辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2018-2019高一下学期第二阶段考试英语试卷(含答案)

盘锦市第二高级中学2018-2019学年度第二学期第二阶段高一考试英语试卷考试时间：100分钟满分：150分第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。

ASchool days are supposed to be the best days of your life and part of that experience usually involves some unforgettable physical activities. I asked some people to give me their memories of what happened to them on the sports field and beyond, and this is what they told me.Cup winnersWhen I was about ten, the football team from our year unexplainably made it to the cup final of the local schools’ league. I say unexplainably because I only remember us losing nearly every match we played. Anyway, in the final I set up the winning goal, a brilliant cross to my mate David who headed the ball in just before the final whistle. I still have a photograph of the team holding the cup.Forest hikeI remember having to lead a group of eight boys on a school expedition for the best part of two days when I was a teenager. Even though we got lost at one point, I managed to keep them all together and get them from one end of a large forest to the other and back by sheer(纯粹的)force of will. I was chosen to be the leader, I think, because I was the only one who knew how to read a map!When we arrived back at the campsite, we found out that all the other groups had cheated and hitched(搭便车)most of the way instead… I felt a bit stupid, but also rather proud of myself at the same time for having done it properly.Learning to swim, learning to drownI learned to swim comparatively late, I suppose. I was maybe nine years old but my brother had a painful experience which nearly put him off for life. We lived in the USA for a while and had access to a university pool where the coaches had trained the American Olympic team. In those days, though, their idea of teaching kids how to swim was to tie a can to their ankles with a bit of string, throw them in the deep end and shout “Swim!”. I am surprised my brother survived at all. He could only have been about six at the time.21. The passage mainly talks about .A. tips on taking part in outdoor activitiesB. how people consider physical activitiesC. why people love outdoor activitiesD. people’s experiences of physical activities22. The underlined word “expedition” in the third paragraph has the same meaning to “”.A. matchB. dealC. tripD. research23. It can be learned that when the third person was young, .A. he learned swimming from the same coach as his elder brotherB. the swimming coach’s teaching method was rather inconsiderateC. his family lived near a university pool for about ten yearsD. the American Olympic team had no swimming pool of its ownBA lot of people are learning English nowadays. We know there are plenty of phrases to describe shyness. Someone shy might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower, while for especially nervous types we have the cu rious expression: they wouldn’t say boo to a goose.Nobody thinks these are positive descriptions, even if you like geese. In a culture of go-getting, high achievers, shy people don’t come first. Or that’s what the self-help industry would have you believe. Bookshops are filled with vital tomes(巨著) that promise to help beat social fears and find success in life, love and business. That is why one book, Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness, bucks the trend. It became a sudden success across English-language media recently for its new take-on shyness.Author Joe Moran says that despite struggling with shyness and longing for loneliness all his life, being shy can also be "a gift". Freed from the constant urge to participate and compete in social situations, people are liberated to look at the world in new ways, and gain fresh insights.Indeed, many of the world’s great thinkers and artists are introverts(内向的人). Scientists Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein preferred their own company; actress Keira Knightley often finds herself tongue-tied at parties; and Harry Potter author JK Rowling claims she used to be too nervous to even borrow a pen.Moran told BBC Future: "I think shyness probably does turn you into an amateur anthropologist(人类学家), really-you are more likely to be an observer."So, while extroverts make all the noise, they don’t necessarily have the best ideas.If you’re shy, you’ve probably known this for a long time. You just don’t shout about it.24. When someone is being called a wallflower, he is being ________.A. praised for his graceB. admired for his characterC. laughed at for his shynessD. told off for his nervousness25. The author mentioned many famous shy people in order to ________.A. point out the harm shyness bringsB. disconnect shyness and successC. shows the reasons for shynessD. prove shyness contributes to science26. What is the author’s attitude towards shyness?A. Opposed.B. Indifferent.C. Supportive.D. Critical.CPeople have to consider what they will take, by car, ship, or plane when they travel. Few people enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. Train carriages soon get crowded. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous(单调的) rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon makes you sleep. During the day, sleep comes in snatches. While at night you rarely manage to sleep. Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted.Long car journey are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speed, but more often than not, the greater span of the journey is spent on narrow, uneven roads which are crowded with traffic.By comparison, trips by sea offer a great variety of civilized comforts. You can stretch your legs on the broad decks, play games, swim, meet interesting people and enjoy good food-always assuming, of course,that the sea is calm. If it is not and you are likely to get seasick, no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of traveling on a ship.Airplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and a little expensive. But nothing can match them for speed and comfort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet and at over 500 miles an hour is a pleasant experience. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight. The real relaxation can be a free film show and some other services. An airplane also offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world. You really see the shape of the land. If the landscape is hidden from the view, you can enjoy the extraordinary sight of unbroken cloud plains that stretch on for miles before you, while the sun shines brilliantly in a clear sky. The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and untired.27．The author indicates that reading can help lessen .A．the boredom of being in the trainB．the tiresome clicking of the wheelsC．the sleeplessness during the journeyD．the poor atmosphere of the carriages28．What can we learn about the long distance journey by car?A．It is safe because the car usually goes at high speed.B．It is unpleasant because reading is quite impossible.C．It is exhausting because you seldom manage to sleep.D．It is dangerous because the traffic is always too busy.29．Traveling by air is quite different from traveling by other means in that .A．traveling by air is not so tiring as the othersB．traveling by air brings more fun than the othersC．traveling by air is much more expensive than the othersD．traveling by air offers more time for sleep than the others30．What's the purpose of writing this passage?A．To introduce how to relax when travelingB．To point out the best means of traveling.C．To emphasize the advantages of traveling.D．To introduce diverse ways of traveling.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。