甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题扫描版含答案
2017-2018学年度甘肃省会宁四中第二学期高二级中期考试英语试卷(附答案)
2017-2018学年度甘肃省会宁四中第二学期高二级中期考试英语试卷（附答案）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列三篇短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
ABelow are four ads on the website.Artful ExperienceIt's an artful experience even if you're artistically challenged. Adults, teens, and children of all ages are welcome at Contemporary Art studio. We provide everything: stamps, idea books, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement. Drop in anytime. It's creative fun for everyone to paint your own pottery（陶器）!No experience needed. Our studio will show you how. It's as easy as 1-2-3!sumplastpl@Chinese-English TranslatorThis is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to put their Chinese skills to use.Requirements: native speaker of English; business translation experience is preferred but not a must; able to fulfill several projects on time; excellent reading skills in Chinese. If interested, please email staff@ or call 453-268-130.Ancient Object MarketHere you find a large variety of old European furniture, statues and paintings. We also offer a large selection of clocks in bronze, wood, white metal. Organizing buying tours based on the needs of our clients is something else we do. We pick you up from the airport, make hotel reservations and drive you around to the best wholesale（批发）dealers. Our email is artworkdeal@.－－－－－We are delighted to offer you an efficient and reasonably priced service of high-class car rentals（租赁）with qualified drivers. Suitable for your journeys to and/or from Rome'sairports or other destinations. We will be there to meet you on your arrival at the airport and drive you to your destination in complete safety and comfort. If you need the service, please call 668-556429.1. Contemporary Art studio is a place where .A. one can enjoy many kinds of artworksB. one can make pottery by himself/herselfC. one can learn how to paint on potteryD. one can improve his/her painting skills greatly2. Who may be suitable for a Chinese-English translator?A. An American graduate who is good at Chinese.B. A Chinese graduate who majored in business.C. A Chinese college student who has good English writing skills.D. An American college student who is interested in English translation.3. If Mr.Black wants to buy a painting, he can .A. send an email to sumplastpl@B. send an email to artworkdeal@C. call 453-268-130D. call 668-556-4294. Which of the following can be the best title for the fourth advertisement?A. Nice Rome trips.B. Cheap Car Tours.C. Airport Car Rentals With Drivers.D. Flight Service To Pick You Up.BThe morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt: “The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head stubbornly--and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunch time, I got lucky.“If you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.W hen I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.”“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.“The artwork?” I was puzzled.The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.What a relief!5. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?A. Cheerful.B. Nervous.C. Satisfied.D. Upset.6. What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?A. The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short noti ce.B. The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists.C. The surroundings of the dentist’s office.D. The laughing assistant of the dentist.7.Why did the author suddenly smile?A. Because the dentist came at last.B. Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.C. Because the assistant kept comforting her.D. Because she could relax in the chair,CBy May, after three months, I had lost 22 pounds and reached my goal of 115 pounds. My friends would say “Alice, you look great!” or “How did you lose so much weight?” Those compliments made me feel good and confident.Soon I dropped to 110 pounds. A few of my friends told me that I needed to stop dieting, because I was starting to look sick. They brought me a present－a bag of chocolates, which I later gave to my sister. My mom would come to my room, with tears in her eyes, and have long chats about how harmful this diet was and begged me to stop. My dad would leave worried messages on my cell phone at school, telling me that it would do serious harm to my body.By mid-June, when school was coming to an end, I was down to an only alive state of 95 pounds. All of a sudden, I knew I had to do something. I guessed the number itself scared me.I recalled my doctor. He told me about a girl who was 95 pounds and was at the risk of dying.I knew I was putting my life at risk, but for what? To make those who love me worried? Was it worthwhile to be thin?Now I realize that models in magazines, TV and movies are not realistic. The price to pay for the “perfect body” is living with a dangerous and sometimes deadly eating disorder. And there are more important things to think about than how thin you are.8. The underlined word “compliments” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.A. questionsB. experiencesC. understandingD. praise9 Why did the author’s mother come to her room in tears?A. Because the mother was deeply moved by her daughter’s friends.B. Because the mother thought her daughter was brave enough.C. Because the mother was sorry to have helped her daughter go on a diet.D. Because the mother was worried about her daughter’s health10. The author decided to stop dieting ________.A. when her weight dropped to 95 poundsB. after her parents persuaded her out of itC. after she reached her goal of losing weightD. after her friends told her to stop dieting11. From the text we learn that ________.A. there are no models