四川省双流中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题含答案

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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)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
The Coolest Inventions
An Oceans Vacuum(吸尘器）
There’s a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets。

That is both costly and slow. Instead，the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62—mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next year’s trials succeed, a full cle anup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42％over 10 years。

Easy—On Shoes
In 2012，Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent
a note to Nike。

“My dream is to go to college,” he wrote，“without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day。

” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand.
A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $130。

An Airport for Drones (无人机）
As Amazon，Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service，there is one big question：What kinds of home bases will their drones have？Rwanda，in Africa, may have the answer。

There，workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies，electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020。

21. What's the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum？
A. It can be put into wide use soon
B. It can grow year by year
C。

It can tear plastic into pieces D。

It can be a money-saver
22. What do we know about Nike？
A。

It provides customer-friendly services
B。

It is designing new shoes frequently
C. It offers free shoes to the disabled
D。

It responded to Matthew’s request passively
23。

Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports"？
A。

Because they are receptive to new technology
B。

Because there are too many drones
C. Because they’re easier to construct than roads
D. Because road travel there is rough
B
With five breakout（破纪录的）games，Jeremy Lin has become the NBA’s newest star.
In the New York Knicks’92—85 won over the Los Angles Lakers last Saturday，Lin had a career-high 38 points。

A day later，he led the Knicks to their fifth victory, 100—98 to Minnesota Timberwolves. In his previous games，Lin，23，had 23 points against the Washington，25 points against New Jersey and 28 against Utah in his first start。

Lin is smart。

Before graduating from high school in California，he had sent his application to all the Ivy League Schools(常青藤联盟)。

He only got into Harvard and Brown, and he chose Harvard。

In 2010，Lin。