学年高二英语下学期第二学段考试试题 I.docx

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学年高二英语下学期第二学段考试试题I

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第二学段考试试题（I）

.阅读理解（共10小题每小题2分，满分20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

ThewriterMargaretMitchellisbestknownforwritingGonewiththeWind,firstpublishedin1936.Herbookandthemoviebasedonit,tellastoryofloveandsurvivalduringtheAmericanCivilWar.VisitorstotheMargaretMitchellHouseinAtlanta,Georgia,cangowhereshelivedwhenshestartedposingthestoryandlearnmoreaboutherlife.

OurfirststopattheMargaretMitchellHouseisanexhibitareatellingaboutthewriter’slife.ShewasborninAtlantain1900.Shestartedwritingstorieswhenshewasachild.ShestartedworkingasareporterfortheAtlantaJournalnewspaperin1922.OnephotographofMs.Mitchell,calledPeggy,showshertalkingtoagroupofyoungcollegeboys.Shewasonlyaboutoneandahalfmeterstall.Theyoungmentoweroverher,butsheseemsveryhappyandsureofherself.Thetourguideexplains:

“NowinthispicturePeggyisinterviewingsomeboysfromGeorgiaTech,askingthemsuchquestionsas‘Wouldyoureallymarryawomanwhoworks?

’Andtodayit’dbe‘Wouldyoumarryonewhodoesn’t?

’”

TheMargaretMitchellHouseisabuildingthatoncecontainedseveralapartments.NowweenterthefirstfloorapartmentwhereMs.Mitchelllivedwithherhusband,JohnMarsh.Theymadefunofthesmallapartmentbycallingit“TheDump”.

Around1926,MargaretMitchellhadstoppedworkingasareporterandwasathomehealingafteraninjury.Herhusbandbroughtherbookstoreadfromthelibrary.Shereadsomanybooksthatheboughtheratypewriterandsaiditwastimeforhertowriteherownbook.OurguidesaysGonewiththeWindbecameahugesuccess.MargaretMitchellreceivedthePulitzerPrizeforthebook.In1939thefilmversionwasreleased.ItwontenAcademyAwards,includingBestPicture.

1．ThebookGonewiththeWindwas_________.

A.firstpublishedonanewspaperB.awardedtenAcademyAwards

C.writtenin“TheDump”D.adaptedfromamovie

2．Theunderlinedphrase“towerover”inParagraph2isclosestinmeaningto_________.

A.beverypleasedwithB.showgreatrespectfor

C.bemuchtallerthanD.showlittleinterestin

3．WhydidMs.Mitchellstopworkingasareporteraccordingtothepassage?

A.Becauseshewasrichenough.B.Becauseshewasinjuredthen.

C.Becauseherhusbanddidn’tlikeit.D.Becauseshewantedtowritebooks.

4．Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.GonewiththeWind:

AHugeSuccess.B.MargaretMitchell:

AGreatFemaleWriter.

C.AnIntroductionoftheMargaretMitchellHouse.D.ATriptoKnowMargaretMitchell.

Peoplewhohavelosttheabilitytounderstandorusewordsduetobraindamagearecalledaphasics（失语症患者）.Suchpatientscanbeextremelygoodatsomethingelse.Fromthechangingexpressionsonspeakers'facesandthetonesoftheirvoices,theycantellliesfromtruths.

Doctorsstudyingthehumanbrainhavegivenanumberofexamplesofthisamazingpowerofaphasics.Somehaveevenparedthispowertothatofadogwithanabilitytofindoutthedrugshiddeninthebaggage.

Recently,scientistscarriedoutteststoseeifallthatwassaidaboutaphasicswastrue.Theystudiedamixedgroupofpeople.Somewerenormal;otherswereaphasics.Itwasprovedthattheaphasicswerefaraheadofthenormalpeopleinrecognizingfalsespeeches—inmostcases,thenormalpeoplewerefooledbywords,buttheaphasicswerenot.

Someyearsago,Dr.OliverSackswroteinhisbookabouthisexperienceswithaphasics.Hementionedaparticularcaseinahospital.SomeaphasicswerewatchingthepresidentgivingaspeechonTV.Sincethepresidenthadbeenanactorearlier,makingagoodspeechwasnoproblemforhim.Hewastryingtoputhisfeelingsintoeverywordofhisspeech.

Buthiswayofspeakinghadtheoppositeeffectonthepatients.Theydidn'tseemtobelievehim.Instead,theyburstintolaughter.Theaphasicsknewthatthepresidentdidnotmeanawordofwhathewassaying.Hewaslying!

Manydoctorsseeaphasicsaspeoplewhoarenotpletelynormalbecausetheylacktheabilitytounderstandwords.However,accordingtoDr.Sacks,theyaremoregiftedthannormalpeople.Normalpeoplemaygetcarriedawaybywords.Aphasicsseemtounderstandhumanexpressionsbetter,thoughtheycannotunderstandwords.

5．Whatissosurprisingaboutaphasics?

A.Theycanfoolotherpeople.B.Theycantellwhetherpeoplearelying.

C.Theycanunderstandlanguagebetter.D.Theycanfindoutthehiddendrugs.

6．Howdidthescientistsstudyaphasics?

A.ByaskingthemtowatchTVtogether.B.Byorganizingthemintoactinggroups.

C.Byparingthemwithnormalpeople.D.BygivingthemchancestospeakonTV.

7．Whatdowelearnfromthistext?

