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1、榜样的力量，源于苦难得磨砺。苦难事人生的必修课，有的人在苦难面前选择退却、消沉、怨天尤人，而我们身边的榜样却坦然的面对，从不向命运屈服，积极为明天拼搏内蒙古包头市青山区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题考试时间：2016年5月12日 满分：150分 考试时长：120分钟第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40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。 AStill seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere wal
2、k away from your college.Kings Art CentreA day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.You could attend a class teaching you how to learn f
3、rom the masters or get more creative with paint free of charge.The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.The Botanic GardenThe Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.The multi-bra
4、nched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.The Garden is also a place for
5、 wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called Hissing Sid is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.Byrons PoolMany stories surround Lord Byrons time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mes
6、s and drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. Im not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is
7、now known as Byrons Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you dont trust me, then
8、perhaps youll take it from Virginia Woolf ,a famous writer,over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.1.The main idea of the passage is _.A. interesting stories of Lord. ByronB. an approach to becoming creative in artC. the colorful life in the countrysideD. some
9、 places for weekend break2.If you are a wildlife enthusiast, youd better go to_. A. Byrons Pool B. the Botanic Garden C. Kings Art Centre D. Cambridgeshire3.According to the passage, the following statements are wrong except _.A. There is a small charge for attending the masters classB. Byron liked
10、swimming naked in the lakeC. Byron seemed to like keeping pet bearsD. Hissing Sid and Flytrap are impressive animals4.The authors purpose in mentioning Virginia Woolf is to show_. A. she was a famous writerB. she was fond of swimmingC. she was Byrons admirerD. Byrons Pool is a pleasant placeBWhen I
11、lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation . I suggested that they should stay at bed and breakfast houses, because this kind of place gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English
12、with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories “We didnt stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found most families were away on holiday.” I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little Eng
13、lish, and they thought VACANCIES meant holidays, because the Spanish word for holidays is vacaciones. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said VACANCLES, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said NO VACANCLES, because they thought t
14、his meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels! We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word DIVERSION means fun. In English, it means that
15、workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word DIVERSION on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold. English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, thank you.”5. My Spanish friends wanted ad
