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1516学年下学期高二寒假作业检测期初开学英语试题附答案
吉林油田高级中学2015-2016学年度下学期期初周测试
高二英语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分,满分100分,考试时间100分钟
出题人:
第Ⅰ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
HelenThomas,bornonAugust4,1920,isafamousnewsreporterfortheHearstNewsService,andamemberoftheWhiteHousePressCorps.Sheservedforfifty—sevenyearsasacorrespondentandWhiteHousebureauchiefforUnitedPressInternational(UPI).Sheiscalled“FirstLadyofthePress”.
BorninKentucky,HelenThomaswasraisedinDetroit,MichiganwheresheattendedpublicschoolsandlatergraduatedfromWayneStateUniversity.Uponleavingcollege,HelenservedasacopygirlinanoldcompanyinWashington.In1943,MsThomasjoinedUnitedPressInternationalandtheWashingtonPressCorps.ThomasservedaspresidentoftheWomen’sNationalPressClubfrom1959to1960.
InNovember,Helenbegancoveringthenpresident-electJohnF.Kennedy,followinghimtotheWhiteHouseinJanuary1961asaUPIcorrespondent(通讯员).ShelaterbecameWhiteHousebureauchiefforUPI,whereshewasemployeduntilherresignationonMay17,2000.ThomasthenbecameaWhiteHousecorrespondentandacolumnist.
ThomaswastheonlywomanjournalisttravelingwiththenPresidentNixontoChinainJanuary,1972.ShehastraveledaroundtheworldseveraltimeswithPresidentsNixon,Ford,Carter,Reagan,Bush,andClinton,duringthecourseofwhichshecoveredeveryEconomicSummit.TheWorldAlmanacandBookofFacthascitedherasoneofthe25MostInfluentialWomeninAmerica.
OnMarch21,2006,ThomaswascalledupondirectlybyPresidentBushforthefirsttimeinthreeyears.ThomasaskedBushaboutIraq.HelenThomashaswrittenfourbooksandsheisalsoapopularspeakerateventsnationwide.
1.What’sthecorrectorderoftheevents?
a.ThomasjoinedtheUnitedPressInternationalandtheWashingtonPressCorps.
b.ThomastraveledwithPresidentNixontoChina.
c.ThomasservedaspresidentoftheWomen’sNationalPressClub.
d.Thomasresigned.
e.ThomaswascalleduponbyPresidentBush.
f.ThomasbecameaWhiteHousecorrespondentandacolumnist.
A.a,b,c,d,e,fB.a,c,b,d,f,eC.a,c,b,d,e,fD.a,d,e,f,c,b
2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Thomasmadespeechesabouteventsnationwide.
B.Thomashaswrittenfourbooks.
C.ThomascoveredeveryEconomicSummitwhentravelingwithUSpresidents.
D.Thomasbecameacorrespondentaftershegraduatedfromuniversity.
3.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat_____________.
A.Thomasiscalled“FirstLadyofAmerica”.
B.PresidentBushreceivedThomasonceinhisterm.
C.ThomasisthemostinfluentialwomaninAmerica.
D.ThomastraveledtoChinawithpresidentNixonseveraltimes.
4.ThepassagetellsusthatThomas______________________.
A.wasverypoorwhenshewasyoung.
B.servedaspresidentoftheWomen’sNationalPressClubforthreeyears.
C.haswrittenmanybooksandispopularworldwide.
D.traveledwithPresidentNixontoChinawithoutanyotherwomanjournalist.
B
Onebitterlycoldday,asnowstormblewintoourarea.Needingfirewood,Iquicklysetoutwithmybestfriend,Bruce,tolookforatreetocutdown.IwasgladtohaveBrucealong.Cuttingdownatreeinasnowstormcanbedangerous.Soitwasimportanttohaveafriendwhocouldwarnmeofdangers.
WhenIchoseabig23-meter-talltreeandpreparedtocutitdown,mybestfriendsuddenlywarnedme,“Don’tcutdownthattree!
It’stooclosetothepowerline!
”Iwasn’tsureaboutit.SoIdecidedtodisregardhiswarning.Iwantedtofinishthejobquicklyandgohome.SoIbegancuttingdownthetree.Whenthetreefell,therewasnolongeranydoubtthatmyfriendwasright.
Thetreecaughtthepowerline,bringingittotheground.Iconsideredcuttingthetreeofftheline.Afterall,electricitycan’ttravelthroughwood,soIcouldsafelyremovethetree.AsIreachedoutmyfingertotouchthetree,painranupmyarmandthroughmyhead.Ihadbeenshocked!
AfterIreturnedhomeandtoldmymotherwhathadhappened,shequicklycalledthepowercompany.Workersfromthepowercompanysoonarrivedonthescene.OneofthemaskedifIhadtouchedthetree,andwhenItoldhimIhad,hisfaceturnedpale.
“Youshouldhavebeenkilled,”hesaid.
SowhyamIstillalive?
Itwasmybootsthatsavedmylife.
Withintwohours,theworkersremovedthetree.Soonthesnowstormcalmeddown—butnotmymother.
EventhoughshewasgladIwasn’thurt,mymotherwaswellseriouswithme.Afterall,Ishouldn’thavebrushedoffmyfriend’swarning.
Throughthisexperience,Ilearnedthatit’simportanttolistentopeoplewhoofferadifferentperspective.Takingthetimetolistenmightactuallysavealotoftimeandtrouble.Itcertainlywouldhavekeptmefromgettingthe“shockofmylife”.
