甘肃省天水一中2019-2020学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题含答案

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天水市一中高二级 2019—2020 学年度第一学期期末考试

英语试题

（满分：100 分时间：100 分钟）

第I卷（选择题共 55 分)

第一部分阅读理解(共两节，共 35 分)

第一节(共15 小题;每小题 2分，共 30 分)

Family fights are never pleasant. Whether you are dealing with a loud sister or a stubborn mom

or dad, the situation can be bad. At least that’s what we have learned to expect.

What if it could be different? What if family fights and conflicts could be turned into

opportunities to become closer? What if problems could be solved with everyone walking away

feeling more deeply cared for and loved?

Family fighting is, on one level, about power. Someone is telling someone else what to do. In a

short moment, emotions can be brought out and the fight is on. You can go down that old road or you

can try something different.

In any fight, you have a need to be listened to and understood. People raise their voices and shout

at each other because they’re not being listened to. It’s totally unconscious. You want your mom or

dad to listen and understand. But you always seem to forget the person you’re fighting with has the

same need to be listened to. So if you can put aside your need for a few minutes, the situation will

change quickly. Give the other person some time to express his or her feelings, and you will earn

your turn to be listened to.

And while you are listening, you have to listen for the right information. The best way to do this

in emotional situations is to forget most of the words because many people can’t express what they

are feeling with words alone, especially when they are upset.

But if the situation starts to get out of hand, it would be wise to just calm down and leave the

problem until later because many fights happen at the wrong time. The situation will die down

quickly, usually in less than 30 seconds. You can either move on to problem solving or reach an

agreement to work on it at a better time.

This way, everyone will feel respected and listened to, even when there is conflict. Emotions will

be understood and respected, and it will bring your family closer together.

1．From the first 3 paragraphs, we can conclude that ______.

A．people had better avoid family fights.

B．family members fight to control each other

C．family fights can be changed into something positive

D．when family members fight, it’s worse as they know each other’s weakness

2．In the author’s opinion, the key to dealing with family fights is to ______.

A．satisfy the need to be listened to first

B．make sure that you’re the first to be listened to

C．pay no attention to what others say in emotional situations

D．stop quarrelling when you feel you are giving orders

3．When the situation gets out of control, it’s best to ______.

A．wait for a suitable moment to speak B．let the other person express their feelings

C．work on a written agreement first D．move on to problem solving

On the day the tornado hit, there was no sign severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue

and the sun had been out. My husband Jimmy and I were watching TV upstairs.

No sooner had we got the coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. It was the loudest

thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. We had three flights

of steps to get through to get to the relative safety of the first floor.

As we struggled to reach the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Pieces of glass that

looked like crushed ice flew everywhere. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our

heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have impaled us.

By the time I reached the closet, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldn’t get

inside himself because of the wind. I grasped Jimmy’s arm and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My

knees and head were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would

have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.

“Hold on! Hold on!” he yelled. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.

All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he

was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I

couldn’t believe it was over. Jimmy said he’d go outside to check. “No,” I said. “Don’t leave me.

Don’t leave me.”

Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in

our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage.

Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.

4．Which of the following sentences is NOT the evidence to show the tornado is violent?

A．It was the loudest thing I have ever heard.

B．The bones of the house shook, and the power went out.

C．Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes.

D．Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere.

5．From the passage, we can infer that______.

A．The couple had predicted the arrival of the tornado in advance.

B．Jimmy flew right out the back of the house and into the bay during the tornado.

C．The three-foot-tree flew over the couple’s head and injured them badly.

D．The author still felt scared when the tornado was suddenly over.

6．Why did the author feel “no pain” in paragraph4?

A．She didn’t hurt badly enough to sense the pain.

B．She was severely injured and failed to sense the pain.

C．Her attention was fully focused on her husband.

D．She had let her husband go away from her hand.

7．Which of the following phrases best describes the couple’s experience in this tornado?

A．A thrilling adventure B．A narrow escape C．A risky attempt D．A serious accident

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly,

believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that competition is bad;

that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they

performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often lifeanddeath

affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is

sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In

a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly

blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive

pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire

to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always

have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try.” What is not

usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a

lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true

competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one's selfrespect

relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued.

Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve can we discover a new meaning in

competition.

8．What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Competition helps to set up self-respect.

B．Opinions about competition are different among people.

C．Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

D．Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

9．The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．those who try their best to win

B．those who value competition most highly

C．those who are against competition most strongly

D．those who rely on others most for success

10．What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”？

A．One's worth lies in his performance compared with others'.

B．One's success in competition needs great efforts.

C．One's achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D．One's success is based on how hard he has tried.

11．Which point of view may the author agree to?

A．Every effort should be paid back.

B．Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

C．Winning should be a lifeanddeath matter.

D．Competition should be encouraged.

Artificial intelligence can predict when patients with a heart disorder will die, according to

scientists.

The software learned to analyze blood tests and scans of beating hearts to spot signs that the

organ was about to fail. The team, from the UK’s Medical Research Council, said the technology

could save lives by finding patients that need more aggressive treatment. The results were published

in the Journal of Radiology.

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天水市一中高二级2019—2020学年度第一学期期末考试英语试题（满分：100分时间：100分钟）第I卷（选择题共55分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节，共35分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，共30分)AFamilyfightsareneverpleasant.Whetheryouaredealingwithaloudsisterorastubbornmomordad,thesituationcanbebad.Atleastthat’swhatwehavelearnedtoexpect.Whatifitcouldbedifferent?Whatiffamilyfightsandconflicts...

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