with a perfect body in real lifeB. it is too expensive for people to lose weightC. an unhealthy diet can lead to serious health problemsD. you will be healthy as long as you stop dietingDMost times, what people accept as hope is a feeling or thought that something desired may happen. The word hope is a guarantee（保证）of happiness without a doubt. Hope in ancient Greek is “elpis”meaning “to expect or look forward with pleasure”. Orison Swett Marden says “there is no medicine as great and powerful expectation of something better tomorrow.”Samuel Esson Jonah is one of the world’s most influential personalities of this century. When he was young, mining for Africans was hell on earth, because they were treated very badly and there were no key positions in the industry for them because it was believed that the black could not manage their affairs successfully. Even in the face of all these challenges and discriminations, Jonah hoped to head the industry someday. When he told his workmates and parents about his hope, he became a laughing stock. Not giving up on his hope, he worked hard toward it and at last he became president of Anglo Gold Ashanti.Hope without doubt helps you to work hard until you finally achieve your aims or goals. Hope keeps one alive and also helps us persevere (坚持) to succeed. Someone may say “I’ve tried and failed several times”. As a matter of fact, failure is inevitable(无法避免的) sometimes but that doesn’t overrule your ability to succeed. The key is that you can’t give up your hope. Our history has seen many great achievers. Though they hoped they could make it, they also failed; however, they didn’t give up on t heir hope. They worked even harder and eventually succeeded.Today when we can celebrate so many of them for their courage, remember “faith without work is dead”, so is your dream or hope. Samuel Similes says “Hope is the companion（伙伴）of power, the mother of success, for who so hopes strongly has withinhim the gift of miracles (奇迹).” So don’t let your hope down.12. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. What hope really means.B. How to remain hopeful.C. The importance of having hope.D. The relationship between hope and pleasure.13. The author uses the example of Samuel Esson Jonah mainly to _________.A. prove a lowly man can also succeedB. prove that hope can lead to successC. show the times produce their heroesD. show it’s hard for a black to succe ed14. According to Paragraph 3, to succeed one should _________.A. acquire great abilityB. try to understand historyC. avoid quitting easilyD. stop being overconfident15. Which would be the best title for the text?A. Hope is just a choiceB. Keep your hope aliveC. Failure breeds successD. How to achieve success第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
2017-2018学年甘肃省会宁县第一中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题
甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题第I卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15个小题；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A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
ABookable Study RoomsThe Library provides a variety of bookable group study rooms，some with presentation areas，for groups of between 6and 12students to use for team work．Group study roomsThere are 10Group Study Rooms on Level 30f Northampton Square Library．Rooms 3A，3F，3G，3H，3J and 3K are equipped with presentation area to help prepare group presentations．Rooms 3B，3C，3D and 3E are intended for group discussion and seminar work．These rooms are equipped with whiteboards．Whiteboard pens can be borrowed from the service desk on Level 2．Please do not use any other writing tools on the whiteboards．Maximum booking period of 2hours at one time．Presentation areas provide：LED screen to practice presentation with group colleaguesNetwork access on PC with wide range of softwareUSB port to plug in your own device or laptopAssistive （为残疾人设计的）Technology RoomsAssistive technology rooms are available for students by using ID cards to get access permission and can be booked for a maximum of 4hours per person per day．Rooms are equipped with the following software：Dragon，JAWS，Zoom Text，Kurzweil，Supernova，Text Help andInspiration．A scanner is provided for use with the assistive software packages．For further information click Guide to Library Services for Additional Needs．1. If you and your five team members need to book a room to present a project，which room should you go to？A．Room 3B．B．Room 3C．C．Room 3G．D．Room 3E．2. What do we know about Group Study Rooms？A．They are on level 2．B．They provide USB disksC．They have no Internet accessD．Some of the study rooms are equipped with whiteboards．3．We may read this article on a．A．website B．magazine C．booklet D．story book．BDo you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.4. Australia is ________.A．the largest country in the world．B．as large as Shanghai．C．the largest island in the north of the earth．D．not as large as China.5. The government had made ________.A．so many laws that it can fight pollution．B．few laws to fight pollution．C．enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution．D．enough laws because the pollution is very serious．6. Which of the following is NOT true?A．Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers．B．Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia．C．Perth lies in the west of Australia．D．No other city is larger than Perth in Australia．7. In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' show in ________.A．July B．January C．May D．