四川省双流中学2017-2018学年高二（上）期中考试

英语试题

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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 cleanup 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.

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

【答案】1. D 2. A 3. D

【解析】本文介绍三种最酷的发明。

1. D

推理判断题。根据An Oceans Vacuum(吸尘器)中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.可知它可能是一个省钱的东西。故选D。

2. A

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3. D

推理判断题。根据An Airport for Drones (无人机)中The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly

countryside.可知因为公路旅行是艰难的。故选D。

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 graduated with a degree in economics.

Lin is the first Chinese-American player in the NBA. He was born in the US and his family is Asian. Although not born in China, Lin has attracted nearly all Yao Ming's old fans, who see him as a powerful role model.

He started off on the Golden State Warriors. Lin first signed with the Warriors in July, 2010, but seldom played in games before the start of the fourth quarter. His first time on the court for the Warriors earned him seven points, three rebounds(篮板球) and two assists in just 11 minutes.

He is really perfect for the Knicks. The New York Knicks has been in need of a reliable point guard and to Mike D'Antoni, the Knicks coach who's going through a difficult season, Lin is a most unexpected figure. Lin just does everything easy and the rest of the guys around him are playing the way we want to," D'Antoni said. "I think it's for real, and it can only get better."

4. In which team did Lin start his career in NBA?

A. the New York Knicks

B. Minnesota Timberwolves

C. The Golden State Warriors

D. The Los Angles Lakers

5. From the passage, we learn that .

A. most of Yao Ming's fans take Lin as a great role model

B. Lin is an American-Chinese basketball player

C. the New York Knicks has never been defeated

D. after graduation from Harvard, Lin signed with the Knicks

6. From the passage, it can be inferred that .

A. Lin is the team leader of the Knicks

B. the Knicks' coach puts strong hopes on Lin

C. the Knicks' success only depends on Lin

D. the Knicks is sure to win the season this year

7. The author's purpose of writing the report is .

A. to introduce a newest rising NBA star

B. to express his love for Jeremy Lin

C. to report the progress of the Knicks

D. to show his support for the Knicks

【答案】4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A

【解析】本文讲述了NBA最新的球星林书豪的一些经历。

4. C细节题。根据He started off on the Golden State Warriors．可知答案为C。

5. A细节题。根据Lin has attracted nearly all Yao Ming's old fans, who see him as

a powerful role model．可知几乎所有姚明的球迷都把林看作是一个强大的榜样。故选A。

6. B推断题。根据the Knicks coach who's going through a difficult season, Lin is a most unexpected figure．可知答案为B。

7. A 根据文章第一句话，可知林书豪已经成为了一个最新的NBA明星，所以作者的目的就是为了介绍他。故选A。

C

Nobody is sure where and when the expression “appl e-pie order” began. Some say that Scottish and English writers used the expression a long time ago. Others say it was first used in the northeastern American states known as New England. The housewives of New England cut their apples in even slices. Then they filled pie pans with them in an organized way, row upon row. As one writer said, the women of New England loved to have everything in its place. This perhaps explains why it generally is believed that the expression “apple-pie order” began in New Engla nd.

Another old expression, “apple of discord”, comes from ancient mythology(神话), however. The myth says that all the gods and goddesses were sitting around the table to celebrate the marriage of Thetis and Peleus. One of the goddesses-Discord

was a troublemaker. She threw away a golden apple on the table to be given as a prize to the most beautiful goddess.

At one time, the tomato was called a love apple. That was a mistake. This is how the mistake happened: In the sixteenth century, Spain brought the tomato from South America after Spanish explorers had landed there. Spain then sold the tomato to Morocco. Italian traders carried it on to Italy. The Italian name for the tomato was “pomo di Moro” meant “d’amour” -the French word for love. And so “pomo di Moro” became the apple of love.

People believe many things about the apple. One belief is that it has great powers of keeping people healthy. A very common expression is "an apple a day keeps the doctor away."

Another belief is based on fact. The expression is "one rotten apple spoils the barrel." When an apple begins to go bad, it ruins all the other apples around it in the container. The expression has come to mean that one bad person in a group can cause everyone to act bad.

8. Which of the following can we know about the phrase “apple-pie order”?

A. No one knows for sure where and when it began

B. It has been put into use recently

C. Everyone is sure of where it began

D. It began in New England

9. What’s the meaning of “apple of discord”?

A. Everything in good order

B. Situation of danger

C. Everything in agreement

D. Cause of disagreement

10. What’s the purpose of the third paragraph?

A. To show us a mistaken idea

B. To explain how the tomato was called the apple of love

C. To tell us a love story about apple

D. To show how the tomato was brought in from south America

11. Which of the following expressions is about health?

A. Apple of discord