2021内蒙古呼和浩特市土默特左旗第三中学高二上学期英语期末试题学校:_ 姓名：_ 班级：_ 得分 ：_题号IIIIIIIVVVI总分得分一、 阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30分）ANewspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the pastThere are not many people who seriously read a newspaper every dayMost people read only the sports pages，the advice or the gossip columns，the comics， and perhaps the classified advertisementsMost people dont take the time to read the real newsThey attempt to catch the readers interest with pictures and exciting headlinesThese techniques are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paperThe first page attracts attention and encourages the readers to look through the rest of the paperThis is why editors always look for a good first page story and a headline to make them stop and look If the headline is horrible enough or frightening enough or wild enough， perhaps they will not go on to read the front page any moreThey may read the headlines，but that is all，then they turn to the sports page，or comics，or advertisementsIt seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper any more. They say they get the news on the television， the Internet and their cellphones now More people watch news on television，the Internet and their cellphone because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaperWhat about you？ Do you read news from a newspaper？ Do you think it is easier to get the news from television，the Internet or the cellphone ？ Or dont you care about news at all？Would you mind if there were no news？1.According to the author，which of the following newspapers will most probably attract the readers attention？_ A. The ones with interesting pictures and exciting headlines on the front page B. The ones with sports news on the front page C. The ones with classified advertisements on the front page D. The ones with gossip columns on the front page2.According to the passage， most people read all of the following except_ A. the sports page B. the real news C. advertisements D. comics3.The authors attitude toward newspapers is_ A. critical B. sympathetic（同情的） C. negative（否定，消极的） D. undeterminedBWill life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? Futurologists(未来学家)predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050.A computer will send the program directly to the television. On TV screen appear holograms(全息图),which are pictures with certain height, width and depth. We will be able to see, smell and touch the things that we see on television.Water has become one of our most serious problems. Agriculture is changing and people are growing more fruit and vegetables to export. Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050.Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we dont act now.In transport, cars will run on new fuels and go very fast. A car will have computers to control its speed and there wont be any accidents. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the earth in about three hours. People will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo by space plane in just half an hour.In the field of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. By 2050,we will see robots everywhere. They do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day.Medicine technology will have conquered many diseases by 2050,we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced clones of animals and will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. If you want all this to come true, you should study science and technology hard.4.What is the main difference between todays and 2050s TV? A. We can use a computer to turn off the TV set. B. We can talk with the characters appearing on TV. C. We can choose whatever we like to see on TV. D. We can touch the things we see on TV.5.What isnt mentioned about the future in 2050 in the passage? A. Technology. B. Medicine. C. Movies. D. Agriculture.6.What will be more likely to cause the war in the future? A. The lack of water. B. The less farmland. C. The shortage of robots. D. The more space planes.7.From the passage we can infer that by 2050 _. A. people will spend less time in studying B. more and more people neednt go to school C. people will have more time to relax or rest D. no patients will be found in the worldCWhen I was young, my mother didnt have the money to send me to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself. But because she had