2019年高二下学期英语期末模拟试卷（无听力）

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第二部分：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、D）中，选出最佳选项.

A

Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day

Gift No. I

Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say \need,\another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part ? This one is free. Gift No. 2

Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. \all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life,\Gift No. 3

Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. \fortable pillows to encourage better sleep,\important to our health.\Gift No. 4

Some gift panies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things -many of which are \and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

21. What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

A. Be with her. B. Take notes. C. Buy medicine. D. Give her gifts. 22. Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?

A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2. C. In Gift No. D. 4. In Gift No. 3. 23. Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized C. give others help D. bet extra support B

Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.

Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the pany.

“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.

24. What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview? A. A friend’s car had a flat tyre C. a terrible accident happened

B. an old man’s car broke down

D. a wild man was pushing a car

25. Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride? A. He was also to be interviewed C.He was thankful to Jimmy

B. He needed a traveling panion

D. He always helped people in need

26. How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question? A. There was no hope for him to get the job B. He was sorry for the other applicants C. He regretted helping the old man D. The interviewer was very rude

27. A. What can we learn from Jimmy’s experience？

A. Where there is a will, there’s a way B. A friend in need is a friend indeed C. Two heads are better than one D. Good is rewarded with good.

C

George Gershwin, born in 1998, was one of America’s greatest posers. He published his first song when the was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.

Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way — from jazz to country.

In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to pose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he posed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular. In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study position (作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It sill remains one of his most famous works.

George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written. 28. Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ________ . A. written about New Yorkers

B. posed for Paul Whiteman

C. performed in various ways D. played mainly in the countryside 29. What do we know about the concert organized by Whiteman?

A. It caused a debate among jazz musicians. B. It attracted more people to theatres C. It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra

D. It proved jazz could be serious music

30. What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris? A. He created one of his best works C. He argued with French critics

B. He studied with Nadia Boulanger D. He changed his music style

31. Which of the following best describes Gershwin? A. Serious and boring C. popular and unhappy

D

Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to munications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000. Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives. But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never fortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there

B. Talented and productive

D. Friendly and honest