高二英语期末试题及答案

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　　Departs from the Original Tour Visitors Centre, 17-19 Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square at 1.00 pm.

　　Finishes at Victoria Train Station at approx 5.30 pm.

　　60. If a group of five students do the tour, they will be charged         .

　　A. 175 poundsB. 185 poundsC. 190 poundsD. 205 pounds

　　61. Where will the Thames River Cruise start?

　　A. St Paul’s Cathedral.B. The Original Tour Visitors Centre

　　C. Embankment Rier.D. The Tower of London.

　　62. What can be learned from the passage?

　　A. The Beefeaters are the guards of the Tower of London.

　　B. St Paul’s Cathedral is open to tourists all the year round.

　　C. St Paul’s Cathedral was built in 1666 by Sir Christopher Wren.

　　D. The Queen’s 80th Birthday was celebrated in the Tower of London.

　　63. How long will the sightseeing tour last?

　　A. About 2 hours.  B. About 3.5 hours.   C. About 4.5 hours.D. About 5 hours.

　　C

　　Suppose it is time for you to choose a new world leader. According to the following descriptions, which of the three candidates(候选人)would you vote(投票)for?

　　Candidate A: He associates with dishonest politicians, chain-smokes(连续不断地抽烟),drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day, and has two lovers.

　　Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, is proud, sleeps until noon, and drinks whiskey every evening.

　　Candidate C: He is a well-known war hero. He is mostly a vegetarian, always smiling, loves his own people, doesn’t smoke, only occasionally drinks a little beer, and has never cheated on his wife.

　　Probably your choice will be Candidate C.

　　Surely their names shock you:

　　Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.

　　Candidate B is Winston Churchill.

　　Candidate C is Adolf Hitler.

　　The above example shows how one can be easily fooled and then form opinions about someone without digging further. This is how people normally get misled by first impressions. It happens to all of us many times in our lifetime. Pcrhaps you believe that first impressions are reliable, but there are good reasons for you to doubt most of them.

　　Maybe you caught the person at the wrong time or wrong place. Maybe you were not getting the complete picture or facts. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time is not a crime and is not always avoidable. Therefore, people need several meetings to know and understand each other. It takes a long time to understand someone and can’t be based only on one brief meeting.

　　Many people proudly say they have the magic ability to judge a person just with one glance or a brief contact. But such a statement is completely na?ve(天真的) and misleading. Only unwise people take first impressions as lasting characteristics. Sensible people seldom get influenced by first impressions. They always believe in careful and detailed research, facts, proof, etc.

　　Violet Asquith, a British Politician, once said: “The first time you see Winston Churchill you see all his faults, and the rest of your life you spend discovering his virtues.” The quote tells us much about first impressions.

　　64. The author mentioned the three historical characters at the beginning mainly to        .

　　A. offer readers some historical factsB. introduce the topic of first impressions

　　C. test if you have good judgementD. prove every person has two sides

　　65. What does the author think of false first impressions?

　　A. They disturb our normal life.B. They can be easily avoided.

　　C. They’re beyond understanding.D. They exist in our daily life.

　　66. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason for false first impressions?

　　A. They are usually formed at the wrong time.B. They show only part of a picture.

　　C. They are usually formed at the wrong place.

　　D. They are greatly affected by personal opinions.

　　67. What Violet Asquith said in the last paragraph mainly tells us that          .

　　A. Churchill’s faults can easily be seenB. Churchill has more faults than virtues

　　C. first impressions affect our judgment  D. Violet Asquith doesn’t believe first impressions

　　D

　　Believe it or not, some high school students are interested in more than daily popularity contests. In fact, a group of Colorado teens want to help others by starting a revolution - where friendships matter.

　　Eight years ago, Brad Thomas, a language arts teacher at Grand Junction’s Central High School, began supporting The Revolution Group, a loosely organized, extracurricular(课外的)group with the slogan “Loving others one person at a time, forever.”

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