高二年级英语期初考试

2015年郸城高二年级上期期初考试

英语试题

本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

第I卷

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)

A

Ning Zetao has become China’s new swimming star due to his amazing performance at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon(仁川), South Korea.

With already two gold medals in hand, the 21-year-old clocked 47.70 seconds in the 100m freestyle, setting a new Asian record. This result has been recognized by FINA as the world’s third best time this year, fast enough to have won a gold medal in last year’s Barcelona Worl d Championships.

“It is my first international event,”said Ning, who later won a fourth gold medal in Incheon. “I am happy that my results are pretty close to my personal best.”

Born in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou,Ning entered the local team at t he age of 11 and joined the navy team in 2007.He first caught people’s attention in 2009 when he finished eighth in the 200m individual medley at the National Games.

Nevertheless, Ning suffered from bone infection in both knees for a long time, which made him unable to train hard on his kicks.

He also had an indigestion problem and had to eat “soft” food which is easy to digest. His poor stomach even made it impossible for him to complete week-long full time training.

But the young swimmer never gives up. His idol is the great Russian swimmer Alexander Popov, who continued to win Olympic gold medals after he was stabbed on a street. Ning said, “He was a real fighter and I need to learn from him.”

Taken better care of by coaches and doctors, Ning can now train as normally as others. And that is why he can get today’s achievements.

The gold medals at the Asian Games also boosted the confidence of the new swimming star, who hopes to enter the national team and compete for China in more international events.

“Chinese men’s swimmers have never been placed among top eight in the short-distance freestyle,” he said. “I hope I can do it, just like what Sun Yang did in the mid-long distance freestyle.”

21．The best title could be ______.

A. Ning Zetao, a world famous swimmer

B. Ning Zetao, a promising rising star

C. Ning Zetao, a strong-will soldier

D. Ning Zetao, a world gold medalist

22．We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. the results Ning got in Incheon are his best

B. Ning is good at both 100m and 200m freestyle

C. Ning broke an Asian record at the 2014 Asian Games

D. Ning has already got 5 gold medals in the international event

23．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. some health problems have little effect on Ning’s training

B. being well ca red of is the main reason for Ning’s achievements

C. the Chinese swimmers have never got into the top eighth in the world event

D. gold medalist as Ning is, he is not yet a member of National Swimming Team

24．The underlined word “boost” in the last but on e paragraph probably means ______.

A. increase

B. weaken

C. lack

D. encourage

B

For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then, from across the street, someone came walking at a slow pace.

It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking: at most a soft, sliding sound. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses, and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly, but clearly enough the wrinkled skin of a woman’s small face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house.

She put a key into the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then close the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.

She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, and then went up the stairs, quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing. She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom band basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small wash-room, that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.

25．The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that _______.

A. a woman was walking by herself up the street