高二英语测试题2

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58. Who was Jocelyn? __________.

A. The boy. B. The girl in the CD store. C. The boy's mother. D. A total stranger. 59. According to the passage, which one is NOT true? A. The boy suffered from cancer and could die at any time. B. The boy fell in love with the girl in the CD store at the first sight. C. The boy bought CD everyday only to see the girl he loved. D. The boy listened to every CD he bought very carefully. 60. What did the passage try to tell us?__________. A. The boy was too shy to ask the girl out. B. The boy loved music so much. C. There was not love at first sight.

D. Both the boy and the girl missed their love.

B

Bamboo is one of the nature's most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass. Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.

In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use.

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Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered. 61. How is bamboo like grass? A. It is thin and easy to cut.

B. It grows everywhere.

C. It grows quickly after its cut short. D. It is short and green.

62. The sentence \ other bamboo plants may grow to be very _______.\ A. short

B. strong

C. thick

D. tall

63. From the text we know ______. A. most people call bamboo plant trees

B. a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days C. the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows

D. a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago

64. Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo? A. Because it is cheap. C. Because it drills fast.

B. Because it is colorful. D. Because it is used by Asians.

65. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There are many different kinds of bamboo with different colors. B. Cables made of bamboo can last for over a thousand years.

C. Bamboo can be used for buildings, bridges and watering projects (工程). D. Bamboo plants are able to grow well in any part of the world.

C

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the

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wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos (袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep. 66. Australia is _______.

A. the largest country in the world B. as large as Shanghai

C. not as large as China D. the largest island in the north of the earth 67. The government had made _______.

A. too many laws to fight pollution B. enough laws to fight pollution C. enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution D. not enough laws because the pollution is very serious 68. Which of the following is NOT true？

A. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. B. Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia. C. Perth lies in the west of Australia.

D. No other city is larger than Perth in Australia. 69 In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' show in _______. A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn 70. Which of the following is true？

A. Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and wild flowers.

B. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of some kangaroos. C. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. D. The pollution in Australia is very serious..

D

D. Winter

As any housewives who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

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Lewis carried out his study by videotaping (录像) the families while they ate

ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to

have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is nothing.” 71. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________. A. show the relationship between parents and children B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C. report on the findings of a study D. give information about family problems

72. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________. A. they are busy serving food to their children

B. they are busy control the loud noise the children make C. they have to pay more attention to younger children D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

73. By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

A. have to help their parents to serve dinner B. get the least attention from the family

C. are often not allowed to come to the dinner table

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