甘肃省嘉峪关市第一中学20152016学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

甘肃省嘉峪关市第一中学20152016学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

高二英语试题

第一部分： 阅读明白得（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

Snowflakes seem like white stars falling from the sky. But they don’t always look white. Sometimes

they appear to have other colors. Some are red, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost

every shape. Think how it would seem to have these coming all around you. Wouldn’t they look pretty?

Black snow came down in France one year. Another year gray snow fell in Japan. It was found that

such snow was mixed with ashes. This made it seem dark. Red snow has come down in other countries.

When this happened, it was mixed with red dust. That is why it looked different. Most snow looks like

white, but it is really the color of ice. It is ice that comes from snow clouds. Each snowflake begins

with a small drop of water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freeze gives the

snowflake its shape.

No two snowflakes are of ever just the same size or shape. All start out flat and have six sides.

Some snowflakes are broken when they hit the ground, others melt as they fall. When the air is cold

and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air is wet and warm, the snowflakes are

big and soft.

Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once

in our country. It could occur again.

1. Snowflakes are _________ according to the writer.

A. white stars. B. always white. C. of similar shapes D. pretty

2. According to the passage, if the snowflakes are hard and small, the weather should be _________.

A. cold and wet. B. cold and dry. C. wet and warm. D. dry and wet.

3. We can infer from the last paragraph that very large snowflakes _________.

A. occur regularly. B. will occur regularly

C. occur once a year. D. don’t often occur.

4. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Color snowflakes look so because they are mixed with dust of different colors.

B. All snowflakes look white, and it is the color of the ice.

C. Probably there are two snowflakes of the same size and shape.

D. Most snowflakes are made from water and dust.

B

“BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.

We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. With tears

welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from

another space: happy and carefree.

But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We

differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I

do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds.

It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night.

As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights

to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived ,I saw that

the light was still on.

I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought

they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can’t stand

his outrageous(蛮横的)words: “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”

All the lights were off except father’s.

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he

never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up

in my sleep and then covering quilts(被子) for me.

This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to

do has become his second nature.

The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous

as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down

my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all.