高二英语试题精选广东汕头金山中学文档格式.docx

1、 Helicopter tour starts at Grand Canyon, West Rim Take a 4000-foot descent to the Colorado River beloHelicopters descend 4000 feet from the canyon rim to the banks of the Colorado River where visitors can enjoy a 15-dollar helicopter with all forward facing seats allowing 180 degrees of views in air

2、-conditioned fort You will see the Hoover Dam, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon and more! You land to have a romantic champagne piic lunch at the Grand CanyonLas Vegas Adventure TourHelicopter tour to Grand Canyon West include a wonderful Las Vegas Adventure Tour Aerial sightseeing tours origina

3、ting in Las Vegas, Nevada include breathtaking views of Lake Mead, the Mohave Desert, and the west rim of the Grand Canyon Aerial tours including round trip as well as bination tours attract many visitorsVisitors arriving at the Hualapai Nations Grand CanyonWestAirport may select one from activities

4、 above31 If the helicopter lands on the banks of the Colorado River you will _A visit the Hoover DamB have a romantic piic lunchC enjoy a pontoon boat rideD catch sight of Lake Mead32 Homuch should be paid if a couple wants to take a 13-minute helicopter tour?A 132 dollars B 264 dollars C 300 dollar

5、s D 1in-a-million error rate Our technique wont be able to achieve an extremely high accuracy level, so because of that, I dont think its useful for the courts He added that it will be a feyears before the dating app is available to consumers34 What is the first paragraph mainly about?A The operatio

6、n process of the app B The history of a technology panyC The functions and applications of the app D The origin and development of the netechnology35 What do we knoabout the app?A Its accuracy is the same as geic tests B It can help teachers pick out the honest pupilsC It will help see the structure

7、s of human skin D It has been already on the market for a feyears36 What can we learn from the text?A The technology will be applied to the medical fieldB The technology will replace lie detectors in the court of law,C Different human feelings have nothing to do with facial blood flopatternsD Sadnes

8、s is related to less facial blood floand redness when pared with anger37 What is the best title for the text?A The Story about Kang Lee B The Disadvantages of NeTechnologyC Various Smart Phones D A Developing App for Smart PhonesCWe knothe famous ones the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bell

9、s but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper（雨刮器）? Shouldnt we knoho they are?Joan Mclean thinks so In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that shes deve

10、loped a course on the topic In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions According to Mclean, “When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for i

11、nventing and more motivated to give inventing a try”Her students agree One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of Mclean statement “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wipers invention,” said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major, “I never would have dreamed o

12、f turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive” Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent（专利）to an umbrella producerSo, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to NeYork City The day was

13、cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snocovering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a built-in device for cleaning the windoStill wondering about this wh

14、en she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions One of her ideas, a lever（操作杆）on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiperToday we benefit from countless inventions and innovations Its hard to imagine driv

15、ing without Garrett A Morgans traffic light Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J Blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?38 By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that count

16、less inventions are _A beneficial, because their inventors are famousB beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC not useful, because their inventors are less famousD not useful, though their inventors are famous39 Professor Joan Mcleans course aims to _A add colour and variety to students

17、campus lifeB inform students of the windshield wipers inventionC carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD prepare students to try their own invention40 Tommy Lees invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _A not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB inspired by the story behind the

18、 windshield wiperC due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormD not related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures41 Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A Hoto Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?B Hoto Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?C

19、 Shouldnt We Knoho Invented the Windshield Wiper?D Shouldnt We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?DWe live in a time when technology has enabled everyone to be a journalist, yet not everyone has the proper training Whether out of ignorance or out of a sense of honor, some of the journalism on

20、line has done a better job of changing public opinion than showing the whole truthTwo recent stories are perfect reminders of the difference between the urge to change minds and basic journalism ethics（道德规范）“A college kid took some birds from a nearby tree and was sentenced to 10 years in prison,” w

21、ent a recent online headline from the Chinese Inter The acpanying vote showed that 85 percent of respondents sided with the student Some joked that most boys would be guilty of such a crime because everyone had stolen birds when they were childrenLeft out of the original report was the fact that the

22、 birds in question were falcons, which are on the nations list of protected, endangered species Birdwatchers also said that it was unlikely Yan Xiaotian, the 21-year-old defendant, had found the 12 birds in one tree For this particular species, he had to search a much larger areaFor me, the most imp

23、ortant questions are Did he knoit was illegal before he took the birds and did he knothat before he sold them?Follow-up reporting has found that the evidence showed that Yan knehat he was doing The only point of uncertainty is the very first time he took the first birds when he could be unaware of t

24、heir status and value As a matter of fact, the prosecutor（检察官） started out asking for a light punishment, but took a U-turn when data from Yans cell phone clearly showed that he had stolen themThe punishment, while sounding harsh（残酷的）, followed the laalmost to the letter The court has since said it

25、would reviethe case, a sign of giving in to public pressureLets look at the second story, which can be read as either “Elderly man had to walk in his shorts for hours in Sanya after his bike was taken by the citys quasi-police” or “Retired official illegally parked his bike for a swim and made the c

26、ity apologize and fire a low-paid city management staff member”Both played up different parts of the same story For me, Bi Guochangs age and former official title are not relevant to the case The key is whether he indeed parked his bike illegally and whether proper procedures were being followed by

27、taking it away and making him get it back Yet the reports focused on the image of an old man walking only in his shorts He could have phoned his family for backup（支持）or taken a taxi home first before plaining, as most would do in that situationSuch stories read like badly-written morality tales, wit

28、h everything in black and white and a simple yes-or-no message Real life is much more plicated Reporters have to be neutral and avoid taking sides too early42 Why was Yan Xiaotian sentenced to 10 years in prison?A He took some birds from a nearby tree B He searched a much larger area for birdsC He i

29、llegally took some falcons and sold them D He took 12 birds without knowing they were falcons43 According to the passage, the writer implied that _ A the judges should still follothe lastrictly B the punishment was too much for the studentC the student didnt get fair treatment from the judges D the court will resentence the student44 The writer mentioned the second story to shothat _ A the reports focused on the appearance of Bi Guochang rather than the truthB the journalists expressed their sympathy for the elderly personC the local o