学1718学年上学期高二期末考试英语试题附答案文档格式.docx

1、30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Mike immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Mike finished working on the car, the old man asked him how

2、 much he should pay for the service. Mike said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. Its the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Mike agreed. Upon arrival, M

3、ike found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Mike still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewers office with disappointed looks on their faces. Finally his n

4、ame was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Mikes heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself. Then the interviewe

5、r turned the chair and to Mikes surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company. “Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into

6、this office. I just know youd be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Mike sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.1. Why did Mike apply for a new job? A. He was out of work. B. He was bored with his job.C. C. He wanted a higher position.D. He hoped t

7、o find a better boss.2. What did Mike see on the way to the interview? A. A friends car had a flat tyre. B. a wild man was pushing a car. C. a terrible accident happened. D. an old mans car broke down.3. Why did the old man offer Mike a ride? A. He was also to be interviewed. B. He needed a travelin

8、g companion. C. He always helped people in need.D. He was thankful to Mike. 4. How did Mike feel on hearing the interviewers question? A. He was sorry for the other applicants. B. There was no hope for him to get the job. C. He regretted helping the old man. D. The interviewer was very rude.5. What

9、can we learn from Mikes experience？ A. Where there is a will, theres a way. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. Good is rewarded with good. D. Two heads are better than one.BThere is an English saying that “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.

10、Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter can really improve peoples health. Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood p

11、ressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works on several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercise

12、s the body, it must be beneficial. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effects of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the

13、 group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which reduces both stress and pain. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics（诊所）, in which they

14、help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.6. According to the passage, which of the following state

15、ments is WRONG? A. Laughter is good for health . B. Laughter can make you become old quickly. C. Laughter helps to reduce pain. D. Laughter, just like physical exercise, is good for our body.7. Why do some doctors hold laughter clinics? A. Because they want to earn more money. B. Because they think

16、they will help the patients recover from illnesses. C. Because they want to improve their patients condition. D. Because they want their patients to practice how to laugh.8. What would be the best title for this passage? A. Both laughter and physical exercise are good for health. B. Laughter clinics

17、 help patients improve their condition. C. Laughter can reduce the effects of pain. D. Laughter is the best medicine. COne night, the first floor of the house suddenly caught fire. The fire was big, and soon became a sea of fire. On the second floor lived a little girl and her grandmother; the littl

18、e girls parents had died, and she lived together with her grandma. In order to rescue the little girl, the grandmother was burned to death, leaving the little girl crying for help loudly. How could people enter the house? At that very moment, a man carrying a ladder rushed to the flames and entered

19、the house through the window. When he appeared again in the eyes of the people, the little girl was in his arms. He gave the child to the crowd, and then disappeared into the night. This little girl had no family. Two months later a meeting was held to find a person to adopt（收养）the girl. A teacher w

20、as willing to adopt this child, and said she could give her the best education; a farmer wanted to adopt this child, saying that village life would let the child grow up healthily and happily; a rich man said, “I can give the child everything that others can do.” A lot of people who wanted to adopt

21、this child said a lot about the benefits of their adopting the child. But the little girls face had no expression. At that time, a man, through the crowd, walked straight to the little girl, and opened his arms for the little girl. People were puzzled, and they found that the man had terrible scars

22、on his arms. The little girl let out a cry, “This is the man who saved me!” She suddenly jumped up and buried her face in his arms and sobbed. Naturally the man adopted the girl.9. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The grandma was too old to rush out of the room.B. The little girl and her

23、 grandpa lived on the second floor.C. To rescue the little girl, her grandma died in the fire.D. The grandma and the little girl cried for help loudly on the first floor.10. What did the man do after he had saved the little girl?A. He returned to his work. B. He gave the girl to the crowd and left q

24、uickly.C. He was injured and went to the hospital. D. He took the girl home.11. The meeting was held there in order to .A. decide who would take in and bring up the girl B. find out who had rescued the girlC. decide how the girl would be raised D. honor the hero who had saved the girl12. What can we

25、 learn from the passage?A. People didnt want to help the little girl at first.B. The man who had saved the girl was a fireman.C. The rich man would not buy anything the girl needed.D. The girl recognized the man and was happy to be adopted by him.DWhile reading a book in English, every few lines of

26、text, you run across a word or two that you dont know. You look up every new word in the dictionary. Bad move. All that does slow you down. Even electric or CD ROM dictionaries can get in the way of your reading progress. A dictionary is like a road map. It can help you if you get lost and point you

27、 in the right direction. But if you stop to look at the “map” each time you take a step, youll get nowhere fast. On your English learning “journey”, a dictionary can be a helpful “travel companion”-if it is not overused. To help you start thinking in English, use an English-to-English dictionary. Ot

28、herwise, you will always depend on your native language and end up translating in your head. A good dictionary can help you do more than just find the meaning of a word. It can help you verify（核实）spelling, check word forms and grammar usage, find example sentence and learn pronunciation. Some dictio

29、naries even provide exercises to teach you how to use their resources. Take time to get to know your dictionary. Learn the pronunciation symbols. Understand what the abbreviations （缩写字） mean. Try to master the important grammar rules. Look for charts, diagrams and lists that might be useful in the f

30、uture. You will discover how helpful it can be to make friends with your dictionary. And as they say, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”13. Why do we need a good English-to-English dictionary? A. Because it is a good friend. B. Because it can help us to find the right direction if we get lost. C. Without it well always depend on our native language and end up translating in our head. D. Because it can help us to start thinking in English and in Chinese.14. The underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refers to _. A. pronunciation symbols and grammar rules B. ab