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1、 重庆八中 2018-2019 学年度(下)半期考试高一年第二部分: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 和 d)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑awhat so amazing about giving blood?the national blood service. which covers all of england and north wales, needs nearly twoand a half million blood donations each y
2、ear. when you give blood, youll be doing one of themost amazing things anybody could dream of-saying a life.what types of blood are needed?all types of blood are needed-not just rare ones. in fact, the commoner the blood type, the more isneeded. so even if your blood is one of the most common types-
3、group o for example-you can besure that by donating three times a year, you really are doing something amazing.what is the donation process?the donation will last about an hour in all. when you arrive, you will be asked a few questionsabout your health. then a drop of blood will be taken and tested
4、just to make sure youre notanemic(贫血). if all is well, your donation will be taken.this only takes about ten minutes, during which time 470ml of blood will be collected. mostpeople hardly feel a thing. after a short rest, a drink and biscuits, youll be up and ready to go. allequipment used in the co
5、llection of your blood is new and is never reused, so you dont have toworry about risks to your health in the collection of your blood.who can become a blood donor?becoming a blood donor really is very simple. as long as youre in good health and agedbetween 17 and 60, you can become a blood donor. i
6、f you would like more information or advice,or you want to become a blood donor, ring the donor helpline on 0845 7711. the donor helpline isopen 24 hours a day-every day of the year.21. before giving blood, you will_ a rest for a whileb take a blood testc wait for one dayd fill in a form22. what doe
7、s the passage tell us about the donation process?a it doesnt need equipmentb its done on computerc it wont affect donors healthd it takes many hours23. the purpose of the writing is to_a call on people to donate bloodb introduce the national blood servicec show the importance of donationd remind peo
8、ple of the danger of donationbannie sometimes found it hard to understand her parents relationship. they never seemed toshow much love for each other. annie believed that people who were in love would show it.they would hold hands, speak sweet words to each other and give each other nice gifts. anni
9、esparents did none of these things. so, she doubted whether they really loved each other.it was annies plan to ask her parents about their feelings for each other. but it was not easy tofind the right moment one saturday afternoon, she noticed that her dad was in the garage, doingsome work on the en
10、gine of his sports car.annies dad was always in a good mood when he was near his sports car, so she decided to askhim the question that had been bothering her. dad, do you and mom really love each other?of course, her father replied. why do you ask?well, you never seem to show it. annie s father was
11、 silent for a while, he spoke again. look at the engine of this car. he said. itis oily and messy, and the car looks much better when the hood(引擎罩)is down.dont you agree? without waiting for a reply, he went on. if i took out the engine and put the hood back down, the car would look just as beautifu
12、l, right? but it wouldnt be acar anymore.the engine is its beating heart. you don t usually see it, but it has to be there. its the same withyour mom and me. our love for each other is the beating heart of this family. dont worry justbecause it isnt on show all the time. about six months later, anni
13、es father lost his job. the family had to cut back on many thingsto make ends meet. and he had to sell his beloved sports car. but annie noticed another change.because he had more free time, her father spent more of it with her mother. they seemed to growcloser together, and showed their love more o
14、ften. their love, which annie had been afraid did notexist, was plain to see. annie was sad that the sports car had gone, but at least she understood whather father had told her that day.24. how did annie feel about her parents relationship at first?a proudb satisfiedc angryd confused25. annie belie
15、ved that people in love would_a get married eventuallyb make their love clear to each otherc praise each otherd hold hands all the time26 what did annies father compare his love to?a a carb a jobc an engined a gift27. what happened to the love between annies parents after her father lost his job?a i
16、t became easier to seeb it grew weakerc it changed completelyd it no longer existed cwhen you are away from home, eating is more than just a way to keep your stomach full. itis a language all its own, and no words can say, glad to meet you. . , glad to be doing businesswith you. . . quite like shari
17、ng a meal offered by someones heart.clearly, mealtime is not the time for you to say, no, thanks. instead, its for acceptance of thehost, the country, and the company. so, no matter how difficult it may be to swallow, swallow. or,as one experienced traveler says, travel with a cast-iron stomach and
