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2017-2018年度高二下学期英语期中试题第一部分阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项AAtameeting,awell-knownspeakerliftedupabillof20dollarsbeforestartinghisspeech.Facing200people,heasked,“Whowantsthis20-dollarbill?”Agreatmanyhandswereputup.Thenhecontinuedtosay,“Iintendedtogiveittoanyoneofyou,butallowmetodoathingbeforegivingittoyou.”Suddenlyhecrumpleditintoaroundmass.Thenheasked,“Whowantsit?”Stillsomehandswereliftedup.Heaskedagain,“Well,howcoulditbeifIdoitlikethis?”hethrewthebillontotheground,steppedonitandtwistedit.Ashepickeditup,thebillhadbecomenotonlydirtybutwrinkled.“Whostillwantsit?”Stillafewpeopleputuptheirhands.“Mydearfriends,youhavehadameaningfulclass.NomatterhowItreatedthisbill,youstillwantit,becauseitisworth20dollars.Onyourliferoad,youmaybeknockeddownorevenbrokenintopiecesbyyourdeterminationorunfavorablesituations.Wemayfeelourselvesworthnothing,but,mydarling,rememberthatwhateverhappensinthefuture,youshouldneverloseyourvalueintheGod’sheart.You’reparticular----neverforgetit.”1.Howmanytimesdidthespeakeraskthepeoplewhethertheywantedthebill?A.OnceB.TwiceC.FourtimesD.Threetimes2.Theunderlinedword“wrinkled”inthethirdparagraphprobablymeans_____.A.havingsmalllinesorfoldsinitB.brokenC.flatD.havingholesonit3.Thespeakerdidthistestinorderto_____________.A.telltheaudiencethatGodvaluesmoneymostB.telltheaudiencethatoneshouldneverloseone’sownvalueC.testifsomeoftheaudiencewereextremelyinterestedinmoneyD.playatrickontheaudience4.Whatwouldthespeakerprobablytalkaboutnext?A.Howmoneycanmakepeoplecrazy.B.Howtoavoidbeingknockeddowninone’slife.C.Howtogiveameaningfulclass.D.Howtokeepone’svalueoflife.BMoreandmorestudentsaregoingabroadfortheirfurtherstudy.Doyouwanttoknowsomefamouscollegesanduniversities?Startedin1636,HarvardUniversityistheoldestofallthemanycollegesanduniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Yale,Princeton,ColumbiaandDartmouthwereopenedsoonafterHarvard.Intheearlyyears,theseschoolsweremuchalike.Onlyyoungmenwenttocollege.Allthestudentsstudiedthesamesubjects,andeveryonelearnedLatin,GreekandHebrew.Littlewasknownaboutsciencethen,andonekindofschoolcouldteacheverythingthatwasknownabouttheworld.Whenthestudentsgraduated,mostofthembecameministersorteachers.In1782,Harvardstartedamedicalschoolforyoungmenwhowantedtobecomedoctors.Later,lawyerscouldreceivetheirtraininginHarvard’slawschool.In1825,besidesLatinandGreek,Harvardbeganteachingmodernlanguages,suchasFrenchandGerman.SoonitbeganteachingAmericanhistory.Asknowledgeincreased,Harvardandothercollegesbegantoteachmanynewsubjects.Studentswereallowedtochoosethesubjectsthatinterestedthem.Today,therearemanydifferentkindsofcollegesanduniversities.Mostofthemaremadeupofsmallerschoolsthatdealwithspecialfieldsoflearning.There’ssomuchtolearnthatonekindofschoolcan’tofferitall.5.Fromthesecondparagraph,wecanseethatintheearlyyears,______.A.thosecollegesanduniversitiesweresimilarB.people,youngorold,mightstudyinthecollegesC.studentsstudiedonlysomelanguagesandscienceD.whenthestudentsfinishedtheirschool,theybecamelawyersorteachers6.Asknowledgeincreased,_______.A.HarvardbegantoteacheverythingthatwasknownB.collegesbegantoteachlawandsomethingaboutmedicineC.HarvardandothercollegesbegantoteachthesubjectsthatinterestedstudentsD.manynewsubjectswereaddedtotheteachingcontents7.Onthewhole,thepassageisabout___.A.howtostartauniversityB.theworld-famouscollegesinAmericaC.howcollegeshavechangedD.whatkindoflessoneachcollegeteachesCStatistically,airtravelisbyfarthesafestwaytotravel,andyoucanmakeflyingevensafer,justbyfollowingthesesimplerules.Asyourchancesofbeinginvolvedinanairaccidentarepracticallynil（不存在）,manyofthesetipsconcernwhatyoushouldandshouldn'tdotomakeyourjourneysaferwhenyouareairborne（升空的）.Flyonnon-stoproutes.Mostaccidentsoccurduringthetakeoff,climb,descentandlandingphasesofaflight,soflyingnon-stopreducesyourexposuretothesecomplexprocedures.Chooselargeraircraft.Althoughsmallaircrafthaveverygoodsafetyrecords,thosewithmorethan30passengerseatsaredesignedtocomply（遵守）withmuchstricterregulationsandaretestedmoreregularlytomakesuretheystillcomply.Also,intheunlikelyeventofaseriousaccident,largeraircraftprovideabetteropportunityforpassengersurvival.Payattentiontothepre-flightsafetybriefing.Theinformationmayseemrepetitious（重复的）,butit'sworthlisteningtotheflightattendants.Andevenifyou’veflownbefore,itdoesn’tmeanyouknoweverythingabouttheaircraftyou'reon,suchasthelocationoftheclosestemergencyexit.Storethingssafely.Neverputveryheavyarticlesintheoverheadstoragebins.Theymayfalloutwhensomeoneopensthebinandcauseinjury.Also,thebinmaynotbeabletoholdheavierobjectsduringturbulence（气流）.Keepourseatbeltfastenedwhileyouareseated.Cabincrewalwaystellyouthis,butit’simportant.Youwouldbeseriouslyinjurediftheplanehitsunexpectedturbulence.Alwaysfastenyourseatbeltifyouaretoldto.Thegeneralruleofflyingisthis:Ifyouaretoldtodosomething,doitfirstandaskquestionslater.Lettheflightattendantpouryourhotdrinks.Flightattendantsaretrainedtohandlehotdrinkslikecoffeeorteainacrowdedaisleonamovingaircraft,soallowthemtopourthedrinkandhandittoyou.Neverasktotakeacoffeep