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1、厦门双十中学2017届高二（上）期中考英语试卷第二部分: 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）AI was a very luck girl. Many girls didnt know they could participate or even be good at sports, but I never needed to be told that because I grew up with my grandmother who was a great Olympian. Even today, many girls need that extr
2、a nod in sports, but where can they get it?Winners Never Quit by Mia HammThis picture book has a great message about how important attitude is in sports. I especially love the main character who is a child. This makes little girls and boys find themselves in similarly frustrating situation. You will
3、 find yourself saying “Winners Never Quit” a lot reading this book.Players in Pigtails by Shana CoreyThis book takes the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and personalizes it for young readers. Many young girls who love sports more than princess will like the main characte
4、r and hopefully understand her desire to do what she loves.Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen KrullIts a true story of Wilma Rudolph, an African-American Olympian who, despite having polio(小儿麻痹) as a child, became the first American woman ever to win three gold medals at one Olympic Games. What did Wilma h
5、ave in her corner? Not much more than great determination. This story is incredibly inspiring and the illustrations(插图) by David Diaz bring the amazing facts straight to your heart.Basketball Belles by Sue MacyThis book is set in 1896 and the attractive illustrations by Matt Collins take readers bac
6、k to that time. The author takes you back into that gymnasium and makes you see not only how amazing that first game was for those devoted women who played in it, but also how important it was to all the women that have played basketball ever since.21. What do we know about Winners Never Quit?A. Its
7、 story happened in ancient times.B. It shows sport isnt always easy for children.C. It tells the story of a successful adult player.D. It mainly attracts girls who desire to be successful.22. The main character who may play basketball was written by _.A. Mia Hamm B. Shana Corey C. Kathleen Krull D.
8、Sue Macy 23. What do the four books have in common?A. They are all picture books intended for teenagers.B. They all contain knowledge about the Olympics.C. They all inspire girls to participate in sports.D. They are all about modern sports players.BFour million children are caught up in the war in S
9、yria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border. Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members. Rabias face is covered with
10、 dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4 a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the
11、second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day. Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best in her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlements there are no official
12、 refugee（难民）camps in Lebanon that was Rabias old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know” were dead. The old life was full of laughter with her sis
13、ter, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is tough the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You cant blame parents often confused, illiterate and poor who want
14、to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety. Increasing numbers of Rabias girlfriends are getting married. Once in rural Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who w
15、ork hard and dont ask for anything. 24. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from? A. A news report.B. A book review. C. A history book.D. A travel magazine.25. The underlined word “shift” in Para. 3 probably refers to _. A. the extra taskB. the low pay C. the potato factory.D. the wo
16、rking period26. The writers purpose for writing Para. 4 is to _.A. present the dream of Rabia B. show the damage of the warC. predict the future of Syrian girls D. compare the life before war and nowCWhy are newspapers and TV broadcasts filled with disaster, corruption and incompetence? It may be because were drawn to depressing storie
