甘肃省张掖市临泽一中学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题+Word版含答案Word文档格式.docx

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Visitorscanenjoyourdisplays,orwatchuscleaningdinosaurbonesandotherfossilsfoundontheisland'

sbeaches.Themuseumhasavarietyofdifferentfossils,manyofthemneverdisplayedtothepublicbefore.Asmorearediscoveredallthetime,youcanbesureofseeingsomethingneweachtimeyouvisit.

WehaveafreeFossilIdentificationService,soyoucanbringinanyfossilsyouhaveandfindoutwhattheyare.Inaddition,wehaveareasonably-pricedMuseumShop,whereyoucanbuyasouvenirofyourvisit.Youcouldalsobringapicnicandrelaxinourspecialpicnicarea.

Activities

Fossilhuntsareorganizedfromthemuseumandrunallyearround.Groupsofupto25areguidedonalocalbeachwheretheycansearchforfossils.Allthesehuntsarefullylicensedandinsured,andguidescanhelptoidentifyanyfossilsfoundandpointoutthingsofinterest.

Duetothepopularityofthesehunts,alltripsmustbebookedbyapersonalvisittoDinosaurFarmMuseum.

Didyouknow…?

TheBBCprogramme"

LivefromDinosaurIsland"

wasfilmedalongthecoasthere,andDinosaurFarmMuseumwasthebaseforthetelevisioncrew.

Findoutmore

Checkoutourwebsiteatwww.isleofwight/dinosaurfarmtolearnindetailhowwedigfordinosaurs.Youcanalsoreadaboutthemanydifferentkindsofdinosaurswhichlivedinthisarea,whichwasconnectedtoEurope120millionyearsago.

1.Onecanbookafossilhunt.

A.throughaBBCprogram

B.throughthemuseum'

swebsite

C.bymakingacalltothemuseum

D.byvisitingthemuseumpersonally

2.Whichofthefollowingisfreeofchargeatthemuseum?

A.Foodforapicnic.

B.Attendingfossilhunts.

C.Asouvenirofthemuseum.

D.Havingfossilsidentified.

3.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom.

A.aconferenceinterview

B.atravelmagazine

C.ahistorybook

D.asciencefiction.

B

LeBronJamesiswidelyregardedasoneofthebestbasketballplayerstoday.Hehasanincrediblecombinationofskills,strength,leapingabilityandheightthatmakehimoneofthebestathletesintheworld.

LeBronJameswasborninAkron,OhioonDecember30th,1984.HegrewupinAkronwherehehadadifficultchildhood.Hisfatherwasanex-con（出狱的囚犯）whowasn'

ttherewhenhegrewup.Hisfamilywaspoorandhadahardtime.Fortunatelyhisbasketballcoach,FrankieWalker,receivedhimandlethimstaywithhisfamilywherehecouldfocusonschoolandbasketball.LeBronJameswenttohighschoolatSt.Vincent-StMaryHighSchoolinAkron.Heledhisbasketballteamtothreestatetitlesandwasnamed“Mr.Basketball”intoOhioforthreeyears.HedecidednottogotocollegeandwentstraighttotheNBAwherehewasthenumber1pickinthedraft（选秀）.

LeBronJameswasdraftedbytheClevelandCavalierswhereheplayedhisfirstsevenseasons.

In2010,LeBronJamesbecameafreeagent.Thismeanthecouldplayforanyteamhewanted.Whichteamhewouldchoosewasbignews.ESPNevenhadawholeshowcalledTheDecisionwhereJamestoldtheworldthathewasgoingtoplayfortheMiamiHeatnextseason.HehadplayedfortheHeatuntil2014.

LeBronJamesholdsanumberofNBArecordsandhasreceivedanumberofawards.Herearejustafewofthem.HewastheNBAFinalsMVPandChampionin2012.HewontwoOlympicgoldmedalsin2008and2012.

4.LeBronJamesisconsideredasoneofthebestathletesintheworldbecauseof__________.

A.hisbasketballcoach

B.hisfather

C.hiscombinationofskills,strength,leapingabilityandheight

D.hishometown

5.WhatwasLeBronJames'

childhoodlike?

A.Difficult.B.Naughty.C.Rich.D.Weak.

6.WhatdidLeBronJamesdoafterhedecidednottogotocollege?

A.HewentstraighttotheNBA.

B.Hewentstraighttoworkwithhiscoach.

C.HewenttoplayforMiamiHeat.

D.Hewenthome.

7.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthat_________.

A.LeBronJamesisnotabornbasketballplayer.

B.LeBronJameswasnotfitforthesportwhenhewasyoung.

C.LeBronJamesisgiftedinbasketball.

D.LeBronJamesleftsportin2010.

C

ArecordwarmDecemberraisedaveragetemperaturesenoughtomake2015 

thesecondhottestyearonrecordinthecontiguousUnitedStates,accordingtotheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration’sNationalClimateMonitoringAnnualReport,which 

was 

releasedThursday.

TheUnitedNationshadpreviouslyreportedthat2015wasshapinguptobethewarmestyearonrecordforthewholeplanet. 

LastyearwasalsothethirdwettestonrecordintheU.S.andsawtenweather-orclimate-relateddisastersthateachcausedatleast$1billionindamageintheU.S.andkilledatotalof155people.Theseinclude 

adrought,twofloods,fiveseverestorms,awildfire,andawinterstorm. 

