高二上学期英语期末考试模拟试卷真题

高二上学期英语期末考试模拟试卷

一、阅读理解

1.

阅读理解

There aremany weird sports that are present from around the world. From

each region of theworld, along with the very popular common sports, there are

also those really popularbut very weird kinds of sports.

The Ultimate Test between Man and Horse:

This indeed a very strange kind of sport thattests your stamina. You will

learn how to be agiler while competing against a game originated in

Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells. This sport really has todo with strength. You

will

require

great

agility

and

strength

in

order

to

take

partin

this.

Marathon

human

contestants

are

put

to

test

against

those

mounted

on

is

how the marathon testing takes place.

Love Locked Race

This is a sports event that was first introducedin Finland. This is all about a

male competitor racing with a female in a certainway. There would be many

obstructions

and

blocks

on

the

way

which

would

definitelybring

you

challenges. The person to win would have to finish the race without losinghis

female

partner

in

the

course

of

overcoming

the

obstacles

even

for

once.

Thisrace takes place really fast and the obstacles are set that way.

Toe sport

This is yet another weird sport that welcomesyou to use your toes. This is

quite the same kind of sport that you used to playas a child which involved toe

wrestling. This has now been turned into a major sportthat even has a World

Toe Wrestling Competition. It first originated in a pub ofDerbyshire.

The

localstook

this

sport

with

great

enjoyment

and

then

made

this

so

popular that it soonhad its own championship. The individuals who participate

have

only

got

to

use

theirfeet

in

locks

but

then

this

is

tougher

than

it

may

sound.

The Mud Pit Belly Flop

This is a kind of game where even the spectatorsget splashed in mud but

in fact that is quite the fun. The very annual Summer RedneckGames in East

Dublin brings about this game and brings about some of the greatesthubcap

discus

throws

with

it.

This

is

also

a

great

sport

to

show

the

strength

anddexterity of your feet.

（

1

）

Which sport requires couples to participate?

A . The Ultimate T

est between Man and Horse.B . Love Locked Race.C . Toe

sport.D . The Mud Pit Belly Flop.

2

）

Which statement shows the popularity of the Toe Sport?

A . It first originated in a pub of Derbyshire.B . The locals took this sport

with

great

enjoyment.C .

It

has

a

World

Toe

Wrestling

Competition.D .

Even

kids are fond of the sport.

（

3

）

What

kind

of

people

are

likely

to

take

part

in

the

Ultimate

Test

between Man and Horse?

A

.

People

with

agility

and

strength.B

.

People

with

companions.C

.

Marathon runners.D . Horse riders.

2.

阅读理解

The

evidence

for

harmony

may

not

be

obvious

insome

families.

But

it

seems that four out of five young people now get on withtheir parents, which

is

the

opposite

of

the

popularly

held

image

of

unhappyteenagers

locked

in

their room after endless family quarrels.

An

important

new

study

into

teenage

attitudessurprisingly

shows

that

their family life is more harmonious than it has everbeen in the past.” We were

surprised by jus

t how positive today’s young peopleseen to be about their

families,” said one member of the research team. “They’reexpected to be

rebellious and selfish but actuallythey have other things on their minds; they

want a car and material goods, andthey worry about whether school is serving

them

well.

There’s

more

negotiationand

discussion

between

parents

and

children, and children expect to take partin the family decision-making process.

They don’t want to rock the boat.”

So

it

seems

that

this

generation

of

parents

ismuch

more

likely

than

parents

of

30

years

ago

to

treat

their

children

asfriends.

“My

parents

are

happy to discuss things with me and willing to listento me,” says 17

-years- old

Daniel

Lazall.

“I

always

tell

them

when

I’m

going

outclubbing.

As

long

as

they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” SusanCrome, who is now

21,

agrees.”Looking

back

on

the

last

10

years,

there

was

alot

of

what

you

could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all myhomework, I

could

go

out

on

a

Saturday

night.

But

I

think

my

grandparents

werea

lot

stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe

this

positive

view

of

family

life

shouldnot

be

unexpected.

It

is

possible

that

the

idea

of

teenagers’

rebellion

is

notrooted

in

real

facts.

A

researcher

comments,

“Our

surpri

se

that

teenagers

saythey

get

along

well

with their parents comes because of a brief period in oursocial history when

teenagers

were

regarded

as

different

beings.

But

that

ideaof

rebelling

and

breaking away from their parents really only happened duringthat one time in

the

1960s

when

everyone

rebelled.

The

normal

situationthroughout

history

has been a smooth change from helping out with the familybusiness to taking

it over.”

（

1

）The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______.

A

.

share

family

responsibilityB

.

cause

trouble

in

their

familiesC

.

go

boating with their familyD . make family decisions

（

2

）Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents______.

A . go to clubs more often with their childrenB . are much stricter with their

childrenC .

care

less

about

their

children’s

lifeD .

give

their

children

more

freedom

（

3

）

Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A .

Discussion

in

family.B .

Teenage

education

in

family.C .

Harmony

in

family.D . Teenage trouble in family.

3.

阅读理解

The

days

of

the

hunter

arealmost

over

in

India.

This

is

partly

because

there is practically nothing leftto kill, and partly because some steps have been

taken,

mainly

by

banningtiger-shooting,

to

protect

those

animals

which

still

survive.

Some people say that Man isnaturally a hunter. I disagree with this view.

Surely our earliest forefathers,who at first possessed no weapons, spent their

time

digging

for

roots,

and

wereno

doubt

themselves

often

hunted

by

meat-eating animals.

I

believe

the

main

reasonwhy

the

modern

hunter

kills

is

that

he

thinks

people will admire his courage inoverpowering dangerous animals. Of course,

there

are

some

who

truly

believethat

the

killing

is

not

really

the

important

thing, and that the chief pleasurelies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of

the

wild

countryside.

There

arealso

those

for

whom

hunting

in

fact

offers

a

chance to prove themselves andrisk death by design; these men go out after

dangerous

animals

like

tigers,even

if

they

say

they

only

do

it

to

rid

the

countryside

of

a

threat.

I

canrespect

reasons

like

these,

but

they

are

clearly

different from the need tostrengthen your high opinion of yourself.

The greatest big-gamehunters expressed in their writings something of

these finer motives. One ofthem wrote.

“You must properly respectwhat you are after and shoot it cleanly and

on

the

animal’s

own

territory.

You

must

fix

forever

in

your

mind

all

the

wonders of thatparticular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years

older to beattacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half

alive, by otheranimals, Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing - not if you

respect thething you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill

tofeed your people.”

I can understand suchbeliefs, and can compare these hunters with those

who hunted lions with spears and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is

very differentfrom many tiger-shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons

were

used.

Theso-called

hunters

fired

from

tall

trees

or

from

the

backs

of

trained methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than

rabbits.

（

1

）

There is no more hunting in India now partly because___.

A . it is dangerous to hunt thereB . hunting is already out of dateC . hunters

want to protect animalsD . there are few animals left to hunt

（

2

）

The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly____.

A

. to make the countryside safeB . to earn people’s admirationC . to gain

power and influenceD . to improve their health

（

3

）

What do we learn about the big-game hunters?

A . They hunt old animalsB . They mistreat animalsC . They hunt for foodD .

They hunt for money

（

4

）What is the author’s view on the tiger

-shoots he has seen?

A

.

Modern

hunters

lack

the

courage

to

hunt

face-to- faceB

.

Modern

hunters should use more advanced weaponsC . Modern hunters like to hunt

rabbits instead of tigersD . Modern hunters should put their safety first

二、任务型阅读

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