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高二下学期英语期末考试试卷
一、阅读理解
1.
阅读理解
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3.C . Day 4.D . Day 5.
（
2
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can
you
enjoy
the
scenery
o?
the
Seven
Sisters
Mountain
Range?
A
. Flora-Molde,B . Brenneysund-Svolvoer.C . Troms-
Stamsund
D .
Bod-Rrvik. <
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3
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A
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A
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2.
阅读理解
When the young donkey Daisy May came to
us,she was pregnant. With
no donkey experience, I was unprepared
for what mightcome next.
After
some
difficulty,
Daisy’s
baby
wasborn.
I
thought
the
poor
thing
was
dead.
I
planned
to
put
the
loss
behind
usand
make
sure
she
never
got
pregnant again. Just
then, I heard a little noise.I could
n’t
believe that baby
was
breathing
and
looking
at
me!
We
called
himSamson,
and
of
course
I
became
his mother as much as Daisy was.
When Samson was nine months old, I had
toseparate Daisy and Samson
for a few
hours a day to wean
him,
but otherwise he wentwherever she did. I
think she would be lost without him.
His donkey stepdadBernard taught him to
always be ready to have fun. They enjoy
playing footballtogether and going for
a roll on a hot summer day.
I asked a worker to make a harness
for my three littledonkeys.
When I
brought it home I taught them
one by one how to pull a watched
and
freely followed Daisy. When he was three, I put
the harnesson him and he
knew exactly
what to do.
That was 15
years ago. Now, the mostexciting thing about
Samson is that
he has become a little
come from all over to see him perform.
The neighbors bring theirgrandchildren,
and my sons bring their friends.
Samson shakes hands, unties my shoe,
picksup a hat and more. And when
I ask
him if he has any bad habits, he tries topick my
pocket! He surprisingly
learned these
tricks himself. I just ask him todo them and he
understands.
The
relationship I have with my”baby” Samson has been
an amazing
experience. Every day is a
fun daywith this superstar donkey.
（
1
）
Why
was the author at a loss for what might happen
next at first?
A
.
She
wasn’t
ready
to
be
a
mother.B
.
She
never
raised
a
donkey
before.C . The donkey
was pregnant by accident.D . The donkey gave birth
to a
dead baby.
（
2
）
What can we learn about
Samson when he was little?
A . He was
surrounded by love.B . He was separated from his
family.C . He
was unwelcome to the
neighbors.D . He was skilled in entertaining
people.
（
3
）
What
does
the
underlined
word
“renowned”
in
Paragraph
5
probably refer to?
A .
strange.B . proud.C . humorous.D . famous.
（
4
）
Which of
the following can best describe Samson?
A
.
friendly
and
courageous.B
.
intelligent
and
lively.C
.
carefree
and
creative.D . patient and fortunate.
3.
阅读理解
Baseball
developed
gradually
from
a
numberof
different
ball-and-stick
games originating in England. As early
as theAmerican Revolution, it was noted
that troops played “base ball” intheir
free time. In 1845 Alexander Cartwright
formalized the New YorkKnickerbocker’
version of the game.
The “New York Game” spreadrapidly,
replacing earlier localized forms.
From
its beginnings, baseball wasseen as a way of
satisfying the recreational
needs of an
increasinglyurban-industrial society. At its
beginning it was played
by
and
for
wealthygentlemen.
A
club
might
consist
of
40
members.
The
president would appoint twocaptains who
would choose teams from among
the members. Games were
played onMonday and Thursday afternoons, with
the
losers
often
providing
an
expensiveevening’s
entertainment
for
the
winners.
During
the
1850-1870
period
the
game
waschanging,
however,
with
increasing
commercialism,
under-the-
table
payments
tooutstanding
players,
and
gambling
on
the
outcome
of
ing
with
the
first
openly
all-salaried
team
in
1869,
the
1870-1890
period
saw
the
complete
professionalization ofbaseball,
including formation of the National Association
of
ProfessionalBaseball
Players
in 1871.
The
National
League
of
Professional
Base
Ball
Clubswas
formed
in
1876,
run
by
business-
minded
investors
in
joint-stock
company
clubs.
The
1880s
has
been
called
Major
League
Baseball’s “GoldenAge”. Profits
rocketed, players’salaries rose somewhat,
a season of 84games became one of 132,
a weekly periodical “The sporting
News”
cameinto
being,
wooden
stadiums
replaced
open
fiel
ds,
and
the
standard
refreshmentbecame
hot
dogs,
soda
pop
and
peanuts.
In
1900
the
Western
League based in thegrowing cities of the Midwest
declared itself the
American League.
（
1
）
What
is the text mainly about?
A . The
original rules of baseball.B . The
commercialization of baseball.C .
The
influence of the “New York Game” on baseball.D .
The development of
baseball in the
nineteenth century.
（
2
）What can we
learn about the “New York Game” at its
beginning?
A . The game was
played twice a week.B . A baseball team might
consist of
40
members.C .
The
winners
would
get
rewarded
by
the
president.D .
The
president would choose teams from among
the member.
（
3
）
What
do we know
about
the
baseball
game during
the
1850-1870
period?
A . The game became
completely professional.B . People bet on the
result
of games.C . The game came into
a “Golden Age”.D . Most baseball players
got extra incomes.
（
< br>4
）
During the 1880s, the
baseball games _____.
A . were played
in wooden stadiumsB . were reported by a daily
sporting
newspaperC
.
were
played
less
in
a
league
seasonD
.
were
controlled
by
famous investors
4.
阅读理解
A
new
device
works
like
a
solar
panel,
except
that
it
doesn’t
harvest
energy from the sun. It absorbs energy
from the cold night sky.
A
prototypeof the device produced enough electricity
at night to power a
small light bulb. A
bigger version might one day light rooms or charge
phones.
It
also
could
power
electronics
in
remote
or
low-
resource
areas
that
lack
electricity.
The
device
makes
use
of
the
temperature difference
between
Earth
and
outer
space.
It
then
uses that difference to create
electricity.
As
long as
one
side of it is cooler
than the other, the generator can produce
electricity. The
cooler side faces the
sky and is attached to an aluminum plate. That
plate is
sealed beneath a transparent
cover and surrounded with insulation to keep out