高二上学期期中考试试卷英 语命题人：XXX第I卷（选择题）第一部分：听力理解（略）第二部分：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、D）中，选出最佳选项。AVisiting Joshua Tree National Park, CaliforniaJoshua Tree National Park is nearly 800,000 acres (英亩) large and surrounds parts of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts in South-central California. Although deserted at first sight, the park is full of wildlife and provides a variety of entertainment activities from hiking to climbing. Within a three-hour drive, Joshua Tree National Park takes at least a full day to visit.Things to doHiking opportunities within the park include several choices, from 12 self-guided nature routines to all-day back-country hikes.Joshua Tree NP has nine camping grounds, and back-country camping is also allowed.Rock climbing is a popular activity in the park, which has 10 mountains greater than 5, 000 feet in height.When to visitJoshua Tree NP is open 365 days a year, although the best time to visit is October through April, when temperature is milder. The peak season is when the wild flowers bloom, and the summer months are the least crowded.What to bringIn addition to your camera and telescope, be sure to carry lots of water. Park and guiding maps can be picked up at any of the three visitor centers.FeesParking fees: You can buy a seven-day vehicle permit (周票) for $ 15, a single entry permit for $ 5, or Joshua Tree National Park annual (每年的) pass for $ 60.Camping fees: They vary by camping ground（ ）21When is the best time to visit Joshua Tree NP?A. September.B. May.C. June.D. March.（ ）22If one goes to Joshua Tree NP by car and stays there for 9 days, how much at least one should pay for the parking fees?A. $60B. $25C. $15D. $30（ ）23What can be inferred from the text? A. There are guides for nature trails.B. Tourists can easily visit the whole park within a day.C. The camping fees at the nine camping grounds are different.D. Tourists must take park and trail maps with them when they visit the parkBIt was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking，and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.He looked up, smiling. “Im making you a surprise.” I thought it could be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the busyness of our new life , I eventually forgot about his surprise.Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window，I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn blue, yellow and my favorite pink，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?My fathers crocuses bloomed each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance: Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.Then a spring came with the usual blooms but the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs (植物球茎). But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I felt depressed. It was Dads birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadnt bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.（ ）24Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. The author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.B. The crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.C. The author often thought about her father after he died.D. The authors father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.（ ）25According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _.A. it was not the first time that the authors father had made a surpriseB. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surpriseC. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise wasD. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father（ ）26The authors father should be best