2020年度高二下学期英语期中试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40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
A
At a meeting, a well-known speaker lifted up a bill of 20 dollars before
starting his speech.
Facing 200 people, he asked, “Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” A great
many hands were put up. Then he continued to say, “I intended to give it
to any one of you, but allow me to do a thing before giving it to you.”
Suddenly he crumpled it into a round mass. Then he asked, “Who wants it?”
Still some hands were lifted up.
He asked again, “Well, how could it be if I do it like this?” he threw
the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up,
the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.
“Who still wants it?” Still a few people put up their hands.
“My dear friends, you have had a meaningful class. No matter how I treated
this bill, you still want it, because it is worth 20 dollars. On your life
road, you may be knocked down or even broken into pieces by your determination
or unfavorable situations. We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my
darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose
your value in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”
1. How many times did the speaker ask the people whether they wanted the bill? A. Once B. Twice C. Four times D. Three times
2. The underlined word “wrinkled” in the third paragraph probably means
_____.
A. having small lines or folds in it B. broken
C. flat D. having holes on it
3. The speaker did this test in order to _____________.
A. tell the audience that God values money most
B. tell the audience that one should never lose one’s own value
C. test if some of the audience were extremely interested in money
D. play a trick on the audience
4. What would the speaker probably talk about next?
A. How money can make people crazy.
B. How to avoid being knocked down in one’s life.
C. How to give a meaningful class.
D. How to keep one’s value of life.
B
More and more students are going abroad for their further study. Do you
want to know some famous colleges and universities? Started in 1636, Harvard
University is the oldest of all the many colleges and universities in the
United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after
Harvard. In the early years, these schools were much alike .Only young men went
to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned
Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind
of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the
students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to
become doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard’s
law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began teaching modern
languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American
history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many
new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested
them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most
of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of
learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer it
all.
5. From the second paragraph, we can see that in the early years, ______.
A. those colleges and universities were similar
B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges
C. students studied only some languages and science
D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
6. As knowledge increased, _______. A. Harvard began to teach everything that was known
B. colleges began to teach law and something about medicine
C. Harvard and other colleges began to teach the subjects that interested
students
D. many new subjects were added to the teaching contents
7. On the whole, the passage is about __ _.
A. how to start a university B. the world-famous colleges in America
C. how colleges have changed D. what kind of lesson each college
teaches
C
Statistically, air travel is by far the safest way to travel, and you
can make flying even safer, just by following these simple rules. As your
chances of being involved in an air accident are practically nil（不存在）,
many of these tips concern what you should and shouldn't do to make your
journey safer when you are airborne（升空的）.
Fly on non-stop routes.
Most accidents occur during the takeoff, climb, descent and landing
phases of a flight, so flying non-stop reduces your exposure to these complex
procedures.
Choose larger aircraft.
Although small aircraft have very good safety records, those with more
than 30 passenger seats are designed to comply（遵守）with much stricter
