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1、内蒙古乌兰察布市2016-2017学年高一英语下学期期中试题注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。 2. 将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一部分：阅读理解（本大题共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。Passage OneFew kids today are taught the value of empathy (同感；同情心). It seems so hard for people to sh
2、ow their love and care toward others and to actually understand what they are going through.As a child I was taught to go out of my way to make someone else happy. My mom would tell me to say at least one kind word to someone else every day. I admit that it wasnt very easy to do. But as soon as you
3、see the look of gratitude (感激) in that persons eyes, you just want to do as much as you can.I had an experience with a guy that people were always making fun of. Every time I saw that happening, I knew in my heart that it was wrong. I decided I would try to be his friend. I started walking with him
4、and introducing him to people around us. I was making him happy by just doing that. And I loved the fact that I was really making a difference in his life.After a while I realized that he wasnt the kind of person everybody thought he was. We are still really good friends today. People have almost co
5、mpletely stopped making fun of him. But he is still what he was. What had changed was the attitudes of others toward him.From this experience Ive learned to be more loving toward other people. What I did for my friend was so easy. And at the same time I had a lot of fun. So I hope that everyone coul
6、d say a kind word to someone else at least once a day. I can promise it will be the best feeling you can ever get.One kind word could make someones day brighter.1We can learn from the fourth paragraph that . A. ones attitude to others can be changed B. ones nature can be changed as time goes by C. e
7、veryone can have a good friendship D. people shouldnt make fun of others2The last two paragraphs suggest that _. A. saying a kind word will give you friendship and fun B. it is really a hard thing to say a kind word to others C. having a lot of fun in life will help to make a good life D. a kind wor
8、d may benefit both the speaker and the listener3What does the writer focus on in this passage? A. Understanding. B. Friendship. C. Kindness. D. Fun.Passage TwoHousework is a frequent source of disputes (争论) between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect
9、men to pull their weight any time soon.A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next four decades, largely because house
10、work such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as “womens work”.The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. But it will take another four decades before true housework equality (平等) is achieved, the study concluded.The research
11、 found that in the Nordic countries, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, women spend an average of four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when Br
12、itish women typically spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr Oriel Sullivan, a research reader from Oxfords Department of Sociology, said, “weve looked at what is affecting the
13、equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as mens work or womens work.”Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, bu
14、t it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking and dancing,” she said.4The underlined part “pull their weight” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “ _ ”. A. lose weight B. be lazy C. earn money D. do equal housework5Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because _ . A. men
15、are too busy to help B. they would like to do so C. they can do better in housework D. housework will still be considered as womens work6From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK _ . A. men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average B. women now are too busy with their work to do housework C. women now spend less time on housework than before D. housework is shared equally between men and women7 In Dr Sullivans opinion, what is to blame for the housework inequality? A. Cultural attitudes towards ho
