高二英语上学期期中试题

2018-2019学年第一学期高二年级期中英语考试试卷

（时间：100分钟分值：120分）

第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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

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●weighs only 500 grams

●includes long-lasting batteries

●comes with a 5-year guarantee

●remembers simple instructions

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1.With help from a Mr.H, you can _______.

A. stop using batteries

B. get your room tidied on your way home

C. remember your teacher’s instructions

D. finish your homework on time

2. If you buy a PENGO WATCH CONTROL now, you can save _______.

A. $99

B. $100

C. $200

D. $199

3. Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?

A. On a teenage website

B. In a company brochure（小册子）.

C.On a notice board

D. In a college newspaper..

B

Two traveling angels (天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor，the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable(好客的)farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had，the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning，the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?”“Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,”she accused(谴责). “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,”the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement，I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune，I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed，the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”

4.The underlined part “the pair”in the second paragraph two refers to__. .

A. the poor couple

B. the rich couple

C. the guests

D. the angels

5.The younger angel was very angry because___. .

A. the older angel killed the farmer’s cow

B. the older angel treated the poor family unfairly

C. the wealthy man gave them a bad place to live

D. the angel of death took the cow away

6. Why did the older angel let the farmer’s cow die?

A. Because God wanted the older angel to take the cow.

B. Because she wanted to teach the younger angel a lesson.

C. Because she wanted to save the farmer’s wife.

D. Because she was sympathetic to the rich.

7. The story tries to tell the reader that___

A. angels are always ready to help the poor

B. sometimes things are not what they seem

C. angels are always ready to help the rich

D. the young should always learn from the old

C

Traveling without a map in different countries, I find out about different “styles”of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”