18、eat everythingeverywhere.often, the food offered represents your host countrys proudest cooking achievement.whatwould america think of a french person who refuses to take a bite of homemade apple pie orsizzling steak? however, our discomfort comes not so much from the thing itself; it comes fromour
19、unfamiliarity with it. after all. an oyster(牡蛎)has remarkably the same look as a sheeps eye.by the way. in saudi arabia sheeps eyes are considered delicious, and so is bears paw soup inparts of china.can you refuse such food without being rude? most experienced business travelers say no, atleast not
20、 before taking a few bites. it helps, though, to slice( 切)any item very thin. this way, youminimize the reminder of where it came from. or, swallow it quickly. as one travelerrecommends, i still cant tell you what sheeps eyeballs taste like. as for dealing with taste, theold line that “it tastes jus
21、t like icshoifctekne nthankfully true, even when it is really rat snake.another useful piece of advice is not knowing what you are eating. whats for dinner? dontask. avoid glancing into the kitchen or looking at english-language menus. your host will bepleased that you are eating the food he offers,
22、 and who knows? maybe it really is the chicken inthat soup.28. who is the passage most probably written for?a those who want to take part in an international cooking contestb those who want to cook food from another countryc those who are going to take a trip abroadd those who are going to teach peo
23、ple from different countries29. the phrase a cast-iron stomach probably refers to a stomach_ a not allergic to ironb sensitive to various tastesc never failing youd equipped with iron devices30. which of the following is not suggested by the passage when you are offered some food youdont like?a swal
24、lowing it without hesitationb pleasing the host while eatingc avoid figuring out what it isd cutting it into small pieces31. which of the following can best serve as a conclusion for the passage?a when in rome, do as the romans dob eating various things can keep you fitc never refuse others kindness
25、d it tastes like chicken may helpdplants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change, which couldhave long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around theworld, changing some li
26、ving patterns, scientists say.increased carbon dioxide(co2)in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on howplants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can changetheir patterns of growth.predicting species reaction to climate change is a major chall
27、enge in ecology, said theresearches of several u. s. universities. they said plants had been the key object of study becausetheir reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.the study, published on the nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle
28、studies andexperiments across four continents and 1, 634 species, it found that some experiments hadunderestimated(低估)the speed of flowering by 8. 5 times and leafing by 4 times. across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance-for both leafingand flowering-that results f
29、rom temperature increases, the study said.the design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants willreact to climate change, it said.plants are necessary for life on the earth. they are the base of the food chain, usingphotosynthesis(光合作用)to produce sugar from carbon
30、dioxide and water. they let out oxygenwhich is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0. 8c since 1900,nearly 0. 2c every ten years since 1979.andso far, efforts to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not se
31、en as enough toprevent the earth heating up beyond 2c this century-a point scientists say that will bring thedanger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods,crop failures and rising sea levels.32. scientists pay special attention to the study of plants
32、 because_a they are very important in the food chainsb they can prove the effect of climate changec they play a leading role in reducing global warmingd they are growing and flowering much faster than before33. we can learn from the study published on the nature website that_a plants flowering is 8
33、5 times faster than leafingb there are 1, 634 plant species on the four continentsc the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate changed scientists should improve the design of the experiments34. what can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?a it has
34、 risen by nearly 0 2 since 1979b it is 0 8 higher in 1979 than that of 1990c its rising needs to be controlled within 2 in this centuryd its change will lead to weather extremes 35. what might be the best title of the passage?a plants are important for human beingsb global warming is unavoidablec cl
35、imate change affects plants growing patternsd scientists are working for better prediction第二节(共 5 小:每小题 2 分, 满分 10 分)根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 选项中有两项为多余选项.in our daily life, we have developed a lot of habits, such as eating habit, study habit, readinghabit, etc. however, taking the time to devel
