2016-2017（上）高二英语期末试卷

Over ninety airlines operate out of JFK. It is the base of operations for JetBlue Airways and is a major international gateway hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

In 2015, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), handled an estimated 53.2 million passenger, reaching a new annual record. JFK is the 6th busiest airport in USA.

John F. Kennedy Airport has 6 passenger terminals, numbered 1-8 (Terminals 3 and 6 were pulled down in 2011 and 2013) Terminals 1, 2 and 4

Terminal 1: Was opened in 1998 and It has 11 gates. Is used for the following airlines: Air France, Japan Airlines, Korean Air and Lufthansa.

Terminal 2: Is used and operated by Delta Air Lines. It is planned to be closed in 2017, once Phase Two of the T4 expansion is finished.

Terminal 4: It has 26 gates in two concurses (A and B). It serves as a major international hub for Delta Airlines.

Terminals 5, 7 and 8

Terminal 5: It opened in 2008 (it's the newest terminal on JFK Airport). Serves as a base of JetBlue Airways. It's also used by Hawaiian Airlines and Aer Lingus. It has an international area called T5i.

Terminal 7: The terminal is currently operated by British Airways. But is used by a variety of Airlines.

The future of this terminal is uncertain, since British Airways leasing ends in 2017.

Terminal 8: Is the largest passenger terminal in JFK Airport, and operated by American Airlines. It's used by some Oneworld carriers. It has a big variety of retail and food outlets. Terminal Transportation

The AirTrain JFK is a 8 miles system and elevated railway in New York City that provides service to JFK Airport.

The AirTrain stops in all airport terminals (outside the terminal buildings except for Terminal 4) and parking areas. And is connected to the Long Island Rail Road and New York City Subway in Queens.

The service operates all day, during all days of the year.

Fares: Free within the terminal area and to the hotel and car rental shuttle buses at Federal Circle. 51.What do we learn about Delta Air Lines? A. It operates 2 terminals at JFK. B. It‘s the largest Airline in the world.

C. It makes the JFK the base of operations.

D. It operates the largest passenger terminal at JFK. 52. Which is True on the description of JFK? A. It is the busiest airport in USA.

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B. The AirTrain works around the clock. C. It has 8 passenger terminals in function.

D. It provides free AirTrain service only within the terminal area.

B

China‘s local pension funds（养老金） will launch a first wave of making profits in the national stock market（股市） by the end of this year before an ageing population becomes a difficulty in economy. The government has announced an ambitious plan that could help local governments overcome record-low interest rates and reduce the Chinese stock market‘s volatility（波动）.

The human resources ministry said that a number of local governments had moved money to the National Social Security Fund, where managers have good reasons to make money in riskier programs, including up to 40 per cent in stocks and stock funds. This first wave will release between Rmb200bn-Rmb400bn ($30bn-$60bn), according to analysts.

The government started drawing up plans for such moves to the NSSF in June last year and the expansion of the NSSF, which held Rmb1.9tn in 2015, will increase its power in the national stock market, reducing the influence of individual investors and probably creating a more stable flow of money into stock markets. If all provinces join the program, that would mean up to Rmb2tn more could flow into stocks. ―In theory, it‘s a good thing to do and should increase profits,‖ said Stuart Leckie, Stirling Finance chairman, who has advised the government on pension reform. ―But it was mostly done to support the stock market. They‘re doing something good for the wrong reasons.‖

The Rmb5tn state pension funds managed by local governments are limited to making profits in safe programs such as bank deposits and government bonds. But these have had such low profits that local governments‘ pension funds became less over the past decade, at a time when more and more are nearing retirement.

The NSSF was founded in 2000 to help some provinces in the north-east but it has seemingly achieved an average profit of nearly 9 per cent per year over the past 15 years, which matches the performance of the more experienced Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. But some economists believe the reforms are not enough to ensure the life quality of the old. ―I no longer think the Chinese system can be reformed,‖ said Peter Diamond, a Nobel Prize winner in economics who co-authored a book on Chinese pension reform. ―It must be taken apart and built back from the beginning.‖

53.What‘s the purpose of the great governmental plan mentioned at the beginning? A. To help the stock market go smoothly.

B. To make more profits for the central government. C. To strength people‘s confidence in pension funds D. To increase the local bank interest rates.

54. What does ―wrong reasons‖ in paragraph 3 actually mean?

A. The governments intended to increase the quantity of pension funds. B. The governments originally wanted to help the old live longer. C. The move of pension funds was to improve the stock market. D. Pension funds may obtain much benefit from money moves. 55. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The present reforms are of much practical use in bettering the life quality of the old.

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B. China‘s system in pension funds is too perfect to reform compared with that of Canada. C. The system deserves deep consideration and even needs establishing once again. D. The reforms are of much urgency to the system being carried out in China. 56. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Pension funds are certain to bring more benefit to the aged. B. The life of Chinese old people will be improved someday. C. Pension funds can help people to make profits in China. D. China‘s local pension funds will move to the stock market.

