学年甘肃省天水市一中高二下学期期末考试英语试题 word版.docx

1、学年甘肃省天水市一中高二下学期期末考试英语试题 word版甘肃省天水市一中2018-2019学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 满分：120分 考试时间：100分钟第二部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWant a wonderful travel in London? Dont miss the following! Cartoon Museum This highly entertaining London tourist attraction covers the history

2、 and development of British cartoons from the 18th century to the present day. You can find a detailed collection of all types of cartoons in this museum including caricatures (讽刺漫画) and rare examples of cartoon art: its a wonderful place to entertain kids of all ages as well as a serious collection

3、 for cartoons enthusiasts（爱好者）. There are over nine hundred pieces on exhibit and the museum regularly holds events where both children and adults can participate. Booking for these events is recommended due to the popularity year round of this London Museum. Telephone: 020 7580 8155 Chislehurst Cav

4、es Chislehurst in London is home to chalk caves that were mined by hand for over 8,000 years. A tour of these caves is an exciting way to see how British people have influenced on their environment over thousands of years. Telephone: 020 8467 3264 The Old Operating Theatre Museum The Old Operating T

5、heatre Museum is one London museum offering a fascinating insight into the medical profession of the past. This 300-year old herb garret (阁楼) is Britains only surviving operating theatre, with a wooden operating table and an observation stand, from which visitors can witness surgery performed. Telep

6、hone: 020 7188 2679 Curzon Mayfair Cinema Museum Recently voted one of Londons best cinemas by Time Out readers, the Curzon Mayfair cinema is everything you would expect from this particular part of town: luxurious (奢华的) and tasteful. Showing mostly art-house and independent films, the Curzon Mayfai

7、r is unique in the world of London cinema for its role in screening these films for industry and press.Telephone: 033 3321 010421.What can we learn from the Cartoon Museum?A. It is designed only for kids.B. It is the oldest cartoon museum in Britain.C. Visitors can take part in the activities held i

8、n it.D. One neednt book the museum in advance to visit it.22.Which will you call if youd like to know medicine of the past?A. 020 7580 8155. B. 020 7188 2679.C. 033 3321 0104. D. 020 8467 3264.23.Which of the following may attract a nature lover?A. Chislehurst Caves. B. Cartoon Museum.C. Curzon Mayf

9、air Cinema Museum. D. The Old Operating Theatre Museum.B Im sitting in my kitchen in London, trying to figure out a text message from my brother. He lives in our home country of Germany. We speak German to each other, a language thats rich in strange words, but Ive never heard this one before: fremd

10、schmen. The experience gets me to consider: can we lose our mother language? Most immigrants (移民)know what its like to be not as good at their mother language as before. The process seems obvious: the longer you are away, the more your language suffers. But its not quite so straightforward. It turns

11、 out that how long youve been away doesnt always matter. Socializing with other native speakers abroad can worsen your own native skills. And emotional factors like trauma(精神创伤) can be the biggest factor of all.In children, the phenomenon of language attrition (语言磨蚀)is somewhat easier to explain sin

12、ce their brains are generally more flexible and adaptable. Until the age of about 12, a persons language skills are relatively easy to change. Studies on international adopters have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their coun

13、try of birth. But in adults, the first language is unlikely to disappear entirely except in extreme circumstances. For example, Monika Schmid analyzed the German of elderly German-Jewish wartime refugees(难民) in the UK and the US. The main factor that influenced their language skills wasnt how long t

14、hey had been abroad or how old they were when they left. It was how much trauma they had experienced as victims. Those who left Germany in the early days of Nazi occupation, before the worst violence, tended to speak better German despite having been abroad the longest. Those who left later, tended

15、to speak German with difficulty or not at all. “It seemed very clearly a result of this trauma”, says Schmid. “Even though German was the language of childhood, home and family, it was also the language of painful memories”. The most traumatized refugees had held them back. As one of them said: “I f

16、eel that Germany betrayed me. America is my country, and English is my language.”24.What does the first paragraph serve as?A. A comment B. A background C. An explanation D. An introduction25. What do paragraph 4 and 5 mainly talk about?A. How two languages coexist B. The way to deal with adults trauma C. The reasons behind adults language attriti