辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试
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(满分150分，时间120分钟)
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题，每题2.5分，满分25分） A
Are you fresh out of college, looking to start a career? Have you recently started your very first job? Here are some nice tips to guide you through the first few days.
Listen more than you talk. Collect the information about how the organization works, and the reasons why, before you offer \advice.
Don’t segregate yourself with people in your age group. Get to know older workers too. The young group may be more fun for happy hours, but those who are a decade or more older than you can possibly help with your career. And
you might find out you enjoy the company too!
Take mistakes seriously. There’s nothing more disappointing than a worker
who made a mistake and doesn’t seem to think it’s a big deal. When you make a mistake, immediately be responsible for it, figure out how you’re going to fix
it ,and make it clear that you understand its seriousness. Responses like \my
bad\or worse, no response at all, signal that you don’t take work seriously.
Take notes. Your boss expects you to remember the special instructions you
were given. For most people, that means taking notes. And while a good
manager is happy to answer questions ,she won’t be if the questions are ones
she already answered when you weren’t bothering to pay attention.
Be open to learning. College gave you theory ; work is going to give something
entirely different. So stay modest and realize your first job is going to be
largely about learning.
Thank people who help you. When your boss or an other coworker takes the
time to help you with something, give them a sincere \thank you\. People who feel appreciated are more likely to go out of their way for you again. If you
Don’t seem to care , they probably won’t bother again.
1.The passage is ,written for .
A. new advisers B. company leaders C. old workers D.fresh graduates
2.The underlined word “segregate” probably means .
A. connect B. treat C. separate D. share
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn .
A. we should care for others’ help B. we should often help our co-workers C. we shouldn’t bother to appreciate others D. work can also give us some theory B
Success is often measured by the ability to overcome adversity.But，it is often the belief of others that gives us the courage to try.
J．K.Rowling，author of the Harry Potter book series，began writing at the age of 6.In her biography，she remembers with great fondness when her good friend Sean，whom she met in secondary school，became the first person to encourage her and help build the confidence that one day she would be a very good writer.
“He was the first person with whom I really discussed my serious ambition to be a writer.He was also the only person who thought I was bound to be a success at it，which meant much more to me than I ever told him at the time.”
Despite many setbacks，Rowling persevered in her writing，particularly fantasy stories.But it wasn’t until 1990 that she first conceived the idea about Harry Potter.As she recalls，it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into her head.“To my immense frustration (沮丧)，I didn’t have a functioning pen with me，and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one.I think，now，that this was probably a good thing，because I simply sat and thought，for four (delayed train) hours，and all the details bubbled up in my brain，and this scrawny，black-haired，bespectacled (戴眼镜的) boy who didn’t know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.”
That same year，her mother passed away after a ten-year battle with multiple
sclerosis，which deeply affected her writing.She went on to marry and had a daughter，but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.
During this time，Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression.Unemployed，she completed her first novel in area cafes，where she could get her daughter to fall asleep.After being rejected by 12 publishing houses，the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.
Now with seven books that have sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages，J.K.Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history.And it all began with her commitment to writing that was fostered by the confidence of a friend! 4．Who believed J．K.Rowling was to be a good writer? A．Her daughter. B．Her mother. C．Her friend Sean D．Her husband.
5．She felt frustrated on the train because________. A．her train was delayed for four hours B．her mind suddenly went blank C．she didn’t have a pen with her D．no one would offer her help
6．It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 and 6 that Rowling is________.
A．open-minded B．strong-willed
C．good-natured D．warm-hearted
7．The text mainly tells us________.
A．hardship makes a good novelist
B．encouragement contributes to one’s success C．you can have a wonderful idea everywhere D．the courage to try is a special ability
C
My daughter went to see The Wild One recently and she commented that Marlon Brando was wearing jeans so long ago. Of course he helped set the trend, so that got me thinking about the link between films and trends in fashion. Fashion and films have gone hand in hand for long. The Wild One is a good example: it appeared in 1954, starring Brando. Dressed in a black leather motorcycle jacket, leather cap and jeans, he created a look which is still considered “cool” today. Everyone from Madonna to middle-aged men is seen wearing the classic leather motorcycle jacket.
Another strong influence on fashion trends was Breakfast at Tiffany’s, starring Audrey Hepburn. She made famous the simple black dress that looks perfect at either a cocktail party or just standing around an expensive department store like Tiffany’s with a pastry and coffee in your hand, as Audrey Hepburn does in the film. She looks so elegant, wearing simple but beautiful dresses, big dark glasses and a string of pearls around her neck. Audrey Hepburn still influences women’s fashion with her “Tiffany’s look”.
In more modern times, the film star Uma Thurman created a major fashion trend when she appeared in the film Pulp Fiction, made in 1994. Her style was very simple. Her black trousers, crisp white shirt and hair style was copied by women in the world. Influencing fashion trends can often be about timing. The movie Memoirs of a Geisha came just in time to start a trend in Japanese fashion. It started the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who wore beautiful silk kimonos(和服), and it won an Oscar for Costume Design. Many travel companies picked up on the trend and ran “geisha trips” to Japan.
辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2019 - 2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题
