高二下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1. 阅读理解Not many years ago, a wealthy and ratherstrange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England.He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he wasseventy – five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buyland and equipment for a children’s ground.As a result of his kindness, hebecame famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman.During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected tolive to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy atseventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some eachday. “I have an injection in my neck each evening,”he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.The newspaperman did notunderstand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson wasseventy-five and had daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnsonreceived thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secretof his daily injection.（1）Johnson became a rich man through _______.A . doing businessB . making whiskyC . cheatingD . buying and selling land（2）The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _______.A . had many children in the schoolB . was a strange old manC . was very fond of childrenD . was very kind（3）Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _______.A . what kind of whisky he hadB . how to live longerC . how to become wealthyD . in which part of the neck to have an injection（4）When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that _______.A . he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the eveningB . he needn’t an injection in the neckC . a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep wellD . there was something wrong with his neck2. 阅读理解Not too long ago, our teacher, being a” tree-hugger”, had us write an essay on anenvironmental issue. I was eager to start, but something made me stop.“What is an environmentalissue?” one kid asked. “What if we don’t care about theenvironment?” another complained. “It’s not like it affects me.”These comments astounded me.I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. Fromthe surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.In no time, I finished myessay. In my essay I wrote about logging, which is an importantindustry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing, itwilldamage the environment.There are so many things thatwe can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, butnot everyone has a recycling plant nearby . There are other ways tohelp the environment. Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.I can’t stand it when aperson’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing is going to happen in mylifetime, so why shoul d I care?” Sure, the chances of something terriblehappening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it,someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children? Or yourchildren’s children?When my teacher told me to readmy essay to my class, I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t want everyoneto call me “tree-hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-huggermeans you care about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I justwish more people were.（1）Why d o the students call their teacher “tree-hugger”?A . She likes hugging trees.B . She knows a lot about trees.C . She grew up in the countryside.D . She cares a lot about the environment.（2）Paragraph 5 is mainly about _____ .A . what we can recycleB . how we can save the earthC . why we should protect the earthD . what damage we are doing to the earth（3）We can infer from the passage that _____ .A . the students don’t like the teacherB . the teacher liked the author’s essayC . the author is ashamed of being a tree-huggerD . the author should have written a better essay3. 阅读理解Down-to-earth means being honest, open, andeasy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. Aperson who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others asequals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society, ofcourse, but they do not let their importance go to their heads, and they do notconsider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someonewho is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said tohave his nose in the air. There is no way a person with his nose in the air canbe down-to-earth.Americans use anotherexpression that is similar in some way to down-to-earth. The expression is bothfeet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with agood understanding of reality. He has what is called common sense. He may havedreams but he does not allow them to block his knowledge of what is real. Theopposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. A man with hishead in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the world. Sometimes sucha dreamer can be brought back to reality; sharp words from the teacher, forexample, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet back on theground.The person who is down-to-earthusually has both feet on the ground._________8_________Someone with bothfeet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who isdown-to-earth. When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we arerealistic and we act honestlyand openly toward others, and our lives are likethe ground below us, solid and strong.（1）If a person has his nose in the air, he ____.A . is down to the earthB . is easy to deal withC . always thinks he is more important than othersD . is confident（2）From the second paragraph, we know that sharp words from a teacher can usually ________.A . help a student get down to the earthB . wake a student upC . help a daydreaming student come down to the groundD . help a daydreaming student to become more realistic（3）The underlined sentence “But the opposite is not always true.” most probably means that ______.A . the person who has his nose in the air is not trueB . a man with his head in the clouds is often not intelligentC . the opposite direction is always wrongD .a person who has both feet on the ground may not be down-to-earth（4）From the passage, we can infer the person who is _______ is the most popular kind of person.A . down-to-earthB . standing on the groundC . with his nose in the airD . with his head in the clouds4. 阅读理解Good relationships are definitely good sourcesof happiness in life. We all want happy relationships but if we do not keepthat relationship alive, it can also be one of the most distraught things inlife. There may be no hard and fastrules in making good relationships, as eachof us has different preferences and points of view as to what is a greatrelationship. The following are some major key points in making relationshipswork.It is often said that buildinggood relationships is all about communication. Good communication indeed governsa good relationship —knowing the right thing to say, when to say it, how tosay it, and accepting that some things are better left unsaid. I personallythink communication must be broadened because relationships involve moredecisions to make. From study to work, from money to entertainment and even inthings about yourself or about your friend that you do not know, communicationis essential in these aspects of the relationships.Of course, being with someoneis not saying that you totally agree with him all the time. You and your friendcome from different family backgrounds, raised in different environments sothere may be disagreements here and there. However, it is important in makingrelationships work to express disagreements without pushing the relationship toend. Again, good communication and learning to compromise attimes are necessary.As the relationship lastslonger, you may also discover things about you and your friend that you may nothave known before. Therefore, supporting each other on both your “hiddenselves” can also make a go od relationship.Love is an important aspect ofbuilding relationships and for me, I always believe that love needs opencommunication, respect, support and understanding each other in makingrelationships work.（1）The underlined word “distraught” in Paragra ph 1 probably means__________.A . helplessB . surprisingC . funnyD . upsetting（2）To communicate well with people, you should know that__________.A . supporting each other in anything helps build a good relationshipB . a white lie is necessary sometimesC . compromises are essential at any timeD . your friends need to have the same backgrounds with you（3）According to the text, which of the following are important for a good relationship?a. communicationb. supportc. loved. hidden selvesA . a, b, dB . a, c, dC . b, c, dD . a,b, c（4）What would be the best title for the text?A . The Importance to Express DisagreementsB . Keys to Making Relationships WorkC . Different Opinions on Good RelationshipsD . Forbidden Rules in Building Good Relationships二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。