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吉水中学2017-2018学年高二英语小考试卷第一部分: 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）AJoe and Helen Mills had two small children. One was six and the other four. They always refused to go to bed, and Helen was always complaining (抱怨) about this and asking Joe for help. But as he did not come home until after they had gone to bed during the week, he was unable to help except at weekends.Joe considered himself a good singer, but really his voice was not at all musical. However, he decided that, if he sang to the children when they went to bed, it would help them to relax, and they would soon go to sleep.He did this every Saturday and Sunday night until he heard his small son whispered to his younger sister, “If you pretend that you’re asleep, he will stop.”1. The children always refused to go to bed, which_______. .A. made Helen happy a lotB. satisfied their motherC. Helen was not satisfied withD. gave Helen much encouragement.2. The hus band couldn’t help the wife to look after the children_______. .A. because he returned from work too tiredB. since his voice sounded like a singer’sC. except on Saturday and SundayD. for he did not like his children..3. Which of the following conclusions(结论) can we draw from the above story?A. Joe’s song did help the children to relax.B. With Joe’s help, the children went to sleep.C. The wife must be thankful to her husband for the great help.D. The children were so tired of their fathe r’s voice that they pretended to be asleep.BIt was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually did. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to getto work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before. People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.4．Why was the bike so important to the couple?A．The man’s job was bike r acing. B．It was their only posse ssion.C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed. D．They used it for work and daily life.5．We can infer from the text that ____________.A．the couple worked 60 hours a week. B．people were busy before Christmas C．the stranger brought over the bike D．life was hard for the young family. 6．How did people get to know the couple’s problem?A．From radio broadcasts. B．From a newspaper.C．From TV news. D．From a stranger.7．What do the couple learn from their experience?A．Strangers are usually of little help. B．One should take care of their bike.C．News reports make people famous. D．An act of kindness can mean a lot.CHow would you lik e to sleep with one half your brain asleep and the other half awake? Dolphins sleep this way. Recently, s cientists at Indiana State University have discovered that ducks sleep this way too. They found that ducks sleep half awake so they can rest and watch for danger at the same time.After putting their ducks in a row and videotaping them, some researchers foundducks on the end of each row spent more time asleep with one eye open, apparentlylooking for predators.“The more the ducks felt threatened, the more they slept with one eye open,”said lead author Niels C. Rattenborg, a graduate student at Indiana State University,Terre Haute. “The unique as pect is not that they do it, but that theycontrol it. When they sleep at the edge of a group, they tend to realize greater danger,so they spend more time sleeping with one half of their brain.” Ducks with one eyeopen were still awake enough to detect predators, said the authors of the study, which appears today in the journal Nature.The researchers studied four groups of four ducks held in plastic boxe s, whichwere arranged in a row. Ducks on the end were found to sleep with one eye open 31.8per cent of the time, compared to 12.4 percent of the time for ducks in the central position.Also, ducks in the central position did not open one eye more than the others,while ducks on each end kept the eye facing away from the group open 86.2 per centof the time. Brain wave readings of the ducks showed that the half of the brain receiving signals from the closed eye indicated that half of the brain wa s sleeping.Signals from the half of the brain receiving signals from the open eye showed a state between fully awake and asleep.8. It was discovered that .A. most people would like to be half asleepB. ducks can sleep half awakeC. dolphins sleep on their wayD. ducks have different sleeping habits fromeach other9. The under lined word “predator” is m ost likely to mean .A. an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animalsB. a human being who looks after and feeds ducksC. a scientist who does research work on animalsD. an animal that is likely to be friends with ducks10. Ducks at the end of each row sleep with one eye open because .A. they are looking for foodB. they want to enjoy the sceneryC. they are watching out for dangerD. they are unique in their sleeping habit11. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Ducks on the northern end of a row would keep their eye facing the south open.B. Ducks with less sense of duty usually choose to stay in the center of a row.C. Ducks with one eye open at the edge can still enjoy a certain degree of sleep.D. A video tape recorder was the only electronic device used in the experiment.DIf you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxi ety.The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate(价钱). From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly(相应地).With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who lov e to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?12. While taking a taxi in Finland, ________.A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driverB. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi rideC. a passenger can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants togoD. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration(证明) before leavingwithout paying13 We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland ________.A. are mostly poorly managedB. provide meals for any dinersC. provide free wine and charge for foodD. provide meal for only those who live in the hotels14. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.B. The workers are always honest with their working hours.C. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.D. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.15. The word “those” in the last but one paragraph probably refers to _______.A. people who are dishonestB. people who often have meals in big hote lsC. people who often take taxisD. people who are worthy of trust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。