高二英语期末试题.docx

高二英语试卷 第 高二英语试卷 第 PAGE 1页（共 8 页） 高二英语试题 本试卷分第I 卷(选择题)和第 II 卷(非选择题)两部分，满分 120 分，考试时间为 120 分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 注意事项: 答第I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第Ｉ卷 第一部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The playing field is never fair or equal. Your skills and attitude play a major role in the outcome. Knowing what you can do to have an advantage can make the difference between success and failure. My kids tell me it’s unfair to play with the big children. I tell them that’s right. Unfairness is a good thing. There is more to be gained by the effort when things seem unfair. It’s true that many things in the world are unfair. But unfair things usually benefit you. For example, the early bird catches the worm. It’s unfair that the bird that sleeps imn isses out on breakfast but it’s nice to know that if it gets up early it’s sure to get the worm. I always try to explain to my kids that complaining about how unfair something is will get them nowhere. Instead, make the most of it and get on the other side of it. Once you do that you are in the advantage. Above all, you have to focus on gaining that unfair advantage and in order to do that, build your inner strength. When you empower yourself you are gaining skills or abilities, confidence and self-esteem (自尊). You should look at your place in the world. You are creating your own story when you empower yourself. You can build all the advantages that you need to live the life that you want. If you haven’t yet, you need to make a list of all the things you want to experience in your new life. This will help you focus on building advantages so that you never have to say that it’s Not Fair. When you do this then you will be able to realize that unfairness is a good thing and you will want to teach those around you to see unfairness in this way too. What does the underlined phrase “sleeps in”