1、甘肃省武威市凉州区高二英语下学期期末考试试题甘肃省武威市凉州区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题第卷第一部分 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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick c
2、reatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.I exa
3、mined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest saf
4、e and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to
5、 start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over
6、and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.1.What is unavoidable in the authors rescue work according to paragraph 1?A. Feeling uncertain about h
7、is future. B. Getting injured in his work.C. Efforts made in vain. D. Creatures forced out of their homes.2.Why was the author called to Muttontown?A. To rescue a woman. B. To take care of a woman.C. To cure a young owl . D. To look at a baby owl.3.What made the chick calm down?A. Some food. B. A ne
8、w nest. C.A recording. D. Its parents.4.How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?A. Its beautiful. B. Its unexpected. C. Its humorous. D. Its discouraging.BWe all use money every day. It is essential because we can pay money for whatever we want. Money is recognized as banknotes and
9、coins.However, many years ago people couldnt go to the shop and buy what they wanted. They had to get what they wanted through the barter trade(实物交易).It was really difficult, for the barter often depended on coincidence of wants. For example, the seller of grain has to find a buyer who wants to buy
10、grain and who also could offer something the seller wants to buy. And one more example, if a wheat farmer needs what a fruit farmer produces, a direct exchange is impossible because seasonal fruit would spoil before the grain harvest. The solution is to trade fruit for wheat indirectly through a thi
11、rd intermediate commodity(中间的商品),such as cattle, salt, shells, wine. However, commodity money had their disadvantages. For example, cattle, fur, precious stones couldnt be cut into smaller pieces and it was inconvenient to keep and transport them. Thus coins were invented.The earliest known coins in
12、 the western world came from Lydia in about 650 B.C. Greek cities, the Great Persian Empire and Roman Empire quickly adopted the new useful technique of metal currency. And by the end of the 6th century, coinages were common throughout the region. However, coins as well as commodity money had many d
13、isadvantages. For instance, coins quickly show wear(磨损) and they usually have small value, so it s difficult to count large sums of coins.At first, paper money was used in China in about 650 A.D. After then ,it was used in Persia and Japan. In Europe, paper money was firstly produced in the Netherla
14、nds in the 16th century and in the USA in the 17th century. Paper money is worthless but symbolic. In other words, paper money is just a note. It has a purchasing power because the government announces it as money and citizens accept it universally.5.The writer explains the difficulty of barter trad
15、e by .A. telling stories B. making a comparison C. presenting a theory D. using examples6.What do we know about the early coins?A. They usually had large value. B. They still had many disadvantages.C. They were first used in Greece. D. People didn t like the metal currency.7.Paper money was used ear
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