1、 - 1 - 哈师大青冈实验中学哈师大青冈实验中学 20172017- -20182018 学年度期中考试学年度期中考试 高二学年英语试题高二学年英语试题 第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分） 第一节第一节 ( (共共 1515 题；每小题题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分分) ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。 A Shakespeares Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeares WorldShakespeares Bir
2、thplace and Exhibition of Shakespeares World Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he grew up. The property(房产)remained in the ownership of Shakespeares family until 1806. The House has welcomed visitors travelling from all over the world, for over 25
3、0 years. Enter through the Visitors Centre and see the highlypraised exhibition Shakespeares World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare. Stand in the rooms where Shakespeare grew up. Discover examples of furniture and needlework from Shakespeares period. Enjoy the trad
4、itional(传统的)English garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poets works. The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map；nearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes walk). The House may present difficulties but the Visitors Centre, its exhibition, and the
5、 garden are OPENING TIMES 20 Mar to 19 Oct Mon to Sat:9:00 am to 5:00 pm Sun:9:30 am to 5:00 pm 20 Oct to 19 Mar Mon to Sat:9:30 am to 4:00 pm Sun:10:00 am to 4:00 pm - 2 - accessible(可进入的)to wheelchair users. Price:Price: Adult: 4.9 Child: 2.20 Family: 12.00 ( 2 adults + up to 3 Children ) The Shak
6、espeare Coffee House(opposite the Birthplace). 1. How much is the admission for a family of two grownups and two children? A. 9.80. B. 12.00. C. 14.20. D. 16.40. 2. Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeares Birthplace? A. Behind the exhibition hall. B. Opposite the Visitors Centre. C. At Wi
7、ndsor Street. D. Near the Coffee House. 3. A wheelchair user may need help to enter _. A. the House B. the garden C. the Visitors Centre D. the exhibition hall B Looking to unlockLooking to unlock What do you use to unlock your cellphone? A password? A fingerprint? Or simply a glance ?(一瞥) On Sept 1
8、2, Apple introduced its iPhone X, which has an eye-catching feature (特 色) Face ID. With Face ID, Apple says, you can unlock your new iPhone by just looking at it. It is powered by a so-called TrueDepth camera system built into the front of the iPhone X. When the camera system sees a persons face, it
9、 uses 30,000 unseen dots (点) to “map” (勾画) the shape and outline of the face. A mathematical model of the face will then be created and stored (储存) in the phone. The next time the person looks at the iPhone X, the same dots are mapped onto his or her face and compared to the stored model. If the two
10、 match, then the phone unlocks. This happens in less than a second. Apple says the system is smart. If you change your hairstyle, put on sunglasses - 3 - or makeup, or use the phone in the dark, Face ID still works. Although the technology sounds fancy, there are still concerns (担心). For example, wi
11、ll Face ID work for twins? According to Apple, the chance of others to unlock your iPhone X using Face ID is one in a million. Face ID can tell the difference between twins, but the error rating (出错率) rises. So one would need to set a password then. Apple also emphasizes (强调) that Face ID only unloc
12、ks when you stare at it. It is what Apple calls “attention aware (察觉)”. So the phone wont unlock if you are just glancing at the phone for the time. It wont work either if someone puts the phone at your sleeping face or your photo. 4. Face ID helps iPhone X users to _. A. take pictures more quickly
13、B. make their photos more beautiful C. unlock their cell phones quickly D. create their face models easily 5. How does the camera system of Face ID work? A. It creates a face model of the user and compares it with the users face later. B. It remembers users faces by taking their pictures. C. It uses
14、 a map to store face models of its users for later use. D. It matches the users faces with unseen dots stored in the system. 6. The iPhone X users may not unlock their phones successfully when _. A. they have changed their hairstyles B. the users are twins C. they use it without turning on the light
15、s D. they wear makeup 7. What is the main idea of the story? A. We can unlock a smartphone in three different ways. B. Apples iPhone X cant recognize a persons face. C. People have worries about the safety of using Face ID. D. Face ID is a program to unlock the iPhone X. C THE words “protect animals
16、” appear everywhere in books and on screens. But sometimes the reality can be a little different from what people read or watch. - 4 - About 300 black bears were killed in Florida, US, in October. It has been the first bear hunt in the state since 1994. Local officials explained that the black bear
17、population had grown to 3,500 and become a menace to local people. In the past two years, bears have hurt at least four people in Florida. Months ago , Swiss government allow locals to kill a wolf. This is because the wolf killed 38 sheep-it was a great loss to local farmers . Days ago in China, thr
18、ee old men were arrested by the police for killing a serow(鬣羚), a protected species. The old man said the killed the animal because it ate the plants they grown. However, these stories dont always mean that animal protection stops due to human interests, especially involving economic development. A
19、man named Zhou Weisen set up a wild animal base in Guilin, Guangxi. He saved over 170 tigers and 300 bears. But his base also offered jobs to local people. “There may never be a standard answer to the question of whether we should give more attention to the environment or human development,” said Ro
20、bert May, a British biologist at Oxford University. “But we shouldnt push either one to the side, as the future is hanging in the balance.” What he said is right.All of us shoud pay attention to the relationship. 8. What does the underlined word menace in Paragraph 2 probably mean ? A. Stop B. Dange
21、r C. Chance D. Challenge 9. What can we learn from the text? A. The serow is protected in China. B.The wolf is protected in Switzerland. C. Four people were killed by black bears in Florida D. The there old Chinese mens loss was made up for. 10. The author mentions Zhou Weisens story to show that_ .
22、 A. protecting animals is hard work. B.Zhou was good at feeding wild animals. C.Zhou kept a good relationship with local people. D. Protecting animals can benefit economic development. 11.Which of the following opinions might Robert May agree with? - 5 - A. Human development should be considered fir
23、st. B. We should pay more attention to animal protection. C. We should balance the environment and economic growth. D.Its hard to find good ways to solve the environmental problem. D Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture
24、 (文化) the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A womans smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across
25、cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians
