新疆伊宁市生产建设兵团四师一中2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

2018-2019学年第一学期高二年级期中英语考试试卷（时间：100分钟分值：120分）第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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。

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NOW ONLY $299PENGO WATCH CONTROLThis is a watch that James Bond would be proud to wear!This is NOT a watch for ordinary people!Your electronic PENGO WATCH CONTROLØ acts as a remote control for TVs and videos.Ø gives you a daily weather forecast.Ø reminds you when to hand in your homework.Ø sets off a silent warning alarm when parents or teachers are near.Besides, your PENGO WATCH CONTROL will always tell you the time accurately!Originally sold for $199. NOW ONLY $99For more information, click here.1.With help from a Mr.H, you can _______.A. stop using batteriesB. get your room tidied on your way homeC. remember your teacher’s instructionsD. finish your homework on time2. If you buy a PENGO WATCH CONTROL now, you can save _______.A. $99B. $100C. $200D. $1993. Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?A. On a teenage websiteB. In a company brochure（小册子）.C.On a notice boardD. In a college newspaper..BTwo traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. Thefamily was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?”“Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,”she accused(谴责). “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”“Things aren’t always what they seem,”the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”4.The underlined part “the pair”in the second paragraph two refers to__. .A. the poor coupleB. the rich coupleC. the guestsD. the angels5.The younger angel was very angry because___. .A. the older ange l killed the farmer’s cowB. the older angel treated the poor family unfairlyC. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to liveD. the angel of death took the cow away6. Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.C. Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife.D. Because she was sympathetic to the rich.7. The story tries to tell the reader that___A. angels are always ready to help the poorB. sometimes things are not what they seemC. angels are always ready to help the richD. the young should always learn from the oldCTraveling without a map in different countries, I find out about different “styles” of direction s every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have name signs; in Japan, people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”People in Los Angeles, the US, have no idea of distance on the map: they measure distance byti me, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You don’t understand completely, “Yes, but how many miles away is it, please?” To this question you won’t get an answer, because most probably they don’t know it themselves.People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because tourists seldom understand the Greek language. Instead, a Greek will often say, “Follow me.” Then he’ll lead you through the streets of the city to the post office.Sometimes a person doesn’t know the answer to your question. What happens in the situation?A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People there believe that “I don’t” is i mpolite. They usually give an answer, but often a wrong one. So a tourist can get lost very easily in Yucatan!However, one thing will help you everywhere in the world. It’s body language.8. Which one of the followings is probably an example of Japanese directions?A. “Go south two miles. Turn west and then go another mile.”B. “Turn right at the hospital and go past a school. The library is right in front of you.”C. “The post office is about five minutes from here”D. “The post office is at Street Kamira.”9. People in Los Angeles don’t give directions in miles because _________.A. they use landmarks in their directions instead of distanceB. they prefer to lead you the wayC. they often have no idea of distance measured by milesD. they prefer to use body language10. Greeks give directions by __________.A.leading people the wayB. using landmarksing street namesD. giving people a wrong direction11. Where is Yucatan?A. In the USA.B. In Japan.C. In Greece.D. In Mexico.DWhen asked about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, an absolute delight, which seems to get rarer the older we get.For kids, happiness has a magical quality. Their delight at winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved (毫无掩饰的).In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it’s conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity. I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party.In adulthood the things that bring deep joy---love, marriage, birth---also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. For adults, happiness is complicated.My definition of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment”. The more we can enjoy what we hav e, the happier we are. It’s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, and even good health.I experience my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself. Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love. When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day.Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a mix of enjoyable leisure time and satisfyingwork. I don’t think that my grandmother, who raised 14 children, had much of either. She did have a network of close friends and family, and maybe this is what satisfied her.We, however, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, have turned happiness into one more thing we’ve got to have. We’re so self-conscious about our “right” to it that it’s making us miserable. So we chase it and equal it with wealth and success, without noticing that the people who hav e those things aren’t necessarily happier.Happiness isn’t about what happens to us --- it’s about how we see what happens to us. It’s the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative. It’s not wishing for what we don’t have, but enjoying what we do possess.12. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5 and 6 ?A. She cares little about her own healthB. She enjoys the freedom of travellingC. She prefers getting pleasure from houseworkD. She is easily pleased by things in daily life13. What can be inferred from Paragraph 7?A. Psychologists think satisfying work is the key to happinessB. Psychologists’ opinion is well proved by Grandma’s caseC. Grandma’s happiness came from modest expectations of lifeD. Grandma often found time for social gatherings14. People who equal happiness with wealth and success ________.A. consider pressure something blocking their wayB. stress their right to happiness too muchC. are at a loss to make correct choicesD. are more likely to be happy15. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Happy is he who is contentB. Each man is the master of his own fateC. Success leads to happinessD. Happiness lies between the positive and the negative第二节(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，选项中有两项为多余的。