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民勤一中2015-2016学年度第二学期期中试卷 高一英语 命题人：王霞 总分：120分 时间：100分 第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列4篇短文，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 a huge pile of 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 12.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 hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. 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 heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep. 1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were_____ . A. asleep B. working in bed C. outside D. quietly laughing at him 2. What do you suppose happened to the author？ A. He went to a church to pray again B. He passed the exam by luck C. He failed in the exam D. He was punished by his teacher 3. The best title for the passage would be __________ . A. The Night Before the Examination B. Working Far into the Night C. A Slow Student D. Going Over My Lessons B When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the thing