安阳市第二中学2018-2019学年第一学期期末考试高一英语试题卷注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第1部分 听力（略）第2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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATo: The Manager of Mezzo Mash RestaurantDear Sir,Last Tuesday evening I went with two friends to your restaurant for my 18th birthday. I d booked the table for eight oclock and we arrived about ten minutes late, but that was not a problem.The waiter, who was very polite, showed us to our table and we studied the menu. I ordered a fish pie and my friends ordered some salads. However, after about fifteen minutes, the waiter told us that there was no more fish pie. He apologized and suggested ordering something else. I looked at the menu again and decided to have the same as my friendsa salad.When the food came, it was very good. After we finished, we decided to order some desserts（餐后甜点）. The waiter said that, unluckily, it was too late. There wasnt enough time for us to order desserts. He said he was very sorry but our table was booked by another group at nine thirty and we would have to leave.We paid the bill and left feeling very unhappy. It ruined my birthday. Nobody told us when we arrived that there was a time limit (限制). It was very unsatisfactory and I doubt whether Well go to your restaurant again.Yours faithfully,Martin Cary21Why did Martin and his friends fail to have any dessert?ASomeone had booked their table.BThey had to be home by 9:30.CIt was too expensive.DThere was none left.22What is Martin Cary trying to do in the letter?ACancel a booking.BOffer a suggestion.CAsk for information.DExpress dissatisfaction.23What does Martin think about their experience?AThe food took too long to arrive.BThey got to the restaurant too late.CThey won t visit the restaurant again.DThere was not much choice on the menu.BThey were a happy family: four daughters all in the same school in different grades. The youngest, Janice, who was in my class, seemed to be glued （粘）to her mothers skirts. The three older girls took the bus to school every morning, but Janice was always driven to school by her mother.One Friday, Janices mother asked for a talk with me. She said in a soft voice, “My husband is going to Europe on business for two weeks, and he insists that I go with him. I have tried to explain over and over that Janice needs me here. But he thinks that she will be fine without me so I have no choice; I have to go. I have told the babysitter to drive her every morning. Will you please give Janice special attention and help her? I want to be sure everything goes well for her.”I told her that we would make every effort to support Janice. I even volunteered to meet Janice at her car so she would see a familiar face. As a mother myself, Id like to help. Janices mother thanked me for our understanding.On Monday morning, expecting a tearful, anxious child, I planned a special program of fun and games. I waited outside to greet Janice, but just then the bus arrived and not three, but four girls got off. Janice skipped along joyfully, saying “goodbye” to her sisters as she ran with two friends into the classroom. I walked slowly into the classroom and called Janice over to ask how the bus ride went. Impatiently she said, “Oh, I always want to take the bus with the other kids, but Mother needs to be with me. You see there wont be any more babies, so I have to be a baby a little longer. While she is away, Ill just ride the bus every day. I am five , you know.24Why did Janices mother want to have a talk with the author?ATo ask her to help Janice with her homework.BTo ask her to pick up Janice every day.CTo ask her to give Janice more attention.DTo ask her to meet Janice at her car.25What did the author not do for Janice?APlan a special program of fun and games.BWait for her outside the school.CGreet her when she got off the bus.DAsk about her bus ride.26What did Janice look like on Monday morning?AShe was tearful and anxious.BShe was worried about her mother.CShe missed her mother very much.DShe was happy rather than sad.27What do we know from the passage?AJanice is too young to go to school by bus.BJanice likes taking the bus to school.CJanice doesnt like her babysitter.DJanice is no longer a child.CIn many ways, Providence Mount St. Vincent in Seattle is a typical senior living community. It is home to about 400 elderly people and provides them with different types of assistance. However, it is also the Inter-generational Learning Center-a preschool where children and seniors have the chance to bond（结成友好的关系）.Established in 1991, the ILCs purpose is to allow kids to learn about acceptance while also being nurtured. It also aims to help se