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1、广东省揭阳市汕尾普宁华美实验学校 2017-20182017-2018学年高二英语下学期 期中试题 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 One world, many ideas One World, One Dream, is the title of Wang Qingsong s current solo show and also the name of a sculpture he just finish
2、ed before the opening. He drew logos of the Fortune 500 companies and wrote down names of the worlds leading universities on an extremely big blackboard in color1ful chalk. 10 am-6 pm, daily except for Mondays, until Aug 3. White Box Art Center, B07, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu (Road), 798, Chaoyang district,
3、Beijing. 010-5978-4800. Indonesias influence The fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia, is far more than just Bali, the holiday destination. It is home to about 300 ethnic groups, each with a culture influenced by India, the Middle East, China and Europe. LWH Gallery plans to showcase
4、 (展示) a series of Indonesian artists. The artworks focus on the issues surrounding the state of Indonesian children - their education and their future. 10 am-6 pm, July 1-30. LWH Gallery, Room 102, Building 14, 50 Moganshan Lu (Road), Putuo district, Shanghai. 0187-0171-7975. Abstract exploration 1
5、Susan Yeungs abstract paintings feature as many elements as her birthplace Hong Kong. She continues to experiment with various subjects to present her soul-searching journey. She has built an art vocabulary by including Eastern philosophies into her oil paintings on canvas. Her major solo exhibition
6、 is on now at the Parkview Green Art gallery. 10 am-10 pm, until July 7. Parkview Green Art, L2-27, Tower A, 9 Dongdaqiao Lu (Road), Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5662-8888. The aging of love Andre and Dorine is a silent theater show by Kulunka Teatro, a group from Spain. Actors wear masks to tell
7、 the story of an old couple, who like many others, gently decay (衰落) from routine and neglect, with passion for each other once so huge now fading into indifference. 7:30 pm, July 10-12; 2 pm, July 12. Shanghai Grand Theater-Drama Theater, 300 Renmin Dadao (Avenue), Huangpu district, Shanghai. 400-1
8、068-686. 1. If you are on holiday in Shanghai on July 12, where can you go to appreciate an art work? A. White Box Art Center B. Shanghai Grand Theater-Drama Theater C. Parkview Green Art gallery. D. LWH Gallery, Room 102, Building 14 2. The following are all art works except _. A. The aging of love
9、 B. Abstract exploration C. Indonesias influence D. One world, many ideas 3. Supposing you want to visit an art show on July 14 (Monday), you can dial the number_. 2 A. 010-5662-8888 B. 0187-0171-7975 C. 400-1068-686. D. 010-5978-4800 B Emma Morano, the oldest living person celebrated her 117th birt
10、hday on November 29, 2016. Friends, neighbors and her doctor joined Morano in her small apartment home in the northern Italian mountain town of Verbania. She blew out three candles on her birthday cake. Each candle represented a number in her age. “I hope I dont have to cut it,” Morano joked. “She d
11、ressed up and she was very proud,” said her long-time doctor, Carlo Bava. “She posed for a photographer, and even asked if her hair looked good.” “I am happy to turn 117,” Morano told those attending her party. She received a greeting from Italys president, Sergio Mattarella. He wished her peace and
12、 continued good health. She is thought to be the last living person born in the 1800s. She outlived all her brothers and sisters, including one who died at age 102. Her doctor noted that when Morano was young, people used to say she was weak and often sick. “Yes, yes,” she said. The worlds oldest pe
13、rson told the Reuters (路透社) news agency that while she is lucky to have lived so long, parts of her life were “not so nice.” She worked in a factory until she retired at age 65. Morano once told a reporter that the first man she planned to marry was killed in World War One. Then, at age 26, she was
14、forced to marry a man she did not love. She said the man threatened to kill her if he did not marry her. She had a son, but the baby died after just six months. She said the marriage was not happy and her husband was abusive. She kicked him out in 1938 and has lived alone since then. Emma Morano say
15、s one of her secrets to living long is eating at least two uncooked eggs every day. Her doctor owes Moranos long life to her unusual diet, her genes (基因) and positive outlook on life. 4. According to the text, when did Emma Morano retired from a factory? A. In 1964 B. In 1925 C. In 2011 D. In 1994 5
16、. We can know from the text that _. A. Emma Moranos baby died of her husbands abuse. B. Emma Morano lived a bitter life in her youth. 3 C. Although Emma Morano often falls sick, she lives the longest life so far. D. Other peoples caring about Emma Morano contributes greatly to her long life. 6. The
17、underlined word “outlived” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _. A. deserted B. survived C. disliked D. respected 7. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Secrets to the Longest Life B. Celebration of the Oldest Living Person C. Worlds Oldest Person Turns 117 D. Backgr
18、ounds of the Oldest Living Person C Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. “I have two kids in coll
19、ege, and I want to say come home, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs. The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) pr
20、ogram. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College admin
21、istrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income ro
22、se just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade, “If we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will sen
23、d kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.” 4 Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for ab
24、out three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted. 8. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem? A. They asked their kids to come home. B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school. C. They got help from the school and the federal government. D. T
25、hey encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. 9. Financial aid administrators believe that _. A. Americas unemployment will fall B. college tuition fees will double soon C. the government will receive more letters of complaint D. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs family 1
26、0. What can we learn about the middle class families from the text? A. They will try their best to send kids to college. B. Their income remained steady in the last decade. C. They blamed the government for the tuition increase. D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years. 11. According to the l
27、ast paragraph, the government will _ . A. go on providing financial support for college students B. stop the companies from making student loans C. dismiss some financial aid administrators D. provide most students with scholarships D When we say older people shrink, we dont mean they become tiny enough to fit in your pocket! We just mean that its common for older people to become a little shorter over time. This kind of shrinking cant be reversed, although people can slow or stop this process. But why does shrinking happen at all? 5