山西省怀仁县2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题（实验班）注意事项：1. 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和准考证号填写在答题卡和机读卡上相应的位置。3. 1-40小题填涂在机读卡上。第I卷（共两部分，共100分）第一部分 第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在机读卡。AThere was once a man who had a donkey and a beautiful lapdog. The donkey was kept in a barn and had plenty of corn and hay to eat. Indeed, he was just as lucky as any donkey could be. The little dog stayed in the house and was well liked by the master. He was always playing and jumping about in an funny way and was allowed to lie in his masters lap(膝盖). Meanwhile, the donkey had plenty to do. He pulled wood all day long and had to take his turn at the mill during the night. He often complained about his problems, and it bored him to see the lapdog living such an easy life, while he had to work so hard. Finally he thought to himself that if he acted the same way as the lapdog to his master, he would be treated the same way. So, one day he ran out of his barn and went fast into the house, where he began to kick about in a very strange way. Then, swaying his tail and imitating the funny behavior of the pet lapdog, he knocked over the table where his master was eating. He also broke all the dishes into very small pieces and did not stop until he jumped onto his master, trying to lick and paw him with his rough feet. Seeing their master in great danger, the servants thought it was time to help him. They beat the foolish donkey with sticks until he could not get up again. As he was about to die, he cried, “Why couldnt I have remained satisfied the way I was? Why did I try to imitate a creature who was nothing but a lazy puppy after all?”1. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means _. A. the donkey was treated well by his master B. the donkey was treated badly and cruelly C. other donkeys were satisfied with their lifeD. the donkey was not satisfied with his life 2. According to the passage, we know that every day, _.A. the dog turned around the millB. the donkey jumped in the houseC. the donkey imitated the dog D. the dog accompanied the master 3. The reason why the donkey felt angry was that _. A. he had to do a lot of boring workB. he envied the easy life the dog livedC. he was often beaten by the servantsD. he was tied and couldnt move freely BA dam is a man-made structure built across a river. Most dams are built to control a rivers water flow, improve navigation and control flooding. However, some dams are built to produce hydro-electric power. Hydro-electric power is produced as water passes through a dam, and into a river below. The more water that passes through a dam, the more energy is produced. Once a dam is built, a man-made lake is created behind the dam. Electricity is produced by a kind of equipment called a turbine(水轮机). Turbines contain metal coils(线圈) surrounded by magnets(磁铁). When the magnets move round rapidly over the metal coils, electricity is produced. Turbines are located inside dams. The falling water makes the magnets go around the coils. Dams provide clean energy, but they can also harm the environment. Species that use rivers to reproduce are often hurt by dams. In the Northwest of the US, the population of fishes has dropped from 16 million to 2.5 million since hydro-electric plants were built on the Columbia River. Dams all over the world have hurt some species. The highest dam in the Unites States is located near Oroville, California. The Oroville Dam towers 230 meters and is more than a mile wide. This dam was built in 1968, 22 years after the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border controls the Colorado river. It is 221 meters high and has 2.6 million hectare-meters of water.The highest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh River in Tadzikistan, a country in central Asia. This dam is 300 meters tall. 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Some dams are built for controlling a rivers water flow.B. Hydro-electric power is usually produced through a dam.C. Dams can offer energy and they are harmless to the environment. D. Generally speaking, where there is a dam, there is a man-made lake.共4页5. The third paragraph mainly tells us _. A. how hydro-electric power is produced B. What a turbine is and how it works C. how the magnets and the metal coils workD. how the falling water passes through a turbine 6.The dam which controls the Colorado river is _. A. the Oroville Dam B. the Hoover Dam C. the Nurek Dam D. the Vakhsh Dam CThe Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1987. Just like a giga