫利发现了一个好经理，所以该选B。

【2】B词义猜测题。根据下文中“I’m very nervous, actually, but I’m sure Molly will help me a lot in the early days, even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.”可知“be involved in”的意思是参与，所以该选B。

【3】C细节理解题。根据第三段中, “She’s only been here a couple of days and she’s already shown me how to work out a few problems we were having.可知，莎莉将是一个非常好的经理，因为她已经展示了如何去解决一些问题，所以该选C。

【4】B细节理解题。根据最后一段中Molly, on the other hand, seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. ”I know that Sally’s going to be a very nice manager.”可知，莫利似乎对她的新安排很满意，所以该选B。

【5】C细节理解题。根据短文最后I mean, I honestly can’t remember the last time I felt as relaxed as this, and my kids are really excited about my being at home more. To be honest, I wish I had made this decision years ago.”的描述可知，现在对莫利来说最好的事是她能有更多的时间和孩子们在一起，故选C。