山西省晋中市和诚高中2018-2019学年高二英语周练试题（5.18）时间：60分钟 总分100分 出题人：一、阅读理解（每题4分，共40分）AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans VacuumTheres a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next years trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42 % over 10 years.Easy-On ShoesIn 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $ 130.An Airport for Drones (无人机）As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.1. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can be a money-saver.B. It can grow year by year.C. It can tear plastic into pieces.D. It can be put into wide use soon.2. What do we know about Nike?A. It offers free shoes to the disabled. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It provides customer-friendly services.D. It responded to Matthews request passively.3. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”？A. Because road travel there is rough.B. Because there are too many drones.C. Because theyre easier to construct than roads.D. Because they are receptive to new technology.BI spent most my twenties working for the National Park Service, and I lived a wide variety of government housing, including several shabby but appealing old houses where the wild creatures outnumbered humans. Sometimes I wondered, lying awake at night, how many hearts beat inside those walls. With all that lovely national park habitat protected for their use, why did the animals need to live in my house?My latest essay “The indoor wilds at outdoor parks,” revisits my experiences with wild (non-human!) roommates and officemates in Rocky Mountain National Park. At first, they were considered annoying but not dangerous. Attitudes changed dramatically when hantavirus (汉他病毒) came on the scene, and suddenly those cute, non-housebroken deer mice became a threat. When I moved on to Canyonlands National Park, I found that every effort had been made to seal off my house from four-footed intruders (入侵者). These efforts mostly worked and later employees moved into new housing. But somehow a rat still managed to chew its way through the floor and drown itself in my toilet. Im not even going to get started about my coworkers experiences with other much scarier animals.The Beaver Meadows Vistor Center in the story was designed by Tailiesin Associated Architects, Frank Lloyed Wrights firm, after Wrights death. Working there, I always thought the building was strange. I recently revisited the building while researching a childrens book I am writing about the park. I think I get it now, at least a little.4. What does the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. Some park visitors.B. Endangered animals.C. The authors coworkers.D. The authors wild roommates.5. Why did people show a change in attitude towards deer mice?A. Because a virus was spreading.B. Because people were hurt by them.C. Because people saw a really cute one.D. Because they protected peoples houses.6. What can we infer about the living conditions of the authors coworkers?A. They were unknown to the author.B. They were acceptable to the author.C. They were no better than the authors.D. They were much better than the authors.7. After visiting the Beaver Meadows Vistor Center again, the author .A. could appreciate it betterB. finished a childrens bookC. did research on national parksD. knew it was designed by WrightCIncreasing numbers of airports, especially in Europe, are promoting a “silent airport” idea. It is to reduce noise pollution, such as airport-wide announcements, without sacrificing timely and helpful updates of information.International airports were once characterized by their high voices, competing gate announcements and so on.This is all changing.Angela Gittens, director general of Airports Council International (ACI), says there is a growing desire among airports and airlines they serve to “create a calm, relaxed atmos