山东省德州市2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题.pdf

山东省德州市2019-2020学年上学期期中试题 高二英语 本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分。满分150分。考试限定用时120分钟。考试结束后，将本试 卷和答题卡一并交回。 第I卷 第一部分听力 （共两节，满分30分） 该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束 前， 你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳 选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10 钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题 每段对话仅 读一遍。 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共16小题，每小题2.5分，满分40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 Many of the world5 s most well-known people were once s ccessf l fail res. Here are the stories of a few of them. Abraham Lincoln（ 1809-1865） Abraham Lincoln was one of Americas greatest leaders, taking the co ntry thro gh the Civil War（from 1860 to 1865）. However, his life was never easy. He started n mero s b sinesses that failed. He went bankr pt （破产）twice, and was defeated in 26 campaigns for p blic office. He later said, “My great concern is not whether yo have failed, b t whether yo are satisfied with yo r fail re. Vincent Van Gogh（ 1853-1890） Van Gogh is one of the most famo s and infl ential painters in the history of Western Art. Hes well-known for paintings s ch as The Starry Night, The Potato Eaters and S nflowers. However, d ring his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only one painting for a very small amo nt of money. Despite this, he carried on painting, sometimes even going witho t food so he co ld complete his collection of over 800 known works. Albert Einstein（ 1879-1955） Albert Einstein won the Noble Prize in Physics in 192 1. However, he wasnt always considered as a geni s. He didnt speak ntil he was fo r, and co ldnt read ntil he was seven. His teachers and parents tho ght he was slow, so he was forced to leave school and co ldnt get into the Z rich Polytechnic School. He later famo sly said, S ccess is fail r