甘肃省会宁县2017-2018学年高二第一学期期中英语试卷

2017-2018学年度第一学期高二级中期考试

英语试卷

第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

This year I’m buying presents for 16 children, as well as my own daughter, Mia-Grace, who

will be two on Christmas Day. My tree will be beautifully decorated, I’m bringing the turkey

to the family Christmas lunch and having an open house on Boxing Day. And the whole thing’s

only going to cost me ￡150.

We’re very careful now and we don’t overspend or owe anything on credit cards. I work for

an electrician and my husband Neil, 33, works in construction business. We’re concerned about

our jobs because our companies are quiet at the moment.

We’ve also been hit by rising prices, particularly food, petrol, gas and electricity. Everyone

I know is worried. One of my friends’ husband has just gone self-employed and if he doesn’t

work, they have no money coming in.

Christmas has been playing on my mind for the past three or four months. We decided on a budget

of ￡150 because that’s just under my weekly wage and it meant we could afford Christmas while

using Neil’s salary for our essential bills.

We quickly realized that we buy some things every year just for the sake of it. Even though

we have loads of decorations, we usually buy something new for the tree but this Christmas we’re

not going to. We’ve already got our tree — a big artificial one which I bought half-price in

the January sales. It will last us for years.

After all, no one can escape from this financial crisis(经济危机) which is spreading throughout

the globe.

1. From the passage, we can infer Boxing Day most probably falls on ______.

A. January 20 B. May 5 C. October 24 D. December 26

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the author?

A. She has bought an artificial Christmas tree at a low price.

B. She has bought Christmas presents for 16 children altogether.

C. Both the author and her husband are already out of work now.

D. She’d like to buy a new Christmas tree for this Christmas.

3. Why can the author only spend $150 for Christmas?

A. Because she and her husband have little earnings. B. Because she is always careful with money.

C. Because she wants to save for the future.

D. Because she is a mean woman

B

A quarrel at home may result in your falling ill. Don’t laugh, it’s true. Family matters

including living habits and even the way we speak have a big effect on our health, doctors say.

Wang Xiaoyu, a Senior 2 girl from Xichang, Sichuan Province, fainted (晕倒) in class when

she heard her classmates quarrel at the top of their voices. Quarrels between her parents also

put the girl into a coma. It is because she is suffering from depression (抑郁症), caused by

bad relations at home, doctors explained.

“We don’t get sick or stay well by ourselves,” says Dr Robert Ferrer from the US. Ferrer

shows that family forces may explain up to a quarter of health problems, in his recent research.

The genes you get from your family may cause illness. If one of your parents has a heart attack,

your risk of being affected may double. But effects on health are not only written in our DNA.

Unrelated people who live under the same roof also get similar problems. Diet, lifestyle and

environment affect our health, too. Ferrer’s research also found that if teenagers feel they

are ignored or unimportant at home they are more likely to get sick.

We may never fully understand all the effects that families have on our health. But just as

individual (个别的) problems can have effects on others, a small improvement can have big benefits,

Ferrer said.

4. Which of the following can best explain why Wang Xiaoyu fainted in class?

A. Because her classmates often quarreled in class.

B. Because her parents used to quarrel.

C. Because of her depression caused by bad family relations.

D. Because her classmates shouted loudly at her.

5. According to Dr Ferrer, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We get sick or stay well by ourselves.

B. Only the genes we get from our family have a big effect on our health.

C. Our health has nothing to do with diet, lifestyle and environment.

D. Teenagers who are ignored at home get sick more easily than those who are not.

6. The underlined word “coma” in Paragraph2 probably means ________.

A. surprise B. faint C. tiredness D. sadness

7. The best title for this passage is ________.