高一英语下学期期中试题17

新疆库尔勒市巴音郭楞蒙古自治州2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期中试题Ⅰ卷第二部分：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ALetter OneDear Editor,After I finish my homework, I often go online and chat with my friends. Sometimes I play Internet games. But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer. Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and Internet games harm children. Once I went to a net bar to play games after school. But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school. I said so because I didn’t want to make them unhappy. I feel bad about it. However, I need to rest for a while by playing computer games after studying for a long time. I really want my parents to understand that. Do foreign parents do the same to their children? Please help me.Li Ping,NantongLetter TwoDear Li Ping,I think it’s not strange for parents to keep their children away from anything bad. Foreign parents will do the same as your parents! They may not let their children watch TV for too long a time, or like your parents, they don’t want their children to play computer games.Talk to your parents and be honest to them, I think. Tell them what you are doing and why you are doing so to make them understand you. It’s never good to do things behind your parents’ backs. They aren’t fools as you think sometimes! Our parentsseem to know what is the best for us. Remember: to be honest is the best way.Good luck,Rebecca21. From the passage we can learn that Li Ping often ________.A. talks to his friends on the Internet B．plays basketball after schoolC．plays computer games at home D. chats online before doing his homework22. The boy goes online _____.A. to get news about QQB. just to have a restC. to show that he hates studyD. just to find some friends23. The underlined sentence in Letter Two means “ _____ ”.A. You must do everything in front of your parentsB. You must always listen to your parents carefullyC. You should tell your parents what you do before or after doing itD. You should not do anything to make your parents worry about you24. The editor thinks _____.A. children should play computer games secretlyB. p laying computer games can be very helpful to children’s studiesC. children should be honest and try to make their parents understand themD. foreign parents don’t care for their children as much as Chinese parentsBOn Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand. After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand;but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice. At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!25. Three men flew in balloon ________.A. for nearly 1,800 kilometersB. to another cityC. to visit PolandD. nearly two centuries ago26. The metal box was used for ________.A. carrying the bags of sandB. keeping drinking-waterC. carrying ropes of the basketD. changing weight27. When the balloon went up higher, ________.A. the temperature of the balloon began to fallB. They saw the sun go downC. They made a hole in the basket with their knivesD. They could see a black hole on the ground28. Which of the following is NOT true?________A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.CPeople can be addicted to(沉溺于) different things —e.g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive(强迫的):They have a very powerful psychological（心理上的）need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit(以赊欠方式), charge accountsare even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets(预算), but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods. Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy(疗法)” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.29.According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends largeamounts of money___.A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buysB. in order to satisfy his or her basi c needs in lifeC. just to meet his or her strong psychological needD. and feels he or she is cheated30. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things.B. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of people’s spending habits to increase sales.C. Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do.D. Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.31. What is the text mainly about?A.The psychology of money-spending habits.B. The habits of compulsive spenders.C. A special psychology of bargain hunting.D. The use of the psychology of spending habits in business.32.From the text we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargainhunters _____.A.are really unreasonableB. need special treatmentC. are really beyond drugsD. can never get any help to solve their problems with moneyDWonderful MuseumHoursMonday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pmFriday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pmSaturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pmSunday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pmClosed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours.The Museum LibraryMonday –Friday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pmThe Sky liner RestaurantMonday - Saturday: during regular museum hoursSunday: 11:30 am – 5:00 pmAdmissionAdults:$7.00The aged and students with ID: $6.00Wonderful Museum offers a 50% discount to groups of 20 or more.33. Wonderful Museum usually opens ____ except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.A. from Monday to ThursdayB. every dayC. every day of the weekD. on weekdays34. If a group of 30 students with ID visit Wonderful Museum, how much should they pay for the admission?A. $105.B. $90.C. $210.D.$180.35. If you want to invite your friends to dinner on Friday, you have to reach the Sky liner Restaurant ____.A. after 8:00 pmB. at 6:00 amC. after 10:00 pmD. before 8:00 pm第二节：七选五（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。