上海市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期期中试题word版

上海市20xx-20xx学年高二英语上学期期中试题word版内容摘要：

whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm. This is a 45 that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking. III. Reading prehension (30%) Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Winston Churchill began his love affair with painting in his 40s, under disastrous circumstances. _____46____ First Lord of the Admiralty (海军 ) in 1915, he was deeply involved in a campaign in Dardanelles that could have _____47____the course of a bloody world war. _____48____when the mission failed, with great loss of life, he paid price both publicly and privately. He was _____49_____from the admiralty. “ Defeated by the failure, I thought he would _____50_____grief,” said his wife， Clementine. He retired with his family to Hoe Farm. There, as Churchill later recalled, “ The inspiration of painting came to my _____51_____!” After the war, painting would offer deep _____52_____when, in 1921, the death of mother was followed two months later by the _____53____of his beloved daughter, Marigold. Hit by grief, Churchill stayed at the home of friends in Scotland, finding fort in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: “ I went out and painted a beautiful river in the afternoon light with golden hills in the _____54_____. I keep feeling the hurt of losing Marigold” . Historians have called the decade after 1929, when the Conservative government fell and Churchill was _____55_____, his wilderness years. Politically he may have been wandering in waste places, a lonely fighter trying to awaken Britain to the threat of Hitler, but artistically that wilderness bore great fruit. 46. A. For B. As C. With D. To 47. A. delayed B. advanced C. improved D. shortened 48. A. Because B. For C. But D. Since 49. A. removed B. moved C. appointed D. obtained 50. A. persist in B. hold on C. put up D. die of 51. A. rescue B. view C. grief D. belief 52. A. passion B. fort C. emotion D. confidence 53. A. loss B. recovery C. failure D. success 54. A. book B. background C. back D. album 55. A. out of date B. in office C. in power D. out of office Section B Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A) The owner of an Alabama Chinese restaurant named “Good Friend” shot at a customer who plained about a bug in her egg roll Thursday night. The bullet narrowly missed 20yearold Birmingham resident Jatari Walker who told the Daily News she is scarred by the entire experience. “I can’t sleep,” she said Saturday afternoon. “And since it happened I’ve had no appetite.” Walker ordered a bination platter（大浅盘） and egg roll from the Good Friend Chinese and Seafood Restaurant on Dennison Ave. Thursday evening. After paying her $7 bill she went back to her car and discovered a fly inside. “I thought I need to take this back,” she said. The customer went back and asked for a repayment and said the owner Chun Hin Ching, 52, was unhappy with her because she announced her discovery in front of other customers. After an argument he repaid the money and Walker — who is now a former frequent customer of the business — turned and walked to the exit. That’s when Ching drew a handgun and fired a single shot over her head. “He just shot the gun at me and I ran,” she said, adding she could feel the bullet whiz past her head. Birmingham Police Department spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards told the News the owner was charged with attempted murder and was transported to Jefferson County Jail on $100,000 bail（保释金） . Police believe Ching intended to hit Walker with the bullet and missed, Edwards said. The bullet hit the top of the door frame of the takeout business. Ching did not tell police why he fired at Walker, Edwards said. Edwards said he did not recall any previous problems at the business. He said Ching did not say why he had a weapon but added it was not unmon for stores in that neighb。