湖北省宜昌市三峡高级中学、宜昌金东方高级中学高二英语下学期期中联考试题

湖北省宜昌市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分听力(共两节, 满分30分)回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。

听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How is the weather today?A. Sunny.B. Cloudy.C. Rainy.2. When does the train leave for Boston?A. 9: 25.B. 12:00.C. 11: 45.3. What does the man want?A. A cup of coffee.B. Orange juice.C. Pancakes.4. What will they do tonight?A. Go to the cinema.B. Go to a concert.C. Go to a restaurant.5. Where are the speakers probably?A. At a bank.B. At a supermarket.C. At a post office. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. On which day is there no train to New York City?A. Saturday.B. Sunday.C. Monday.7. Which train will the man take?A. 10:30.B. 12:20.C. 15:10.8. How much is a hard seat?A. $15.B. $6.C. $8.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

宜昌金东方高级中学2017年秋季学期9月月考高二英语试题本试题卷共8页，四部分72小题。

全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

★祝考试顺利★第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What did the girl do last summer holiday?A. She went on a trip.B. She stayed at home.C. She visited her parents.2. What is the man going to do?A. Go home.B. Visit his friend.C. Go to the cinema.3. Where probably are the speakers?A. In the street.B. In a restaurant.C. At home.4. How much should the lady pay?A. 120 yuan.B. 200 yuan.C. 240 yuan.5. What do we know about the boy?A. He’ll feel hungry.B. He often gels up late.C. He must be late for school.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How often does the man play tennis?A. Every day.B. Twice a year.C. Several times a week.7. What does the woman think of the man’s weight?A. He’s got a problem.B. He doesn’t have to worry.C. He should exercise more.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

宜昌金东方高级中学2021年春天学期期中考试高二英语试卷考试时刻：120分钟总分值：150分第I卷第一部份：听力（共两节，总分值30分）第一节（共5小题，每题分，总分值分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时刻来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What did the boy finally get?A．A colorful bike. B．A blue bike. C．A white bike.2．How long does the woman plan to stay?A．About seven days. B．About five days. C．About twelve days.3．What do we know about the man?A．He is making coffee.B．He has a pain in his hands.C．He is busy painting.4．What did the woman do last night?A．She saw a movie.B．She went to her sister’s.C．She watched a football game.5．What time will Cathy go to the party?A．Before seven. B．Around six thirty. C．After seven.第二节（共15小题:每题分，总分值分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时刻阅读各个小题，每题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时刻。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第六、7题。

宜昌金东方高级中学2016年秋季学期11月月考高二英语试题本试题卷共8页，四部分72小题。

全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

★祝考试顺利★第一卷（选择题,满分100分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题：每小题1。

5分,满分7。

5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。

从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置.听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍.1. Who is the man？A. The owner.B. A customer. C。

A waiter。

2。

What can we learn about the woman？A. She is attractive。

B。

She praised a man. C。

She doesn’t like her work.3。

What will the speakers probably do next？A. Have a rest. B。

See a doctor. C. Move the bed.4. What does the man suggest the woman do？A. Feed the dog。

B。

Call Franklin for help. C。

Show a toy to Charlie。

5. What does the woman want to do？A。

Read a magazine. B。

Watch a TV show. C. Read a book。

第二节（共15小题：每小题1。

5分，满分22。

5分)听下面5段对话或独白.每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置.听每段对话或独白前,将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体2021年春期中联考高二英语(全卷满分:150分考试用时:120分钟)第一部分听力(共两节；满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What is the weather like during the weekend?A. Cold.B. Warm.C. Hot.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。

2.When does the film finish?A. At 10:15.B. At 10:30.C. At 11:00.【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。

3.Where could the speakers most likely be?A. In a restaurant.B. In a supermarket.C. In the man’s house.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。

4.What was wrong with the woman?A. She nearly had an accident.B. She knocked into a taxi.C. She is sick. 【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。

5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. An e-mail.B. A company.C. An old workmate. 【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。

第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

宜昌金东方高级中学2016年春季学期期中考试高二英语试题本试题卷共8页。

全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

★祝考试顺利★第一节（共5个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A B C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What has the man bought?A. Milk.B. Bread.C. Eggs.2. When were the parts sent out?A. On September 5th.B. On September 3rd.C. On September 7th.3. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Give her ID card to him.B. Move the kitchen table.C. Receive a parcel.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a sports field.B. At a shop.C. In a car.5. What does the man mean?A. He didn’t read Stephen King’s last novel.B. He liked Stephen King’s new novel.C. He just began to read Stephen King’s new novel.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。

