山西省忻州市高二下学期期中联考英语试卷

Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy – five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s ground.
As a result of his kindness, he became famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had daily injection in his neck.Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
Johnson became a rich man through _______. 

The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _______.

Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _______.

When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that _______.

Grand Opening
Bentwood Truck Museum
Saturday, November 8, at 10:00 A. M.
After eighteen months of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the Bentwood Truck Museum is ready to open. The old factory had been scheduled to be destroyed. When Roger Haygood heard about the plan to tear down the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. Then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum.
During the past year and a half, the old building has been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. Instead of a dark and dull house, the building has become a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past. The museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. There is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 1937 fire engine. Our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. Our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow truck.
You can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice-cream truck. Rides are $ 2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in Bentwood.
Help us celebrate our grand opening by bringing your family and friends! There is something to interest everyone who attends. The Bentwood Truck Museum is a special piece of our history.
To get to Bentwood Truck Museum, take Route 29 (Kingston Highway) to Palmer Street. Go south on Palmer Street for one block and take a left onto Norman Drive. You will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left. Parking is available across the street, on your right.
Where is Bentwood Truck Museum?

What is special about this museum?

What's the purpose of writing this passage?

Down-to-earth means being honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society, of course, but they do not let their importance go to their heads, and they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someone who is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said to have his nose in the air. There is no way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans use another expression that is similar in some way to down-to-earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality. He has what is called common sense. He may have dreams but he does not allow them to block his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the world. Sometimes such a dreamer can be brought back to reality; and sharp words from the teacher, for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet back on the ground.
The person who is down-to-earth usually has both feet on the ground. But the opposite is not always true. Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down-to-earth. When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are realistic and we act honestly and openly toward others, and our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
If a person has his nose in the air, he _______.

What can a daydreamer probably be like?

The underlined sentence “But the opposite is not always true.” most probably means that ______.

From the passage, we can infer the person who is _____ is the most popular kind of person.

Who give us life, raise us and are our constant support and wellwishers？Our mothers. That’s why millions of people across the world take Mother’s Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms.
However, the celebration of Mother’s Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be. It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition by celebrating their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many gods and goddesses.
Later, in the 1600s, Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England. On the fourth Sunday of Lent (大斋期), children brought flowers and special fruitcakes to show their respect for their mothers. It may be the root of the modern Mother’s Day.
Thanks to the great efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis, Mother’s Day became an official festival in the US. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Later, many countries began to celebrate this day as Mother’s Day.
Today, Mother’s Day is an international festival honoring mothers. It is celebrated all over the world in different ways. In Western countries，the most common way is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed .Kids often allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they prepare her favorite breakfast with their fathers. Some also make handmade gifts or buy beautiful carnations (康乃馨). It is the day when you acknowledge your mothers contribution in your life and pay a tribute (礼品) to her, often with flowers and gifts. It complements Father’s Day, the celebration honoring fathers.
Today, Mother’s Day is a day celebrated on various days in many places around the world.
Why do people across the world celebrate Mother’s Day?

The modern Mother’s Day came from________.

From the passage we can learn that________.

The passage mainly wants to tell us________.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit and that can be a very annoying thing.           Read on for some techniques worth trying. 
1.          .
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer’s disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.           . Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2. Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.           
3. Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.            or go dancing with your friends.

E. But don’t worry if your schedule isn’t filled with life-changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

My friend Tom came across an accident when driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was            was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of        as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but           in the cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke and then the        of the rescue team.
It is almost           that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his        . “First of all I checked my    conditions and found myself not in danger. As there was no         to call for help, I leaned（斜靠）back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from        . In this way I dozed（打盹）off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the          of an exploration that happened last year. A group of young men           to explore a mountain cave and got lost.          to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of         . Finally, they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the        team that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the        of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to       themselves, they would probably have sensed a faint light glowing(发出) not far away.
Don’t you think that you can compare it with        itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. Focus that it’s unclear to you yet and you needn’t put up struggle      . It seems to be a negative attitude,      a person who can do so must have foresight as well as a great         in the first place.

A．hopeless B．worse C．more D．best

A．service B．way C．control D．work

A．cry B．lie C．wait D．sleep

A．delay B．success C．team D．arrival

A．untrue B．unimaginable C．possible D．useless

A．plan B．decision C．explanation D．excuse

A．physical B．mental C．working D．medical

A．method B．way C．tools D．strength

A．rotting B．spreading C．bleeding D．running

A．loss B．failure C．sadness D．disappointment

A．had B．managed C．tried D．planned

A．Willing B．Unable C．Determined D．Deciding

A．hearing B．sight C．feeling D．direction

A．rescue B．village C．local D．brave

A．end B．top C．opening D．side

A．save B．help C．stop D．calm

A．adventure B．work C．life D．mankind

A．really B．immediately C．carefully D．hopefully

A．and B．so C．but D．while

A．courage B．imagination C．thought D．opinion

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
David: Have you made up your mind   to go for your holiday, Jane?
Jane: We    (go) to Florida.
David: Great! Florida has always been one of the world’s most popular tourist          (attract). Oh, by the way, how long are you going to stay there?
Jane: One week.
David: Have you got any friends there?
Jane: No. I have always wanted to go,      I’ve been too busy to afford the time. Now I’ve got a week’s holiday, and I can enjoy Christmas special prices. My dream will come true.
David: Lovely! I guess you will     (certain) go to Disneyland.
Jane: You are right. You have been there, right?
David: Yes, I went there last year. And I’m looking forward      going there a second time.
Jane: Tell me something about it, will you?
David:  The park,      is often called a “Magic Kingdom”,     (make) up of several main sections. They are named Main Street, Frontier Land, Fantasy Land, Tomorrow land and Adventure Land. There are so many things     (see) in the park.
Jane: It must have been   unforgettable experience for you.
David: That’s true. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit.
Jane: Thank you. I believe so.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第l1处起）不计分。
Last Saturday I went to the library as usually. At about noon, I was enjoying my reading near a lake while suddenly I hear someone crying for help. I went up to see what was happening. I was shocking to find a little child struggling in the water in the distance while many peoples were standing by without doing anything. Without any hesitation, I had pushed through the crowd as I took off my coat, but jumped into the water quickly. I managed to reach him and carried him back to safety. To his great relief, the kid saved.
I was proud with what I had done. I hope everyone can give a hand when someone else is in need.

假如你是李华，针对你市目前的交通堵塞问题，给市长写一封信，提出自己的建议。要点如下：
1．私家车增多和司机的违规行驶造成交通堵塞；
2．提出具体的解决办法；
3．希望市长予以答复。
注意：1.词数100左右；   2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：混乱chaos；车道lane；停车场parking lot
Dear Mayor，
I’m writing to give some suggestions to improve our city’s transportation.
                                                                   
                                                                   
Yours sincerely，
Li Hua