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　　平遥中学2018-2019学年度第二学期高二期中考试
　　英语试题
　　试卷满分:150分考试时间:100分
　　第一部分阅读理解：（共两节，满分60分）
　　第一节：(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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
　　How do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness and patience? At a time more and more parents worry about the violent images (暴力形象) their children see on TV and on the Internet. So many parents are turning to fairy tales. They want to teach their children how to behave in society by this way.
　　It is believed that fairy tales have a great influence on children because they describe the two sides of good and evil (邪恶) very clearly. When children hear the tales, they learn to care about others’feelings. In each tale, they can see that there are many different kinds of people in the world and that we all have a choice about what kind of person we want to be. We can choose to do good actions, rather than bad ones, in our lives.
　　What kind of values can children learn from fairy tales? In The Princess and the Pea, a poorly dressed girl says she is a princess. Few people believe her, so she is given a difficult test. When she passes the test, we learn that her dream comes true because she stays true to herself. In the Little Mermaid (《小美人鱼》), the mermaid, who lives under the sea, wishes to be with the humans on land. Through her experiences, we learn about the importance of living with and accepting other cultures.
　　Teaching values is probably the main reason for encouraging children to read fairy tales. These tales can teach children lessons about human relationships that have been accepted around the world for many centuries. This might be the reason why they have been around for so long and will not disappear any time soon.
　　1. Why do fairy tales have a great influence on children?
　　A. Because fairy tales can teach them how to make a choice.
　　B. Because fairy tales can help them get higher scores at school.
　　C. Because they can learn how to avoid most difficulties in their lives.
　　D. Because good and evil are shown in a way they can easily understand.
　　2. Mermaid may be helpful when children ________.
　　A. are given a difficult test B. make friends with foreigners
　　C. wish to be a princess or prince D. are going to lie to their parents
　　3. The author writes the text mainly to ________.
　　A. introduce some fairy tales
　　B. talt the history of fairy tales
　　C. discuss how to improve human relationships
　　D. show how fairy tales help children shape values
　　B
　　If cars had wings, they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2012.The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car­plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2012.
　　“It’s the next ‘wow’vehicle, ”said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh. “Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly.”
　　The car plane has wings that unfold for flying—a process the company says takes one minute—and fold back up for driving. A runway is still required to take off and land.
　　The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both. The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations.
　　The company is aiming to sell the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly. They say it saves you the trouble of trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: You drive the car to the airport and then you’re good to go. When you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road. There are no expensive parking fees because you don’t have to store it at an airport—you park it in the garage at home.