OctoberCWhen I was a ten-year-old girl, my mother determined to lead us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what our mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend our afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles. It was almost as dreadful as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with our friends at the swimming pool?First we had to read about ancient Egyptians and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Age who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.On our last visit to the museum, things changed when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell bythe woman’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn’t stop looking at the painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.8. The purpose of the mother’s plan for her children was to ________.A. take them to visit the museumB. ask them to read about artistsC. show them different painting stylesD. introduce them to the world of art9. The underlined word “dreadful” is closest in meaning to ______.A. colourfulB. terribleC. reasonableD. relaxing10. On the last visit to the museum, the writer _______.A. met a woman called MaryB. hardly enjoyed herself thereC. showed great interest in the paintingsD. learnt how to draw good pictures11. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?A. The visit.B. The painting.C. The museum.D. The change.DWhen I first started university，I remembered hearing about bone marrow（骨髓）donation during Freshman's Week．Some students volunteers from a group called Marrow tried to convince me to attend an event so I could learn more about it．The word"bone"immediately made me think that donating would be a painful procedure，so I refused．Back then，there was no way I could have known three years later，I would be one of the many people that desperately needs a bone marrow donor to save their lives．I am currently waiting to be matched with a donor and if I am lucky enough to find a good match，it will be this lovely stranger that saves my life．I received my cancer diagnosis in June．It is only at that time that I realized how ignorant I had been about the bone marrow donation process．The process of donating stem cells is actually very simple．In 90% of cases，donors are asked to donate their blood stem cells，the other 10% will give their bone marrow．Lots of donorssay that both these things are virtually pain free，and nothing to be scared about．Being a bone marrow donor should be something to be proud of，as every donor has an opportunity to save someone's life!At the moment I know that the doctors are busy searching for a match，I simply live every day in the hope that there will be a donor right for me．If I have an opportunity for life，I won't waste it．When I was a first year at university，I made the mistake of walking away from becoming a stem cell donor．Please don't make the same mistake that I did．There are so many people out there，including myself，that need your help；and by undergoing a simple，pain﹣free procedure，you could have the chance to proudly say that you saved someone's life．12．Why did the author refuse to learn more about bone marrow donation before？A．Because she could get nothing from it．B．Because she was in poor health．C．Because she had known nothing about it．D．Because she thought that donating would be painful．13．What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 1？A．The author was concerned about others．B．The author was confident about the bone marrow donation．C．The author needs the bone marrow donation now．D．The author donates her bone marrow to save others．14．The author needs the bone marrow because she got.A．headache B．cancer C．flu D．high blood pressure15．The author told us her story to.A．show us the experience of her college life．B．explain the cause of her cancer．C．recall her painful past．D．encourage people to be a bone marrow donor．第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
甘肃省会宁县2017-2018学年高二第一学期第一次月考英语试卷
高二第一次月考英语试题第一部分：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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
AEmily and Zach are confused! Their parents told them they could choose between Massachusetts and Arizona for their vacation this summer.Emily has always wanted to visit Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. Zach and she both agree that walking along the Freedom Trail would enable them to see Boston's most famous places of historic interest, like the site of the school Ben Franklin attended and the Old State House. If Emily and Zach went toMassachusetts, they could spend a few days at the beaches on Cape Cod. Emily loves body boarding, and Zach is great at body surfing. They both enjoy building sand castles with their mom and dad.Zach finds learning about Native Americans wonderful and has always wanted to travel along the Apache Trail in Arizona. This mountain highway passes Native American ruins in Tonto National Forest. Emily is not as interested in traveling along this trail as Zach, but they both would like to visit Phoenix, the capital, and then travel to Grand Canyon National Park and Meteor Crater (陨石坑). Zach learned in science class that Meteor Crater is a hole over 4,000 feet wide and 520 feet deep that was created when a huge object from space fell to Earth. The object went so deep that it has never been found. Zach would really like to try to discover it. But Emily thinks if experienced scientists and researchers cannot find it, Zach might as well not even bother (费工夫) to try.The only drawback for Zach and Emily if they choose Arizona would be the heat. It is very hot and dry in this southwestern state. Massachusetts, on the other hand, is in the northeastern United States. Here Zach and Emily and theirparents could enjoy mild (温和的) temperatures. Their parents love hot weather, but Zach and Emily do not really like to sweat.How will they ever decide to which state they should travel? If only they could take two trips!21. Emily and Zach will spend their summer vacation _____.A. visiting their parentsB. learning how to swimC. doing some