1、- 1 -河南省中牟县第一高级中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期第十二次双周考试题第二部分 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（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 AAs you grow older, youll be faced with some challenging decisionslike whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard enoug
2、h, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence how you act, to get you to do something, its called peer pressure.Peers can have a positive influence on
3、 each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyones reading it. These are examples of how peers positively influence each other.Sometimes peers influe
4、nce each other in negative ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them; your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass him the ball.It is tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Payi
5、ng attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do.Youve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to“choose your friends wisely”. Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this. If you choose friends who dont cut class, smoke cig
6、arettes, or lie to their parents, then you probably wont do these things either, even if other kids do.If you continue to face peer pressure and youre finding it difficult to handle, talk to someone you trust. Dont feel guilty if youve made a mistake or two.- 2 -21. For whom is the passage most prob
7、ably written?A .Students B. Parents C. Teachers D. Doctors.22. In the last three paragraphs, the author mainly_.Aexplains why friendship is so importantBgives advice on how to deal with peer pressureCdiscusses how peers influence usDshows how to make more good friends23. Which of following may help
8、handle peer pressure?ASpending more time with classmates. BTaking up more relaxing hobbies.CChoosing friends with no bad habits. DHelping others who are in trouble.24. What is the topic of the passage?AFriendship BMaking decisions CSelf-confidence DPeer pressureBI hated dinner parties. But I decided
9、 to give them another shot because Im in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those in New York, “Im having a dinner party” means: “Im booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you cant afford and well be sharing the cheque evenly, no ma
10、tter what you eat.” Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. Theyll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who dont drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout; “Where are you going?” And
11、its not like I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone knows I have nowhere to go.But in London, dinner parties are in peoples homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India, Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at th
12、e United Nations. In New York, the mix is less striking. Its like a gathering at Bloomingdales , a well-known department store.For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New Yorkers. But at Mallerys, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people kn
13、ew where it was. In New York people would think it was a usual club.25. What does the word “shot” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. choice B. try C. style D. goal26. What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New Yorkers?A. There is a strange mix of people. B. The restaurants are expens
14、ive.C. The bill is not fairly shared. D. People have to pay cash - 3 -27. What does the author think of the parties in London?A. A bit unusual B. Full of tricks C. Less costly D. More interesting 28. What is the authors opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience?A. Easy-going B. Self-centred. C
15、. Generous D. ConservativeCHere is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone cant make us tired. It sounds absurd. But a few years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue(疲劳). To the amazement of these scientists, they discove
16、red that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day labourer, we could find it full of fatigue toxins(毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end o
17、f the day.So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of efforts as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired.Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue come from our mental and emotional(情感的) attitude
18、s. One of Englands most outstanding scientists J. A. Hadfield, says, “The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares, “One hundred percent of the fat
19、igue of a sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciated-those are emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work by it
20、self seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.29.What surprised the scientists a few years ago?A. Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a labours blood.B. Albert Einstein didnt feel worn out after a days work.C. The brain could work for many hours wi
21、thout fatigue.D. A mental workers blood was filled with fatigue toxins.30. According to the author, which of the following can make sitting worker tired？AChallenging mental work. BUnpleasant emotions.CEndless tasks. DPhysical labor.31. Whats the authors attitude towards the scientists ideas?AHe agre
22、es with them. BHe doubts them.CHe argues against them. DHe hesitates to accept them.- 4 -32. We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energeic, sitting workers need to _.Ahave some good blood Benjoy their workCexercise regularly Ddiscover fatigue toxinD“Indeed,” George Washington wrote in
23、 his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤
24、火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual te
25、rm, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of e
26、quipment that people use for listening secretly to others conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it has been annoying.We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he e
27、xplained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering a bug in his invented record player.”33. We learn from Paragraph 1 that _.A
