1、学年安徽省池州市贵池区高二第二学期期中考试英语试题Word版池州市贵池区2017-2018学年度第二学期期中质量检测高二英语试卷时间：120分钟 分值：150分本试题分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。AMetro was well-know racehorse, and it won eight races and $300,000 price money. However. it retired aft
2、er a permanent （永久的）damage on its knees. Then its artist owners, Ron, had an unusual idea. He had noticed that Metro liked to raise its head to get attention and pick things up in its mouth. A professional artist himself, Ron wondered if he could let Metro hold a paintbrush. He taught it to touch it
3、s nose to the canvas(画布)for horse treats, then to hold a paintbrushMetro was soon creating works that Ron judged were good enough to put on sale at a local gallery.The first four paintings sold out the week they were on show. Metros painting features are nothing a human can make, because it doesnt t
4、hink about what it will do before it paints.Metros unusual ability caught the attention of local TV news in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and his story was picked up nationwide. Metros paintings are in great demand. By 2014, there had been 150 people people on a waiting list for its works. Sales of the
5、paintings helped provide money for a new experiment treatment for Metro.While painting, Ron usually picks the color and holds the paintbrush before handing it over, Metro then makes the paintings. They have different sizes that are different from $50 to $500 in price. Theyre selling one or two a wee
6、k. Ron donates half of metros earnings to a charity, which retrains and cares for former racehorse.“And now aged 14, it seems Metro has no inclination( 倾向) to slow down its painting steps. Theres something about painting which really interests Metro, I dont think hell ever get tired of it. Ron says.
7、21. Why was Metro forced to leave the race course?A.Because of its old ageB.Because of its damaged knees.C. Because of its knee medical operationD. Because of its new talent for painting22. What does Ron usually do when Metro paints?A. He is responsible for metros safetyB. He directs Metro how to pa
8、intC. He works as an assistantD. He gives a horse treat to Metro23. According to Ron, Metro_.A will continue paintingB. will slow down its painting stepsC, will do other new interesting thingsD will give up painting because it will return to the race courseBA smartphone program is helping scientists
9、 learn about changes taking place in nature. More than100,000 citizen-scientists around the world are taking pictures of many kinds of plants and animals using a program called Inaturalist.The program gives researchers large amounts of information about where plants and animals live, and how a growi
10、ng human population is changing plant and animal life. In Arlington, Virginia, experts and volunteers are making a record of the plants and animals that live in the heavily populated area.Alonso Abugattas is the local governments natural resources manager whose work is to stopArlingtons natural spac
11、es from being destroyed and make them better. Everyone knows that if you want to protect something, youve got to know what you have.” The group is using the Inaturalist smartphone program to record its observations. Then Inaturalist users throughout the world can look at the images and try to help r
12、ecognize them.The program records where and when the picture was taken. This lets experts like Abugattas and others create maps that show where plants and animals are living, and how that changes because of development and climate change.That is important in Arlington and around the world. Scott Loa
13、rie is co-director of Inaturalist. He said the present ecosysten(生态系统)is in a perilous situation -species(物种) are dying at a faster speed than ever, and the mix of life on Earth is threatened. And weve only begun to understand exactly how those ecosystems contribute to our food system, or human heal
14、th -all these things that we depend on. Loarie says Inaturalist lets citizen-scientists help professional scientists gather data.More than 100,000 Inaturalist observers on all seven continents have made more than 4.5 million observations. The information has been used in studies of monarch butterfli
15、es, bats that may carry Ebola,and other animals.Alonso Abugattas says the group in Arlington recorded more that 450 kinds of animals and plants. “If you just open up your eyes to the natural world, you d be amazed at whats out there.”24. whats Inaturalist?A A program that helps plants and animals gr
16、ow.B. A program that keeps videos of plants and animalsC. A program that is used to take photos of plants and animalsD. A program that is made use of to protect the plants and animals25. What is Alonso Abugattas responsibilityA. Managing the local government.B. Researching local natural spaces.C. Ob
