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武威市凉州区2019—2022学年第一学期期末英语高二质量检测阅读理解汇编（共三年）
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2021-2022学年度第一学期期末考试
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳 。
A
Poetry Competition
Deadline
18th July 2019
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone.
Description
The Ledbury Poetry Festival is the biggest poetry festival in the UK. It takes place over ten days each July. If you think you know what poetry is, come along and we'll surprise you. There are live readings, performances, music, exhibitions, films, family events and street events.
Each year we organize a famous competition for new poetry in partnership with Ty Newydd, The National Writers' Centre for Wales. It attracts entries from all over the globe. There are three groups: Adults (18+),Young people (12-17) and Children(under 12).
All poems must be the original work of the entrant and should not have been previously published, accepted for publication by a magazine, or have entered in other competitions.
The length of each poem must be more than 40 lines.
The Judge of the 2019 Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition is Daljit Nagra.
Entry fees
Adults: 5.75 for first poem, 3.50 for each extra poem.
Children / Young People: First poem free, 1.75 for each extra poem.
Prizes
Adults' Prizes ·First Prize: 1,000 cash and a course at the National Writers' Centre for Wales ·Second Prize: 500 cash ·Third Prize: 250 cash
Young People's Prizes ·First Prize: 100 cash. ·Second Prize: 50 cash ·Third Prize: 25 cash
Children' s Prizes ·First Prize: 25 book token(购书券) ·Second Price: 15 book token ·Third Prize; 10 book token
WebsitePlease visit https://www.poetry-festival.co.uk/ledbury-poetry-competition to learn more about the competition.
1．What do we know about the poetry competition from the text
A．It is held every two months.
B．It awards all winners cash prizes.
C．It is open to worldwide competitors.
D．It offers competitors poem. lectures.
2．Which requirement should each poem meet
A．It should be written independently.
B．It should contain at least 40 words.
C．It has won a prize in other competitions.
D．It has been published by some magazine.
3．What is the entry fee for a 15-year-old if he is sending 3 poems
A． 12.75 B． 9.25.
C． 7 D． 3.5
I sometimes feel left out with my friends at the party. What can I do
— Susan
Alice: Speak to your best friend before you arrive and ask her to make sure you don’t get left out of the group. That way, she will know to include you in all the fun. Make the effort to speak to some other people at the party. You might even make a new friend or two.
Sometimes I think parties get boring and I want to go home!
— Jenny
Alice: Even a great party will drag if you’re not enjoying yourself. Making the effort to dance and have a chat with your friends will beat the boredom! You don’t have to stay to the very end of the party.
Our school is having a Christmas dance party but I’m really shy. Shall I go or not
— Emma
Alice: Part of you would like to go to the party, so give it a try. Let good friends know how you feel and make sure you’ll have people to dance with when the evening comes. Practice some fun dances so you’ll feel comfortable on the dance floor.
Whenever I go to a party, my dad comes to pick me up at 8 pm. I always have to leave earlier than the rest of my friends and I get really angry with my dad.
— Anny
Alice: Talk with your dad and let him know how you feel. It feels hard to have different rules from your friends but don’t worry too much — your friends are probably picked up soon after you anyway.
4．Alice advises Susan to _____.
A．stay with her friends. B．ask her friend for help.
C．leave the party at once. D．make fun of her friends.
5．The underlined word “drag” is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A．fail. B．improve.
C．be boring. D．be pleasant.
6．What worries Anny
A．Her dad is strict with her. B．She always argues with her dad.
C．Nobody picks her up after the party. D．She can’t go to the party with her friends.
7．Where can you probably find the text
A．In a notice. B．In a guidebook. C．In a famous novel. D．In a popular magazine.
A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people’s weight. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.
He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.
The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak.
“Good morning, Madam.” it said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”
The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight.
“Good morning, Miss.” the machine said in Chinese.”Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”
The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off ”
8．The machine in this passage could ________.
