2017-2018年辽宁省高二（下学期）期中考试英语试题（Word版）.doc

2017-2018学年辽宁省葫芦岛市第一高级中学高二下学期期中考试英语学科试题 命题人:高二备课组 审核人：姚丽娟 满分：120分 考试时间:100 分钟 第I卷 第一部分： 听力（略）第二部分： 阅读理解（共两节；满分40分）第一节 （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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑AWant a journey that is really more interesting than the destination? Then you might want to fly to one of these airports.The runway where planes have been known to drop off a cliffTaking off at the Matekane airstrip (飞机跑道) in Lesotho, South Africa, is a frightening experience, as the plane soars over an about 600-metre cliff face after taking off.Matekanes runway sits 2,286 metres up on a mountain gully (沟渠), so it takes nerves of steel to both land and take off. If a plane doesnt manage to pick up enough speed on the 400 metre-long airstrip, it falls off the cliff before it takes flight.The ice runwayMany travellers find plane landings a terrifying enough prospect ordinarily, but imagine if the runway were made of ice!Thats a reality for anyone flying into Doris Lake Aerodrome --- a privately owned ice runway located on Doris Lake in Nunavut, Canada. The small airport is open from January to April and it mainly operates for gold mining.The failed runwayThe French tried to build a concrete airstrip at their Dumont D Urville research station in the Antarctic more than two decades ago.But they failed when the area was badly damaged by a storm, just months before its completion.Work was stopped because attempts to rebuild the airstrip would have negatively affected local wildlife, but small aircraft still use the long, snow-free area to land.The inner-city water airstripVancouvers seaplane terminal in Canada is home to the worlds largest all-seaplane airline.Flying down at high speed and then landing on water is exciting enough for most passengers, but what really makes this particular port so special is its location. Its located in the middle of downtown Vancouver, among the citys tallest skyscrapers.21. What is special about the Matekane airstrip?A. It is constructed on ice. B. It is open for one month every April.C. It was built for scientific research. D. It is on the edge of a cliff.22. Where is the inner-city water airstrip located? A. In Canada B. In France C. In South Africa D. In the Antarctic23. Due to the environmental protection factor, ________ was never completed. A. the runway on Doris Lake B. the runway at the Dumont D Urville research station C. the airstrip in the middle of downtown Vancouver D. the Matekane airstrip in Lesco BWhen I flew into this country, the sides of the runway were littered with destroyed aircraft, large and small. On the seven-hour drive to our hospital, we passed old stone houses built into the sides of mountains with seemingly normal country life going on in the small villages, and I wished I were visiting this place as a tourist. But the conflict, which has been ongoing for almost two years, is impossible to ignore: we saw broken-down bridge, destroyed overpasses (天桥) and pieces of shrapnel (弹片) everywhere.You can hear shooting and air attacks throughout the day and night in the hospital. You very quickly get to know the direction of the shooting. I couldn’t help but think about the people living in this situation for much longer than I have, trying to get on with their normal lives surrounded by conflict and fear. The markets are running, and there are people in the streets, but you never know when and where there’s going to be an air attack. It’s very sad to think about the fear that they are forced to live with.Our hospital is in a building originally intended as a hotel. Our focus is on children and reproductive health services.I’ll never forget the first twins delivered at the hospital. They were born at just seven months to a young first-time mother, and were small enough to hold in the palm of my hand. Because they were so premature, the chance of their survival was low, but the staff finally saved their lives. And seven weeks later we discharged two very healthy twins, Ola and Osman. Their parents were so appreciative --- it was a joy to see the satisfaction on their mother’s and father’s faces as they left the hospital.It’s amazing to see the direction of the local health staff. The war is affecting them and their families, yet they still show up for work, sometimes crossing frontlines to get there.24. What does the author want to tell us in the first paragraph? A. The country is heavily affected by war. B. The country isn’t worth visiting for tourists. C. The villages are full of destroyed building. D. It took the author a long time to get to the country by air.25. The hospital is ___________. A. quite far away from the frontline B. built for child delivery and mother care C. built in a hotel to protect it from air attacks D. a place for the homeless to live temporarily26. What happened to the twins? 。