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　　2015-2016学年第一学期高二年级学前考试
　　英 语 试 卷
　　（考试时间：90分钟，满分：100分） 
　　第一部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；每题2分，满分30分）
　　A
　　A holiday is any day when people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares. The word came from Old English. At first, holidays honored some holy events or persons. People in Great Britain and other countries speak of holidays as Americans speak of vacations.
　　Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Year’s Day (January 1), May Day and National Day as legal (法定的)holidays , as it was on Oct.1,1949 that the People’s Republic of China was founded. The Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress has declared several days as legal holidays such as New Year’s Day (January 1), Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrated special events in the development of a country, such as Greece’s Independence Day, Italy’s Liberation Day and India’s Independence Day.
　　In the United States, banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is usually observed. Schools and organizations often observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and business do not close then. Those holidays include Valentine’s Day and Halloween.
　　1．In the sentence “China observes New Year’s Day (January 1)’’, observe means ______
　　A. celebrates B. praises C.  spends      D. cares
　　2．From the passage we can infer that _______
　　A. Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival
　　B. students don’t have to go to school on any holiday
　　C. Chinese and Americans share at least one holiday
　　D. Americans can easily draw money from banks on legal days.
　　3．Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a country’s development?
　　A. China’s National Day B. Valentine’s Day
　　C. Italy’s liberation Day D. Independence Day
　　4．If a legal holiday falls on Sunday in the USA, people usually celebrate on ______.
　　A. Sunday  B. the following   C. the following Tuesday      D.the following Monday
　　B
　　When I was in junior high school, what my friends thought of me was real important to me. During those, years, I grew much taller than most of my classmates. I didn't want to be laughed at for my unusual height, so I went along with the crowd who would play jokes on other kids at school. Of course, the jokes were directed at others and not at me.
　　Once my friends and I put IcyHot (止痛贴) in the shorts of one of the kids on the basketball team. Not only was he terribly embarrassed, but he also had to go to the school nurse' s office.
　　My father didn' t think that my behavior was funny, He reminded me about the golden rule: to treat others as I would like to be treated. What I was doing was hurting other kids, and in turn hurting my reputation (名声) as someone to be loop to. My friends were loop to me because I was tall, but what did they see ?
　　He wanted me to be a leader who was a good example to others. He told me over and over again to be the leader that I was meant to be -- to be a big man in my heart and actions, as well as in my body. I had to question myself whether or not it was important to be the kind of leader and person my father believed I was inside. I knew in my heart that he was right.
　　Once I focused on being the best that I could be at basketball and became a leader in the game,