2014—2015学年度第二学期期中考试高二年级英语学科试卷第I卷第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
AMy first born son is mentally handicapped, yet in so many ways he is far wiser than I am. He has an intuitive(直觉的) knowledge of what is important in life. When we go out he looks people in the eyes, calls them by name, and shares his smile far more easily than I do. He goes through life with a soul full of love, joy and kindness that he gives to everyone he meets. He makes others feel better. He makes each day shine brighter. He makes this world more beautiful just by being in it. He may not understand everything in life, but he knows how to live happily and lovingly. He shows me everyday that life is simple. It is we who make it complicated.You see, life is just the choices we make each day. We can choose to love or we can choose to be afraid. We can choose to help or we can choose to turn away. We can choose to forgive or we can choose to hate. We can choose to be kind or we can choose to be cruel. We can choose to trust or we can choose to be suspicious. We can choose to give or we can choose to take. We can choose to laugh or we can choose to cry. We can choose to smile or we can choose to stress. We can choose to shine our souls or we can choose to dwell in darkness.My son knows these choices by heart and always makes the right ones. I hope to one day get there as well. Until then I will do my best to live simply, to be wise, and to choose well. Until thenI will do my best to love family, myself, and others. May you do the same.21. According to the passage, the author’s first son ___________.A. is clever than most peopleB. is a person with abundant knowledgeC. has leg or arm disabilityD. has something wrong with his brain22. According to the author, the son lives a happy life due to __________.A. his less consideringB. the author’s intensive (精心的) careC. his living in a peaceful ageD. the kindness and love of the people around him23. What can we learn from the passage?A. In most cases, we make life complicated.B. We can choose our life as we like.C. We should believe everyone around us.D. We should live simply and do things at will.24. The author mainly wants to tell us __________ .A. they live a happy lifeB. live simply, you may be happierC. with too many choices, we have difficulty in choosing the right oneD. different people can have different choicesB.Beijing is pulling out all stops to make sure that leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on Nov7 to 8 get a taste and feel of China’s rich culture. Here’s what you need to know about Beijing’s preparations for the summit: Huairou, has been given a major makeover in the past year since its Yanqi Lake was picked to host the APEC summit.The once-quiet place in mountains, which is about 50 km from Beijing’s city center, now has a surprising convention center built in traditional Chinese architectural(建筑) style and a 21-storey scallop-shaped(扇贝) hotel.CostumesTraditional Chinese-style jackets, or tangzhuang, have been designed for the more than 20 leaders who attend the summit, in keeping with APEC tradition.DishesA menu including dishes from Beijing and other parts of China is waiting to be served. The menu even includes simple food that is popular with the locals, such as spring rolls, pork dumplings andtanghulu, said the People’s Daily.SecuritySome 1000 surveillance cameras have been set in Bei jing’s Huairou district to keep safe, where the meetings will be held.Pollution controlTo ensure blue skies for the APEC meetings, Beijing made a traffic control system that allows cars to be used in turn, based on whether the licence plate numbers are odd or even.The system took effect on Monday (Nov3,2014) and will last until the next Wednesday (Nov 12,2014). It aims to cut total traffic by 35 percent.25. Where does Yangqi Lake locate?A. In MiyunB. In FangshanC. In DaxingD. In Huairou26. Which of the following about Huairou is TRUE?A. It is always a noisy city.B. It is not convenient.C. It is built in traditional Chinese architectural styles.D. It has a 20-storey scallop-shaped hotel.27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. CostumesB. Preparations for APEC in ChinaC. Pollution controlD. APEC is held in ChinaCAdam Braun established the organization Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later, the non-profit group is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him on the street, the boy asked for money. Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anything in the world.“I thought the answer was going to be a house or a car or a boat. How ever, his answer was a pencil. So I gave him my pencil and he just lit up with joy. I realized he never had been to a school before, and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world,” Braun said, Adam Braun started working in finance after he graduated from college. But he never forgot the boy and the problem he represented.Mr. Braun raised money for his project by using social media. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school, in Laos, five years ago. Since then, his group has helped pay for more than 200 schools in rural areas of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.Adam Braun decided to expand his organization’s work beyond elementary school level. Pencils of Promise developed financial plans to help students continue on to secondary school and teacher training.“We are really serious about making sure that the programs are not just beautiful photos and videos of kids, but that we are actually seeing incredible results in the classroom. And if we are not seeing results, then we need to change our programs. That’s why our kids in Pencils of Promise schools progress from one grade to the next at two times the national average,” Braun said,28. Pencils of Promise aims at __________.A. making all kids educatedB. collecting money for poor familiesC. setting up new schools around the worldD. helping more students to return to school29. The boy stopped Adam Braun to ___________.A. ask for a pencilB. ask the way to schoolC. ask for money to buy a pencilD. ask for money for attending school30. Adam Braun put up the first Pencils of Promise school ___________ .A. in the year when he graduatedB. in the following year after he graduatedC. in the year when he established the organizationD. in the following year after he established the organization31. The last paragraph implies _________ .A. Braun will change his goalB. the Pencils of Promise’s planC. the difficulty Braun is facing nowD. the Pencils of Promise’s achievementDLONDON-The news that a Chinese maths textbook will be introduced into Britain this summer has again caught the eyes of people in the education field, as well as the public, since the first group of maths teachers from China's Shanghai took part in an exchange project in Britain last year.The supplementary textbook, One Lesson One Exercise, is a popular book for students in Shanghai for more than 20 years. Earlier on Thursday, the publisher East China Normal University Press said, in January, it signed an agreement with HarperCollins to publish an English version of the book this summer in Britain, which would be named as One Lesson One Exercise of Shanghai Maths.It said experts "familiar with both Chinese textbooks and British educational conditions are compiling(编辑) the maths section on the basis of the pre-existing domestic edition", and some changes would be made as the education systems of the two countries are different. However, the difficulty won't be reduced. So far, the number of schools and students who will use this textbook is unknown. Britain's Department for Education said, at this stage, it's a matter for the publishing company, and won't make any comments on this.A Chinese man who required anonymous（匿名的）said he had noticed a very interesting phenomenon in his daughter's school and other schools in London, that most of Chinese students, even Asian students can get a higher scores than others in maths. He said he learnt the news of Shanghai textbook on the Internet, but he thought it's very complicated to judge whether the action would be good or bad for students in Britain."The introduction of the Shanghai textbook may play a part in improving local students' numeracy（计算能力）skills, however, I think local maths lessons place more focus on developing students' ability of inference and logical thinking, rather than the numeracy skills.They'd like to complete maths problems by tools, but not in particular require students to master of numeracy," he said.32. The best title for the news report can be “.”A. One Lesson One Exercise is a popular bookB. Chinese math textbook to be introduced into BritainC. Experts are compiling the Chinese math textbookD. The cultural and educational exchanges between China and Britain33. What can we learn from what the Chinese man said in Para. 4 ?A. The majority of Asian students’ practical ability is higher.B. British students can adapt to the Chinese teaching ways.C. Most of the Chinese students can learn maths better than others.D. It will surely benefit British students to use the Shanghai textbook.34. Why would some changes be made when compiling the textbook?A. Because some of the contents of the textbook are out of date.B. Because the textbook is a little difficult for British students.C. Because the company wants to improve the quality of the book.D. Because education systems of the two countries are different.35.The possible meaning of the underlined word “supplementary”in Para. 2 is “”.A. added to somethingB. far away in distance or timeC. having relative freedom of movementD. tending to accept things without much thought第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
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