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　　沈阳铁路实验中学2014-2015学年度下学期期末考试
　　高二英语                       
　　时间：100分钟    分数：120分
　　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，共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
　　Around four years ago, I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not come. Finally, I gathered some courage. I thought, “If I miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”
　　I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasn’t even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness¬-- Public Speaking.
　　After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what happened to me. He told me that this happens to everyone. Even great speakers, faced the same things when they started. He suggested that I come again next time.
　　Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on Motivation. This time I was feeling comfortable. My speech was appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.
　　After delivering it successfully, I became more confident. I said to myself, “If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, I can now speak in front of others too.”
　　I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like Self Motivation, Personality Development, Personal Excellence, Spoken English and Presentation Skills. This has become a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.
　　1. Which of the following is the hest title for the passage?
　　A. Practice Makes a Man a Better Speechmaker     B. Public Speaking Makes a Man Embarrassed.
　　C. Principal Provides the Best Chances.           D. Spoken English Develops in Malting Speeches.
　　2. The author had bad feelings before the speech because______.
　　A. he disliked the idea of giving a lecture          B. he feared he couldn't perform it properly
　　C. he regretted accepting the invitation            D. he had got a high fever before that
　　3. What does the underlined part “ominous apprehensions” in the first paragraph mean?
　　A. unlucky opportunities     B. curious views     C. negative ideas    D. happy comments
　　4. What can we conclude from the passage?
　　A. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.          B. Knowledge mamble, ignorance mad.
　　C. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.   D. Necessity is the mother of invention.
　　B
　　A US student has just spent 30 days on an “insect diet ” – eating insects three times a day. Camren Brantley-Rios says traditional meats such as pork and beef are unable to continue and he wanted to try out what many consider the diet of the future.
　　Many people would find the idea of eating insects distasteful, even if it were not disgusting. Not so long ago, Brantley-Rios was among them. But for the last month he has been eating insects for breakfast, lunch and dinner.