河北唐山马头山中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期末测试英语试题含答案

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一．阅读理解（共 20 小题，每题 2 分，满分 40 分）

When my family moved to America from a small village in

Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village

rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should

always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first

embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time,

when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how

the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they

got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I

said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened

to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how

sensitive( 敏感 ) Americans are and how they dislike the description

“old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After

the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was

caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many

people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age

have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect

older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem

since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not

working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from

growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup,

hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I

respect the

elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to

stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not

that I don't respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t

show my feelings through words.

1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because

A．the manager asked him to do so

B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so

D. he wanted more pay

2. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became[来源:Ks5u.com.

A．nervous B．satisfied

C．unhappy D．excited

3. In Jack’s hometown, .

A．people dislike being called “old”

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in

restaurants 4．After this experience, Jack .

A. lost his job in the restaurant

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly

D. changed his way with older people

5．Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

Nothing is more pleasing and romantic as flowers in the bedroom.

Now, a new study says that the sweet smells of flowers in the bedroom

can also lead to sweet dreams.

Researchers in Germany have carried out the study and have found

that sleeping with flowers in the bedroom may encourage sweet dreams, a

major finding they claim could help nightmare sufferers to and extent.

sweet dreams.

7. What is the right order of the events related to the experiment?

a. The female volunteers get to sleep. b. The researchers wake up the

sleeping women.

c. A particular smell is pumped under dreamers' noses d. The dreamers

are asked to describe their dreams.

A. a, c, b, d B. d, c, b, a C. a, c, d, b D, d, b, c, a

8. The underlined word “correlation” in paragraph 6 can be replaced by

They came to the conclusion after an analysis of the sleep patterns of

15 female volunteers for a period of nearly 30 nights, a leading British

newspaper reported on Monday.

The researchers pumped scents of rotten eggs, roses or no scent

under their noses for nearly ten seconds while the women were in the

Rapid Eye Movement period of sleep when a dream occurs.

The subjects were then woken up and asked to record their dreams.

The smells had an effect on the emotions of the dreams but did not

become part of the dream in that the women exposed to roses did not

dream about roses the study found.

There was a correlation between the negative smells and negative

emotional scores the sleepers reported from their dream.

According to the researchers, it'll be interesting to study nightmare

sufferers and if positive smells can actually influence the mood of their

dreams as a form of treatment in the future.

The study has been presented at the 2008 American Academy of

Otoblaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting in

Chicago.

6. What is the best title for the text?

A. A recent study on dreaming B. Smells influence one's dreams

C. Do you want to have a good dream? D. Flowers in the bedroom lead to

A. combination B. coincidence C. connection D. cooperation

9. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. People are very sensitive to smells at night.

B. The subjects were tested on when they dreamed

C. Pleasant smells get sleepers to dream of roses.

D. The experiment is designed to treat sleeplessness.

10. What is the future perspective（前景）of the study?

A. Sleeplessness can be cured in the near future.

B. Nightmare sufferers are likely to recover soon.

C. The finding can give hope to nightmare sufferers.

D. Roses will become more popular among patients.

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little

brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money.

Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no

one to lend them the money.

When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle

can save him now,” the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her

money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand. “And what do

you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl

answered. “ He’ s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.”

“Pardon?” said the salesman.

“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and

my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle

cost?”“We don't sell a miracle here, child. I'm sorry,” the salesman

said with a smile.

“Listen, if it isn't enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me

how much it costs.”

A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of a miracle does

your brother need?”

“I don't know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He's

really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can't pay

for it, so I have brought all my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$ 1.11, but I can try

and

get some more,” she answered.

“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle

for little brothers.”

He took up the girl's hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I

want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the

kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor.

The operation was successful and it wasn't long before Andrew was home

again.

How much did the miracle cost?

11. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?

A．Her brother was seriously ill. B．They had no

money. C．Nothing could save her brother. D．Both A and

12. In the eye of the little girl, a miracle might be .

A．something interesting B．something beautiful

C．some wonderful medicine D．some good food

13. The little girl said again and again “...I can try and get some more.”

That shows .

A. she had still kept some money

B. she hoped not to be refused

C. There was no need to worry about money

D. she thought money was easy to get

14．What made the miracle happen?

A．The girl’s love for her brother．B．The girl’s money.

C．The medicine from the drugstore. D．Nobody can tell.

15. From the passage we can infer(推断) that .

A．the doctor didn’t ask for any pay

B．a miracle is sure to happen if you keep on

C．the little girl is lovely but not so clever

D．the doctor had great sympathy for the girl’s little brother

On Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over

Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their

parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.

Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each

house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the

stockings with Christmas presents.

Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house,

"Father Christmas" is really Mr. Green. Mr. Green doesn't climb down the

chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into

their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they

were very young, Mr. Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do

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高二英语第二学期期末测试试卷一．阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）AWhenmyfamilymovedtoAmericafromasmallvillageinGuangdong,China,webroughtnotonlyourluggage,butalsoourvillagerules,customsandculture.Oneoftherulesisthatyoungpeopleshouldalwaysrespectelders.Unluckily,thisruleledtomyveryfirstembarrassmentintheUnitedStates.Ihadapart-t...

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