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1、甘肃省临夏中学20172018学年第二学期第二次月考试卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节： 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 （30分）。AI lay in the hospital bed with my six-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, holding her in my arms. “Mommy, will you stay with me the whole time?” she asked, looking up. “You know I cant be in the oper
2、ating room,” I said carefully, not wanting to frighten her. “But Daddy and I will be waiting right outside.” Elizabeth nodded, but her eyes looked troubled.Elizabeth had broken her right leg in July. Seven months later, it still hadnt healed. In fact, it had got worse. She was here in the hospital f
3、or surgery.I wanted to tell her that everything would be okay and promised that this would be the last time shed have to go through this. But what if something went wrong again? How could I comfort my daughter when I needed comfort myself?There was a knock at the door. A nurse? I thought. Time to sa
4、y goodbye already? But the woman who came in wasnt a nurse. “Hi,” the woman said, “I am a volunteer here, and I have got something for Elizabeth.” She handed a bright-blue box to my daughter.Elizabeth sat up and took the box. She opened it and started pulling out goodies one by one candies, stickers
5、, a lovely toy in the shape of a star. She hugged the star, perking up for the first time since she entered the hospital. “Thank you.” She said. “I love them.” There was a big smile on her face. It had been so long since I saw that big smile.The gift was a comfort not only to my daughter, but also t
6、o me.1. Why did the authors daughter feel upset?A. she would have surgery on her arm.B. The author had no time to play with her.C. She had to stay in the hospital for a long tome.D. The author couldnt stay in the operating room with her.2. Why did the women come in?A. To offer a gift. B. To say good
7、bye.C. To comfort the author.D. To get all the things ready.3. The underlined part “perking up” means “ _ “A. having a rest B. thinking carefully C. doing her best D. becoming cheerful.BThe Million Pound Bank Note(1953)Directed by Ronald NeameWritten by Mark Twain(story), Jill CraigieGenre (类型): Com
8、edy(more)Plot Outline: Two rich British men offer a penniless American a loan, without telling him that the amount is one million pound, and this in the form of a single banknote.(more)User Comments: Great fun . you can bank on it! (more)Cast Overview: Gregory Peck . Henry Adams; Ronald Squire . Oli
9、ver Montpelier; Joyce Grenfell . Duchess of Cromarty; A. E. Matthews . Duke of Frognell; Maurice Denham . Mr. Reid(more)Also Known As：Man with a Million(USA)Runtime: 90 minutesCountry：UKLanguage：EnglishColor: Colour (Technicolor)Sound Mix: Mono(Western Electric Sound System)Certification: Australia：
10、G/Finland：S/Sweden：Btl/UK：U/USA: ApprovedTrivia (花絮): The one million pound note at the time the story is set in, 1903, would be worth about $100,000,000 nowadays or 65,000,000. (more)4Mark Twain set the story The Million Pound Bank Note in the year _.A. 1953 B. 1903 C. 2002 D. 18905The film The Mil
11、lion Pound Note was made in _.A. the UK B. the USA C. Australia D. Finland6Compared with the sterling (英国货币) in the year the story is set in, the value of sterling nowadays has _.A. fallen B. risenC. stayed the same D. become unmeasurable7The passage most probably appears in _.A. a film poster B. a
12、newspaper C. a magazine D. a web pageCStreet art is a very popular form of art that is spreading quickly all over the world. You can find it on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and trash cans from Tokyo to Paris, from Moscow to Cape Town. Street art has become a global culture and even art museum
13、and galleries are collecting the works of street artists. Street art started out very secretly because it was illegal to paint on public and private property without permission. People often have different opinions about street art. Some think it is a crime and others think it is a very beautiful ne
14、w form of culture. Art experts claim that the street art movement began in New York in the 1960s. Young adults painted words and other images on walls and trains. This colorful style of writing became known as graffiti(涂鸦). Graffiti art showed that young people wanted to rebel against society. They
15、traveled around cities to create paintings that everyone could see. In many cases, they had trouble with the police and the local government. Street artists do their work for different reasons. Some of them do not like artists who make so much money in galleries and museums. They choose street art because it is closer to people. Some artists try to express their political opinion in their work. They often want to protest(抗议)against big firms and corporations. Others like to