每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

湖北省宜昌市高家中学高二英语联考试题含解析一、选择题1. You’d better not speak of it at the beginning of the story, otherwise it may _____ the surprisingending.A. give awayB. give upC. give outD. give off参考答案：A2. If you _____ any problems at school, you should turn to your teacher for help. A．come up with B．set asideC．run into D．result in参考答案：C3. Don't forget to take breath of fresh air and have some exercise each day. It willmake great difference to your health.A. a; aB. the; theC. /; theD. /;a参考答案：A8. Not only his parents but also his elder brother _____ to the Summer Palace. They haven’t been back yet.A. have beenB. have goneC. has goneD. has been参考答案：C5. — How do you think of the advantages of this washing machine?— ________.A. I can't sayB. Just ask meC. Just so-soD. It doesn't matter参考答案：C用来说明对某一事物的看法，Just so-so “如此而已”。

2022年湖北省宜昌市金东方学校高二英语联考试题含解析一、选择题1. On winter days, accidents _________ happen sometimes on snowy roads.A. canB. shallC. mustD. should参考答案：A30. He got up late and hurried to his office, ______ the breakfast untouched.C略3. --- Miss Wang，I feel very nervous with the competition approaching.---_____. As long as you can finish it，it is a victory.A. Take your timeB. Take it easyC. No problemD. It’s hard to say参考答案：B4. The old worker has been fired and now a young man _________.A. took placeB. has taken the placeC. has taken his placeD. takes place of him参考答案：C5. In some countries, smoking in public places is ______by law, that is, certain laws forbid people _____ in public places. A. forbidden, to smoke B. prevented, from smokingC. forbidden, smokingD. protected, to smoke参考答案：A6. The article is well written ________ the poor handwriting.A. except forB. besidesC. except thatD. except参考答案：Aexcept for为介词，用于修正整体的不足或缺陷。

