2018-2019学年安徽省黄山市高二上学期期末英语试题(解析版)
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2018-2019学年安徽省黄山市高二（上）期末英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
A
Life experiences can show one's "grit"（坚韧）． Complex challenges early in life helped the
following people develop skills that got them to the top of their professions．
Ursula Burns， Chairwoman， VEON； Former CEO， Xerox
Her family was so poor that her single mother traded office cleaning for health care． But
Burns' early gift for math won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox， where she would
compete her way to the top． "I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side，" she says． "Not
a lot scares me．"
Howard Schultz， Executive Chairman， Starbucks
Schultz grew up in public housing in Brooklyn， surrounded by poverty， and was the first in
his family to go to college （on a football scholarship）． After training in sales， he set up
the company that would later buy Starbucks． "In the course of the year I spent trying to raise
money， I spoke to 242 people， and 217 of them said no．" he said．
Sean Combs， CEO， Sean John
Combs began a generation of hip-hop talent and made a lasting influence on fashion． But his
story could have turned out much differently： his drug dealer father was killed when he was
3． "It made me work even harder．" he recently said．
Geisha Williams， CEO， PG&E
Her parents fled Cuba when Williams was 5． By 7， she was her parents' main translator in
talks with lawyers and accountants at grocery stores they owned in New Jersey． The
experience did help her． "I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do
something much bigger．" she told Fortune．
1. Who did best in math at school？ ______
A. Combs． B. Burns． C. Schultz． D. Williams．
2. How did the death of Combs' father influence him？ ______
A. It made him a failure． B. He became a drug dealer．
C. It made him even stronger． D. He became a hip-hopper．
3. What can we learn from the passage？ ______
A. Cuba is a good place to do business．
B. No one wanted to help Schultz at first．
C. Poor family kids can be successful easily．
D. Difficulty in life pushed Williams forward．
【答案】
【小题1】B 【小题2】C 【小题3】B
【解析】1． B．细节理解题．根据文章第三段中的
But Burns' early gift for math won her a scholarship and an internship at Xerox， where she
would compete her way to the top．可知Burns在学校数学学的最好，因此答案选B．
2． C．推理判断题．结合文章第七段中的 But his story could have turned out much differently： his drug dealer father was killed
when he was 3． "It made me work even harder．" he recently said．可以得知Sean Combs的父亲的死让Sean Combs更加努力学习，变得更加坚强，由此可知答案选C． 2 3． B．细节理解题．根据文章第五段中的最后一句话
" "In the course of the year I spent trying to raise money， I spoke to 242 people， and 217
of them said no．" he said，可以得知开始时几乎没有人想去帮助Schultz，因此答案选B，其他选项与文章内容不符．
文章大意：生活经历可以显示一个人的"勇气"．生活中的复杂挑战帮助一个人培养出他的专业技能，接着作者列举出了四个人的事例．
考查人生感悟类阅读理解．本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容．答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据．对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案
B
Dear Alcohol，
You've been around forever． I can remember all the pain you've caused me．
Do you remember the night when you almost took my father's life？ I do． He loves
you． Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me． He's addicted to you，to the way
you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them．You just sat back and
laughed as his car went turning through the street，crashing into two other cars． He wasn't the
only one badly hurt by you that night．
Do you remember the night of my first high school party？ My friends were intrigued by
you． They treated you as if they were never going to see you again，drinking all of you that
they could．I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen head over heels for
you． "I'm so embarrassed，" they said as I held their hair back so that they could throw
up． "I'm sorry，" they said when I called taxis for them，walking them out and paying the driver
in advance． "This won't happen again，" they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their
stomachs pumped．Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night due to you．
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to
drive to pick up his sister from her dance lesson？ Do you know how we all felt when he hit
another car headon and killed two people in the other car？ He died the next morning，
too． His sister walked home from her dance lesson，and passed police cars and a crowd of
people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio． She didn't
realize her brother was among them at all． She never saw him again． And it was all your
fault．
I wish you'd walk out of my life forever． I don't want anything to do with you． Look at all the
pain you've caused． Sure， you've made people happy too from time to time． But the damage
