1、2018-2019 学 年 甘 肃 省 天 水 市 第 一 中 学高 二 下 学 期 开 学 考 试英 语注 意 事 项 ：1 答 题 前 ， 先 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 准 考 证 号 填 写 在 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 上 ， 并 将 准 考 证 号 条 形 码粘 贴 在 答 题 卡 上 的 指 定 位 置 。2 选 择 题 的 作 答 ： 每 小 题 选 出 答 案 后 ， 用 2B 铅 笔 把 答 题 卡 上 对 应 题 目 的 答 案 标 号 涂 黑 ，写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿 纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。3 非 选 择 题 的 作 答
2、 ： 用 签 字 笔 直 接 答 在 答 题 卡 上 对 应 的 答 题 区 域 内 。 写 在 试 题 卷 、 草 稿纸 和 答 题 卡 上 的 非 答 题 区 域 均 无 效 。4 考 试 结 束 后 ， 请 将 本 试 题 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 上 交 。第 I 卷（选择题）一、阅读理解In Chinese customs， red is the main color for weddings It is used in different ways as it signifies love， joy and happiness The brides wedding gown（女礼
3、服）is often red， the wedding invitations， gift boxes and envelopes are red and the bride and the grooms homes are decorated in red on the wedding dayBefore the wedding， the married couples from the grooms family visit the brides place with gifts in red baskets and boxes One of those baskets has milk
4、honey Three days before the wedding， the women from the brides family bring returngifts to the grooms familyOn the wedding day， the groom arrives at the brides place on his way to the chapel（佛堂） The groom has to give gifts in cash wrapped in red paper to the brides friends for letting her go The bri
5、de and the groom then leave for the chapel togetherThe wedding ceremony is attended only by the couples immediate relatives Just after the wedding ceremony， the bride serves tea to her parents inlaws as a tradition The couples will then go to get wedding pictures Then a reception（宴会）will follow In t
6、he reception， a welcome speech is followed by a cake cutting ceremony A Chinese wedding cake has many layers（层）， and each one represents a step to success for the newly married couples So couples cut the cake from the bottomTravourcom describes and provides information on the wedding traditions of t
7、he Chinese and around the world Below are some wedding traditions performed in Italy1This passage mainly talks about Asome Chinese wedding traditionsBcolors in Chinese customsCwedding ceremonies in ChinaDpreparations for a Chinese wedding2What does the underlined word “signifies“ in the first paragr
8、aph mean？AbringsBconnectsCmeansDholds3What do we learn about the traditional Chinese wedding from the passage？ABoth the groom and the bride must wear red clothesBThe bride can not see the groom before the weddingCThe bride serves tea to her birth parents after the wedding ceremonyDThe newly married
9、couples usually cut the wedding cake from the bottom4What will the passage talk about next？AWhere the couples spend their honeymoonBSome information on other Chinese traditionsCHow a traditional wedding is performed in ItalyDHow people get married in Italy todayTraveling can be a fun way to gain lif
10、e experiences，especially during Spring Breaka weeklong school vacation in the United StatesBut what if youre a student and dont have enough money for a trip？Dont worryHere are some useful suggestionsSave：This probably is the most important preparation for travelingCut expenses to fatten your wallet
11、so youll have more choices about where to go and how to get therePlan ahead：Dont wait until the last minute to plan your tripTickets may cost more when bought on short noticeGiving yourself several months to get ready can mean security and savingsDo your homework：No matter where you go，research the
12、places you will visitDecide what to see Travel books will provide information on the cheapest hotels and restaurantsPlan sensibly：Write down how much you expect to spend for food and hotelsStick to your plan or you may not have enough money to cover everything此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 Travel in gro
13、ups：Find someone who is interested in visiting the same placesBy traveling with others you can share costs and experiencesWork as you go：Need more money to support your trip？Look for work in the places you visitGo off the beaten path：Tourist sites may be expensiveYou may want to rethink your trip an
14、d go to a lessknown areaSmaller towns can have many interesting activities and sights Pack necessary things：The most important things to take are not always clothesRemember medicine in case you get sick，and snacks in case you cannot find a cheap restaurant Use the Internet：The net can help to save m
15、oneySome useful websites include www travelcitycorn ，wwwbargainslowestfarecorn and wwweconomictravelcitycomBy planning sensibly，even students can enjoy the travelYour travel experiences will be remembered for a lifetime5This passage is about Ahow to plan your travelBhow to get life experiencesChow t
16、o make your travel interestingDhow to travel with enough money6Before your trip ，the most important thing you should do is Ato make a plan of the routeBto buy tickets in advanceCto save money before your tripDto get information from the Internet7The writer advises you Ato share costs with friendsBno
17、t to go to wellknown placesCnot to visit dangerous placesDto buy anything you want to buyTeaching PoetryNo poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed“， until it has been read aloud by someone， teacher or student Better still， perhaps， is the practice of reading it twice， once at the beginning of the
18、 discussion and once at the end， so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of itAll discussions of poetry are， in fact， preparations for reading it aloud， and the reading of the poem is， finally， the most telling “interpretation“ of it， suggesting tone， rhythm， and meaning all at once Hea
19、ring a poet read the work in his or her own voice， on records or on film， is obviously a special reward But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or， best of all， reciting itI have come to think， in fact， that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more impo
20、rtant than “analyzing“ it， if there isnt time for both I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry Poetry is “a criticism of life“， and “a heightening of lief“ It is “an approach to the truth of feeling“， and it “can save your life“ It also deserves a place in the
21、 teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupiesI am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry Those who dont like it should not be forced to communicate this to anyone else But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few thins about its essential natu
22、re， about its sound as well as its sense， and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it8To have a better understanding of a poem， one should Aanalyze it by oneselfBdiscuss it with othersCpractise reading it aloudDcopy it down in a notebook9Which of the foll
23、owing is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry？AExtending your lifeBSaving your lifeCCriticizing lifeDHeightening life10The last sentence in the third paragraph imply AThe teaching of poetry is more important than any other subjectBMore importance should be given to the teaching of poetryCPoetry is