sightseeingD. living with Native Americans22. Compared to Emily, Zach is more interested in _____.A. designB. sportsC. beachesD. history23. The underlined word “drawback” in Paragraph 4 means _____.A. valueB. reasonC. interestD. disadvantage24. What would be the best title for the text?A. A difficult choiceB. An interesting planC. An unforgettable tripD. A personal experienceBIn the U.S., speaking more than one language fluently is not very common — except in Los Angeles, California. The city has one of the largest populations in the U.S. of young people between the ages of 18 and 34. More than half of them in Los Angeles are bilingual (会说两种语言的).Maria Elena Burgos, a mother of two American-born daughters, is cooking a Mexican breakfast. She says making Mexican food is just one of the many traditions in her home. Another is speaking Spanish to her children. “We want to keep Spanish somewhere in their learning too, not only at home.” Ms. Burgos thinks being bilingual will give them more opportunities in the future. Knowing Spanish also means the children can talk with their relatives in Mexico.。
甘肃省兰州第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(含解析)
兰州一中2017-2018-2学期高二年级期末英语试卷说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AWe’re a nation —a globe, in fact —obsessed with our hair. Analysts estimate th e global hair product industry to be worth €22.6 billion, growing at a rate of up to seven percent a year.There seems to be no limit on what we’ll spend to avoid a bad hair day. But for devotees of an underground beauty movement, the secret lies in throwing away the shampoo, in fact all the hair products, for good.The “no-poo” method, which involves using natural substitutes or just water in place of shampoo and conditioner, is supported by several circles.Beauty insiders, including writers for women’s m agazines and professional hairdressers, speak highly of how hair becomes thicker, fuller, softer and brighter.And environmentalists who are mindful of money feel great joy at the lack of chemicals in and on their bodies—not to mention the impact on their budgets.Now one devotee is hoping to take it mainstream. Lucy Aitken Read, whose book Happy Hair: The definitive guide to giving up shampoo was released last week, hasn’t used shampoo for two years and her glowing brown hair is visibly in perfect condition.For her, the motivation came after reading a study that claimed women put 515 chemicals on their bodies daily. “I initially thought ‘Ha! They didn’t research me!’,” Aitken Read says. “Then I looked at the back of my shampoo bottle and realized there wer e loads of chemical components I didn’t recognize in the slightest.”Strangely it’s oily hair that could benefit the most from giving up shampoo.The theory behind the “no-poo” method is that shampoo removes the hair from its natural oils, which causes the scalp (头皮) to generate more oils to replace them. This results in oil overload — oily hair—which we then attempt to “fix” with more shampoo. It’s a vicious (恶性的) circle and quite a brilliant success for the shampoo industry, because the more shampoo you use, the more you need to use and the more frequently you need to use it.Left to its own devices or washed with natural substitutes, the scalp eventually theoretically returns to its natural balance. The result should be healthier hair that is stronger, thicker and fuller as it is less damaged than shampooed hair.1. What can we know from the first paragraph?A. More and more people produce hair products.B. More and more people waste money on their hair.C. More and more hair products are wasted every year.D. More and more hair products are produced every year.2. According to Para 5, environmentalists are in favor of “no-poo” method because _______.A. it has the same chemicals as shampoo doesB. it helps reduce their budgets on daily expenses in a wayC. natural substitutes are friendly to the environmentD. they know shampoo has an impact on their health3. What can we learn from Lucy’s words?A. She didn’t realize shampoo contains so many harmful chemicals.B. She didn’t realize shampoo contains all the necessa ry chemicals.C. She couldn’t recognize the description on the shampoo bottle.D. She didn’t recognize she was quite different from other women.4. What is the main trouble with shampoo?A. It adds more oils to the hair.B. It prevents the scalp producing oils.C. It badly impacts the shampoo industry.D. It makes people addicted to using it more often.【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D【解析】【分析】这是一篇科教类阅读。
[小初高学习]甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(含解析)
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甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题第一部分阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AThis Holiday’s Resolution: Visit More GalleriesSounds easy enough, right? It should be, as the bay area is loaded with galleries. Here are a few suggestions to help expand your cultural brain.Craftsman House shows fine American craft from more than 300 local and national artists in a restored 1920s bungalow in St. Pete’s Grand Central District. In addition to the showroom, the carriage house out back is a fully operational pottery studio. They also have a fresh cafe in the house that offers coffee, tea, lunch and baked goods. Normal hours are from 10 am to 7 pm from Monday to Saturday and from 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday. .Ocean Blue Gallery on downtown St .Pete’s Beach Drive is brand new and only open for a month. They feature paintings, glass, wood sculptures and metal art, and as the name implies, they’re heavy on beach and sea life themes. They’re loc ated at 284 Beach Drive NE and open from 10:30 am to 5 pm from Sunday to Thursday and from 10:30 am to 4 pm from Friday to Saturday. .Tempus Project