高二年级上学期期中考试完形与阅读题（部分原创）

高二年级上学期期中考试完形与阅读题（部分原创）
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

“Fire! Fire!” The cry crept out on the still night air, and the fire bel ls began to ring. Fred was ___36___ by the alarm and the red light streaming into his room. He ___37___ himself in a moment, almost, and tapped at the door of his mother?s bedroom.
“It is Mr. Barton?s house, mother. Do let me go,” he said in eager, excited tones. Mrs. Liscom thought a moment. He was ___38___, but she could trust him, and she knew how much his heart was in the ___39___.
“Yes, you may go,” she answered, “but be careful, my boy. If you can help, do so;
b ut do nothing rashly.” Fred ___40___ to follow her advice, and hurried to the fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Barton were not at home. The house had been left in the charge of the servants. The fire ___41___ with fearful speed, for there was a high wind, and it was found impossible to save the __42___. The servants ran about, screaming, but doing ___43___ to any purpose.
Fred found T om outside, in safety. “Where is Katy?” he aske d. Tom, shaking with ___44___, seemed to have had no thought but of his own escape. He said, “Katy is in the house!” “In what room?” asked Fred. “In that one,” pointing to a window in the upper story.
It was no time for ___45___, but for instant action. The staircase was already on fire; there was but one way to ___46___ Katy, and that full of danger. The second floor might fall at any
moment, and Fred ___47___ it. But he trusted in an arm stronger than his own, and silently sought help and guidance.
A ladder was quickly brought, and placed ___48___ the house. Fred climbed it, ___49___ by the hired man, dashed in the sash(窗框) of the window, and pushed his way into the room ___50___ the poor child lay nearly suffocated(窒息) with smoke.
He roused(叫醒) her with some difficulty, ___51___ her to the window, and placed her upon the sill(窗台). She was instantly grasped by strong arms, and carried down the ladder, Fred following as ___52___ as possible. They had scarcely reached the ground ___53___a crash of falling timbers(木头) told them that they had barely escaped with their lives.
Tom Barton never forgot the ___54___ of that night; and he came to believe, and to ___55___ the belief, in after years, that true manliness is in harmony with gentleness, kindness, and self-denial.
36. A. wakened B. frightened C. interrupted D. cheated
37. A. concerned B. devoted C. dressed D. adjusted
38. A. smart B. cool C. academic D. young
39. A. request B. air C. way D. charge
40. A. longed B. promised C. decided D. desired
41. A. started B. spread C. developed D. increased
42. A. child B. furniture C. host D. house
43. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
44. A. cold B. terror C. surprise D. excitement
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45. A. correspondence B. description C. words D. worries
46. A. reach B. call C. locate D. search
47. A. knew B. ignored C. doubted D. imagined
48. A. below B. against C. inside D. near
49. A. followed B. led C. supported D. pushed
50. A. when B. so that C. where D. as if
51. A. invited B. attached C. linked D. carried
52. A carefully B. quickly C. willingly D. freely
53. A. before B. until C. after D. since
54. A. wonder B. story C. lesson D. accident
55. A. act upon B. refer to C. rely on D. attend to
阅读理解：
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the difference between boys and girls. However, none were believable enough to explain the general picture. As one scientist points out, “Ther e are slight genetic differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and girls choose. But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age, there are so many other effects that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and maths, or whether they?ve been raised to think of these subjects as boys? …territory?”.
Statistics show that in mathematics, at least，girls are equal to boys. A recent report suggests that girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes. One of the reports? authors says, “While it is socially unacceptable for people not to be able to read and write, it is still acceptable for women to say that they are …hopeless? at maths. Our research shows that, although girls get marks which are as good as the boys?, they have not been encouraged to do so.”
The explanation for the difference, which is very clear during the teenage years, goes as far back as early childhood
experiences. From their first days in nursery school, girls are not encouraged to work on their own or to complete tasks, although boys are. For example, boys and not girls, are often asked to …help? with repair work. This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve problems later on in life. Evidence shows that exceptional mathematicians and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers; they had to find out for themselves.
A further report on maths teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than to girls. Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students. All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects, gives them confidence and makes them believe that they can succeed.
Interestingly, both boys and girls tend to regard such …male? subjects like mathematics and science as difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid
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mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but for social reasons.
Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects，and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are less likely to take them up．Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys. Neither do they want to do better than boys because they are afraid to appear less female and so, less attractive．
56. According to scientific studies, ．
A. maths is not fit for girls to learn
B. boys have a special sense of maths
C. girls are poorer at maths because they are the weaker sex
D. girls can learn maths as well as boys if given enough encouragement
57. Those who made extraordinary contributions in mathematics and science ．
A. usually had good teachers to help them
B. had the abilities to solve problems by themselves
C. usually worked harder than others
D. were encouraged to repair things when young
58. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Why are girls afraid of maths and science?
B. Are maths and science really boys? subjects?
C. Maths and science: difficult subjects for girls
D. Boys are better at maths and science than girls
B
“I don?t think kids can learn in fear,” says Susan Bosak. Educator and author Susan Bosak remembers her own fearful school days and hopes to make life better for today?s children.
In biting weather, a young Susan Bosak would walk around and around her north Winnipeg school, hoping to find a door she could enter without being teased by the students who hung around outside. Inside, she learned to avoid the washrooms. They were the girl gang places. If she made it through to a toilet stall, other girls would leer(不怀好意地看)over the wall, teasing Bosak with offensive language or attacking her with wads of wet paper towels. “I remember living in constant fear from Grade 5 onward,” Bosak said in an interview. “I was bullied in school and I was bullied to and from school. I remember trying to find the most strategic path home.”
A target because she was smart but not confident, Bosak says teachers must have been aware of her situation but accepted
it then as part of growing up. That?s an attitude Bosak, who brings her latest book to the Canadian Safe School Network annual conference, wants eliminated(消除). The book, Dream: A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom and Wishes, is not an anti-bullying description but a gorgeously illustrated collection of poetic reflections on achieving one?s dreams at every stage of life, from very young to old age. Profit from 5,000 copies will go toward anti-bullying programs in Toronto elementary schools.
“The whole idea is to make bullying as socially unacceptable as drink-driving, so everyone stands up and says this isn?t okay.
I couldn?t learn in fear then and I don?t think kids can learn in fear now,” she said. Bosak says it?s time to recognize the 南京师大附中高二第一学期英语期中试卷
severe psychological damage caused by bullying, which usually starts with verbal assault(言语的冒犯) but frequently escalates to physical violence.
In spite of anti-bullying programs in schools across Canada, Bosak said she still hears children talking about behaviour that impinges on their self-respect: everything from gestures made with fingers behind a Grade 2 student?s head to the “usual kicking and punching(拳打)”.
59.Bosak believes that .
A. today?s children can avoid being bullied
B. children cannot learn when they are afraid
C. bullying has become unacceptable like drink-driving
D. teachers cannot help students when they get bullied at school
60.Teachers did not help young Bosak because .
A. they were totally irresponsible
B. they regarded bullying as a necessary part of education
C. they didn?t think bullying was worth their extra atten tion
D. they believed there was no bullying happening at school at all
61.Bosak?s book is mainly about.
A. the teachers? careless behaviour
B. how to avoid bullying at school
C. the possible dangers of bullying
D. how desires and aims can be achieved
62.T he under lined expression “impinges on” is closest in meaning to.
A. has much knowledge about
B. has a harmful effect on
C. has a heated discussion about
D. has an argument over
C
Do we like winner?
Call it jealousy, but there?s no doubt that many of us have a problem with what we consider to be unearned wealth. Lottery wins seem to provoke(引起) heated discussion at the office and in the back of taxis. Do people enjoy their winnings? Or does their good fortune have the capacity to make them extremely unhappy, leaving them directionless in luxury? There have certainly been many winners who had their lives turned upside down by a big win. Relationships can break down under the strain and friendships can come under pressure. The newspapers love nothing more than winners who have wasted away all their money.
The mental hazards of winning
From a mental well-being viewpoint, there are clearly dangers. Researcher Charles Master says a big win can upset
people in much the same way as any other major, life-changing event. “It r eally can be disruptive. The first thing is the shock, not expecting this sudden win. It is the speed and rate of change that tends to cause people trouble.”
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Research findings
The results of Master?s study of lottery winners are clear. “There is no doubt there is a very strong initial(最初的) delig ht, then the evidence suggests people don?t enjoy the money for the first year or two.”
Do we deserve to win?
It?s not clear why there is this gap before lottery winners start to really enjoy them selves. “We have proposed that, after the joy wears off, in their subconscious they realise they don?t deserve the money and it takes a while for this non-deservedness to wear off,” says Master.
Physical dangers of winning
However, there are some bad effects of a win, notably in some winners? health. “They start to smoke more and drink more,” he says. “We think that may be bad for their health and hold back their happiness for a while.”
