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1、 1 甘肃省永昌四中甘肃省永昌四中 2018 20192018 2019 学年高二英语下学期期中试题学年高二英语下学期期中试题 第第 I I 卷卷 第一部分第一部分 阅读理解阅读理解 共两节 满分 40 分 第一节第一节 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 请将答案涂在 答题卡上 A A How to prepare for exams Well it is a big question that you always ask yourself There is no short cut to success
2、 which is the first thing you should remember For this reason you have to study hard first of all Besides here are some tips for you Never fear or hate exams and be confident Some students study well but still may be afraid of exams and due to this reason they won t be able to get good marks So leav
3、e all your fears behind and free your mind before starting your studies You have to be confident and it is the most important thing for attaining victory Prepare a good timetable Prepare a timetable before starting your studies This should include all subjects but tough subjects can be given more ti
4、me while easier ones less And remember some time shall be spared for entertainment and also there should be enough break time between each subject Select a proper atmosphere for studying No need to explain this point Can anyone study well while watching TV So select a place where you feel comfortabl
5、e and can concentrate And importantly it is better to study early in the morning when you will have quiet surroundings and you can concentrate more Make notes while studying This is a very important point Make small notes while studying can help you remember all the points It will work better if you
6、 use these notes for revision in the last one or two hours than you skip through pages of your textbook It won t take much time to go through these notes Write well As we all know the first impression is the best impression So your handwriting affects your marks Try to write neatly If it is not good
7、 enough don t 2 worry if you present it in a good manner you can score more marks 1 Which proverb can show the writer s attitude towards our studies A No pains no gains B Knowledge is power C It s never too old to learn D Nothing is impossible for a willing heart 2 Why do some students hate exams ac
8、cording to the passage A Because they think exams are meaningless B Because preparing for exams takes up most of their time C Because there are too many exams at school D Because they don t have enough self confidence 3 Why does the writer say No need to explain this point in Paragraph 5 A Because i
9、t s difficult to explain B Because it s easy to understand C Because we need to study in silence D Because a proper atmosphere can be formed anywhere B B Father s Garden My father was always a good gardener One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled 翻耕的 soil my hands
10、 blackened from digging in the ground As a child I loved following Dad around in the garden I remember Dad pushing the tiller 耕作机 ahead in perfectly straight lines Dad loved growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions watermelons almost as big as me rows of yellow corn and our favorite red t
11、omatoes As I grew into a teenager I didn t get so excited about gardening with Dad Instead of magical land of possibility it had turned into some kind of prison As Dad grew older his love for gardening never disappeared After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own Dad turned t
12、o gardening like never before Even when he was diagnosed with cancer he still took care of his garden But then the cancer bit by bit invaded his body I had to do the things he used to do What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that 3 year The rows and rows of multicol
13、ored vegetables were gone Too tired to weed them he simply let them be He only planted tomatoes For the first few years after he died I couldn t even bear to look at anyone s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket Three years ago I decided to plant my own ga
14、rden and started out with just a few tomatoes That morning after breaking up a fair amount of soil something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile It was my eight year old son Nathan happily playing in the freshly tilled soil 4 Why did the author like the garden when he was a child A He wan
15、ted to be a garden crazy like his father B He loved being in the garden with his father C The garden was full of his favorite food D The garden was just freshly tilled 5 When all the kids started their own families the author s father A stopped his gardening B turned to other hobbies C devoted more
16、to gardening D focused on planting tomatoes 6 What happened to the garden when the author s father was seriously ill A There was a great harvest B The garden was almost deserted C No plant grew in the garden at all D The author s son took charge of the garden 7 Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes A He wanted to honor his father B His son liked the fields of tomatoes C He only knew how to grow tomatoes D He thought tomatoes were easy to manage C C Dear John My name is Amber and I wa
