此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2017-2018学年山西省榆社中学高二下学期期中英 语注意事项：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I卷（选择题）一、 阅读理解ALow-Cost Gifts for Mothers DayGift No. 1Offer to be your mothers health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctors visits whether a disease or a regular medical check -up. Most mothers always say no need, another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctors visit. The best part? This one is free.Gift No. 2Help your mother organize al1 of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mothers life,” Dr. Marie Savard said.Gift No. 3Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep.” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”Gift No. 4Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mothers Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构).Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things many of which are “green”and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.1What are you advised to do for your mother at doctors visits?A. Take notes.B. Be with her.C. Buy medicine.D. Give her gifts.2Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother s sleep?A. In Gift No. 1B. In Gift No. 2.C. In Gift No. 3.D. In Gift No. 4.3Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to .A. enjoy good sleepB. be well-organizedC. bet extra supportD. give others helpBIn 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.At the same time, the Fringe appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.Today the Fringe, once less recognized, has far out grown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.4What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at he beginning?A. To bring Europe together again.B. To honor heroes of World War II.C. To introduce young theatre groups.D. To attract great artists from Europe.5Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?A. They owned a public house there.B. They came to take up a challenge.C. They thought they were also famous.D. They wanted to take part in the festival.6Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?A. They owned a public house thereB. University students.C. Artists from around the world.D. Performers of music and dance.7We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival.A. has become a nonofficial eventB. has gone beyond an art festivalC. gives shows all year roundD. keeps growing rapidlyCGiven that many people s moods(情绪)are regulated by the chemical action of chocolate, it was probably only a matter of time before somebody made the chocolate shop similar to a drugstore of Chinese medicine. Looking like a setting from the film Charlie& the Chocolate Factory, Singapore s Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates. Its founder is Chris Lee who grew up at his parents comer store with one hand almost always in the jar of sweets.If the CRF seems to be a smart idea, thats because Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson but also head of a marketing department that has business relations with big names such as Levis and Sony. That idea surely res