河南省学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

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河南省学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

安阳市洹北中学2016-2017学年下期期末考试

高二英语试题卷

命题人:

审题人:

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第1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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

TheIsleofWight,offthesouthcoastofEngland,isthebestplaceinEuropefordiscoveringdinosaurbones.DinosaurFarmMuseumwasestablishedin1993.Sincethen,themuseumhasintroducedthestudyofoldbonestomanymorepeople.Whatweoffer

Visitorscanenjoyourdisplays,orwatchuscleaningdinosaurbonesandotherfossilsfoundontheisland’sbeaches.Themuseumhasavarietyofdifferentfossils,manyofthemneverdisplayedtothepublicbefore.Asmorearediscoveredallthetime,youcanbesureofseeingsomethingneweachtimeyouvisit.

WehaveafreeFossilIdentificationService,soyoucanbringinanyfossilsyouhaveandfindoutwhattheyare.Inaddition,wehaveareasonably-pricedMuseumShop,whereyoucanbuyasouvenirofyourvisit.Youcouldalsobringapicnicandrelaxinourspecialpicnicarea.

Activities

Fossilhuntsareorganizedfromthemuseumandrunallyearround.Groupsofupto25areguidedonalocalbeachwheretheycansearchforfossils.Allthesehuntsarefullylicensedandinsured,andguidescanhelptoidentifyanyfossilsfoundand

pointoutthingsofinterest.

Duetothepopularityofthesehunts,alltripsmustbebookedbyapersonalvisittoDinosaurFarmMuseum.

Didyouknow…?

TheBBCprogramme“LivefromDinosaurIsland”wasfilmedalongthecoasthere,andDinosaurFarmMuseumwasthebaseforthetelevisioncrew.

Findoutmore

Checkoutourwebsiteatwww.isleofwight/dinosaurfarmtolearnindetailhowwedigfordinosaurs.Youcanalsoreadaboutthemanydifferentkindsofdinosaurswhichlivedinthisarea,whichwasconnectedtoEurope120millionyearsago.

21.Onecanbookafossilhunt______.

A.throughaBBCprogram

B.throughthemuseum’swebsite

C.bymakingacalltothemuseum

D.byvisitingthemuseumpersonally

22.Whichofthefollowingisfreeofchargeatthemuseum?

A.Foodforapicnic.B.Attendingfossilhunts.

C.Asouvenirofthemuseum.D.Havingfossilsidentified.

23.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom

______.

A.aconferenceinterviewB.atravelmagazine

C.ahistorybookD.asciencefiction

B

Mymomonlyhadoneeye.Ihatedher…shewassuchanembarrassment.Mymomranasmallshopatafleamarket.Shecollectedlittleweedsandsuchtosell…anythingforthemoneyweneededshewassuchanembarrassment.Therewasthisonedayduringelementaryschool.Irememberthatitwasfieldday,andmymomcame.Iwassoembarrassed.Howcouldshedothistome?

Ithrewherahatefullookandranout.Thenextdayatschool…“Yourmomonlyhasoneeye?

!

”andtheytauntedme.

IwishedthatmymomwouldjustdisappearfromthisworldsoIsaidtomymom,“Whydon’tyoujustdie?

”Mymomdidnotrespond.IguessIfeltalittlebad,butatthesametime,itfeltgoodtothinkthatIhadsaidwhatI’dwantedtosayallthistime.Maybeitwasbecausemymomhadn’tpunishedme,butIdidn’tthinkthatIhadhurtherfeelingsverybadly.

Thatnight…Iwokeup,andwenttothekitchentogetaglassofwater.Mymomwascryingthere,soquietly,asifshewasafraidthatshemightwakeme.Ihatedmymotherwhowascryingoutofheroneeye.SoItoldmyselfthatIwouldgrowupandbecomesuccessful,becauseIhatedmyone-eyedmomandourdesperatepoverty.

ThenIstudiedreallyhard.IleftmymotherandcametoSeoulandstudied,andgotacceptedintheSeoulUniversitywithalltheconfidenceIhad.Then,Igotmarried.Iboughtahouseofmyown.ThenIhadkids,too.NowI’mlivinghappilyasasuccessfulman.Ilikeitherebecauseit’saplacethatdoesn’tremindmeofmymom.

Thishappinesswasgettingbiggerandbigger,whensomeoneunexpectedcametoseeme“What?

!

Who’sthis?

!

”Itwasmymother…Stillwithheroneeye.Itfeltasifthewholeskywasfallingapartonme.Mylittlegirlranaway,scaredofmymom’seye.

AndIaskedher,“Whoareyou?

Idon’tknowyou!

!

”asifItriedtomakethatreal.Iscreamedather“Howdareyoucometomyhouseandscaremydaughter!

Getoutofherenow!

!

”Andtothis,mymotherquietlyanswered,

“oh,I’msosorry.Imayhavegottenthewrongaddress,”andshedisappeared.Thankgoodness…shedoesn’trecognizeme.Iwasquiterelieved.ItoldmyselfthatIwasn’tgoingtocare,orthinkaboutthisfortherestofmylife.

Thenawaveofreliefcameuponme…oneday,aletterregardingaschoolreunioncametomyhouse.IliedtomywifesayingthatIwasgoingonabusinesstrip.Afterthereunion,Iwentdowntotheoldshack,thatIusedtocallahouse…justoutofcuriositythere,Ifoundmymotherfallenonthecoldground.Shehadapieceofpaperinherhand.Itwasalettertome.

