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1、2020学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试题注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。用2B铅笔将答题卡上试卷类型A后的方框涂黑。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（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
2、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。AAustralians hold certain days each year as specials days of national meaning. Most states and territories observe some of the public holidays on the same date. They have others on different dates or have some days that only their state or territory celebrates. In larg
3、er cities, most shops, restaurants and public transport continue to operate on public holidays. In smaller towns, most shops and restaurants close.Christmas and Easter are two of the main public holidays.Some other important national dates are:Australia DayAustralia Day, January 26, is the day we ce
4、lebrate our nationhood. The day is a public holiday. The day marks the founding of the first settlement in our nation by European people.Anzac DayAnzac Day is on April 25, the day the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps(ANZAC )landed at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915 during World War I. This day is s
5、et apart to hold dear the memory of those who fought for our nation and those who lost their life to war. The day is a public holiday. We remember with ceremonies,wreath laying and military parades.Melbourne Cup DayMelbourne Cup Day happens on the first Tuesday of November each year. The cup is a wo
6、rld famous horse race. Most people whether at work, school or home, stop and watch the race on television. It is a public holiday in metropolitan Melbourne. In other places and mainly in the workplace, many people have a lunch or party to celebrate Melbourne Cup.NAIDOC WeekNAIDOC Week starts on the
7、second Sunday in July and is a week of highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and heritage. NAIDOC Week is the outcome of a long history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander efforts to bring issues of concern to the notice of governments and the public.1. Which holiday is pro
8、bably NOT a public holiday nationwide?A. Christmas Day B. Australia DarC. Anzac Day. D. Melbourne Cup Day.2. Anzac Day was set mainly to_.A.mark the founding of the countryB.celebrate an important sports activityC. memorize some heroes in the World War ID. attract governments to some issues3. NAIDOC
9、 Week is unique among the holidays mentioned In the text because it_.A lasts a week in July B. has a long historyC. is a public holiday D. is the most popular holiday4. The text probably belongs to the section of _in a news paper.A. History of Australia B. Living in AustraliaC. Issues in Australia D
10、. Popular Sports in AustraliaBSome people say the higher you climb, the harder you fall. But those people probably would not be rock climbers.The sport science and art of rock climbing is our subject this week.About nine million people go rock climbing in the United States. Millions more take part i
11、n the activity around the world.Some do it just for personal satisfaction. Others compete. Rock climbing can be dangerous. But there are many methods and protective devices that can increase a climbers safety.Climbing takes strength, control and good balance. Climbers have to pull themselves straigh
12、t up the face of very high rocks or walls. So they have to be strong enough to carry their own weight.And climbers sometimes have to hold on to rocks by only their fingers or toes.There are several kinds of rock climbing. Traditional rock climbing is done outside. Climbers wear ropes and attach devi
13、ces to the rocks as they climb many hundreds of meters up. They also connect their ropes to the devices. If a climber slips, a rope can stop him from falling.Sport climbing is similar. However, in those cases the protective devices are permanently placed in the rock. There is also indoor climbing. R
14、ock walls made of wood or concrete have places for the climbers hands and feet.Ice climbing is exactly as it sounds. People climb glaciers or frozen waterfalls instead of rocks. They use special equipment for the ice.And then there is bouldering-climbing rocks between three and seven meters high. It
15、 is a quicker and more intense kind of climbing. Many climbers like bouldering because they can use less equipment. Climbers often need only special shoes and chalk. All members use chalk to keep their hands dry.People almost always climb in groups of two or more. Climbing alone, orsolo climbing”, i
16、s very dangerous. Expert rock climbers say only the very best in the sport should do it.5. There are _kinds of climbing mentioned in the textA two B. three C.four D. five6. From the text we can draw the following conclusions EXCEP_.A. there are many methods and protective devices that can increase a climber