36、op a sleep habit is probably the last thing on yourmind and some sleep advice simply cant be forgotten. _36_watching tv until you fall asleepit has nothing to do with what you watch-tv news isnt a better pre-sleep choice than tvseries. _37_. the bright light keeps you awake all the night. so even if
37、 you nod off (in frontof the t v, for example), you probably wont stay asleep for long.sleeping with pets_38_ . they get comfortable, and then they move. this goes on all night, and whether youadmit it or not, it interrupts your ability to get the level of sleep needed to feel restedeating fatty, he
38、avy foods before sleepheartburn(胃灼热)strikes anyone of any age, but its the most common gi disorder( 胃肠道疾病)in older adults. if youve ever tried to go to sleep after eating a fatty meal, youve probablyfound the discomfort of stomach preventing you from falling asleep or staying asleep._39_remember how
39、 poorly you sleep when you have a fever-turning over and over again, neverreally feeling rested? well, heavy exercise just before bedtime has the same effect-it raises yourbody temperature so that your sleep is disturbed until your body temperature drops to normal,which may take several hours.accept
40、ing snoring(打呼噜)as normal sleep behaviorsnoring may seem as common as breathing, but its considered the biggest sleep killer. itslinked to several causes, such as sleeping on your back, being overweight, having a cold, drinking, or taking drugs. _40_ , for the snorer, it disturbs sleep by awakening
41、him/her everyso often in order to breathe normally. for the partner, the noise can be unbearable.a rather its the tvs bright light that is the criminalb exercising heavily too close to bedtimec pets sleep most of the day, and they move a lot when sleepingd here are some suggestions youll need to fol
42、lowe most seriously its caused by a dangerous illnessf reducing your body temperature before bedtimeg here are some bad habits you need to get rid of第三部分:英语知识运用(共两节, 满分 45 分)第一节:完形填空(共 20 小题:每小题 1. 5 分, 满分 30 分)阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(a. b, c 和 d)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑when my kids were young
43、we bought them two pet parrots. these beautiful, white birdswould _41_ all through the day, which sounded beautiful. we had a big _42_for themwith toys, and a mirror, plus food and water dishes. we couldnt let them live _43_ in thehouse because of our dogs and cats, but it seemed that they didnt 44
44、whether they lived in or outof their cage.one day in spring when the sun was awakening the earth and the air had turned _45_, iopened the window to _46_ the gentle wind in. the songs of dozens of different birds_47_ the air and our two parrots also sang with _48_, i went over to their cage to replac
45、etheir water, but as soon as i opened the door one of them came out and _49_ to the window.he crashed into the glass, _50_ over onto the sofa, and then started to fly around the livingroom. the cats ran after him, hoping for a quick _51_, and i rushed to _52_ the bird. ittook me several minutes to s
46、top the cats from _53_ the bird, and get him _54_ back inhis cage. after that day, however, i felt a bit _55_ the parrots. i knew that no matterhow_56_ their cage was they still wanted to fly.many of us in this life live in cages of our own. we _57_ our minds, lock away our hearts, and _58_ our live
47、s. we sit in our rooms day after day and never dare to once open the_59_, let yourself fly! dont just _60_ in your own cage then.41 a singb dancec laughc poold playd cage42 a roomb playground43 a painfully44 a careb confidentlyb doubtc happilyc knowc thickd freelyd questiond dry45 a coldb warm46 a g
48、ather47 a protected48 a sadness49 a flewb letc bringd sendb replacedb honorc filledd clearedc surprised excitementd returnedb walkedb turnedc traveledc felld rolled50 a climbed51 a responsec escapeb meald answeredd save52 a helpb stopc controlc catching53 a searching54 a safelyb rubbingd foolingc sl
49、owlyb quietlyd bravelyd afraid ofd beautifuld closeb proud ofc angry withc comfortablec simplify55 a sorry for56 a expensive57 a trainb modemb design58 a wasteb limitb heartb stayc decoratec doord explored windowd sigh59 a eye60 a workc relaxba第二节(共 10 小:每小题 1. 5 分, 满分 15 分)阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1 个单词
50、)或括号内单词的正确形式, 并填在答题卡的相应位置.many people say a year is 365 days. it takes about 365 days for earth _61_(travel) aroundthe sun. however, it actually takes a little _62_ (long)for earth to go around the sun. in fact,it takes 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds. if a calendar has only 365 days,
51、whathappens _63_ the extra 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds?_64_ answer is this: every four years, we add a day to the calendar. iis february 29, and it is _65_ (call)leap day. thiskind of year is a leap year. a leap year has 366 days. ,people who are born on february 29 are called leap-day _66_(baby), or leapers.thereare about four million leapers in the world, who are divided into two groups. some of themcelebrate their birthday on february 28, and the _67_ celebrate it on march 1. think aboutit: a twelve-year-old leaper may only has had three birthday _68_(celebrate) on the a
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