- 1 -2016-20172016-2017 学年度第一学期学年度第一学期高二英语试题高二英语试题第 I 卷 第一部分:阅读理解(共两节 70 分) 第一节短文阅读(共 30 分)A Its Pigs Hometown The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didnt have enough food and was often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didnt know how to go on living. It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldnt go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot. Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldnt give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!” Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Dont say so in our village, sir!” “Im sorry, sir,” said the old man. “I dont know its Hitlers hometown.” “No, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “Its pigs hometown!” 1. The old mans sons joined the army because _. A. they were all strongB. they loved their country C. they wanted to be fullD. they had to do so 2. The old man was sad because _. A. his three sons had to join the army B. he lived in the small town alone C. his three sons lost their lives during the war D. he had neither food nor clothes 3. The villagers didnt give the old man any food because _. A. they werent kind-hearted B. they were also hungry C. his sons were in the army D. they hated him 4. Which of the following is true? A. The old policeman hated Hitler, too.B. The old policeman would send the old man into prison. C. The old policeman thought Hitler was better than pigs. D. The old man found a friend at the police station. B There have been great changes in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a womans life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances(家用电器) and convenience foods. This important change in womens way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards, return to full or part- time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each them. 5. According to the passage, around the year 1890 most women married _. A. as soon as possible after they were fifteenB. in their early fifties C. at about twenty-five D. at any age from fifteen to forty-five 6. We are told that in an average family about 1890 _. A. many children died before they were five B. the youngest child would be fifteen C. four or five children died when they were five. D. seven of eight children lived to be more than five 7. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother _. A. would expect to work until she died B. was usually expected to take up paid employment C. was unlikely to find a job like the mother nowadays - 2 -D. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment 8. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _. A. marry so that they can get a job B. leave school as soon as they can C. continue working until they are going to have a baby D. give up their jobs for good after they are married C If you