甘肃省永昌县第一中学2014-2015学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

1 永昌县第一高级中学2014-2015-1期末考试卷

高二英语

（满分120分，答题时间100分钟）

第 Ⅰ 卷

第一部分：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and

that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from hospital, no one said a

word. One day, would I

only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it?

That September, I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included

an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble

to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily.

What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the

page into inky pools.

However, then I did not have audio books and electronic devices like kids do now.

Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part-time, cleaned the house,

cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my

room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mom always thought those glasses

made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher.

In my room, Mom’s voice competed with the ticking of the clock. Being forced

to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other

kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers

praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight,

reading also made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed.

Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each page, my mind lit up with every new

book.

True to what the doctor said, the worst cane, but thanks to Mom, my sense

of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother

to her child.

1. Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from hospital?

A. They all wanted to have a good rest.

B. The author didn’t do well in the exam.

C. What the doctor said made them worried.

D. They focused on the scenery along the road.

2. How did the author manage to get high marks?

A. By being confident.

B. By listening carefully.

C. By getting help from his classmates. 2 D. By reading as many books as possible.

3. We can learn from the text that ____.

A. the author’s sight recovered finally

B. reading made the author more sensitive

C. the author’s mother didn’t work to look after him

D. reading made the author not worry about his sight

4. Which of the following could be the title of the text?

A. My eyesight trouble

B. An unforgettable experience

C. With ears wide open

D. About Mother’s love

B

Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street

Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch. We should have arrived at

Liverpool at 9:19, but due to a typical London fog, the train had to move along so

slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there. In spite of our late arrival,

Joan, my wife’s sister, decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the

Tower of London while we went shopping. It was only after her sister had disappeared

into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn’t decided where we should meet for

lunch. Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket, this was indeed

a problem. There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower

of London, and try to find her there. Needless to say, we didn’t find her.

It was now one o’clock, and the concert began at 2:30. “Perhaps she will

think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully. By this

time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop, and the only way to get

there was by underground railway. Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to

where we thought the nearest station should be. An hour later we were still trying

to find it. Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind

man tapping his way confidently through the fog. With his help we found Tower Hill

tube station just fifty yards down the road.

By now it was far too late even to try to get to the concert hall before

the performance began at 2:30, so we decided to return to Cambridge. It took seven

long hours instead of the usual two to make that journey. Nor were we able to get

any food and drink on the train. Tired and hungry we finally reached home at ten,

opening the door to the sound of the telephone bell. It was Joan; she had seen the

Crown Jewels, had managed to get another ticket for concert, and had had a wonderful

dinner at a restaurant near the hotel where she decided to stay for the night. Now