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　　湖北省黄冈中学2015年秋季期中高二英语试题
　　第Ⅰ卷　选择题
　　一、听力。
　　略
　　第二部分 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
　　Ever since her husband went to work abroad, Mrs. Jackson has lived on her own in their big old suburban house, which was purchased by her husband about 20 years ago.
　　Considering her safety, her son has been trying hard to ask her to sell the house and buy a new and small one in downtown. To his disappointment, Mrs. Jackson doesn’t accept the idea. She says that she has to look after their old house, as the family tie. But recently there are often stories about someone stealing things around here.
　　It was a freezing day before Christmas Eve. At about four o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Jackson was enjoying some Christmas music when someone knocked at the door. She heard it but didn’t move. Another knock. Who might it be？ Mrs. Jackson was a little afraid. She determined not to answer the door but keep waiting. Then nothing strange happened and no more knocks. She waited a few minutes. She walietly to the door, and listened. She heard nothing but the wind outside. She slowly unfastened the door and lootside through the crack. She then let out a cry and threw the door wide open! She could hardly believe her eyes. At the door she saw a tall, beautiful Christmas tree! In the tree was a Christmas card with the following words:
　　Merry Christmas!
　　Your new neighbor
　　21．It is because he thint _______ that her son wants her to change a place to live in.
　　A．her health 　　　　　　B．her safety
　　C．her mood 　　　　　　　D．her character
　　22．The reason why Mrs. Jackson wants to keep the house is that _______.
　　A．it is comfortable
　　B．she can live alone
　　C．it is the family connection
　　D．its value can be higher
　　23．When Mrs. Jackson “threw the door wide open”, she felt _______.
　　A．frightened 　　　　　B．surprised
　　C．funny 　　　　　　　 D．easy
　　B
　　A 12-year-old girl who had a slight feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.
　　Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of l62 on Mensa’s Cattell III B paper, suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
　　The comparison doesn’t sit well with the British student, who’s currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school, a selective girl’s grammar school in Essex, England.
　　“I don’t think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They’ve achieved so much. I don’t think it’s right.” Lydia told CNN.
　　Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays, after raising the idea with her parents who were in favor of it after some time.
　　It turns out the test wasn’t that hard after all.
　　“I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard. But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than l thought it was going to be,” she said.
　　Lydia’s not quite sure what she wants to do when she goes to university, though she’s leaning toward something “based around math, because it’s one of my favorite subjects.”
　　“All I’m going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me,” she said.
　　To put Lydia’s mark in perspective, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which primarily tests verbal reasoning, is 161. A top 2％ score—which allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs—would be 148 or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top l％ of the population.
　　24．What can we know about Lydia from the passage？
　　A．She is a middle school student.
　　B．She is the cleverest student.
　　C．She thinks she is cleverer than Einstein.
　　D．She had thought the test was very easy.