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1、2017-2018学年上学期高二英语期中考试卷第二部分 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)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。 AIn a nation with a one-child policy its understandable for parents to worry over whether they are petting their children. Are the children as truly weak as expected?The concern has be
2、en brought into a hit reality TV series Hunan TVs Dad!Where Are We Going? and Zhejiang TVs First Time In Life. In both children as young as three have become new public figures(人物). In the show First Time In Life,children chosen from ordinary families are given small tasks to finish by themselves;th
3、e ongoing Dad show centers on five fathers and their children who are forced to live a simple life in poor villages far outside their comfortable city life.Though they have different family backgrounds how they behave in the new environments has drawn the attention of the public.In Dad! Where Are We
4、 Going? the five-year-old daughter of former Olympic diving champion Tian Liang cries and hides behind her father when they arrive at a rural village. In First Time In Life a young girl in Tianjin cries after being asked by her father to go out alone to buy eggs and a pancake.In the eyes of some peo
5、ple these kids always depend on others and the reason is that their parents give them too much love. But television viewers and parents were encouraged when the crying Tianjin girl finally returned holding the pancake and Tians daughter finally began to take care of her younger friends and learned t
6、o ask for help from people she didnt know.The father of the Tianjin girl felt “delightfully shocked” and said. “She used tobe well taken care of by her mother or grandmother. Now she has the courage to do it all by herself. ”The shows have led many parents to change how they raise their children. Sh
7、anghai mother Liang Jing said she would try to “give some training” to her shy son asking him to tidy up his toys. Lin Yi a parenting expert in Beijing said giving kids a chance to do things for themselves helps to raise their sense of success which carries benefits all through their lives. ”21. Wha
8、t draws the peoples attention in the programs?A. How the children behave in the new environments.B. Where the children are from.C. What the kids family background is like .D. How old the children are.22. What is Tian Liangs daughter expected to do in the show?A. Go out to buy something alone.B. Live
9、 in a poor village with her father.C. Make friends with strange people.D. Hide in a safe place out of danger.23. It can be known from the underlined words “delightfully shocked” that _.A. father is more important than mother in a familyB. children should be given a chance to depend on themselves.C.
10、parents should give the child a safe environmentD. the children are as weak as parents expected24.The shows are bound to raise a wave of discussion that _A. protecting good tradition B. the social society C. approaches to parenting D. the influence of TV programmes BCassandra Feeley finds it hard to
11、 manage on her husbands income.So this year she did something more than a hobby(业余爱好):She planted vegetables in her yard.For her first garden,Ms.Feeley has put in 15 tomato plants,and five rows of a variety of vegetables.The familys old farm house has become a chicken house,its residents arriving ne
12、xt month.Last year, Ms.Rita Gartin kept a small garden.This year she has made it much larger because,she said,The cost of everything is going up and I was looking to lose a few pounds,too;so its a winwin situation all around. They are among the growing number of Americans who,driven by higher living
13、 costs and a falling economy(经济),have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time.Others have increased the size of their existing gardens.Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home.Now many gardens across the
14、country have been sold out for several months.In Austin,Tex.,some of the gardens have a three year waiting list. George CBall Jr.,owner of a company,said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40%over last year,double the average growth of the last five years.Mr.Ball argues that some of the r
15、easons have been building for the last few years.The big one is the striking rise in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruits and vegetables.Food prices have increased because of higher oil prices.People are now driving less,taking fewer vacations,so t
16、here is more time to garden.25What does the word residents in Paragraph 1 probably refer to?Achickens Btomatoes Cgardens Dpeople26. By saying a winwin situation all around,Ms.Gartin means that_.Ashe is happier and her garden biggerBshe may spend less and lose weightCshe is selling more and buying lessDs