A．weigh and talk to people B．tell people what they should eat
C．speak all kinds of languages D．make people laugh
9．The machine told the Indian woman ________.
A．she was a little lighter B．she was a little heavier
C．it couldn’t speak Indian D．to eat what she wanted to eat
10．The machine said to a Chinese girl that she ________.
A．should eat more B．should eat less
C．had to eat more fruit D．kept herself healthy
11．How was the American woman
A．She was healthy. B．She liked thinking.
C．She was too heavy. D．The machine didn’t like her.
The Internet is a growing new world that has been developing ever since it was created many years ago. The only reason Internet sales are not taxed (征税) is because we did not know the Internet would be used to sell products when it was created. Internet sales are no different than going into the store to buy the exact same product except for the fact that Internet sales are not taxed.
When buying online, people cannot see and touch the product the same way they could in a store. To fix this, customers are going into the store to see the product. Then if they like the product, they buy it online to save money on the sales tax. This is a form of tax evasion (逃税) if you ask me!
Everyone has to pay the tax in the store so they should have to pay taxes online as well. Also, the added money brought in through Internet taxing could help the government to fund (为……拨款) certain policies and other things that they could not do without the added funds. This could go toward the country’s schools or other things necessary for society to function well. These funds could be extremely beneficial because of the recession (经济衰退) that the country is in at this point. Internet taxing is a way to increase those funds and in turn improve the quality of life for all who live in that country.
In conclusion, there are many more positives than negatives in the argument over taxing Internet sales. I do understand that I may have to pay more if I want to buy something online, but the funds stay within my society and help my country. The added cost may hurt me at first but in the end, the funds will help me and others in our country.
12．The text mainly discusses _____.
A．whether it is a good way to buy things online.
B．whether Internet sales should be taxed.
C．why people love to buy things online.
D．why Internet sales are not taxed.
13．Internet sales are not taxed because _____.
A．selling online was unexpected. B．they are different from store sales.
C．people don’t know how to tax them. D．many people are against taxing them.
14．What can we learn from Paragraph 2
A．Online shoppers find it difficult to buy satisfactory goods.
B．Customers get better products at a lower price online.
C．Problems related to online shopping are hard to fix.
D．Online shoppers probably try to avoid paying tax.
15．According to the author, taxing Internet sales _____.
A．is good for all people. B．can help the country out of the recession.
C．can help improve the quality of products. D．is beneficial to the development of Internet.
20 20-2021学年度第一学期期末考试
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳 。
A
One day, Jack told his friend. Tom , that he loved a very beautiful girl with charming eyes and long hair, and that he wanted to marry her.Tom was so happy to hear the news and asked Jack to lead him to her . However, Tom loved her at first sight , He then told Jack , “This girl is not suitable for you . She deserves a handsome man like me.” Jack was astonished and struggled with Tom until they went to the police to solve the problem.
They told the policeman their story. The policeman asked them to bring the girl to his office. However, when the policeman saw her, he became taken with her and said, “This girl is not suitable for you two . She deserves someone with a status like me .” The three men struggled with each other and then went to the king.
The king asked them to bring him the girl. When the king saw the girl, he said, “Oh, the girl should marry a king like me .” They all argued with each other.
Then the girl said, “I have a solution. I’m going to run and you’ll run after me I’ll be the wife to the one who catches me first.” The four men all agreed and ran after her. While running after her, they suddenly fell into a deep hole. From the top, the girl looked at them and said, “Now, let me tell you who I am.”
“I’m Reputation—I’m the one all people run after. They compete against each other to get me . They leave principles aside to seek for me , and they are sure to fall like you !”
16．What makes the four men love the girl
A．The girl’s reputation. B．The girl’s beauty.
C．The girl’s smart mind. D．The girl’s way to speak.
17．The underlined part “ taken with” in Para. 2 means.
A．close to B．delightful with C．confused about D．attracted to
18．According to the passage, we can infer that.
