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　　广西钦州市高新区2016—2017学年度高一 上学期期末考试
　　英语试题
　　考试时间：120分钟  分值：150分
　　第Ⅰ卷
　　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）
　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Do other countries’ students also have so much homework? What do they usually do in their free time? You may feel curious about them.
　　On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
　　Who studies hardest?
　　Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than the students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
　　Who sleeps most often in class?
　　Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off  in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
　　South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
　　Who is the most distracted（走神）?
　　American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
　　What do they do after school?
　　In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercise. Most Korean students watch TV.
　　21. The report is about ___________.
　　A. the countries    B. the subjects    C. the students’ lives   D. the high schools
　　22. ________ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on t heir homework.
　　A. 26.4%         B. 8.2%          C. 5.2%         D. 48.6%
　　23. The underlined phrase “doze off” means ___________.
　　A. be half asleep   B. get up     C. eat snacks     D. send emails
　　B
　　Last week I visited my friend Pete in the new home where he lives with his wife and daughter. Pete used to spend his holidays travelling around the world, visiting the pyramids in Egypt or scuba diving (潜水) in the Caribbean. Nowadays he prefers to spend his holidays and weekends making his house look more beautiful. Lindreds of thousands of other British people, he has discovered the joy of DIY (Do It Yourself), which means if there are any things that need fixing around the house, he will try to do the job himself.
　　As he showed me the new kitchen he put together by himself and the newly painted wa lls, I asked Pete where he got his inspiration (灵感) from. He told me that his favorite source of ideas was a DIY program on TV.
　　This got me thinking about the great popularity of DIY programs in the UK. Each major channel(频道) has at least one home or garden improving show and there’s even a satellite channel completely about the subject.
　　I guess it is not really surprising that DIY programs are so popular. Two common sayings in Britain－ ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’ and ‘there’s no place like home’－show how important our houses are to us. Wit h the present economic downturn, many people can’t afford to buy a bigger house so they are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. DIY is the perfect choice.
　　But be careful! I read a report that said over 230,000 people were injured while doing home improvements in the Ust one year, including 41,000 who fe