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1、河南省西华县2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题 试卷说明：本次考试时间为100分钟，总分为120分。本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。 第一卷第一部分：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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将涂黑。ATheCambridgeScience Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!The Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is pleased t
2、o inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites , even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world. Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an a
3、rticle, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival,MITMuseum,265 Mass Avenue,Cambridge 02139byFriday,February8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are sele
4、cted as winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speakers will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be included
5、in celebration and brunch will be served.Between March 10th and March 15th, each winner will be given the specifics of the closing ceremony and the Curiosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at :http:/cambridgesciencefestival.org.21. Who can t
6、ake part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. MIT artists. B. Cambridge locals.C. CSF winners. D.School students.22. When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On April 21st.B. On March 10th.C. On March 15thD.On February 8th .23. What type of writing is this text?A .An exhibition guide.B. An announceme
7、nt.C.An art show review. D. An official report.B My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bo
8、nd with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and wed have tea parties. Shed make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needle work. A fe
9、w years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much. On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened
10、to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接缝) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble!
11、How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I just happened to place on my bedspread that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others Ive collected over the years, where I co
12、uld continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow. I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandmas thimble. What a wond
13、erful birthday that was!24.The author wrote this passage to _ A. express a desire to lead a simple life. Bcall on people to care for the old. Cshow she missed living with her grandma. Drecall her happy childhood.25.How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble? A.Sad B.Cheerful C.Lucky D
14、.Proud26.It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble_. A.was the item the author had been trying to find. B.was very precious to the author. C.was the most treasured possession of Grandma. D.was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author.27.What is the best title for the passage? A
15、.A little pillow B.My childhood C.My grandparents D.Grandmas silver thimble.CThanksgiving is a time to give thanks for family, health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into a business.Traditionally, the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a
