甘肃省玉门2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中习题

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1、甘肃省玉门一中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AHowwillyoucelebrateNewYear‟sEve?Byhavingapartywithyourclassmates?Goingtothekaraokeforasingingcompetition?Manypeoplearoundtheworldcelebratetheday.Let‟shavealookatwhatpeopleinother请countries

2、do.IntheUnitedStates,thousandsofpeoplejamintoTimesSquareinNewYorktowelcomeinthenewyearat不midnight.ThechangefromNewYear’sEveandNewYear’sDayisveryexciting.PeoplecountdownthesecondstowelcomethenewdayastheNewYearballslowlygetsdownandlightsupthearea.InSpain,wh

3、entheclockstrikesmidnight,everyoneeats12grapes.Theyeatonegrapeforeachtoll(钟声)to要bringgoodluckforthenext12monthsofthenewyear.InScotland,fireworksaresetoffinfrontoftheEdinburghCastle.Immediatelyaftermidnight,peoplesingAuldLangSyne.ThewordsareinScottishandme

4、an“daysgoneby”.ThefamousScottishpoetRobertBurnswrotethe在song.InBrazil,mostpeoplewearwhiteclothesonNewYear‟sEvetobringgoodluckforthenewyear.Iftheylivenearabeach,aftermidnight,peoplegothere,lightcandlesinthesand,throwflowersintheseaandmakeawish.密Theysaythat

5、thegoddesswhoprotectstheseawillmaketheirwishescometrue.Didyouknow?封ThedateJanuary1waspickedbytheRomanleaderJuliusCaesarasthechangeoftheyearwhenheestablishedhisowncalendarin46BC.ThemonthofJanuarywasnamedaftertheRomangod,Janus.Heispicturedwithtwoheads.Onehe

6、adlooksforwardandtheotherback.Theyrepresentabreakbetweentheoldandnew.线1.What‟sthebesttitleofthepassage?A.ThehistoryofNewYear.B.12grapes,12months.内C.WheretocelebratetheNewYear‟sEve.D.NewYearjoyallaroundtheworld.答2.Wecanlearnfromthelastparagraphthat.A.Janus

7、establishedthecalendarA.JuliusCaesarmadethemonthofJanuarythestartofayear题C.Thecalendarbefore46BCwasthesameastheonetodayD.JuliusCaesarwastheRomangod3.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordjaminthesecondparagraphmean?A.comeinalargenumberB.walkupanddownC.rushfromtimetoti

8、meD.comenowandthenBThereisalotoftalkthesedaysabouthowkidsshouldbeinterestedinscience.Here‟sanareaofscienceforeveryone,andthesecoolnewbooksmightinspireyoutodiscoveryourinnerscientist.ScalySpottedFeatheredFrilledbyCat