辽宁省朝阳县柳城高级中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题word版含答案.doc

辽宁省朝阳县柳城高级中学2014-2015学年高二上学

期期中考试英语试题

试卷满分120分考试时间100分钟

第一部分：听力略。

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中，选出最佳选项。

A

I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is

a good person?

At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”

And the little boy, like a l ittle tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

What do you think happened?

After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant (喜气洋洋).“Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”

I think I have got the answer to the question.

21. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

A. begging is looked down upon

B. begging is considered as a normal part of life

C. visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly

D. few people are living a poor life

22. The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

A. got pleasure by helping the little beggar

B. wanted to please his father

C. began to like the little beggar

D. wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

23. According to the writer, being a good person means ________.

A. having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

B. being friendly to beggars

C. being ready to give

D. being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

B

The National Dark-Sky Week (NDSW) is a week during which people all over the United States turn off their lights to enjoy the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This event was started by Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia in 2003, and it is becoming more popular each year. It has been supported by the International Dark-Sky Association, the American Astronomical Society, and the Astronomical League.

This event always occurs in April, during the week of the new moon so that the sky can be as dark as possible for the best viewing conditions.

“It is my wish that people could see the night sky without other light in the sky as our ancestors (祖先)saw it hundreds of years ago,” explains Barlow.

Since it only lasts a week and not everyone in the country will take part in it, how will the National Dark-Sky Week reduce light pollution? The main goal of NDSW is to increase awareness (意识) of the harmful effects of light pollution. It is not possible for all of the light pollution in this part of the world to disappear. However, it is possible to make a small difference in the quality of the night sky. Another goal of this even is to promote (促进) the use of better lighting systems that direct light toward the ground instead of up into the sky.

Jennifer Barlow states, “The night sky is a gift of such beauty that it should not be polluted by wasted light. In this way, our children will not lose touch with the wonder of our universe.”

24. This passage is mainly about ______________.

A. better lighting systems

B. the National Dark-Sky Week

C. the harm of light pollution

D. the beauty of the night sky

25. Which of the following statements about the National Dark-Sky Week is WRONG?

A. It is becoming more and more popular in America.

B. The event was started in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow.

C. The event takes place in the first week of every April.

D. American people are supposed to turn off their lights during that week.

26. What is Jennifer Barlow’s wish?

A. That people could spend time enjoying the beauty of the sky every night.

B. That the sky would always be as dark as possible.

C. That people could see the night sky without light pollution as our ancestors did.

D. That light would be directed up into the sky.

27. We can infer from the underlined（划线的）sentence in Paragraph 4 that ________.

A. many people in America hate this event