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1、第 1 页 共 14 页 期中英语试卷 期中英语试卷 题号 IIIIIIIVVVI总分 得分 一 阅读理解 本大题共 15 小题 共 30 0 分 A An Oceans Vacuum There s a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean It s bigger than Texas and growing The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets That is both costly and slow Instead the Ocean
2、Cleanup Project proposes 62 mile long floating barriers that would use natural currents to trap trash If next year s trials succeed a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020 It could reduce the trash by 42 over 10 years Easy On Shoes In 2012 Mathew Walzer a high school student with a disab
3、ility sent a note to Nike My dream is o go to college he wrote without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day Nike assigned a design team to the challenge This year they came out with their solution the FlyEase The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand A pair of Nike
4、FlyEase shoes sells for 130 An Airport for Drones 无人机 As Amazon Google and others get ready for drone delivery service there is one big question what kinds of home bases will their drones have Rwanda in Africa may have the answer There workers will soon start work on three drone ports The goal is to
5、 make it easier to transport food medical supplies electronics and other goods through the hilly countryside Construction is set to be completed in 2020 1 What s the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum A It can be a money saver B It can grow year by year C It can tear plastic into pieces D It can be put
6、into wide use soon 2 What do we know about Nike A It offers free shoes to the disabled B It is designing new shoes frequently C It provides customer friendly services D It responded to Matthew s request passively 3 Why is Rwanda setting up drone ports A Because road travel there is rough B Because t
7、here are too many drones C Because they re easier to construct than roads D Because they are receptive to new technology B I grew up in a middle class family Dad worked hard to support our family and Mom tried to save money while making sure we had enough food to eat and clothes to wear One of their
8、 greatest desires was to raise decent loving children who had an opportunity to finish college My brother Gene never hesitated to learn new things He had an artistic hand so he went into fine arts for a while He also did a lot of screens about computers He became so 第 2 页 共 14 页 good at it that the
9、school hired him to teach there after he completed his studies My younger brother also pursued computers following in his footsteps Gene did not have a history of any health problems from his very young age to adulthood One day he came home from teaching ate his dinner and went to bed That evening m
10、y healthy brother died suddenly of a cardiac arrest 心跳骤停 My parents were extremely sad At the viewing in the funeral house amidst the sadness my parents felt so much pride So many people came and each was relating a story of how they were touched by Gene A cleaner came to say that practically every
11、day Gene brought him a sandwich Finally Mom found out why Gene had taken so many sandwiches to school Then there was a man who came in bringing money saying that Gene had lent him some when he was down and out Gene had never asked him for the money back From the school president to the guard people
12、came And because of his good heart and deeds my younger brother was awarded a full scholarship in the school as a tribute to my dead brother In the end my parents realized that even at the young age of 26 my brother had lived a full life and was very instrumental in helping others live theirs a litt
13、le better 4 What was the biggest wish of the author s parents A To have a better life B To save enough money for the future C To give their children a college education D To raise their children to be respectable people 5 The author s parents felt proud in the funeral house because A many people fro
14、m all walks of life came B Gene was praised by the school president C Gene s brother was awarded a full scholarship D they heard about many good deeds done by Gene 6 What can we learn about Gene from the passage A He took many sandwiches to school to share with others B He lent a man some money and
15、then asked for it back C He was not in very good health from an early age D He taught fine arts in his school 7 What is the message conveyed in the passage A Good deeds deserve praise B A friend in need is a friend indeed C Kindness in students should be encouraged D The meaning of life consists in
16、its devotion not its length C Many people don t consider their breakfast without a glass of milk Right now cows buffalos goats and sheep provide most of the world s milk But soon people could get milk from roaches 蟑螂 That isn t as crazy as it might sound New research shows this milk is super nutritious What s more some scientists have already begun referring to a lot of insects as source of milk In 2004 Subramanian Ramaswamy started studying milk crystals found inside the roach At the time he wa
