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　　天水市一中2015-2016学年度第二学期2015级第二学段考试
　　英语试题（A）
　　本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。共100分，考试时间90分钟。
　　第I卷（选择题 共50分）
　　一．阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
　　第一节  （共10小题； 每小题2分，满分20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
　　Elvis Presley,who was one of the most popular American singers of the twentieth century, made the Rock & Roll music popular around the world. He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.
　　Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935. His parents were simple country people who often took him to church, where he learned to sing and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.
　　When he was a teenager, Elvis moved from Tupelos to Memphis in Tennessee, where he attended high school, but he was not a good student. His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style that is called “country and western”.
　　In 1955 he recorded some songs for his mother's birthday. The people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. There was something different about it. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music, which black people used to sing in the American South, music known as “blues”.
　　Shortly after that, Elvis met Tom Parker, who became his manager and arranged(安排)concerts for him across the United States and new recordings as well. Soon Elvis rose to fame all over the country. Later, Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films like Love Me Tender and King Creole.
　　But Elvis found it hard to live with success, like many other entertainment personalities (娱乐圈内的人士) .He began to tags and his health began to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977, his many millions of fans were shocked. “The King Is Dead!” the newspaper said. But today his memory and his music live on and he will always be remembered as the King of Rock & Roll.
　　1．Judging from the passage, we may conclude____ .
　　A. Elvis forgot his church music at a later age
　　B. his church songs helped his development in his singing
　　C. Elvis didn't get any help from his parents in singing
　　D. his church songs didn't help develop his own style
　　2．What was Elvis’s style of singing like most probably?
　　A. Only country and western.
　　B. Only country and blue.
　　C. Both western and country.
　　D. Not only country and western but also a bit “blues”.
　　3．What was the main reason for death ?
　　A. A car accident        B. Killing by others
　　C. Tags         D. Heart attract
　　B
　　A little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house on a hot summer day in America . He dived into the cool water, not realizing that as he swam towards the middle of the lake, a crocodile (鳄鱼) was swimming toward him.
　　His mother in the house was loot of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war (拔河) between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.
　　Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.
　　The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn’t let go.”
　　Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they were made.
　　4．Which of the following is most related to the underlined word “passionate”?
　　A. Anxious.        B. Determined.
　　C. Frightened.      D. Courageous.
　　5．By saying “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too” in the fourth paragraph,  the boy really wants to show__________.
　　A. how many scars and scratches he had
　　B. how deep the scars made by the crocodile were
　　C. how great and beloved his mother was
　　D. what a brave and courageous boy he was
　　6．In the story the writer intends to tell us that __________.
　　A. scars always remind people of their past experiences
　　B. it’s dangerous to swim alone in the water
　　C. the boy also feels painful in his mind
　　D. scars do not necessarily mean pain at all times
　　7．Which of the following will be the best title for the text?
　　A. A Terrible Experience
　　B. Women Hold up Half the Sky
　　C. Scars of Love
　　D. Don't Judge by Appearances
　　C
　　If you haven’t heard of the expression, you must have been living under a rock for the past year，because“the world is big, and I owe it a visit” was all over the Internet last year.
　　This expression was chosen as one of 2015’s “popular cyber phrases” in China. When a year comes to an end, many institutions, including the National Language Resourc