辽宁省大连海湾高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第一次质量检测试题总分:120分 时间:100分钟 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节,满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分,满分25分）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。A Choose Your OneDay Tours !Tour ABath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge37 until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour BOxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford: Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires (尖顶 ) ” from St Marys Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour CWindsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace34 until 11 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guide tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIIIs favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫)where it is easy to get lost!Tour DCambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.21.Which tour will you choose if you want to see Englands oldest university city?A. Tour A. B. Tour B. C. Tour C. D. Tour D.22.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court.B. Oxford & Stratford.C. Bath & Stonehenge.D. Cambridge.23.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?A. It used to be the home of royal families.B. It used to be a wellknown maze.C. It is the oldest palace in Britain.D. It is a worldfamous castle.BWhat would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job? Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you successful career you want. We are constantly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the connections that you have more important than your education?76% of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy.Even if you dont have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to communicate and build relationships. Its a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that networks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success.So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important.24.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part?A. Practice makes perfectB. Nothing is impossibleC. Hope for the bestD. No pains, no gains25.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important.B. 41% of the people believe parents income is most important.C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first.D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success.26.From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _.A. stress the importance of educationB. challenge the traditional beliefC. make lots of social connectionsD. encourage people to work hard27.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. The Way to SuccessB. Keep Your Dream in MindC. A Wealthy and Smooth CareerD. A Survey on Peoples Dreams CLong before iPhone, the cigarette was the companion of choice for restlessness. And long befo