辽宁省沈阳市高二英语上学期期中试题

辽宁省沈阳市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题

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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)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Venice, one of the cities in Italy, was founded in A.D.811 by the people of Malamocco. It was said that they were guided by pigeons carrying little crosses, and settled where now Venice lies.

Venice is built on 117 islands. It has 150 canals and 400 bridges. The narrow streets, with their historic names, are covered with stones, but have no footpaths. They are dotted with flower shop signs and lanterns. Shops and palaces stand by side. The brick bridges are high enough to allow boats to pass freely under them.

The center of public life is St. Mark’s Square where tourists and citizens sit in the famous Florian and Quadri cafes to listen to music, enjoying themselves. The Quadri is more popular but the Florian, founded in 1720, is the best-known cafe because it has received such great persons as Byron (an English poet) and Goethe (a German poet).

Unfortunately, the special position of Venice is threatening its own existence. The terrain（地势）on which it is built began to sink while the level of the surrounding waters is constantly rising. However, many measures have already been taken to prevent the city from sinking.

21. In the second paragraph, the author ______.

A. told us who built the city of Venice

B. described what Venice is like

C. showed up where Venice is

D. talked about why Venice is surrounded by waters

22. Which of the following shows the right relationship? (○=Italy;△=Venice;□=St.

Marks Square)

A B C D

23. Why is the Florian the famous cafe? Because ______.

A. it appeared in Byron and Goethe’s poems

B.Byron and Goethe were once its customers

C. it was founded in 1720, much older than the Quadri

D. it is more close to St. Mark’s Square than the Quadri

24. From the article we can see that ______.

A. many people have fled because Venice’s existence is being threatened

B. the level of the surrounding water is constantly rising because the city of

Venice began to sink

C. many steps have already been taken to prevent the terrain from rising

D. the government has already taken many measures to save the city from going down

B

Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity(长寿) may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.” What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old