学年内蒙古阿拉善左旗高级中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版.docx

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阿左旗高级中学2017—2018学年第二学期期中试卷

高二英语制卷人：

班级________________考号________________姓名________________

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

（共15小

题；每小题2分，满分30）

A

Checkoutourtsunamifactsandlearnsomeinterestinginformationrelatedtothesegreatwallsofwaterthatcancausesomuchdestruction.Findoutwhatcausestsunamisandreadaboutsomerecentexamplesoftsunamisthathaveoccurredaroundtheglobe.

    ●TheJapanesewordfortsunamimeansharborwave.

    ●Tsunamisaresometimesreferredtoastidal（潮汐的）wavesbutthistermhasfallenoutoffavorbecausetsunamisarenotrelatedtotides.

    ●Tsunamisarehugewavesofwaterthatareusuallycausedbyearthquakesorvolcaniceruptions.

    ●Asatsunamiapproachestheshore（海岸）,watermaymovebackfromthecoast.Ifitisshallow（浅的）enoughthewatermaybepulledbackhundredsofmeters.Ifyouareinthearea,youcanknowthatatsunamiisonthewaywhenyouseethisphenomenon.

    ●Regionsintsunamidangerzonesoftenhavewarningsystemsinplacetogivepeopleasmuchtimeaspossibletomovetoasafeplace.

    ●Whentsunamishitshallowwater（oftennearthecoast）theyslowdownbutincreaseinheight.

    ●AnearthquakeintheIndianOceanoffIndonesiainDecember2004causedatsunamithatkilledover200,000peoplein14countries.

    ●InMarch2011,theTohokuearthquakeofftheeasterncoastofJapancausedatsunamithatwasamajorfactorinthedeathofover15,000people.

    ●ThetsunamiwavescreatedbytheTohokuearthquakereachedheightsofover40metersinsomeareas,wipingoutcoastaltownsandcausinganumberofnuclearaccidents.

1.Howmanycausesoftsunamisarementionedinthetext?

A.One.

B.Two.

C.Three.

D.Four.

2.IntheTohokuearthquakeover15,000peoplediedmainlybecauseof_____.

A.theearthquakeitself

B.thelackofwarningsystems

C.thetsunamicausedbytheearthquake

D.thenuclearaccidentscausedbythetsunami

3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Over200,000peoplewerekilledin14countriesbecauseoftheearthquakeinDec.2004.

B.Sometimestsunamisaresaidastidalwaves,becausetheyarerelatedtotides.

C.Thewarningsystemsinsomeregionshelppeoplemovetoasafeplace.

D.Ifyouseewatermovetothecoast,therewillbeatsunamiontheway.

4.Thetextisdevelopedmainlyby_____.

A.listingsomefacts

B.givingsomeexamples

C.providingsomenumbers

D.makingsomecomparisons

B

Therearerobotsallaroundus.Somedoverycomplicatedjobslikeflyingairplanesanddrivingsubwaytrains.Andsomedoonesimplejob.Whenanautomaticwashingmachineisswitchedon,waterpoursin.Themachinewaitsuntilthewateriswarmenoughforwashingclothes.Itdoesthisby“feedback”（反馈）.Informationaboutwhatishappeningisfeedbackintotherobottotellwhattodonext.Oureyes,earsandothersensesareourfeedback.Theytelluswhatisgoingonaroundus.Sorobotsarelikehumanbeingsintwoways.

Theyworkandtheyhavefeedback.

Insomewaysrobotsarebetterthanhumanbeings.Theyworkquicklyanddonotmakemistakes.Theydonotgetboreddoingthesamejoboverandoveragain.Andtheynevergettired.Sorobotsareveryusefulinfactories.Theycanbetaughttodomanydifferentjobs.Firsttheirelectronicbrainmustbeshownhowthejobisdone.Apersonmovestherobot’s“arms”and“hands”througheachpartofthejob.

Themostintelligentrobotscanmoveandsee.Theireyesarecameras.Theirfingerscanfeelshapesandsizesoftheobjects.Theserobotshavecomputerbrainslinkedtotheireyesandfingers,whichcontroltheiractions.Theexpensive“TimesNewRoman”---Themostintelligentrobotsareusedinscientificresearch.Theydosuchjobashandlingradioactivematerials.

5.Whatdoestheauthorseemtoinformyouaboutrobots?

A.Theyshouldbegreatlyimproved.

B.Theywillprobablytakeoverinthefuture.

C.Theyareveryhelpfulandusefultohumans.

D.Theyaremachinesthatbreakdownalot.

6.Thefactthatarobotnevergetsboreddoingthesamejobmeansthat_____.

A.itisverymuchlikehumanbeings

B.itcandoboringjobsforpeople

C.itwillneverborepeople

D.itwillworkmuchbetterthanhumanbeings

7.Therobotsusedforscientificresearch________.

A.arenotverycleverB.areverycheap

C.areverybigD.areverycostly

8.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

A.Inmostwaysrobotsarebetterthanhumanbeings.

B.Robotshaveeyes,sotheycansee.

C.Scientistssometimesdoscientificresearchbyusingtheintelligentrobots.

D.Robotscanworkbuttheyhavenofeedback.

C

 Edgarfeltquiteexcitedatthethoughtofhisfirstswimofthesummer.Withthesunshiningdownsostrongly,theseawascertaintobewarmenough.Hew