精品全国百强校广东省仲元中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题原卷版.docx

1、精品全国百强校广东省仲元中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题原卷版广东省仲元中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题本试卷分第1卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I卷注意事项：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(

2、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 Motor 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

3、 still be run by the founding family after a century, you can also make the day complete with a cream tea for 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. A

4、fter the tour you will be able to view the museum at your leisure, take your time to discover the wonderful history 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 accomp

5、anied by an adult)AvailabilityAvailable on weekdays only. The factory closes for one week at Easter, during July 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

6、 that dates are available. This is only a guideline and we advise you to book as early as possible to ensure that 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

7、glutenfree(无谷蛋白) diets.The Morgan gift shop is open daily.The Morgan museum is open daily and free of charge to 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 Mo

8、rgan Motor Company Factory Tour can know _Athe development of the scienceBthe way to make the cream teaCthe production 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

9、the factory any time on weekdays.DThe disabled can use their wheelchairs in the factory.3. Where can we find this 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

10、 population of over a million. Most people lived in rural areas, and never saw a city in their lives. In 1900, 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 exc

11、eeded three billion; and in 2008, the worlds population crossed a tipping point more than half of the people 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 negativ

12、ely crowded, dirty environments full of disease and crime. They feared that as cities got bigger, living conditions 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 populatio

13、n.Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, author of The Victory of the Cir, is one such person. Glaeser argues that 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 citie

14、s, what is most important today is the flow of ideas. Successful cities enable people to learn from each other 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

15、 haft of the worlds population to live on about four percent of the land. This leaves more space for open country, 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 an

16、d 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

17、is Paragraph 1 mainly about?A. The history of modern cities.B. Changes taking place within cities.C. How cities have grown over time.D. Why modern cities are changing.5. How have experts attitudes towards cities changed in recent decades?A. They now view the weaknesses as strengths.B. They no longer

18、 see city-riving as attractive.C. They accept city life in spite of its problems.D. They think city-riving provides more benefits.6. Which of the following would Edward Glaeser agree with?A. Cities provide more economic opportunities.B. City people get along better with each other.C. Over-crowded ci

19、ties result in problems.D. Cities limit the flow of ideas.7. According to Paragraph 4, what would be the result of moving people out of cities?A. Economic production would be reduced.B. There would be less farmland available.C. People would travel less frequently.D. House values would fall greatly.C

20、From my earlier memory of Mother it somehow seemed quite natural to think of her as different, nor of everyday things as Father was. In those days he was a young-looking man. He did not hesitate to make friends with children as soon as they were able to talk to him and laugh at his stories. Mother w

21、as older than he was. She must have been a woman of nearly forty, but she seemed even older. She changed little for a long time, showing no indication of growing old at all until, towards the end of her life, she suddenly became an old lady.I was always inquisitive about Mothers age. She never had b

22、irthdays like other people, nor did anyone else in our family. No candles were ever lit or cakes made or presents given in our house. To my friends in the street who talked delightfully about their birthday parties, I would repeat my mothers words that such celebrations were only foolish.“Nothing bu

23、t deception,” she would say. “As though life can be marked by birthdays. Its deeds, not years, that matter.”Although I often repeated her words and even prided myself on not having birthdays, I once could not help asking Mother when she was born.“I was born. Im alive as you can see, so what more do

24、you want to know?” she replied, so sharply that I never asked her about her age again.In so many other ways Mother was different. Whereas all the rest of the women I knew in the neighboring hoses took pride in their housewifely abilities, their new furniture, the neat appearance of their homes, Moth

25、er regarded all those things as of little importance. Our house always looked as if we had just moved in or were about to move out.8. How did Father impress the author?A. He liked writing stories. B. He loved making friends.C. He was a very young man. D. He was popular with children.9. Before the en

26、d of her life, Mother _.A. looked quite young B. looked like an old ladyC. looked younger than she was D. looked like a forty-year-old woman10. What does the word “inquisitive” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Certain B. Curious. C. Cautious. D. Confident.11. What do we learn about Mother?A. She was

27、lazy. B. She was strict. C. She was proud. D. She was specialDIn todays consumer world, weve never had so much, yet it seems weve never been so unsatisfied. The cost of housing has been rising for decades, and the cost to the planet has been huge, too. But there is a way to live a simpler, greener,

28、and more affordable life: buy a TinyDwelling home!TinyDwelling homes are very small, yet comfortable houses at affordable prices. Each TinyDwelling home has a contemporary design and included a living room, kitchen, bathroom, upstairs sleeping area, and convenient storage space. TinyDwelling homes a

29、re cheap to run and ecologically-friendly, too. All you need is a small heater to keep your house warm in cold weather, and solar panels (太阳能电池板) in order to provide light and electricity.TinyDwelling is part of the small-living movement that began in the late 1990s. Back then, a growing number of p

30、eople began to live in very small homes. They wanted to reduce their possessions, living space, and energy costs, so as to lead more ecologically-friendly lives. But the small-living movement really took off after the economic crisis of 2008, when many people realized that they couldnt afford to kee

31、p large homes.Lizzy Morriaon, a small-living enthusiast, started TinyDwelling homes in 2008 to meet the needs of these people. Since then, Lizzy has been designing and building homes nonstop, and TinyDwelling homes have become so popular that thousands of people have bought one. And Lizzy hasnt only

32、 designing and building houses. She has also been teaching people how to build them. Simply buy the plans and materials so that you can build your own home, and save even more money!12. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that _.A. rich people are very unsatisfied B. people are damaging the environmentC. there are more poor people than beforeD. people spend much money in saving the planet13. What do we know about the