The 

averageU.S.temperaturewas54.4°

F,2.4°

Fabovethe20th 

centuryaverage,andsecondonlyto2012’srecordwarmth.Thiswasalsothe19thconsecutiveyearwithaveragetemperaturesabovetheaverageforthecentury. 

Everystatereported 

above-averageannualtemperatures.ThewarmingwasparticularlypronouncedacrossmostoftheeasternhalfofthecountryinDecember,whenmanyplacessawtemperatures30degreesabovenormalandmanyrecordswereset. 

ThismirroredchangesseenintheArcticthatmonth,whentemperaturesspikedto50degreesabovenormal.PartofthiswarmingwasdrivenbyastrongElNiñ

o,orperiodicwarminginthePacificOcean,butsomeofitcanalsobeattributedtoglobalwarming,saysmeteorologistEricHolthaus,whowasnotinvolvedwiththefederalreport. 

Theanalysis 

comeslessthanamonthaftertheU.S.and194othercountriessignedanagreementinParistomoreaggressivelycountertheeffects 

ofclimatechange. 

“EvenifalltheinitialtargetsinParisaremet,we’llonlybepartofthewaytherewhenitcomestoreducingcarbonfromtheatmosphere,” 

saidPresidentBarackObama 

atthetime.Still,theagreementrepresented 

“aturningpoint” 

bysettingup 

“thearchitecture"

fordoingso,hesaid. 

NOAA’sclimatemonitoringcenterdoesn’tissuepredictionsforfutureweather,buttheagency’sClimatePredictionCenterdoes.Thatteam’sforecastforthenextthreemonthscallsforwarmer-than-averagetemperaturesinmuchofthecountry,althoughpartsofTexasandtheSoutheastmaybealittlecoolerthanusual. 

AsLancasterUniversityProfessorGailWhitemantoldtheWeatherChannel,"

climatechangemeansextremeweatheristhenewnormal."

8．What'

sthemeaningoftheunderlinedsentence"

climatechangemeansextremeweatheristhenewnormal"

？

A．Extremeweatherwillnotnormalduetotheclimatechange．

B．Climatechangewillresultintheunpredictableweather．

C．Climatechangewillbemoreandmorecommonexceptfortheextremeweather．

D．Extremeweatherwillbekindoftendencyinthefuture．

9．Whichofthefollowingstatementistrue？

A．Thetargetofreducingcarbonisaccomplished．

B.$1billionlosswascausedbytheextremeweather．

C．InmostareasofUS，thetemperatureswillbewarmerthanaverage．

D.2015wasthefirstwarmestandthethirdwettestonrecordinthecountry．

10．Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext？

A．Thereducingofcarbonstillneedsgreateffortsworldwide．

B．NOAAhasnothingtodowiththepredictionsforclimatechange．

C．ThewholeUSwillbewarmerinthefutureduetotheglobalwarming．

D．Theweatherchangeinthewesternareasismoreobviousthanthatintheeast．

11．Wecanprobablyfindthetextin？

A．agovernmentreport

B．asciencemagazine

C．anadvertisement

D．anewspaper．

D

Adrugusedtotreatseverebleedingcouldsavethousandsoflivesformothersgivingbirth.Aglobaltrialofthedrugfounditreducedtheriskofbleedingdeathsduringchildbirthbynearlyone-third.Thestudyinvolved20,000womenin21countries,mainlyinAfricaandAsia.ThetrialwascarriedoutbyLondon'

sSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine.Thedrugiscalleddtranexamicacid（氨甲环酸）.Itislow-costandresearcherssaiditdoesnotcauseserioussideeffectsformothersorbabies.

Thedrugisusedtotreatmothersforseverebleedingduringchildbirth,alsoknownaspostpartumhemorrhage（产后出血）.Itistheleadingcauseofmother'

sdeathworldwide,accordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization.

HaleemaShakuristheprojectdirectorofthetrial.Shesaysdespitemedicaladvancesinmanycountries,severebleedingafterchildbirthremainsabigprobleminsomepartsoftheworld.“It'

soneofthebiggestkillersofmothers.InAfricaandAsia.about10percentofwomenwillendupwithseverebleeding."

Thedrugworksbystoppingbloodclots（血凝块）frombreakingdownafteramothergivesbirth.Thetreatmentcanpreventtheneedfordoctorstoperformsurgerytofindthesourceofbleeding.

Shakursaidthebestresultswerereportedwhenthedrugwasgiventowomenassoonaspossibleafterchildbirth,“Theearlieryougiveit-sowithinthefirstthreehoursofgivingbirth—thebettertheeffectis.”

Thenextstepwillbetogetthedrugwhereitisneededprovidetrainingfordoctorsandnursesonhowtouseit.Duringthetrial,womenweregiventhedruginahospital.Butresearchersarelookingforeasierwaystoadministerthedrugsoitcanbemorewidelyusedinsmallclinicsandruralareas.

12.Tranexamicacidisadrugthat.

A.shouldbeusedforeverymother

B.helpsmothersbeforegivingbirth

C.ensuresmostnew-bornbabies'

health

D.canhelpmo