5.Theunderlinedword“disregard”inthesecondparagraphmeans“________”.
A.paynoattentiontoB.takenoticeof
C.considerD.follow
6.InspiteofBruce’swarning,theauthorstillcutthetreebecause________.
A.hewasn’tsurewhetherBrucewasrightandwasanxioustogohome
B.hewassuretherewouldbenothingtohappen
C.hedidn’thearhisfriend’swarningatallbecauseoftheblowingwind
D.hewasangrywithhisfriendanddidn’twanttolistentohim
7.Theauthorwrotethepassagemainlyto_______.
A.giveanaccountofoneofhisterribleexperiences
B.makeusknowit’simportanttolistentopeoplewhoofferadifferentperspective(观点)throughhisexperience
C.tellusnottocuttreesdownanymore
D.remindustobecarefulwhileworking
8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Butforhisboots,thewriterwouldhavedied.
B.Thewriterregrettedhavingbrushedoffhisfriend’swarning.
C.Thewriterknewnothingaboutelectricity.
D.Whenthetreewascutdown,thewriterrealizedhisfriendwasright
C
PrincetonUniversity
Location
TheUniversityisinPrinceton,NewJersey.Itisanhour'strainridesouthofNewYork
Cityandanhour'strainridenorthofPhiladelphia.
Students
Thereare4,600undergraduates(本科生).Therearealso1,900graduatestudents,but
Princetonisunusualamonguniversitiesinhavingastudentbodymadeuplargelyof
undergraduates.
Faculty
Princetonhasabout700full-timefacultymembers(教员).Thereareanother3000rso
part-timeandvisitingfaculty.AllfacultymembersatPrincetonareexpectedtoteachand
research.
Degrees
Princetonofferstwoundergraduatedegrees:
thebachelor(学士)ofarts(A.B.)degree
andthebachelorofscienceinengineering(B.S.E.)degree.
AcademicYear
AnacademicyearrunsfromSeptembertolateMayandlaststwoterms(fallandspring).
Anormalcourseloadisfourorfivecoursesperterm,althoughmanystudentstakeextra
courses.
Residences
Princetonprovideshousingforallundergraduatestudents.Freshmenandsecond-year
studentsarerequiredtospendtheirfirsttwoyearsinoneoffivecolleges.Eachcollegehas
itsowndininghall,commonroomsandcomputercenters.
FeesandExpenses(AcademicYear2004-2005)
Tuition(学费):
$29,910
Roomandboard:
$8,387
Otherexpenses(books,telephone,etc.):
$3,083
Total:
$41,380
9.HowmanykindsoffacultymembersarethereinPrincetonUniversity?
___________
A.One.B.Two.C.Four.D.Three.
10.InPrincetonUniversity,anundergraduatewillpayatleast__________fortheAcademic
Year2004-2005besidestuition.
A.$41,380B.$52,850C.$11,470D.$8,387
11.InwhatwayisPrincetonUniversitydifferentfromotherAmericanuniversities
accordingtothetext?
A.Ithasfivecolleges.
B.Itsstudentsaremainlyundergraduates.
C.Itprovideshousingforallundergraduatestudents.
D.AllthefacultymembersatPrincetonareexpectedtoteachandresearch.
12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Princetonofferstwoundergraduatedegrees.
B.AnacademicyearlastsaboutninemonthsinPrincetonUniversity.
C.Undergraduatesshouldspendtheirfirsttwoyearsinoneoffivecolleges.
D.It'saboutanhour'strainridefromPrincetonUniversitytothenorthofNewYorkCity.
D
Electriccarsaredirty.Infact,notonlyaretheydirty,theymightevenbemoredirtythantheirgasoline-poweredcousins.
PeopleinCalifornialovetotalkabout"zero-emissionsvehicles,"butpeopleinCaliforniaseemtobecluelessaboutwhereelectricitycomesfrom.Powerplantsmostallusefiretomakeit.Asidefromthefewfolkswhohavetheirroofscoveredwithsolarcells,wegetourelectricityfromgenerators.Generatorsarefueledbysomething-usuallycoal,oil,butalsobyheatgeneratedinnuclearpowerplants.Thereareafewwindfarmsandgeothermalplantsaswell,butbyfarwegetelectricitymainlybyburningsomething.
Inotherwords,those"zero-emissions"carsarelikelycoal-burningcars.It'sjustthecoalisburnedsomewhereelsesoitlooksclean.Itisnot.It'sasiftheCaliforniaGreensarecoveringtheireyes-"IfIcan'tseeit,it'snothappening."Gasolineisanincrediblyefficientwaytopoweravehicle;agallonofgashasalotofenergyinit.Butwhenyoutakethatgas(oranotherfuel)andfirstuseittomakeelectricity,youwasteanicepartofthatenergy,mostlyintheformofwastedheat-atthegenerator,throughthetransmissionlines,etc.
Agallonofgasmaypropelyourcar25miles.Buttheelectricityyougetfromthatgallonofgaswon'tgetyounearlyasfar-soelectriccarsburnmorefuelthangas-poweredones.Ifourelectricitycamemostlyfromnukes,orgeothermal,orhydro,orsolar,orwind,thenanelectriccartrulywouldbeclean.Butforpolitical,technical,andeconomicreasons,wedon'tusemuchofthoseenergysources.
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