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　　山西省山大附中2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语题
　　考试时间：90分钟        满分：100分       
　　第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共50分）
　　第一节：阅读理解（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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　One day Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," the more imaginative and elaborate it became.
　　The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbandios where his employees and families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres wouldn't be enough.
　　Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland."
　　The search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard.Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open.
　　Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren't real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before. There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland and Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening Day. The staff wornd the clock to get ready.
　　But opening day was a terrible disaster. Besides the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 million visitors had come through the gates.
　　1. The passage is mainly about___________.
　　A. How Disneyland came into being
　　B. The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland
　　C. What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland. 
　　D. A brief introduction to Disneyland
　　2. Which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of Disneyland?
　　A. 1953      B. 1954       C. 1955       D. 1965
　　3. Which of the following statements is Not True?
　　A. World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.
　　B. Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.
　　C. Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.
　　D. About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.
　　4. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.
　　A. collect      B. improve     C. find       D. open
　　B
　　It was Sunday yesterday and my son and I walked a couple of miles in the morning. We got hungry so we decided to stop for a meal in a restaurant. While we were waiting in a line, a woman came in. She was very angry and talking about a beggar who had asked her for money. In her opinion, those people had the ability to earn their bread and butter.   
　　I was feeling uncomfortable with the situation and wondering what I should say to my son later. I had told him that we should help those who were in need of help. At that time the lady said, “Today is my birthday, and nobody can bother me.”
　　I knew this was