甘肃省兰州第一中学2018-2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

兰州一中2018-2019-1学期高二年级期中考试试题 英 语 说明：本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。 第I卷 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分) 第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Stephen Hawking, a world famous British physicist, also wrote a children’s book with his daughter. Hawking said the book would be “a bit like Harry Potter” but without the magic. “It explains the wonders of the universe,” said Hawking, while he was on a visit to Hong Kong over 10 years ago. Hawking, is probably the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert on black holes. He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe. “My goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all.” Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking.      Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer’s mouse. He selects his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer. “I have had the disease for most of my life,” Hawking once said. “Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work.” Although Hawking is such a disabled man, he made great achievements. He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics. 1. In the first paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote is_____. A. the same as Harry Potter B. is quite different from Harry Potter. C. about the magic D. about science 2. From the text we can learn _____. A. Hawking is more famous than Einstein B. Hawking is less famous than Einstein C. Both Hawking and Einstein are very famous D. Neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous 3.