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1、学年吉林省五地六校合作校高二第一学期期末考试英语试题B卷 Word版 听力绝密启用前吉林省“五地六校”合作2018-2019学年高二第一学期期末考试(B)英语试题评卷人得分一、阅读理解Best Travel Guides by ContinentWeve broken down (分类)the best travel guides, by continent, to help you find student discounts and travel like a local on your next adventure.Europelets Go Europe 2019: The Stude

2、nts Travel GuideLets Go was founded about 56 years ago when a Harvard student had an idea to provide accessible, budget travel tips for young people. Students love its amusing pages. lets Go Europe 2018 has everything you need for your tripfrom the best beer in Brussels to how to avoid the lines at

3、the Louvre.AfricaThe Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands, and the Garden RouteWith its colorful photos and detailed tips on how to make the most of South Africa, The Rough Guide is the book to get when visiting Africa. You may not have access to Google Maps when youre out exploring but thats OK.

4、 The Rough Guide also comes with easy use to maps. It can be purchased as an eBook, or as a paperback (平装本).AsiaLonely Planet: South East Asia on a ShoestringThis guide is perfect for those backpacking through the hidden treasures of South-East Asia. With detailed recommendations from experts in the

5、 area, this guide helps first-times as well as experienced backpackers. This book can be purchased as a paperback travel guide. A download for an eBook or separate chapters can be purchased to serve as a guide to specific cities.North AmericaLonely Planet USA Travel GuideWith detailed reviews of the

6、 best places to eat, sleep, and explore, Lonely Planet is linked with budget-friendly attractions and that is why it makes our best travel guides list. This travel guide is available in paperback.1What is the common character of the four travel guides?AThey are all expensive.BThey are intended for s

7、tudents.CThey all have a very long history.DThey are all available online.2Which travel guide can be downloaded partly online?Alets Go Europe 2019: The Students Travel Guide.BThe Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands, and the Garden Route.CLonely Planet USA Travel Guide.DLonely Planet: South East

8、Asia on a Shoestring.3Why does the author recommend Lonely Planet USA Travel Guide?AIt contains recommendations from experts.BIt introduces the attractions in an amusing style.CIt has colorful photos and vivid travel videos.DIt provides cheap but attractive travel destinations.All Jalen Bailey wants

9、 is for his mom to be happy. So, the 8-year-old boy is using a hobby that brings him much joy to make enough money to buy her a house.Right now, they live in a small apartment in Fresno, California, because its all they can afford, but Jalen is hoping to change that with his bakery. “I know Jalen wa

10、nts me to have a bigger place, but I want the same for him,” Sharhonda Mahan, Jalens mom, told TODAY. “He deserves a big kitchen to cook in and a backyard to run around in.”Jalen, who started baking at 5, opened Jalens Bakery out of his kitchen on July 1 and has already raised $200. “I love baking b

11、ecause its kind of like science,” Jalen said. “You get to put different baking materials into a bowl and make something new, which is what science is all about.”For now, hes delivering the baked goods locally around Fresno with the help from his mom but he launched a GoFundMe, hoping to eventually s

12、hip nationwide. Jalen has always been a little entrepreneur(企业家), taking after his mom, a full-time nanny. In fact, he also has a photography business on the side.At 6, he started an annual back-to-school drive at a local homeless shelter and made bracelets to sell at school carnivals. He also took

13、a business class in early June to learn how to start a lemonade stand, but decided to use those same skills to instead open a bakery.“Everyone in the family kept telling him how good he is at baking and suggested doing that instead of a lemonade stand,” Mahan said. “He agreed with them and the very

14、next day, he was filling out an application to get his baking license.” Once he had his license, he attended his first business mixer. While networking with local bakers, he met one who offered to donate Jalen an oven, so he could bake even more cookies and banana bread.4What does the underlined wor

15、d “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?AJalens hobby. BA great deal of money.CJalens family members. DThe state of living in a small house.5What can we know about Jalen from the passage?AHe likes delicious banana bread.BHis favorite subject is science.CHes fond of scientific invention.DHes interested in d

