人教版高中英语必修二第一学期高一英语期末试题

第一学期高一英语期末试题

第一卷

本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，第Ⅰ卷70分，第Ⅱ卷50分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Women had a significant part to play during World War Ⅱ，which was the time when women also made their own contributions. Some women’s great efforts and their names have been recorded in history. Here’s a look at some of the strong figures of women in World War Ⅱ.

Tatiana Nikolaevna Baramzina was born in Glazov of Russia on December 12,1919.In 1943，she was sent to the Central Women’s Sniper Training School and upon her graduation in April，she was further sent to the front. She managed to kill around 16 enemies in the first three months！Unfortunately，she was captured(俘虏) by the enemies and was killed on the fifth of July in 1944.Today，the street where she grew up has been renamed in her memory.

Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who was well-known for the publication of her diary that described(描述) all her experiences when the Germans occupied Holland in World War Ⅱ.Anne was born on June 12,1929 and she，along with her family，went into hiding in July 1942.Two years later，her family was captured and seven months after her arrest（被捕），Anne Frank died of illness in early March 1945.

Margaret Ringenberg was born on 17 June,1921，in Indiana of America. She began her career during World War Ⅱ when she became a ferry pilot for the Women Airforce Service Pilots. After that she turned a flight instructor in 1945.She even wrote her own book named Girls Can’t Be Pilots. She passed away on 28 July, 2008, after flying for 40,000 hours in the air.

Hannah Szenes was born on 17th July,1921 and was trained to parachute(用降落伞空投) by the British army into Yugoslavia during World War Ⅱ.This task was given in order to save the Jews of Hungary. Her secret mission was not revealed even when she was tortured(折磨) following her arrest at the Hungarian border. Hannah Szenes had to brave immense tortures，yet she did not lose heart. She bravely battled it out and tried to sing to keep her spirits high！She also kept a record of events in her diary till 7th November,1944，when she was finally killed.

These names are just a few of the women who played a significant part in World War Ⅱ.Their stories go a long way in showing the kind of lifestyles they led and their struggles and sacrifices.

1．What is mainly discussed in the text?

A．Women were braver than men in World War Ⅱ.

B．Women and men made equal contributions in World War Ⅱ.

C．Women played a significant role in World War Ⅱ.

D．Women’s death rate was high in World War Ⅱ.

2．Who were killed by the enemy in the war?

A．Tatiana Baramzina and Anne Frank.

B．Hannah Szenes and Tatiana Baramzina.

C．Anne Frank and Margaret Ringenberg.

D．Margaret Ringenberg and Hannah Szenes.

3．It can be learned from the text that ________.

A．Tatiana Baramzina was once a flight instructor

B．Margaret Ringenberg was the best at writing about the war experiences

C．Anne Frank and her family were arrested by Germans in 1944

D．Hannah Szenes was arrested by Germans because of her diary

4．The underlined word “brave” in Paragraph 5 means “________”．

A．fully accept B．greatly enjoy

C．think in a cool way D．face without fear

B

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents,