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1、2017-2018学年第二学期期中试题高二英语命题人 周建明第卷 (选择题,共55分)第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。AMany people suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by
2、a woman!There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man can not see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green a
3、 strange world indeed.Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods” but these are used for seeing w
4、hen it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color.Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. Red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones i
5、n our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible(看不见的)colors around.1. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?A. Women are more careful.B. There are few color-blind women.
6、C. Women are fonder of driving than men.D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking2. This passage is mainly about _.A. color and its surprising effectsB. women being luckier than menC. danger caused by color blindnessD. color blindness3. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”， we ca
7、n _A. tell orange from yellowB. see in weak lightC. kill mosquitoesD. tell different shapes4. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _.A. red light B. yellow lightC. blue light D. green light【答案】1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C【解析】本文是一篇科普说明文，解释了色盲和色盲的种类，动物和人类所患色盲的差异。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段第二句Women are luckier,
8、only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. 可知女性患色盲的人比率更小。所以乘坐女司机的车更安全。故B项正确。【2题详解】主旨大意题。根据文章主题句Many people suffer from color blindness in some way. 可知很多人都患色盲，文章对色盲的种类及影响做了详细说明。故D项正确。【3题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段23句In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help
9、us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors.可知“cones”帮助我们辨别颜色。故A项正确。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow.可知蚊子喜欢蓝色，不喜欢黄色。那么我们可以利用蓝色吸引蚊子，集中杀死蚊子。故C项正确。BIn the past most Americans spent time with people of generations. Now mid-aged Americans may not
10、 keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves.Thats because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care center, our 13-year-olds in school and sports activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior-citizen homes. Why?We live away from the old for many reasons: y
11、oung people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears for aging and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes its so hard that we stay away from the people who need us most.Fortunately, some of us have found our way to the old. And we havediscovered tha
12、t they often save the young.A reporter moved her family onto a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter baked banana bread for the neighbours and had her children deliver it and visit. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food,
13、stories and projects. “My children have never been less lonely,” the reporter said.The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home when a visitor showed up with a baby. She was immediately surrounded. People who hadnt gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Ev
14、en those who had seemed asleep wake up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.Grandparents are a special case. They give grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it, “my grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right
15、in the end.”Grandchildren speak of attention they dont get from worried parents. “My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down,” one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer, mor
16、e trusting.5. Now in an American family, people can find that _.A. children never live with their parentsB. not all working people live with their parentsC. aged people are supported by their grandchildrenD. grandchildren are supported by their grandparents6. The reason why old people are left alone may be that _.A. the old
