乌鲁木齐高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、乌鲁木齐高二英语上学期期中试题新疆乌鲁木齐市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题（无答案）(满分120，考试时间100分钟) 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABC和D)中，选出最佳选项。A Inside China Daily China, Japan ink fishery accordThe New China -Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year, Chinese vice -

2、minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing. Page 2Offshore funeralThe remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai. To save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials. Page 3The only wise ch

3、oiceCo -operation with the mainland for a peaceful reunification should be the only wise choice for the newly elected Taiwan leader. Page 4Interest in activity such as fairs, galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in China. Page 9Two sides of a story. The governments effor

4、ts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions. Page 10Blind, but not out. Yang Jia, an English professor at the Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of her eyesight and continues to make it in her work. Page 111.

5、The above section may possibly appear on _ of China Daily. A. the last page B. Page 5C. the Front Page D. Page 9 2. From the text we can learn that _ . A. more and more people have begun to do art business B. no one will be buried in the ground after they die in ShanghaiC. Chinese fishermen can go f

6、ishing freely in Japan soon D. a blind professor can work better 3. When you look through this issue of China Daily, you are sure to find _ . A. interesting stories of art fairs, galleries and exhibitions of different shapes in ChinaB. how Taiwans new leader was madeC. that people think differently

7、of reducing pupils burdenD. sad stories about students with heavy burden in primary and middle schoolsB It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors cant fix the damage. Sometimes they

8、are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain. Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold

9、, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain. Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, and then he operated on them. He made the monkeys blood go through a machine. The machine cooled th

10、e blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys brains. When the brains temperature was 10C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were he

11、althy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them. 4. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that _. A. the blood-cooling machine might break down B. the time is too short for doctors C. the patients are often too nervous D. the damage is extremely hard

12、 to fix 5. The brain operation was made possible mainly by _. A. having the blood go through a machine B. lowering the brains temperatureC. taking the blood out of the brain D. trying the operation on monkeys first 6. With Dr. Whites new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _. A. can keep the pa

13、tients brain healthy B. can help monkeys do different jobsC. can last as long as 30 minutes D. can keep the brains blood warm 7. What is the right order of the steps in the operation?a. send the cooled blood back to the brainb. stop the blood to the brainc. have the blood cooled downd. operate on th

14、e brainA. b, c, d, a B. a, b, c, d C. c, a, b, d D. c, b, d, a C Mike Miles hadnt had a stable job in years. He bounced around from one position to another, never sure when his last day would be. Sometimes, he lost a position with less than a days notice. This wasnt due to a poor work ethicfrom arri

15、ving early to staying late, Miles says he did everything he could to build a good relationship with employers. But because Miles had a criminal record, he was always cut loose when it came time to let staff go. It wasnt until October 2015, nearly a decade after his release from prison, that a cousin

16、 told Miles about Lancaster Food Company, a local business that focuses on hiring people released from prison. Hoping this would clear up what felt like a thick cloud of uncertainty over his future, Miles submitted an application. He got an interview, and he then began a new job. Miles scenario is r

17、are in Lancaster, where the poverty rate holds steady at 30%. This figure riled Charlie Crystle, Lancasters co-founder and CEO. Crystle was raised in Lancaster but left in 1986 to purse a college degree and later, a career in technology. He co-founded four tech companies, one of which sold for milli

18、ons of dollars back in 2000. Crystle is skeptical that many of Lancasters low-income residents can get started the way he did. He believes food production is a key way to meet former offenders who may lack a college degree. Lancaster produces products like bread. Nowadays the company is rapidly expa

19、nding; however, at just 16 full-time employees, including administration and owners, it doesnt lower the citys poverty rate. Crystle says he wants to inspire other companies to rethink their current practices and start conversations around minimum wage and employment opportunities for everyone, incl

20、uding ex-offenders. Dan Jurman, who chairs the citys Commission to Combat Poverty, believes that Crystles business is a great way to make this happen. None of us can handle these issues alone, he said.8. The purpose of the first paragraph is to show _ . A. the reason why Lancaster Food Company was f

21、ounded B. a mans difficulty in living a stable life C. an increasingly competitive workplace D. a decrease in employment opportunities 9. What does the underlined word riled in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. Amused. B. Embarrassed. C. Annoyed. D. Discouraged. 10. What words can best describe Cha

22、rlie Crystle according to the text? A. Humorous, diligent and ambitious. B. Successful and socially responsible.C. Outgoing, kind and considerate. D. Wealthy but a little bit greedy.11. In Dan Jurmans opinion, what is the biggest achievement of Lancaster Food Company? A. It creates a stable environm

23、ent for people.B. It greatly increases employment opportunities. C. It suggests an idea for fighting poverty. D. It provides a way to handle ex-offenders.DWhen you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a n

24、ewspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere. In the West, advertisements a

25、re the fuel that makes mass media work. Many TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations are privately owned. The government does not give them money. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private businesses. Have you ever ask

26、ed yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “keeping your name before the public. ” And some people thought that advertising was “truth well told.” Now more and more people describe

27、 it in this way: Advertising is the paid, nonpersonal, and usually persuasive description of goods, services and ideas by identified sponsors (明确的出资者)through various media. First, advertising is usually paid for. Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see, read, and hear over the various med

28、ia. Second, advertising is nonpersonal. It is not face to face communication. Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you, in reality, it is directed at large groups of people. Third, advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it tells peop

29、le to do something. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service advertised can do good to them. Fourth, the sponsor of the advertisement must be identified. From the advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or an organization, or an individual. Fift

30、h, advertising reaches us through traditional and nontraditional mass media. Included in the traditional media are newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and films. Nontraditional media include the mail, matchbox covers, and billboards. 12. The existence of the privately owned mass media depends

31、financially on . A. the audience B. the government C. their owners families D. advertisements13. According to the passage, who are most probably paying for the advertisements?A. Organizations. B. Individuals. C. Companies. D. All of the above. 14. Which of the following is considered nontraditional mass media? A. The mail. B. Magazines C. Films. D. Newspapers15. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the features of advertisements is NOT true? A. Advertising