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1、2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题 (VII)第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(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。AOnce a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon record(马拉松记录). They wanted to play for 90 hours and that is to add 6 hours to the record. Each team had nin
2、e players, with five at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21. 5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 oclock in the evening. The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited(兴奋的) to fall asleep at once. After sleepin
3、g for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night, they fell asleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological(心理上的) one. Each boy was thinking：why am I doing this？How can I play any longer？After the thi
4、rd night, the players knew they could finish the ninety hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was！1. The first night was hard for the play
5、ers to fall asleep because _. A. they were too excitedB. they only slept for a short timeC. no one watched them playD. it was very long2. “the players looked as fresh as when they started” here “fresh” means _. A. 新鲜的 B. 兴奋不已的C. 精神饱满的 D. 伤痕累累的3. Which of the following sentences is wrong？A. Some of t
6、he boys were hurt when they played. B. The world basketball marathon record is 90 hours. C. The boys started playing at 6 oclock in the evening. D. In the end, all the boys felt happy. Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in th
7、e south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean.
8、 You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well. Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its b
9、eautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. W
10、hat we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep ing towards us down the path. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sh
11、eep, sheep, everywhere are sheep. 4. Australia is _. A. the largest country in the world B. as large as ShanghaiC. not as large as China D. the largest island in the north of the earth5. The government had made _. A. too enough laws to fight pollutionB. so many laws that it can fight pollutionC. eno
12、ugh laws that it can hardly fight pollutionD. enough laws because the pollution is very serious6. Which of the following is NOT true？A. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. B. Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia. C. Perth lies in the west of Australia. D. No other cit
13、y is larger than Perth in Australia. 7. In Perth you may visit a wild flowers show in _. A. July B. January C. May D.October 8. Which of the following is true？A. Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and wild flowers. B. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep. C.
14、Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us. D. If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of white sheep. C Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel nea
15、r the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find. On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, Blind from birth. Please give generously (慷慨地
16、).Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl. Thank you. he said. The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggars bowl. What have
