河南省镇平一高学年高二上学期期末考前模拟英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、河南省镇平一高学年高二上学期期末考前模拟英语试题 Word版含答案 镇平一高2017年秋高二期末考前模拟英语试题第二部分 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 ）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。A Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket- anything with a round ball, I was

2、useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a r

3、unner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of adventure in Scotland, where he learnt about Ridgways

4、 cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, the decided that this would be his future. In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy

5、. He suffered frostbite, ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old pl

6、aymates would not believe the change. Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis. 21. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old? A. He became good at most sports. B.

7、He began to build up his body. C. He joined a sports team. D. He made friends with a runner. 22. The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _. A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations. W23. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happene

8、d to Saunders? a. He ran his first marathon. b. He skied alone in the North Pole. c. He rode his bike in a forest. d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole. A. a c d b B. c d a b C. a c b d D. c a b d 24. What does the story mainly tell us abut Saunders? A. He is a success in sports. B. He is th

9、e best British skier. C. He is Ridgways best student. D. He is a good instructor at school.B Its 2035. You have a job, a family and youre about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue t

10、o deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. Youre not even middle-ag

11、ed. As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldnt eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I h

12、ave for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies. “Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter.” In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space. and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer

13、 vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths

14、, the kids head for the front door. Its time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest

15、news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it. 25. What changes the color of your shirt? A. The mirror. B. The shirt itself. C. The counter. D. The medicine. 26. How do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal?

16、A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. B. By listening to the doctors advice. C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.D. By checking the nutrition details of the food. 27. The strawberries the children eat serve as _. A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition 28. How is the text organized? A. In order of time B