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1、黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷共150分 答题时间120分钟第I 卷（共70分）第一部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AMelbourneWhy Melboune? Having long lived in the shadow of Sydney, Melbourne has become a mecca (圣地) or fashion and design and the cultura
2、l centre of Australia, with an enjoyable programme of festivals. What to see. The city centres grid (格子) system of streets conceals a maze of lanes and turn-of -the -century arcades where you will find the best cafes, bars and boutique shopping. The Hidden Secrets Tour (00 613 9329 9665, hiddensecre
3、tstours. com) guides will make sure you find what youre after, whether its fashion, art and design or wine. From 48 per person. Where to eat. Melbourne is a paradise for gourmands (美食者), and its top chefs use fresh produce and have a talent for the experimental, But for something different, indulge
4、your culinary senses with an Australian Wine Tour Company trip. Departing from the city centre daily, youll taste wines at four of the regions best vineyards. It costs from48 per person, including wine tasting, lunch and a visit to Domaine Chandon (00 613 9419 4444, .au). Where to stay. The Nunnery
5、is an old convent（女修道院）on the edge of the city. It has double rooms with breakfast from54 per night (00 613 9419 8637, .au). How to get there. Qantas (0845 7 747 767, qantas. com. au) flies from Heathrow to Melbourne twice daily from766 return, including taxes. More information. Contact the official
6、 tourism site for Melbourne at visitmelbourne. com/uk. Use the links below for more on. Destination guide: MelbourneClick here for our Melbourne page. 48 hours in Melbourne. 1. To get more information about Hidden Secrets Tour, you should call _. A. 00 613 9329 9665 B. 00 613 9419 4444C. 00 613 9419
7、 8637 D. 0845 7 747 7672. If you are interested in tasting Australian wines, you have to pay _ . A. 34 B. 48 C. 54 D. 7663.The passage is written to _ . A. tell readers how to travel in AustraliaB. inform readers about what to see in MelbourneC. introduce the history and culture about AustraliaD. of
8、fer tourists some information about Melbourne BThe first men and women came to Britain over two and a half million years ago. They were hunters and gatherers of food who used stone tools and weapons. But the British Isles only became islands separate from the rest of Europe about 8,500 years ago, wh
9、en melting ice formed the English Channel!3,000 years after Britain became an island, new tribes who came by boat from the mainland introduced farming. These tribes built earthworks for protection and as tombs for their dead. Many of these man-made hills can still be seen. Later on, people learned t
10、o build stone monuments. The most amazing is Stonehenge, a circle of huge stones begun about 4,500 years ago. Stonehenge is the worlds most famous prehistoric monument. We dont know what it meant or what it was used for, though many different suggestions have been made. 3,000 years ago the climate i
11、n Britain became colder and wetter than before, and people had to move down from high ground. A bit later iron started to be sued for tools and weapons instead of bronze. Knowledge of ironworking may have been brought by the Celts, a new wave of immigrants who started to arrive from southern Europe
12、in about 500 BC. What we know about the first people in Britain has been worked out by archaeologists from the remains they left behind them. Pytheas, a Greek, was the first person who could read and write to come to Britain. His visit was in about 330 BC, over 2000 years after Stonehenge was begun.
13、 Unfortunately, what Pytheas wrote has been lost, so we dont have any written record of Britain until the Romans came, almost 300 years after he did!4. This passage mainly tells us _ . A. The dawn of history in BritainB. How English Channel was formedC. How the British made a living millions of year
14、s agoD. When humans appeared on the British Isles5. In this passage “the man-made hill” probably refers to _ . A. The small islands in BritainB. Earthworks for protection and as tombs C. The amazing Stonehenge D. The farms opened up by the first man 6. Why did people move to low ground 3,000 years a
15、go?A. Because iron tools were used for farming B. Because the climate made it unfit for man to live there C. Because more people arrived from southern Europe D. Because the Celts forced them to do so 7. Only after _ do people have written records about Britain. A. the arrival of the Celts B. Stonehenge was begun C. Pytheass visit D. the Romans came CTED is a non-profit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people fr
