天柱县第二中学2017—2018学年度第二学期高二期末考试
英语试卷
第一部分 阅读理解 （共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）
第一节 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。（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
A Lost a Phone
Unexpectedly，I lost my white Huawei Phone in Midtown on Friday night．It had a blue green cover on it．There are many pictures of my daughter on it，and I'm heartbroken. Please return，no questions asked．Reward．Reply to：-2652255359@craigslist.org
Do You Need a Babysitter that You Can Trust?
My name is Tina．I am a responsible babysitter that you can trust．If you are looking for someone dependable and affordable, I am that person! I HAVE MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (including disabled children)! I am a retired Home Health Aid and absolutely love children．I work with my sister Iris who has also 20+years as a teacher’s assistant．WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETINC YOU! Available 24 hours and flexible with fees! I am fully bilingual—Spanish／English．Please email me or call 712-867-7688．
I BABYSIT ONLY AT MY HOME．
I accept children from all ages．Fee starts from$100-$150 a week depending on the hours. I am very flexible and my fee can change．Feel free to contact me via email or on my cell phone 566-67-1873 and we can work something out． 1．Who posted the lost and found information?
A. A mother B．A kind woman C. A parent D．A heartbroken girl
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2．If you want to send your kids to the babysitter's home，you can find one in_____．
A．Ad 1 B．Ad 2 C． Ad 2 or Ad 3 D．Ad 3 3．What do we know about Tina?
A．She lives alone now． B．She can speak two languages. C．She takes care of children over 3．D．She used to be a teacher’s
assistant． 1 B
Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night, they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
4．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was _______.
A．84 hours
B．86 hours C．90 hours
D. 96 hours
5．The first night was hard for the players because_______.
A．they were too excited B．they only slept for a short time C．no one watched them play D．it was very long
6．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.
A．不熟练的
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B．兴奋不已的 C．精神饱满的 D．伤痕累累的
7．Which of the following is not true.
A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening D．In the end, all the boys felt happy
C
I was born in New York, but I grew up in San Francisco. I began to live in London 25 years ago. If I am asked now where I want to live forever, I would say London. But I will always be American.
San Francisco, like London, has many parks. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children. I didn't go to school. I only had three hours of formal education when I was five. I was sent to school in the morning but came home at noon on the first day. I said I didn't enjoy it and hadn't learned anything. My parents thought that school was unsuitable for me. They agreed with me, so I never went back to school.
2 Then my mother taught me and my two sisters at home, in the way of an English lady who had good education. We learned languages and reading more than sciences and maths. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers. They asked us to take lessons every day. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park. While we were walking, my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop and I remember now how I'd like to have it. I couldn't say \mother said if I could say an \practiced. Then one morning I woke everybody up with my \I usually get the things I want in life — but I work hard for them. 8. The writer ________．
A. was born in San Francisco B. likes living in London C. is living in New York now D. doesn't like America 9. The writer didn't go to school in America because ________． A. his mother wanted him to go to school in English B. his parents didn't think formal education was right for him
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C. his mother wanted him to play outdoors in the parks D. he couldn't get on well with the other children 10. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The writer was taught by his mother and other teachers. B. The writer had no education at all. C. The writer didn't have lessons every day.
D. The writer walked to the park to learn languages once a week. 11. The writer got the little toy train at last because ________． A. his mother gave him the money B. he tried his best to read music C. he wanted it very much
D. his mother was pleased with his progress
D
We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells—but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器)? Shouldn' t we know who they are?
Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she's developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, 3 Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions. According to Mclean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean's statement. “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's invention，” said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major.“I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rain storm into something so meaningful.” Lee is currently negotiating(商谈) to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson
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