[]甘肃省白银市会宁县第四中学2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题（无答案）

会宁四中2018-2019学年度第一学期高二级中期考试

英语试卷

 

第I卷(共70分) 

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 

A

  To travel around the world is the dream of many adventurous people. But very few people can afford a global tour because hotels, food and airplane tickets are too expensive. Some people, however, have thought of some ways to realize their dreams.

Laura Cody and Tanbay Theune, a couple from Britain, decided to travel around the world. They have found a good way to pay for their trips. They look after pets for rich house owners. In exchange, they can stay in the houses for free. They have looked after horses, cows, cats, dogs and fish. In two years, the couple has been to Australia, Germany, Spain and Italy. They have stayed in big cities and small villages. The home owners are usually very generous(慷慨) and have given them food, wine and day trips.

Another person who tries to realize her travel dream is photographer Rhiannon Taylor. She travels around the world to visit, review and take photos of the best hotels. She shares the places she stays in and the food she eats on the Internet with tens of thousands of followers.

With these ways of making money, traveling around the world is no longer a dream. More and more young people are thinking creatively to make their dream come true.

1. Why do most people feel hard to make their travel dream come true?

A. Because they can hardly find hotels.   B. Because the food is not healthy.

C. Because they are afraid of adventure. D. Because the cost of travel is high.

2. The best word to describe the way of realizing the travel dream is ______.

A. special        B. rich C. creative  D. adventurous

3. It is known from the passage that Laura and Tanbay paid for their trips by ______.

A. staying in the house for free    B. looking after pets for rich house owners

C. going to Australia and other countries   D. being given food and day drinks

4. According to the passage, Taylor is a photographer who shares her photos ______.

 A. of every hotel                   B. to review her visits

C. on the Internet                  D. with her friends            

B

   As you research music，you will find music that is familiar to you．You will find music which tells of interesting places and exciting things to do．You will find music which expresses feelings that are often your own．Music is an expression of the people．

As you research，you will find music at work and play．You will find music expressing love of the country，love of nature，and love of home．Music is also an expression of the composer （作曲家）．The composer expresses his own musical ideas．He studies the materials of music and discovers ways of using them．He looks for new kinds of musical expression．

Music can suggest actions and feelings which we all share．We can enjoy playing and singing music，dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places．

5．In the first paragraph，the author tells us to　   　．

A．find entertainment（娱乐） in music

B．be friendly to music

C．express your feelings in music

D．discover the things and places in music

6．From the second paragraph，we know that　   　．

A．if we love music，we will love the country，nature and home

B．you may listen to music at work or play

C．music can express how people live，work and think

D．music sings of the country，nature and home

 

7．The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible　   　．

A．that the music can express actions and feelings we have in common

B．to bring understanding between people of different times and places

C．that people can enjoy playing and singing music，dancing and listening to the music at the same time

D．that people of different times and places can get together

8．Which of the following is NOT true？Music expresses　   　．

A．the feelings of our own

B．people's love of the country

C．people's musical ideas．
D．the composer's feelings

 

C

    A group of old classmates, who have succeeded in their work, got together to visit their teacher. Their conversation soon turned to complaining (抱怨) about the stress (压力) in their work and life. The teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and many cups. Some of the cups are expensive and lovely, but some are cheap and not beautiful. The teacher told them to help themselves to the coffee.

    When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Have you noticed all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the cheap ones? It’s OK for you to want only the best for yourselves, but that is why you have the stress in your work and life even if you’re very successful now.”

   “All of you really wanted the coffee, not the cups, but you chose the best cups and were eyeing each other’s cups.”

   “Now think about this: life is the coffee, and money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life. They do not change the quality (质量) of life. Sometimes, we just care about the cups, and we fail to enjoy the coffee. So, don’t let the cups drive you, enjoy the coffee instead.”

9. The students who visited the teacher ______.

 A. are satisfied with their work  B. are successful in their studies

 C. are strict with each other     D. are successful in their work

10. The teacher noticed that the students ________.