2022-2023学年河南省周口市沈丘县长安高级中学高二下学期期中英语试题

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沈丘县长安高中 2022-2023 学年度下期高二年级期中考试

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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 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

If you want to know the world, you must know famous global media. Here are four well-

known ones that can help you learn about what are happening in the world without leaving home.

The Sun

The Sun is a popular newspaper owned by News Corporation founded by Keith Rupert

Murdoch. It is filled with the jokes about heads of state and major events both inside and outside

Britain such as mayor’s trousers not being tied properly, politicians sleeping during conferences

and so on. Its lively and popular style just meets the taste of the lower classes. Now its annual

circulation (发行量) has reached 23, 100 , 000 copies.

Daily Mail

Daily Mail, compared to The Sunnis a little more serious. Reading Daily Mail, you can not

only understand main political and economic events, but also find some relaxing and helpful

contents. Well-known for favorite topics for women, it is extremely popular with middle-class

housewives. Now its annual circulation has come to 20 , 930, 000 copies.

Onion News

Onion News is the most popular satirical ( 讽刺的) magazine in the United States with a

circulation of 6, 900, 000 copies a year, covering domestic, foreign and local news including

entertaining newspapers and websites. Most onion readers are between 18 and 44 years old.

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is a comprehensive magazine of America. It is mainly on non-fiction,

including reports and comments on politics, international affairs, popular culture, art, science,

technology and business. It also publishes literary works, but mainly short stories and poems, as

well as humorous sketches and its different style of The New Yorker cartoons. Its annual

circulation adds up to 10, 209, 000 copies.

1．According to the text, who may be the most loyal readers of The Sun?

A．Mayors. B．Mid-class women. C．Politicians. D．Lower classes.

2．Which medium has the smallest circulation?

A．Onion News. B．Daily Mail. C．The New Yorker. D．The Sun.

3．Which topic is least possibly published in The New Yorker?

A．Popular culture report. B．A topic for women.

C．Humorous sketch. D．A short story.

Armenian musician Astrid Poghosyan, a 29-year-old violinist, takes great pride in the

Chinese name she picked for herself, Ma Xingxing. Last summer, she were busy making

preparations for a series of in-person and online music events and cultural exchange programs.

Poghosyan said she always put all her energies into the projects which she took part in, whether

they were offline or online events, as she believed that every little effort would help her realize her

music-related dreams.

“I believe music knows no borders, and cultural exchanges through music are especially

important during the COVID-19 pandemic ( 流行病),” she said. Having studied and worked in

China for 13 years, Poghosyan has now become a real China hand, skilled at the country’s

language and culture. Such a multicultural background has certainly helped her stand out in her

present job. For Poghosyan, the life she now leads is a far cry from when she first came to China

in 2009 to learn to play the violin at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At that time, Poghosyan

could not speak a word of Chinese. “And my high-school-level English wasn’t of much help at

that time,” she said. “So I decided to learn Chinese to solve the communication problem.”

She has a strong desire for Chinese movies, traditional festivals and history stories, all of

which helped her through the difficult language-learning process. As she gradually buried herself

in the Chinese language and culture, she also started to make Chinese friends and explore the

energetic city life of Shanghai.

“Since I first came to Shanghai, I have always been impressed by the kindness of the people

here,” she said. “Even when I couldn’t speak Chinese, in the first days, everyone I met gave me a

big smile. Their smiles have made me feel the warmth of the city.”

4．What do we know about Astrid Poghosyan?

A．She is proud of her talent in music.

B．She came to China when she was 16.

C．She spoke Chinese well when young.

D．She usually has music lessons online.

5．What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．Every country has its unique music and culture.

B．The COVID-19 pandemic prevented music spreading.

C．Poghosyan’s high-school-level English helped her a lot.

D．Poghosyan’s present life is quite different from that in the past.

6．What helped Poghosyan get through the hard language-learning process?

A．Her exploration of the city.

B．Her love for Chinese culture.

C．Her wonderful social skills.

D．Her teacher’s encouragement.

7．What does Poghosyan think of the people in Shanghai?

A．Energetic. B．Outgoing.

C．Humorous. D．Friendly.

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right

family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck,

talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the

right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more

practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at

least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even

more time, time that most people won’t put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you

don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well

before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you

know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy

to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no

good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.

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