in Tampa’s Seminole Heights is a gallery that represents established and developing local, national and international artists through inspiring exhibitions. The exhibition on display is Boys on Film, an exhibit of new sculptures and drawings by Noelle Mason that researches the fiction and fantasy. The gallery is only open by appointment, but they will be open from 7 am to 9 pm on July 6th for Seminole Heights First Friday, which is also the last day for the exhibition. .1. What can people enjoy in Craftsman House?A. Visiting some beautiful bungalows.B. A fresh breakfast.C. Talking with national artists.D. Some food.2. What is special about Ocean Blue Gallery?A. It has a long history.B. Its themes are about beach and sea life.C. The opening time is the longest.D. Its works come from many foreign countries.3. What should people do to visit Tempus Project?A. Make appointments before July 6th.B. Collect some information online.C. Know something about the fiction.D. Research famous drawings.【答案】1. D 2. B 3. A【解析】本文是一则广告。
甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(扫描版)
甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017—2018学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题
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甘肃省平凉市静宁县2017-2018学年度高二英语下学期期末考试试题
2017-2018学年度高二级第二学期期末试题（卷）英语第Ⅰ卷第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分25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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AWith the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投资) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin(普通话). Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin? Some people share their opinions online.Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages. Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English?Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college.I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China. Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn’t speak English. But it is far from being fluent. Learning additional languages is a great thing, which offers a different perspective on the world around us. Nowadays, it’s almost necessary to be able to speak more than just y our native tongue.George (UK): No, unless they’re taught from a very early stage of childhood. Mandarin is so difficult. If China really is going to dominate the world, it’ll have to do so by speaking the world’s dominant language---English.Sam (UK): I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. It is too difficult to learn as a second language. To learn Chinese you completely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can’t be good at it. But Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.1．What is probably Mark’s main motivation（动机）for learning Chinese?A. Further education.B. Effective communicationC. His frequent travelD. The official policy2．What does Sam think of learning Chinese?A. It’s necessary.B. It’s of little use.C. It takes too much time.D. It’s not popular.3．What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese?A. Its difficulty as a languageB. Misunderstanding about ChinaC. The great popularity of EnglishD. A lack of learning resources.BSure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father’s Day, whil e you’re praising your daddy, youmay alsoremember that some of the best dads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom: Sea horses: The “Mr. Moms” in the sea, male sea horses, carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggsinside the bag until they are ready to live by themselves.Da rwin’s rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin’s rheas, also known as South American ostriches (鸵鸟), are so protective of their children that they have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they get too close to their home! Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectures on how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies’ birth. They also let Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she’s not nursing them.Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where water is rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. After they dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chicks suck t he water from their bodies.Fathers in the animal kingdom are not that different from our own beloved dads. This Father’s Day, when you are honoring your dad, honor animal dads, too, by practicing kindness toward allanimals.4. The underlined “they” in paragraph 2 refers to________.A. fertilized eggsB. their stomachsC. male sea horsesD. baby seahorses5. According to the passage, which animal is the most protective?A. A sea horseB. A Darwin’s rheaC. A marmosetD. A san grouse6. The passage mainly tells readers ________.A. how clever and brave animals areB. how to honor animal dads on Father’s DayC. animal dads are different from human dadsD. some interesting facts about male animalsCIt’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant(移植), a nd now, what he really wants to do is playing football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different. I like that now I can throw a football further than when I didn’t have hands,” he said.The nation’s youngest hand-transplant patient has been working hard to learn how to use his new hands. He lost his hands and his feet 7 years ago after suffering from a serious infection. In August, the boy showed off his new abilities by throwing out the first ball at a baseball game. Dr. Scott Levin, team leader of Zion’s operation, said Zion was faced with the operation much braver than many adults. “I’ve never seen Zion cry,” Levin said. “He’s just an amazing boy. He has such courage and determination and gives us all inspiration.”Zion said his courage came