高二上学期开学考试英语试题套真题

高二上学期开学考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

1. 阅读理解

Around this time a few years ago, it was common to see videos of friends on social media having a bucket of icy water thrown on them. Known as the “ice bucket challenge”, it was created as a way to raise money for the medical condition ALS. But now, there’s a new challenge and this time, no water is involved.

What is it? Well, think of a fruit that you’d never normally sink your teeth into. Perhaps you’ve got it: a lemon. While we enjoy using lemons to add flavor to dishes, ve ry few of us would actually eat one as we’d eat an apple or an orange.

But the horrible taste is the precise reason why the “lemon face challenge” is taking off. Participants bite into a lemon, taking a selfie as they do it before posting the photo online. The fun is all about expression people make as all that citric acid hits their taste buds . Every expression seems to say, “This is worse than freezing water.”

The serious side to this trend is the good cause it’s all in aid of. The challenge aims to raise awareness of a rare brain cancer that affects young children. It was started by Aubregh Nicholas, an 11-year-old US kid. She was diagnosed with this rare brain cancer herself in September 2017, but has since

raised almost $50000 to cover her medical expenses thanks to the challenge.

If a challenge is going to raise publicity and contributions from people, it has to be something interesting and original. That way the ice bucket challenge took off in 2014 and it explains why so many people are now sharing their lemon faces. There are a lot of stories about the downside of social media these days. The charity challenges, however, show how online culture can unite the world and bring help to the people who most need it.

（1）Why is the icy bucket challenge mentioned m the article.

A . to show how charity gained its popularity online.

B . to introduce a similar challenge that raises money for charity.

C . to attract people’s attention to a rare disease.

D . to prove its popularity around the world.

（2）Compared with the pre-Internet charity, what is the advantage of online charity?

A . It raises more money than ever before.

B . It is started by the people who suffer rare diseases.

C . It brings people together easily and quickly.

D . It causes little doubt among people.

（3）What does the underlined phrase “take off’ in the last paragraph mean?

A . go away suddenly

B . become successful and popular

C . remove your clothes

D . take a break

（4）What is the author’s attitude towards online ch arity?

A . positive

B . indifferent

C . negative

D . ambiguous

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