辽宁省大石桥市第二高级中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

2017--2018学年度高二(下)期末考试

英语试卷

时间：100分钟     满分：120分   

第I卷

第一部分 听力(略)

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a conclusion on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at a few in his list:

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Banyan (1678)

A story of a man in search of truth told with the simple clarity and beauty of Bunyan’s prose makes this an English classic.

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)

By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations. This world-famous novel is a complex literature that one cannot resist.

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)

A great work that’s been repeatedly printed, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English.

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748)

Clarissa is a tragic heroine, pressured by her dishonorable family to marry a wealthy man she dislikes, in the book that Samuel Johnson described as ‘"the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart”.

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749)

Tom Jones is a classic English novel that gets the spirit of its age and whose characters are well-known since they have come to represent the society at that time.

Emma by Jane Austen (1816)

Jane Austen’s Emma is her most outstanding work, mixing the best parts of her early books with a deep sense of feelings.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe (1838)

Edgar Allan Poe’s only novel---a classic adventure story with supernatural elements---has fascinated and influenced generations of writers.

1．Which English book has got the most translations before the 20th century?

A. Robinson Crusoe.   B. Gulliver’s Travels.   C. Tom Jones.   D. Emma.

2．What does Samuel Johnson think we can learn about from the book Clarissa?

A. A love story.                    B. Quarrels in a family.

C. The human heart.                D. The spirits of the lime.

3．What makes the characters in Tom Jones famous?

A. Their classic lifestyles.            B. Their different nationalities.

C. Their typical spirits of the age.      D. Their representation of the society.

B

Hawking died early Wednesday at his home in England at the age of 76. Throughout his career as one of the world’s most recognizable cosmic thinkers, he regularly threw himself into pop culture’s comedic ring with cameos（客串）on programs such as The Simpsons and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

These appearances defined Hawking’s personal life as mush as his universe-shaking theoretical work. Humor, however, was not just one side of his personality, but a key to overcoming the disease he struggled against since 1963.

“Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has maintaining a sense of humor,” Hawking said in a 2013 documentary. “I am probably better known for my appearances on The Simpsons and on The Big Bang Theory than I am for my scientific discoveries.”

At 21, Hawking was diagnosed with a condition similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis（肌萎缩性侧索硬化症）, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. According to the ALS Association, “Half of all people affected with ALS live at most three or more years after diagnosis. Twenty percent live five years or more; only ten percent will live more than ten years.”

The disease would eventually shut down Hawking’s motor functions, making him speechless and unable to move without a wheelchair. Doctors initially said he would be dead in two years.

His condition, however, proved to be a rare slow-acting version.

But Hawking fought through his worse physical state, rising to a position as a celebrated professor of mathematical at the University of Cambridge and altering the popular conception of physics with his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time.

“When I turned 21, my expectations were reduced to zero,” he said in a TV show. He added, “It was important that I came to appreciate what I did have. It’s also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can lose all hope if you can’t laugh at yourself and at life in general.”

4．What was Hawking like according to the text?

A. He was kind and brave.   

B. He was friendly and adventurous.

C. He was humorous and strong-minded.   

D. He was shy and uncommunicative.

5．How did Hawking deal with ALS?

A. He did further research into the disease.

B. He kept a positive attitude towards his disease.

C. He did more exercise and spoke a lot with others.

D. He went to hospital to have a health check regularly.

6．What can be learnt from the story of Hawking?

A. Laughter is the best medicine.

B. Lost time is never found again.

C. Everything comes to him who waits.

D. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

7．What can we know from the text?

A. ALS is a common disease in England.

B. Doctors once abandoned treatment for Hawking.

C. Playing roles in comedy was Hawking’s favorite.

D. It’s almost a wonder that Hawking can survive the disease.

C

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