Shewrote:

Myson,Ithinkmylifehasbeenlongenoughnow.Foryou…I’msorrythatIonlyhaveoneeye,andIwasanembarrassmentforyou.Yousee,whenyouwereverylittle,yougotintoanaccident,andlostyoureye.Asamother,Icouldn’tstandwatchingyouhavingtogrowupwithonlyoneeye…soIgaveyoumine…Iwassoproudofmysonthatwasseeingawholenewworldforme,inmyplace,withthateye.Iwasneverupsetatyouforanythingyoudid.Thecoupletimesthatyouwereangrywithme.Ithoughttomyself‘it’sbecausehelovesme.’Imissyousomuch.Iloveyou.Youmeantheworldtome.MyWorldShattered.Ihatedthepersonwhoonlylivedforme.IcriedforMyMother,Ididn’tknowofanywaythatwillmakeupformyworstdeeds…

SoIgaveyoumine.Withallmylovetoyou!

Yourmom.

24.Whatdidthewriter’smotherdowhenhewasyoung?

A.Acook.B.Aworker.C.Abusinesswoman.D.Acleaner.

25.Thewriterwi

shedhismomtodie,whichmadehismom.

A.sadB.happyC.calmD.quiet

26.Thewriterstudiedveryhardinorderto_______.

A.gotoafamousuniversity

B.becomeasuccessfulman

C.livefarawayfromhismother

D.makehismotherlivehappily

27.Thewritermainlywantstotellus______.

A.howheknewhismother’ssecret

B.howhebecameasuccessfulman

C.howmuchhismotherlovedhim

D.howhismotherlostoneeye

C

ArecordwarmDecemberraisedaveragetemperaturesenoughtomake2015 thesecondhottestyearonrecordinthecontiguousUnitedStates,accordingtotheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration’sNationalClimateMonitoringAnnualReport,which was releasedThursday.

TheUnitedNationshadpreviouslyreportedthat2015wasshapinguptobethewarmestyearonrecordforthewholeplanet. 

LastyearwasalsothethirdwettestonrecordintheU.S.andsawtenweather-orclimate-relateddisastersthateachcausedatleast$1billionindamageintheU.S.andkilledatotalof155people.Theseinclude adrought,twofloods,fiveseverestorms,awildfire,andawinterstorm.  

The averageU.S.temperaturewas54.4°F,2.4°Fabovethe20thcenturyaverage,andsecondonlyto2012’srecordwarmth.Thiswasalsothe19thconsecutiveyearwithaveragetemperaturesabovetheaverageforthecentury. Everystatereported above-averageannualtemperatures.ThewarmingwasparticularlypronouncedacrossmostoftheeasternhalfofthecountryinDecember,whenmanyplacessawtemperatures30degreesabovenormalandmanyrecordswereset. 

ThismirroredchangesseenintheArcticthatmonth,whentemperaturesspikedto50degreesabovenorma

l.PartofthiswarmingwasdrivenbyastrongElNiño,orperiodicwarminginthePacificOcean,butsomeofitcanalsobeattributedtoglobalwarming,saysmeteorologistEricHolthaus,whowasnotinvolvedwiththefederalreport. 

Theanalysis comeslessthanamonthaftertheU.S.and194othercountriessignedanagreementinPar

istomoreaggressivelycountertheeffects ofclimatechange. 

“EvenifalltheinitialtargetsinParisaremet,we’llonlybepartofthewaytherewhenitcomestoreducingcarbonfromtheatmosphere,”saidPresidentBarackObama atthetime.Still,theagreementrepresented“aturningpoint”bysettingup“thearchitecture"fordoingso,hesaid. 

NOAA’sclimatemonitoringcenterdoesn’tissuepredictionsforfutureweather,buttheagency’sClimatePredictionCenterdoes.Thatteam’sforecastforthenextthreemonthscallsforwarmer-than-averagetemperaturesinmuchofthecountry,althoughpartsofTexasandtheSoutheastmaybealittlecoolerthanusual. 

AsLancasterUniversityProfessorGailWhitemantoldtheWeatherChannel,"climatechangemeansextremeweatheristhenewnormal." 

28.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentence“climatechangemeansextremeweatheristhenewnormal”?

A.Extremeweatherwillnotnormalduetotheclimatechange.

B.Climatechangewillresultintheunpredictableweather.

C.Climatechangewillbemoreandmorecommonexceptfortheextremeweather.

D.Extremeweatherwillbekindoftendencyinthefuture.

29.Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?

A.Thetargetofreducingcarbonisaccomplished.

B.$1billionlosswascausedbytheextremeweather.

C.InmostareasofUS,thetemperatureswillbewarmerthanaverage.

D.2015wasthefirstwarmestandthethirdwettestonrecordinthecountry.

30.Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?

A.Thereducingofcarbonstillneedsgreateffortsworldwide.

B.NOAAhasnothingtodowiththepredictionsforclimatechange.

C.ThewholeUSwillbewarmerinthefutureduetotheglobalwarming.

D.Theweatherchangeinthewesternareasismoreobviousthanthatintheeast.

31.Wecanprobablyfindthetextin__?

A.agovernmentreportB.asciencemagazine

C.anadvertisementD.anewspaper

D

Nopoemshouldeverbediscussedor“analyzed”,untilithasbeenreadaloudbysomeone,teacherorstudent.Betterstill,