1、学年甘肃省嘉峪关市一中高二下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版嘉峪关市一中2017-2018学年第二学期期末考试高二英语试卷（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A Welcome to our website. Here are some magazines to recommend this week.Cover Price: $56.00Sale Price: $25.00 Alarm celebrates independent t
2、hinking in music, art, film and fashion through in-depth writings. Each issue of Alarm features interviews, reviews and life stories of famous people in the artistic world. It also provides the latest news on famous bands, artists, film makers and fashion trends.Cover Price: $47.40Sale Price: $12.00
3、 Alternative Press celebrates music and youth culture. It features the latest music news and releases, and includes interviews with new bands as well as famous bands. The magazine is written for fans of electronic, industrial, punk, underground, rock, experimental and other musical types. It also of
4、fers columns about new technology, book reviews and film reviews.Cover Price: $39.92Sale Price: $12.00 Sound Vision is for people with a great interest in music and video. It is also for people who want to know how to reproduce video. The magazine tests new technology and explains how to buy and use
5、 music equipment.Cover Price: $23.70Sale Price: $12.00 Complex is a lifestyle magazine. It covers everything with hip-hop culture. Articles cover music, fashion, film and sports. It also has a buyers guide to the hottest gear, clothes and gadgets. Complex combines two magazines into one. It is not o
6、nly a lifestyle magazine but also a product guide.1. Alarm would most probably attract people who love reading _.A. reviews of novels B. simple humorous storiesC. serious writings on music D. stories written by famous artists2. What discount can you get if you buy Alternative Press on the website?A.
7、 About 38% B. About 55%C. About 70% D. About 75%3. Which magazine will suit a hip-hop fan?A. Complex. B. Alarm.C. Alternative Press. D. Sound & Vision. BI dropped out of college after my freshman year. Three years later, I quit a dead-end job and returned college. I saw school as my way out. But I q
8、uickly found myself facing the same roadblocks that had caused me to quit before: I was confused with college-level algebra and a heavy workload of reading and writing assignment. Moreover, I was unsure of my career direction. I was ready to drop out again. Then a smartly-dressed woman walked confid
9、ently to the front of my English composition class. “Look at you! Look at each and every one of you,” she said. “Youre here to change your lives for the better. And youre going to make it!” I cant remember the rest of the speech, but it changed the course of my college career and my life. Mrs. Smith
10、 didnt know me from any of the other 40 faces in her classroom, but I felt she speaking directly to me. Having trouble keeping up with the workload? Break it down into small pieces, and set up a schedule that suits you. If college algebra is too difficult, drop back to introductory college math. As
11、for English composition, she gave us writing assignments we could relate to. “Go for the best, kid. Youre worth it,” shed say. I graduated from that college and went on to get my bachelors degrees. Today, as a college instructor, each fall when I stand in front of a new class, I think of Mrs. Smith
12、and how much teachers can affect their students. She couldnt have known it when she gave that pep talk, but she made a huge difference in my life. 4. Why did the author want to quit school again? A. He wanted to return to hid former job.B. He decided on his future career. C. The academic pressure se
13、emed unbearable.D. Many changes took place in his life. 5. How did Mrs. Smith help the author? A. She made him feel relaxed.B. She helped him with algebra. C. She talked to him directly.D. She brought him courage and faith. 6. What can we infer about the author? A. He learnt to be a better teacher.
14、B. He didnt finish his college education. C. He became Mrs. Smiths favorite student. D. He didnt understand the writing assignments. 7. What can be the best title for the text? A. Always believe in yourself.B. Never quit before trying. C. Experience is worth valuing.D. A lady changed my life in time
15、. CIn the story of “The Crow and the Pitcher”（乌鸦和水罐）from Aesops Fables（伊索寓言）, a thirsty crow drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the low level of water inside so he can take a drink. Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. New Caledonian crows actually do understand how to make water
16、 displacement work to their advantage, experiments showed. The results suggests that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first-graders, according to the study.Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, presented six crows with tubes filled with water. Inside the tubes, a worm or pie
