江苏金湖中学18-19学度高二下学期期初考试--英语

“AmInotdestroyingmyenemieswhenImakefriendsofthem?”

Ismiled,thinkingofLucy.Itjust20mehowgreatafriendIusedtohave.

()1.A.sad B.surprisedC.worried D.eager ()2.A.school B.classC.team D.city ()3.A.positiveB.successful C.new D.common ()4.A.UsuallyB.Actually C.FinallyD.Fortunately ()5.A.describeB.prove C.tell D.accept ()6.A.sitB.speak C.stand D.live

()7.A.shoutingB.laughing C.pointing D.smiling ()8.A.writeB.reply C.talk D.listen ()9.A.startedB.minded C.considered D.avoided ()10.A.rareB.next C.last D.first ()11.A.helloB.thanks C.sorry D.bye ()12.A.accordingtoB.thanksto C.exceptforD.insteadof

()13.A.servedB.appeared C.seemed D.stayed ()14.A.forgetB.leave C.miss D.teach ()15.A.enemyB.hero C.friend D.leader

()16.A.changingB.managing C.wasting D.enjoying ()17.A.tookcareofB.tooktheplaceof C.madefunofD.getawayfrom

()18.A.rightB.proud C.interested D.busy ()19.A.booksB.words C.storiesD.experiences ()20.A.taughtB.advisedC.warnedD.reminded 【三】阅读理解

A

TheInternationalSpaceStation

，

oneofthemostambitiousspaceprojectseverandakeylaunchingboardforexplorationofthesolarsystem，turnsl0yearsoldThursday.

OnNov.20

，

1998

，

thefirstpartofthespacestationwaslaunchedbytheRussiansfromKazakhstan.NASAfolloweduptwoweekslaterwithPieceNo2carriedupbyaspaceshuttle.

Thespacestationhasgrownintoagiantoutpost(

前

哨)355kmup，hometothreepeopleatanygiventime—soontobesix.

ThankstothenewlyarrivedshuttleEndeavourthespacestationnowhasfivesleepstations

，

twobaths

，，

twokitchensandtwomini—gyms.Altogether，thereareninerooms，threeofwhicharefullscalelabs.

TheUnitedStateshasfinancedthemainpartoftheproject

，

estimatedtocostsome100billiondollars.Fifteenothercountrieshavealsocontributed，includingRussia，Japan，Canada，BrazilantielevennationsbelongingtotheEuropeanSpaceAgency.

Thespacestationhastraveled2.1billionkmorbitedEarthmorethan57

，

300times

，，

hosted167peoplefrom15countries，andservedupmorethanl9，000meals

“TheISSisthelargesteverexperimentininternationaltechnologicalcooperation

，

”

saidJohnLogsdon

。

ahistorianattheNationalAirandSpaceMuseuminUS.

“

Ithinkit

’

sanecessarysteppingstonetolong

—”’，

termhumanactivitiesinnewAreasofoperations,Logsdonsaid.ThestationissthefirstStepoutwardbutastepalongtheway.” ()1.Thepassageismainlyabout.

AtheconstructionoftheInternationalSpaceStation. B.thehistoryoftheInternationalSpaceStation.

—“

offtheplanetanditnotallendinitself

CthetenthanniversaryoftheInternationalSpaceStation. D.thecountriesthathelpestablishtheInternationalSpaceStation.

()2.PieceNo2oftheISSwasputintoorbitoil A.Nov.6，1998B.Nov.24，1998 C.Dee.8，1998D.Dec.9，1998

()3.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutEndeavouraccordingtot

hepassage?

A.Endeavourisanewlybuiltshuttle. B.Endeavourispartofthespacestation， C.Endeavourdidn’tgetclosetothespacestation.

D.Endeavourcarriedalotofequipmentfortheapacestation. ()4.WhichofthefollowingcountryhasnotmadeacontributiontotheconstructionoftheInternationalspacestationaccordingtothepassage?

A.USA.B.Japan.C.Korea.D.Spain.

B

Readingtooneselfisamodernactivitywhichwasalmostunknowntothelearnedintheearlydaysofthehistory,whileduringthefifteenthcenturytheterm

“

reading

”

undoubtedlymeantreadingaloud.Onlyduringthenineteenthcenturydidsilentreadingbecomepopular.

Oneshouldbecareful,however,ofsupposingthatsilentreadingcameaboutsimplybecausereadingaloudisdistraction(分散注意力)toothers.Examinationofreasonsconnectedwiththehistoricaldevelopmentofsilentreadingshowsthatitbecametheusualmodeofreadingformostadultreadingtasksmainlybecausethetasksthemselveschangedincharacter.

Thelastcenturysawagradualincreaseinliteracy(读写能