山东省滨州市邹平县2016 - 2017学年高二英语上学期期中模拟考试试题（一区）

C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.

23. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?

A. Jane Addams.

B. Rachel Carson. D. Rosa Parks.

C. Sandra Day O’Connor.

24. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?

A. They are highly educated. are truly creative.

C. They are pioneers.

B

Zheng He was one of China’s most famous explorers. Towards the end of the fourteenth century, his fleet (舰队) sailed to countries far away.

Zheng He had over 300 ships, some of which were over 150 meters long, and could carry up to 1,000 people. Besides, the ships carried gold, silver, silk, china and other treasures to give as gifts to the rulers of other countries. Some ships even had earth on board so that the sailors could grow their crops for food.

On Zheng He’s first voyage, he set sail across the Indian Ocean. His fleet travelled many days far away from land. One day, they were hit by a storm. All the sailors thought the fleet was going to sink. Then a strange light appeared and after that, the storm passed. The strange light was probably electricity from the thunderstorm (雷雨), but the sailors in Zheng He’s fleet believed it was a sign of protection from the gods. With the belief, they were happy to follow Zheng He wherever he led them.

Zheng He completed seven famous voyages between 1405 and 1433. He visited many countries in Asia and Africa. He brought back many gifts from the countries he visited, such as medicines, pearls (珍珠) and strange animals. The most famous of them were a giraffe and a zebra.

In 28 years of travelling, Zheng He had managed to share the glory of China with many different countries. When he died in 1435, the stories of his travels made him one of China’s most famous sailors.

25. Some ships carried earth on board so that the sailors could __________.

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B. They

D. They are peace-lovers.

A. use it as a gift

B. use it for exchange

D. grow their own crops for food

C. plant trees for shade

26. The sailors were happy to follow Zheng He because of __________. A. a strange light

B. a heavy storm

D. the electricity from the

C. the belief in gods’ protecting them thunderstorm

27.The most famous gifts Zheng He brought back were __________. A. a monkey and a tiger C. gold and silver

B. a giraffe and a zebra D. medicines and pearls

28. The best title of the passage can be __________. A. The Glory of China

B. Zheng He’s Life

D. China’s Most Famous Explorers

C. Zheng He and His Voyages

C

I am Peter Hodes, a volunteer stem courier. Since March 2012, I've done 89 trips - of those, 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last, in all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72 hours at most, So I am always conscious of time.

I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said: “Well, I’m really sorry, I’ve got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.” So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said: “In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please, please, you’ve got to get me back to the United Kingdom.” She just dropped everything. She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-routed(改道) me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.

For this courier job, you’re consciously aware that in that box you’ve got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life.

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29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph17

A. provider B. delivery man C. collector

D. medical doctor

30. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours?

A. He cannot stay away from his job too long. B. The donor can only wait for that long.

C. The operation needs that very much. 31. Which flight did the woman put Peter on first?

A. To London B. To Newark C. To Providence D. To Washington

D

When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad.

Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. When I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my friend Rose a call and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help . “Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married, young man? But aren’t you a bit young？”

“I am not talking about marriage,” I replied. “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said. “There’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did met, Rose explained the misunderstanding to me.

“Don’t worry,” she said to me, “I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand

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D. The ice won't last any longer.

each other!”

32. Where was the writer from?

A. America B. England C. France D. China. 33. At the airport, the writer wanted______. A. to tell Rose his arrival B. his friend to see him off C. to make friends with Rose D. to go the telephone company

34. At first, the old man thought the writer wished to ______. A. make a phone call B. sell a ring C. get married D. repair a phone

35. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. American English is completely different from British English B. British people don’t have any language problems in the US. C. Most of French children are required to learn English at school. D. British and American people understand each other most of the time.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 Secret codes (密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.

People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.

There are three main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” Spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”

38 You might represent each letter with a number, for example, Let’s number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 20 13 5.”

A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of

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