北重三中2017～2018学年度第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试题
考试时间：2018年5月 满分：150分 考试时长：120分钟
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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,共30分）
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Low-Cost Gifts for Mother’s Day
Gift No. 1
Offer to be your mother’s health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor’s visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say “no need,” but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor’s visit. The best part this one is free. Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother’s life,” Dr. Marie Savard said. Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep,” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.” Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother’s Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things — many of which are “green” — and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has
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helped the chosen charity.
1. What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor’s visits? A. Be with her. B. Buy medicine. C. Give her gifts. D. Take notes. 2. Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?
A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2. C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4. 3. Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to _______. A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized C. get extra support D. give others help
B
“The wheels on the bus go round and round…” she sang. I’d seen her before; she was a regular, like me. Every day I would ride the city bus from Burlington to Saint Michael’s college in Colchester.
On this day I was riding with a friend. We were sitting in the back, observing a tone-deaf(音盲的) woman practicing her singing. Not only was her voice unbearable, but she would harass(骚扰) every person that got on or off the bus. The driver became annoyed.
“Ma’am, you’ve got to settle down,” he demanded.
The bus ride gave me plenty of time to think about everything. I would imagine what it would be like to have the bus driver’s job. The man is under constant stress, narrowly missing cars while making a turning and paying attention to bus stops.
When we reached our stop, my friend pulled the yellow cord to signal the driver. The bus had a door in the front and in the middle. Since we were sitting in the back, my friend excited through the closer middle one. I, however, walked out through the front, past the singing woman, giving the driver a wave and a “thank you”. “You are welcome… have a nice day,” he responded, sounding puzzled.
I started walking with my friend. “Why do you always walk out the front? The middle door is right there,” she asked.
“To say goodbye.” I responded. “What?” she said. “You’re crazy.”
But I don’t think I’m crazy. I have a personal obligation(责任) to the man who transported me across town. I don’t know his name, but he deserves my respect. So
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many people walk through those bus doors, with little regard for others around them. Politeness goes a long way, and a smile always lightens the mood and brightens a room. Little acts of selfless kindness make a huge difference to people’s lives. 4. Why did the driver tell the singing woman to settle down? A. The woman was tone-deaf. B. The woman has sung a long time. C. The driver was under stress that day. D. Passengers were disturbed by her voice. 5. Why did the author exit through the front door? A. He was near the front door. B. He wanted to thank the driver. C. It was crowded at the back door. D. He wanted to avoid the singing woman. 6. What is the author’s attitude to the driver?
A. Concerned. B. Respectful. C. Unsatisfied. D. Annoyed. 7. What does the author intend to tell us through the text? A. Be nice to the people around you. B. People should know their obligations. C. Everyone should observe public rules.
D. People should treat disabled people with kindness.
C
Located in the Swiss Alps, Bergun is one of the most beautiful mountain villages in Europe. It is so beautiful that photos of it shared on social media may make people that can’t visit it feel depressed, so local authorities banned tourists from taking photos.
It may sound like a joke, but it’s actually a new law approved by its mayor(市长). The justification for the photo ban is that photos of the beautiful village could make people seeing them on social media jealous(嫉妒的) and depressed. To prevent visitors from taking photos in Bergun, a symbolic �5 fine will be given to those caught breaking the law.
“We don’t want to make people outside the community unhappy by sharing social media photos of our landscape, and we warmly invite people to visit Bergun to experience it in person.” said the mayor.
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