甘肃省景泰县一中2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（word版，无答案）1/8座号景泰一中2017——2018学年第一学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷考生注意:1.本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。2.考生作答时,请将答案答在答题卡上。第一卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；第二卷请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。第一卷（共70分）第一部分阅读理解（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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ABenjaminBannekerwasablackscientistwholivedatthetimetheUnitedStateswasbeingestablished（建立）.Hewasoneofafewpeoplewhowerechosentodrawupplansforanewcity.ThecitywastobecalledWashington,D.C.TheteamofplannerswasledbyaFrenchengineernamedL’Enfant.GeorgeWashington（1732—1799）hadadisagreementwithL’Enfant,andtheFrenchmanwentbacktohiscountry.HetooktheplansforWashington,D.C.withhim.Nooneknewwhattodo.BenjaminBannekersaidthathehadstudiedtheplansandcoulddrawthemfrommemory.Atfirst,thegroupofplannerswasskeptical.Theycouldnotbelievethatapersoncouldremembersomanydetails.Yetinafewmonths,Bannekerreproducedtheentireplanfrommemory.Bannekerinstructedtheartistswheretoputeachandeverydetail!1.WhichofthefollowingaboutBenjaminBannekerisNOTtrue?A.Hewasablackscientist.B.Helivedinthe18thcentury.C.HehadadisagreementwithGeorgeWashington.D.HewaschosentodrawupplansforWashington,D.C.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“skeptical”inthelastparagraphmean?A.surpriseB.worriedC.excitedD.doubtful3.HowdidthemembersoftheplanningteamprobablyviewBannekerafterthisevent?A.Theylostfaithinhisabilitytoplan.B.Theydependedmoreuponhisknowledgeandskill.C.TheydecidedtoworkwithoutBannekeronthenextproject.D.TheycametorealizethatBannekerwasjustlucky.B甘肃省景泰县一中2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（word版，无答案）2/8Didanyonefindthenamesof“GreatBritain”,“theUnitedKingdom”,“England”and“theBritish甘肃省景泰县一中2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（word版，无答案）3/8commonwealth（国家，联邦）”whichhavethesamemeaning?Strictlyspeaking,thesenamesallrefertosomethingdifferent.Noneofthemareexactlythesameasanyoftheothers.TheBritishislesrefertothemainislandsandseveralthousandsmallonesaswell,whichyoucanseeonthemap.GreatBritain,orBritain,referstothelargerofthetwomainislands.Buttheword“Britain”isoftenusedasashortformfortheUnitedKingdomoryoucallittheUK.NowasforEngland,itreferssimplytothelargestofthethreecountriesontheislandofGreatBritain.TheUnitedKingdomisthenameofthestateandtheofficialnameofthecountry,whichmanypeoplepopularlyrefertoEngland.Finally,theBritaincommonwealthistheusualnameforwhatisleftoftheBritishEmpire.ThischangeshowstheweakeningofBritishEmpireandtherisingofthenationalliberation（解放）movementsthroughouttheworldtoday.4.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthat.Aallthenamesinthefirstparagraphhavethesamemeaning.B.theUnitedKingdomhasthesamemeaningasBritainorEnglandC.GreatBritainhasthesamemeaningasBritainD.allthenamesrefertoEngland5.ItisclearthattheBritishislesreferto.A.Britain,EnglandandtheUK.B.threecountriesandseveralislandsC.thetwomainislandsandthousandsofsmallonesD.GreatBritainortheUnitedKingdom6.Whichofthefollowingshowstherightrelationship(关系)betweentheBritishisles(BI),Britain(B)andEngland(E)?...
