辽宁省实验中学分校2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

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1、英语学科高二年级第I卷第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15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）屮，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AVenice,oneofthecitiesinItaly,wasfoundedinA.D.811bythepeopleofMalamocco.Itwassaidthattheywereguidedbypigeonscarryinglittlecrosses,andsettledwherenowVenicelies.Veniceisbuilt

2、on117islands.Ithas150canalsand400bridges・Thenarrowstreets,withtheirhistoricnames,arecoveredwithstones,buthavenofootpaths.Theyaredottedwithflowershopsignsandlanterns.Shopsandpalacesstandbyside・Thebrickbridgesarehighenoughtoallowboatstopassfreelyunderthem.ThecenterofpubliclifeisSt

3、.Mark'sSquarewheretouristsandcitizenssitinthefamousFlorianandQuadricafestolistentomusic,enjoyingthemselves.TheQuadriismorepopularbuttheFlorian,foundedin1720,isthebest-knowncafebecauseithasreceivedsuchgreatpersonsasByron（anEnglishpoet）andGoethe（aGermanpoet）.Unfortunately,thespeci

4、alpositionofVeniceisthreateningitsownexistence・Theterrain（t也势）onwhichitisbuiltbegantosinkwhilethelevelofthesurroundingwatersisconstantlyrising.However,manymeasureshavealreadybeentakentopreventthecityfromsinking.21.Inthesecondparagraph,theauthor.A.tolduswhobuiltthecityofVeniceB.d

5、escribedwhatVeniceislikeC・showedupwhereVeniceisD.talkedaboutwhyVeniceissurroundedbywaters22.Whichofthefollowingshowstherightrelationship?（o=Italy;A=Venice；D=St.MarksSquare）21.WhyistheFlorianthefamouscafe?Because•A.itappearedinByronandGoethe'spoemsE.ByronandGoethewereonceitscusto

6、mersC・itwasfoundedin1720,mucholderthantheQuadriD.itismoreclosetoSt.Mark'sSquarethantheQuadri22.Fromthearticlewecanseethat•A.manypeoplehavefledbecauseVenice'scxistcnccisbeingthreatenedE.thelevelofthesuiToundingwaterisconstantlyrisingbecausethecityofVenicebegantosinkA.manystepshav

7、ealreadybeentakentopreventtheteiTainfromrisingB.thegovernmenthasalreadytakenmanymeasurestosavethecityfromgoingdownBWhydomendieearlierthanwomen?Thelatestresearchmakesitknownthatthereasoncouldbethatmen'sheartsgointorapiddeclinewhentheyreachmiddleage.Thelargeststudyoftheeffectsofag

8、eingonthehearthasfoundthatwomen'slongevity（长寿）m