发布时间 : 星期二 文章陕西省西安市长安区2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题（实验班）更新完毕开始阅读6ec7bb4bbc64783e0912a21614791711cc797996
and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it means economic hard times.
Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is removing 1,000 jobs -- one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4, 000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) field. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.
Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs（失业） in Stoke have their roots in great social changes. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company \been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend(潮流)\explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or because they want to eat in front of television. Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone informal. In a time of long work hours and busy family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it's better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a \dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Clean the silver bowls? Who has time?
Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children might once have learned before at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents (\your elbows off the table. \must be picked up else-where. Some companies now offer etiquette courses for employees who may be able professionally but inexperienced socially.
32. In many homes nowadays, people tend to ______________________ A. stick to formal traditions when they dine
B. set their tables with the good dishes and silver bowls C. have dinner informally D. buy many sets of fine china
33. Why do people tend to follow the trend towards informal dining? A. Family members need more time to relax.
B. Busy schedules leave people no time for formality. C. People prefer to live a comfortable life.
D. Young people won't follow the etiquette of the older generation.
34. It can be learned from the passage that ‘Royal Doulton’ is . A. a store of steel tableware B. a store of stoneware C. a store of pottery chain D. a producer of fine china 35. The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry is . A. the increased value of the pound B. the worsening economy in Asia
C. the change in people's way of life D. the fierce competition at home and abroad
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
College visits are important． 36 ．Also，before you commit years of your life and thousands of dollars to a school，make sure you’re choosing a place that suits you best．Below are a few tips for getting the most out of your college visit． ●Explore on your own
37 . So try to walk the extra miles and get the complete picture of the campus on your own．When you visit the student center, academic buildings and residence halls，take a few minutes to read the bulletin boards(告示板)．They provide a quick and easy way to see what’s happening on campus． ●Eat in the dining hall and sleep in the dorm
You can get a good feel for student life by eating in the dining hall．Is the food good? Are there adequate healthy options? And if it’s at all possible，spend a night at the college． 38 ． ● 39
If you know what you want to study, have a conference with a professor and students in that field．You’ll get to observe other students in your field and see how
engaged they are in classroom discussion．They will give you an opportunity to see if the major really matches you. 40 ．
Lastly，if you’re comparing several schools，be sure to record your feelings during the visit．They may help you carry on further study before making your final decision.
A．You can’t get the“feel”of a school from any guidebook. B．For one，they help demonstrate your interest in a school. C．The trained tour guides will show you a school’s selling points. D．Most colleges don’t allow visitors to drop in on class unannounced. E．Visit a class in your major and talk with a professor and lots of students. F．Nothing will give you a better sense of student life than a night in the dorm. G．If you haven’t decided on a major yet，more visits to different major classes are necessary.
第三部分 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system（神经系统）. She was unable to 41 . In fact, she could hardly make any 42 . Although she believed that she had a 43 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 44 , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 45 . There, lying in her hospital bed, she 46 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 47 .
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Her condition remained unimproved. Still she would not 48 .It seemed that she was 49 . The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 50 that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, 51 doing her mental exercise.
One day, 52 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle (奇迹) happened : The bed began to 53 ! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved!”she 54 .
In face, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 55 .More
importantly, they were running 56 safety.
People were crying, and equipment was 57 . You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t 58 that to Angela. She has 59 that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can 60 the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it ? 41. A. see
B. hear
C. talk
D. walk D. achievement D. special D. most C. surprised D. promised D. impossible D. stand up D. undefeatable
D. discouraged
42. A. progress B. difference C. movement 43. A. poor 44. A. few
B. good B. all
C. little C. some B. delighted C. feared
45. A. satisfied
46. A. insisted B. sighed 47. A. true
B. doubtful C. certain
C. turn up
48. A. get up B. give up
49. A. disappointed B. proud C. troubled
50. A. thinking B. expecting C. pretending D. imagining 51. A. sadly 52. A. as 53. A. fly
B. madly B. since B. move
C. impatiently D. faithfully C. after C. roll
D. before D. speak D. recovered
C. touched D. encouraged D. with D. gathering D. show D. discovered D. save
54. A. jumped B. wondered C. screamed 55. A. frightened 56. A. in
B. by
B. pleased C. for C. missing C. give
57. A. rising B. falling 58. A. tell
B. do
59. A. noticed B. supposed C. believed 60. A. push
B. shock
C. shake
第II卷(非选择题,共60分)
第四部分 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。