山西省临汾市届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题Word文档格式.docx

1、30 pm for a direct journey to Phillip Island.See the Gippsland area Guinness Book of Records place for the worlds longest earthworm（蚯蚓）Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distanceCross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island natural

2、home for Little Penguins and many animalsTake your place in special viewing stands（看台） to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little PenguinsUltimate Penguins （+U） Join a group of up to 15. This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Penguins. You can see penguins a

3、t night by wearing a special pair of glasses. Adult（成人） $60.00 Child $30.00Viewing Platform Penguin Plus （+V） More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands. Adult $25.00 Child $12.50Penguin Skybox （+S） Join a gro

4、up of only 5 in the comfort of a special, higher-up viewing tower. Gain an excellent overview of Summerland Beach. Adult 16yrs +$50.001. What kind of people is the text mainly written for?A. Scientists. B. Students C. Tourists. D. Artists.2. We can learn from the text that Little Penguins_.A. have b

5、een on Phillip Island for years B. keep a Guinness record for their sizeC. are trained to practice diving for visitors D. live in large groups to protect themselves3. How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour?A. $37.50. B. $62.50. C. $180.00. D. $150.00.B More than 10 year

6、s ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple （菠萝）. The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1966, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves. The new type of pineapple looked mor

7、e yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly b

8、ecoming the worlds best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple. In nutrition （营养） it was all good news too. This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C（维生素C） than the old green variety. Nutr

9、itionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the heal

10、thy eater. Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Montes attempts to keep the golden pineapple fo

11、r itself were just a way to knock them out the market.4. We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is _. A. green outside and sweet inside B. good-looking outside and soft inside C. yellowy-gold outside and hard inside D. a little soft outside and sweet inside5. Why was the new type of p

12、ineapple selling well? A. It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice. B. It was less sweet and good for health. C. It was developed by Del Monte. D. It was used as medicine.6. The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something _. A. that people enjoy eating B. that is always pre

13、sent C. that is difficult to get D. that people use as a gift7. We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte _. A. slowed other companies to develop pineapples B. succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself C. tried hard to control the pineapple market D. planned to help the other companiesC Ed

14、ward Wilson is Americas, if not the worlds, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the worlds natural resources（资源）. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understan

15、d fully the biodiversity（生物多样性）of our earth. Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment （环境） protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares todays Walden Pond with that of Thoreaus day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done g

16、reat damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future? Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages fro

17、m it. A mere hundred species（物种） are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enla

18、rge farming areas.At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may well read and act on the ideas in this book.8. We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about _A. the environment for pl

19、ants B. the biodiversity of our earthC. the wastes of natural resources D. the importance of human values9. How many species are most important to our present food supply?A. Twenty. B. Eighty. C. One hundred D. Ten thousand.10. Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to _.A. learn how t

20、o farm scientifically B. build homes for some dying speciesC. make it clear what to eat D. use more species for food11. We can infer that the text is _A. a description of natural resources B. a research reportC. a book review D. an introduction to a scientist.DPlants are flowering faster than scient

21、ists predicted （预测） in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say. Increased carbon dioxide （CO2） in

22、the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth. “Predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researches of several U.S. univ

23、ersities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services. The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,63

24、4 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing（长出叶子） by 4 times. “Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance for both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increases,” the study said. The de

25、sign of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis （光合作用） to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen whic

26、h is needed by nearly every organism on the planet. Scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979. So far, efforts to cut emissions （排放） of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth hea

27、ting up beyond（超出） 2 this century a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.12. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1? A. Plants reaction to

28、weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems. B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation. C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns. D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.13. We can learn from the study published on the

29、Nature website that _ .A. plants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change14. Scientists pay special attention t

30、o the study of plants because _ . A. they can prove the climate change clearly B. they are very important in the food chains C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before15. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the

31、 worlds temperature? A. It has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979. B. Its change will lead to weather extremes. C. It is 0.8 higher in 1979 than that of 1900. D. It needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.第二节（共5小题;每小题3分,满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Modern life is making us lonelier, and recent research