学广东省仲元中学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题Word格式文档下载.docx

1、注意事项：1答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。2选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分 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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMorgan Motor Company Factory Tour and Cream Tea for TwoDescriptionsThe Morgan Mo

2、tor Company Factory is based in Malvern but is famous all over the world for their cars character and charisma （魅力）Not only will you enjoy a guided tour of the only car maker in the world to still be run by the founding family after a century, you can also make the day complete with a cream tea for

3、two.ActivitiesDuring this fascinating tour you will see how the cars are made from start to finish using a mixture of modern technology and traditional methods, as you visit the workshops. After the tour you will be able to view the museum at your leisure, take your time to discover the wonderful hi

4、story of this automobile. You will also enjoy a cream tea in the Morgan Cafe to make it just a little bit more special for free.Participant guidelinesMinimum age: 5 （under 16s must be accompanied by an adult）AvailabilityAvailable on weekdays only. The factory closes for one week at Easter, during Ju

5、ly and at Christmas, please check with the factory for their closure dates.We advise booking at least four weeks in advance but during the summer months this increases to six weeks to ensure that dates are available. This is only a guideline and we advise you to book as early as possible to ensure t

6、hat dates are available before the expiry date listed on your voucher. All bookings are subject to availability.Additional informationThe Visitor Centre Cafe is open daily and can cater for glutenfree（无谷蛋白） diets.The Morgan gift shop is open daily.The Morgan museum is open daily and free of charge t

7、o visit.There is a large visitor car park.All areas are wheelchairs friendly.Packaging and DeliveryFor information on our packaging and delivery, please click here.1. A visitor to join in Morgan Motor Company Factory Tour can know _Athe development of the scienceBthe way to make the cream teaCthe pr

8、oduction process of carsDthe secret to run a car company2. What can we learn from the text?AChildren aged 12 can visit there alone.BVisitors can enjoy the free meals there.CPeople can visit the factory any time on weekdays.DThe disabled can use their wheelchairs in the factory.3. Where can we find t

9、his tour information?AIn a newspaper. BOn the Internet.CIn a geography book. DIn a magazine. BIn 1800, only three percent of the worlds population lived in cities. Only one city Beijing had a population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900

10、, just a hundred years later, roughly 150 million people lived in cities, and the worlds ten largest cities all had populations exceeding one million. By 2000, the number of city dwellers exceeded three billion; and in 2008, the worlds population crossed a tipping point more than half of the people

11、on Earth lived in cities. By 2050, that could increase to over two-thirds. Clearly, humans have become an urban species.In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many people viewed cities negatively crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living cond

12、itions would worsen. In recent decades, however, attitudes have changed. Many experts now think urbanization （城市化） is good news, offering solutions to the problems of Earths growing population.Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the Cir, is one such person. Glaeser argues that

13、 cities are very productive because “the absence of space between people” reduces the cost of transporting goods, people, and ideas. While the flow of goods has always been important to cities, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each othe

14、r easily, and attract and reward smart people with higher wages.Another urbanization supporter is environmentalist Stewart Brand. Brand believes cities help the environment because they allow haft of the worlds population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open cou

15、ntry, such as farmland. City dwellers also have less impact per person on the environment than people in the countryside. Their roads, sewers, and power lines need fewer resources to build and operate. City apartments require less energy to heat, cool, and light. Most importantly, people in cities drive less so they produce fewer greenhouse gases per person.So its a mistake to see urbanization as evil; its a natural part of development. The challenge is how to manage the growth.4. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. The history of modern cities.B.