河南省安阳市第三十六中学2015-2016高二英语上学期期末考试试卷（含解析）.docVIP

安阳市第三十六中学2015-2016学年第一学期期末考试 高二英语试卷 （满分150分 ，时间100分钟） 第I卷 第一题 听力理解。（共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 第二题 阅读理解（每小题2分，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。 A The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”. I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not. The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy. The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep. 21. The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means ____________. A. happy B. disappointed C. hopeful D. unhappy 22. Reviewing his lessons that night didn’t help him because ____________. A. it was too late at night B. he was very tired C. his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination 23. What do you suppose probably happened to the author the next day? A. He went to a church to pray again. B. He passed the exam all by luck. C. He failed in the exam. D. He was punished by his teacher. 24. The best title for the passage would be ____________. A. Going Over My Lessons B. The Night Before an Examination C. A Slow Student D. Working Fa