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1、“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线山西省怀仁县2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题（普通班）注意事项：1. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡和机读卡上相应的位置。3. 1-40小题填涂在机读卡上。第I卷（共两部分，共100分）第一部分 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在机读卡。 (A)Most people who w
2、ork in the office have a boss (老板). So do I (我也是). But my boss is a little unusual. Whats unusual about him? Its a big dig. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My bosss dog. Robinson, is big and brown. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to me
3、etings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy (毛绒绒的) under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog , I know my boss is out. 1. People _brin
4、g dogs to the office. A. usually B. often C. seldom (几乎不) D. sometimes 2. My boss is Robinsons _. A. boss B. master C. classmate D. teacher 3. Robinson goes to meetings _ my boss.A. for B. without C. instead of (代替) D. with (B)Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythi
5、ngtutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centersin short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school. After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didnt kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and s
6、tarted studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before.
7、 This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. S
8、he could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw th
9、at man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they werent joking. ”根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。4. Why did Tommys parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there. B. Because he could earn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D. Becau
10、se his parents didnt want him to learn math any more. 5. Tommys mother felt surprised that his son _. A. was still the same as usual B. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after school D. worked hard but said little6. The last sentence in the passage shows that _. A. Tommy felt sorry for the ma
11、il B. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didnt like the plus sign D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others（C） Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加纳), Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a v
12、illage far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily(日常) cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They cant get enough clean water to keep healthy. Earth Day is April 22. But on all othe
13、r days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然资源) on the earth.Water covers 70% of the earths surface(表面). But most of that is sea water. We cant use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earths surface. You probably feel lucky that
14、your life isnt as hard as Napogas. But that doesnt mean you dont have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make ourrivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to
15、drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world wont have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water
