山西省太原市小店区2017-2018学年高二英语上学期9月月考试题

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1、2017-2018学年第一学期高二（9月）模块诊断英语试题考试时间：90分钟满分：100分第I卷（选择题，共60分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选111最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHappybirthday!Dobirthdayreallymakepeoplehappy?Ofcoursetheydo.Birthdayscelebratethedaywhenwewereborn.Besi

2、des,thatextracandleonthecakesuggestsanotheryearofgrowthandmaturity（成熟）一orsowehope.Weallliketoimaginethatwearegettingwiserandnotjustolder.Mostofusenjoyseeingthewonderofgrowthinothers,aswe11.Forinstanee,seeingourchildrendevelopandlearnnewthingsmakesusfe

3、elproud・ForAmericans,likepeopleinmostcultures,growingupisawonderfulprocess.Butgrowingold?Thatisadifferentstory.Growingoldisnotexactlyforpeopleinyouth-oriented（以年轻人为中心）Americanculture.MostAmericansliketolookyoung,actyoungandfeelyoung.Astheoldsayinggoes

4、,“You，reyoungasyoufeel.”Olderpeoplejokeabouthowmanyyearsyoungtheyare,ratherthanhowmanyyearsold.Peopleinsomecountriesvaluetheagedasasourceofexperienceandwisdom.ButAmericansseemtofavorthosewhoareyoung,oratleastuyoungatheart.ManyolderAmericansfindtheagol

5、denyearstobeanythingbutgolden.Economically,seniorcitizens”oftentryjusttogetby.Retirementattheageof65bringsasharpdecreaseinpersonalincome.Socialsecuritybenefitsusuallycannotmakeupthedifferenee.Olderpeoplemaysufferfrompoornutrition（营养），medicalcare,andho

6、using・Someevenhavetheexperieneeofagediscrimination（歧视）•Americansociologist（社会学家）PatMooreoncedresseduplikeanolderpersonandwanderedcitystreets.Shewasoftentreatedrudely一一evencheatedandrobbed.However,dressedasayoungperson,shereceivedmuchmorerespect.Unfort

7、unately,theelderlypopulationinAmericaisincreasingfast.Why?PeoplearelivingIonger.Fewerbabiesarebeingborn.Andmiddle-aged"babyboomersv（婴儿潮）arerapidlyenteringthegroupoftheelderly.Americamaysoonbeaplacewherewrinkles（皱纹）are"in”•Marketingexpertsarealreadynot

8、icingthisgrowinggroupofconsumers.1.Growingupisawonderfulthingbecause.A.peoplecancelebratetheirbirthdays・B.peoplecanbecomemoreandmatureandwiser.C.peoplecanreceivemanypresents.D.peoplewillfeelyoungeratheart・2.Wecaninferfromthesecondparagraphthat