广东省揭阳市2018_2019学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题

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1、广东省揭阳市2018-2019学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）（考试时间120分钟。满分120分。）注意事项：1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卡上填写自己的准考证号、姓名、试室号和座位号。用2B型铅笔把答题卡上试室号、座位号对应的信息点涂黑。2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B型铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅

2、笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4．考生必须保持答题卡整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；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。ATheRenaissancemarksaperiodofhumanawakening.Inthisarticlewearegoingtoexploretheinventionsduringthisperiodwhichhavehelpedchangethelifeandprog

3、ressofmankind.ClockThefirstmechanicalclockwasinventedintheearly1300’s.Galileo,anItalianscientist,discoveredthependulum(钟摆)around1602.Thependulumgreatlyimprovedthemovementofthehandsofaclock.Theaverageerrorwiththependulumvariedonlybysecondseachday.Beforethistheerrorwasfrom10to15min

4、utesaday.EyeglassesInthelatethirteenthcentury,paintingsfirstappearedwithpeoplewearingorholdingeyeglasses.Fromthesepaintings,weknowthateyeglasseswereinventedinItaly.Around1300theVenetianGlassmaker’sGuildmadeitillegalforcheapglassestobemade.By1352,eyeglasseswereonlywornbywell-educa

5、tedrichmen.In1456,theinventionoftheprintingpressallowedbookstobecomewidespread.Oncepeopleownedbooks,readingglassesbegantobeseeninthehandsofcommonpeople.In1623,theSpanishinventedthefirstgradedeyeglasses.Flushtoilet(抽水马桶)SirJohnHarrington,godsontoQueenElizabeth,madethefirstflushtoi

6、letforhimselfandhisgodmotherin1596.Hewasteasedbyhisfriendsandnevermadeanotherone.In1775,AlexanderCummingsreinventedtheflushtoiletmorecommonlycalledthewatercloset.Twoyearslaterin1777,SamuelProsserappliedforandreceivedapatentforit.WallpaperIn1496,thefirstpaperfactorycameintooperati

7、oninEngland.Englishartistssoonmakewallpaperfordecoration.Forthenext200yearsEnglandwasalargeproducerofwallpaperforEurope.Beforewallpaperwasinvented,onlywealthypeoplecouldaffordtodecoratethewallsoftheirhouses.21.Whatdoweknowaboutthefirstclock?A.Itmeasured23hoursaday.B.Itwasdesigned

8、byGalileo.C.Itwasmadeinthe1300’s.D.Ithad