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1、- 1 -商丘市一高商丘市一高 2017-182017-18 学年第一学学年第一学期期末考试期期末考试高二英语试卷（理科）高二英语试卷（理科）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分）第 1 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A AUnderseaUndersea restaurantrestaurant IthaaIthaaIthaa is the very first undersea restaurant in the world loca
2、ted 5 meters below sea level in the Republic of Maldives. The 5-by-9-metre restaurant can hold 14 people at a time and has a transparent roof offering a 270 panoramic (全景的) underwater view. The restaurant was designed and constructed by M. J. Murphy Ltd., a design consultancy（咨询公司） based in New Zeal
3、and. It was opened on April 15, 2005. Food served in the restaurant can be described as contemporary European with Asian influence.Tip:Tip: Work on technical designs and drawings for Ithaa started in March 2004. Once constructed, Ithaa would be put into the water. Because of technical challenges, li
4、mited resources, and quality control problems in building something underwater, the restaurant can only exist for about 20 years.SkylineSkyline QueenstownQueenstown RestaurantRestaurant- 2 -The famous New Zealand restaurant offers delightful fresh seafood, salads, roast meats and delicious desserts,
5、 while the panoramic view from the windows will attract you day or night. It s the ideal place for that special night out and the best place in Queenstown to watch the sun go down! With live music creating a relaxing atmosphere and never ending scenery to admire, you will be entertained as you eat i
6、n the restaurant.Tip:Tip: Unlike other restaurants, the Skyline Queenstown Restaurant has tiered (分层的) seating to guarantee(确保)beautiful lake and mountain views from every table.RevolvingRevolving(旋转的) RestaurantRestaurant AllalinAllalinLocated in the Allalinhom mountain, Saas-Fee,Switzerland, Revol
7、ving Allalin is the highest revolving restaurant in the world at about 3,500 m. The restaurant offers a rich selection. Valaisian platter, pasta and pizza . all this and much more is on the menu of the world-famous restaurant. Enjoy the eating delights offered in the worlds highest revolving restaur
8、ant, while some mountain tops slowly pass by.Tip:Tip: Known as the Pearl of the Alps, Saas-Fee offers many sports and activities: The popular holiday village features the Metro Alpine, the highest underground railway in the world up to the skiing area and the highest revolving restaurant at 3,500 m.
9、21. What do we know about Ithaa?A. It was constructed in New Zealand.B. It can seat 14 diners at most.C. It was finished in March 2004.D. It will exist for another 20 years.22. The Skyline Queenstown Restaurant is special in its _.A. location B. food C. seating D. atmosphere23. What do the three res
10、taurants have in common?A. They all met technical challenges while being built.B. Yon can have fresh seafood in all of them.- 3 -C. They all offer a lot of sports and activities.D. You can enjoy beautiful scenery at all of them.B BFive eggs the size of Ping-Pong balls crack open as the tiny desert t
11、ortoises inside break through the shells. The two-inch-long babies immediately crawl off in search of flowers and grasses to eat. These animals may be newly hatched, but they already have survival skills that will allow them to thrive in their severe and hot habitats.Desert tortoise live in the dese
12、rts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. During the summer, ground temperatures in parts of their range can hit 140oF. To beat the heat, desert tortoises use their strong forearms and tough nails to dig underground holes where they can hide from the sun. Some of these tortoise
13、tunnels are up to 32 feet in length. And the holes can get pretty crowded. As many as 25 desert tortoises might stay together in one shelter.The animals also dig grooves(沟)into the grounds surface to catch rainwater. After a storm, theyll return to these holes to drink the water thats collected insi
14、de. Once it has had a good drink, a desert tortoise can go up to a year without requiring fresh water again. The tortoise stores the water it has consumed in its bladder and can later absorb the liquid when it needs to hydrate（水合物）.Despite sometimes hanging out in holes together, desert tortoises ar
15、e pretty solitary. And sometimes when males come across each other, theyll fight to establish governance. The fighting tortoises may use horns(角)on their chests to try and knock each other over. The contest ends when one animal turns over the other on its back. The losing tortoise can turn right sid
16、e up by wiggling(摆动)its body back and forth until it flips(翻转)over. But after that, the tortoise knows whos the boss.24. What do the desert tortoises babies mainly eat?- 4 -A. Flowers and grasses B. Small animalsC. Their mothers milk D. Insects25. The underlined word “thrive” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “_”.A. play B. fight C. grow up D. hang out26. How do
