甘肃省会宁县第一中学2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2019-2020会宁一中高二期中考试英 语 试 卷 命题教师： 审核教师 ： 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，保留试卷，只交答题卡。 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、班级填写在答题卡上 2．选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔、钢笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。 3．请按照题号在各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 4．保持答题卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力部分（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15个小题；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、D中，选出最佳选项。 A Music is born to light my spirit.In no particular order, here are some songs on the Music app of my phone: On a Sunday Afternoon by Lighter Shade of Brown—A student of mine introduced this rap song to me all the way back in the early 1990s, when 1 was teaching Spanish at a local university. The story in the song takes place not too far from where I live in Los Angeles. It’s a good “driving” song, nothing complicated or “deep”. Say Something by A Great Big World—A more recent song about a couple losing contact with each other. The piano part is very little playing but beautiful. American Pie by Don McLean—Another song from my youth in the 80s, very popular with almost every American of my generation. It retells some of the key events of the middle 20th century, a song of happy memories of the past and wanting to return to those better times. The Weight by The Band—Another old song, originally made public in 1968, but one I didn’t hear until I was in high school more than 10 years later. I don’t understand the words to the song completely, but the feeling of the song is very comforting to me. Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers—This Los Angeles group wrote a song that I used to listen to when I first moved to LA more than 25 years ago. I didn’t know anyone here when I first arrived. When I got bored, I used to drive up and down the major streets that cross the city from east to west, listening to this song about the “city of angel” being as “lonely as I am. (Don t worry! I have plenty of friends now.) 1．Which song is introduced by one of the author’s student? A. The Weight B. Say Something C. American Pie D. On a Sunday Afternoon 2．When did the author probably hear the Weight by The Band? A.In 1968. B.in the 1980s. C.In 1970. D.in the 1990s. 3．When the author first moved to LA, the first song he heard was_____. A.Under the Bridge B.American Pie C.The Weight D.Say Something ? B On a Saturday evening , I was waiting for my train and on the subway station's floor was a man just sitting there. I looked around and nobody stopped so I just went my way. After a few steps, I turned and asked him whether he needed help. He told me his house was one station further and he would only need to take the train there. So I reached for his hand to help him stand up. ??? He wanted to take the stairs but I feared that he wou ... ...