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高二上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
BarbicanArt Gallery
Aworld-class
arts
and
learning
center,
the
Barbican
pushes
the
boundaries
（
界限）
of all major art forms
including dance,film, music and theater.
Tickets
Adult: ?10
online/?12 at
the door
13
–17 years old: ?6
online/?8 at the door
Children aged 12 and under: Free
Opening Times
Sat
–
Wed: 9
am
–
6 pm
Thu
–
Fri: 10
am
–
9 pm
Reviews
By
Steven Ashmore
When
traveling, I always look for museums and sites
that have evening
hours.
We
went
to
the
Barbican
Gallery
on
a
Thursday
evening
and
caught
their recent Lee Krasner exhibition. It
was fabulous. The gallery is two levels
with
numerous
smaller
spaces,
making
the
exhibition
an
interesting
and
enjoyable experience.
By Laura Miller
I have just watched To Kill a
Mockingbird here. The play and actors were
fantastic. Nice and clean ladies’
toilets with hot water. During the break, they
were selling the usual ice cream and
drinks. Not all staff were friendly, but most
were. I would come again to watch
another show or even the same one.
（
1
）
How
much would a couple with two kids aged 11 and 14
pay for the
online tickets of Barbican
Art Gallery?
A . ?20.B . ?26.C . ?32.D
. ?36.
（
2
）
You
can visit Barbican Art Gallery at _____.
A . 9 am on ThursdayB . 8 pm on SundayC
. 10 am on MondayD . 9 pm on
Tuesday
（
3
）
What
did Miller like most about Barbican Art Gallery?
A . Drinks they sold.B . Its staff
service.C . Its opening hours.D . The show
they put on.
2.
阅读理解
There
was
once
a
famous
scientist
who
madeseveral
important
discoveries. Once he was asked how he
could be so replied that it
all came
from an experience he had with his mother when
hewas 2 years old.
He was trying to
take a bottle of milk out of therefrigerator. But
the bottle was
too slipperyand he
dropped it. Thekitchen floor was covered in milk.
Instead of
shouting at him
or
punishing him,his mother
said, “Robert,
what
a
great
and
wonderful
mess
you
have
made!
Ihave
never
seen
such
a
huge
puddle of milk. Would you like to play in the
milkfor a few minutes before
we clean
it up?
”
So
hedid.
After
a
few
minutes,
they
cleaned
it
up
together.
Then
his
mother said,”This was a
failed experiment in how to carry a big bottle of
milk
withtwo tiny hands. Let’s fill the
bottle with water and see if you can find a
wayto carry it without
dro
pping it.”
Thelittle boy learned that if he held
the bottle at the top near the lip with
bothhands, he could carry it without
dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
Thescientist
then
added
that
it
was
at
that
moment
that
he
knew
he
didn’t
need tobe afraid
to make mistakes. He
learned that mistakes are just
opportunities tolearn something new.
（
1
）
Rober
t made a mess on the kitchen floor by _____.
A . doing an experimentB . dropping a
bottle of milkC . throwing bottles
aroundD . drinking a bottle of milk
（
2
）
W
hat did Robert’s mother do after he made the mess?
A .
She
showed
him
a
huge
puddle
of
milk.B .
She
shouted
at
him
and
punished him.C . She
asked him to clean the kitchen.D . She allowed him
to
play in the mess.
（
3
）
Which of the
following words best describ
es Robert’s
mother?
A . Hardworking.B .
Careful.C . Smart.D . Protective.
（
4
）
With this story,
the author tries to _____.
A . tell readers how much he loved his
motherB . suggest that we should
treat
life
as
a
big
experimentC .
show
that
scientific
discoveries
come
from
everyday
lifeD
.
tell
readers
that
they
should
keep
an
open
mind
about
mistakes
3.
阅读理解
Doyou live in a city? You’ve probably
noticed how noisy and crowded
life in
acity can be. What if you could live next to a
calm lake instead?
As
itturns
out,
living
near
bodies
of
water
–
lakes,
rivers,
ponds,
even
oceans
–
can help us feel both
happier and healthier. Those who live less than
akilometer
from
the
coast
are
around
22
percent
less
likely
to
have
mentalhealth
problems
than
those
who
live
50
kilometers
or
more
away,
according to astudy by researchers from
the University of Exeter, UK. People
who visit thecoast at least twice a
week tend to experience better general and
mental healthas well.
Sohow
does
“blue
space”
make
us
feel
better?
For
one
t
hing,
aquaticenvironments
tend
to
have less pollution and
more sunlight, both
of
which arelinked to better mental and
physical health. People who get more sun
tend to behappier than those who do
not.
There’s also the air
above the sea. Afterspending time
near
the ocean,
you might find that you feel
more relaxed thanusual. This is because sea air is
filled with negative ions balance our
levels of serotonin,a chemical
that
affects our moods. With balanced serotonin levels,
we feel morecalm and
relaxed, according
to Daily Mail.
Finally,
people
who
live
near
water
tend
to
bemore
physically
active,
according to the
Guardian. Water sports like swimmingand rowing can
help us
stay in shape, which in turn
keeps us healthy.
（
1
< br>）
What did the researchers from the
University of Exeter find?
A .
Living
near
water
can
improve
our
mental
health.B .
An
increasing
number
of
people
don’t
like
living
in
cities.C .
Living
near
water
has
more
advantages than living in cities.D .
People with mental health problems mainly
come from cities.
（
2
）The underlined
word “aquatic” in Paragraph 3 is closest in
meaning
to “_____”.
A . naturalB . outdoorC . oceanicD .
clean
（
3
）
< br>What do we know about negative ions?
A . They are chemicals in our bodies.B
. They can only be found in sea air.C .
They can help people reduce stress.D .
They increase serotonin in our bodies.
（
4
）
In
which column can you find this passage?
A . Health.B . Travel.C . Environment.D
. Entertainment.
4.
阅读理解
In this digital age, people measure
theirpopularity by the number of likes
and followers they get on social media.
Butas it turns out, people are happiest
when their friends are high quality
–
nothigh quantity.
Scientists from the
University of Leeds, UK,studied data from two
online
surveys of nearly 1,500 people.
Those who took thesurvey gave details about
their age, social interactions, and how
satisfiedthey were with their social lives.
The
researchers
found
that
those
who
had
asmall
number
of
close
friends
generally
tended
to
be
happier
than
those
who
hada
large
number
of
superficialfriends.
“Loneliness has less to do
with thenumber of friends you have, and more
to do with how you feel about
yourfriends,” said Wandi Bruine de Bruin, one
of the researchers.
Bruine
de
Bruin
found
that
older
people
tendedto
have
smaller
social
circles than young
people, but the people in thesecircles tended to
be closer to
them.
Younger
people,
on
the
other
hand,
tended
tohave
bigger
circles
that
were
made up of “peripheralothers” –
people
who are not truefriends, but
just
people
they
know.
These
people
had
no
influence
on
theyounger
interviewees’
happiness.
Theresults
of
the
study
show
that
the
opinion
society
has
about
old
people beingsad and
lonely might not be accurate.
“The
research
shows
that
older
adults’smaller
networks
didn’t
prevent
social
satisfaction
and
happiness.
In
fact,older
adults
tend
to
report
better well-
being than
younger adults,” saidBruine de Bruin.
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/p>
（
1
）
Acco
rding to the study, people tend to be happier when
they _____.
A . have a small circle of
close friendsB . are satisfied with their work and
livesC . have a lot of followers on
social mediaD . make friends with people who
are older
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2
）
What do we know from Paragraphs
4 and 5?