28、. Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bugB. George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bugC. the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth centuryD. both Englishman and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century34. What does the word “
29、flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean_.A. Explanation. B. Finding. C. Origin. D. Fault.35. The passage is mainly concerned with_.A. the misunderstanding of the word bug B. the development of the word bugC. the public views of the word bug D. the special characteristics of the word bug第二节（共 5 小题：
30、每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多- 5 -余选项。Everyone needs a break, and vacations are not meant for serious study. 1. The Spring Festival is coming up so this is the perfect time to discuss some great English language literature to take on a long train journey.Before getting into
31、 the recommendation, you need to determine your English reading comprehension level. If youre at the beginner level, there are two options: reading a childrens book or reading a book that youve read in Chinese translation. 2. If youre at the intermediate level, popular books like pop fiction, myster
32、ies and thrillers are good options. For advanced readers, classic works of literature or modern prize winners (Nobel, Pulitzer) are good options.3. When I pick up a book I like, even though the first few chapters are really hard to get through, I would try to get accustomed to the language the autho
33、r uses. Generally, after the first few chapters, things get a lot easier, especially if I get involved in the story.Another great way to keep yourself motivated is to find a friend whos interested in reading the same book. You can make goals that you both want to achieve. 4.Some quick recommendation
34、s: Harry Potter, start with the first book and go on from there; the Narnia series; anything by US writer Michael Crichton; and if you like horror, US writer Stephen King is always unusual and fun. 5. Happy reading!A. If you pick a book which is so challenging, it will be too stressful.B. The most i
35、mportant thing is to pick a book that youre really interested in.C. You may also enjoy your reading when hanging out with your family.D. You should just find a topic or author youre interested in, and the rest will go from there.E. You can also discuss plot lines or vocabulary issues with each other
36、 by SMS or e-mail.F. Instead, theyre a great way to take a break and enjoy a good book.G. This will help you get over any unfamiliar words or phrases, since youre already familiar with the story.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
37、，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I had a friend who visited me from out of town and I wanted to show him the CN Tower. It was one of the tallest structures on the earth. So I thought it would offer a(n) 41 sight.We were standing in line for 45 minutes to enjoy the 42 up to the watch - 6 -point. When we got there, we we
38、nt around the 43 of the tower and saw the hard wire fence 44 to the structure serving as a barrier. We went back inside to look for the glass floor that provided a direct view 45 . As soon as both of us 46 , we stopped before walking onto it. We found that our legs began to 47 . I stopped for a minu
39、te considering the step, taking several seconds to 48 the edge before moving.And then I had a thought in my mind：“It is far 49 compared to any other floor in this building. There is no real danger to me its 50 an illusion（幻觉）. Look at all the people standing on it, and think about those who have sto
40、od on it before.”I began to 51 that step onto the glass floor. I didnt look down 52 not for a few minutes.I walked on the 53 and looked around and thought about how 54 the experience was. I even found myself jumping up and down. There was no 55 , and it was certainly an illusion.I considered how man
41、y things in our lives we 56 and exactly how many of them are actually illusions. I thought about all the things we 57 ourselves from doing because we have 58 ourselves into thinking theres risk. I thought about all the things that I still have yet to do that appeared 59 . I was glad to discover that
42、 although fear isnt a stranger to me, my desire to live a life without 60 has a much stronger pull.41.Aexpressive Bimpressive Cfrightening Dbeneficial42.Abus Bladder Ccar Delevator43.Aoutside Btop Ccenter Dsurface44. Aconnected Bsurrounded Creferred Dcombined45. Aaround Bup Cdown Dout46. Aunderstood
43、 Bapproached Ctalked Dreturned47. Awave Bmove Ctremble Dwander48. Alook over Bthink over Clook up Dthink of49. Atighter Btaller Cweaker Dstronger50. Ahappily Bsimply Cgreatly Drelatively51. Atake Bchoose Cdecide Dpick52. Aat most Bat least Cat last Dat best53. Afence Bfloor Cedge Dtower54. Agrateful
44、 Buseful Cwonderful Dhelpful55. Adeath Bwarn Ctrouble Ddanger56. Ahandle Bignore Cfear Dhide57. Ablock Bprotect Chelp Dseparate58. Aforced Badvised Centered Dled59. Aamazing Bworrying Cexciting Dinteresting60. Acost Bdoubt Cregret Dwaste- 7 -第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词
45、的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance, were a sure path 61._success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 62._was originally to be held in our classroom, 63._(change) to
46、 the library at the last minute. This, 64._,didnt bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 65._. But my mood changed quickly when I saw the first question. I had no idea 66._ to do it. I tr
47、ied to stay positive and persevered 67._I finally found the solution. With the problem 68._(solve), I felt proud of my achievement. 69._(fortunate), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 70._ (complete) the rest.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你
48、同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有 10 处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（） ，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。Nowadays, paper still come from trees. Unfortunately, we use a lot of paper every day. We must not waste paper and there will not be any trees leaving on Earth. No tree means no paper. We need 17 trees make one ton of paper. We must start using less paper now because it takes about 100 years of a tree to grow. How can we save paper? Firstly, we can use both the sides of every sheet of pap
