甘肃省岷县第一中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题第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、D）中，选出最佳选项。ANews ChinaCirculation (发行量): 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $47.88 Price For You: $19.99Product Description: News China is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.Better LifeCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $44.55 Price For You: $15.00Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is Americas complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.Apple SeedsCirculation: 1 Year, 9 IssuesCover Price: $44.55 Price For You: $33.95Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability (耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for youits being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.Humor TimesCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $36.00 Price For You: $11.95Product Description: Humor Times is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In todays world, you need a reason to laugh. So lets find it in Humor Times.1. What kind of people may buy News China?A. People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese.B. People who are interested in Chinas politics, business and culture.C. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids.D. People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh.2. Better Life can help you in _.A. beautifying your houseB. finding interesting stories for your kidsC. ordering food from restaurantsD. learning about sports and travels3. What do we know about Apple Seeds?A. It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines.B. It can be purchased as an award for your children.C. The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long.D. The magazine is going to surprise you for many years. BI was desperately nervous about becoming car-free. But eight months ago our car was hit by a passing vehicle and it was destroyed. No problem, I thought: well buy another. But the insurance payout didnt even begin to cover the costs of buying a new carI worked out that, with the loan (贷款) wed need plus petrol, insurance, parking permits and tax, we would make a payment as much as 600 a month. And thats when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeot was parked nearby. If any family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that family. But my new car-free idea, sadly, wasnt shared by my family. My teenage daughters were horrified. What would their friends think about our family being “too poor to afford a car”? (I wasnt that bothered what they thought, and I suggested the girls should take the same approach.) My friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure Id soon realize that a car was a necessity. Eight months on, I wonder whether well ever own a car again. The idea that you “have to” own a car, especially if you live in a city, is all in the mind. I liveand many other citizens do tooin a place that has never been better served by public transport, and yet car ownership has never been higher. We worry about rising car costs, but wed be better off asking something much more basic: do I really need a car? Certainly the answer is no, and Im a lot richer because I dared to ask the question.4. The author decided to live a car-free life partly because _.A. the cost of a new car was too muchB. the traffic jam was unbearable for himC. most families chose to go car-freeD. he was hurt in a terrible car accident5. What is the attitude of the authors family toward his plan? A. Optimistic. B. Unconcerned. C. Supportive. D. Disapproving. 6. What did the author suggest his daughters do about their friends opinion?A.Take their advice. B. Argue against it. C. Leave it alone. D. Think it over. 7. What conclusion did the author draw after the eight-month