海南省海口市2016_2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题201707120351.doc
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1、2016-2017学年第二学期期末考试高二英语试题第一卷二、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、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AInspiring young minds!TOKNOW Magazine is a big hit in the world of childrens publishing, bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.What i
2、s so special about TOKNOW magazine? Well, it has no ads or promotions insideinstead it is jam-packed with serious ideas. TOKNOW makes complex ideas attractive and accessible to children, who can become involved in advanced concepts and even philosophy(哲学)and they will soon discover that TOKNOW feels
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4、e a look onlineevidence shows that thousands of teachers and parents know a good thing when they see it and recommend TOKNOW to their friends.Happy Birthday All Year!What could be more fun than a gift that keeps coming through the letterbox every month? The first magazine with your gift message will
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6、t your money back.21. Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?A. It entertains young parents.B. It provides serious advertisements.C. It combines fun with complex concepts.D. It publishes popular science fictions.22. How much should you pay if you make a 12-mouth subscription to TOKNOW with gift pack from
7、China?A. 55. B. 60. C. 65. D. 70.23. Subscribers of TOKNOW would get .A. full refund within 28 daysB. free birthday presents C. membership of the TOKNOW clubD. chances to meet the experts in personBToo Good to Go is a smartphone app which allows restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be throw
8、n away at discount prices from as little as2 and a maximum of 3.80, ever if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country. Originally created in Denmark and launched in Brighton and Leeds in June, the service has recently been introduced in the United Kingdom by a couple of youn
9、g entrepreneurs(企业家).Millions of tons of food are thrown in the trash every year, with restaurants accounting for a large part, so eco-entrepreneurs Chris Wilson and Jamie Crummie came up with the good idea to stop food waste. Using Too Good to Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives p
10、eople in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.Too Good to Go is very convenient for users. Restaurants make food available on the Too Good To Go app and website. People can look through the available dishes on the smartphones, pay for them using credit card and pick them up at a set t
11、ime, an hour before closing time.Although Too Good to Go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale, its creators say the end goal is to use it for restaurants to solve their waste management problem, rather than making a profit. Wilson claims, The idea is that restaurants stop producing the ext
12、ra food so they dont need to throw it away in the trash, and we really want to put ourselves out of business by stopping food waste.Birmingham has become the latest city where restaurants can reduce food waste to the lowest limit by working with the Too Good To Go social enterprise app.24. Where was
13、 Too Good to Go originally launched?A. In Denmark. B. In Brighton. C. In Birmingham. D. In the US.25. Whats the app intended to do?A. Make a profit by selling food on the website.B. Allow restaurants to sell foods at low prices.C. Help restaurants to deal with leftover food.D. Call on restaurants to
14、 save food and money.26. How did the creators of the app make profits?A. By selling copies of the app. B. By taking a fee from buyers.C. By getting donations from entrepreneurs. D. By charging restaurants for each sale.27. What can we infer from the text?A. People can pay less money for a rich meal.
15、B. The app is mainly designed to help the poor.C. Dishes can be sold to make a lot of profits.D. People can get their ordered food at home.CJumping off random cliffs(悬崖) into the sea is not clever. However, as a sport, coasteering uses local experts to help groups travel around the coast so they can
16、 then jump safely and have a lot of fun in the process. But coasteering is also so much more than cliff jumping.A usual days coasteering will involve swimming, climbing, scrambling(攀岩) and cliff jumping. All trips begin with a safety brief and equipment check. You will be equipped with a helmet, wet
17、suit and life vest. You will need to wear some old sneakers you dont mind getting wet.From here it could be a short swim to the first jump site. Following an instructor, you swim through rock pools, around rough rocks and right up to the next jump spot. A brief climb and youll be standing on the edg
18、e wondering, “Why the hell did I agree to this?” Then, and to the yell of your friends, youre leaping in, with a smile thats guaranteed to last the rest of the day.Coasteering is certainly more than cliff jumping. If ever a sport could claim to be confidence building, this is it. And its also a perf
19、ect activity for groups of friends or for adventurous families who want to explore the coast. Many companies offer daily trips, so even if you are on your own or a couple you can join in with a large group. Companies use trained guides with much knowledge of local tides and weather conditions. These
20、 people lead the show and are qualified lifesavers as well.Coasteering is already popular around the UK. At least now you wont have to ask “What is coasteering?” if someone you know gives it a go.28. What is coasteering?A. A daily sightseeing tripB. A non-expert guided divingC. A cliff and water bas
21、ed sportD. A group activity of climbing29.What is the benefit of coasteering?A. Enriching lifesaving experienceB. Developing independenceC. Improving guiding skillsD. Building confidence30.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?A. You felt scared and regretfulB. You became tot
22、ally tiredC. You discovered your potentialD. You gained complete relief31.What is the authors purpose of writing the text?A. To organize coasteeringB. To introduce coasteering C. To advertise spots for coasteeringD. To train coasteering-loversDTwenty years ago, the following news item probably would
23、nt have made much sense to most Americans.Muslims in Iran went to the streets today to support an ayatollahs call for a revolution. Meanwhile, in Israel, Palestinian leaders urged support for the intifada. leader struggleThese words come from Arabic, a language with which few Americans are familiar.
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