高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

安达田中2017-2018学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

第一部分：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

Pacific Science Center Guide

◆Visit Pacific Science Center’s Store Don’t forget to stop by Pacific Science Center’s Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located(位于) upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laser Dome.

◆Hungry? Our exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our caféoffers

a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The caféis located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour Pacific Science Center closes.

◆Rental Information Lockers are available to store any belongs during your visit. The lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. Pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.

◆Support Pacific Science Center

Since 1962, Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today, Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. It’s an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit pacific science to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.

1.Where can you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?

A.In Building 1.

B. In Building 3.

C. At the Laser Dome.

D. At the Denny Way entrance.

2.What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?

A.Train science teachers.

B. Distribute science books.

C. Inspire scientific research.

D. Take science to the classroom.

3. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?

A. To encourage donations.

B. To advertise coming events.

C. To introduce special exhibits.

D. To tell about the Center’s history.

B

In 1990, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 230 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unluckily, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride. I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for quite a while in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he promised me that I would be safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

Twenty-six years later, in 2016, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favor I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some drinking