黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市第八中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题201805171426.wps
《黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市第八中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题201805171426.wps》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市第八中学2017_2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题201805171426.wps(12页珍藏版)》请在三一文库上搜索。
1、黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市第八中学 2017-20182017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试 题 第一部分 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,从每题所给四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A WELCOME TO THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Visit the limited-time “Interactive! The Exhibition” at the Ronald R Library and Museum and save more
2、than 30% on museum admission tickets with an audio tour. WHEN Through Feb.28, 2017 WHATS INCLUDED $19(reg. $28). Admission for one person to the Ronald R Library and Museum with an audio tour. Please note: the virtual reality(虚拟现实)experience will be an additional cost and participants must be 10 yea
3、rs old or above. WHY WE LOVE IT The exhibition is a hands-on experience focusing on movies, TV, music and the arts Experience virtual reality, 1980s video games, robots, 3D printing Climb aboard Air Force One, view the expensive comfortable presidential car and a Marine One helicopter Explore Reagan
4、s legacy(遗产):Step into an Oval Office copy and see a piece of the Berlin Wall WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW This is a season-specific event. No refunds(退款) or exchanges. Not valid after the expiration date. Valid for one person. Cannot combine with other offers. Must use in one visit. - 1 - 1. What can visi
5、tors do while visiting the library and museum? A. Fly on Air Force One. B. Experience virtual reality for free. C. Approach technology of different times. D. Learn about the presidents daily routine. 2. Which is true about the admission ticket? A. It can be enjoyed with other offers. B. It allows li
6、mitless visits to the museum. C. It isnt accessible to children D. It cannot be changed once sold. 3. What type of writing does the passage belong to? A. A notice. B. An official report. C. An advertisement. D. A tour review. B The Oklahoma teens eyes were covered by two blindfolds(眼罩)for the big su
7、rprise: being reunited with her father, James, after 12-year separation. “I had actually discussed with her the night before at a restaurant and talked over the details of where we would go and how we would pull it off,” said Amanda, Rory Beths mother. A video shows Amanda led her blindfolded daught
8、er out of their car and guided her across the parking lot of Broken Arrow Lanes in Broken Arrow. Little did she know, her father was on the sidewalk holding a birthday cake that read, “Happy Birthday Rory Beth, Love Dad.” When the teen slowly pulled down her blindfolds, she was dumbfounded. Both the
9、 father and daughter stood silently looking at each other until James finally walked over and hugged her. James only broke their embrace to look at his daughter and hold her face. “There were definitely lots of tears from myself, her brothers, and even a few bystanders,” said Amanda. James was a tru
10、ck driver who spent a lot of time on the road, and Amanda split with him when Rory Beth was a baby. “It was hard to figure out how to make it work,” Amanda said. Amanda felt Rory Beth was now old enough to understand and to ask any questions she may have, so the reunion happened. The birthday surpri
11、se was on June 4, and the father and daughter had seen each other again since, even celebrating Fathers Day together. Amanda said her daughter - 2 - and James were both delighted to be reunited. “Shes already calling him daddy and tells him that she loves him,” Amanda said. “Theyre both very committ
12、ed.” 4. What caused Rory Beth to be separated from her father for 12 years? A. Her parents divorce. B. Her fathers working as a taxi driver. C. The misunderstanding between them. D. Her preference for living with her mother. 5. Why did Rory Beth reunite with her father? A. Her father was eager to se
13、e her. B. She had many questions to ask her father. C. She was old enough to recognize her father. D. Her mother thought it was time for her to see her father. 6. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Shocked. B. Scared. C. Confused. D. Tired. 7. What do we know from th
14、e text? A. Rory Beth called James “daddy” on her 12th birthday. B. Amanda had a conversation with Rory Beth on June 3. C. The video about the reunion was shot by James himself. D. Rory Beths sisters accompanied her to see her father. C At this years Technology Forum, speakers include world-famous pe
15、ople, such as Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, and lesser-known individuals with great ideas to change the world. One of the latter is Jonny Cohen, a high school senior, green businessman and creator of Greenshields. Since Cohen was a child, he has been innovating and inventing. When he
16、was 12 and took science classes at Northwestern University, he saw a school bus and had an idea: what if the shape of school bus was improved to make it more fuel efficient? This would greatly reduce the amount of pollution it produced. He set about making a wind tunnel in his parents garage and pla
17、ced small metal plates or shields on toy school buses to test them. The result: his shields redirected the airflow over and - 3 - around the bus, decreased wind drag, and produced better fuel economy and less pollution. Cohen went through various experiments to improve his GreenShields invention. Wi
18、th the help of MIT and Cook-Illinois Bus Company, which donated a full-sized bus for Cohens experiments, he now has a shield model that is inexpensive and easy to attach, enabling widespread adoption. How much of an impact can these shields have on climate change? Fuel consumption for the average US
19、 school bus is seven miles per gallon. Green Shields increases fuel efficiency by 10%20%, saving about $600 per bus per year, and costs only $30 to attach. Cohen and his partners are now trying to persuade the government to put GreenShields on all school buses. With almost half-a-million school buse
20、s in America using nearly $2.5 billion of fuel per year, a consumption reduction of 10%20% would make a big difference to pollution. Not to mention the roughly $285 million in annual savings on fuel. 8. What can we learn about Jonny Cohen from the text? A. He has produced GreenShields independently.
21、 B. He has been employed to improve school buses. C. He is a world-famous businessman and inventor. D. He has a talent for finding and solving problems. 9. How does GreenShields make a bus more fuel efficient? A. By reducing the amount of wind drag. B. By improving the quality of fuel used. C. By pr
22、oviding a wind tunnel for the bus. D. By changing the shape of the bus engine. 10. Where did Cohen begin testing his shields? A. At Northwestern University. B. In his parents garage. C. At a local bus company. D. In an MIT lab. 11. What is the intended benefit of Cohens invention? A. To provide scho
23、ol buses with cheaper fuel. - 4 - B. To reduce the cost of producing school buses. C. To increase the profits of the school bus industry. D. To make school buses more environmentally-friendly. D Bees play a vital role in the world. Unfortunately, bees are dying by the second. The main purpose of bee
24、s is to make honey. Honey, shockingly, does not exist for human consumption. It is essential to the insects. Honeybees store honey in their hives(蜂巢) in order for the bees to have energy for their flight muscles and for heating the hive during the winter period. They collect pollen(花粉) which supplie
- 配套讲稿:
如PPT文件的首页显示word图标,表示该PPT已包含配套word讲稿。双击word图标可打开word文档。
- 特殊限制:
部分文档作品中含有的国旗、国徽等图片,仅作为作品整体效果示例展示,禁止商用。设计者仅对作品中独创性部分享有著作权。
- 关 键 词:
- 黑龙江省 齐齐哈尔市 第八 中学 2017 _2018 年高 英语 下学 期期 试题 201805171426
链接地址:https://www.31doc.com/p-1571027.html