甘肃省兰州届高二英语下学期期中试题.docx

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甘肃省兰州届高二英语下学期期中试题

兰州一中2015-2016-2学期期中考试

高二英语

说明：

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分100分，考试时间100分钟。

答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分：

（共三节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

A

TheU.S.DepartmentofLaborstatistics（统计）showthatthereisanoversupplyofcollege-trainedworkersandthatthisoversupplyisincreasing.Alreadytherehavebeenmorethanenoughteachers,engineers,physicists,aerospaceexperts,andotherspecialists.Yetcollegesandgraduateschoolscontinueeveryyeartoturnouthighlytrainedpeopletocompeteforjobsthataren'tthere.Theresultisthatgraduatescannotentertheprofessionsforwhichtheyweretrainedandmusttaketemporaryjobswhichdonotrequireacollegedegree.

Ontheotherhand,thereisagreatneedforskilledworkersofallsorts:

carpenters,electricians,mechanics,plumbers,TVrepairmen.

Thesepeoplehavemoreworkthantheycandealwith,andtheirannualincomesareoftenhigherthanthoseofcollegegraduates.Theoldgapthatwhite-collarworkersmakeabetterlivingthanblue-collarworkersnolongerholdstrue.Thelawofsupplyanddemandnowfavorstheskilledworkmen.

Thereasonforthissituationisthetraditionalmyththatcollegedegreeisapassporttoaprosperousfuture.AlargepartofAmericansocietymatchessuccessinlifeequallywithacollegedegree.Parentsbeginindoctrinating（灌输）theirchildrenwiththismythbeforetheyareoutofgradeschool.Highschoolteachersplaytheirpartbyactingasifhighschooleducationwereapreparationforcollegeratherthanforlife.Underthispressurethekidsfallinline.Whethertheywanttogotocollegeornotdoesn'tmatter.Everybodyshouldgotocollege,soofcoursetheymustgo.Andeveryyearcollegeenrollments（入学）goupandup,andmoreandmoregraduatesareovereducatedforthekindsofjobsavailabletothem.

Oneresultofthisemphasisonacollegeeducationisthatmanypeoplegotocollegewhodonotbelongthere.Ofthesixtypercentofhighschoolgraduateswhoentercollege,halfofthemdonotgraduatewiththeirclass.Manyofthemdropoutwithinthefirstyear.Somestruggleonfortwoorthreeyearsandthengiveup.

1.It'simpliedbutnotstatedinthepassagethat________.

A.manyothercountriesarefacingthesameproblem

B.white-collarworkersintheUSusedtomakemoremoneythanblue-collarworkers

C.fewerstudentswillprefertogotocollegeinthefuture

D.thelawofsupplyanddemandhasastrongeffectonAmericanhighereducation

2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTareasonwhycollegeenrollmentsgoupeveryyear?

A.Manypeoplebelievethattheonlywaytosuccessisacollegeeducation.

B.Manyparentswanttheirchildrentogotocollege.

C.Highschoolteachersurgetheirstudentstogotocollege.

D.Everyyoungmanandwomanwantstogotocollege.

3.Bysayingthat“manypeoplegotocollegewhodonotbelongthere”,theauthormeansthat________.

A.manypeoplewhoarenotfitforcollegeeducationgotocollege

B.manypeoplewhodonothaveenoughmoneygotocollege

C.manypeoplewhogotocollegedropoutwithinthefirstyear

D.manypeoplewhogotocollegehavetheirhopesdestroyed

4.Wecaninferfromthepassagethattheauthorbelievesthat_______.

A.everyyoungmanandwomanshouldgotocollege

B.collegeeducationisabadthing

C.peoplewithacollegeeducationshouldreceivehigherpay

D.fewerpeopleshouldgotocollegewhilemoreshouldbetrainedforskilledjobs

B

Oneofthequalitiesthatmostpeopleadmireinothersisthewillingnesstoadmitone'smistakes.Itisextremelyhardsometimestosayasimplethinglike“Iwaswrongaboutthat,”anditisevenhardertosay,“Iwaswrong,andyouwererightaboutthat.”

Ihadanexperiencerecentlywithsomeoneadmittingtomethathehadmadeamistakefifteenyearsago.HetoldmehehadbeenthemanagerofacertainstoreintheneighborhoodwhereIgrewup,andheaskedmeifIrememberedtheeggcartons（inmanycountries,eggsaresoldbythedozenandareputincartons.）Thenherelatedanincident（event,matter）andIbegantorememberunclearlytheincidenthewasdescribing.

Iwasabouteightyearsoldatthetime.Iwentintothestorewithmymothertodosomeshopping.Onthatparticularday,Imusthavefoundmywaytothefooddepartmentwheretheincidenttookplace.

Theremusthavebeenaspecialsaleoneggsthatdaybecausetherewerelotsofeggsindozenandhalf-dozencartons.Thecartonswereputthreeorfourfeethigh.Imusthavestoppedinfrontofthepilesofeggcartons.Justthenawomancamebypushinghershoppingcartandknockedoffthecartons.Forsomereason,Idecideditwasuptometoputtheeggsbacktogether,soIwenttowork.

