1、辽宁省大连市甘井子区学年高二英语下学期期中试题辽宁省大连市甘井子区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题 考试时间:100 分钟 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。A Hi, everybody! Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore! Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.
2、Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and
3、 Flowers of Shanghai. Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on. Maybe you are Indian film fans and
4、star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia ( 百科全书 ) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after
5、 our Hollywood. If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures. In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films. Well, please help yourselves to so
6、me coffee or tea, and have a good time here!21. The speaker of the passage is most probably _. A. the author of 25 New Takes B. a tourist in the cinema bookstore C. the manager of the cinema bookstore D. a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema22. How many Asian countries does the speaker refer to
7、when he talks about the film books? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Nine.23. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage？ A. Indian cinema is second only to Hollywood. B. The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars. C. Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is w
8、ell received in the States. D. The French Cinema Book covers over a centurys French films.24. The purpose of the speaker is _. A. to satisfy the customers various tastes B. to keep the authors in the cinema bookstore C. to offer the tourists chances to meet the film stars D. to take the readers into
9、 film producers BDanielle Steel, Americas sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, r
10、eady to dive into the book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her
11、 achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of Max and Martha picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her wor
12、k shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books had been made into films. She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.Not content with a big house, a loving fam
13、ily, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines of her own invention, her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But, if she does have anything in commo
14、n with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable (独特的)style. There is only one Danielle Steel.25. Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that _. A. she can write several books at the same timeB. she often does some research before writing a bookC. she is one of the most popular
15、American women writersD. she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break26. Children who have read Max and Martha picture books may know_. A. how to deal with affairs at schoolB. what to do if Max and Martha dieC. what to do when new babies are born into their familiesD. how to solve the
16、difficult problems in their writing classes27. One of Danielle Steels achievements is that _. A. some TV plays were based on her booksB. her picture books attracted a lot of young menC. one of her books became a best-seller in 1998D. she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records28. We can learn from
17、the passage that Danielle Steel _. A. lives an exciting lifeB. values her readers a lotC. writes about quiet women D. is pleased with her achievements CWhen we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?Leadership today is not about
18、forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term, They will also experience fear.Fear causes
19、the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or p
20、artner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level,
21、 so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (积极性). Todays work place is all about relationships.Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they are recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for
22、 someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligenceknowing your own emotions, an
23、d how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.29. An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when _.A. he
24、is forced to do thing B. he cannot work at his bestC. he feels his brain shut down D. he thinks of his work as too heavy30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. People tend to associate leadership with fear.B. Working conditions affect peoples physical health.C. Good relationsh
25、ip is the key to business success.D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.31. To positively influence employees a leader should first of all _.A. provide better suggestions B. develop his own personalityC. give his employees a pay rise D. hide his own emotion of fear32. Good leadership
26、 is mainly seen in a leaders ability to _.A. provide a good working environmentB. help raise employees living standardsC. give employees specific instructionsD. deal wisely with employees emotions D A few years ago I had an aha! moment regarding handwriting. I had in my hand a sheet of paper with ha
27、ndwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task. It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting, and then I realized whose it must be. I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year, maybe two, and yet I did not recogniz
28、e her handwriting at that point. It was a very important event in the computerization of lifea sign that the informal, friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails. There was a time when our workdays were filled with litt
29、le letters, and we recognized one anothers handwriting the way we knew voices or faces. As a child visiting my fathers office, I was pleased to recognize, in little notes on the desks of his staff, the same handwriting I would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridgeexcept that those no
30、tes were signed “dad” instead of “RFW”. All this has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting, a book by Florey. She shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that
31、people in a digital age cant be expected to learn to hold a pen. I dont buy it. I dont want to see anyone cut off from the expressive, personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does. For many a biographer, part of really getting to know their subjects is learning
32、 to read their handwriting. What some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th-century Italy. That may sound impossibly grandas if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings. However, they have worked in many school systems. 33. Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleagues handwriting? A. He had worked wit