A．seeking only for reputation may bring disasters
B．running after girls makes us fall down
C．men can never touch beautiful girls
D．love at risk is all the time taking place everywhere
19．What could be the best title of the passage
A．All Men Are Similarly Stupid B．A Smart Girl Has All Solutions
C．Always Follow the Principles in Life D．Be Careful about Beautiful Girls
（2021·甘肃武威·高二期末）I was doing some Christmas shopping in a toy store and decided to look at Barbie dolls for my nieces. A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well. As she was looking，a little boy came to the Pokemon toys. He was dressed neatly，but his clothes were obviously old. He was with his father as well，and kept picking up the Pokemon video toys. Each time he picked one up and looked at his father，his father shook his head and said，“No.”
The little girl had chosen her Barbie. However，she stopped and was watching them. Rather dejectedly，the boy had to give up the Pokemon toys and choose something else. The little girl put her Barbie back on the shelf，and ran over to the Pokemon toys. She excitedly picked up one and raced towards the checkout. I picked up my purchases and got in line behind them. Then，much to the little girl's delight，the little boy and his father got in line behind me. After the toy was paid for and bagged，the little girl handed it back to the cashier (收银员) and whispered something in her ear. The cashier smiled and put the package under the counter.
I paid for my purchases and was rearranging things when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier checked his purchases and said，“Congratulations，you are my hundredth customer today，and you win a prize！” With that，she handed the little boy the Pokemon toys，and he could only stare in surprise. It was exactly what he had wanted!
The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway during all of this. Then they walked out. As I walked back to my car，I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that. I'll never forget what she said to him. “Daddy，didn't Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy？” He said，“Of course they did，honey.” To which the little girl replied，“Well，I just did！”
I feel very shocked to have witnessed the true spirit of Christmas in that toy store，in the form of a little girl who understands more about the meaning of this festival than most adults I know.
20．The underlined word “dejectedly” in the second paragraph probably means __________.
A．disappointedly B．delightedly C．excitedly D．unexpectedly
21．How did the little boy get the Pokemon toys
A．His father bought him the Poknemon toys.
B．Fortunately，he was the hundredth customer and won the Poknemon toys.
C．The little girl bought the Poknemon toys for him.
D．The cashier felt sympathy for the little boy and gave him the Poknemon toys.
22．What did the little girl mean when saying “Daddy，didn't Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy？”
A．Her Grandparents wanted her to be happy.
B．The Poknemon toys made her happy.
C．Making the little boy happy made her happy.
D．Her Grandparents hoped that she could help others.
23．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage
A．the story happened before Christmas.
B．The little boy had not enough money to buy the Poknemon toys.
C．The author was deeply moved by the behavior of the little girl.
D．Although the little girl liked the Poknemon toys very much，she gave them to the boy.
（2021·甘肃武威·高二期末）When I was young, I wished for a good car and a big house. That was my idea of success. I took all the advanced classes and tried to do well in the exams with my mind set on going to a key school. I just knew that I would somehow become famous and be able to afford the car and the dream house. All the way through junior years, my mind was planning this beautiful future.
Then in the eleventh grade, many losses changed my mind. First, one of my friends died at 16. Soon after, my great-grandmother passed away, followed by my beloved fourth-grade teacher. These events left me not knowing what to do or where to go. Death had never touched me so closely.
After a long period of emptiness, it finally struck me: Life is not promised and neither is future success. Though I was attempting to achieve material success, I was not enjoying my daily life. I realized that finding inner peace, purpose and happiness will stick with me forever and that is real success.
Enjoying life’s precious quirks (偶发事件) makes an ordinary person more successful than a wealthy person who isn’t content and takes everything for granted. The summer before senior years, my attitude changed greatly. Instead of memorizing facts, I began learning skills. Instead of focusing on the future, I focused on today and the many blessings and successes that came with it.
I still get excellent grades, but now I devote weeks to studying instead of struggling for exams, and I think about the future with a deeper sense of meaning. For me, being successful means truly living life each day.
24．The reason why the author changed his idea of success is that ________.
