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高二英语上学期期中试题无答案1

莆田二十四中2016-2017上学期期中考试卷

高二英语

第I卷

第一部听力（共两节，满分30分）略

第二部分阅读理解

第一节（共15个小题，每个小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

ArrivinginSydneyonhisownfromIndia,myhusband,Rashid,stayedinahotelforashorttimewhilelookingforahouseformeandourchildren.

Duringthefirstweekofhisstay,hewentoutonedaytodosomeshopping.Hecamebackinthelateafternoontodiscoverthathissuitcasewasgone.Hewasextremelyworriedasthesuitcasehadallhisimportantpapers,includinghispassport（护照）.

Hereportedthecasetothepoliceandthensatthere,lostandlonelyinstrangecity,thinkingoftheterribletroublesofgettingallthepaperworkorganizedagainfromadistantcountrywhiletryingtosettledowninanewone.

Lateintheevening,thephonerang.Itwasastranger.Hewastryingtopronouncemyhusband’snameandwasaskinghimalotofquestions.Thenhesaidtheyhadfoundapileofpapersintheirtrashcan（垃圾桶）thathadbeenleftoutonthefootpath.

Myhusbandrushedtotheirhometofindakindfamilyholdingallhispapersanddocuments（文件）.Theiryoungdaughterhadgonetothetrashcanandfoundapileofunfamiliarpapers.Herparentshadcarefullysortedthemout,althoughtheyhadfoundmainlyforeignaddressesonmostofthedocuments.Atlasttheyhadseenahalf-writtenletterinthepileinwhichmyhusbandhadgivenhisnewtelephonenumbertoafriend.

Thatfamilynotonlyrestoredtheimportantdocumentstousthatdaybutalsorestoredourfaithandtrustinpeople.Westillremembertheirkindnessandoftensendawarmwishtheirway.21.WhatdidRashidplantodoafterhisarrivalinSydney?

A.FindahouseB.Takeavacation

C.GoshoppingD.Joinhisfamily

22.Thegirl’sparentsgotRashid’sphonenumberfrom_______.

A.astrangerinSydneyB.aSydneypoliceman

C.afriendofhisfamilyD.aletterinhispapers

23.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“restored”inthelastpraragraphmean?

A.GavebackB.ShowedC.SentoutD.Delivered

B

To

daywe'lltalkaboutreading.Whenwereadatext,oureyesmoveacrossapageinshort,quickmovements.Werecognizewordsusuallywhenoureyesstillfixate（停留，凝视）.Eachtimetheyfixate,weseeagroupofwords.Thisisknownastherecognitionspanorthevisualspan（视幅）.Thelengthoftimeforwhichtheeyesstopvariesfrompersontoperson.Italsovarieswithinanyparsonaccordingtohispurposeinreadingandhisfamiliaritywiththetext.Inaddition,itcanbeaffectedbysuchfactorsaslightingandtiredness.

Unfortunately,inthepast,manyreadingimprovementcourseshaveconcentratedtoomuchonhowoureyesmoveacrossthepage.Asaresultofthismisleadingemphasis（强调）onthepurelyvisualaspectso

freading,manyexerciseshavebeendesignedtotraintheeyestoseemorewordsatonefixation.Forexample,insomeexercises,wordsareflashedontoascreenforatenthofasecond.Oneoftheexerciseshasrequiredstudentstofixtheireyesonsomecentralpoint,takinginthewordsoneitherside.Suchwordpatternsareoftenformedintheshapeofpyramids（金字塔）,sothereadertakesinmoreandmorewordsateachsuccessive（连续的）fixation.Alltheseexercisesareveryclever,butit'sonethingtoimproveaperson'sabilitytoseewordsandquiteanotherthingtoimprovehisabilitytoreadatextefficiently.Readingrequirestheabilitytounderstandtherelationshipbetweenwords.Consequently,forthesereasons,manyexpertshavenowbeguntoquestiontheusefulnessofeyetraining,especiallysinceanyapproachwhichtrainsapersontoreadisolated（孤立的）wordsandphraseswouldseemunlikelytohelphiminreadingacontinuoustext.

24.Thetimeoftherecognitionspancanbeaffectedbythefollowingfactorsexcept_____.

A:

one'spurposeinreadingB:

lightingandtiredness

C:

thelengthofagroupofwordsD:

one'sfamiliaritywiththetext

25.Theauthormaybelievethatreading_____.

A:

demandsadeeply-participatingmind

B:

requiresareadertotakeinmorewordsateachfixation

C:

requiresareadertoseewordsmorequickly

D:

demandsmoreeyesthanmind

26.Whatdoestheauthormeanbytheunderlinedsentenceinthesecondparagraph?

A:

Thereadingexercisesmentionedcan'thelpimprovereading.

B:

Thereadingexercisesmentionedhavedoneagreatjobsofar.

C:

Theabilitytoseewordsisnotneededforanefficientreading.

D:

Thereadingexercisesmentionedareuselessforreading.

27.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

_____.

A:

Theemphasisonthepurelyvisualaspectsismisleading

B:

Thevisualspanisawordoragroupofwordsweseeeachtime

C:

Theeyetrainingwillhelpreadersinreadingacontinuoustext

D:

Manyexpertsbegantoquestiontheefficiencyofeyetraining

C

Skin-diving（轻装潜水）isanewsporttoday.Thissporttakesyouintoawonderfulnewworld.Itislikeavisittothemoon!

Whenyouareunderwater,itiseasyforyoutoclimbbigrocks,becauseyouarenolongerheavy.

