2020-2021学年湖北省十堰市郧阳区科技学校高二（下）期中英语试卷
发布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
一、选择题（60分）（本大题共30小题，每小题2分，共60分）从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个可以填入题中空白处的最佳选项。未选、错选、多选均不得分。
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1．There are in our school library.（ ）
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2．______good time we had on the beach yesterday ！（ ）
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3．This is room.The twin sisters like it very much.（ ）
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4．____ of the land in this area_____covered with trees and grass .（ ）
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5．He is not as any of those film stars.（ ）
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6．Tom speaks English as ______ as Jack .（ ）
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7．New York is bigger than __________ city in the USA（ ）
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8．He did nothing last Sunday but ________ his bike .（ ）
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9．When reading ，you had better mark__________ you have questions.（ ）
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10．—Mum，Jack is coming to dinner this evening.
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11．Mr.Smith didn't go home ________ he was told that the manager wouldn't come.（ ）
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二、阅读理解（40分）（本大题共四篇，每篇5小题，每小题10分，共40分）阅读下列短文，短文后面有五个小题，请从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案，未选、错选或多选均不得分。
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33．New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback.The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city.The horses are expensive to feed，but it is even more expensive to look after them.Because the horses must walk on the streets，they need special horseshoes.In fact ，they need more than 8，000 of them each year.Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month.Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths.There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States.
The cost of shoing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars，and it takes a good blacksmith （铁匠） two or three hours to do the job.
A blacksmith's job is not an easy one.He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse's foot.The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse's leg while he works.Clearly，a blacksmith must be very strong.But even more important，he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work，he has to get the horse to lift its leg.
One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin.He came to the country from Ireland in 1948.He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city.Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it，and，as he put it， "It's a good way to make a living."
（1）According to the reading passage，a blacksmith must be likely aman.
A.clever
B.rich
C.strong
D.lucky
（2）James Corbin became a blacksmith because he.
A.was interested in horses
B.was needed by the policemen
C.drew a picture of the horse shoe
D.had a make a living
（3）In the reading passage "to shape a shoe" is to.
A.fit it on the horse's foot
B.use it for two or three hours
C.make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal
D.draw a picture of the shoe
（4）The best title for the passage is "".
A.Policemen on Horseback
B.Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing
C.James Corbin，a Blacksmith
D.Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living
（5）Which of the following is true？
A.Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.
B.New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.
C.Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.
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34．Once there was a piano player in a bar（酒吧）。People came just to hear him play.But one night，a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don't sing，"said the man.
But the lady told the waiter，"I'm tired of listening to the piano.I want the player to sing！"
The waiter shouted across the room，"Hey，friend！If you want to get paid，sing a song！'
So he did.He had never sung in public before.Now he was singing for the very first time！Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully！
He had talent（天赋）he was sitting on！He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.But once he found，by accident，that he could sing well，he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US.His name was Nat King Cole.
You，too，have skills and abilities.You may not feel that your talent is great，but it may be better than you think.With hard work，most skills can be improved.Besides，you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
（1）The lady asked the player to sing a song because.
A.she had paid him for this
B.she knew him very well
C.she wanted to have a change
D.she enjoyed his singing
（2）Nat King Cole succeeded because.
A.the lady helped him a lot
B.he caught the chance
C.he continued to play in the bar
D.he stopped playing the piano
（3）The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"".
A.fail to realize
B.forget to use
C.try to develop
D.manage to show
（4）From the story we know if you have some talent，you should.
A.hide it and wait
B.ask others for help
C.pay no attention to it
D.work hard to improve yourself
（5）Which could be the best title （标题）for the passage？
A.Sing in the Bar.
B.Achieve Success in Life.
C.Never Lose Heart.
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