回民中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题（A卷）.docVIP

PAGE 8 - 2018-2019学年第一学期高二年级英语期中考试试卷 试卷类型：A卷 卷面分值：120分， 考试时长：100分钟 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共10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。 A Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush. The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long