清远市华侨中学2019-2020学年度第二学期期中考试英语试题无答案

清远市华侨中学2019-2020学年度第二学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

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）

A

● Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

9:00-9:45a.m. Blue Tent

Panelists(成员): Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.

Hosted by Denise Gray, science writer for The New York Times.

How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world? The food and nutrition experts

debate the role that the diet plays in both personal and global health, and present a look at food politics.

● Sports writing: For the Love of the Game

9:50-10:35a.m. Blue Tent

Panelists: Christine Brennan, Ira Rosen, Joe Wallace and Joe Drape.

Hosted by William C. Rhoden, sports writer for The New York Times.

Whether catching that key moment of victory or defeat, or covering breaking news, sports writers are

anything but audience. Listen as some professionals discuss the special experience in reporting of sports news.

● The Art of the Review

11:15-12:00a.m. Green Tent

Panelists: John Freeman, Barry Gewen, David Orr, Celia McGee and Jennifer Schuessler.

Hosted by Sam Tanenhaus, editor for The New York Times Book Review.

How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales? Join this group of critics as they

discuss the reality of the book review and bestseller lists, and how they choose books for review.

● New York Writers, New York Stories

3:00-3:45p.m. Green Tent

Panelists: Cindy Adams, Richard Cohen, Ric Klass and Lauren Redniss.

1.If you are free in the afternoon,you can attend_______

A.The Art of the Review

B.New York Writers,New York Stories

C.Health,Wellness and the Politics of Food

D.Sports Writing:For the love of the Game

2. If you like sports writing, you will most probably______.

A. go to Blue Tent at 11:15a.m.

B. enjoy Jami Bernard's talk

C. listen to Christine Brennan

D. attend the Art of the Review

3. Sam Tanenhaus is in charge of _____.

A. The Art of the Review

B. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food

C. New York Writers, New York Stories

D. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game

4.All the four activities above_______

A.are about writing

B.will last 45 minutes each

C.can be attended freely

D.will attract many readers

5. We can learn from the text that ______.

A. sports writers are a type of audience

B. New York Times is a gold mine company

C. Denise Grady will discuss political policy

D. book reviews may affect book sales

B

Plants have family values, too; it seems, with new research suggesting they can recognize close relatives in order to work together.

An ability to tell family from strangers is well known in animals, allowing them to cooperate and share resources, but plants may possess similar social skills, scientists believe.

Susan Dudley and Amanda File of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, report they have demonstrated for the first time that plants can recognize their kin.

This suggests that plants, though lacking recognition and memory, are capable of complex social interactions.

“Plants have this kind of hidden but complicated social life，” Dudley said.

The study found plants from the same species of beach­-dwelling wildflower grew aggressively alongside unrelated neighbors but were less competitive when they shared soil with their families.

Sea rocket, a North American species, showed stronger and healthier root growth when planted in pots with strangers than when raised with relatives from the same maternal(母系的) family, the study found.

This is an example of kin selection, a behavior common in animals in which closely related individuals take a group approach to succeeding in their environment, the researchers said.

Kin selection also applies to competition, because if family members compete