上砂中学2015-2016年度高二年级第一学期期中考
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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,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑;
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According to “Evening Peak News” of Voice of China, Chine netizens 网民 have summed
up top 10 network buzzword 网络用语 of 2014. Here are some of them.
员工考勤怎么做1.Rich and Bitch任性
苹果id登陆不了Have you noticed that so many people claimed themlves “rich and bitch” in friends circle and Weibo. The buzzword originates from a real event: In April, Mr. Liu spent 1760 yuan online buying a health care product. Soon after, he got calls from a stranger who persuaded him to buy other matched medicines. In the following four months, Mr. Liu nt a total of 540,000 yuan to the swindler骗子. He said that he had already found himlf cheated被欺骗 when he was fooled out of 70,000 yuan. “I just wanted to e how much could they take from me”
2.It’s so beautiful that I’m too scared to open it
This is another joke in which unsightly难看的 things are intended to be good-looking. The buzzword comes from a ntence of Jolin’s song “Prague Square”布拉格广场, which was extended to describe strange thing. For example, when you e a very shocking picture, you can u this ntence to express the visual or psychological impact.
心理健康状态
笑容可掬的意思3.It is to be cherished 珍惜
On March 31, 2014, Ma Yili responded to Wen Zhang’s cheating on Sina Weibo. It reads as follows: “Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished.” Soon many Internet urs began to make ntences with this pattern. For example, “Eating is easy, losing weight is not. It is to be cherished.”
1.Why did Mr. Liu pay the money although he had found himlf cheated
A.He wanted to buy the medicines.
B.许篙He wanted to e how much could the swindler take form him.
C.He did not know they are swindlers.
D.四时田园杂兴意思He has too much money.
2.When you e a terrifying picture, which ntence can you u to express your feeling
A. Rich and bitch. B. It is to be cherished.
C. It’s so beautiful that I’m too scared to open it. D. None of the above.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A.Network buzzwords all come from songs.
B.“Rich and bitch” is often ud to describe the rich.
C.“It is to be cherished” was first said by Wen Zhang.
姓氏图片D.Mr. Liu was totally fooled out of 70,000 yuan.
B
Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But theyoften play jokes on each other.
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The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through thecountry in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started w
henever they wanted. Of cour they enjoyed themlves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry andthirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered somedishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some icecream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard 芥末, but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, eing his friend crying, asked, "What are you crying about, Robert" "I'm thinking of my father who was hanged上吊 twenty years ago," he answered. After a while Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks, too. And his friend asked him why.
"I wonder why your father hadn't been hanged before he got married”
4. Robert and Peter went to travel____________.
A. by bus B. on foot C. by car D. by air
5. Robert took a spoonful of mustard becau ___________.
A. it was free B. he liked mustard
C. he thought it was ice-cream D. it was delicious
6. Robert didn’t tell Peter the true reason why he cried becau ____________.
A. he didn’t know his friend hated mustard
B. he wanted Peter to make the same mistake as he
C. he thought his friend knew what it was
D. he thought his friend was interested in it
7. What did Peter’s last words mean
A. Robert’s father was hanged before he got married.
B. His friend Robert shouldn’t be born and he wouldn’t be cheated.
C. It was fine to play a joke on a friend.
D. He must give Robert a lesson.
C
Rice is an important part of many people's diets. Rearchers from the Harvard School of Public Health have published a report about rice. It shows that eating white rice increas the risk of diabetes糖尿病. However, eating brown rice糙米 reduces the risk of the dia.
The World Health Organization says more than two hundred twenty million people worldwide have diabetes. Diabetes results when the body cannot effectively u the sugar it produces.
The men and women who took part in the study were asked about their diet and day-to-day activities, as well as any pre-existing已存在的 dias. The study found that the people who ate five or more rvings of white rice per week had a venteen percent incread risk of developing diabetes. But tho who ate two or more rvings of brown rice a week had an eleven percent reduced risk of getting the dia.
