内蒙古集宁一中（西校区）2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷满分为120分，考试时间为100分钟第I卷（选择题 共70分）第一部分：阅读理解(共二节，满分40分)第一节：阅读: 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。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWelcome to Holker Hall & GardensVisitor InformationHow to Get to HolkerBy Car: Follow brown signs on A590 from J36, M6. Approximate travel times: Windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston for connections to major cities & airports.Opening timesSunday-Friday(closed on Saturday)11:00am-4:00pm, 30th March-2nd November.Admission ChargesHall &Gardens GardensAdults 12.00 8.00Groups 9.00 5.50Special EventsProducers Market 13th AprilJoin us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.Holker Garden Festival 30th MayThe event celebrates its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.National Garden Day 28th AugustHolker once again opens its gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.Winter Market 8th NovemberThis is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifts while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.1. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Manchester ?A. 20 minutes B.25 minutes C. 45 minutes D. 90 minutes2. How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit Hall&Gardens ?A.12.00 B9.00 C.8.00 D.5.503. Which event will you go to if you want to see a live music show ?A. Producers Market B. Holker Garden Festival C. National Garden Day D. Winter Market B A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is unusual for what it contains: the news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the comments and special features(特写) as well, from editorial page to feature articles, from interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre, and music. A newspaper is even more unusual for the way one reads it never completely, never straight through but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, or reading just a few paragraphs of the next.A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than temporary value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that days paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self- awareness(自知) as you change and apply the techniques of reading.4. What does the underlined word “topicality” in the second paragraph mean ?A. Wide coverage.B. Speed in reporting newsC. Various styleD. Popularity among readers.5. According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that _.A. people are interested in the same kind of newsB. different people prefer different newspapersC. people scan for the news they are interested inD. people have different views about what a good newspaper is6. A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because_.A. readers like to read different newspapersB. it has to cover things that happen in a certain localityC readers are difficult to pleaseD. it tries to serve different readers7. The best title for this passage would be “_”.A. The characteristics of a good newspaperB. The importance of a good newspaperC. Good newspapers and bad newspapersD. Some advice on how to read a newspaperC Theres nothing like a good nights sleepbut what does that really mean? It turns out that the answer depends not only on your age, but also on your lifestyle. Some people are productive and happy with fewer hours of sleep, while others need more. Still, experts can determine guidelines that work for most people. The National Sleep Foundation researched the topic and gave new recommendations. The foundation acknowledges that sleep needs will varylifestyle and stress should be taken into considerationbut their recommendations offer a general guideline. For example, teenagers need 8-10 hours s