梅州市曾宪梓中学高二英语期中试题练习

With the goal of “____39___(make) each home its own power station”and “giving energy to the poor”, scientists believe that the new ____40____(apply) could be widely used in developing countries, especially in India and rural China.

第三部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节：阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

One thing most people know about Einstein is that he was a poor student in school, and may have had difficulty in reading. It turns out that this is nowhere near true. By the age of 13 he was reading advanced physics texts, and by the age of 15 he had read Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

This widespread belief about his school grades may come from two areas: confusion about his school’s grading system, and his “failure”in his college exams. The school that Einstein attended when he was 16 changed its grading system at one point. The school at first graded on a scale of 1 to 6. 1 being the highest grade possible. And 6 being the lowest. After the change, 6 became the highest mark and 1 the lowest. Thus, if you look at Einstein’s school records at that time you can see that he received 1’s in math and physics. It wasn’t a case of his failure – he was in fact at the top of his class in math and physics.

It is true that Einstein failed his entrance exam to the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich. He was taking the exam to enter the school two years early. He didn’t get excellent scores in the test. He had not particularly studied for the test, and may, in fact, have had mixed feelings about whether or not he wanted to pass it. His father wanted him to work on a technical field, but Einstein was more interested in theory. Also, the test was given in French, a language which he was not especially good at. Einstein at last went to the school after finishing his studies at the Aargau Cantonal School.

In a word, Einstein was a good student in school and not the poor one as many people imagined.

41.From the passage we know that Einstein__________.

A. was also good at studying languages and art

B. had difficulty in reading when he was young

C. was looked down upon by others as a boy

D. did well in his studies when he was young

42. Before the grading system was changed____________.

A. 1 was the highest grade B. 6 was the highest grade

C.Einstein got many 6’s D. Einstein got many1’s

43. One of the reasons people think Einstein didn’t do well in his studies is that Einstein________.

A. couldn’t read the texts he learned

B. received 1’s in math and physics

C. couldn’t speak his native language well

D. received 6’s in all the subjects

44.Why did Einstein not make good preparations for his entrance exam according to Paragraph3?

A. His father stopped him doing so.

B. He didn’t like that kind of college.

C. He may have hesitated to pass it.

D. He didn’t study what he disliked.

45.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Some facts about young Einstein.

B. Einstein was what he was considered.

C. Was Einstein really a poor student?

D. Einstein was very clever all his life.

B

I began working in journalism when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was suppertime, I walked back home.

“ How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.

“ None.”

“ Where did you go?”

“ The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“ What did you do?”

“ Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“ You just stood there?”

“ Didn’t sell a single one.”

“ My God, Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in, “ Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“ If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “ you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that.As soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

46. Why did the boy start his job young?

A. He wanted to be famous in the future.

B. The job was quite easy for him.

C. His mother had high hopes for him.

D. The competition for the job was fierce.

47. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A. excited B. interested C. ashamed D. disappointed

48.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A. She forced him to continue. B. She punished him.

C. She gave him some money. D. She changed her plan.

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