辽宁省盘锦市高级中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷含答案

2017-2018学年度下学期高二期末考试

英语试题（时间：100分钟总分：150分）

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）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A music festival is a community event focusing on live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme. On the list are the music festivals for fans around the world. Find your favorite now!

Field Day

January 1, 2018. Sydney

Field Pay means New Year’s Day for young people in Sydney. Seen as the city’s original multi －stage party, it’s a gathering of friends coming together for a great fun - filled first day of the year. There’s an air of hope and positive energy on a perfect summer’s day.

The Envision Festival

February 22 – 25, 2018, Uvita

The Envision Festival is an annual gathering in Costa Rica that aims to provide an opportunity for different cultures to work with one another to create a better community. The festival encourages people to practice art, music, dance performances, and education. Meanwhile, our connection with nature is expected to be strengthened.

The McDowell Mountain Music Festival

March 2 - 4, 2018, Phoenix

The McDowell Mountain Music Festival is Phoenix’s musical celebration of community culture. Since its founding in 2004, it is the only 100% non –profit music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the community. The festival attracts thousands of visitors each year from around the country, and it is an opportunity to experience true culture.

The Old Settler’s Music Festival

April 19 - 22, 2018, Dale

The Old Settler’s Music Festival is a nationally known music festival for American music. The festival is held in the country of Texas at the height of the wild flower season. The Old Settler’s Music Festival offers great music and activities for the whole family.

1. In which city can people enjoy a fun New Year’s Day?

A. Phoenix

B. Uvita.

C. Sydney

D. Dale

2. What is special about the McDowell Mountain Music Festival?

A. It encourages people to receive education.

B. It is not aimed at making money.

C. It provides an opportunity for friend gathering.

D. It focuses on cultural exchanges.

3. Which festivals are connected with nature?

A. Field Day and the Envision Festival.

B. The Envision Festival and the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.

C. The Old S ettler’s Music Festival and the McDowll McDowell Mountain Music Festival.

D. The Envision Festival and the Old Settler’s Music Festival.

B

For years, my time spent in the shower could have got me a mention in Guinness World Records as the shortest time taken to bathe. I hurried up during this process.

One day, however, while at a party, I heard an artist friend telling everybody that his idea came while he was having a shower. “What about you?” he asked, “Don’t you get your creative thoughts from the same place?”

“I’m in and out in a hurry,” I told him proudly. “I have no time to waste!”

“What a pity,” he said. “That’s the place where you need to slow down; plenty of great thoughts come from there!” I tried it o ut. I slowed down the whole process, started enjoying the warm water, taking a little longer to soap myself and even spending more time just enjoying the process, and realized how much I had missed in hurrying up all these years.

A woman told me how much stress her friend was suffering from and how she sought to convince her that she needed to find ways to relax. She gave her a videotape on stress management and relaxation techniques, and encouraged her to watch it right away. Fifteen minutes later, her friend handed back the tape. “It was good,” she said,” but I don’t need it.”

“But it’s a 70 - minute video,” the woman replied, “You couldn’t have watched the whole thing.”

“Yes, I did,” her friend said. “I put it in fast - forward!”

A major social problem of the 21st century is Hurry Sickness. We hurry through work. We swallow fast food. We complain that we don’t have enough time. We race through the days and weeks until one day we look back in amazement and comment, “My god, how the years flew by!” Then we realize the heavy price we have paid for traveling fast.

Symptoms of Hurry Sickness include stress and anxiety, bad relationships, lowered work performance and even disease. Some people don’t survive it. What’s the cure? Slow down, for life is so short and precious that we must live it well.

4. What was the advantage of taking a shower in the eyes of the artist friend?

A. Time was saved.

B. Nothing was missed.

C. Great ideas flew away.

D. Creative thoughts came.

5. What was the trouble with the woman’s friend?

A. She felt stressed.

B. She found the tape useless.

C. She found no way to relax.

D. She watched the tape too fast.

6. What are the major trouble people face in the 21st century in the writer’s eyes?

A. People run fast to work.

B. Everything is done in a hurry.