山东省济宁市微山二中2017-2018学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

2017－2018学年度上学期高二年级第一学段英语试卷

注意：本试卷共8页,满分100分,时间90分钟

第I卷（共50分）

第一部分阅读理解（共15小题,满分30分）

A

World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio(脊髓灰质炎) as a child. As a result, he wears braces (支架)on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches(拐杖). At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps (扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin(下巴), nods to the conductor, and starts to play.

One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few ba rs, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”

There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up...to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”

But he didn't. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.

Of course, it is important to play a symphonic(交响乐的) work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate (调音), change, recompose(重新谱写) the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.

1. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. It's not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.

B. It's a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.

C. Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.

D. Perlman has small achievements on the stage.

2. After the string broke the audience thought that Perlman would ________.

A. get angry at his performance

B. give up the performance

C. continue performing with the three-string violin

D. do something about the violin

3. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A World-famous Disabled Artist

B. The Performance Went on

C. An Unexpected Accident

D. A Three-string Violin and Its Owner

B

You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams(1860-1935)

Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

If it weren't for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans.

Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-present)

When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and, in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O'Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott(抵制). It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.

4. What is Jane Addams noted for in history?