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1、内蒙古包头市包钢四中2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分听力（省略）第二部分阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AOnemorningwhenIwassittingoutsideenjoyingmycoffee,lnoticedapigeonontheroadinfrontofmyhome.Afterafewminutesofwatchingthebird,Iwentbackinsidetorefillmycoffeecup.Withcoffe
2、einhand,Isatdownonmybenchandnoticedafeatherlyingonthegroundbetweenmyfeet.Ileanedovertopickitup,thinkinghownicethatthepigeonhadleftmeagift.Butasllookedupagain,whatIsawstunnedme.Hundredsoffeathersnowcoveredtheground.Thebeautifulpigeonlaydeadbeforemyeyes
3、—mostlikelyhitbyacar.Intears,Iwentbackinsidetogetatooltoburyit.Thispigeon’slifereflected（反射）myown.Ihadbeenhurtatworkandwouldneverbeabletogobacktomyjobagain.Idecidedthatthisanimalwasgoingtobeburiedwithdignity(尊严),andsoIwenttofindsomethingmeaningfulthat
4、Icouldburyalongwiththepigeon.Afterseveralminutesofsearching,Ifoundaribbon（丝带）onwhichwasprinted,“Whoyouaremakesadifference.”IhadbeengiventomebyagroupleaderattheprisonwhereIusedtowork,whereIwasinvolvedinaspecialprogramthatencouragedtheprisonerstobecomem
5、oreresponsiblefortheiractionsandhelpedmotivatethemtowardmoreproductivelives.Uponreturningtothewoodswiththeribboninhand,Iwasshockedtofindthepigeongone.Obviouslyitwastakenawaybyacat.ThereIstood,tearsfallingfrommyeyes,nobirdtobury,agreenribboninmyhand.Bu
6、tthewordsontheribbonstoodouttomeasneverbefore:“Whoyouaremakesadifference.”21.Theunderlinedword“stunned”inParagraph2probablymeans“___________”.A.disappointedB.excitedC.shockedD.interested22.Whywasthewriterunabletogotowork?A.Hewasfiredbytheboss.13B.Hewa
7、shurtatwork.C.Hewantedtomakeadifferenceathome.D.Hewasafraidtobeattackedbytheprisoners.23.Accordingtothepassage,thewriterwasinvolvedinthespecialprogramto___________.A.teachtheimportanceofprotectingbirdsB.bealeaderoftheprisonersC.encouragetheprisonersD.
8、beaguardoftheprison24.Wecaninferfromthelastsentence____________.A.thewriterwasdiscouragedB.thewriterchangedtheattitudetowardslifeC.thewriterhatedthecatverymuchD.thewritermissedtheleadersBSharingaroomwithafamilymemberorafriendcanbetough,butitbe
