山西省灵丘县第一中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

灵丘一中2017-2018学年（一）期中考试 高二英语试题 总分150分 时间 90分钟 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分54分) 第一节(共13小题，每小题3分，满分39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。 A In the early 1900s, Carol Ryrie Brink lived with her grandmother Caddie on a tiny farm in Idaho. The farm was a great place to live. Besides wonderful tall climbing trees, it had cats and chickens and a horse, which she rode all over the countryside and through the streets of town. Even so, Carol was sometimes lonely. She would climb to the top of her favorite tree and make up stories to cheer herself up. The favorite part of her day was when Grandmother Caddie would sit with her and tell stories about the adventures(冒险经历) she and her brothers had. Carol loved the stories so much that when she grew up, she decided to write a book about them. Thousands of children throughout the world have read and loved Caddie Woodlawn. Carol’s book won a special award (奖)called the Newbery Medal. Each year only one children’s book is chosen to win this award. Carol sa