甘肃省玉门一中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题

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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?Goingtothekaraokeforasingingpetition?Manypeoplearoundtheworldcelebratetheday.Let‟shavealookatwhatpeopleinother请countriesdo.Inthe

2、UnitedStates,thousandsofpeoplejamintoTimesSquareinNewYorktoweleinthenewyearat不midnight.ThechangefromNewYear’sEveandNewYear’sDayisveryexciting.PeoplecountdownthesecondstowelethenewdayastheNewYearballslowlygetsdownandlightsupthearea.InSpain,whentheclockstrikesmi

3、dnight,everyoneeats12grapes.Theyeatonegrapeforeachtoll(钟声)to要bringgoodluckforthenext12monthsofthenewyear.InScotland,fireworksaresetoffinfrontoftheEdinburghCastle.Immediatelyaftermidnight,peoplesingAuldLangSyne.ThewordsareinScottishandmean“daysgoneby”.Thefamous

4、ScottishpoetRobertBurnswrotethe在song.InBrazil,mostpeoplewearwhiteclothesonNewYear‟sEvetobringgoodluckforthenewyear.Iftheylivenearabeach,aftermidnight,peoplegothere,lightcandlesinthesand,throwflowersintheseaandmakeawish.密Theysaythatthegoddesswhoprotectstheseawi

5、llmaketheirwishesetrue.Didyouknow?封ThedateJanuary1waspickedbytheRomanleaderJuliusCaesarasthechangeoftheyearwhenheestablishedhisowncalendarin46BC.ThemonthofJanuarywasnamedaftertheRomangod,Janus.Heispicturedwithtwoheads.Oneheadlooksforwardandtheotherback.Theyrep

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

7、emonthofJanuarythestartofayear题C.Thecalendarbefore46BCwasthesameastheonetodayD.JuliusCaesarwastheRomangod3.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordjaminthesecondparagraphmean?A.einalargenumberB.walkupanddownC.rushfromtimetotimeD.enowandthenBThereisalotoftalkthesedaysabouthow

8、kidsshouldbeinterestedinscience.Here‟sanareaofscienceforeveryone,andthesecoolnewbooksmightinspireyoutodiscoveryourinnerscientist.ScalySpottedFeatheredFrilledbyCatherineThimmesh,58p