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1、- 1 -宝昌一中宝昌一中 2017-20182017-2018 学年第二学期期中考试学年第二学期期中考试高二年级英语试题高二年级英语试题第卷（选择题 共70分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分4040分）分）第一节（共第一节（共1515小题；每小题小题；每小题2 2分，满分分，满分3030分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A A、B B、C C 和和 D D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。将该项涂黑。 A Many countries follow special cus
2、toms when a childs baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鹊) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also
3、followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take childrens teeth away.
4、 Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their childrens fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his
5、 or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; ho
6、wever, in the United States, she may leave money.- 2 -1.In Vietnam, if a childs tooth falls out, he or she will _.A.throw it onto the roof of a houseB.feed it to a mouseC.put it in a piece of meat and feed the meat to a dogD.leave it to the Tooth Fairy2.From the last paragraph, we can know that in F
7、rance and the USA _.A.a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillowB.the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnightC.the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth awayD.No one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children
8、 after taking the fallen teeth away3.The passage is mainly about _.A.customs about fallen teeth in western countriesB.customs about fallen teeth in different countriesC.stories about human teethD.stories about some animalsBAlmost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a sho
9、pping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will knowor even think to askwho it was that invented them. Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging groc
10、eries around in baskets they had to carry. One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business. On June 4, 1937, Goldmans first carts were ready for use in his market. He wa
11、s terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He - 3 -couldnt wait to see them using his invention. But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try. After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they
12、werent using his carts. “Dont you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied. But Goldman wasnt beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts
13、 around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony customers. As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people comethose who came bought more. With
14、 larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before. Todays shopping carts are five times larger than Goldmans original model. Perhaps thats one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 19
15、37before the coming of the shopping cart.4. What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?A. Baskets. B. Private cars.C.Suitcases. D. Shopping carts.5.What was the purpose of Goldmans invention?A.It was to prove him to be a good inventor.B.It was to reduc
16、e the burden of his employees work.C.It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.D.It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.6.Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to A.attract people to buy things in his market- 4 -B.encourage people to use his shopping cartsC.make his market different from the othersD.keep the groceries fro
