- 1 -集宁一中集宁一中 2017201720182018 学年第二学期期中考试学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试题高二年级英语试题试卷说明：本套试卷总分120 分，考试时间100 分钟。第第卷卷 （选择题（选择题 共共 7070 分）分）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 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why cant there be 25 hours in a day?” complained Liu Ran in Hong Kong as mid-term exams were going on.The 18-year-old was Shandong Provinces top scorer in this years college entrance examination. After graduating from Taian No.1 High School, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学) ， although both Peking University and Tsinghua University promised her a place.“I want to experience a more international school and social life i n Hong Kong. Im majoring in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons,” Liu said.It is two months since Liu first set foot on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and language problems.“The canteen offers mostly Western or Guangdong food, but its convenient to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and almost all classes are in English,” Liu explained.Her English and Cantonese are now both improving, but she still needs more time to adapt to the new environment. “Im happy that I made the right decision to study here. With a mix of the Eastern and Western cultures, there is so much to discover and learn,” she said.Liu has 18 credit hours(学分) of classes every week and 23 non-credit hours every other week. She has signed up for four associations including the Chinese - 2 -Language Debating Team and the drama club. Essays, book reports and presentations also take plenty of time to prepare. And , of course, there are various parties to attend.“I wasnt a party animal before, but that may be interesting part of college. I sense myself changing,” Liu said.1. Liu Ran chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, because_.A. the Chinese University of Hong Kong can widen her horizons B. Hong Kong is a good placeC. she wants to be far from her homelandD.she couldnt be admitted to Peking University2. According to the last paragraph, we can infer_.A. now Liu Ran is an animalB. the busy and full life makes Liu Ran feel goodC. Liu Ran likes the food thereD. Liu Ran hates the busy life in the Chinese University of Hong Kong3. Liu Ran had to overcome the difficulties in many aspects EXCEPT_.A. food B. language C. no friends D. missing hom4. What would be the best title for the text?A. Looking for a job in HongKong B. HongKong dream C. Social life in HongKong D. The Chinese University of HongKongBThat year, in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners.Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct - 3 -his mistakes.Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didnt seem like any of this bothered the new kid.However, Littl e Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet himIt was the new teacher! The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.5. The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teachers _.A. responsibility B. imagination C. A. creativity D. curiosity6. The passage implies that the stupidest child_.A. knew much more about math than other classmatesB. was in great need of math teachers help after classC. had no much gift for math and was slow to learn itD. disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons7. According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to _.A. find out if he felt upset B. learn about where he lived C. say something to comfort him D. make friends with him8. What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?A. To find the stupidest kids mistakes.B. To think up the most original ways to explain.