from the two most amazing people: his mom and his grandma. His mother, Pattie Ray, said, “It’s been a long journey but now I feel like I am living in my dream. It’s his dream, and it’s mine, too. I’m just living through him, and I’m just here to support him in any way and help him do whatever he wants to do.”However，Zion told reporters his mom wouldn’t let him try out for football. His mom said it’s too dangerous. She also pointed out that he might be playing against little kids, not professionals, and she told him they would discuss it later. Zion tried to counter her argument. “My next goal: convince Mom to let me play football,” he said.7. What is Zion’s attitude towards his transplanted hands?A. He likes them a lotB. He tries to ignore themC. He accepts them unwillinglyD. He has mixed feelings about them.8. What did Dr. Scott Levin think of Zion?A. He was unusually quiet.B. He was well worth praising.C. He was cleverer than expected.D. He was a talented football player.9. Which of the following words can best describe Pattie Ray?A. Sensitive and strict.B. Devoted and supportiveC. Optimistic and activeD. Open-minded and outgoing.10. What does the underlined word “counter” in the last paragraph mean?A. acceptB. proveC. be againstD. commentDWhat would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job? Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you successful career you want. We are constantly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the connections that you have more important than your education?76% of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy.Even if you don’t have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to communicate and build relationships. It’s a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that networks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents’ income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success.So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important.11. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined part?A. Practice makes perfectB. Nothing is impossibleC. Hope for the bestD. No pains, no gains12. According to the government survey，the most important factor to help people move upthe ladderis _________.A. hard workB. educationC. social relationshipD. social activity13. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important.B. 41% of the people believe parents’ income is most important.C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first.D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success.14. From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _____.A. stress the importance of educationB. challenge the traditional beliefC. make lots of social connectionsD. encourage people to work hard.15. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. the Way to SuccessB. Keep Your Dream in MindC. A Wealthy and Smooth CareerD. A Survey on People’s Dreams第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
甘肃省会宁县一中2017-2018学年高二英语12月月考试题
甘肃省会宁县一中2017-2018学年高二英语12月月考试题第二部分：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(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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30, Laughter is Serious Business WorkshopSt. Albans，Hertfordshire, UKA workshop for those who have completed Laughter Leader / Skills courses and want to get ideas and real advice on how to promote (提升) themselves。
甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期末考试试题
2017-2018学年度第二学期期末考试高一级英语试题本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题)和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题)两部分,共计100分钟，满分120分。
考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上,在本试卷上答题无效。
考试结束后，保留试卷,只交答题卡。
第I卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15个小题；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A、B、C、D中,选出最佳选项.ABookable Study RoomsThe Library provides a variety of bookable group study rooms，some with presentation areas，for groups of between 6and 12students to use for team work．Group study roomsThere are 10Group Study Rooms on Level 30f Northampton Square Library．Rooms 3A，3F，3G，3H，3J and 3K are equipped with presentation area to help prepare group presentations．Rooms 3B，3C，3D and 3E are intended for group discussion and seminar work．These rooms are equipped with whiteboards．Whiteboard pens can be borrowedfrom the service desk on Level 2．Please do not use any other writing tools on the whiteboards．Maximum booking period of 2hours at one time．Presentation areas provide:LED screen to practice presentation with group colleaguesNetwork access on PC with wide range of softwareUSB port to plug in your own device or laptopAssistive （为残疾人设计的） Technology RoomsAssistive technology rooms are available for students by using ID cards to get access permission and can be booked for a maximum of 4hours per person per day．Rooms are equipped with the following software：Dragon,JAWS,Zoom Text，Kurzweil，Supernova,Text Help and Inspiration．A scanner is provided for use with the assistive software packages．For further information click Guide to Library Services for Additional Needs．1。
甘肃省会宁县第一中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版无答案
