甘肃省兰州五十三中2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷

甘肃省兰州五十三中2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分阅读理解（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。

ABefore I spoke to his school, Matt was waiting for me. He sat in his wheelchair unable to move. As soon as he saw me he started smiling. He could not talk but his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by.One of the teachers told me that he was actually very smart. He just could not control his muscles due to a childhood disease. He was happy and popular at his school—his parents’ love and encouragement made all the difference. On the contrary, at a book signing session, I met a girl by the name of Anne. She walked up with her mom with a bright smile. Anne asked about my book with a slur（含糊不清）in her speech indicating a slight head injury. I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to sign one for her. I did.Five minutes later, I heard a voice from Anne’s father, “You know you will not understand the book. You aren’t smart enough.” He said it so loudly that peop le were staring in their direction. She was absolutely crushed and her bright smile was now replaced with a look of total despair. He brought the book back to me and asked me to take it back. I asked him if he would allow me to purchase the book for Anne, but he said no with a heartless response. I thought back to Matt. He could not speak, walk, run or play but was actually very happy and even doing well in school because of the love and encouragement of his parents. Anne, on the other hand, had a slight learning problem and may never know happiness or success because of a serious and disapproving father.What kind of parents are you? The truth is that whatever you are telling your kids makes the difference between their success and failure in life.1. Accor ding to the author, Matt’s happy life mainly lies in _____.A. he author’s appreciationB. the friendly attitude of all the people aroundC. the teachers’ helpD. his parents’ support and encouragement2. The author wanted to buy the book for Anne in order to _____.A. teacher the father how to educate childrenB. save her from feeling uncomfortableC. help her to improve her reading abilityD. show how generous she was3. The underlined word “despair” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “_____.”A. disappointmentB. excitementC. boredomD. thrill4. What can we infer from the conditions of the two children?A. They need more people to help them.B. They are suffering different difficulties to some extent.C. What parents do plays an important part in their success.D. The children with disability are well worth sympathizing.BBarbie has just celebrated her 50th birthday this year. You would think that by now Barbie would be an old lady but she does not have a single gray hair or even a wrinkle. Her waist remains tiny, and her legs are still long and slim. She is still pulling in $3.3 billion a year. Barbie – or rather, to give her full name, Barbara Millicent Roberts, is no ordinary 50-year-old.Invented by American Ruth Handler for her daughter Barbara, two Barbie dolls are sold every second somewhere in the world. Never before has a toy caused so much controversy(争议). The doll with its impossibly long neck and thin waist has changed the way we think about toys and women. Barbie allows young girls to imagine being grown-ups and to try different jobs such as being a teacher, a model, a doctor and even an astronaut. She has a wide variety of clothing and even her hairstyle and make-up have changed over time to reflect the latest trends.That said, for every mother who buys a Barbie, another is trying to keep Barbie out of the house. One of the most common criticisms of the doll is that she promotes an unrealistic idea of body image for women. In July1992, Teen Talk Barbie was released and she was able to say a number of phrases including “will we ever have enough clothes?” “I love shopping!” and “Mathclass is tough!” This angered many American women as it suggested that beauty was just skin deep. The word Barbie has come to be used as an insulting(侮辱的) slang term for a girl who is considered shallow.5. We can know from the first paragraph that _____.A. Barbie’s waist and legs have changed a lot with the timesB. Barbie is still popular in the world todayC. Barbie do esn’t make as much money as she used toD. People don’t like how Barbie looks6. We are told from the text that _____.A. Barbie dolls have a bad effect on young girls’ careersB. at least 200 Barbie dolls are sold every minute in the worldC. Barbie’s ima ge always changes with the latest fashionsD. Barbie dolls have changed people’s thoughts on business7. Many American women were angered by _____.A. the things Teen Talk Barbie would sayB. the success of Barbie dollsC. the bad effects Barbie dolls had on their children’s studiesD. their children’s addiction to Barbie dolls8. According to the last paragraph, people use the word “Barbie” _____.A. to criticize the popularity of the dollsB. to laugh at beautiful womenC. to destroy images of the Barbie dollD. to describe a girl who is shallowCMore than 20 Chinese and American experts discovered that young people of both countries are facing the same problems of economic and social pressures and lack of confidence.Wayne Meisel, director of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League of Minnesota University, said that under economic pressure American young people have to work hard and most students have to take part-time work in order to support themselves.In these circumstances, he said, young people lack confidence, which was not the case in the1960s when young people thought themselves capable of doing anything.In spite of the different conditions in China, Li Xuequan, director of the higher education section of the All-China Youth Federation, said Chinese young people are also facing economic pressure and are worried about inflation(通货膨胀) and corruption(腐败).In order to solve these problems, the Chinese and American experts agreed that youth organization should call on the whole of society to create favorable conditions for the healthy growth of young people, as well as to encourage them to meet the urgent needs of society.Meisel said that since last year he has sent letters of “challenge to youth” to many young people, urging them to commit themselves to meeting such needs as feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, caring for the lonely and sick, serving the elderly and preserving the environment.The letter says: “Through the service, we touch the lives of others and enrich our own.”9. What is the main factor that leads to young people’s lack of confidence in both countries?A. Their lazinessB. Their educationC. Part-time jobsD. Economic pressure10. What is the possible situation in the 1960s?A. Young people lacked confidence as well.B. Young people in America were able to do anything well.C. Young people were quite confident in America.D. Young Chinese people were very confident.11. The word “commit” can be replaced by _____.A. devoteB. helpC. expressD. keep12. The passage is mainly about _____ in the two countries.A. lack of confidence of the young peopleB. approaches to touching the lives of othersC. challenges for the young peopleD. problems of the young people and ways to solve themDLife is difficult.This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend(超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult—once we truly understand and accept it--- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well.Yet, it is in the whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.13. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to_____.A. persuade readersB. get readers’ attentionC. save spaceD. make readers laugh14. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ____.A. help them learn to giveB. teach them how to avoid problemsC. encourage them to learnD. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem15. From the passage, it can be inferred that _____.A. everybody has problemsB. life is difficult because our problems bring us painC. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of lifeD. people like to complain about their problems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。