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Maggie Grantham, a social psychologist, has some advice for winners of large amounts on a lottery: “Tr y and get a holiday away from everything so you can try and come to terms with what?s happened,” she says. “Friends and family will have their own ideas of what you should be doing. Don?t rush into anything. True friends are always there for you.”
63.Which one can be the best sub-title of the last paragraph?
A. Advice to winners
B. Importance of getting a holiday
C. Help from true friends
D. Support from family
64. We can infer from the passage it is very probable that lottery winners .
A. are often people who don?t deserve to win
B. rarely change their lives
C. are often on holiday
D. appreciate the money eventually
65. Psychologists suggest that the winners should .
A. get away from their usual environment for a while
B. avoid life-changing events if possible
C. hold back their happiness for a period of time
D. share their winnings only with true friends
D
Everyone said Linda and Jane were like sisters. They were both petite and merry w omen, who could wear each other?s clothes—and frequently did. In fact, that was how it came about that Jane knew Linda was up to something in the first place.
Linda arrived at Jane?s house early one spring morning and said, “May I borrow your new blue outfit? I?d like the whole thing, suit, purse and hat.”
“Of course,” Jane said. “It sounds like a special occasion.”
“It is,” Linda admitted.
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Linda tried on the suit, decided against the hat, which she thought as a trifle matronly, and was ready to leave without confiding why she wanted to be so dressed up.
J ane said, “So you?re not going to tell me what this is all about?”
“I don?t think so.”
“Well, you?re over tw enty-one,” Jane said encouragingly. “Even if I didn?t approve of whatever it is you?re pl anning, I?d have no right to stop you.”
“No, but I?ll bet you?d give me some good advice,” Linda laughed.
“Which you usually take,” Jane reminded her. “Henry says that?s one of your best qualities—to listen to common sense.”
“Not this time,” Linda said pleasantly. “You might try to change my mind.”
“I promise not to interfere,” Jane said persuasively.
“All right, then,” Linda said. “I want to wear it to my wedding.”
Jane looked stunned. She asked, “But—but who? I mean whom?”
“His name is George Carter.”
“Why—I?ve never heard of him. How long have you known him?”
“Two weeks,” Linda said. “I?ve known him two weeks and I love him and we?ve decided to get married and I don?t want anyone?s opinion of him except my own.”
“But that?s not like you. Shouldn?t Henr y and I sort of—?”
“Look him over for me first?” Linda said pleasantly. “No. I?m going to marry him tomorrow, and when we come back from a little trip he has planned for us, I?ll bring him over and introduce him.”
“Where did you meet him?”
Linda smiled. “I met him at a beauty shop.”
“Good heavens! Is he a hairdresser?” Jane cried.
“No. He came in to chat with the manager, who is a friend
of his, and he saw me in a mirror, and he asked who I was.”
“You mean, the manager brought him into the booth and introdu ced him? That?s outrageous.”
“No. The manager said she would a sk me if I wanted to meet him. After he had left, she brought in his card and told me what a nice person he is, and when I went home I called him up.”
“___________________________________”
“I know,” Linda said meekly. “It doesn?t seem like me, does it? But I?d see n him in the mirror, too. And I don?t have many opportunities to meet interesting men. Well, the next night he took me to dinner and to a concert—and when we came back to my apartment he kissed me.”
“You?re joking!”
“No, I?m not. I lay awake all night worrying for fear he?d think I was—well, not nice. But the next day he called and told me how much he?d enjoyed it. Kissing me, I mean.” Linda was beaming.
“I can?t believe it possible,” Jane said, “that you would allow …”
“You see,” Linda said firmly.“that?s what I told you you?d do. But there isn?t any
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use. We?ve made up our minds.”
Jane made one last attempt to find out something which might stop this sudden marriage.
“But—how old is he?”
Linda blushed(脸红) then, scarlet to the roots of her hair.
“That?s the only thing that bothers me,” Linda told her daughter. “He?s two years younger than I am. He?ll be 76 in April.”
66. Who is Linda going to marry?
A. George.
B. Henry.
C. A hairdresser.
D. The manager.
67. What?s the relationship between Linda and Jane?
A. Friends.
B. Family.
C. Colleagues.
D. Roommates.
68. What?s Jane?s reaction to Linda?s upcoming marriage?
A. Excited.
B. Supportive.
C. Surprised.
D. Angry.
69. Which of the following can be put in the blank?
A. Wow! That?s great!
B. I simply can?t believe it—
C. There is no doubt about it.
D. You are definitely in love—
答案
完形20?：ACDAB; BDCBC; AABAC; DBACA
阅读2?1: DBB; BCDB; ADA; ABCB
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