学年江西南昌市高二上期末考试英语卷含答案及解析.docx

1、学年江西南昌市高二上期末考试英语卷含答案及解析2019学年江西南昌市高二上期末考试英语卷【含答案及解析】姓名_ 班级_ 分数_题号一二三四五六总分得分一、阅读理解1. What is the hottest topic at your school recently? In Taiyuan No. 55 Middle School, its money. The school held an activity called “making money” last weekend. About 200 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided int

2、o 30 teams. They went out to make money by selling things. What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets. Hu Qi ngs team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. The

3、y thought parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers (城管). The officers asked them to leave. “We played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) with the officers for the whole morning” said Hu. “Finally we had to give up.” Wang Bing and her team sold ic

4、e cream in a square. They didnt meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”. It worked. More people came to their stall (小摊). A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. “He didnt want any change. He said he wanted to h

5、elp the children,” said Wang. “We were touched.” Later that day they gave the 100 yuan and more to the “Project Hope” office. MengZhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan. They made 40.5 yuan. “It was not easy to make t

6、he money,” said Meng. “Some people just looked. Others just tasted but didnt buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money we need to lead happy lives.” 1. _ took part in the activity. A. Some teachers B. About 200 of Junior 1 and Junior 2 students C. About 200 students of the thr

7、ee grades D.About200 Junior 1 students 2. Hu Qings team finally gave up because _. A. the parents didnt like to buy the books B. the Children Activity Center was too crowded C. the officers didnt allow them to sell anything there D. the team played the game of the hide-and-seek the whole morning 3.

8、Why did more people come to Wang Bings stall at last? A. The people were willing to help country kids. B. A foreigner came up and helped them. C. The team put up a magic board. D. The people were interested in their ice cream. 4. According to the passage the students learn _. A. its impossible for t

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18、t Hotel C. Clarion HotelSuites Downtown Montreal D. Delta Bow Valley Hotel 3. The Enigma (谜）of Beauty The search for beauty spans（跨度） centuries and continentsPaintings of Egyptians dating back over 4，000 years show both men and women painting their nails and wearing makeupIn 18th-century France，weal

19、thy noblemen wore large wigs (假发）of long，white hair to make themselves attractiveToday，people continue to devote a lot of time and money to their appearance. There is at least one good reason for the desire to be attractive：beauty is powerStudies suggest that good-looking people make more money，get

20、called on more often in class，and are regarded as friendlier. But what exactly is beauty? Its difficult to describe it clearly，and yet we know it when we see itAnd our awareness of it may start at a very early ageIn one set of studies，six-month-old babies were shown a series of photographsThe faces

21、on the pictures had been rated for attractiveness by a group of college studentsIn the studies，the babies spent more time looking at the attractive faces than the unattractive ones. The idea that even babies can judge appearance makes perfect sense to many researchersIn studies by psychologists，men

22、consistently showed a preference for women with larger eyes，fuller lips，and a smaller nose and chin while women prefer men with large shoulders and a narrow waistAccording to scientists，the mind unc onsciously tells men and women that these traits the full lips，clear skin，strong shoulders equal heal

23、th and genetic well-being. Not everyone thinks the same way，however Our ideas can be changed by all sorts of expectations mostly cultural， says C Loring Brace，an anthropologist at the University of MichiganWhat is considered attractive in one culture might not be in anotherLook at most Western fashi

24、on magazines：the women on the pages are thinBut is this perfect body type for women worldwide? Scientists answer is no; what is considered beautiful is subjective and varies around the world They found native peoples in southeast Peru preferred shapes regarded overweight in Western cultures. For bet

25、ter or worse，beauty plays a role in ou r livesBut it is extremely difficult to describe exactly what makes one person attractive to anotherAlthough there do seem to be certain physical traits considered universally appealing，it is also true that beauty does not always keep to a single，uniform standa

26、rd Beauty really is，as the saying goes，in the eye of the beholder. 1. Peoples ideas about beauty _. A . have existed since ancient times B . can be easily described C . have little influence on a persons success D . are based upon strict standard. 2. In Paragraph 3 ，the babies in the study _. A . we

27、re rated for their appearance B . were entered in a beauty contest C . were shown photos of a group of college students D . were able to tell attractive faces from unattractive ones 3. The underlined word “traits” in Paragraph 4 probably means _. A . qualities B . measurements C . judgments D . stan

28、dards 4. We can learn from the passage that _. A . the ideas of b eauty vary as people grow up B . the search for beauty is rooted in lack of confidence C . the standards for beauty are based on scientific researches D . the understanding of beauty depends on cultural backgrounds 4. Your car is a ne

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