新疆生产建设兵团第七师高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期初考试试题时间： 100分钟 满分：150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和D）中，选出最佳选项。A While in college, Tim started to look for easy ways to make money. One of the opportunities he saw was gambling (赌博). He started learning about all forms of gambling. He got lucky enough to make $9,000, but sadly it didnt last long and over the next year he lost all of that money. It was at this point that Tim realized that he needed to stop gambling and focus on learning about finance.One day, he was talking to one of his friends about creating a business, and his friend turned him onto Quick Sprout. So he started reading every blog post on Quick Sprout in the hope that he could learn about how to become a successful businessman and meet some people through Quick Sprout that he could partner up with.A year ago Tim read a blog post on Quick Sprout about another businessman by the name of Timothy Sykes. Tim visited Timothysykes.com and learned about his Millionaire Challenge program that taught people how to buy and sell penny stocks (低价股票). Tim thought it would be worth giving a try.Tim spent the next few months learning from Timothy Sykes on how to trade stocks. After he felt that he had learned enough, he wanted to start trading. Within the first 6 months of using what he learned in the Millionaire Challenge program, he made over $40,000. At one point he even made $11,000 in 15 minutes. Over the next 12 months Tim is on track to make even more money. So far things are looking good and he is already ahead of schedule. The Millionaire Challenge program has worked out so well for him and he is now starting to enjoy the finer things of life.21. Tim decide to learn about finance when _.A. he first entered the college B. he was lucky enough to earn $9,000C. he learned about all forms of gambling D. he lost all the money he got from gambling22. By visiting Timothysykes.com, Tim _.A. found a business opportunity B. knew how Quick Sprout developedC. posted a blog he wrote on the website D. set up the Millionaire Challenge program23. How did Tim come to know Timothy Sykes?A. By attending Timothys lectures. B. By trading stocks with Timothy.C. By being introduced by friends. D. By visiting a website by chance.24. The last two paragraphs show Tim _.A. has stopped learning from Timothy B. has taken charge of the programC. benefits from the stock market D. has become a millionaireB Were going to help her do itBeth Wangari is a farmer in Kenya. Shes one of 450 million smallholder (耕种小块农田者) farmers worldwide. Together, they produce over 25% of the worlds food supply. But they could do much more. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the average farm produces only 1.3 tonnes of maize (玉米) per hectare (公顷). In North America, a farm produces 7 times as much.What Beth needs is the technology and skills that can help her get more from her land.As one of the worlds leading agricultural companies, Syngenta helps farmers across the world to raise harvests while saving water and soil. This is part of what we call The Good Growth Plan.The Good Growth PlanWe promise to help farmers get through four major challenges by the year 2020.1. Increase the average productivity of the worlds major crops by 20% without using more land or water.2. Increase the biodiversity (生物多样性) of 5 million hectares of farmland.3. Reach 20 million smallholders and help them increase productivity by 50%.4. Train 20 million farm workers on labor safety, especially in developing countries.See how we do As part of The Good Growth Plan we are ready to work with growers, governments and all who share our goals. We will report our progress on our website. You can find out more about The Good Growth Plan and the progress we are making at www.goodgrowthplan.com.25. What does the underlined word “it” in the title refer to?A. Travelling around North America. B. Working together with other farmers.C. Having a better harvest from the farmland.D. Producing 25% of the worlds food supply.26. What will Syngenta probably supply to Beth Wangari?A. More labor. B. Lots of maize.C. Technology and skills. D. Enough land and water.27. The main purpose of the text is to introduce _.A. The Good Growth Plan B. a Kenyan farmer called BethC. the development of Syngenta D. the agricultural productivity of KenyaC Reach for the stars at the Euro Space Center. Find out everything you need to know about space from the origins of the universe (宇宙) to the future space exploration plans. Light, sound and special effects help to bring your space journey to life. Throughout your tour, our specially trained guides will answer your questions and provide you with any information you require.Begin your tour with our exhibition about the planets, then move on to the Space La