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1、辽宁省沈阳市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题第卷第一部分 听力（略）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节(共15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。AVenice, one of the cities in Italy, was founded in A.D.811 by the people of Malamocco. It was said that they were guided by pigeons carrying little crosses, and settled wh
2、ere now Venice lies.Venice is built on 117 islands. It has 150 canals and 400 bridges. The narrow streets, with their historic names, are covered with stones, but have no footpaths. They are dotted with flower shop signs and lanterns. Shops and palaces stand by side. The brick bridges are high enoug
3、h to allow boats to pass freely under them.The center of public life is St. Marks Square where tourists and citizens sit in the famous Florian and Quadri cafes to listen to music, enjoying themselves. The Quadri is more popular but the Florian, founded in 1720, is the best-known cafe because it has
4、received such great persons as Byron (an English poet) and Goethe (a German poet).Unfortunately, the special position of Venice is threatening its own existence. The terrain（地势）on which it is built began to sink while the level of the surrounding waters is constantly rising. However, many measures h
5、ave already been taken to prevent the city from sinking.21. In the second paragraph, the author _.A. told us who built the city of VeniceB. described what Venice is like C. showed up where Venice isD. talked about why Venice is surrounded by waters22. Which of the following shows the right relations
6、hip? (=Italy;=Venice;=St. Marks Square)23. Why is the Florian the famous cafe? Because _.A. it appeared in Byron and Goethes poemsB. Byron and Goethe were once its customers C. it was founded in 1720, much older than the QuadriD. it is more close to St. Marks Square than the Quadri24. From the artic
7、le we can see that _.A. many people have fled because Venices existence is being threatenedB. the level of the surrounding water is constantly rising because the city of Venice began to sinkC. many steps have already been taken to prevent the terrain from risingD. the government has already taken ma
8、ny measures to save the city from going down BWhy do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that mens hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that womens longevity(长寿)
9、may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.“Within the heart the
10、re are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.” What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-o
11、ld womans heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old ones.“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink.They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence
12、of disease.The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weak
13、er as they age.25. The text mainly talks about _.A. hearts and long life B. womens ageing processC. the gender difference D. mens heart cells26. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _. A. women have more cells than man when they are born B. women can replace the cells that enable
14、 the heart to beat C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age D. women never lose their pumping power with age27. If you want to live longer, you should _.A. enable your heart to beat much fasterB. find out the reason for ageingC. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthD. prevent your
15、cells from being lostCEveryone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We dont always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.No two people are
16、 the same. Sometimes friends dont get along well. That doesnt mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends.Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. It could be that we will even see
