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1、甘肃省庆阳市2015-2016学年高二英语上学期期中试卷（无答案）第一部分：客观题（共3小节，满分70分）阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AI was 15 months old, a happy and carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. From then on, my injured, sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.Sometimes peo
2、ple asked me embarrassing questions. Whenever kids played games, I was the monster. I was always imagining that everyone looked down on me.Yet mum would say to me, Hold your head up high and face the world. I began to depend on that saying.As a child, I thought mun meant, Be careful, or you will fal
3、l down or bump into something because you are not looking. As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, People liked me.In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to
4、look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mun and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance.”My muns love was the sunshine that made me bright. I had faced
5、hard times, and learned not only to be confident but also to have deep compassion(同情)for others.“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. The gift my mum gave me will live on.1. The world “carefree” in the first line probably means_.A.无忧无虑的 B.无拘无束的 C.小心翼
6、翼的 D.与众不同的2. Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her?A. She found it hard to act as a monster. B. She felt bad about her appearance.C. Kids refused to play games with her. D. People always asked her embarrassing questions.3. Why did the writers mum say “Hold your head up high” to
7、 her?A. To tell her to be careful. B. To help her hide the shame.C. To stop her from getting hurt. D. To make her more confident.4. From the story, we can know that_.A. the writer understood the saying very well as a childB. the writer felt like everyone else in high school.C. the writer is living w
8、ith a warm and brave heart nowD. the writer has deep compassion for others all her life5. The passage is mainly about_.A. what the writer experienced when she was 15B. what the writer did to show thanks for mums giftC. how the writer changed herself with mums loveD. how the writer became confident w
9、ith her great effortsBLONDON: The Edinburgh Festival, the biggest arts festival of its kind in the world, got under way in the Scotland capital on Sunday with a concert that included Hector Berlionzs “To Deum”, under the direction of Christoph von Dohnanyi.The festival, which runs until August 31 th
10、is year, includes as its high points Peter Steins staging of Wagners “Parsifal”, with Claudio Abbado directing the Gustav Mahler youth orchestra（管弦乐队）. The concert programme includes American pianist Richard Goode, bass baritone Thomas Quasthoff and violinist Christian Tetzlaff. New to the programme
11、s this year will be 25 late evening classical music concerts.Many of the wonderful artists, who can enter the festival upon payment of a small fee, were inspired this year by the event of September 11.Thousands of people flock to Edinburgh from around the world during the festival, which is over 50
12、years old. It aims to promote（促进）and encourage arts and to reflect international culture. It comprises (consists of) various dance, music, opera, and theatre presentation taking place across the city during the three-week run.6. When did the Edinburgh Festival begin?A. August 10.B. August 15. C. Aug
13、ust 31. D. September 11.7. What did the Edinburgh Festival never have before?A. Youth orchestras performances.B. Poetry and music presentations.C. Late evening classical music concerts.D. Performances of American pianists and violinists.8. Which of the following statements about the Edinburgh Festiv
14、al is true?A. It is the only festival of its kind in the world.B. The artists who want to take part in the festival have to pay a small amount of money.C. People who attend the festival are all from Scotland.D. It is actually a dance festival.9. The purpose of holding the Edinburgh Festival is _.A.
15、to attract people around the world to EdinburghB. to display Scottish artsC. to attract famous artists to EdinburghD. to promote the development of arts and the exchange of cultures of different countries.CEveryone has got two personalitiesthe one that is shown to the world and the other that is sec
16、ret and real. You dont show your secret personality when you are awake because you can control your behavior, but when you are asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their positions. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.If you go to sleep on