17、serving Arlingtons natural spaces.D. Protecting and improving arlingtons natural spaces.26. It can be inferred that Inaturalist _A. can help scientists know about plants and animals betterB. is convenient for scientists to find out new plants and animalsC. can help citizen-scientists know different
18、plants and animals wellD. is beneficial to observers to improve the plants and animals living condition27 whats the meaning of the underlined wordperilousin Para. 5?A. Normal B Dangerous C. Similar D. WonderfulCWhenhelookedatme,itwasclearmyfatherwasntsurewhoIwas.AndasIlookedbackathim,Iwasntsurewhohe
19、was,either. Myfatherhadjustgonethroughtwoheartsurgeriesand6daysinintensivecare.Hedreturnedtothehospitalwherehedworkedfor40years.Itwasthehospitalwhereallhischildrenhadbeenborn.Thedoctorssaidthathemayhavealongperiodofconfusionafterthesurgeries.Andbecauseheseighty-six,itmaybemanymonthsbeforehereturnsto
20、normal.Itsalsopossiblehemayneverbenormalagain. Isatthereinthishospitalroom,spoon-feedingthemanIveseenaspowerfulandcapableallmylife.Itfeltlikethefullcircleoflifehadcomearoundus.Itfeltgoodtosupporthim,yetpartofmewantedtotellhimtobenormalagain.IwasntsureifIwasreadytoacceptthefullmeaningofit:thatmyfathe
21、rmayneverbethatpowerfulandcapablepersonagain. Painandsufferinghavevisitedmyfamily,asitwillvisitallfamilies.Andwhilewehesitatetofacepainandsuffering,ithasgreatlessonstoteachus.Painandsufferingarewelloutsideoftheboundariesofoureverydaylife.Whenitcomes,itbreakstheseboundariesandturnsourworldupsidedown.
22、Webecomeafamilywithalloftheotherswhohaveknownpainandsuffering.Andwehaveanotherchancetoconsiderwhatstrulyimportantinourlives.Thiscrisiswillpass,andwellallbechangedbyit.Thehealinghandsoftimewilldotheirwork.ImthankfulthatIvetoldmyfathereverythingIvewantedtosaytohim.AndImthankfultohavemyfamilytoleanondu
23、ringthisdifficulttime.Wellallbechallengedbythistoshowmoresupport,care,andlove. Thisisasitshouldbe.Sometimes,ittakesacrisistoremindusofwhywereallhere.28. What do we know about the writers father from the passage?A: He will recover from his illness soon.B: He has been lying in bed for 40 years.C: He u
24、sed to be a powerful and capable man.D: He didnt know the author after 2 head surgeries.29. How did the author feel when thinking of the pain and suffering his family had?A: Grateful.B: Inspired.C: Exhausted.D: Sorrowful.30. What does the author probably agree with?A: Life is fragile than expected.B
25、: Something nice weighs light.C: Pain and suffering often go hand in hand.D: We should treat the old in an abnormal way.31. What does the author aim to express in this passage?A: Pain and suffering are bound to pass.B: Pain and suffering bring us beneficial experiences.C: We cannot always avoid faci
26、ng pain and suffering.D: We will not eventually be defeated by pain and suffering.DI love the iPhone. I still remember the excitement I felt peeling back the protective plastic from my shiny new iphone X. What a gorgeous piece of technology! That feeling didnt last.I could point out a list of compla
27、ints, like how Face ID is inconsistent, the bright metal casing is scratch-prone(易擦伤的）,and the price tag is astronomical. But theres really one shortcoming that matters to me.Though the phone is only a bit bigger than the iphone 6,iphone 7,and iPhone 8,the bigger screen dramatically changes how you
28、interact with the device. The new gestures required by the notch at the top of the phone mean theres no way to look at my notifications(通知）or access the control center with only one hand. It considerably limits the usability of the phone when Im on the go or when I have only one hand free. The top t
29、wo rows of apps on the home screen are basically inaccessible without a sliding move，and it makes me paranoid（患妄想狂的）if Im going to drop the $1,000 device. The fear of dropping the phone comes from the $549 bill spent on repairing the cracked glass on its back. I hate the idea of risking that just tr
30、ying to see my notifications. With my previous iPhone, the iphone 6.1 could use my pinky（小手指)as a kind of shelf for the phone to sit on as I tapped away, texting, checking email, or changing songs on Spotify. The iphone Xs size doesnt let that happen. I envied my friend when she showed me her new iP
31、hone 8.At first, I thought it was just an adjustment period. I experienced something similar with myprevious phone. Like the iPhone Xs new shape, the iphone 6 represented a dramatic departure in form from previous iPhones. When I upgraded to the iphone 6 from my iphone 4S,I had similar doubts about one-handed use. I ended up falling in love with the phone. That same thing did not happen with the