A．he can’t afford his house
B．he lost a few beloved persons in a short time
C．he didn’t know what to do or where to go
D．his beloved teacher died
25．According to the author, which of the following is the real success for a person
A．Being famous. B．Material achievements.
C．Good car and big house. D．Truly living life each day.
26．What does the author want to tell the readers
A．His opinion about success. B．The true meaning of studying.
C．How to achieve success. D．The true meaning of life.
27．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A．The author didn’t want to take all the exams.
B．The author ’s teacher died before the death of his great-grandma.
C．The author didn’t do well in all the exams.
D．The author thinks that success is not promised.
（2021·甘肃武威·高二期末）A factory tour this summer! Here are some great ones to consider.
The Jelly Belly Bean Company
Fairfield, CA
At this working factory, guests can watch the process of making this famous candy. Have lunch at the Visitor Center Café, where you can order a jelly bean-shaped pizza or hamburger! It is located an hour north of San Francisco. There’s no admission charge for the 40-minute walking tour. Tours are given most days from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, but come during a weekday to see the candy making in process.
Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat Museum
Louisville, KY
See how each bat is carefully carved out at this family-favorite factory tour. Tour visitors leave with a miniature bat souvenir and personalized bats can be ordered when you arrive and picked up before you leave. Adult tickets are $9. Child tickets are $4. Ages five and under are free. It opens at 9:00 am Mondays through Saturdays. Check the website for specific days and times.
E-One Fire Truck Factory
Ocala, FL
Take this walking tour of a plant in Florida and see for yourself the technology and skill required to build these emergency vehicles. Tours are offered Monday to Friday, at 9:00 am and 11:00 am. Prices are $8 for adults and $6 for children. Kids under 6 are not permitted on the tour for safety reasons. Reservations are required for all tours. Please call 352-861-3524 to schedule a tour. Firefighters can tour for free!
Crayola Crayon Company
Easton, PA
No, this isn’t the actual place where the waxy rainbows are made. But it’s an even-better visitor center where families can not only see how crayons are made, but can explore and use the wide variety of Crayola art tools and products. Kids can use the latest Crayola products to create masterpieces on site. The visitor center is open most days from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. The online calendar shows special hours, themes, and daily activities. Tickets are $9.50 each.
28．Which of the following is TRUE about the Jelly Belly Bean Company
A．Three meals are prepared for you.
B．It lies to the north of San Francisco.
C．You have to spend some money visiting it.
D．It is open every day.
29．If a five-year-old boy and his parents visit Louisville Baseball Bat Museum, they have to pay _______.
A．$22 B．$13
C．$17 D．$18
30．The factory tour this summer involves _______.
A．politics, economics, science and culture
B．diet, sports, traffic and art
C．history, literature, education and custom
D．health, invention, astronomy and car
2019-2020学年学年度第一学期期末考试
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳 。
A
Harvard English Language Center
Information for New Students
CLASS TIME: 9:00a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..
The Language Center is open from Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.
SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open from Monday to Friday (3:15p.m. -5:00p.m.) for all full-time students.
You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are close exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.
ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates (证书) when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.
BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.
If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).
31．When do classes begin and end on a full day
A．8:30a.m.—1:30p.m.. B．9:00a.m.—3:00p.m..
C．10:30a.m.—3:15p.m.. D．3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..
32．Timetable can be seen in _____.
A．the classroom B．Room 3520
C．the lecture hall D．Room 1110
33．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true
A．80% of the students can receive their certificates when they finish their courses.
B．Students can borrow tapes to practice their English.
C．Books can be taken home but they must be returned after two days.
D．The librarian will be expected to pay for the lost book.
Dear Mr Black,
I used to have a really good group of friends. Now they're all getting into smoking and drinking. I want to find a new group of friends, but I'm shy. How can I know who are the types of people I should make friends with, and who will accept me
Yours,
Mike
Dear Mike,
You've already made a very important step because you've realized that it's time to find new friends. Making and keeping good friends is a challenge for all of us, whether you are shy or not. Since you've done this successfully before, one thing is to think back on how you developed friendships in the past.
