此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2018-2019学年山西省长治二中高二上学期期末考试英 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Professional development courses in LondonBusiness writingDelivery method: Online, VideoPrice: 49About the course: Many people get blocked when forced to put their thoughts into words at work. This course gives you the tools and techniques to improve your writing, whether its a two-line email or a two-hundred-page report.Travel writing coursesDelivery method: Classroom, SeminarPrice: 115 ( full day); 125 (evening classes)About the course: Do you want to be a travel writer? Then come along to a one-day travel writing workshop or a four-week travel writing evening class. The courses help participants to write travel features and publish them in newspapers, magazines or on websites.Pre-sessional programmes in EAPDelivery method: Classroom, SeminarPrice: Starting from 1,250About the course: Our five pre-sessional programmes in English for academic purposes are intended for international students who plan to study at Aston University. These programmes aim to equip you with the language and academic skills necessary for success in your future chosen subject area.MasterclassDelivery method: Classroom, SeminarPrice: Starting from 335About the course: Whether you write fundraising letters, or for your website(s), this course will help you gain the ideas, knowledge and skills you need to write fundraising copy that produces more impressive and profitable results.1How is the business writing course different from the others?AIt is delivered online. BIt offers evening classes.CIt focuses on report writing. DIt is hosted by Aston University.2What can pre-sessional programmes in EAP help students do?AChoose a suitable college subject. BPrepare themselves for university.CGo to world-class universities. DOnly improve their academic skills.3Which course fits John if he hopes to write inspiring words for fundraising activities?APre-sessional programmes in EAP. BTravel writing courses.CBusiness writing. DMasterclass.My first impression of Miss Vicki was a highly authoritative(权威的) person towering over me. She spoke in a loud voice and the earth shook whenever she marched. That was in the first year of high school. She was a knowledgeable literature teacher then. However, during my first year in school, she struck terror into my heart(使我胆战心惊). And everyone elses of course. Just the mention of her name made the most unruly classes silent.Nevertheless, the two years of junior high passed by rather quickly. Soon, I went to senior high class. I had worked hard and gotten the subject combination that I wished for. Together with a group of old friends, I soon settled down in class comfortably.To everyones surprise, she was fortunate enough to be my teacher that year. I was shocked when I heard the news. This time round, however, I decided not to hide in terror whenever she was near. I decided to face the fact that we were going to meet each other for the next 365 days. Instead of trying too hard to lick her boots, I tried my best to my natural self in front of her.Still, I could not shake off the ice-cold impression that she put in my heart. True, her jokes sometimes sent me into fits of laughter, yet at other times these jokes simply fell flat the moment she told them. My lovely class, however, was already ready to laugh at the right time of her amusing stories. After all, we would not want to run the risk of provoking(激怒) her.Unluckily, life was not to remain boring. One day we received news that Miss Vicki was to leave Singapore for the Philippines where she would take part in a voluntary teaching program for the poor. We did not know what to say actually. All of us cried at the airport.4During the first year in school, the author thought Miss Vicki was .Aproud but patient Bbeautiful but strictCscholarly but serious Dhumorous but single-minded5What does the underlined phrase “lick her boots” in Paragraph 3 mean?AWin her favor. BEmbarrass her.CArgue with her. DFollow her closely.6What can we learn from Paragraph 4 ?AMiss Vicki was a good joke teller.BMiss Vickis jokes were always boring.CStudents liked Miss Vickis class very much.DStudents pretended to laugh to please Miss Vicki.7What can we infer about Miss Vicki from the last paragraph?AShe was fired by the school.BShe was not accepted by the students.CShe was unwilling to leave her students.DShe had a strong sense of social responsibility.A recent study led by researchers from the National University of Singapore(NUS)has found a cl