1、广灵一中学年第二学期期末考试参考答案高 二 英 语高二下学期期末考试英语试题（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）一阅读理解（共两节，满分60分，每小题3分）第一节（共15小题，满分45分）AMistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing lifes challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are a
2、ctually rewarded along the way. Life is like a game and maybe you can award(奖励) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, Ive won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have mi
3、ssed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Dont let it be said you didnt try. What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winni
4、ng his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her babys first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself. It really doesnt have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always
5、 have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, dont get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Dont let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.1.
6、By saying “To err is human”, the author means that_. A. human beings should try to avoid(避免) making mistakes B. no one is perfect(完美的) and everyone makes mistakes C. mistakes and failures make up our life D. human beings make mistakes easily2. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. Try to reach 50 p
7、oints. B. Never stop trying in your life. C. Award yourself for your success D. Dont be afraid of missing your points.3. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through_. A. examples B. numbers C. experiments D. stories4. The underlined word “ despondent ” in the last paragraph means_. A. frighten
8、ed B. disappointed C. surprised D. excited B I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with
9、. Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to desc
10、ribe it other than“broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker. I know t
11、his for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had ple
12、nty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get
13、into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken” ; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the esse
14、nce, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. 5. The author used to think of her mothers English as . A. impolite B. amusing C. imperfect D. pra
15、ctical6. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Americans do not understand broken English.B. The authors mother was not respected sometimes. C. The authors mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.7. The author gradually realize
16、s her mothers English is . A. well structured B. in the old styleC. easy to translate D. rich in meaning8. What is the passage mainly about? A. The change of the authors attitude to her mothers English. B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C. The authors misunderstanding of “li
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27、 efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air. Chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council. Besides the existing pollution control program for SO2,
28、regional emission caps (区域排放上限) for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areas the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas, according to the plan. “The plan is aimed
29、at dealing with regional air pollutionsuch as acid rain and smogwhich have become increasingly obvious in China in recent years and caused a severe threat to peoples health,” Zhang Lijun, vice-minister of environmental protection, said in an interview on Monday. “The air quality in a city affects th
30、e regions nearby because pollutants (污染物) Can travel through the atmosphere,” said Chai Fahe, vice-director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences. “So efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not be enough,” Chai said. Zhang said, “The coun
31、trys major industrial districtsthe Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei regionhave recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years.” These three regions, home to at least 200 million people, occupy only 6. 3 percent of the countrys area but consume 40 perce
32、nt of the countrys coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures. Studies also show that the visibility (能见度) in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution. Liaoning province, the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region in Hunan province, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and th
