高二英语试卷

第一卷

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）

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

After the first World War, a small group of veterans (老兵) returned to their village in Britain. Most of them managed to get along fairly well, but one—Francis Blustering, who had been wounded and who never recovered his strength— was unable to work like others. In time he became very poor. Yet he was too proud to accept anything from the people in the village.

Once, these veterans held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made a good deal of money. Grandin produced a curiosity（珍玩）—a large old gold coin. Each man examined it with interest as it passed around the long table. All, however, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, so that the gold piece was soon forgotten. Later, when Grandin remembered it and asked for it, the coin was missing.

One of them suggested everyone be searched, to which all agreed, except Blustering. “You refuse, then?” asked Grandin. Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it.”

One by one, the others turned out their pockets. When the coin failed to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering. Under the pitying stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home.

A few years later, Grandin made his house repaired. A workman found the gold coin, buried in dirt between planks (木板) of the floor. Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him.

“But why didn’t you allow yourself be searched?”

“Because I was a thief,” Blustering said brokenly. “For weeks we had not had enough to eat and my pockets were full of food that I had taken from the table to carry home to my wife and hungry children.”

1．Francis Blustering lived a poor life because _____________.

A.he was badly wounded in the battle

B.he was unable to work like ordinary people

C.he was too proud to get on well with other people

D.he was waiting for his chance

2．The coin was missing because _____________.

A. all the friends were drunk B. the room was too noisy

C. they were too excited to pay attention to it

D. Blustering hid it in a secret place

3．When Blustering turned red and refused to be searched, all people thought _____________.

A. he was really a poor fellow

B. he must have stolen the gold coin

C. the coin must be hidden somewhere in the room

D. poor Blustering had hidden some food in his pockets

4. What can we learn from the story?

A. Think twice before you make a judgment.

B. Blustering is a poor father and husband.

C. Blustering would rather live alone than be considered a thief.

D. Blustering is an example we should learn from.

B

The role of a newspaper is to present and comment on the news. It is vital for keeping people well-informed on current affairs. In most Western countries, journalists try to shape the ideas and opinions of their readers, since in Western countries all newspapers are independent of the government. Some newspaper owners support liberal ideas including economic policies that help poor people. Other owners want policies such as lower taxes for rich people and less money to be given to poor people. You can almost judge the political ideas of a person in the West by looking at the newspaper he reads.

All newspapers report national and international news. They give the facts but also provide opinions on controversial issues in the editorials and columns of opinion. The readers of the newspaper can also comment on these editorials or articles. There are many informative articles too as well as reviews of new films and books, etc. These are very important, for if a film or book gets good reviews it will often become more successful.

All these articles require many journalists who are experts in different areas of life. All these articles come together and are checked by the chief editor of the newspaper. When he or she has made a decision on the articles, the newspaper is prepared for printing. All this work means that the journalists must work together as a team because there is a lot of pressure when you work in a newspaper office. There are constant deadlines and articles have to be fitted round advertisements, photographs and much, much more.

5. What does the underlined word “be fitted” mean?

A. be suitable B. be put

C. be read D. be measured

6. What articles comment on controversial issues?

A. Editorials and opinion columns. B. News stories.

C. Some of the informative articles. D. Jokes and humour.

7. Which is true about the journalists in Western countries?

A. There’s no time limit for their report articles.

B. They have no right to influence the readers’ opinions.

C. A newspaper can come out with just a journalist working individually.

D. Journalists must submit their articles before the due date.

8. Why are good reviews important to books?

A. Good reviews are excellent introduction to books.

B. Readers especially favour books with good reviews.

C. Good reviews can make readers feel relaxed and comfotable.

D. Good reviews can bring a large circulation of the books reviewed.

C

One of the most famous travelers in history was Marco Polo. At the age of 17, he left Italy with his father and uncle. It took them more than three years to cross the mountains of Asia. In the year 1275, they reached China. They stayed in China for almost 20 years and went to many places. They were very surprised at what they saw. China was a country far more advanced than Italy or any other countries in Europe.

After he returned to Italy, Marco Polo told many of his stories to a friend. His book, Description of the World, became the most popular book in Europe. People found it difficult to believe his stories of people, animals, places and things. They were so different from Europe at that time. These are a few of Marco's descriptions.

In one area of China, there were black stones. People dug them out of the mountains. They burned very slowly. People used them to cook and keep their homes warm.

The Chinese people were also very clean. In every town, there were many public baths. Everyone bathed at least three times a week. Rich families built baths in their homes and bathed every day.

China was one of the first countries to use paper money.

On one of his trips in the south of China, Marco Polo saw a strange animal which lived along the rivers. It looked like a large piece of wood and was more than ten feet long. In the front, it had two small legs. Its eyes were very large. Its mouth was big enough to eat a man and its teeth were long.

Most people believed Marco Polo's stories. But others told him that they did not believe his descriptions. He answered that he did not tell half of what he saw in his book.

9．According to the passage, Marco Polo ________.

A．came to China in the fourteenth century

B．lived in Asia before he came to China

C．left China in about 1285

D．was about 40 years old when he left China

10．The reason why Marco Polo's book became the most popular book in Europe may be________.

A．his book was very cheap so most people could afford it

B．the stories in the book were very interesting because European people never heard of them

C．many people wanted to know whether the stories in the book were true or not

D．the book was very easy to understand

11．The strange animal described in Marco Polo's book________.

A．had large eyes and lived in the mountains

B．had long legs and lived in the rivers

C．had very big mouth and lived along the rivers

D．had very long teeth and lived in the forests

D

Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.

Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.

People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.

Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.

It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.

12.A good title for this reading passage is______.

A. Popeye the Sailor B. The Truth About Spinach

C.A Mistake with Numbers v D. Folic Acid Makes You Strong

13.Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?

A. They thought spinach made them strong. B. They thought Popeye was funny.

C. Spinach had a lot of iron. D. People liked folic acid.

14.A research group told people that spinach______.

A. made Popeye strong B. was a green vegetable

C.had less iron than other green vegetables

D.had more iron than other green vegetables

15.The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.

A. iron B. folic acid C. spinach D. exercise

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。

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. 16___ How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationships with ourselves?

The problem might be worse than we expect. Maybe we don’t like ourselves without realizing it. Here is a simple checklist: Is there anything you don’t like about yourself from these lists?

Your past: Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. 17_