山西省晋中市祁县第二中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期末试题.doc

2018-2019年度高二期末考试卷英 语第一部分阅读理解第一节 (共15小题;每小题3分,满分45分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案A Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号) causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty. Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?1．It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that ______.A．are lying on the ground B．have an unpleasant tasteC．bees don’t like D．have an unfamiliar shape2．The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by ______.A．growing more branches B．communicating with birds and beesC．changing its leaf chemistry D．shaking caterpillars off3．According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by ______. A．waving its branches B．giving off a special smellC．dropping its leaves D．changing the colour of its trunkBIt doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be true ? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day. They never saw Herpin sleeping. In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason ? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94.4．The main idea of this passage is that _______.A．a person was found who actually didn't need any sleepB．large numbers of people do not need sleepC．everyone needs some sleep to stay aliveD．people can live longer by trying not to sleep5．The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting to _______.A．cure him of his sleeplessnessB．find a way to free people from the need of sleepingC．find that his sleeplessness was not really trueD．find out why some old people didn't need any asleep6．After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _______.A．was too old to need any sleepB．needed no sleep at allC．often slept in a chairD．needed some kind of sleep7．One reason that might explain Herpin's sleeplessness was _______.A．that he hadn't got a bedB．that he had gradually got tired of the sleeping habitC．his mother's injury before he was bornD．his magnificent physical conditionCWith his strong interest in national affairs, 37-year-old Song Zhigang was glued to the TV news during the 2014 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. He not only learned all the latest information about the event, he was also inspired to write a song for Chinese President and his wife, Peng Liyuan. Titled Xi Dada Loves Peng Mama, the song tells of the love between the couple, which goes "Xi Dada loves Peng Mama. Their love is like a myth. Peng Mama loves Xi Dada. A nation with love is the strongest".When the song was released in an online video on Nov 18, it became an instant viral hit, which has been viewed over 40 million times and stirred hot discussion. Many netizens said it's sweet to listen to the song while seeing such photos, and some believe that the couple sets a good example for China's young couples.Born in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Song works as an independent songwriter along with his team there, including singer-songwriters Yu Runze, Xu An and Wu Bai. Song says that he finished the lyrics within an hour and sent it to his team via cellphone. The team finished composing(作曲) that night. They also made the music video by themselves, which was the first time that they had ever produced a music video and uploaded it onlin。