甘肃省兰州学年高二英语上册期中考试题.docx

1、甘肃省兰州学年高二英语上册期中考试题兰州一中2018-2019-1学期高二年级期中考试试题英 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）AHundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very

2、 much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland，but there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win. One night，the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. We will rest here tonight，my men,” he said. Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or

3、 we will die. They were all very tired，so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired as well and also fell asleep one by one. The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside,ta

4、king care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly，one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready fo

5、r battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country. The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.1. Hundred

6、s of years ago there was a war between _. A. Roman army and North England B. a brave people and the Scots C. England and Scots D. Roman army and the Scots2. The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because _. A. they wanted to catch the four guards first B. they didnt want to wake the Scots C. they wa

7、nted to reach the top D. they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle3. The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because _. A. it is a beautiful plant B. it was the thistle that helped the Scots to win the battle C. it had so many sharp needles all over it D. it is fresh and

8、 lovely B Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tra

9、cking peoples e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories. “The if it bleeds rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and dont care how youre fe

10、eling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You dont want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.” Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communicatione-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversationsfound that it tended to be more positive than ne

11、gative(消极的), but that didnt necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of art

12、icles on The New York Times website. He and a colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times readers and made them want

13、 to share this positive feeling with others. Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to ba

14、d. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.”4 .What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to? A. Research papers. B. News reports C .Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations5. What can we in

15、fer about people like Debbie Downer?A. Theyre socially inactive.B. Theyre good at telling stories.C. Theyre careful with their words.D. Theyre inconsiderate of others.6. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Bergers research?A. Sports news. B. Personal accounts. C.Science articles. D

16、. Financial reviews.7 .What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Good News Beats Bad on Social NetworksB .Online News Attracts More PeopleC. Reading Habits Change with the TimesD. Sad Stories Travel Far and WideCIn her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative jo

17、urnalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising cational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students test scores from significantly below average to well above it.

18、 Polish kids have now outscored(超过分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is

19、 that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind. That American high schools waste more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This D

20、ecember, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are announced, its safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like So

21、uth Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers. Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, accordi

22、ng to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leadera mother with three children in the schoolwas asked about the schools flaws(瑕疵). When she said that the math program was w

23、eak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?” One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids performa

24、nce on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. Its too bad that their test scores show the same thing.8. According to Paragraph 2, we know that _. A.little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools B. too much importance is placed on sports in AmericaC. American high

25、schools complain about sports timeD. PISA plays a very important role in America9. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _.A. American students academic performance worries their parents a lotB. high expectations push up American students academic performanceC.lacking practice contribu

26、tes to American students average performance D. low expectations result in American students poor PISA performance10. The purpose of this article is to _. A.compare Polish schools with those in America B. call on American schools to learn from the Polish model C. draw public attention to a weakness

27、in American school tradition D. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions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。 Get a Thorough Understanding of Oneself In all ones life time it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. 11 Whe

28、n you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate(高估) yourself. It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach. 12 Its likely that you think it wise for yourself to stay away from the outer world. Actually, to get a thorough understanding of oneself, you may as well keep the follo

29、wing tips in mind. Gain a correct view of oneself. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for dreams can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts. 13 Self-appreciate. Whether

30、 you compare yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature. 14 If you earnestly admire yourself youll have a real sense of self-appreciation. 15 In time of anger, do yourself a favor by releasing it in a quiet place so that you won

31、t be hurt by its flames; in time of sadness, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a bad mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredness, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep. Get a full control of ones life. Then one will find ones life full of color and flavor.A

32、. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.B. So long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself, there wont be difficulties you cant overcome.C. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself for your own incompetence.D. It has its own value.E. Especially if it is well within your reach, you are just too blind to see it.F. Do oneself a favor when it