高中英语必修二期末测试卷2
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）
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
A
Perhaps the most extraordinary(奇特的) building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace(水晶宫)which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggestbuildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in Englian, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
( ) 1. The Crystal Palace was built up ___________. .
A. in the 1950s
B. in the 1900s
C. shortly before 1851
D. before 1951
( ) 2. People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to _______. .
A.buy goods
B. visit an exhibition
C.travel
D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself
( ) 3. What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936？
A. It caught a terrible fire.
B. It disappeared suddenly
C. It was moved away to the south of London.
D. It was rebuilt.
( ) 4. The Crystal Palace was famous to all because_______. .
A. it was the biggest building in the world then.
B. so many visitors had been there.
C.it was made of iron and glass.
D. it was burnt down at last.
( ) 5. The writer ________.
A. thought the Crystal Palace very useful
B. sang high praise for the Crystal Palace
C. wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt
D. was one of the visitors who had been to the Crystal Palace
B
People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing the n？If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to
climb, you’er wrong. Many Americans are learning to clim in city gyms(体育馆). Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.
How do people climb the wal l？To climb, you need special shoes and a harness(保护带) around your chest to hold you. There are ropes tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult parts is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.
Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercises for almost everyone. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stronger.
( )6. What can we infer from the passag e？
A.People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.
B. It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.
C. People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.
D. It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.
( )7. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _______.
A.to tie ropes to your harness
B. to control your fear
C. to move away from the wall
D. to climb straight up
( )8. The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means.___
A.settlement
B.exercise
C. excitement
D. Tiredness ( )9. Why does the author write this passag e？
A.To tell people where to find gyms.
B.To prove the basic need for climbing.
C.To encourage people tp climb mountains.
D. To introduce the sport of wall climbing.
C
At one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents(文件) because they could be stored electronically. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.
It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. “I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down,” says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organization.
