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1、武威六中武威六中 2018-20192018-2019 学年度第二学年度第二 学期第二次学段考试高一英语试卷学期第二次学段考试高一英语试卷 第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分） 第一节第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 A A Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Po
2、rter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a news
3、paper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing
4、. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers surprise. 1Whats the right order of the following things about O. Henry? a. lived in New Yorkb. worked in a b
5、ank c. travelled to Texasd. was put in prison e. had a newspaper jobf. learned to write stories A. e, c, f, b, d, a B. c, e, b, d, f, a C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, b, e, d, a, f 2People enjoyed reading O. Henrys stories because _. A. they had surprising endingsB. they were easy to understand C. they s
6、howed his love for the poor D. both A and B 3What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing? A. He was well-educated.B. He was not serious about his work. C. He was devoted to the poor.D. He was very good at learning. 4Where did O. Henry get most materials for his short stories? A. His life
7、inside the prison.B. The newspaper articles he wrote. C. The city and poor people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy. B B Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, and
8、then a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons a
9、lso form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them. There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty a
10、nd so on. Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unluckily older persons often form habits which could have been avoided. We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good f
11、or ourselves and others. 5_are formed little by little. A. Good habitsB. Bad habits C. Both good habits and bad habitsD. Either good habits or bad habits 6The underlined word “them“ in the first paragraph refers to “_“. A. bad habitsB. good habitsC. bad childrenD. other persons 7Why should we pay mu
12、ch attention to the formation of habits? A. Because a man can never get rid of a habit. B. Because we are forced to do them again and again. C. Because habits are of great help to every one of us at present. D. Because its hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits. 8According to th
13、e passage, early rising_. A. has something to do with success B.is an easily formed habit C.is such a habit as should have been avoided D.is such a habit as wont be kept C C Recently, a study on thousands of fat men and women showed that more than one in three were perfectly healthy or had only slig
14、ht health problems. Scientists have pointed that it may be better to stay fat than go on a diet after diet. Many people think that one has to be thin to keep fit. However, fat people are no more likely to die at any given time than those of ideal weight. Indeed, they are less likely to be killed by
15、heart disease. They are also in better health than those who have fought a constant battle with their weight by repeatedly dieting. Researchers say there is more to good health than how much a person weighs, and that many people who are overweight are fine as they are. Repeated dieting can do more h
16、arm than good to their health. So, rather than try to lose the extra pounds, they should simply concentrate on not putting on any more weight. The advice comes from the researchers at Torontos York University who surveyed the health of more than 6,000 fat men and women for an average of 16 years. They accepted medical and physical tests and their results were compared with those of thousands of people of normal weight. It clearly showed that being sli
