2022年高一英语第二学期分班考试试题第一部分：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。AAll over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for(参加) them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often bee good friends. Sports help to train a persons character. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(胜不骄，败不馁).1Why do some people get excited when they watch a game?A. Because they win the game.B. Because they get the good news.C. Because their favourite team wins.D. Because they cant help themselves.2Which of the sports has a long history?A. Water-skiing. B. Basketball. C. Volleyball. D. Long jump.3Why do people from different countries often bee friends after a game together? A. Because they train their character in the game.B. Because they are friendly to each other.C. Because they understand each other.D. Because they help each other.BMy friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a caf called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whomAlexused to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that hed be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the caf, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN).Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.4Alex lent Emma the book, Markings, .Ato show his friendliness to herBto show his interest in readingCto tell her about the importance of the UNDto let her write her name and address inside5How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?APleased. B. Satisfied C. Worried. DSurprised.6We can learn from the text that the Californian .Amet Emma at a concert Binvited Emma to a concertCintroduced Emma to his friendDleft Emma his backpack7Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?AAn official of the UN. BA coffee shop owner.CA friend of the authors. DAlexs friend from California.CIf Confucius(孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles（蜡烛）. Hed need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal. Most Americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesnt mean that Americans dont care about Confucius. In many ways he has bee a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past twenty years, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes(孔子学院) in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are