高二下学期英语期末考试试题(附答案)

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On 29 May last year, I was doing my swim training for a half Ironman race in the bay near my home.

I was finishing my first loop (

圈

) when I felt jaws coming around my body and a sharp pain. The water was

dark, so I couldn't see anything. It just came out of nowhere and then it was gone in a flash. I knew it was

something really big and assumed it was a shark. I panicked, but knew I needed to get out of the water. I was

kicking wildly in case it came back. There was a lifeguard boat close by, so I waved my arms in the air and

screamed for help. It got to me within 20 seconds. At that point I didn't feel anything; adrenaline (

肾上腺素

) had

taken over. The lifeguards held me under the arms and pulled me up out of the water. Then the pain kicked in

and it was pretty hard to bear. Some muscle had been bitten off my right arm. I felt a lot of warm, gushing

blood.

My chest felt heavy, as if someone had put their foot on it, and I was having trouble breathing. It was

extremely painful. When I got to the hospital, I told the nurses to put me to sleep because of the pain. I just

wanted them to fix me.

I woke up after surgery four hours later. My doctor was amazed when I managed to move my fingers: the bite

just missed a major nerve. My right lung had been damaged; I had several broken bones and a nerve in my leg

was cut, so I have reduced feeling at the top of my leg. The shark also bit through my upper back muscle.

Local experts determined that the shark was probably 9-10 feet long. It was young, about seven years old. It

just attacked me, left and didn't come back because it figured I wasn't food.

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The writer mentions Adrenaline in Paragraph 2 to ________.

n why she didn't feel pain at that time

a possible reason the shark attacked her

how dangerous the situation was then

be the suffering a shark bite could cause

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The writer of the text can be best described as ________.

ul

ent

sive

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Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.A Shark from Nowhere

ing a Shark Attack

C.A Race against Time

Panic over Sharks at Sea

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More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It's fun, healthy and good for the environment.

Maybe that's why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can

take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

If you get on a bicycle and ride it, you may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a

bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your cars. You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable

exercise without polluting the environment. You don't even have to ride all the way.

Folding bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the

same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when

you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle friendly to

travellers.

Here are some of Health Benefits of Bicycling

：

Bicycling helps to prevent heart diseases.

Bicycling helps to control your weight.

A 15-

minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.

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Bicycling can improve your mood.

Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.

Bicycling is healthier than driving.

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Ridin g your bicycle around, you may ________.

e the environment around

something you didn't notice

everywhere and use a little oil

off your bike and begin to work

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If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and ________.

it at the station

on airline websites

more self-confident

it onto a train with you

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Which of the following is one of the Health Benefits from bicycling?

can fold the bicycle

will be friendly to others

will be more relaxed

may get fatter and fatter

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Which is WRONG according to the passage?

bikes is healthier than driving cars.

ing is enjoyable exercise for people.

bikes can be taken by all airlines.

are more bicycles than cars on roads worldwide today.

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There's a trend that more city people decide that they want to grow crops and raise some live-stock (

家禽

).

After all, there are few things more satisfying than biting into a bunch of tender, red carrots you grow yourself,

or a fresh egg from the backyard.

Most gardeners understand that the soil in big cities is often polluted with lead and know to get their soil

tested. But most are pretty clueless about how to prevent other types of pollutants, like heavy metals and

asbestos(

石棉

)from getting into their vegetables.

Part of the problem is that “there might be pollutants that gardeners can't test for,” says Brent Kim, a

program officer. Most soil tests look for lead, cadrniunt(

镉

)and arsenic(

砷

). But they don't test things like

chemicals left behind by cars, which might have escaped into the soil.

So if you're thinking of staring an urban garden, Kim says, once you've found a plot of land, you should learn

what's now an empty plot or a backyard might once have been a parking lot, a gas station or a chemical ground.

“Knowing its past will give you some idea about what might be in that soil,” he says.

“People tend to think raised beds are going to solve their pollution problem,” Kim says. But polluted soil could

easily kicked onto your plants, especially if the beds are low to the ground.

“Another consideration is that you have to be careful about the materials that you're using to build a raised

bed,” Kim says. Recycling wood from an old construction site might seem like a good,

eco-friendly idea. But that

wood could be treated with chemicals you don't want touching your fruits and veggies, Kim says. And it's always

a good idea to use gloves while gardening, and wash all your produce thoroughly.

“I see these urban growing spac

es as these oases(

绿洲

)in the middle of these urban environments,” Kim says.

“They bring communities together, and they help people save money on fresh produce. Urban growing spaces

are amazing. Let's keep doing this, but let's do it safely.”

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What does th

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What should you do when starting an urban garden?

it on a parking lot

it low to the ground

the history of the ground

recycled wood to build it

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