长春外国语学校2017-2018学年第二学期开学前测高二英语试卷I.阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
AThere are lots of ways to experience Portland—through its history, shopping, or cultural and culinary pursuits—and they’re all spectacular. But you mustn’t forget one of the most important parts of Portland package deals: your hotel. Consider these popular options when it’s time to rest.Kimpton HotelThis accommodation offers Italian sheets, designer bath products, and a relaxing spa, and you’ll never go hungry with fine dining at its on-site restaurant. Add on a balcony or a whirlpool tub, and you’ll really be living in luxury.Benson HotelIt can hold its own when it comes to amenities, too: memory foam beds with Egyptian cotton sheets, soaking bathtubs, and two restaurants await. And its location near both Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and the Museum of Contemporary Craft is ideal for art lovers.Modera HotelIt is just steps from Portland State University and the heart of downtown. Modern furnishings and a 500-piece art collection are the icing on the cake of this four-star hotel, which also has a garden-setting outdoor courtyard and restaurant.Paramount HotelIt is a top pick thanks to its location and affordability. Those who seek out cultural endeavors will enjoy proximity to Schnitzer Concert Hall and Portland Center for the Performing Arts, and any type of traveler can enjoy the free Wi-Fi and views of Director Park.1. Which of the following is an ideal hotel for art enthusiasts?A. Benson HotelB. Modera HotelC. Paramount HotelD. Egyptian Hotel2. If a visitor has a tight budget, he’d better choose____________.A. Kimpton HotelB. Benson HotelC. Modera HotelD. Paramount Hotel 3. Where can you find this passage?A. fashion magazineB. holiday brochureC. science reportD. business contractBLi Ming , a 13-year-old student has spent most of his spare time on a mobile game, King of Glory since May. “Every boy in our class is playing it, and we hold competitions within and among classes. Good players are respected and it is easier for them to make more friends,” said Li. He added one of the most important reasons they love the game is that the historical characters are all in cartoon style and look “very cool.”Li is one of many thousands of young players who are crazy about this game. Although this Chinese mobile game enjoy great popularity, recently, it has come under fire for promoting an inaccurate representation of ancient Chinese history.The characters in the game not only travel through time and space to fight together, but also take on historical figures’ names w ith no connection at all to their experiences in history. This characteristic could easily confuse young players. Some parents are worried that it may mislead their children and have a bad influence on their study, especially on history and Chinese.Zhang Liang, a 27-year-old IT worker, thinks such worries are reasonable, but the problem is not alarming. Zhang pointed out that a proper use of history or legendary materials in games should combine education with entertainment.However, some hit back at the accusation, arguing that games are supposed to be creative, and that “King of Glory” doesn’t intend to be set in any specific historical period.“I am aware that there are many young players, some even in primary school. Some might be affected by the game in certain ways, but it can do a lot of good if students become interested in the characters and do more research to that end,” one “King of Glory” player said.After all, the root cause of the problem is that there is no game rating system in China to protect children who are too young to distinguish virtual world from real history.4. Why did the author mention Li Ming’s story in Paragraph 1?A. To show King of Glory is very popular.B. To lead in the topic of the passage.C. To explain why young people play the game.D. To persuade us to play the game .5. What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “come under fire” in paragraph 2?A. Be popular.B. Be accused.C. Be played.D. Be banned.6. Some parents worry that yo ung players of“King of Glory”may____________A. get addicted to it.B. lose interest in study.C. have trouble in understanding real history.D. feel confused about the characters in the game.7. What’s Zhang’s attitude towards the game“King of Glory”?A. Supportive.B. Opposed.C. Indifferent.D. Objective.CSelf-driving cars are so popular that the University of Michigan has even established a town called Mcity to allow car manufacturers to safely test their autonomous cars.While Mcity can be used to simulate many real-life road conditions, it cannot help test gestures drivers use to communicate their intention to other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists. To find a solution, US car manufacturer Ford, with researchers from Virginia Tech, firstly considered using text as a way to communicate the car’s intention, but decided it would probably not work universally. The option of using symbols was also discarded, because research shows that a majority of people do not have a good understanding of what they mean. Finally, the researchers settled on light signals. A white light warned that there were no humans in the car. A slow blinking one indicated that the car was coming to a stop, while a rapidly flashing light cautioned passersby that the car was about to accelerate.Then came the big challenge—testing the signals on real road, “We needed to try out this new lighting to communicate the intention of the vehicle, but if you’ve got a driver behind th e seat, you still have natural communication between humans,” said Andy Shaudt, who led the Virginia Tech research team. “So we needed to make it look like a driverless car.”The team designed a car seat costume that the driver would wear to cover his or her face and upper body. Of course, the drivers could see very clearly. The researchers then equipped the car with cameras to capture human reactions to a light bar on the windshield, which flashed one of the three signals when appropriate. Six drivers, all keeping their hands low on the wheel so as not to be detected, took turns to test driving the car through the busy streets.The overall reaction to the flashing lights was very encouraging. Who knew costumes could be useful for more than Halloween?8. Wha t did the team use as a way to communicate the car’s intention?A. Light.B. Language.C. Symbols.D. Sound.9. What does a rapidly flashing light mean?A. The car was coming to a stop.B. There was no driver in the car.C. The car was about to speed up.D. The car was about to slow down.10. The car seat costume was intended to____________.A. amuse the driverB. attract the pedestrianC. warn the cyclistsD. confuse the peopleDAs more people opt for the single life, adult friendships also grow more important. For people in relationships, having a reliable group is important,too—your mate will be much happier if you’re s preading your anxieties beyond his or her ears and you will also feel better.In a recent study, researchers made some fascinating findings about how “who we are” informs the friendships we hold. The study was based on the most popular personality construct in