人教版高二英语第二学期期中试卷

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I. 阅读理解 (每小题2分，满分30分)

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In the past, many disabled Chinese people led very restricted (受限制的) lives. They had little chance to find work or support themselves. But their situation has improved dramatically over recent decades.

In the past five years, the government has been stepping up efforts to help employ disabled people. Huge investments have been made in training, and many disabled people have found jobs and become financially independent.

When Wu Zihe was growing up, she was like a prisoner in her home. Having a job was something she could only dream about. But now she is famous for her art. Wu is working on a landscape. She said, “I can earn 30 or 40 yuan for paintings like this, if they are sold in groups. If I sell them separately, I can get about 100 yuan. It only takes me one day to finish one painting, so I can earn 1,000 to 2,000 yuan a month.”

Wu Zihe practices knife-drawing, which originated in her hometown Dunhua. If one has the eyes, the brain and hands, it takes about a year to learn the basic techniques.

Dunhua government’s official Zhang Chunhua said, “We think it suits disabled people very well. So the government spent 10 million yuan to set up this knife-

painting training center for them.”

Training in the center is free. Even the materials are provided by the government. Since last year, the center has trained over 200 disabled persons like Wu Zihe. They usually earn 500 to 1,000 yuan per month. Sometimes they make as much as 5,000 yuan. That’s much higher than average salaries in the area.

This year, the city has set up a center to sell these works. Art fans from more than ten countries and regions have bought paintings.

1. How was life for the disabled people in the past?

A. They had to stay at home and had little chance to find jobs.

B. According to the law, they led very restricted lives.

C. With the help of the government, they led a comfortable life.

D. They had to learn to paint to earn a living.

2. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. the disabled had to earn a living by working

B. all the disabled have found jobs and become financially independent these years

C. the disabled people’s living situation has improved greatly in recent years

D. more and more disabled people will learn to paint

3. From the last paragraph we can conclude that ____.

A. Dunhua has set up a center to sell knife-drawing works

B. perhaps some of Wu Zihe’s paintings could be brought abroad

C. only the disabled people’s paintings could be sold to foreigners

D. people who like knife-drawing art have bought the disabled people’s paintings

4. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. A kind of folk art in China.

B. Knife-drawing was first developed in Dunhua.

C. A knife-painting training center in Dunhua.

D. China helps the disabled find jobs.

B

5. According to the passage, winners        .

A. deal with problems rather than blame others

B. meet with fewer difficulties in their lives

C. have responsible and able colleagues

D. blame themselves rather than others

6. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to        .

A. avoid  B.  accept  C. improve   D. consider

7. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should         .

A. find a better way to handle the problem

B. blame him for his lack of responsibility

C. tell him to find the cause of the problem

D. ask a more able colleague for help

8. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. A Winner’s Opportunity.  B. A Winner’s Secret.

C. A Winner’s Problem.      D. A Winner’s Achievement.

C

What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技术). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.

In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells(细胞) are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond l20 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs ( The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on—in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

It is exciting to imaging that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.

9.According to the passage, human death IS now mainly caused by    .

A、diseases and aging　B、accidents and war   C、accidents and aging　D、heart disease and war

10.In the author’ s opinion, today’s most important advance in technology lies in    .

A、medicine　　　　B、the Internet     C、brain cells 　　　D、human organ

11.Humans may live longer in the future because    .

A、heart disease will be far away from us

B、human brains can decide the final death

C、the basic materials of cells will last forever

D、human organs can be repaired by new medicine

12.We can learn from the passage that    .

A、human life will not last more than 120 years in the future

B、humans have to take medicine to build new skin cells now

C、much needs to be done before humans can have a longer life

D、we have already solved the technical problems in building new cells