高二英语下学期期中试题
第一部分 听力（共20小题）（略） 第二部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The Healthy Habits Survey (调查) shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
● Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day. ● Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
● Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day—half of the number doctors recommend.
● Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day—often inviting germs (病菌) to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
● Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
● Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge (海绵) that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds. 1. What is found out about American seniors? A. Most of them have good habits.
B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.
C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.
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D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day. 2. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands ________. A. twice a day C. four times a day
B. three times a day D. eight times a day
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. We should keep from touching our faces.
B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth. C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet. D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle. 【答案】1. D 2. D 3. C 【解析】
这是一篇说明文。健康习惯调查显示，只有大约三分之一的美国老年人有正确的习惯。文章介绍了一些发现和专家建议。 【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据“Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.”可知，大约三分之一的人每天只刷一次牙。故选D项。 【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据“And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day—half of the number doctors recommend.”可知，将近30%的人每天洗4次手，只有医生建议的一半，所以医生建议每天要洗8次手。故选D项。 【3题详解】
推理判断题。“Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge that can carry more germs than anything else?” 注意细菌。你知道吗?不是你的马桶，而是厨房里的海绵，比任何东西都更容易携带细菌。”可知，C项A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.（厨房里的海绵比厕所里的细菌还多。）是不正确的。故选C。
B
For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
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to Animals.
As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling’s family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy’s hair until she woke up and called for help.
No one could explain their timely heroics.
Both pets were rescued by their owners in infancy. Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy’s husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.
As the Keesling recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple’s 14-year-old son was already unconscious. “Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound,” Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 91l call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.
Amy Paul’s husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. “Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that’s what caused me to choke,” she recalled. “I couldn’t breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life.”
Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon. 4. Winnie saved the lives of its owner’s whole family in an accident by ________. A. Jumping onto Its owner C. clawing at Cathy’s hair
B. calling for help
D. making some strange noises
5. Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “infancy” in Paragraph 4? A. Middle age. C. Babyhood.
B. Youth. D. Agedness.
6. What caused the carbon monoxide spreading through the house? A. A pump breaking down.
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B. A driver breaking into the house.
C. The burning gas. D. The poisonous gas.
7. What would be the suitable title for the passage? A. So Smart Animals Are B. Great Honors for Cat and Dog C. Unforgettable Experiences
D. Dog and Cat Honored for Saving Their Masters 【答案】4. C 5. C 6. A 7. D 【解析】 【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲的是两只宠物在关键时刻救助主人，从而得到动物保护协会嘉奖的故事。 【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句“When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by the carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy s hair until she woke up and called for help.”可知，Winnie是通过抓女主人的头发的方式来弄醒她从而报警才使得一家人获救。故选C项。 【5题详解】
词义猜测题。根据文章第四段第二句“Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn.”可推知，Toby和Winnie都是在很小的时候被收养的，故此处“infancy”意为“婴儿时期”。故选C项。 【6题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第五段第一句“As the Keesling’s recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house.”可知，导致一氧化碳泄露的原因是燃气管道破裂。故选A项。 【7题详解】
标题判断题。根据文章第一段开篇点题，并结合对全文的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的是两只宠物在关键时刻救助主人，从而得到动物保护协会嘉奖的故事。故选D项。
【点睛】做推理判断题时，要特别注意熟词生义，切不可脱离语境想当然。在句子或段落中，我们可以利用熟悉的词语，根据语言环境所表示的关系推断生词词义，尤其是要注意划线词前后的含义。本题第2小题，根据文章第四段第二句“Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a
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garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn.”可推知，Toby和Winnie都是在很小的时候被收养的，故此处“infancy”意为“婴儿时期”。故选C项。
C
Finland is perhaps the most beautiful and mysterious of the countries of northern Europe. Two-thirds of its surface is covered with thick forests. Relative to its size, Finland has more lakes than any other countries. The northern part of this country is inside the Arctic Circle, where almost no trees can grow because of its cold weather and the people use their deer to transport clothing and food.
The Finnish history began in the Middle Ages. In about 1155, Finland was conquered (征服) by its western neighbor Sweden. After a period of rule by Denmark in the 14th century, the Swedes won back independence and power in 1523 under their brave king. During the Napoleonic Wars (1804～1818), Finland was finally passed from Sweden to Russia. The opportunity came in 1917 when the Russian Revolution brought foreign rule of Finland to the end. Shortly after Soviet Russia made peace with Germany, 1919 saw the founding of the Finnish Republic.
The years between the First and Second World Wars were years of progress and growing development. Finland is the fifth largest country in Europe, and despite a relatively small population of 5.2 million, the market potential is much greater. Finland has no coal or oil, and the nation’s wealth lies in the timber (木材) from its forests, which supplies material for paper and furniture making, and in the electric power from its water. Finland is an excellent gateway to trade with Russia and the Baltic States because of a long history of trading with these markets. Finland has also enjoyed a strong and long-standing trading relationship with Britain, a relationship which was further strengthened by Finland’s accession (加入) to the European Union in January 1995.
The following are some of the main commercial centres and towns: Town Population - 5 -
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