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1、1 高高二二上学期期中考试上学期期中考试（一）（一） 英语英语 考试时间：100 分钟；总分：120 分 注意事项： 1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息 2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上 第第 I 卷（选择题）卷（选择题） 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 30 分）分） 第一节第一节（共（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分）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。 A Darrell Blatchley，a marine biologist and environmentalist b
2、ased in the Philippine city of Davao， received a call from the Philippine，Bureau of Fisheries andAquatic Resources(渔业与水产资源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale. When the necropsy(尸检) was performed， Blatchley told NPR， he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in t
3、he whales stomach. “It was full of plastic nothing but nonstop plastic，” he said. “It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball. That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more，” Blatchley added. Blatchley is the fou
4、nder and owner of the DBone Collector Museum，a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days，the museum will display all the items found in the whales system. Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries andAquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery
5、of marine animals. “Within the last 10 years， we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf，” he said. “Of them,57 have died due to man whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste，or gotten caught in pollutionand four were pregnant.” Blatchley said he hoped that th
6、e latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way，it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic，” he said. 2 1What can be inferred from the second paragraph? A
7、The whale was starved to death. BBlatchley was shocked at what he found. CThe dead whale must have swallowed a baseball. DBlatchley didnt make preparations for the necropsy. 2What will be shown in the DBone Collector Museum? AWaste collected from the ocean. BThe whole system of the whale. CThings fo
8、und in the whales body. DMany different tools of whaling. 3What is the best title for the text? AAWhale Found Dead of Plastic BStand Up for Protecting Whales CPlastic Threatening Our Existence DNatural Death or Merciless Murder B Hope has proved a powerful predictor of outcome in every study weve do
9、ne so far, said Dr. Snyder, a psychologist. In research with 3,920 college students, Dr. Snyder found that the level of hope among freshmen at the beginning of their first term was a more accurate predictor of their college grades than were their S.AT. scores or their grade point averages in high sc
10、hool. Students with high hope set themselves higher goals and know how to work to attain them, Dr. Snyder said. When you compare students with equal learning ability and past school achievements, what sets them apart is hope. In seeking a way to assess hope scientifically, Dr. Snyder went beyond the
11、 usual belief that hope is merely the sense that everything will turn out all right. This idea is not concrete enough; it fails to clarify two key components of hope, Dr. Snyder said. Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be. Despi
12、te the wisdom in the old saying where theres a will theres a way, Dr. Snyder has found that 3 the two are not necessarily connected. In a study of people from 18 to 70 years old, Dr. Snyder discovered: only about 40% of people are hopeful in the technical sense of believing they typically have the e
13、nergy and means to accomplish their goals; about 20% of the people believed in their ability to find the means to attain their goals, but said they had little will to do so; another 20% have the opposite pattern, saying they had the energy to motivate themselves but little confidence that they would
14、 find the means; the rest had little hope at all, reporting that they typically had neither the will nor the way. Its not enough just to have the wish for something, said Dr. Snyder. You need the means, too. On the other hand, all the skills to solve a problem wont help without the willpower to do i
15、t. 4What does Dr. Snyder think can best predict a freshmans academic performance? AHis S.AT. scores.BHis high school grades. CHis level of hope.DHis family background. 5The underlined word concrete in the third paragraph probably means _. AclearBpureCuniversalDpopular 6What did Dr. Synder say about
16、the old saying where theres will theres a way? AIt is quite realistic.BIt is not inspiring to students. CIt is totally wrong.DIt is not always true in reality. 7What can be the most suitable title for the passage? ANo pains, no gains.BHope emerges as key to success. CWill gets it going.DWhere theres a will theres a way. C The other day, my sister and I were sitting in the restaurant, trying to have a conversation, but her children, four-year-old Willow and seven-year-old Luca, would not
