甘肃省金昌市第二中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分 选择题1) 根据短文内容，从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项(每题2分，共50分)A Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his fathers lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.1. Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in _.A. Sweden B. Stockholm C. Russia D. Moscow2. What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the Crimean War?A. The engineering industry. B. A strong position.C. Landmine. D. Study of explosives. 3. Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden ? Because his father _A. went bankrupt B. was put in prison C. was ill D. died 4. How many companies did Alfred Nobel build up? He built up _ companies in different countries. A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 805. What was Alfred Nobel always searching for? _.A. More time and more money B. A meaning to life C. How to end the war D. The peace between nations BYou wake up in the morning，the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long timeThen the telephone rings，you say hello，and the drama startsThe person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward toYou are still in a wonderful mood？Impossible！Communicating with negative people can wash out your happinessIt may not change what you think，but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long timeLife brings ups and downs，but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offerThey only feel glad when they make others feel badNo wonder they can hardly win others pity or respectWhen you communicate with positive people，your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attractedWhen the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you，you feel the heavy feeling that all in all，brings you downSometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative peopleThis could be a co-worker，or a relativeIn this case，say what needs to be said as little as possibleSometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person，but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they wont feel ashamed of themselves about thatNegativity often affects happiness without even being realizedThe negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to you throughout the rest of your day，which makes you feel bad and steals your happinessLife is too short to feel negativeStay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible6The purpose of the first paragraph is to _A. make a comparison B. introduce a topic C. offer an evidence D. describe a daily scene7How can negative people have effect on us？ABy influencing our emotion BBy telling us the nature of lifeCBy changing our ways of thinkingDBy comparing their attitudes to life with ours8Some negative people base their happiness on _Aother peoples pity for them Bbuilding up a positive attitudeCmaking other people unhappy Dother peoples respect for them9According to the passage，to reduce negative peoples influence on us， we are advised to _Achange negative peoples attitudes to lifeBshow our dissatisfaction to negative peopleCmake negative people feel ashamed of themselvesDcommunicate with negative people as little as possible10What is the authors attitude towards negative people？A. FavorableB .Critical CIndifferent DSupportiveC Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked