辽宁省抚顺市2016-2017届高一英语下学期期末考试试题.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 12 抚顺市2016－2017下学期高一期末考试英语试卷 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，考试时间为120分钟，满分150分。 第I卷 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）(共15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。 AI bought a jasmine(茉莉) plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom(开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren’t any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda. One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office.　 When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something. Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away. In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen. Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.21. Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for______.　A. one day B. two weeks C. two months D. one year22. When the writer saw Mary’s jasmine, she felt______.　A. unhappy B. astonished C. hopeful D. peaceful23. What has the writer learned from her experience?A. Flowers can make life better. B. Patience is needed in life. 　C. Friendship is necessary for us. D. Jasmine can be a wonderful plant.BWill it matter if you dont take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, t