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1、2015-2016学年度第一学期广东博文学校11月期中考试试卷命题人：陈亚平 审题人：杨宇本试卷共8页，三部分，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读短文，从每题所给四个选项中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑ALike any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could do to hel
2、p her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for it. She and her husband found out that the new baby was going to be a girl. Day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in his moms tummy(肚子).Finally, Michaels little sister was born. But she was in a very serious condition. The doctor told t
3、he parents there was very little hope. They kept the baby girl in the ICU(重症室). Karen was so sad. She decided to say goodbye to the baby. Michael, however, kept asking his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he would say. Finally Karen decided to take Michael to his sister. T
4、his might be the last time he saw her alive.Michael looked at his baby sister. After a moment, he began to sing. In the lovely voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray.” Suddenly the baby girl seemed to be better. Her heart be
5、at well little by little.“Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. “You never know, dear, how much I love you, please dont take my sunshine away.” As Michael sang to his sister, the babys breath(呼吸) became smooth.After a few days, the little girl was well enough to go home
6、. The doctors called it a miracle(奇迹).1What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Michael didnt like his little sister at all.B. Michael didnt want to accept his new sister.C. Karen wished that the baby would be a boy.D. Karen helped Michael prepare for the change.2What happened to Michaels littl
7、e sister after she was born?A. She was very healthy. B. She was seriously ill.C. She was born to be blind. D. She was crying all the time.3Why did Karen decide to take Michael to see the newborn baby?A. The doctor asked her to do so.B. She thought he might be able to save the baby.C. She wanted to k
8、now what Michael would do for his sister.D. She thought it might be his last chance to see his sister.4The writer tells us the story to show_.A. the power(力量) of science B. the miracle (奇迹) of doctorsC. the power of love D. the miracle of a motherBHow hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly,
9、and looked forward to the happy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you “young lady”. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager.
10、 People welcome you-this young lady-heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.But there is always something that troubles you a lot. You say; “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.”“No”, they say, “your age is a dangerous age. If you have too
11、much money to spend, it wont do you any good.” Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.Another time you tell your grandma, “Grandma, see, I am a grown-up now.”“Good, now, you can sit here and knit (编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.” To show that you a
12、re no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a big girl cant do such easy work.” Y
13、ou wish then you were a child again.But the fact is, you are growing up, and you cant help it. Thats the way it goes!5The passage is told about _ problems.A. a growing-up boys B. an old womansC. a teenage girls D. a grown-ups6How does she know her prayer has been answered?A. She is no longer a kid.
14、B. People begin to call her teenager.C. She can join women in all kinds of activities.D. People treat her as a young lady.7From what her parents say, we know _.A. they still regard her as a childB. they dont believe she is already a teenagerC. its dangerous for a girl to spend moneyD. they love her
15、more than before8Having heard her grandmas criticism(批评), _.A. she has to lie in bed, doing nothingB. she wishes she were not growing upC. she knows she has already worked the whole afternoonD. she finds it isnt her turn to do knittingCWe were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.“Look down, Elsa,” father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形) of twisting, turning str