contemporary psychology, the Big 5 personality traits: extraversion, or how much you love attention and interacting with people; neuroticism, or how easily worried you are by things; agreeableness, or how warm and kind you are; conscientiousness, or h ow careful you are about life’s many duties; and openness to experience, or how much you’re into discovering new things, whether they’re ideas, people, or places.For their study, the research team recruited 434 students. They took a personality questionnaire in the lab, then rated how satisfied they were with their friends and their life overall, and then researchers asked them to recommend half a dozen friends to rate their personality. Gathering these ratings together, the researchers found that openness to experience didn’t have anything to do with friendship satisfaction, at least in this study. Neuroticism was linked to lower satisfaction (probably because emotionally unstable people may be dramatic or hard to please, at least in my personal experience). But having high scores in the three remaining sunnytraits-conscientiousness, extra version, and agreeableness-predicted higher friendship satisfaction. However, it’s a pretty intuitive(直觉的) result, since it’s easy to be friends with someone who’s always on time, always saying that you’re right, and always up to hang out. But if you don’t exactly identify with all that, fear not: Your personality is so much more than your traits.11. What does the author think of the friendship?A. It is helpful to dating and workB. It can relieve your negative emotionsC. It has nothing to do with personalityD. It is based on the 5 popular personality traits12. What did the recent study find?A. The biggest 5 personality traitsB. The methods of informing the friendshipsC. The ways to form the most popular personalityD. The relationship between personality and friendships13. What opinion does the author hold?A. It’s hard to please emotionally unstable peopleB. A punctual person can surely make more friendsC. Friends are more important than families for single personsD. The five traits are equally demanded in getting higher friendship satisfactionEHow do you get to Carnegie Hall(卡内基音乐厅)? “practice, practice, practice” is the well-known answer. But for some inspiring young musicians from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, the road to the famous concert hall was more difficult.The Afghan Youth Orchestra(AYO) is made up of young people who study at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. It was the first orchestra created in Afghanistan in 30 years.Gulalai Norestani, 14, plays a traditional string instrument. Like many students, Gulalai became an orphan when her parents were killed during the ongoing war. Music is her salvation. “Music for me is a language of peace,” Gulalai said. “It connects people.”Milad Yousufi, 18, is a piano student. “Music is my life,” he said. Milad als olost many of his family members during the war. When music was banned, he couldn’t even touch a piano. So as a 12-year-old boy, he started painting and drawing. “I used to draw a piano,” he said. Finally, Milad was free to play a real piano. “Our dream c ame true,” he said. “It is everyone’s dream to play in Carnegie Hall.”And he has more dreams. “I have a dream to continue my education in America,” he explained. “I am working hard to make that happen. Then I have a dream to come back to Afghanistan and t each and serve people.”Because of continuing limits in Afghanistan, Gulalai and Milad listen mostly to the king of classical music they played at Carnegie Hall. But Gulalai says she’s heard a bit of Jennifer Lopez and Shakira and she likes them. Milad says he has heard of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, but hasn’t yet had a chance to listen to them.Before Milad went onstage that night with the band of Afghan kids who had survived a war, I asked him if he had ever experienced true peace. “No, not yet,” he ans wered, adding, “I hope I will be able to.”Later during the performance, as he played one of Carnegie Hall’s famous grand pianos, the look of pure joy on his face convinced me that he found peace in music.14. What is Gulalai’s opinion on music?A. It makes people understand each other.B. It calms her down in the war.C. It is a kind of violent language.D. It saves her from the killing at war.15. What is Milad’s final aim?A. To play a real piano.B. To serve his country.C. To further study.D. To play in Carnegie.16. What can we learn from the passage?A. Classical music is not played in Afghanistan.B. Gulalai knows Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber well.C. The music Gulalai and Milad can hear is limited.D. Milad likes Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.17. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Traditional Afghan MusicB. Young MusiciansC. A Better PerformanceD. A Peace in MusicFYelp, the San Francisco Internet company that makes reviews of restaurants and other businesses across a large part of America, is getting into the food delivery business.Today, the company has announced that it has agreed to acquire Eat24, a food company that delivers food to homes on behalf of partner restaurants. Yelp is paying $134 million for the company-$75 million in cash and the rest in stock. Eat24 works with 20,000 restaurants in more than 1,500 cities all over the U.S.On Yelp's reviews site, you can find new restaurants to suit your tastes, and now that the company is acquiring Eat24, the idea is that it will also let you take the next step: order food to your door.“If you're looking at a restaurant, you want to be able to book that restaurant,”Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy said in a Tuesday interview. “If we can integrate(融入) that into the Yelp experience, it makes the site much better.”The move is just one way that some of Internet's most recognizable names are branching into online food delivery to improve their existing business. Last August, payments company Square bought Caviar, a high－end quick food delivery service. And that same month, Uber tested a fast food delivery service called UberFRESH, which aimed to deliver meals from local restaurants to customers in less than 10 minutes.In each case, food delivery can provide an added source of income, and it canalso help these companies push the use of their existing services. The market for food delivery is hardly small, and mobile technologies can speed up the process, potentially expanding the business even further.18. How does Yelp pay for the company Eat24?A. Totally by cheque.B. Totally in cash.C. Partly in stock.D. Only in credit.19. What can customers NOT do on the new Yelp's website?A. Finding the restaurants they like.B. Booking a restaurant they like.C. Ordering food to their door.D. Enjoying much cheaper food.20. From the passage, we can infer that many companies ____________.A. begin to set up their own food branchesB. make little money from their existing businessC. begin to attach importance to food delivery makingD. give up the present business and turn to food making第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
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