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1、 1 20201717- -20182018 学年第二学期期中试题学年第二学期期中试题 高高 二二 英英 语语 第 卷 (选择题,共 55 分) 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 6060 分）分） 第一节： （共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Many people suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected

2、 in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman! There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man can not see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In

3、 rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green a strange world indeed. Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors

4、. There are also millions of “rods” but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color. Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. Red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also

5、 have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible(看 不见的)colors around. 1Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by

6、 women? AWomen are more careful. BThere are few color-blind women. 2 CWomen are fonder of driving than men. DWomen are weaker but quicker in thinking 2. This passage is mainly about _. Acolor and its surprising effects Bwomen being luckier than men Cdanger caused by color blindness Dcolor blindness

7、3According to the passage, with the help of the “cones” ， we can _ Atell orange from yellow Bsee in weak light Ckill mosquitoes Dtell different shapes 4We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _. Ared light Byellow light Cblue light Dgreen light B In the past most Americans spent time with peop

8、le of generations. Now mid-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves. Thats because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care center, our 13-year-olds in school and sports activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior-citizen homes.

9、 Why? We live away from the old for many reasons: young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears for aging and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes its so hard that we stay away from the people who need us most. Fortunately, some of us have

10、 found our way to the old. And we havediscovered that they often save the young. A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbours and had her children deliver it and visit. Soon the childr

11、en had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. “My children have never been less 3 lonely,” the reporter said. The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadnt gotten out of

12、bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed asleep wake up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure. Grandparents are a special case. They give grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it, “my grandparen

13、ts gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end.” Grandchildren speak of attention they dont get from worried parents. “My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down,” one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have rela

14、tionships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer, more trusting. 5. Now in an American family, people can find that _. A. children never live with their parents B. not all working people live with their parents C. aged people are supported by their grandchildren D. grandchildren are supported b

15、y their grandparents 6. The reason why old people are left alone may be that _. A. the old dont like to live in a big family B. the young cant get enough money to support the old C. different generations have different lifestyles D. the old are too weak to live with the young 7. The fact that the re

16、porter told us shows that _. A. old people in America lead a hard life B. old people in America enjoy banana bread C. she had no time to take care of her children D. old people are easy to get along with 8. Why do children not get attention from their parents? A. Because they often make trouble and

17、make their parents disappointed. B. Because their parents are too busy to take care of them. 4 C. Because their parents have to take care of their grandparents. D. Because their parents have been out of work for a long time. C Have you ever heard about Ramadan?Ramadan is one of the most important fe

18、stivals for Muslims. The name of the festival comes from the Arabic monthin which it is celebrated. Ramadan is celebrated in countries all over the world, especially in Africa and the Middle East. The time for celebrating Ramadan varies each year. People celebrate it in the ninth month of the Arabic

19、 lunar calendar. During Ramadan, people must not eat during the day: from when the sun comes up to when the sun goes down, people celebrating Ramadan will not eat or smoke. When the sun has gone down, however, the celebration begins. People often stay up all night eating singing and dancing. In late

20、 spring, many people around the world celebrate Easter. The festival is a celebration of spring and it is also a religious holiday. It is the time for Easter bunnies and egg hunts, and of course for eating lots of delicious foods. Easter is celebrated in late March or early April but the exact dates

21、 are different form year to year. People celebrate Easter in different ways: in some countries, the Easter Bunnya big rabbitwill visit and children will go on egg hunts, looking for eggs and candy that have been hidden by their parents. In other countries, Easter is a time for children to dress up l

22、ike witches and go from door to door asking for candy much like Halloween in the US. The Easter Bunny and the Easter Egg are popular symbols of the festival. 9. Ramadan and Easter are . A. festivals celebrated in Asia and Africa B. the only festivals that people like to celebrate during the day. C.

23、two names of the year D. festivals celebrated by people all over the world 10. During Ramadan, people do not during Easter. A. talk B. sing C. eat D. sleep 11. In some countries, children will go on during the day. A. picnics B. egg hurts C. trips D. fighting 5 12. The two main popular symbols of Ea

24、ster are the and the . A. Easter Man, Easter egg B. Easter Bunny, Easter tree C. Easter Man, Easter tree D. Easter Bunny, Easter egg D Mr. Parker was born in a poor family and his father couldnt send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by h

25、imself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out, he joined the army. He couldnt forget his terrible past and fought with the enemies bravely. So he became a general when he was fifty. He was honest and friendly to his soldiers and often punished those who tried to pocket a portion of the soldiers pay (克扣军饷). And his soldiers liked him very much. Once Mr. Parker heard from a soldier. In the letter the young