2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第一次周考试题

2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第一次周考试题

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)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

A

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there

was no one to lend them the money.

When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now.” the little girl went to her bedroom and

pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.

“And what do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother.” The girl answered. “He’s really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.

“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his

head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry.” the salesman said with a smile.

“Listen, if it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just

tell me how much it costs.”

A well-dressed man heard this and asked, “What kind of miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of tears. “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”

“How much do you have?’’ asked the man. “$1.11, but I can try and get some more.” she answered.

“Well, what luck,” smiled the man. “$1.11, the price of a miracle for your little brother.” He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and

meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you

need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The operation was successful and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.

How much did the miracle cost?

21. What was the trouble in the little girl’s family?

A. Her brother was seriously ill. B. They had no money.

C. Nothing could save her brother. D. Both A and B.

22. In the eyes of the little girl, a miracle might be ______.

A. something interesting. B. something beautiful.

C. some wonderful medicine. D. some good food.

23. What made the miracle happen?

A. The girl’s love for her brother. B. The medicine from the drugstore.

C. The girl’s money. D. Nobody can tell.

24. From the passage we can infer (推断) that ______.

A. the doctor didn’t ask for any pay.

B. a miracle is sure to happen if you keep on.

C. the little girl is lovely but not so clever.

D. Andrew was in fact not so sick as they had thought.

B What is most likely to affect your success at school or at a job? The ability to read well. And that goes for your kids, too. The poor literacy (读写能力) of our society has been a main concern of educators for a

while now, and yet things are not getting better.

In most cases, how well we learn to read will depend largely on our exposure (接触) to language as children. If we hear people around us talking about all kinds of subjects as children, we naturally pick up the words and phrases they use. If we pick up a lot of words,

we will learn to read better.

Here are my several suggestions for reading improvement.

Read about things that interest you. If you are interested in what you are reading about, the words will come alive, and you

will understand better. The more you read, the better you will

become at reading. Just get started and it will become a habit, as long as you are interested in what you are reading.

Read something that is at your level or just a little difficult for you. Read material that you find easy to read, or just a little challenging. Looking up many unknown words in a dictionary is dull, and the results of the dictionary search are quickly forgotten.

If you have trouble reading, listen first. If you can hear the new words and phrases that you are reading, you will have an easier time understanding and remembering them. Hearing the rhythm of someone reading a text will help your own reading.

Don't worry about what you don't understand. Most of your reading should be for pleasure. You can enjoy reading without understanding all of what you read. You may even understand

some things in your own personal way.

25．If we want to succeed at school, we should ________.

A．develop good reading ability

B．hear people around us more

C．remember more new words

D．write more books

26．The underlined word “challenging” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”．