高二英语第二学期期末考试.doc

XX中学2016—2017学年度第二学期期末考试 高二英语题(卷) 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，只交答题卡。 第Ⅰ卷 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。When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go broad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together. Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. We just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost --- no television! So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. 1. When they visit the couple, the writer’s friends ______. A. seem to be very busy B. feel very happy C. like to talk much D. are very friendly 2. The couple have not got a television, because ________. A. they are not rich enough B. they are strange people C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts 3. At night when there is no electricity, the couple _____. A. have to stare at the walls B. can do nothing but sit in silence C. will have many visitors D. have to go out to buy candles 4. The writer tries to tell us that _______. A. life is possible without a television B. life is enjoyable with many friends C. electricity is i