蚌埠市2017-2018学年高二年级下学期期末考试
英 语
第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第二部分 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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation(住宿) and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Meal Plans Available
♢ Continental Breakfast
♢ Breakfast and Dinner
♢ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal（谷物类食品），bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy(隐私).
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities(设施) and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
21. The passage is probably written for ________.
A. host willing to receive foreign students
B. foreigners hoping to build British culture
C. travellers planning to visit families in London
D. English learners applying（申请）to live in English homes
22. Which of the following will the host provide?
A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care.
C. Free transport. D. Physical training.
23. According to the passage，what does continental Breakfast include?
A. Dessert and coffee B. Fruit and vegetables.
C. bread and fruit juice D. Centre and cold meat.
24. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
B. To enrich their knowledge of English
C. To entertain friends as they like.
D. To enjoy much more freedom.
B
You never played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight! Like many other teenage boys, Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight in trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may be a good football game player by the end of the summer. Jones chose the popular Dance Revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks’ playing the game, he has lost another 10! A health study is being done by an insurance company. The company hopes that the game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims last year cost us $ 77 million. We have to cut those costs,” said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console (游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study. The study is more than a commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals. In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher. Researchers are now looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video games in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination (协调能力), and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games. The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such to dance away your extra weight? 25. The underlined part is trying to tell us _____.
26. It can be inferred that _____.
27. The most suitable title of the passage is _____.
C
There are some food banks in the USA， but what do they do？ It's known to us when we taste delicious food， some people in the USA are in hunger． They live a hard life． They are poor and always don't have enough food to eat． Food banks are the organizations to help these poor people． Food banks receive the food from companies or supermarkets， and also from donations from the public． In this way， they collect extra food and other things and give them out to people who are hungry． The first food bank was St． Mary's Food Bank． It started in 1967in Arizona． In 1979， it became a larger organization named America's Second Harvest Network-made up of over 200 food banks across the USA． Each year， the Network provides food for more than 25 million hungry people in the United States， including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million old people． Volunteers are important to food banks． There are many different was for you to volunteer． You can help out through activities such as： Sorting， boxing and packaging donated food． Tutoring poor kids at your local Kids Cafe Transporting or delivering food It's simple． Take part in it today， and let's try to make our world without hunger! 28． What are food banks according to the passage？A． Some banks in the countryside B． The banks to receive food C． The banks for poor people D． Some organizations
29． What does the underlined word "donations" in Paragraph 3？ A． delicious food B． food for rich people C． extra food D． something given
30． What does Paragraph 5 tell us the author wants？ A． He will work harder to help the hungry people B． He hopes to see more people become volunteers C． More and more people want to become volunteers D． He wants to set up more food banks
31． What would be the best title for this passage？ A． Food banks B． Help the people in hunger C． Let's become volunteers D． Make our world without hunger
D
Australians have evidently realized the fact that water means life and we need to he more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource．Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to reduce their use of water by 14%． In the most populous city, Sydney, they've managed to use less water in 2007 than in 1974, even though the city grew by L 2 million souls in this period． Across the country nearly 20% of all households have water tanks．That would probably be due, in large part, to the various state governments offering generous rebates． In NSW, for example, where 24,000 households have taken up the offer, you can get $1,500 AUD back if you fix a 7,000 + litre tank and have it attached into your toilet and washing machine． Creywater use has taken off too． The Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that it's now the second most common source of water in Australia, with over half of the country's homes reusing water from their washing machines, showers and baths． The state of Victoria leads with 70% using greywater, and Queensland, coming close behind with 63%． Up in the northern state of．Queensland, some of their dams have been below 20%． Sydney's main dam is only at 56% of its potential capacity． The country's ongoing drought（干旱） has seen more than 95% of the length of the Murray- Darling Basin （ the two major river systems that supply the nation's 'food basket' ） regarded as ' degraded', Supply of water has become such an issue that hydro-electric power（水力发电） output has dropped 7% in a recent 9 year period for the states of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania．Not good for promoting our uptake understanding of renewable energy in these climate changing times．But at least the message is getting through about making every drop count．
