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1、甘肃省庆阳市庆城县高二英语下学期期末考试试题2016-2017年度高二级英语期末考试试题第卷（选择题共100分)。阅读理解（共两节；满分60分）第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分)AIn the fall of 1985， I was a bright。eyed girl going to Howard University， aiming at a law career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty。one years later I am still a bright。eyed

2、dreamer and one with quite a different story to tell。My grandma， an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal。 But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to leave college to care for her. It meant tha

3、t school and my personal dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream： building my family with a mix of adopted (收养） and biological children。 In 1999, we adopted our first son. To put eyes on him was wonderfuland very emotional。 A year later came our second adopted boy then followe

4、d son No。3 in 2003， I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became， raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zooa joyous zoo。 Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full.time。 But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: t

5、o find a way。 That meant taking as few as one class each term.The hardest part was feeling sorry about the time I spent away from the boys。 They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to give up, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the r

6、est of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina。 It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！I am not special， just singleminded。 It always struck me that when you are looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you are in the middle of it，

7、 it just seems normal。 Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process （过程). Remember： little steps add up to big dreams. 1When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be _ 。 Aa judge B。 a teacher Ca writer D. a doctor2Why did the author give up school in her se

8、cond year of college? AShe wanted to study by herself。 BShe fell in love and got married.CShe suffered from a serious illness。DShe decided to look after her grandma.3What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5？ AShe was busy yet happy with her family life。BShe ignored her sorry feelin

9、g for her sons。CShe wanted to remain a fulltime housewife。DShe was too confused to make a correct choice.4What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph？ AFailure is the mother of success。 BLittle by little, one goes far.CEvery coin has two sides。 DWell begun, half done.BI had a l

10、ot of teachers that I loved. However, the teacher that I remember most was Mrs Green from Marianna, Florida. She was my 5th grade teacher。 Since I was a new student, not only in her class， but at the school， she made my time there much more pleasant。 I immediately began to like her。 She was really f

11、unny and I knew that she liked me。 She made learning fun. I remember one day for Christmas holidays, she taught us how to make ornaments （装饰物) from eggs。 My parents still have some of the ornaments I made。She made me leader for many group projects and that made me feel special。 I think that would ma

12、ke any child feel special, especially when a child is in a new place with no friends。 She made me want to be like that. Not to pick a “favourite” student， but to make every student feel that they are special。 That year, I received the Presidential Academic Award （美国总统学术奖). I was really proud and so

13、were my parents.Looking back at it， I think the reason why I did so well was that I felt important. Students do better when they feel like they are important or loved. Mrs Green always gets to know her students and forms personal relationships with them, which I will try to do some day。 I just hope

14、that there will be a student who finds me to be their favourite teacher as I found her to be mine。5。 The authors life in the new school was very _。 Ahard B. happy Ccommon D。 boring6What can we learn from the second paragraph？ AThe author was Mrs Greens favourite student。BThe author was the pride of

15、her parents.CThe author was once received by the President.DThe author always felt lonely in Mrs Greens class。7What will the author probably do in the future？ ABecome a teacher。 B。Become an artist.CBecome a leader。 D。Become the President。8How does the author feel about Mrs Greens help？ ASorry。 BAfra

16、id. CHopeful。 DThankful.CIn 2016， a large number of new Internet sites became popular around the world。 Some of these are for communication， others for entertainment （娱乐）The blog is one form of communication that increased in popularity。 Through these personal websites (网址), people can share their l

17、ives， ideas and opinions on the Internet。 People of all ages have their own blogs。 For young people， they are a way to show their writing and other forms of self.expression. Blogs also connect people with other people who have the same interests. For example， teachers use blogs to share ideas with o

18、ther teachers, as well as experience and concerns about their work.YouTube is another Internet site that became more popular. This website lets anyone create， share and watch short videos. These include videos of people singing or dancing, or animals doing funny things。 Three young men created YouTu

19、be in 2005 as a personal video sharing service。 In 2006 they sold it to Google for more than one and a half billion dollars。Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet. One Internet social site is called Second Life。 It is an online world in which computer users create a new se

20、lf and live a different life. They get married， build homes, operate businesses， buy and sell goods， work， play and attend school。People also take part in fantasy sports leagues with the help of the Internet. A fantasy sport is a game in which each member of a group acts as the owner of a team。 Each

21、 owner creates a team of real。life professional players to compete against other teams in the league. More than fifteen million American adults play fantasy sports. The industry earns more than one billion dollars each year from publications， memberships and other costs。9The passage is mainly about

22、_. Athe most popular Internet technology in 2006Bsome new ways for people to communicate or have fun on the InternetCone online game called Second LifeDthe high price of playing online10Who is the owner of YouTube now? AThree young men。 BGoogle。CComputer users. DYahoo。11Whom does the underlined word

23、 “they” in Paragraph 4 refer to？ AThe people who are interested in blogs.BThe people who play games on YouTube。CThe people who play Second Life。DThe people who are created in Second Life.12What do we know from the passage? ATeachers can share ideas， experience and concerns about their work with othe

24、r teachers on any website.BMore than fifteen million American teenagers play fantasy sports。CSecond Life helps people get married， buy and sell goods, work, play and attend school in real life。DFantasy sports, a game in which each member of a group acts as the owner of a team, is very popular around

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29、ou want to buy a radio. A8000436 B800。0739 C8004661 D800。496415If you want a job of taking care of children， which ad will you answer? ALOST AND FOUND. B.ROOMMATES。CFOR SALE。 DHELP WANTED。第二节（共5小题；每小题3分,满分15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。Once there was a very poor villager。 He found it d

30、ifficult even to support his family. _16_ He walked about in the streets， but he did not get a job. One day， he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time。One day, the businessman saw that

31、 the villager was writing something。 He said, “You can also read and write！ Your handwriting is very good.” _17_ The villager began to do this job as best as he could.Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at accounting（计算)， and he made him his shop accountant. The other accountant

32、s were very jealous of the villagers abilities. They told the businessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the money stolen from him._18_ One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going into “that” room。 _19_When they came back and opened the door， there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box。The villa