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甘肃省民勤县第一中学2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题
（总分：120分 时间：100分钟）
一、阅读理解。（30分）
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I have never taken cooking classes in my life. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook.
The main reason for this was that when my mother got married，she didn't know how to cook anything，not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking. My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old. After she got married，she had to cook for herself and my father. One morning，she cooked two eggs for my father，but she didn't make them cooked. My father had to go to work with an empty stomach. My mother felt very sorry for my father and she decided to learn to cook from then on. In the beginning，it was very hard for her. Therefore，she had to take cooking classes to prepare the meals.
After having that experience，she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience. I remember when I was seven years old，and my mother was cooking，I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking. I always helped her.
Nowadays，I don't need help to cook a meal. I can cook for myself alone or for a group of people；it doesn't matter. All has been done because of my mother. I will do the same with my children when they are young because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them，I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.
1．Why couldn't the author's mother cook before she got married? A．Because she was too lazy to do any cooking. C．Because she was too busy to do that. that.
2．How did the author's mother feel when her husband left for work with an empty stomach? A．Disappointed. B．Ashamed. C．Worried. D．Helpless. 3．It can be known from the last paragraph that the author ________． A．becomes a famous cook with the help of her mother B．decides to teach her children to cook when they grow up
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B．Because she was tired of doing that. D．Because she wasn't permitted to do
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C．wants to make her children live alone when they are young D．is grateful for her mother's teaching her to cook
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There was once a king who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the king everywhere and his favorite piece of advice to the king was “Everything happens for the good.”
One day the king went hunting and had a small accident. His foot was injured. Fortunately he was not badly injured but as always he was forced to ask his advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, “Everything happens for the good.”
This time the king was really angry and put his advisor in prison. The king then asked his advisor, “Now, what do you think?” The advisor again answered, “Everything happens for the good.”
About a week later，the king went on another hunting trip. As it turned out the king was caught by some cannibals (食人者) and taken to their camp where he would be prepared to be their evening meal. Before putting him into the cooking pot, he was examined and the cannibals realized that the king’s foot was injured. They decided to throw him back into the forests. It is the tradition for the cannibals not to eat anything that was in any way injured.
It is true that everything in our lives happens for a purpose, and most often for our own good. If you think about it, all our past experiences actually happened to bring us to where we are today and make us a better person. So whatever challenges that we may face today, consider it happening to bring us to the next level. 4. The second paragraph tells us that______. A. the advisor didn’t have much useful advice about everything
C. the advisor was worried about the king advisor
5. When the advisor was put in prison, he remained_____.
A. calm B. nervous C. angry D. upset 6. It can be inferred（推断）from the last paragraph that______. A. everything happens for their own reasons experiences
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B. the king was always careless
D. the king always asked for advice from the
B. it is good for us to think about
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C. our life experiences are our best teacher anything
7. By telling the story, the writer_______. A. tells us the danger of hunting C. wishes us to follow others’ advice
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D. challenges will make you do
B. asks us not to hunt any more
D. wants us to think positively
Anyone can write a baby poem. And everyone enjoys reading them, young and old. Baby shower (婴儿洗礼) poems can have rhythm and rhyme, but they certainly don't have to. Poems can be either long or short, but short is probably best for your typical baby shower needs. You can add a little humor as well!
The people who are most often touched by baby shower poems are those who have had children themselves. Sweet poems can remind them of the time when their little ones were still young. No one will appreciate them more than the family members themselves. If you are a creative writer or have a special talent for putting words together in a special way, then you should try writing your own baby shower poems. This would make a great gift idea as well.
If you decide to write your own baby poems, even common things can inspire you. Inspiration can be found anywhere. Look to your own memories from the past. What was special about your childhood? What special object have you treasured over the years? What words of wisdom (智慧) of advice could you pass on to the next generation? Look around the house and imagine a baby being there. What do you see, hear, or feel? Let those thoughts be the source of your best baby poems.
When writing a baby poem, you do not have to write like Shakespeare, you just have to be sincere. Years later when the baby has grown, think of how special they will feel knowing the words were just for them.
If you are not the creative type — don't worry! There are lots of places online where you can look for poems saying just the things you want to say. Poems have been written on all subjects throughout the ages, and baby poems and baby shower poems are no exception. A quick search online doesn't have to take any time at all. 8．In the author's opinion, baby shower poems ________. A．all have a little humor in them
B．are not suitable for adults to enjoy
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