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高二（期中）英语试题 第1 页共8 页 山西大学附中 2022～2023 学年第一学期高二年级期中考试 英语试题 考试时间：100 分钟 满分：150 分考察内容：综合 命题人：郭辉 审核人：闫黎夏白砾 第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100 分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60 分） 第一节（共15 小题，每题3 分，满分45 分） 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A They are the world’s fittest people. But even Olympic athletes have had their share of difficult, heart-breaking or embarrassing moments. 1904 Olympics, St Louis, USA American Fred Lorz crossed the finish line of the Olympic marathon with a time of 3 hours and 13 minutes. He had beaten the second runner by 15 minutes. Lorz looked happy and fresh, and smiled for the photographers. Just before they gave him the gold medal, the race officials arrived and took away the medal, and Lorz was banned from races for a year. Then an official told the truth. He had travelled by car for 11 miles of the marathon! 1908 Olympics, London, England The Italian Dorando Pietri was one of the unluckiest marathon runners. When he arrived in the stadium, he was very tired. The people were cheering, but Pietri couldn’t continue. He fell down and got up again four times. Finally, around seven metres from the finish line, he fell down again and didn’t move. Worried officials ran over and picked him up. He crossed the finish line and won the gold medal. But a few hours later the Olympic officials had to take it away from him again. They said he couldn’t be the winner because Olympic officials had helped him cross the line. 2000 Olympics, Sydney, Australia Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea became one of the most loved athletes of the 2000 games. His race was the 100-metre freestyle swim. He jumped into the pool and started swimming. After the first 50 metres he was very tired. He went more and more slowly and almost stopped in the middle of the pool. The officials worried that he was drowning. But Moussambani continued and finished the race with a time of 1 minute and 52 seconds, the slowest in the history of the Olympics. Still, Moussambani was happy. He had never swum in a pool of that size before. 1. Lorz’s gold medal was taken away at the 1904 Olympics because ______. A. he broke the rules B. officials made a mistake C. officials picked him up halfway D. he beat the second runner badly 高二（期中）英语试题 第2 页共8 页 2. What happened to Pietri at the 1908 Olympics? A. He broke a world record. B. He finally won the gold medal. C. He fell down after finishing the race. D. He received help as he crossed the finish line. 3. How did people look at Moussambani? A. They felt sorry for him. B. They admired him greatly. C. They showed no interest in him. D. They had mixed feelings about him. B Being highly successful in any field is pretty rare. It takes a combination of natural talent, luck, determination, and plenty of outside support for someone to make it big in sports, entertainment, or business. But what if competing is all that matters to you, whether you are likely to succeed or not? This was the goal of Michael Edwards, better known as Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, and his reaching that goal was an amazing achievement. Born in the UK in 1963, Edwards was a passionate downhill skier whose dream was to compete for Britain in world-class competitions. He would have liked to represent his country in the 1984 Winter Olympics, but there were a large number of downhill competitors, and Edwards didn’t qualify. Seeing his chance elsewhere, he switched to ski jumping. Ski jumping didn’t cost as much as downhill skiing, and there was almost no competition for a place on the British team. But a number of hurdles could have meant the end of Edwards’ dream. He weighed more than most competitors. He had no financial support for his training. Poor eyesight meant that he had to wear glasses under his goggles—not a good thing when they steamed up at high altitudes. But he couldn’t let any of these discourage him. He saw himself as a true lover of the sport who simply wanted the chance to compete. Winning wasn’t the point. Having the opportunity to try was all he cared about. And nothing could stop him from trying. In the end, Edwards took 55th place at the 1987 World Championships. He then went on to the 1988 Winter Olympics where he finished last. Many athletes would have been embarrassed about this result, but he is proud of his achievements to this day. His determination to fight against all the odds made him a global hero, and in 2016, the inspiring film Eddie the Eagle was made about his life. 4. Why did Michael Edwards choose ski jumping? A. It was more popular. B. It needed fewer skills. C. There was little competition. D. There was free equipment. 5. What does the underlined word “hurdles” mean in paragraph3? A. Doubts. B. Obstacles. C. Changes. D. Options. 6. What made Michael Edwards outstanding? A. His passion for the sport. B. His determination to win. C. His attitude towards the Olympics. D. His ability to overcome physical disabilities. 高二（期中）英语试题 第3 页共8 页 7. What is the best title for the text? A. Michael Edwards:A Household Athlete B. Michael Edwards: Took Every Chance to Learn C. Competition Is All That Matters to Michael Edwards D. Nothing Can Stop Michael Edwards Seeking Success C When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority (优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students. Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society. Music provides a kind of perception(感知) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotional meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all. The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, and our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses. Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love. So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize. 8. According to Paragraph 1, students ______. A. view music as an overlooked subject B. disagree with their parents on education C. regard music as a way of entertainment D. prefer the arts to science 9. In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz as an example to ______. A. compare it with rock music B. show music reflects a society C. introduce American musical traditions D. prove music influences people’s lifestyles 高二（期中）英语试题 第4 页共8 页 10. According to the passage, the arts and science ______. A. explain the world from different angles B. explore different phenomena of the world C. express people’s feelings in different ways D. explain what it means to be human differently 11. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Music should be of top education priority. B. Music education deserves more attention． C. Music is an effective communication tool． D. Music education makes students more imaginative． D Learning is so complex that there are many different psychological theories to