甘肃省会宁一中高二期中试卷

会宁一中2018-2019学年度第二学期高二英语第一次月考试卷（满分120分，考试时间110分钟）注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

命题人：岳良军审题人：贠小斌第一部分阅读理解（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。

AIf you frequently travel for business, Staybridge Suites offer you a range of home comforts. Four recent visitors to Staybridge Suites explain why they booked, what they enjoyed and what made them want to return．Claire Metcalf“The concept is great, but the staff are the ones who really make it.” she says. “It takes a lot of discipline to always be friendly, but the staff at Staybridge Suites do that. They genuinely care about you.”Andrew Roberts“One of the best things is having my own kitchen. I often end up working late and I don’t fancy eating in a restaurant on my own, so cook ing for myself is a big attraction”.“The main thing for me is being able to cook and have my own little flat. The staff are amazing. It is great to be recognized by them,” he says.Pauline Robinson“What I love about it is the way that you are treated by the staff,” she says. “Some of the staff have been there all that time and they do look after you well. As a woman staying on my own, it is reassuring that they look out for you, and recently when I was poorly depressed they even brought things I needed to my room.”Ryan Ruckledge“The fully-equipped kitchen is great. I always have a one-bed apartment so I have a separate kitchen and dining room and I’m able to relax and cook some meals. Eating out can feel a bit much when you do it day in and day out--it makes you hate what you do--and I don’t want that.”1.What attracts visitors to Staybridge Suites?A. A home from home.B. A one-bed apartment.C. A separate dining room.D. A lot of discipline.2.Who think highly of the kitchen of Staybridge Suites?A. Pauline Robinson and Ryan Ruckledge.B. Ryan Ruckledge and Claire Metcalf.C. Pauline Robinson and Claire Metcalf.D. Andrew Roberts and Ryan Ruckledge.3.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the article?A. To introduce four recent visitors.B. To advertise Staybridge Suites.C. To inform us of a new service.D. To sing high praise for the staff．B“You’ll be blind by the time you’re twenty-five,” a doctor at Children’s Hospital predicted. “Your blood sugars are much too high.” It c onsumed me. No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, waiting for just the right opportunity to break open and destroy my world.I liked painting. Losing myself in painting filled me with peace. Painting provided me with the only place where I could escape from those threatening words.高二英语第 1 页共6 页When I was twenty-one, my right eye went blind. Precisely three months after my twenty-fifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage (大出血) in my left eye because of an accident. For the next twenty years, vision came and went. I went through many eye operations in an attempt to keep my vision. But after one final operation, I lost the battle and all remaining vision. And I buried all dreams of painting.Desperate, I enrolled in (注册) a sixteen-week program for the blind and visually impaired (损伤的). I learned personal adjustment and the use of a computer with adaptive(自适应的) software. A whole new world opened up to me through this program.“Jaws and Window-Eyes are leading software for the blind,” my instructor told me. “You can use the Internet, e-mail and Microsoft with all its tools and features.” It’s amazing! Hope went up for the first time in years. “By learning how to use hot keys to control the mouse, you can use Microsoft Access, Excel and Powerpoint,” my instructor added.For the next several years, I learned that when one door closes, another door opens. There are plenty of choices available for the blind and visually impaired through the gift of technology. Not only do I have a speaking computer, but I have a speaking watch, alarm clock and calculator.4. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. The right opportunity.B. The children’s hospital.C. Consuming too much sugar.D. Losing my sight in the future.5. What happened when the author was 25 years old?A. He gave up painting.B. He went blind completely.C. He injured one of his eyes.D. He picked up a new hobby. 