信阳高级中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

命题人：陈利民     审题人：周志新

 

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷1至8页，第Ⅱ卷9至10页。

第I卷  选择题 

注意事项：

1．答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。

第一部分：听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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    Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to diners（小餐馆）for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.

    A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. It wasn’t a real diner. It was only a food cart. People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. These carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside. However, they did not sit down. Later, people built diners with counters and stools, and people sat down while they ate.

    Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. It included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. They were no longer carts on wheels.

Diners today look similar to  the diners of the early 1900s. They are usually buildings with large windows. Inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. People can eat all three meals in a modern diner.

    Today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King. However, the diner remains an American tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. It was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.

21．A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. Why is the word “diner” in quotation marks(引号)？

   A. Because it is spelled differently from “ dinner”

   B. Because the first diner was not what it is now

   C. Because diner was a new word

   D. Because it is a special kind of restaurant

22．According to paragraph 3, diners changed in __________

   A. Two ways      B. three ways     C. four ways       D. five ways

23．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. Diners existed before a fast-food restaurant

  B. The menu included more food than sandwiches and coffee

  C. Burger King is a fast-food restaurant

  D. Sandwiches became bigger

24．The main idea of the passage is that ______________.

   A.  The diner is a traditional , popular place to eat in the United States

   B.  Samuel Johns built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside

   C.  American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers

   D.  Diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways 

 

                                   B

    The wedding（婚礼） took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.

    Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio station’s competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a particular “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on radio. They took a lie detector （测谎仪）test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges included an astrologer（占卜家）who declared that they were suited.

    The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaine’s mother looked anxious through-out the wedding and Mr. Cordell’s parents are reported to be less than delighted.

    Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one expert put it, “we have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously. Marriage should always be about love.”

    The couples are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a year’s free use of a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?

25．How did the couple’s parents react to the wedding?

  A. The bride’s mother shared their joy.

  B. The bridegroom’s parents were not that joyful.

  C. The bridegroom’s parents were quite delighted.

  D. The bride’s father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.

26．Some experts believe that ________.

  A. marriage without the couple’s meeting each other first ends up in divorce.

  B. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple.

  C. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems.

  D. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage.

27．One of the prizes for the couple is ________.

  A. to use an apartment free for some time.

  B. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like.

  C. to have a wedding dress free.

  D. to own an American sports car.

28．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

  A. A Wedding Based on love.         B. Two Strangers and a Wedding.

  C. A Short--lived Marriage.          D. A Well--Matched Couple.

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