精品解析:黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

高二英语期末考试试题 （时间：120分钟 总分：150分 Ⅰ卷交答题卡，Ⅱ卷交答题纸） 第一部分、阅读理解：总计40分 第一节（包括4个阅读理解，共15个小题，每小题2分，共计30分） A Dear Derrick , Although under great pressure, we all get on well with each other in this large office. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you . You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two weeding gifts, one funeral remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts . It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable(and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives. This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting . Thank you for understanding . 1. The underlined word “ contributions ” probably means _________ . A. reports B. suggestions C. understanding D. money 2. Derrick is expected to _________. A. show more kindness B. discontinue the present practice C. quit being the organizer for gift giving D. know more about co-workers’ families 3. This is basically a letter of _________. A. apology B. dissatisfaction C. appreciation D. sympathy B Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to start a bed and breakfast. Four years later, the couple now dishes out banana pancake breakfasts, cleans toilets, serves homemade cookies to guests in a bed and breakfast surrounded by trees on a mountain known for colorful sunsets. “Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic?