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2017-2018学年第二学期期末考试
高一英语试卷
（考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：120分）
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。
A
The Harvard Student-led Walking Tour
We welcome our neighbors to stop by the Harvard University Events & Information Centre, located in the Holyoke Centre Arcade at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge.
Let a student take you and your family, school, or organization on an engaging, hour-long free historical tour of the Harvard campus. The tours leave from the Events & Information Centre. Not only will you discover the location of fascinating exhibition and programmers on campus, you will also see Harvard’s rich sampling of American history and architecture from the colonial period to the present.
Schedule of Tours
Tours leave the Events & Information Centre at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday through the academic year (February 4 through May 2; September 23 through December 16).Summer tours (June 24 through August 15)are offered at 10 a.m.,11:15 a.m., 2 p.m., and 3:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Reservations for special tours of 20 or more people may be made by calling the Events & Information Centre at (617)495-1573 or emailing icenter@ camail.Harvard.edu.
NOTE：Prospective(未来的) students may take tours originating at the Harvard Admission Office, located at Byerly Hall on 8 Garden Street in Cambridge. From April through August, the Admissions staff conducts an information session at l0 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. tour. Monday through Friday. For more information on tours for prospective students, please call at(617)495-1551.
Harvard University Events & Information Centre. 1. The above ad is mainly intended for ____________.
A. foreign visitors C. teachers students
B. high school students D.
Harvard
University’s
2. How many summer tours are offered every week? A. 4. 20. D. 24.
3. A student who wants more information on tours may ____________. A. call (617)495-1573 C. email icenter@ camail.Harvard.edu Centre
B
A couple in England could lose their home due to the fact that they want to live with their pets. Clive and Rose Restall live in their rented home in southwest England with their twenty-one pet guinea pigs (豚鼠). The owners of the house, Plymouth Community Homes (PCH), say the couple have too many pets in the house. PCH want Mr and Mrs Restall to get rid of the guinea pigs. A spokesperson from the PCH said the number of animals in the couple’s house is unacceptable. The spokesperson added that the number of pets is not allowed in the contract the couple signed to rent the house. The PCH warned Mr and Mrs Restall that they must move out of the house if they do not get rid of the guinea pigs.
Mr Restall, 57, said he needs his guinea pigs because they have helped him fight cancer. Doctors told him he had cancer in 2010. Soon after, he bought several guinea pigs to help take his mind off his cancer. He said his new pets made him happy again because they made him forget about his cancer. He told reporters that his guinea pigs are mystic ― they have special powers to help people. He said the animals have even helped his neighbours with personal problems. Mr Restall spoke about his pets, saying, ＂They’ve helped me through my cancer. They’ve helped me cope.＂ He added, ＂The local community love them just as much as I do. I sometimes loan them out to people if they need someone to talk to.＂
4. Mr and Mrs Restall could lose their rented home because ____________.
B. call (617)495-1551
B. 6.
C.
D. go to the Events & Information
A. there are too many guinea pigs in their home B. the owners want them to kill the guinea pigs C. the animals in the couple’s house is unacceptable D. they don’t want to let go of their pets 5. What can we learn from the passage? A. Mr Restall had cancer at 57.
B. The guinea pigs helped Mr Restall feel relieved. C. Mr Restall’s neighbours are tired of the guinea pigs. D. Guinea pigs can cure people of cancer.
6. What does the word ＂loan＂ in the last paragraph mean? A. Send.
B. Keep. C. Lend. D. Take.
7. What is the main idea of the passage? A. We can fight with cancer with pets. B. We should treat our pets well.
C. A couple might lose their home if they hold on to their pets. D. Pets are our friends.
C
For the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be around 50 years old. This is a time when we start to grow old. However, new research says we have to change this. A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Austria and Stony Brook University in New York says middle age now starts at 60 or even 65, or older. Why?
The biggest reason is that we are living longer. We are also healthier, we have better diets, we exercise more and we have more money to live in a nicer lifestyle. The IIAS said, ＂Since life expectancy has increased over the past several decades, and are continuing to increase, people once considered old should actually be viewed as more middle aged.＂
The study was not a worldwide one so perhaps not everyone in all countries can say they are middle aged when they are 65. The researchers looked at populations in 39 European countries, so this is good news for Europeans. Britain’s National Health