24、the foundation of all language and literature coursesDOne cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry11The underlined phrase “make room“ in the last paragraph could be best replaced by Aprovide equipmentBbuild a schoolCset up a houseDleave a certain amount of timeVinegar makes salad，f
25、ries and dumplings taste better， and you can even use it to clean your windows And now， according to scientists， it may even the planets population survive climate changeResearchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science （CSRS） in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them
26、 more resistant to droughts This could mean that in the future， worries about climate change affecting the worlds supply of food will be much lower The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis， a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather It was found that when the
27、 plant was placed in droughtlike conditions， it produced a chemical called acetate（醋酸盐）the main component of vinegarAfter discovering this， the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants， before they stopped giving them water completely After leaving the plants for
28、 14days， they found that the ones treated with acetate had survived， while the untreated plants had dried up and diedIts hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive “In the experiment， we targeted the staple foods of the worldr
29、ice ， wheat and maizeand the basic plant of breeding species， rapeseed（油菜籽），“ Jong Myong Kim， coauthor of the study， told Popular Science magazineKim also told the magazine hes already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and costeffective method out
30、for themselves from flower growing companies to amateur gardeners Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isnt as easy as just pouring vinegar over them， Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible “Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers， an
31、d also some companies， to make a method to apply this system， “he said And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we goaway， hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died12What is the article mainly about？AT
32、he worlds food supply will be increasedBPlants better survive droughtsCThe Arabidopsis is resistant to droughtsDVinegar could be used to fight droughts13It was discovered that acetate can Abe used by farmers to replace soilBonly be produced by the ArabidopsisChelp plants survive dry conditionsDbe us
33、ed to improve poor soil14What are the target plants of the experiment？Aall breeding speciesBwheat and ArabidopisisCrice and maizeDrapeseed and Arabidopisis15Jong Myong Kims experiment of trying out the method Acan make peoples trips pleasantBturned out a worldwide successCis as simple as pouring vin
34、egar over the plantsDappeals to many flower growing companies二、七选五Avoid Internet Addiction16 Many people suffer from addition to the Internet and have a hard time paying attention to the important things around themHow can we prevent ourselves from going online too much？Admit you have an addition17
35、Realize more and more people in the world are becoming addictedYou are not the only one with ths problemDo not be embarrassed； find others with the same problem and help each other beat itLimit your computer timeMake sure not to turn it on too many times a weekBefoe using your computer，decide on a t
36、ime limit such as 30 minutesSet the clock and make sure that you get off he computer when the time is up18 Try using the computer at the libraryYou wont be as attracted to look at certain websites and they do have a limit on how long you can stay online19So you wont be as attracted to be on the Inte
37、rnet as at home20 Go for a run with a friend or get exercise some other wayKeep up with the local events in your neighborhoodThere may be talks，films，concerts and sports events etcFind some，as long as it is not on the Internet，and get involvedAYou will be happier if you use the Internet lessBThere i
38、s no use avoiding the truthCAlso，it is a good place to get some good books and magazines to readDGet a hobby or an interestEInternet addition affects a lot of peopleFGet your family to remind you if youve been on a long timeGTry to reduce the amount of time by 5minutes each time三、完形填空I was called in
39、to the principals office but I had no idea what I had done wrong When I arrived， my brother Brian was there He had been crying Brian grabbed my hand and said， Amanda has been in a car 21 “Every inch of my body went 22 as I realized what he had said My sister was injured One question sounded over and
40、 over in my head 23 could this have happened？ Even though she was only 17， Amanda was one of the 24 drivers I knew I felt shocked and terrifiedMy brother and I left immediately 25 the hospital my sister was in When we arrived， my sisters face was 26 from the eyebrows up and you could see blood every
41、where She was 27 to several machines My mom and dad stood at her side cryingMy sister looked 28 at me with bloodfilled eyes In her eyes， where I expected to see 29 ， I saw strength She said to me， “I love you， Renee I suddenly realized how 30 I tell my sister I love her I tried to 31 her， but she wa
42、snt listening any more， 32 some doctors were taking her away to the xray roomAs they wheeled her away I wanted to scream out， but I couldnt I couldnt move， speak or even cry 33 she was around the comer Then the tears cameThough everyone kept telling me she would be all right， something made me 34 Ev
43、ery moment that passed allowed the 35 in my mind to grow bigger Finally， the doctor walked down the hall and stood quietly in front of us It was then that the longawaited 36 came Amanda was going to be okayMy heart leaped as I realized I still had a sister She would need a lot of plastic surgery （整容
44、手术）， but she was 37 A year later， 38 my sister and I quarrel sometimes， every time I see her face and spot the large scar that stretches across it， I remember to tell her that I 39 her I remember when I almost didnt have the 40 to tell her again how much I love her21Agame Btravel Caccident Dshop22Af
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47、ourage第 II 卷（非选择题）四、语法填空Tony and I are good friends We tried to walk across the United States of America Were not exactly sure41 we were doing it Part of it was to test ourselves； to see if we could face the challenges When I was42 teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the Unit
48、ed States43 I graduated from high school44 ，I didnt do that Before I knew it I was in my thirties， married，45 （have ） a job， yet still had this idea in my mind with each46 （pass） year I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed Then， a few years ago，I met Tony， 47 was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States He wasnt doing it for a cause48 as pa
