海南省文昌市2020学年高二英语下学期期中段考试题(无答案)

2020学年度第二学期高二年级英语科段考试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分；满分：150分，考试时间：120分钟

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 听力（略）

第二部分 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）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

“Miss James, look! Look what I found!” Kylie held up a book nearly half

her size. On the cover there was reprint of a famous painting, a landscape (山水画) that featured a shadowed Cyprus tree and an expanse of stars represented

by intense of brushstrokes and vivid colors.

Kylie’s excitement reminded Miss James of a time not long ago when she, too,

had felt this kind of exhilaration upon coming across a painting not unlike

this

one.

“It’s a Van Gogh,” Penelope had remarked, her breath seeming to escape

her as she spoke. The two friends stood silently in front of the gilded (镀金的) framed canvas before them, admiring the thick lines of paint that cure

and bent of from towering mountains, and a simple cottage. They moved closer

to glimpse every detail of the artwork, the passion and urgency of the painter

seeming to spring forward from the image, projecting itself onto the observers

before it. There became a quiet understanding between the two that this work

had been created by a man tortured (被迫害的), a man who never gave up his desire

to paint even though he was starving and unappreciated. How could he have known

how well he would be accepted by those who would come after him? It was shocking

beauty and tragedy in one. Streams of tears had run down both their faces.

Kylie had presented the book to Miss James with a similar respect. She stood next to her teacher as she opened the cover, page after page displaying a variety

of art—a field of irises, a pot of sunflowers, a sailing ship along the seashore.

Miss James could only think how much she wished she could show Kylie something

more than a print. If she could only bring her into her memories. Even still,

the child had been fascinated by what she saw before her, and she stared at each

painting that passed by.

“Can we share this with the class, Miss James?” Kylie asked, wide-eyed.

“I think that’s a fantastic idea!” Miss James answered, closing the book

and handing it back to her delighted students.

21. We learn from the first paragraph that ________.

A. Kylie was an art student

B. Kylie was too young to understand the book

C. Kylie just drew a beautiful picture

D. Kylie was excited holding the book

22. The underlined word “exhilaration” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A. joy B. surprise C. sadness D. pity

23. What do we know about Van Gogh from third paragraph?

A. He enjoyed much fame when he was alive.

B. He only gave up painting once.

C. He was unappreciated before he died.

D. His painting is lifeless.

24. What will Miss James probably do next?

A. Share Van Gogh with her students B. Turn down Kylie’s idea

C. Return the book to her student D. Introduce Van Gogh to her

students

B

In the United States, school buses are operated by special school bus

companies and monitored by both the educational department of the government and parent committee. Besides, there are more than 300 laws and standards

beneficial to school buses from the Federation to states. There are detailed

rules for making a school bus from the materials of the bus to the thickness

of the body. In fact, school buses are 40 times safer than other vehicles.

The United States government gives a lot of priority (优先权) to the school

buses and their companies. First of all, they have special right on the roads:

to ensure the safety of the students, it’s against the law to go past a school

bus when it’s moving; the right of the school buses on the roads is higher than

the ones of the fire trucks and ambulances; in dangerous circumstances, school

buses have the priority to be rescued. Second, yellow is a standardized school

bus color; school bus drivers and the caretakers on the school buses are treated

as government staff.

School buses in the United States are considered as the most important

vehicles. When a school bus needs to stop, the driver would swing out a stop

signal arm from the side of the bus to warn other vehicles in progress of a stop.

The vehicles behind the school bus would stop as if it is the red-light signal.

After the students get on or get off the bus, the driver would swing back the

signal arm and start off again. Then the vehicles behind it would start to move,

following the bus. Any vehicle that goes past the school bus would be given a

fine and sometimes would get its driver’s license stopped for a period of time.

Any attack on the school bus would be accused of going against the federation,

and would be sentenced to prison for 20 years to life. Under so many protections,

school buses are the safest vehicles in the United States.

25. According to the passage, school buses in the United States __________.

A. are so strongly-built as to move very slowly

B. are usually managed by the local government

C. enjoy special right on the roads right after the ambulances

D. should be the first to be rescued in dangerous situations

26. If you are driving in the United States, what you have to keep in mind is