A.Whatonessaysreflectshowonefeels.

B.Aphasicshavericherfeelingsthanothers.

C.Normalpeopleoftentellliesintheirspeeches.

D.Peoplepooratonethingcanbegoodatanother.

C

Doyouwanttogethomefromworkknowingyouhavemadearealdifferenceinsomeone’slife?

Ifyes,don’tcareaboutsexorage!

eandjoinus,then you’llmakeit!

Position:

VolunteerSocialCareAssistant

（NoPaywithFreeMeals）

Place:

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Hours:

PartTime

Wearcnowlookingforvolunteerstosupportpeoplewithlearningdisabilitiestoliveactivelives!

Only4daysleft.Don’tmissthechanceoflendingyourwarmhandstohelpothers!

Role:

Youwillprovidepeoplewithlearningdisabilitieswithallaspectsoftheirdailylives.Youwillhelpthemtodevelopnewskills.Youwillhelpthemtoprotecttheirrightsandtheirsafety.Butyourprimaryconcernistoletthemknowtheyarevalued.

SkillsandExperienceRequired:

Youwillhavetherightvaluesandgreatlisteningskills.Youwillbehonestandpatient.YouwillhavetheabilitytodriveacarandtomunicateinfluentwrittenandspokenEnglishsinceyou’llhavetohelpthosepeoplewithdifferentlearningdisabilities.Previouscare-relatedexperiencewillbeagreatadvantageforyou.

8．Whatdoestheunderlinedpartmean?

A.You’llmakeothers’livesmoremeaningfulwiththisjob

B.You’llarrivehomejustintimefromthisjob

C.You’llearnagoodsalaryfromthisjob

D.You’llsucceedingettingthisjob

9．Thevolunteers’primaryresponsibilityistohelppeoplewithlearningdisabilities______.

A.togetsomefinancialsupportB.toproperlyprotectthemselves

C.tolearnsomenewlivingskillsD.torealizetheirownimportance

10．Whichofthefollowingcanfirstbechosenasavolunteer?

A.Theonewhocandriveacar

B.Theonewhohasdonesimilarworkbefore

C.Theonewhohaspatiencetolistentoothers

D.TheonewhocanuseEnglishtomunicate

.阅读七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Likeitornot,therewillbedifficulttimesinourlives.Youmightloseyourjob,failinyourexamsorhaveanillness.11．Herearesomewaysnottolosehopeduringdifficulttimes.

1.Havefaith.

12．Nomatterhowbadthesituationis,thingswillturnouttobegoodintheend.SeveralyearsagoIfailedtogetmymaster’sdegree.Itwasareallybadexperience.13．Itwasofmuchbetterqualitythanmypreviousuniversity.Experienceslikethisstrengthenmybeliefthathavingfaithisimportantduringdifficulttimes.

2.Bearoundsupportivepeople.

Goingthroughdifficulttimesishard,andgoingthroughthemaloneisevenharder.Youneedagroupofpositivepeoplewhocansupportyou.14．Ifyoudon’t,mysuggestionistostartlookingforone.Don’twaituntilyouneedit,becauseitwillbetoolatebythen.Youneedthemunitybeforedifficulttimese.

3.Helpothers.

Anadditionalbenefitofbeinginagoodmunityisthatitencouragesyoutothinkaboutotherpeople.Itpushesyoutohelpothersand,therefore,thinkaboutotherpeople.15．Asaresult,yoursituationwon’tlookasbadasitwouldbeotherwise.Oftenthesituationlooksworsethanitreallyisbecausewegivetoomuchattention.Shifting（移开）someofyourattentionawaywillputthesituationinabetterview.

A.Yourmunityhelpsalot.

B.Whateveritis,it’simportantnottolosehope.

C.However,Ichangedmyattitudetowardsfailure.

D.Inthiswayyoushiftyourfocusawayfromyourself.

E.ButIgotascholarshipatanoverseasuniversitylater.

F.Youmustbelievethatthingswillworkoutwelleventually.

G.Youshouldbeepartofamunitythatcaresforoneanother.

.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Fromthatdayon,wheneight-year-oldJackwithgrayeyesbeganridingmyschoolbus,hewasatroublemaker.Hisfatherpassedawayandhedidnotlivewithhismother.Ifafight16,itmusthaveJack.Ifagirlwascrying,17werethatJackhadpulledherhair.Ipracticedeverybitof18,talkingtohimagainandagain,butnouse.NomatterhowIspoketohim,19orstrictly,hewouldstareatmewiththosebiggrayeyes20aword.

Towardstheendoftheyear,Ireceivedmanysmallgiftsfromkidsonmybus.Alittlegirlsentmeastarkeychain.Shehadwritten,“IlovePollyandPollylovesme.”OnthelastdayofschoolIwas21becauseoftalkingtotheheadmaster.WhenIgotonthebusI22thatthestarkeychainwasgone.“Jackwasthefirstonetogetonthebus.Checkhis23,”insistedthegirlwhohadgivenmethegift.

Iaskedhimtoeforward.I24myhandintoonepocket.ThenIfeltit–the25shapeofthekeychain.Jackstaredatmeforalongtime.Therewasno26inthosebiggrayeyes,andnoplea（请求）for27.Heseemedtobewaitingforwhatwouldhappen.Iwasaboutto28thekeychainoutofJack’spocketwhenI29myself.”Lethimkeepit,”a30seemedtowhisper.“ItmusthavefallenoffbeforeIgot