Themanagerheardthenoiseandcamerushingovertoseewhathadhappened.Whenheappeared,Iwasonmykneeslookingatsomeofthecartonstoseeifanyoftheeggswerebroken,buttohimitlookedasthoughIwastheonewhojustdidit.Heseverelyreprimandedmeandwantedmetopayforanybrokeneggs.Itriedtoexplain,butitdidnogood.EventhoughIquicklyforgotallabouttheincident,itisplainthatthemanagerdidnot.

5.Whichisthecorrectorderofthefollowing?

a.Iforgotallabouttheincident.b.Iwentintothestore.

c.Awomanknockedofftheeggcartons.d.Istoodinfrontoftheeggcartons.

e.Themanagerremindedmeoftheincident.f.Themanagerdidn'tbelievemyexplanation.

g.Ipickeduptheunbrokeneggs.

A.b;d;g;c;a;f;eB.b;d;c;g;f;e;aC.b;c;d;g;e;f;aD.b;d;c;g;f;a;e

6.Theword“reprimanded”inthelastparagraphmostexactlymeans“_________”.

A.frightenedB.scoldedC.warnedD.comforted

7.Thebesttitleforthispassageshouldbe________.

A.ACaseofMistakeB.TheManagerINeverForget

C.TheManagerandID.AnIncident15YearsAgo

C

Onemorning,morethanahundredyearsago,anAmericaninventorcalledEliasHowefinallyfellasleep.Hehadbeenworkingallnightonthedesignofasewingmachinebuthehadrunintoaverydifficultproblem:

Itseemedimpossibletogetthethreadtorunsmoothlyaroundtheneedle.

Thoughhewastired,Howesleptbadly.Heturnedandturned.Thenhehadadream.Hedreamtthathehadbeencaughtbyterriblesavageswhosekingwantedtokillhimandeathimunlesshecouldbuildaperfectsewingmachine.Whenhetriedtodoso,Howeranintothesameproblemasbefore.Thethreadkeptgettingcaughtaroundtheneedle.ThekingflewintothecageandorderedhissoldierstokillHowe.Theycameuptowardshimwiththeirspearsraised.Butsuddenlytheinventornoticedsomething.Therewasaholeinthetipofeachspear.Theinventorawokefromthedream,realizingthathehadjustfoundtheanswertotheproblem.Insteadoftryingtogetthethreadtorunaroundtheneedle,heshouldmakeitrunthroughasmallholeinthecenteroftheneedle.ThiswasthesimpleideathatfinallymadeHowedesignandbuildthefirstreallypractisedsewingmachine.

EliasHoweswasnottheonlyoneinfindingtheanswertohisprobleminthisway.

ThomasEdison,theinventoroftheelectriclight,saidhisbestideascameintohimindreams.SodidthegreatphysicistAlbertEinstein.CharlotteBrontealsodrewinherdreamsinwritingJaneEyre.

Toknowthevalueofdreams,youhavetounderstandwhathappenswhenyouareasleep.Eventhen,apartofyourmindisstillworking.Thisunconscious（无意识的）,butstillactivepartunderstandsyourexperiencesandgoestoworkontheproblemsyouhavehadduringtheday.Itstoresallsortsofinformationthatyoumayhaveforgottenorneverhavereallynoticed.Itisonlywhenyoufallasleepthatthispartofthebraincansendmessagestothepartyouusewhenyouareawake.However,theunconsciouspartactsinaspecialway.Itusesstrangeimageswhichtheconsciouspartmaynotunderstandatfirst.Thisiswhydreamsaresometimescalled“secretmessagestoourselves”.

8.TheproblemHowewastryingtosolvewas________.

A.whatkindofthreadtouse

B.howtodesignaneedlewhichwouldnotbreak

C.wheretoputtheneedle

D.howtopreventthethreadfromgettingcaughtaroundtheneedle

9.ThomasEdisonisspokenofbecause_____.

A.healsotriedtoinventasewingmachineB.hegotsomeofhisideasfromdreams

C.hewasoneofHowe'sbestfriendsD.healsohaddifficultyinfallingasleep

10.Dreamsaresometimescalled“secretmessagestoourselves”because________.

A.strangeimagesareusedtocommunicateideas

B.imageswhichhavenomeaningareused

C.wecanneverunderstandtherealmeaning

D.onlyspeciallytrainedpeoplecanunderstandthem

第二节（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。

选项中有两项为多于选项。

Whatwillyoudoifyoucan’teateverythingboughtinthecanteen?

____11____Accordingtoasurvey,whatstudentswasteeveryyearcouldfeedover10millionpeople.

___12_____AccordingtoXinhuaNewsAgency,thefoodwastedbyChinesepeopleisabout50milliontonsofgraineveryyear,whichcouldfeed200millionpeople.

Foodwaste,whichhasbecomeaglobalissue,servesasamirrorthatreflectsvariousculturalandsocialissuesindifferentcountries.IntheWest,forinstance,consumerism,thebeliefthatit’sagoodthingtousealotofgoodsandservices,isoftentoblameforfoodwaste.___13_____Chinesepeoplearewellknownforbeinghospitableandgenerous.Manyevenfeelthattheylosefaceiftheirguestshaveeatenallthefood.Oncampus,agenerationofsinglechildrenislessawareofthefoodwasteissue.Studentsnowadaysarewellprotectedbytheirfamiliesandhardlyhaveanyconceptofhowmuchtoilothersgothroughinordertoprovidethemwiththefoodtheyeat.

___14_____Thereareo