Here,underwater,everythingisblueandgreen.Duringtheday,thereisenoughlight.Whenfishswimnearby,youcancatchthemwithyourhands.

Whenyouhavetanks（箱）ofaironyourback,youcanstayinkeepwaterforalongtime.Butyoumustbecarefulwhenyoudiveindeepwater.Tocatchfishisoneofthemostinterestingpartsofthissport.Besides（而且），therearemanyotherusesofskin-diving.Youcancleanshipswithouttakingthemoutofthewater.Youcanalsogetmanythingsfromthedeepsea.

28.Skin-divingcantakeyouto______

A．thedeepseaB．theroom

C．themountains.D．themoon

29.Youcanclimbbigrockseasilyunderwaterbecause______.

A．thereisalotoflightB．youarestronger

C．thefishnearbyhelpyouD．youarenotasheavyasontheland

30.Underwater,askin-diver_______inthedaytime.

A．canseenothingB．canseeonlyfish

C．canseeeverythingclearlyD．can’tseeanythingclearly

31.Withtanksofaironyourback,youcan_______

A．stayunderwaterforalongtimeB．havemorefun

C．beinasafeplaceD．catchfishveryeasily

D

Father’sGarden

Myfatherwasalwaysagood（酷爱的）gardener.Oneofmyearliestmemoriesisstandingwithoutshoesinthefreshlytilled（翻耕的）soil,myhandsblackenedfromdiggingintheground.

Asachild,IlovedfollowingDadaroundinthegarden.IrememberDadpushingthetiller（耕作机）aheadinperfectlystraightlines.Dadlovedgrowingallsortsofthings:

yellowandgreenonions,watermelonsalmostasbigasme,rowsofyellowcorn,andourfavorite---redtomatoes.

AsIgrewintoateenager,Ididn’tgetsoexcitedaboutgardeningwithDad.Insteadofmagicallandofpossibility,ithadturnedintosomekindofprison.AsDadgrewolder,hisloveforgardeningneverdisappeared.Afterallthekidsweregrownan

dhadstartedfamiliesoftheirown,Dadturnedtogardeninglikeneverbefore.Evenwhenhewasdiagnosedwithcancer,hestilltookcareofhisgarden.

Butthen,thecancer,bitbybit,invadedhisb

ody.Ihadtodothethingsheusedtodo.WhatreallyconvincedmethatDadwasdyingwasthestateofhisgardenthatyear.Therowsandrowsofmulticoloredvegetablesweregone.Tootiredtoweedthem,hesimplyletthembe.Heonlyplantedtomatoes.

Forthefirstfewyearsafterhedied,Icouldn’tevenbeartolookatanyone’sgardenwithouthavingstrongmemoriespourover

melikecoldwaterfromabucket.Threeyearsago,Idecidedtoplantmyowngardenandstartedoutwithjustafewtomatoes.Thatmorning,afterbreakingupafairamountofsoil,somethingcaughtthecornerofmyeyeandIhadtosmile.Itwasmyeight-year-oldsonNathan,happilyplayinginthefreshlytilledsoil.

32.Whydidtheauthorlikethegardenwhenhewasachild?

A．Helovedbeinginthegardenwithhisfather.

B．Thegardenwasjustfreshlytilled.

C．Thegardenwasfullofhisfavoritefood.

D．Hewantedtobeagarden-crazylikehisfather.

33.Whenallthekidsstartedtheirownfamilies,theauthor’sfather_____.

A．devotedmoretogardening.

B．turnedtootherhobbies.

C．focusedonplantingtomatoes.

D．stoppedhisgardening.

34.Whathappenedtothegardenwhentheauthor’sfatherwasseriouslyill?

A．Noplantgrewinthegardenatall.

B．Theauthor’ssontookchargeofthegarden.

C．Therewasagreatharvest.

D．Thegardenwasalmostdeserted.

35.Whydidtheauthorstarthisgardenwithtomatoes?

A．Heonlyknewhowtogrowtomatoes.

B．Hewantedtohonorhisfather.

C．Hethoughttomatoeswereeasytomanage.

D．Hissonlikedthefieldsoftomatoes.

第二节（共5个小题，每个小题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2项为多余选项

FindingaSummerJob

Thinkingaboutasummerjob?

Tofindajobthat’srightforyou,makealistofyourinterestsandstrengths,aswellasyourdislikesandthethingsyouneedsomeimprovementin,andkeeptheminmindasyoulookforajob.___36___Butiflittlekidsdriveyoucrazy,ababysittingjobmaynotbeideal.

      ___37___Trytofindsomethingthatcanhelpguideyoutowardyourlong-termgoals,Forexample,ifyouwanttostudyveterinary（兽医）scienceincollege,findingafobinavet’sofficeoranimalshelter,orevenapetstore,maybebetterchoicesforyouthanworkinginarestaurant.

      AsJobsbecomehardertofind,youmayhavetotakewhateverisavailable—andthat’sOK.__38___Justtrytofindsomeaspectoftheworkthatyouloveandcanlearnfrom.

      ___39___

Summerjobsareagreatwaytoprepareforlifeafterhighschoolorforcollege.Theskillsyoulearnearlywillhelpyoudeveloptheprofessionaltalentsyou’llneedthroughoutyourlife.Theseincludebasicbutimportantskillslikecustomerserviceorworkingwithpeoplewhomaybeverydifferentfromthefriendsyouhangoutwith.

      __40___Thes