2017-2018学年第二学期会宁一中高二质检英语（温馨提示：答题时间90分钟满分120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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids (孩子) to? Try some of these places:●Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest.Many offer workshops for making land-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.●Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the pastfrom dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky.Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.●Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child andfamily visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.●Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums aroundthe country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums. 21. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit .A. a YoutheaterB. an art museumC. a natural history museumD. a hands-on science museum22. What can kids do at a Youtheater?A. Look at rock collections.B. See dinosaur models.C. Watch puppet making.D. Give performances.23. What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?A. Science games designed by kids.B. Learning science by doing things.C. A show of kids' science work.D. Reading science books.24. Where does this text probably come from?A. A science textbook.B. A tourist map.C. A museum guide.D. A news report.(B )On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house.Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are.There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees.Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple（枫树）makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees.The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that.The seasons change just outside the door. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars’（杨树）putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice graduallydisappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.25. What can be learned from Paragraph 2?A. The scenes are colorful and changeable.B. There are many windows in the wooden house.C. The views remind us that we are in a wooden house.D. The lakes outside the windows are quite different in color.26. By mentioning the names of the trees, the author aims to show that ______ .A. the kids like playing in treesB. the kids are very familiar with treesC. the kids have learned much knowledgeD. the kids find trees useful learning tools27. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?A. The change of seasons is easily felt.B. The seasons make the scenes change.C. The weather often changes in the forest.D. The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons.28. What is the main purpose of the author writing the text?A. To describe the beauty of the scene around the house.B. To introduce her children’s happy life in the forest.C. To show that living in the forest is healthful.D. To share the joy of living in the nature.(C)Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions（使命）often work very long days. Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work. This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International Space Station（ISS. ISS crew members usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by email, Internet phone and through Private video conferences.While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy. Before a mission, the family and friends of each ISS crew member put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth. During their mission, the crew also receives care packages with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters . And as from early 2010, the internet became available on the ISS, giving astronauts the chance to do some "web surfing (冲浪)" in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth’s vast land mass a nd oce ans.29．What does the word “mimic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Find.B. Copy.C. Change.D. Lose.30. Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS ?A. They are caring and thoughtB. They are patient and careful.C. They are impatient and annoyedD. They are excited and curious.31. In the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts .A. get more pleasure in space than on the EarthB. find living in space a bit boring and tiringC. regard space life as commonD. love to see the Earth from space32 .The passage mainly discusses how astronauts .A. work for longer missions in spaceB. connect with people on the EarthC. observe the Earth from spaceD. spend their free time in space(D)Decision-making under StressA new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way thebrain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative (负面的) consequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.“Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive tha n negative outcomes under stress.”For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images(影像) with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were stressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadn't gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to resist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress－at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequences are also easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.Men who had been stressed by the cold-water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk-taking can pay off big, men may tend to do better, when caution weighs more, however, women will win.This tendency to slow down and become more cautious when decisions are risky might also help explain why women are less likely to become addicted than men: they may more often avoid making the risky choices that eventually hardeninto addiction.33. We can learn from the passage that people under pressure tend to ______.A. keep rewards better in their memoryB. recall consequences more effortlesslyC. make risky decisions more frequentlyD. learn a subject more effectively34. According to the research, stress affects people most probably in their ______.A. preference for pleasureB. ways of making choicesC. tolerance of punishmentsD. responses to suggestions35. The research has proved that in a stressful situation, ______.A. women find it easier to fall into certain habitsB. men have a greater tendency to slow downC. women focus more on outcomesD. men are more likely to take risks第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。