廉政文化是社会主义文化建设的重要组成部分，是在我国五千多年文明历史发展过程中形成的博大精深的中华文化，是中华民族的传统美德2017-2018学年高一英语期中考试题（A版）(本试卷共120分 答题时间100分钟)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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThe nervous-looking young man had waited for a few momentsoutside the jewelers before he got enough courage to enter. He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush of blood to his face as he explained he would be bringing in his future wife to choose a birthday present. The assistant listened carefully and told him hed better buy a necklace. He wasnt used to buying jewellery and was a little worried about over-spending. After some discussion as to a reasonable price and the type, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five oclock. When, half an hour later than planned, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose, and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted.1. A good title for this passage is_. A. A Clever Assistant B. Buying a Birthday PresentC. How to Choose a Necklace D. A Brave Young Man2. When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his face_. A. turned paleB. turnedredC. turned yellowD. turned black3. James and Laura reached the shop at_.A. 4:30 B.5:00 C.5:30 D.6:004. James would come back to buy what he wanted because_.A. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy thingsB. the necklace was goodC. Laura liked the necklaceD. the assistant who served James was very beautifulBOnce upon a time, there was a beautiful bird, which was very curious about hell. When she was little, her mother always told her that if she didnt master the flying skills, she would go to hell. She was so curious about hell that she always asked others what hell looked like, but no one was sure, because none of them had ever been there. Some said hell was a place full of water, and others told her that hell was full of burning fire. However, the bird knew they were lying. She wanted to find out what hell was.When other birds were learning flying skills, she always hid herself and watched them. She thought in this way she could go to hell and see what hell looked like. However, she spent so little time learning flying skills that one day she was caught by a little boy. The little boy gave her to his grandpa in the countryside as a gift. The old man liked her very much. He made a delicate cage and put her in it. The bird was very worried because she thought she couldnt find out what hell was like staying in this small cage. However, she couldnt escape. Day after day, she just stayed in the cage, watching other birds flying. She lost her freedom and she became sadder and sadder. At last, she became ill. The old man finally opened the cage, but she was too weak to fly. Lying on the ground, she thought of the question that she ever asked all the time.“What does hell look like?”“Hell is a small well-decorated cage.” Before she closed her eyes forever, she finally answered that question herself.5. What does the underlined word “master” in the first paragraph mean?A. Miss. B. Finish. C. Follow. D. Learn well. 6. Why did the bird hide herself when other birds were learning flying skills?A. Because she was lazy. B. Because she didnt like learning flying skills. C. Because she thought she could go to hell by doing this. D. Because she thought she didnt have to learn flying skills. 7. According to the passage, the bird at last found that _. A. hell was a place full of water. B. hell was a place full of burning fire C. there was no hell D. hell was a small well-decorated cage CIn the past ten years，many scientists have studied the differences between men and womenAnd they all got the same answer：The sexes （性别） are different，because their brains are differentAnd this，the scientists say，makes men and women see the world in different waysBoys，for example，generally are better than girls at mathematical （数学的） ideasBoys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sportsGirls，on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boysAnd they generally see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languagesWhat makes men and women better at one thing or another？The answer is the brainThe brain has two sides connected by nerve（神经） tracksThe left side generally is used for mathematics，speech and writingThe right side is used for a