辽宁省朝阳县柳城高级中学20142015学年高二英语上学期期中试题

辽宁省朝阳县柳城高级中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题试卷满分120分考试时间100分钟第一部分：听力略。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中，选出最佳选项。AIwaswithagroupofbusinessmen,andweweredealingwithaquestion—Whatisagoodperson?Atacertainpointduringthediscussion,oneofthestudents—ayoungmanofaboutthirty—describedaneventthathappenedatChristmas.Heandhisfive-year-oldsonweredecoratingtheChristmastree,andalittleboycametothefrontdoorbegging.IfyouevervisitMexico,youwillseethatthepeopletheretakebeggingasnothingtogetupsetaboutandnothingtogetembarrassedby.So,thislittleboycametothedoor,aboyaboutthesameageasmystudent’sson.Thefatherandthesonwenttothefrontdoor,andthefatherwentbackwithhisfive-year-oldsonandsaidtohim,“Givehimoneofyourtoys.”Atthewords,thelittleboyquicklypickedupsometoy,andhisfathersaidtohim,“No,no－givehimyourfavoritetoy.”Andthelittleboy,likealittletiger,said,“Noway!”Hecried;herefused.Butthefather,likeabigtigerinaway,insistedgently,“No,youmustgivehimoneofyourfavoritetoys.”Andfinallytheboy,withhisheaddown,pickedupatoyhehadjustgotten.Thefatherwaitedinthelivingroom,andtheboywalkedtothefrontdoorwiththetoyinhishand.Thefatherwaitedandwaited.Whatdoyouthinkhappened?Afteracoupleofminutes,hissoncamerunningbackintothelivingroom,hisfaceradiant(喜气洋洋).“Daddy,”hesaid,“canIdothatagain?”IthinkIhavegottheanswertothequestion.21.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthatinMexico________.A.beggingislookeddownuponB.beggingisconsideredasanormalpartoflifeC.visitorsallovertheworldtreatbeggarskindlyD.fewpeoplearelivingapoorlife22.Thesentence“canIdothatagain?”showedthattheboy________.A.gotpleasurebyhelpingthelittlebeggarB.wantedtopleasehisfatherC.begantolikethelittlebeggarD.wantedtobethelittlebeggar’sfriend23.Accordingtothewriter,beingagoodpersonmeans________.A.havingthecouragetocorrecthis/hermistakesB.beingfriendlytobeggarsC.beingreadytogiveD.beingabletoteachchildrentotellrightfromwrongBTheNationalDark-SkyWeek(NDSW)isaweekduringwhichpeopleallovertheUnitedStatesturnofftheirlightstoenjoythebeautyofthenightskywithoutlightpollution.ThiseventwasstartedbyJenniferBarlowofMidlothian,Virginiain2003,anditisbecomingmorepopulareachyear.IthasbeensupportedbytheInternationalDark-SkyAssociation,theAmericanAstronomicalSociety,andtheAstronomicalLeague.ThiseventalwaysoccursinApril,duringtheweekofthenewmoonsothattheskycanbeasdarkaspossibleforthebestviewingconditions.“Itismywishthatpeoplecouldseethenightskywithoutotherlightintheskyasourancestors(祖先)sawithundredsofyearsago,”explainsBarlow.Sinceitonlylastsaweekandnoteveryoneinthecountrywilltakepartinit,howwilltheNationalDark-SkyWeekreducelightpollution?ThemaingoalofNDSWistoincreaseawareness(意识)oftheharmfuleffectsoflightpollution.Itisnotpossibleforallofthelightpollutioninthispartoftheworldtodisappear.However,itispossibletomakeasmalldifferenceinthequalityofthenightsky.Anothergoalofthisevenistopromote(促进)theuseofbetterlightingsystemsthatdirectlighttowardthegroundinsteadofupintothesky.JenniferBarlowstates,“Thenightskyisagiftofsuchbeautythatitshouldnotbepollutedbywastedlight.Inthisway,ourchildrenwillnotlosetouchwiththewonderofouruniverse.”24.Thispassageismainlyabout______________.A.betterlightingsystemsB.theNationalDark-SkyWeekC.theharmoflightpollutionD.thebeautyofthenightsky25.WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheNationalDark-SkyWeekisWRONG?A.ItisbecomingmoreandmorepopularinAmerica.B.Theeventwasstartedin2003byJenniferBarlow.C.TheeventtakesplaceinthefirstweekofeveryApril.D.Americanpeoplearesupposedtoturnofftheirlightsduringthatweek.26.WhatisJenniferBarlow’swish?A.Thatpeoplecouldspendtimeenjoyingthebeautyoftheskyeverynight.B.Thattheskywouldalwaysbeasdarkaspossible.C.Thatpeoplecouldseethenightskywithoutlightpollutionasourancestorsdid.D.Thatlightwouldbedirectedupintothesky.27.Wecaninferfromtheunderlined（划线的）sentenceinParagraph4that________.A.manypeopleinAmericahatethiseventB.heeventshouldlastamontheveryyearC.itmaybehardtoreducelightpollutionD.lightwillnolongerpollutetheskysoonCMostchildrennowchatdailyeitheronlineorthroughtheirmobilephones.Theyareconnectingtoahugenumberofotherchildrenallovertheworld.Someareshy“inreallife”butareconfidenttocommunicatewithothersonline;othersfindsupportfrompeopleoftheirownageonrelationshipissues,orproblemsathome.Sometimestheonlineworld,justliketherealworld,canintroduceproblems,suchasbullyingorarguments.Goingonlineisgreatfun,buttherearealsoafewpeoplewhousetheInternetforoffensive(冒犯性的)orillegalaims.Childrenmustbemadeawareofboththegoodthingsandthedangers.Tokeepchildrensafeyourmanagementmustcoverthefamilycomputer.JustasyoudecidewhichTVpro-gramsaresuitable,youneedtodothesameforthewebsitesandchatroomsyourchildrenvisit.Remindyourchildrenthatonlinefriendsarestillstrangers.Re-mindingthemoftheriskswillkeepthemalert(警惕).Computerstudiesarepartofschoolworknow,soit’slikelythatyourchildrenmayknowmorethanyoudo.Wegetleftbehindwhenitcomestothelatestgad-getsandtheinteractiveareasofwebsites,likechatroomsandmessageboards,whichareespeciallystrange.Thelanguageofchatisstrangetomanyparents,too.Chatterslovetouseabbreviations(缩写)suchas:atb—allthe