安徽省滁州市新锐学校2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题(考试时间120分钟,满分150分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题:每小题2分,满分30分):阅读下面四篇短文,在A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AMrBrownwasgoingawayforaweek.Beforeheleft,hesaidtohisson,"ifanyoneasksforme,youcantellhimthatyourfatherhasbeenoutfordoingsomething,andwillbebackinaweek,thenbesuretoaskhimtositdownforacupoftea.""OK,Dad,"saidhisson.Buthewasafraidhissoncouldn'trememberthis,hewrotethesewordsdownonapieceofpaperandgaveittohim.Hissonputitintohissmallpocket,tookitoutandlookedatiteverynowandthen.Fourdayspassed,butnoonecametoseehisfather.Theboythoughtthattherewasnomantocomeandthatthepieceofpaperwasofnomoreuseforhim,soheburntitthatevening.Thenextafternoon,someoneknockedatthedoor.Theboyopenedit.Amanwasstandingatthedoorandsaid,"Whereisyourfather?"Theboyputhishandintohispocketatonceandlookedforthepieceofpaper.Hecouldnotfindit.Hesuddenlyrememberedhehadburntit,soheshouted,"Nomore."Themanwasverysurprised.Heasked,"Nomore?Imetyourfatherlastweek.Whendidithappen?""Burntyesterdayevening."1.BeforeMr.Brownleft,whatdidhesaytohisson?A.DrinkacupofteaeverydayB.Don’tletanyonecomeintothehouse.C.Ifthereisavisitor,tellhimthatMr.Brownisaway.D.Writesomethingeverydayonthepaper.2.Amancametovisittheboy'sfatheron________.A.theseconddayB.thethirddayC.thefourthdayD.thefifthday3.Themanwasverysurprisedbecause_________.A.hethoughtthechild'sfatherwasdeadB.thechilddidn'taskhimtositdownC.thechildgavehimacupofteaD.hecouldn'tfindthatpieceofpaper4.Whatwasburnt?___________.A.ThepieceofpaperB.MrSmithC.ThevisitorD.TheboyBOnedayamanwantedtovisithisfriend.Itwasfaraway,sohetooksomebreadwithhimforhislunch.Whenhewalkedalong,hesaidtohimself,“Myfriendissuretogivemeverynicemeal.What’stheuseofthebread?”Sohethrewthebreadtotheground.Atnoonhecametoariver.Becauseoftheraininthepastfewdays,theriverwasdeep,andhecouldnotcrossit.Hehopedtohaveaboattotakehimover.Sohewaitedandwaiteduntilthesunbegantosink.Thenhesaidtohimself,“Ican’tgotomyfriend’shometoday.Ihavetogobackhome.”Thenhestartedtogohome.Soonhefelthungry.Hewantedverymuchtohavesomethingtoeat,buthecouldfindnothing.Suddenlyhefoundapiecedirtybreadontheroad.Hepickeditupquicklyandateithappily.Itwashisownbread.()5.Theman’shouseis___hisfriend’shouse.A.nexttoB.nearC.infrontofD.farawayfrom()6.Themanlefthome___.A.inthemorningB.atnoonC.intheafternoonD.atnight()7.Themandidn’tseehisfriendbecause___.A.hisfriendwasn’tathomeB.hewastoohungrytowalkonC.hecouldn’tcrosstheriverD.itwastoolate()8.Fromthestorywecanguessthatthemangotbackhome___.A.intheafternoonB.intheeveningC.thenextdayD.atnoonCManystudentsinChinaarelearningEnglish.Someofthesestudentsaresmallchildren.Othersareteenagers(十几岁的青少年).Manyareadults.Somelearnatschool,othersstudybythemselves.AfewlearnEnglishlanguageovertheradio,ontelevision,orinfilms.Onemustworkhardtolearnanotherlanguage.WhydoallthesepeoplewanttolearnEnglish?Itisdifficulttoanswerthatquestion.ManyboysandgirlslearnEnglishatschoolbecauseitisoneoftheirsubjects.TheystudytheirownlanguageandmathsandEnglish...SomepeoplelearnEnglishbecauseitisusefulfortheirwork.ManypeopleoftenlearnEnglishfortheirhigherstudies,becauseatcollegeoruniversity(大学)someoftheirbooksareinEnglish.OtherpeoplelearnEnglishbecausetheywanttoreadnewspaperandmagazinesinEnglish.()9.Ifonewantstolearnanotherlanguagewe...