2020届宜昌市三峡高级中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项A“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start askingthose questions. The questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone, this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too, was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her questions with a beginner’s mind, too.Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We mightquibble overthe view that Einstein had no special talent, but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason or existence.”1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.A. people can learn much faster.B. people won't be afraid to make mistakes.C. people are willing to receive new things.D. people won't be expected to answer all questions.2. What does the example of Einstein’s words show?A. Einstein was passionate about curiosity.B. Einstein’s quotes are very famous.C. Curiosity is of great significance.D. Curiosity is more necessary than talent.3. What does the underlined phrase “quibble over” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Fight against.B. Argue about.C. Work out.D. Agree withBWhen girls play with cars, they're serious. It was at primary school that Gu Huijing first became interested in cars after watching some car-themed movies. Born in2004 inShenzhen, Guangdong province, Gu decided to major in automobiles (汽车) when she was in junior high.She's driven by interest, but she is also a realist. “I think the future of the automobile industry is bright because we cannot live without food, clothes, houses and cars,” she said.In April, she won first prize at a competition for vehicle maintenance (车辆维修) in Dongguan city, which drew 33 teams from different cities across the province.“I thought it couldn't be that hard to repair cars when I started to take courses, but I was totally wrong,” Gu said. When she started learning in 2019, she was frequently confused by various problems. “And competition within our school is intense, so I had to work extra hard,” she said.Her teacher once tried to persuade her to give up as she was a sophomore (大二学生), and wasn't as knowledgeable as the seniors, and no women had ever been selected for the competition before. “But I insisted that I would carry on,” she said. Finally, her training and hard work won her the only place to stand for her school at the competition.A woman winning first prize in a vehicle maintenance competition became a hot topic on-line, causing heated discussions over gender (性别) and career choices. “Women should not be influenced by old-fashioned thinking, and should do whatever it takes to discover their interests and strengths. There are more possibilities out there,” one netizen wrote.Gu said, “Many people think vehicle maintenance is a job for men. That's wrong. I don't think gender has anything to do with choice of jobs.” “I have a goal and I will work harder to make it happen,” she added. “I will be responsible for my choices.”4. What was a cause of Gu's choosing automobiles as her major?A. The love for automobiles.B. The guidance from her parents.C. The high popularity of automobiles.D. The determination to contribute to society.5. Why did Gu's teacher advise her to quit the competition?A. She lacked the knowledge related to it.B. She had never taken part in a competition before.C. She was unlikely to win the competition.D. Women were not allowed to enter the competition.6. Which of the following best describes Gu Huijing?A. Creative and caring.B. Determined and hard-working.C. Independent and humorous.D. Honest and courageous.7. What would be the best title for the text?A. There Is No End To LearningB. Teenage Girl Wins Car Repair ContestC. Vehicle Maintenance Catches OnD. Taking Challenge Leads To SuccessCJon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a businessman for a life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut in Uganda, East Africa.Pedley admits that he has notalways led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. “I’ve always put the pursuit of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn’t care who I was hurting, ” says Pedley.But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing were thanking me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them,” he said.Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car — and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organization that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors’ offices, too.Pedley’s organization will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health, and education facilities for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.8. Which of the following best describes Pedley’s life in the past?A. Negative.B. Colorful.C. Independent.D. Selfish.9. What will Pedley do in the small Ugandan village?A. Do business with the local people.B. Help farmers increase potato output.C. Assist villagers with construction work.D. Introduce tools to improve English teaching.10. Why will Pedley work with English teenagers in trouble?A. To encourage them to make friends with locals.B. To inspire them to live a more positive life.C. To train them to become doctors in the future.D. To make them learn about different cultures.11. What is the best title for the text?A. From millionaire to mud hutB. A life-changing adventureC. A rich man becoming homelessD. More money, more worriesDBrain cells work to actively forget memories during a specific period of sleep. When we sleep our brains clear out the memories we’ve made while we’re awake, deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. Forgetting is an active process, explained the authors of the study published in the journal Science. But less is known about this process during the different periods of sleep.They found that during the rapid eye movement (REM ) sleep period — or active sleep when we are thought to dream — special nerve cells appear to actively contribute to forgetting. What are known as melanin-concentrating hormone-producing (MCH) neurons (神经元) sit in the hypothalamus (下丘脑): a part of the brain which helps with a range of functions such as sleep, appetite and emotions. Past research has suggested these cells help to control REM sleep patterns: activating the MCH neurons increasing time spentin this period, while preventingthemreducing changes into this period.The scientists looked at MCH cells in mice, and found 52.8 percent were active during REM sleep, compared with 35 percent when the mice were awake. Study co-author Thomas Kilduff, director of the Center for Neuroscience at SRI International, told Newsweek the team was surprised to find that mice performed better onlearning and memory tasks when the MCH cells were prevented. “This result suggests that activation of the MCH neurons may affect memory — that is, MCH neurons may facilitate forgetting,” Kilduff explained.When asked what motivated the study, Kilduff said, “We hope the work could deepen our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. Understanding the neural basis of learning and memory is a huge area of neuroscience research because of its effects on our everyday lives, as well as diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to this work, no one suspected that MCH neurons had anything to do with forgetting,” said Kilduff.12. What can we infer from paragraph 1?A. Forgetting is a passive process.B. The forgetting process is known to us.C. Some memories are forgotten while we are awake.D. Certain memories are removed while we are asleep.13. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. REM sleep patterns.B. Past researches.C. MCH neurons.D. A range of functions.14. Why did Kilduff’s team conduct the research?A. To publish the study in the journal Science.B. To know more about Alzheimer’s disease.C. To contribute to human’s forgetting.D. To explore our everyday lives.15. What can we know about MCH?A. MCH cells takes control of REM sleep patterns .B. MCH neurons may disturb memory consolidation.C. MCH neurons have nothing to do with forgetting.D. MCH cells help mice performing better on learning.