最新北京市高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word格式.docx

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第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

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

Aftertwoyearsofcarefulconsideration,RobertMcCrumhasreachedaconclusiononhisselectionofthe100greatestnovelswritteninEnglish.Takealookatafewinhislist:

ThePilgrim’sProgressbyJohnBanyan（1678）

AstoryofamaninsearchoftruthtoldwiththesimpleclarityandbeautyofBunyan’sprosemakesthisanEnglishclassic.

RobinsonCrusoebyDanielDefoe（1719）

Bytheendofthe19thcentury,nobookinEnglishliteraryhistoryhadenjoyedmoreeditionsandtranslations.Thisworld-famousnovelisacomplexliteraturethatonecannotresist.

Gulliver’sTravelsbyJonathanSwift（1726）

Agreatworkthat’sbeenrepeatedlyprinted,JonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravelscomesthirdinourlistofthebestnovelswritteninEnglish.

ClarissabySamuelRichardson（1748）

Clarissaisatragicheroine,pressuredbyherdishonorablefamilytomarryawealthymanshedislikes,inthebookthatSamuelJohnsondescribedas‘"

thefirstbookintheworldthatshowstheknowledgeaboutthehumanheart”.

TomJonesbyHenryFielding（1749）

TomJonesisaclassicEnglishnovelthatgetsthespiritofitsageandwhosecharactersarewell-knownsincetheyhavecometorepresentthesocietyatthattime.

EmmabyJaneAusten（1816）

JaneAusten’sEmmaishermostoutstandingwork,mixingthebestpartsofherearlybookswithadeepsenseoffeelings.

TheNarrativeofArthurGordonPymofNantucketbyEdgarAllanPoe（1838）

EdgarAllanPoe’sonlynovel---aclassicadventurestorywithsupernaturalelements---hasfascinatedandinfluencedgenerationsofwriters.

1．WhichEnglishbookhasgotthemosttranslationsbeforethe20thcentury?

A.RobinsonCrusoe.B.Gulliver’sTravels.C.TomJones.D.Emma.

2．WhatdoesSamuelJohnsonthinkwecanlearnaboutfromthebookClarissa?

A.Alovestory.B.Quarrelsinafamily.

C.Thehumanheart.D.Thespiritsofthelime.

3．WhatmakesthecharactersinTomJonesfamous?

A.Theirclassiclifestyles.B.Theirdifferentnationalities.

C.Theirtypicalspiritsoftheage.D.Theirrepresentationofthesociety.

B

HawkingdiedearlyWednesdayathishomeinEnglandattheageof76.Throughouthiscareerasoneoftheworld’smostrecognizablecosmicthinkers,heregularlythrewhimselfintopopculture’scomedicringwithcameos（客串）onprogramssuchasTheSimpsonsandLateNightwithConanO’Brien.

TheseappearancesdefinedHawking’spersonallifeasmushashisuniverse-shakingtheoreticalwork.Humor,however,wasnotjustonesideofhispersonality,butakeytoovercomingthediseasehestruggledagainstsince1963.

“Keepinganactivemindhasbeenvitaltomysurvival,ashasmaintainingasenseofhumor,”Hawkingsaidina2021documentary.“IamprobablybetterknownformyappearancesonTheSimpsonsandonTheBigBangTheorythanIamformyscientificdiscoveries.”

At21,Hawkingwasdiagnosedwithaconditionsimilartoamyotrophiclateralsclerosis（肌萎缩性侧索硬化症）,alsoknownasLouGehrig’sdisease.AccordingtotheALSAssociation,“HalfofallpeopleaffectedwithALSliveatmostthreeormoreyearsafterdiagnosis.Twentypercentlivefiveyearsormore;

onlytenpercentwilllivemorethantenyears.”

ThediseasewouldeventuallyshutdownHawking’smotorfunctions,makinghimspeechlessandunabletomovewithoutawheelchair.Doctorsinitiallysaidhewouldbedeadintwoyears.Hiscondition,however,provedtobearareslow-actingversion.

ButHawkingfoughtthroughhisworsephysicalstate,risingtoapositionasacelebratedprofessorofmathematicalattheUniversityofCambridgeandalteringthepopularconceptionofphysicswithhis1988bestseller,ABriefHistoryofTime.

“WhenIturned21,myexpectationswerereducedtozero,”hesaidinaTVshow.Headded,“ItwasimportantthatIcametoappreciatewhatIdidhave.It’salsoimportantnottobecomeangry,nomatterhowdifficultlifeis,becauseyoucanloseallhopeifyoucan’tlaughatyourselfandatlifeingeneral.”

4．WhatwasHawkinglikeaccordingtothetext?

A.Hewaskindandbrave.

B.Hewasfriendlyandadventurous.

C.Hewashumorousandstrong-minded.

D.Hewasshyanduncommunicative.

5．HowdidHawkingdealwithALS?

A.Hedidfurtherresearchintothedisease.

B.Hekeptapositiveattitudetowardshisdisease.

C.Hedidmoreexerciseandspokealotwithothers.

D.Hewenttohospitaltohaveahealthcheckregularly.

6．WhatcanbelearntfromthestoryofHawking?

A.Laughteristhebestmedicine.

B.Losttimeisneverfoundagain.

C.Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.

D.Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep.

7．Whatcanweknowfromthetext?

A.ALSisacommondiseaseinEngland.

B.DoctorsonceabandonedtreatmentforHawking