Probably the best way to make and keep friends is to find others who share your interests. Lasting friendships often develop between people who enjoy the same activities. You also want to be with friends who share your values and goals for life. It just depends on what your own interests are.
That old saying is also true — the best way to have a friend is to be a friend. Reach out to the others who share your interests, sit with them at lunch, invite them to join you in the activities you all like, listen to their thoughts and tell them yours. Being a real friend takes time and effort. With time and effort, I'm sure you will find some very good friends during your school years and you'll always be in touch after leaving school.
Yours,
Tom Black
34．Mike wrote the letter to ________.
A．ask Mr Black why people don't like him
B．ask Mr Black why his old friends left him
C．ask Mr Black to introduce some friends to him
D．ask Mr Black for some advice on making friends
35．Why does Mike want to leave his old friends
A．Because they try to make him smoke and drink.
B．Because they have formed some bad habits.
C．Because they no longer want to spend time with him.
D．Because they have never treated himas a good friend.
36．In Mr Black's opinion, making and keeping friends is ________.
A．not so easy
B．just hard for shy people
C．an easy task for some people
D．especially difficult for students
37．In Paragraph 2 of his letter, Mr Black mainly suggests that Mike should make friends with those who ______.
A．have good goals for life
B．can set good examples to him
C．have a lot of money
D．have the same interests as him
Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things around us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.
When we were children we had best friends. No matter what happened we were still friends. We live our lives, however, and do what life calls for us to do, and as we get older, memories fade (逐渐消失), faces blur (变得模糊不清), and even friends' names from childhood are forgotten.
Do you have a question about friendship Do you wonder what to do with a friend who is no longer friendly Perhaps you will see that you can't control others. If someone wants to be your friend, it is their choice. All you can do is treat them well and do the best for them when you are with them. Then you wish them well when they leave.
You can talk to old timers and they will tell you that life is full of incredible (难以置信的) joy and incredible sorrow, and that what bothers you today will one day become a memory and the sting (痛苦) will be gone. Seniors might tell you that you will learn more as you get older. They will tell you that friendships come and friendships go. Sometimes when they go it will hurt, but you will be okay with it. It's the way life works, after all.
38．What can we learn about friendship, according to the text
A．Friendship can not be easily affected by one's family.
B．Friends are always around us and will never go away.
C．Friends in childhood are the best no matter what happens.
D．Friends in childhood are sometimes forgotten by us.
39．What does the underlined words “old timers” mean in the last paragraph
A．Old people. B．Kind people.
C．Rich people. D．Smart people.
40．The text mainly tells us ________.
A．how to face the changes in friendship
B．how to deal with unfriendly people
C．that childhood friendship is valuable
D．how to share happiness with friends
41．The text is most probably taken from a ________.
A．science newspaper B．novel
C．psychology book D．health magazine
If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
42．According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills
A．Reading and listening. B．Reading and writing.
C．Writing and speaking. D．Speaking and listening.
43．The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “________”.
A．meet by accident B．discover
C．find on purpose D．look for
44．The author seems to agree with the view that ________.
A．everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B．you needn’t practice listening if you keep on reading every day
C．being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D．you should take notes of whatever you are hearing
45．The passage is mainly about how to ________.
A．choose suitable listening materials
B．deal with new words in reading
C．improve your English as quickly as possible
D．become fluent in speaking and writing English
1．C
2．A
3．D4．B
5．C
6．A
7．D8．A
9．B
10．D
11．C12．B
13．A
14．D
15．A
16．B
17．D
18．A
19．C
20．A
21．C
22．C
23．D
24．B
25．D
26．A
27．D
28．B
29．D
30．B
31．B
32．C
33．B
34．D
35．B
36．A
37．D
38．D
39．A
40．A
41．C
42．A
43．A
44．C
45．D

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