C

In a discovery that will give nutritionists the shocks, a Japanese scientist has discovered that consuming ice cream for breakfast improves a person‘s alertness（警觉） and mental performance.

Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Tokyo‘s Kyorin University, has carried out a series of experiments in which test subjects（实验对象） were required to eat ice cream immediately after waking up. Compared to a group without eating ice cream, Prof Koga‘s subjects displayed faster reaction and better processing abilities, the Excite News web site reported.

Monitoring of the subjects‘ brain activity showed an increase in high-frequency alpha waves, which are linked to increased levels of alertness and reduced mental irritation（刺激）.To examine the possibility that the test subjects‘ reactions were simply the result of the brain being shocked into higher levels of alertness by the low temperature of the ice cream, Prof Koga repeated the experiment with cold water. Test subjects drinking cold water did display a degree of increased alertness and mental performance. Prof Koga is continuing his research and has yet to determine a firm connection between the mental development and a specific ingredient（成分）, while another explanation may lie in the sense that ice cream is a treat that caused positive emotions and added energy.

British nutritionists have reacted with some doubt to Dr Koga‘s findings. ―A possible explanation is the simple presence of consuming breakfast vs not consuming breakfast,‖ said Katie Barfoot, a Nutritional Psychology Doctoral Researcher. ―Our brain needs glucose（葡萄糖）to function, and a high glucose meal will aid mental performance considerably.‖ ―This, however, does not suggest eating dessert for breakfast. A study exploring the interaction between consumption of low and high GI foods would establish a better understanding of this increased mental performance.‖

There has already been some scientific research into why ice cream may have a positive mental effect. In 2005, some neuroscientists scanned the brains of test subjects as they ate vanilla ice cream and saw immediate results. The study found that eating ice cream activated the same ―pleasure spots‖ of the brain lit up by winning money, or listening to a favorite piece of music. ―This is the first time that we‘ve been able to show that ice cream makes you happy,‖ Unilever spokesman Don Darling said at the time. ―Just one spoonful lights up the happy zones of the brain in experiments.‖ It‘s not the first time a study has suggested a high-calorie ―dessert‖ could be better eaten in the morning, either —a 2012 study found that eating chocolate cake for breakfast could help you lose weight.

57. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A. the benefits of eating ice cream for breakfast. B. the problems caused by eating ice cream. C. the reasons for the necessity to eat ice cream.

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D. the doubts about ice cream for breakfast.

58. Which of the following about Koga‘s experiments is TRUE? A. Cold water is better than ice cream in doing such experiments.

B. The low temperature will probably lead to higher levels of alertness. C. Ice cream can be regarded as nice food to make eaters healthy.

D. Eating ice cream can cause high-frequency alpha waves to reduce. 59. What Katie Barfoot said in paragraph 4 actually means______________. A. He agrees with Koga in the conclusion of the research. B. Koga‘s discovery is likely to lack convincing evidence. C. Eating sweet food for breakfast does good to people.

D. Glucose has little effect on our brain‘s normal function.

60. By mentioning the study at the Institute of Psychiatry and Unilever spokesman, the author intends to tell us that________.

A. winning money is quite important to make people happy.

B. the happy zones of the brain can be activated by much ice cream. C. similar experiments on ice cream have been done before. D. eating chocolate cake for breakfast benefits weight-loss.

D

It was school that kept me going in those dark days. We had moved up to high school. Madam Maryam said no one wanted to teach our class as we asked so many questions.We liked to be known as the clever girls. My competition with Malka-e-Noor continued. But after the shock of being beaten by her when she first joined our school, I worked hard and had managed to regain my position on the school honours board for first in class. She usually came second and Moniba third. Moniba worked hard as she worried that if she got low marks her male relatives might use it as an excuse to stop her education.

I was weakest in maths – once I got zero in a test – but I worked hard at it. Some parents complained that I was being favoured because my father owned the school. But people were always surprised that despite our rivalry we were all good friends and not jealous of each other. We also competed in what we call board exams. These would select the best students from private schools in the district. And one year Malka-e-Noor and I got exactly the same marks. We did another paper at school to see who would get the prize and again we got equal marks. So people wouldn‘t think I was getting special treatment. My father arranged for us to do papers at another school,but we got the same, so we both got the prize.

There was more to school than work. We liked performing plays. I wrote a play based on Romeo and Juliet about corruption(腐败). I played Romeo as a civil servant interviewing people for a job. The first candidate is a beautiful girl, and he asks her very easy questions such as, ?How many wheels does a bicycle have?‘ When she replies, ?Two,‘ he says, ?You are so brilliant.‘The next candidate is a man, so Romeo asks him impossible things like, ?Without leaving your chair tell me the make of the fan in the room above us.‘ ?How could I possibly know?‘ asks the candidate.?You‘re telling me you have a PhD and you don‘t know!‘ replies Romeo. He decides to give the job to the girl. The girl was played by Moniba, of course, and another classmate Attiya played the part of my assistant to add some salt, and pepper with her witty asides. Everyone laughed a lot.

I like to copy people. And in breaks my friends used to beg me to act as our teachers,

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