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1、河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题考试时间：100分钟 分值：150分 第2部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第3部分 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。AIf youre a design enthusiast, you re sure to feel dizzy over these jaw-dropping pools.SkyPark Infinity Pool, Marina Bay Sands, SingaporeLocated on the SkyPark abov
2、e Singapores most famous hotel, Marina Bay Sands, this is the worlds largest rooftop pool. Offering amazing views of the citys skyline, the pool is at least three times the length of an Olympic swimming pool. As visitors swim toward the edge，they face an illusion that theyll float into the sky-line.
3、 Its quite a heart-beaten rush!The Red Pool，The Library Koh Samui, ThailandThis blood-red pool is perhaps one of the most special hotel pools on the list. Set against the backdrop of Koh Samuis Chaweng Beach，the fascinating colour isnt the result of using artificial dye. Rather, the mosa-is tiles(马赛
4、克瓷砖)of orange，yellow and red make the brilliant sight thats set among trees and an open-air library.San Alfonso del Mar Resort Pool，Region de Valparaiso, ChileThe worlds largest outdoor swimming pool gets its water directly from the sea. The pool uses a computer-controlled pump and filtration system
5、. Located at Chiles San Alfonso del Mar Resort, this huge man-made pool is larger than 20 Olympic-size pools and holds approximately 250 million litres of water. It also holds the Guinness World Record for being the worlds deepest(115 feet) pool.Y40 Deep Joy, Hotel Millepini Terme in Montegrotto Ter
6、me，ItalyThe deepest hotel swimming pool in the world will make you feel like youre jumping into the sea! The Y40 Deep Joy is a round-shaped pool that reaches a depth of an impressive 130 feet. The pool，which has special caves，ledges(壁架)and underwater viewing glass, was designed by well-known archite
7、ct Emanuele Boaretto. Its meant for leisure dives, dive training and photo shoots.21 .What is special about the Red Pool in Thailand?A. The water is artificially dyed red. B. The swimming pool is specially dyed.C. The swimming pool is painted red. D. The mosaic tiles make its brilliant color.22. If
8、you want to experience a swimming of real sea water, which one can you visit?A. SkyPark Infinity Pool. B. The Red PoolC. San Alfonso del Mar Resort Pool D. Y40 Deep Joy23. What do San Alfonso del Mar Resort Pool and Y40 Deep Joy have in common?A. They both use sea water. B. They are both very huge.
9、C. They are both round-shaped. D. They are both very deep.BIve come back to check on a baby. Just after dusk Im in a car down a muddy road in the rain, past rows of shackled(戴镣铐的)elephants，their trunks swinging. I was here five hours before, when the sun was high and hot and tourists were on elephan
10、ts backs.Walking now, I can barely see the path in the glow of my phones flashlight. When the wooden fence post stops me short，I point my light down and follow a current of rainwater across the concrete floor until it washes up against three large，gray feet. A fourth foot twisted above the surface,
11、tied tightly by a short chain and choked by a ring of metal spikes(尖刺).When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper into her ankle.Meena is four years and two months old，still a child as elephants go. Khammon Kongkhaw，her caretaker, told me earlier that Meena wears the spi
12、ked chain because she tends to kick. Kongkhaw has been responsible for Meena here at Maetaman Elephant Adventure, near Chiang Mai，in northern Thailand .since she was 11 months old. He said he keeps her on the spiked chain only during the day and takes it off at night. But it s night now.I ask Jin La
13、oshen，the Maetaman worker accompanying me on this nighttime visit, why her chain is still on. He says he doesnt know. Maetaman is one of many animal attractions in and around tourist-crowded Chiang Mai. Meena s life is set to follow the same track as many of the roughly 3,800 captive(被捕获的) elephants
14、 in Thailand. When Meena is too old or sick to give ridesmaybe at 55，maybe at 75shell die. If shes lucky, shell get a few years of retirement. Shell spend most of her life on a chain.24. Why does the author decide to come back?A. She wants to check a baby elephant, Meena. B. She wants to feed those
15、shackled elephants.C. She wants to release those shackled elephants. D. She knows a baby is in need of help urgently.25. What can we conclude from the second paragraph?A. The author is scared walking in the path. B. Meena is treated badly and very painful.C. Meena only has three healthy legs. D. One of Meena s leg is badly broken.26. Whats the authors attitude towards those elephants?A. Indifferent. B. Critical. C. Sympathetic. D. Negative.27. We can infer that the purpose of the authors writing is .A. to describe those elephants to attract tourists around the worldB. to appe
