内蒙古赤峰市宁城县2017-2018学年高二上学期英语期末考试试卷

    I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.

    I was on my lunch break and had 1the office to get something to eat. On the way,  I 2a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him. I had some 3 in my pocket,  but I would not give them to him,  thinking to myself he would 4 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 5like that type—young and ragged.6what was I going to spend the money on?  Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate!  I then 7I had no right to place myself above8just because he was busking

I 9 and dropped all the coins into his 10 and he smiled at me. I watched for a while. As selfish as it sounds, I 11 something more to come from that moment—a feeling of 12 or satisfaction, for example. But nothing happened.13 I walked off. "It proved to be a waste of 14 "I thought.

    On my way home at the end of the 15 I saw the busker again and he was 16 I watched him pick up the hat and walk17a cafe counter.  There he poured the18contents into a tin collecting19an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)！

    Now I donate any 20I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.

    Friends are important to children．Research shows that children who have no friends can suffer from difficulties later in life．Friendship provides children with more than just fun．In making friends，children learn how to get in touch with others and solve problems．Having friends even does good to children for they can help each other during class.

    If the parents are concerned about whether their children make many friends，what matters is that the child is comfortable and happy with his friends．Parents need to understand the steps children take in building friendships．First of all，be a friend to your child．Good friendships start at home．Children begin to develop the necessary ability to go out and meet others through getting along with their parents. Greet the child warmly and let him know you are glad to see him．Children learn a lot from how their parents stay with them and other people.

    Teach children how to solve conflicts(争端)．Being able to work out conflicts is an important skill in getting along with others．If parents know the children have a conflict，let them work it out on their own．Only step in if it is really necessary，for example，an argument is getting physical.

    Give children chances to practice staying together．Have children play games that require cooperation. For example，races are fun and provide plenty of practice in teamwork．“In what ways didn't you work well together? What might you do differently next time?” For these ideas，see books such as Games Book by Telly Orlick and Team—Building by Alanna Jones.

    Encourage children to show thanks to others．The parents can encourage children to do this by setting the example for them．

    If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question．

    It 1s the same in history．Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago，because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in Central Africa，because they had not learned to write．

    Sometimes，of coures，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs, dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung，acted and told for many generations，for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call”remembered history”．Some of it had been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．

    It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.

    The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.

    I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.

    People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.

    David, a French priest(牧师)of thirty-six, was sent to China by the church in 1872.He did well in the natural and social science besides his religious activities(宗教活动)。He was also very interested in the rare wild animals and plants in China.

    On May 4th, 1879, after searching half a month in the western part of Baoxing, Sichuan the hunters hired(雇用)by David succeeded in bringing him a "black-and-white bear". "The bear is extremely lovely", he wrote in his diary excitedly. Meanwhile, he felt it might be a new species (物种)never discovered by scientists.

    He then decided to send it to Paris for a further study. Unfortunately the poor "black-and white" bear died of Jolts(颠簸)of the mountain roads and the climatic (气候)change. He had to send its pelt (皮毛)to the National Museum in Paris for display (展览)。In fact, the so-called "black-and white" bear was neither a bear nor a cat. After a complete study, Milla Edwards, head of the museum, judged that it was a new species. He gave the "giant panda".

    The discovery made the world excited and Baoxing was also made famous for "home of the giant panda"

    Weight loss is a hard topic. Lots of people aren't satisfied with their present weight, but most people aren't sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic for you.

    So what should you do about your weight control?

    The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian（营养学家) If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.

    People who lose weight quickly by crash（速成的）dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they haven't permanently changed their habits. Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime.

    Small changes are a lot easier to stick with than large ones. Try reducing the size of what you eat. Once you have that down, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life.

    It's a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it's just that: healthy.

A. Try giving up regular soda for a week

B. Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you're full.

C. Weight management is about long-term success.

D. Besides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else.

E. Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you.

F. Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.

G. They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals.

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Dear Chris,

    Here are good news for you. A famous Opera, Butterfly Lovers, will put on this Saturday. Butterfly Lovers is one of the most tradition love story. I know you show great interest in Chinese culture, especially for the local operas. I hope this opportunity will not only make you happy, but also satisfies your interest in Chinese opera. If you can come, I suggest have a look at the museum near the theater after watch the opera. There, I believe, I can know the history of many Chinese operas, which can increase your knowledges about Chinese traditional operas. I'm looking forward to receiving your reply.

    Alibaba founder, Jack Ma graduated from the Hangzhou Teacher's Institute in 1988 with a major in English language education, and went on to teach at another university in the city. He gave upuniversity teaching job after （discover）the Internet.

    Ma became excited the Internet during a visit to the United States in 1995 and wanted to find a way （bring ）the online world to China. In 1999, he persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.

Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, firstly running the company out of his apartment in the （east） city of Hangzhou. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer trade and Taobao, China's（popular ）online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed. Now the company is Internet giant and Ma—a former English teacher—is among China's most super-rich.

    On his long road to riches, Jack Ma says his（inspire） has been the film character Forrest Gump.

     “I like that guy. I（watch） that movie about 10 times,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

     “Every time I get frustrated, I watch that movie.”

Ma said the lesson he learned from the film featuring Tom Hanks was   “no matter what changes, you are you. I'm still the guy I was 15 years ago when I earned $20 a month.

2）随着现代工农业的迅速发展，越来越需要更多的水。现在许多地方的水已经变得越来越缺乏。

3）许多河流和湖泊开始被工厂排出的污水所污染。

4）为了保护水资源，防止水污染，我们必须采取措施，与各种污染作斗争。

注意：1）不要逐字翻译；

2）词数：100左右。