贵州省湄江中学2016_2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题201702210362.docVIP

贵州省湄江中学2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 （总分：120分，时间：100分钟） 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right—stamps. Victor’s favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find. He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad. “Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.” “I hope so,” Victor said. Victor also liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s pen friend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. “You see,” his father said. “You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life. ” “What are they?” Victor asked. “Friends and patience.” He answered. 1. It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________. A. 1954????????? B. 1974????? ?? C. 1994????? ?D. 2004 2. Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning? A. Phillip. B. Phillip’s mother.? C. Victor. D. Victor’s father. 3. The passage mainly tells us that ________ is（are）important to people. A. a happy family????B. a good hobbyC. relatives and friendship????D. friends and patience B When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I r