高二下学期英语期末考试试卷第16套真题

高二下学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解1. 阅读理解Nelda Billie has been waiting to turnon lights in her home for 15 years. ‘‘We’ve been living off those oillanterns,’’ she says. ‘‘Now we don’t have to have flashlights everywhere. Allthe kids have a flashlight. When they get up in the middle of the night to usethe restroom, they have a flashlight to go to the outhouse. ‘‘Billie, her husband and their five kidslive in a tiny, one-room cottage built with wood and mud, which is atraditional Navajo home. Their three sheep are on the green grass that carpetsthe rolling hills of Dilkon, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, the largest NativeAmerican reservation in the US. They watch two men in a cherry picker hook thelast power line to their home.Billie says they’ve gone through toomany e lectrical machines to count. ‘‘My two boys, they have really badallergies and they have asthma, so sometimes they need the sprayer.’’ Billie says. ‘‘So we usually go to their grandma’s house, travel in themiddle of the night over there back and forth. ‘‘The Billies are not alone. About 10% of Navajos on thereservation live without electricity. And as much as 40% of them have to haul theirwater far away and use outhouses. A poll of Native Americans conducted by NPR,theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of PublicHealth found that more than a quarter of Native Americans have experiencedproblems with electricity, the Internet and with the safety of their drinkingwater.Outside the Billies’ home, the couplewaits patiently for the workers to finish the job. Finally, after waiting forso long, the Billies watch the foreman turn on the meter behind their house andclose the cover. Nelda then runs inside to open the switch. ‘‘It’s so excitingto finally have electricity here after so man y years without it, ‘‘ Billiesays. ‘‘My kids are going to be so happy. They keep asking every day… They go,’Mum, we’re going to have light! We’re going to finally have light! ‘‘‘Now the family will wait and pray forrunning water and the Internet.（1）Why did Billie’s children have flashlights in the past?A . They used them as toys.B . They wanted to save electricity.C . They needed them to light up late at nightD . They prepared these for going to grandma’s house.（2）What can we learn from paragraph 2?A . The Billies lead a green but poor life.B . Electricity can bring about great changes.C . The situation of Native Americans is serious.D . There is an urgent need for electricity in Billie’s house.（3）How does Billie often find electricity to treat her ch ildren’s illness?A . By walking a long way to a friend.B . By producing electricity herself.C . By inviting workers to her house.D . By going to her mum’s house.（4）What does the underlined sentence ‘‘The Billies are not alone. ‘‘imply in paragraph 4?A . The Billies live far from cities but never feel lonely.B . More Navajos suffer greatly from no electricity.C . Only 10%of Navajos live without safe drinking water.D . A quarter of Navajos have experienced problems with electricity.（5）What is the best title for the text?A . The Disappearing Oil LanternsB . Poor People’s Bright FutureC . Electricity Bringing HopeD . Power Lines Construction2. 阅读理解Birthday parties and graduations are occasionswhen people celebrate with balloons, often releasing them into the sky happily. But what happens to those plasticballoons once they become flat? Where do they end up?For years, many environmental groups have pushedfor mass balloon releases to be inhibited,saying that balloon pieces and strings are dangerous to wil dlife. “Theycan bring harm to wildlife simply because they are colorful and bright, sowildlife might think they are delicious food, and their bodies can get caughtby the strings, thus making it difficult for them to swim or breathe.”Emma Tonge, communicati ons and outreach specialist at the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, told USAToday. Yet releases still happen.Researchers in Australia analyzed the effectsthat soft plastics like balloons have on seabirds. They have discovered thatsoft plastics are more likely thanhard plastics to cause barriers in seabirds’gastrointestinal tracts . Of the birds examined nearly one out of five died as a result of swallowing a balloon or balloon pieces.“If seabirds eat plastics, their risk of dea th increases, and even a single piece can be deadly,” wrote lead study author Lauren Roman, PhD student at University of Tasmania. “The evidence is clear that if we want to stop seabirds from dying from plastic ingestion we need to reduce or remove marine debris from their environment, particularly balloons.”Balloons Blow, a nonprofit organization, is devoted to educating people about the dangers released balloons can have on animals, people and the environment. The group points out that all released balloons return to the ground as litter. Animals like birds, whales and sea turtles can die after swallowing balloons.（1）Why does wildlife eat balloon pieces?A . They mistake them for delicious food.B . They eat anything for lack of food.C . They feel like eating bright things.D . They suck them just for pleasure.（2）What does the underlined word “inhibited” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?A . objectedB . adjustedC . bannedD . governed（3）What can we infer from the researchers’ analysis in paragraph 3?A . Seabirds are forced to swallow balloons.B . Balloons mainly determine seabirds’ survival.C . Soft plastics are worse than hard ones for seabirds.D . Seabirds are more sensitive to hard plastics.（4）What is Lauren Roman’s idea on the released balloons?A . They have bad effects on all the birds.B . They are harmless in small pieces.C . They are major damage to people.D . They do great harm to seabirds.（5）What is the text mainly about?A . What released balloons bring to the ocean.B . Why people should stop releasing balloons.C . When action will be taken to protect wildlife.D . How released balloons can be finally reduced.二、任务型阅读3. 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。