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1、20182019学年度下半学年高一期末考英语试卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分） A Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous scientists in this century. He was born in 1942. Hes world well-known on space and time. Stephen was searching some very big questions, such as How did the universe begin? How will it end
2、? Stephen was a student at Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong he didnt die. He cant walk but he uses a wheel
3、chair(轮椅). He cant feed himself and get in or out of bed himself. But he refused to give in to the condition. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学). Because of his serious health prob
4、lems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams(图表) or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In 1981, he met the Pope(教皇) in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important
5、book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages. He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的) conversation.1.A Brief History of Time is _.A.a book which is well-known all over the worldB.a book about Rom
6、es historyC.Stephens talk collection with the Pope in RomeD.Stephens talk collection with me in China2.Stephens studies DO NOT relate (涉及) to _ according to the passage.A.science B.mathC.philosophy D.art3.The right order of Stephens main experiences in _.a. He went to Cambridge University.b. He beca
7、me very ill.c. He wrote his first important book.d. He met the Pope in Rome.A.c-a-b-d B.a-b-c-dC.b-a-d-c D.a-c-b-d B Are you familiar with the greeting, Can I add you on WeChat?” It seems like every time we meet new friends or colleagues（同事） nowadays, the first thing that springs to mind is adding e
8、ach other on the app. Nevertheless（然而）, more than 80 percent of WeChat users report feeling stressed or anxious when they receive a large number of messages, according to a study done recently by the apps developer Tencent. In other words, WeChat can overwhelm(使应接不暇) us,while also breaking down the
9、boundaries（界限） between our work and private（私人的） lives. Just think how easy it is now for bosses to hand out assignments（任务） during the holiday, so long as they have your WeChat contact. When youre at the cinema enjoying a romantic movie or having a barbecue（烧烤） in the backyard, you can never cut yo
10、urself off from the outside world unless you switch off your phone. Not to post something in WeChat Moments before replying to（答复） your boss first! Apart from interrupting（打断） your leisure（休闲的） time, WeChat can also reduce your productivity at work. For many office workers, logging in to WeChat on t
11、heir computers at the start of the day has become routine. But what if browsing（浏览） the Moments distracts us from doing the work? The app steals our time without us even noticing it, making us have the false belief that we are busy all the time. And as if that werent bad enough,therere the “one-off”
12、 friends（一次性的朋友） who take up space on our WeChat friend list. A handy way to check how many one-off friends you have is to take a look at your chat history with them. Sometimes, you only sent the initial（最初的） friend requests so you could invite them to a WeChat group or inform them of something for
13、your boss. Yet still, as your friend count(好友数量) ever goes up, it can make you feel the need to post selfies（） and share details of your life in your Moments, just so you can stay up to date. With WeChat , all our spare time is swallowed up by the constant torrent（连发） of messages and our attention k
14、eeps getting diverted（改变） by Moments and pop-up（突然出现的） ads. So its time that we should do something to nip（消灭） this problem in the bud.（萌芽）4.What is most of WeChat users reaction when receiving a mass of messages?A.They are quite upset. B.They think its unavoidable.C.They break down. D.They complain
15、 about Tencent.5.Which of the following may make your boss angry according to Paragraph 2?A.Enjoying a movie at the weekend.B.Posting something in WeChat Moments.C.Having a barbecue on vacation.D.Ignoring the assignment he handed out when seeing it.6.How can we decide who is the one-off friend on our WeChat friend list?A.By checking if you sent the initial friend request.B.By seeing if your boss asked you to inform him of something.C.By having a look at your chat record.D.By counting the number of
