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1、 1 甘肃省临夏中学甘肃省临夏中学 2018 20192018 2019 学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 特长学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 特长 班 班 注 请将答案填涂到答题纸和答题卡上 直接在试卷上答题无效 一 一 阅读理解阅读理解 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 共 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 在答题 卡上将该项涂黑 A A I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from
2、 the job I also think my work is important There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career I wasn t an excellent student because I didn t do much schoolwork In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn t have much to offer I just accepted that I wasn t
3、the type to have a career I then found myself a job looking after two little girls It wasn t too bad at first But the problems began when I agreed to live in so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week she d give
4、me time off the next But unfortunately it didn t often work out I was getting extremely tired and fed up because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children One Sunday I was in the park with the children and met Megan who used to go to school with me I told her about my situation
5、 She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification 资格证书 if I wanted to work with children I didn t think I would be accepted because I didn t take many exams in school She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful My experience counted for a lot and I got on
6、a part time course I left my job with the family and got work helping out at a kindergarten Now I ve got a full time job there I shall always be thankful to Megan I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career even if you aren t top of the cl ass 2 at school 1 When staying with the two girl
7、s family the author A was paid for extra work B often worked long hours C got much help from her boss D took a day off every other week 2 Why did the author leave her first job A She found a full time job B She lost patience with the children C She decided to attend a part time course D She needed a
8、 rest after working extra hours 3 What has the author learned from her own experiences A One must choose the job she likes B Qualifications are necessary for a career C Hard work makes an excellent student D Less succes sful students can still have a career B B In 1905 as part of his Special Theory
9、of Relativity Albert Einstein published the point that a large amount of energy could be released from a small amount of matter This was expressed by the equation E mc2 But bombs were not what Einstein had in mind when he published this equation In 1929 he publicly declared that if a war broke out h
10、e would refuse to do war service direct or indirect His position would change in 1933 as the result of Adolf Hitler s coming into power in Germany Einstein s greatest role in the invention of the atomic bomb was signing a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt urging that the bomb be built because s
11、ome physicists feared that Germany might be working on an atomic bomb Among those concerned were physicists Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner But they had no influence with those in power So in July 1939 they explained the problem to someone who did Albert Einstein 3 After talking with Einstein in Augus
12、t 1939 Szilard wrote a letter to President Roosevelt with Einstein s signature on it which was delivered to Roosevelt in October 1939 Germany had invaded Poland the previous month the time was ripe for action That October research of a bomb began but proceeded slowly because the invention of the ato
13、mic bomb seemed distant and unlikely In April 1940 an Einstein letter ghost written by Szilard pressed the researchers on the need for greater speed As the realization of nuclear weapons grew near Einstein looked beyond the current war to future problems that such weapons could bring He wrote to his
14、 friend about his fear about the future use of the a bomb The atomic bombings of Japan occurred three months after Germany gave in In November 1954 five months before his death Einstein s ummarized his feelings about his role in the creation of the atomic bomb I made one great mistake in my life whe
15、n I signed the letter t o President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification the danger that the Germans would make them 4 What can we learn about Szilard and Wigner A They had a purpose of destroying the world B They had cheated their friend Einstein C They we
16、re to blame for the invention of nuclear weapons D They were not as influential as Einstein 5 Einstein realized his mistake in A co operating with his workmates B signing the letter to Roosevelt C publishing his equation D inventing the atomic bomb 6 We can conclude that Einstein A assisted with the invention of atomic bomb B directly participated in the invention of the atomic bomb C was not involved in the invention of atomic bomb at all 4 D contributed to the invention of atomic bomb 7 Please
