内蒙古科尔沁左翼中旗实验高级中学2022-2023学年高二下学期期中考试英语复习试卷

2022-2023学年度下学期高二年组 期中考试（英语）试卷 测试时间：120分 总 分：150分 注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。 2. 请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答，在试卷上答题无效。 第二部分 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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Want to become a better reader? Here are four important things to remember about reading rate : ● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly. ● Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems(算术运算问题), science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea. ● Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or home-town, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors. ● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered. 1. The underlined word "rate" in the first sentence means _______. A. fast B. slow C. speed D. skill 2. Which should be read slowly according to the passage? A. Stories for enjoyment B. Arithmetic problems C. Letters from friends D. News from hometown newspapers 3. How fast should we read? A. The faster, the better. B. The more slowly, the better. C. Neither too fast nor too slow. D. It depends on what we are reading. 4. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true? A. Read slowly when you are reading something important to you. B. Read fast when you are reading something unimportant to you. C. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly. D. Read the materials that you