人教版高中英语选修七高二年级第二学期

伊宁县二中2015-2016学年高二年级第二学期英语学科期中考试卷（2-16班）（命题人：李金娟；总分：120分；时间： 120分钟）第一部分阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

AWhen I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a neighbor who was nicer than anyone else in the neighborhood.When Dr. Gibbs was happy, he was planting trees. And his life’s goal was to make it a forest.Dr. Gibbs had some intere sting theories about planting. He talked about trees that weren’t watered would grow deep roots in search of water. So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak (橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with the rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years. Every now and then, I walk by his house and look at the trees that he planted twenty-five years ago. They’re very strong now.I planted a couple of trees a few years later. I watered them regularly and took good care of them. Whenever a cold wind blows, they shake their leaves and branches.The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could.1. What was Dr. Gibbs’ life goal?A. To save more lives.B. To build a forest.C. To make a lot of money.D. To study plants.2. One of Dr. Gibbs’ theories about planting was that ______.A. he often talked to the treesB. he kicked the trees heavilyC. he never watered the treesD. he buried the leaves around the roots3. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?A. Trees are not as weak as we think.B. Difficulty is necessary for growthC. Planting trees is good for the environment.D. We should listen to others’ advice.BIt is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then theywill regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.My daughter Carla's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.You can use the same technique when you evaluate(评价)your child's work at home. Don't always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.4. The whole passage deals with_______.A. social educationB. school educationC. family educationD. pre-school education5. The author thinks that_____.A. there is no way to get children to help at homeB. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful childrenwill becomeC. it is very difficult to make children responsible for houseworkD. children can be forced to help with housework6.The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home.That is to_____.A. praise his successB. promise him a tripC. give him a punishmentD. promise him a ball game7. The author advises readers to_______.A. learn from himself, for he has a good way of teachingB. take pride in Carla's fifth-grade teacherC. do as what Carla's teacher did in educating childrenD. follow Carla's example because she never fails in the testCHappy birthdayThe China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.Different generations of CNO vocalists(声乐家), like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will featur e both songs from famous operas like “The White-haired Girl” and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as arias(独唱曲) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.Time/Date:7:30pm, September 7,8Location: Tianqiao TheatreTel: 65514787, 83156170Tickets:60～500 yuan (US $7.3～60.2)Folk musicA concert will be held to feature some recently-composed traditional Chinese music works.The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood”, “Memorial Ceremony for God” and “Wine Song”.Time/Date:7:30pm, September 13Location: Concert Hall at the National Library of ChinaTel: 68485462, 68419220Tickets:30～200 yuan (US $ 3.6～24.1)Moon musicA concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21 this year.The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on the theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”, “Spring Night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River”.A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate(合作) with the folk music orchestra.Time/Date:7:30pm, September 20Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of NationalitiesTel : 66068888, 660699998. If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”, you will dial.A. 65514787B. 83156170C. 68485462D. 660699999. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?A. Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei stand for the same generation of CNO vocalists.B. “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River” is a traditional Chinese music.C. “Rigoletto” is a famous piece on the theme of the moon.D. Zhou Yaokun will play solos and Fan Weiqing will collaborate with the folk musicorchestra.10. “Madame Butterfly” is .A. a Chinese operaB. a songC. a piece of musicD. a Western opera11. In which part of a newspaper will the article be published?A. EntertainmentB. SportsC. CultureD. NewsDIn most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters(恶魔). The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.Many teenagers like electronic games so mu ch that they can’t stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire”. They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: The muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed andswollen(充血红肿) that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warrior’s Wrist”.Other strange aches and pains also are likely to affect the elbows and shoulders.Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently reported in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing various kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(晕倒) and fell to the floor.Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.12. Electronic games are found very popular with _______.A. people living in townsB. students studying in high schoolsC. girls working in their father’s workshopsD. young people13. “Space Warrior’s Wrist” is caused by _______.A. constantly pressing the buttonsB. rapidly moving across the screenC. tightly holding the joystick controlsD. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist14. The case of a 17-year-old girl given by the writer shows that the writer _______.A. supports playing electronic gamesB. feels very sorry for the girlC. disagreed with young people’s playing electronic gamesD. feels worried about young people’s poor health15. From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is _______.A. enjoyable and helpful to the studyB. exciting but harmful to the health and studyC. interesting but harmless to the eyesD. amusing and satisfying第二节任务型阅读部分（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。