16、oing business.6What made Jalen finally choose to open a bakery?AThe local bakers suggestion.BThe baking license he had got.CHis familys advice and support.DHis related knowledge and skills.7What can we learn about Jalens bakery from the passage?AIt has opened for three years.BIt has brought him enou

17、gh money.CIt has got the aid of the locals help.DIt has become a famous local bakery.When you get a cut, you cover it with a bandage. How do you know when to change it? Maybe you just wait until its wet or dirty. But when people have long-term or chronic (慢性的)wounds that take months to get better, c

18、hanging bandages too early or to late could make healing take even longer. Changing the dressing on a wound too often can provide an opportunity for infections to get in. But if a bandage gets very wet very quickly from the inside, it might be filling with pus (脓)-a sign an infection has begun. Judg

19、ing just when to change is important.Chronic wounds are common in people who are older or who have certain health conditions. Chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million people per year in the United States. When Anushka Naiknaware, 13, learned about chronic wounds, she decided to make a device that co

20、uld alert a person when its time to change their bandages.After a lot of trials and errors, the teen settled on a design that used an “ink” filled with carbon nanoparticles(纳米粒子). The teen loaded her ink into a printer cartridge (墨盒) to print onto her special paper, which was to be made into bandage

21、. Well, actually, Anushka loaded her ink into many, many printer cartridges. Just changing a printer cartridge isnt easy, and filling one is even harder.The small printed papers cost only 5 to 10 cents, Anushka estimates. The Bluetooth sensor is more expensive, but the teen notes that it could be us

22、ed over and over again. She also knows there is a long way to go before her design can help patients. It hasnt been tested on a real person yet. “You have to make sure everything works perfectly,” she says.8What can we learn from Paragraph 1?AThe right time to change bandages is significant.BChronic

23、 wounds with a bandage wont heal.CChanging bandages often will help cure wounds.DOlder people are victims of chronic wounds.9What does the underlined word “alter” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AAssist. BRemind. CComfort. DControl.10What is stressed in Paragraph 3?AThe shape of the printer cartridge.B

24、The discovery of materials of the bandage.CThe amazing features of carbon nanoparticles.DThe difficulty Anushka had with her invention.11What could be the best title for the text?AA bandage is widely used for injuries.BA girl decides to treat chronic wounds.CA bandage that can tell the changing time

25、.DA teen invents a device that heals wounds.Over the past few years Ive had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been making changes to my brain. Im not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when Im reading. Involving myself in a book or a lengthy article us

26、ed to be easy. Thats rarely the case any more.I think I know whats going on. For over a decade, Ive been spending lots of time online. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes by a few Google searches. Even wh

27、en Im not working, Im scanning headlines or just tripping from link to link.The Net is becoming a universal medium where information flows through my eyes and ears and into mind. The perfect recall of silicon memory (硅制存储器) can be a blessing to thinking. But that comes at a price. As the media theor

28、ist Marshall Mcluhan pointed out, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is weakening my ability for concentration. Once I was a driver in the sea of words. Now I zip along t

29、he surface like a flying swallow.Im not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to acquaintances, Bruce Friedman, a blogger, also has described how the Internet has changed his mental habits. His thinking has taken on a “staccato (破碎)” quality. “I cant read War and Peace any more” he a

30、dmitted, “Ive lost the ability to do that.”A recently published study suggests that when reading online, we tend to become “more decoders (解码器) of information”. We are not only what we read; we are how we read.12According to the passage, the author thinks_Athe Net is merely a headache.Bhe can no lon

31、ger die but swim shallowly.Cthe once naturally deep reading has become a struggle.Dother people around rarely have similar feelings like him.13What is the authors attitude towards the Internet?AThoroughly passive.BTotally puzzled.CGladly approving.DEvidently worried.14From the passage, the more peop

32、le use the Web, _Athe more mental habits can be improved.Bthe more they have to fight to stay focused.Cthe more they are influenced in shape.Dthe more online activities they can enjoy.15Which of the following can best summarize the text?AIs the Net gradually making us stupid?BLong articles are hard to read nowadays.CDo people lack concentration to co