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2014-2015学年度第一学期期中联考

高二年级英语试卷

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名，考号填写在答题纸上规定位置。

2. 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120

分钟。

3. 作答时，将答案写（或填涂）在答题纸上，在本试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，只收答

题纸。

第Ⅰ卷 选择题 （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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

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I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled(贴标签)everything. I always looked for everything. Over time，Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over，and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. So we both got tired of each other．

War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room．Soon，I heard her screaming，“Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened，I saw my shoes flying at me．I jumped to my feet and started yelling．She yelled back louder．

The room was filled with anger．We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call．Kate answered it．From her end of the conversation，I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill．When she hung up，she quickly crawled(爬)under her covers，sobbing．Obviously，that was something she should not go through alone．All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart．

Slowly，I collected the pencils，took back the books，made my bed，cleaned the socks and swept the floor，even on her side．I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up.

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She was watching，her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief．Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine．I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me，“Thanks．”

Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree，but we learned the meaning of living together：giving in, cleaning up and holding on． 1．What made Kate so angry one evening? A. She couldn’t find her books． B. She heard the author shouting loud． C. She got the news that her grandma was ill． D. She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed．

2．The author tidied up the room most probably because_____． A. she was scared by Kate’s anger B. she hated herself for being so messy C. she wanted to show her care D. she was asked by Kate to do so 3．How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed? A. By analyzing causes． C. By describing a process．

B. By showing differences．

D. By following time order．

4．What might be the best title for the story?

A. My Friend Kate B. Hard Work Pays Off C. How to be Organized

D. Learning to be Roommates B

Should parents consider any real value in kid humor? And should the sounds of armpit farts(咯吱打响) be encouraged?

“ Absolutely. Not during a math test, necessarily, but there are too many places in our world right now where children have to be serious,” said Ed Dunkelblau, a psychologist. “We forget that humor, laughter and play are important to our existence.”

“Kids learn to build relationships through humor and laughter,” said Ed Dunkelblau. “There are ways to play and be humorous that don’t cost anybody self-esteem.”

Research shows that children respond to humor long before they can fully understand language or develop long-term memory.

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Two top funny guys from American Greetings, Pat Sandy and Brain Cleary, see kid humor as a victory of language and one of the earliest acts of defiance(违抗), both of which should be celebrated as necessary and healthy. “We do the same thing as grown-ups. We show off our vocabularies,” said Cleary. Sandy said parents should consider a good sense of humor a benefit to their children. “A kid who is really good at humor shows a sign of intelligence at an early age,” he said. “Armpit farts show an ability to take incongruent(不一致的) devices and bring them together.”

Social worker Devra Renner said parents tend to forget what made them laugh—and how

good it felt—when they were young.

“Consider how many times you have heard a parent ask a laughing child, ‘What’s so funny’” said Renner. “But if we give up the adult definition of what ‘fun’ is and remember what was fun when we were kids, I think many parents would be amazed at their newfound ability to once again discover just what it is that’s so funny.”

5. What’s Dunkelblau’s attitude towards kid humor?

A. Disapproving. B. Critical. C. Skeptical. D. Supportive. 6. In the opinion of Sandy, kid humor _______. A. shows children are creative

B. helps children develop a good memory at an early age C. reflects children’s desire to show off their intelligence D. is a kind of way to show off kids’ big vocabularies 7. According to Renner, what can we know?

A. Parents usually know how to make their kids laugh. B. Parents sometimes can’t understand kid humor. C. Parents can discover fun from what makes kids laugh.

D. Parents tend to tell their funny stories from childhood to their kids. 8. The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ______. A. encourage parents to teach kids how to be humorous B. remind kids to avoid being hurt by bad humor C. expect parents to realize the importance of kid humor D. explain what humor brings to parents and kids

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