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年宜昌市三峡高级中学高三英语下学期期中试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AIt was a weeknight and one of my twin daughters marched into the room, waving a book she'd finished. “Dad, why are books with science in them always about boys?” she asked.I told her that simply wasn't true; there were loads of great science fictions with girls in them. She agreed, but argued that in those stories it was the boys who were doing science, and the girls were justalong for the ride. My other daughter took her sister's side and challenged me to give an example.This left me in a difficult position. I could either go through our library to point out some wonderful examples of female-led science fictions, or just admit they were right and remain in my comfortable chair.I've been asked several times how I came up with the idea forA Problematic Paradoxand my answer is always the same: it came to me in a moment of inspiration. I like that answer because it's simple and makes me seem very creative. The fact that this explanation is not true bothers me from time to time. Here's the truth: the story wasn't my idea. It was my daughters who suggested I write something for them that had a girl doing science.My daughters were at an age when many young women turn away from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), believing those areas of study unfriendly or out-of-the-norm for girls. I also read about how important role models can be to young people. It's one thing to tell a person they can do something, but seeing someone like them doing that thing can be more powerful.So, I kept two guidelines for the book in mind: First, the story had to be fun for anyone, because it's as important for boys to understand that science is for everyone. Second, I wanted the main character, Nikola, to be imperfect. She should be someone with shortcomings as we all have. I think this not only makes a story more interesting to read, but also helps make it clear that the most extraordinary things can be done by ordinary people.1. What does the underlined phrase “along for the ride” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Entering a bike race.B. Offering vital help.C. Doing unimportant things.D. Playing the leading role.2. What do we know about the bookA Problematic Paradox1?A. Its main character is perfect.B. It is a female-led science fiction.C. It is intended to appeal to girls only.D. Its idea comes from the author's inspiration.3. Which of the following best describes the author's book?A. Serious and abstract.B. Simple and practical.C. Creative and well-organized.D. Inspiring and interesting.BA team of engineers atHarvardUniversity in trying to create the first robotic fly. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks."The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of its components is off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own’ said Robert Wood, a Harvard engineering professor.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings hasa number of interdependencies (相互依赖）on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it d connected to,” said Wood.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites，in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. "Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications.“You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animal，but using these robots instead” he said. "So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day-to-day basis.”4. What is the typical characteristic of the robotic fly?A. It's automatic.B.It's very small.C. It's controllable.D. It's quite powerful.5. We can infer from the passage that the robotic flyer can____ .A. act as a spy planeB. help do farm workC.fly at a very high speedD. answer many scientific questions6. What is Wood's idea about the robotic fly according to the last paragraph?A. It is highly questionable.B. It has wide practical applications.C. It gives scientists interest in flying machines.D. It points to a new direction in studying biology.7. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Harvand's Study in the Field of Insects.B. A Breakthrough in Engineering ScienceC. An Interesting Invention一Robotic FlyD. Robotic Fly一a Copy of Real Life InsectCInAsia, there are special competitions where kites have complex designs and are fitted with instruments that make musical sounds as the wind blows through them. Although all kites have a similar structure (结构), they are widely different in size and shape. Kite-fighting competitions are also held, in which competitors use their kites to attack and bring down their opponents’ (对手) kites or cut their strings (线).For more than 15 years, the Big Wind Kite Factory has been giving kite-making and kite-flying classes for the children on an island inHawaii. In its kite-making lessons, students can make kites in as little as 20 minutes! Children as young as four years old can learn how to fly a kite. Jonathan Socher and his wife Daphne started the kite factory in 1980. Their kites are made of nylon (尼龙). Their designs are Hawaiian themes created by Daphne. The designs are cut out of the nylon with a hot knife that seals the edges and then fastened directly onto the kite. The kite that is used to give lessons is a regular diamond kite with a rainbow pattern. The difference between this kite and the ones they make during the lessons is that it is a two-string controllable kite. Big Wind employees fly the kite and for a few minutes show students how pulling on one line and then on the other controls the direction the kite goes in. Then the controls are given to the students.Jonathan insists that it is not necessary to make a huge impressive kite to have fun making and flying kites. Even the simplest structure can work, and can give hours of fun. Go on, give it a try!8. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. A hot knife is used to iron the nylon.B. Children never fly kites on their own in flying lessons.C. Kite strings must not be cut in kite-fighting competitions.D. Daphne designs kites for the Big Wind Kite Factory.9. What is different about the kite used for flying lessons?A. It has two strings.B. It is simple in design.C. It has a rainbow pattern.D. It is shaped like a diamond.10. According to Jonathan,what do you need to have fun with kites?A. A large kite.B. Any type of kite.C. A complex structure.D. A kite that impresses others.11. What is mainly described in the text?A. A kite factory.B. Kite-flying lessons.C. Special competitions.D. The kite-making process.DIn the world of Chinese archaeology(考古学), a sign of a dig's importance is the sight of Zhou Mingsheng at work. A field technician who has worked at archaeological sites all aroundChina. Master Zhou iscredited with the gentlest touch in his profession. Born into a farming family, he is a “national-level craftsman” with a talent for using simple tools to get relics(遗物) that wouldcrumblein other hands, says his current boss, Wang Xu, director of an archaeological site at Shuanghuaishu, a Neolithic(新石器时代的) settlement near the Yellow River in the central province of Henan.It is not beauty that attracts visitors to Shuanghuaishu. At 5,300 years old, the settlement is the work of a culture too simple to have left behind many buried treasures. The single most precious find, to date, is a finger-length sculpture of a silkworm. Nor is the setting lovely: an area surrounded by deafening insects, between a highway and two power stations. Rather, the site's importance is historical. For since the birth of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s, it has been inseparable from claims thatChinahas the oldest unbroken civilisation on Earth.Leading archaeologists say that the site has the right combination of location, age and distinctive cultural elements to be the capital of an early Chinese kingdom. That would make it a bridge betweenChina's written history and the era of the Yellow Emperor, who is said to rule over these central plains almost 5,000 years ago, though many foreign scholars doubt his existence. Chinese media call the site proof ofChina's 5,000 years of history.Foreigners complain about a lack of written records, Mr. Wang notes. Perhaps they are missing symbols that will one day be understood, for instance in patterned pottery. Outsiders “can't keep using Western standards to apply to Chinese ruins,” he argues.12. What does the underlined word “crumble” in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Break.B. Start.C. Wait.D. Shine.13. Why does Shuanghuaishu attract visitors?A. It has appealing scenery.B. It has various precious treasures.C. It is of great historical significance.D. It is easily accessible.14. What is Mr. Wang's attitude towards foreigners’ view?A. Unconcern.B. Disapproving.C. Supportive.D. Not mentioned.15. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Chinese history amazes the world.B. Chinese archaeology catches on.C. China follows its tradition.D.Chinadigs its past.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。