黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 含答案 精品

高二英语期末考试试题

（时间：120分钟 总分：150分 Ⅰ卷交答题卡，Ⅱ卷交答题纸）

第一部分、阅读理解：总计40分

第一节（包括4个阅读理解，共15个小题，每小题2分，共计30分）

A

Dear Derrick ,

Although under great pressure, we all get on well with each other in this large office. You are

one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know

anyone in the office who is better liked than you .

You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’

personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable

now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts,

one wedding shower gift, two weeding gifts, one funeral remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three

graduation gifts .

It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable(and poor), but the collected-for

feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even

recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice

seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting .

Thank you for understanding .

1. The underlined word “ contributions ” probably means _________ .

A. reports B. suggestions C. understanding D. money

2. Derrick is expected to _________.

A. show more kindness B. discontinue the present practice

C. quit being the organizer for gift giving D. know more about co-workers’ families

3. This is basically a letter of _________.

A. apology B. dissatisfaction C. appreciation D. sympathy

B

Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to start a bed and breakfast. Four years later, the

couple now dishes out banana pancake breakfasts, cleans toilets, serves homemade cookies to guests

in a bed and breakfast surrounded by trees on a mountain known for colorful sunsets.

“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the trees? No,” says Ms. Giddens.

“This is a phenomenon that’s fairly widespread. A lot of people are rethinking their lives and

figuring out what they want to do.”

Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living

closer to work and commuting(通勤) less, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the

library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.

Vicki Robin, a writer, tells us how she deals with the changes in her budget, now far less than

what she used to make.

“You become conscious of where your money is going and how valuable it is,”Ms. Robin says.

“You tend not to use thing up. You cook at home rather than eat out. You find your life is not

a mess anymore, and you discover your living costs have gone way down.”

Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a babysitter

for two weeks.“It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,”she says.“Simplicity is not just about 姓 名

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saving money ; it’s about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with

classical music.”

Ms. Luhrs now edits a magazines called Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy

recycled furniture and shoes, and organize potluck（家常便饭）dinners instead of fancy

receptions.

“Simplicity is about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the

less money goes out the door, and the less money you have to earn,” Ms. Luhrs explains.

4.How does Ms. Giddens feel about the life she is living now?

A.Bored B.Worried C.Satisfied D.Surprised

5.What does the phenomenon Ms.Giddens mentioned refer to?

A.Serving others B.Finding a new job C.Living a simple life. D.Opening a restaurant

6.Janet Luhrs gave up her job as a lawywer in order to _________.

A.have one more baby girl B.create her own magazine

C.make her career in music D.spend more time with her kids

7.In which part of a newspaper will the text most probably appear?

A.Business B.Lifestyle C. Education D.Entertainment

C

They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend．And they spend a higher

proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is

interested in, and the things they want to buy — games, CDs and clothing — are easily sold on the

Web.

But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards.