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　　嘉峪关市一中2014-2015学年第二学期期中考试
　　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100分钟。
　　第Ⅰ卷
　　第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　I was born in Korea, and my family came over to America when I was 10. I’m the middle child of three girls, and my parents moved so we would experience a different life. They did it for our education and to give us more of a chance than they had. We moved to Staten Island, and I went to the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. My parents were depressed when I told them I wanted to be an actress. My father suggested I try premed(医学预科). But after they saw me in plays they were really proud.     I graduated from Boston University and was doing theater in New York when I got cast in a Korean miniseries(电视连续剧). We started shooting the show in New York, and then went to Korea to finish it up. They said I would be there for three weet it ended up being two months. The miniseries took off, and overnight, I became recognizable. It was sort of like Lost. It blew up. Then amazing projects were offered to me. I kept thinking, “ I’ll do one more and then go back to the US.” I ended up staying for seven years.
　　Some people described me as the Julia Roberts of Korea, which is a bad comparison because she’s the queen of romantic comedy. I became famous in Korea for a dramatic role in a film called Shiri. I played a “La Femme Nikita” type of role. I was the girl with the gun—all action．
　　1. The writer’s parents moved to America so as to _________.
　　A. offer a good chance to their children
　　B. receive a good education in performing
　　C. seeccessful life in America
　　D. film a Korean miniseries
　　2. When the writer announced her decision to become an actress, her parents_____.
　　A. were both in favor of her    B. felt very ashamed of her
　　C. didn’t agree at first         D. took it for granted
　　3. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
　　A. The author’s performing life in America.
　　B. The difficulties of filming abroad.
　　C. The popularity of the miniseries Lost.
　　D. The author’s first performing breagh.
　　4. The writer referred to the Julia Roberts of Korea as a bad comparison to show______.
　　A. she looked down upon Julia Roberts
　　B. she disliked to be compared with others
　　C. she had a different style of performing
　　D. she was better at dramatic roles than Julia
　　B
　　The English proficiency of Chinese women is much better than that of men, according to a study released in Shanghai yesterday, Chinese women scored three points higher than men in the English Proficiency Index(英语水平指数) released by EF Education, a language training company, mainly English. Worldside, women scored one point higher than men on average.
　　“This shows that Chinese women are more used to the Chinese education mode, the report said. Chinese women use their gift of language to gain s