6. What brought a turning point to the author?A. A meaningful event.B. A special course.C. An inspiring speech.D. An important interview.7. What does the author intend to tell us?A. Every dog has its day.B. It is never too old to learn.C. Where there is a will, there is a way.D. Be optimistic about difficulties in life.CPeople in Mayilattumpara, a village in southwest India, could not sleep at night. Because of habitat (栖息地) loss, wild elephants would enter their village to look for food, destroying crops and farmland. The villagers tried to keep the wild elephants out with electric fences, deep holes and plants believed to keep the animals away. They even tried beating drums.Nothing worked! The repeated destruction of crops led some villagers to stop farming.The villagers’ lot improved last year. That is because villagers have finally found what keeps the elephants away: honeybees. Elephants, as it turns out, are afraid of loudly buzzing bees and their stings(蛰刺).A wire fence holding beehives(蜂房) now runs along the border of the village.When elephants try to pass the 2.5 kilometer wire fence, angry bees fly out in groups and the elephants quickly flee, people in the village say. Protected by the bees, farmers have restarted to grow their crops. Some even started to raise honeybees.The idea started in Africa. V.S. Roy worked for the federal government’s Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA). He said the idea for the fence came from the work of an Oxford university researcher, Lucy King. In 2008, the idea whether honeybees would keep高二英语第 2 页共6 页elephants away from areas was first tested by King in Kenya. After several studies, the idea proved to be a great success in Tanzania. Roy wondered, “If it could work in the African forest, why couldn’t it work in the Kerala forest?” Therefore, he worked with the farmer’s association in Mayilattumpara to start the experiment.The results of this experiment have encouraged farmers from other areas to try similar projects.The government also has been working to settle conflict between humans and elephants by reduci ng deforestation and improving the elephants’ natural habitat.8.Why did wild elephants come to Mayilattumpara at night?A. To search for food.B. To ruin farmland.C. To destroy crops.D. To annoy villagers.9. What does the author mean by menti oning “The villagers’lot improved last year”(Para. 2)?A. Elephants’ living conditions got better.B. The villagers began to raise honeybees.C. The villagers were spared from crop destruction.D. There was no need for elephants to destroy crops.10. Where was the idea of keeping elephants away first successfully tested?A. In Kenya.B. In Tanzaniaa.C. In Keral.D. In Mayilattumpara.11. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Some farmers trying doing research.B. The government has settled the conflict.C. Villagers are partly to blame for crop destruction.D. Climate led to the loss of elephants’ natural habitat.DThe subway system in the U.S. city of Boston will soon be equipped with train cars "Made in China," which will be shipped to the city in December. The current train cars in Boston have been running for decades and are too old to provide a modern trip experience.Made in northeastern China’s Jilin Province, the new cars can run at a speed of 102 kilometers per hour. Although designed according to the U.S. standard, the producing method of the cars is owned by a Chinese company named CRRC, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation. The final products match the Boston subway’s strict maximum weight requirement of 34 tons per car, which barred a lot of world-famous companies from getting the order form. “The cars have to be solid, but light-weight at the same time,” technology manager of the project Hong Haifeng told CCTV’s Mandarin news channel. “And they have to be compatible with the century-old facilities(设施) in Boston so that they can run smoothly.”This is the first time for Chinese rail equipment to be used in the United States. The new cars are designed to run for 30 years. CRRC showcased the model car in Boston on April 3. CCTV reported that the model was praised by the local leaders and citizens, including the governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker. “We’re really looking forward to putting these in transit,” he said, adding that the upgrades will bring the Boston subway into t he modern era.12. Why Boston choose train cars made in China?A. They are of higher quality.B. They can run at a higher speed.C. They meet the Boston subway’s strict requirements.D. They can offer the local people a modern trip experience.高二英语第 3 页共6 页13. What doe s the underlined phrase “be compatible with” in paragraph two mean?A. matchB. compareC. be competitive withD. be content with14. What’s the attitude of the local people towards the model car?A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. negativeD. skeptical15. What may be the best title for the text?A. Boston Will Replace Its Old Train CarsB. The Advantages of Train China-made CarsC. Bostonians’ Preference for China-made ProductsD. China-made Train Cars Will Come Into Boston第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。