【全国百强校】广东省湛江第一中学2015-2016学年高二上学期第二次考试英语试题(原卷版)

广东省湛江第一中学2015-2016学年高二上学期第二次考试

英语试题

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第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答題卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Put your car keys away and forget about your travel pass --- it’s time to do a bit of walking.

National Walking Month is organized every May by Living Streets, an organization that campaigns for the

rights and the needs of pedestrians, so the organization is previously known as the Pedestrians’ Association. The

association’s aim is to make streets safe, attractive and enjoyable spaces for people to live, work, shop and play. By

putting people (rather than vehicles) first, Living Streets wants to create streets and spaces where people feel

happier, healthier and more sociable.

The annual campaign gives participants a great opportunity to experience the many virtues of walking. These

include the physical health benefits of becoming fitter; the environmental advantages of not using vehicles; the

delight of local discoveries --- seeing more of your local areas on foot; the enjoyment of walking with other people,

whether family, friends or work colleagues and finally the stress relief that comes from walking --- walking can

clear your head.

Walk to School Week, 18 to 22 May, is part of the month’s activities and its aim is to encourage parents to send

children to school on foot, rather than take them in the car or let them use public transport. The movement was

started in 1995 with only five participating schools and now two decades later, more than one million children take

part.

Similarly, there is Walk to Work Week, 11 to 15 May, where grown-ups are encouraged to walk. In the morning,

getting off the bus a stop early or parking a few streets away is a good way to add more steps to the daily total. And

during the working day, after having lunch at the desks or in the canteen, take a walk and get some fresh air. Walk

home with your workmates and chat away about everything under the sun but work!

1. What’s the purpose of Living Streets? A. To let people keep away from vehicles.

B. To build safer walkways for pedestrians.

C. To help people enjoy walking in the street and enjoy life.

D. To make people aware of environmental pollution.

2. Paragraph 3 is intended to show that walking is __________.

A. so interesting B. very relaxing

C. perfectly safe D. highly beneficial

3. What can we learn from Walk to School Week?

A. It is organized by the government.

B. It is held before Walk to Work Week.

C. It has developed rapidly over the last 20 years.

D. It encourages students to walk to school alone.

4. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. An introduction to Walk to Work Week. B. A nationwide health movement.

C. The influence of working day. D. National Walking Month’s history.

B

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different

home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let

me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world

would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that

made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to

learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I

can do a small part in changing this.

The second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the

absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand why we are and where we are

without history, much less (更不必说) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to

be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (录音机) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by

the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that

we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on

to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying