2016年甘肃省河西五市部分普通高中高三第二次联合考试英语试卷命题学校：嘉峪关市一中 命题人：宋华 刘轶敏 李维林本试卷分为第卷和第II卷 两部分。全卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。第I卷 第一部分 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中（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe London Eye 4D Film Experience started in August and is included in the London Eye ticket price. It is a fantastic 4D film to entertain you before your trip on the London Eye. The 4D effects are great.No Extra Cost to YouThats right; you buy your ticket for the London Eye and 4D cinema experience. Merlin Entertainments, the London Eye owners, spent 5 million creating the film and building the 4D cinema and wanted to improve the value for money of the London Eye.What to ExpectThe 4D Cinema entrance is in the ticket hall. So after buying your ticket, go straight to it, where youll be given a pair of glasses. About 160 visitors will pass through the 4D cinema every 8 minutes so dont worry about waiting time. People in the bright pink cinema are all standing on four levels. The top level is designed for wheelchairs.London Eye 4D FilmPut on your glasses and enjoy yourself. The story is about a little girl visiting London with her father and she wants to be higher to get a better view so she comes to the London Eye. It differs from watching the 3D film for all your senses are involved. When it snows on screen, you feel it snows in the cinema. And when you watch the fireworks, you can really smell them.For a short film, less than four minutes, before the main attraction you think youve come for, you are going to love this free extra. I stood there with my mouth wide open at the end as many others did. Its fantastic! The effects are the Hollywood standard as no expense is spared. I was lucky enough to try the film three times on the first day and I still want to go back again.1. What does the author mainly tell us in this passage?A. He mainly introduces the 4D film of Merlin Entertainments.B. He mainly introduces the London Eye entertainment centre.C. He mainly tells us his experiences while creating the 4D film.D. He mainly introduces to us how to take part in the 4D film.2. Why did the Merlin Entertainments build the 4D film cinema?A. Because it wanted to attract more visitors to London.B. Because it could earn more money from the public in the UK.C. Because it could provide more entertainments for visitors.D. Because it wanted to increase the value of the London Eye.3. Where could people get into the 4D film cinema? A. In the Hollywood.B. In the ticket hall.C. Under the London Eye.D. In the ticket centre.4. While seeing a 4D film, people will feel _. A. greatly frightened B. much worried C. sweet smellD. as if they were on the sceneBWe took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August，and it was as refreshing and exhausting as family vacations tend to beToward the end of our long drive home, even the kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot onAt that point in a road trip，even sixty-five miles per hour feels slow. We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road signs flashing by. My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County. Only thirty miles from home，I hit the brakes，and we began to roll，slowly，behind a horse-drawn carriage. We began to open our eyes againWe saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons. I rolled down the windows, and we breathed againJust-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle At five miles per hour，you remember what you forget at sixty-fiveYou are thinking about a place，even when you are moving from place to place I am a placemaker. A homemaker, too. I am a mother of a young kid at home，and also a writer and a gardenerBut，for me，those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do with the rest of my life：I want to cultivate a place and share it with others The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880. It has quite a few nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land，and we love nothing more than to fill them with neighbors and friends. We grow vegetables and flowers，keep a bakers dozen of egglaying chickens，and，since we moved in three years ago，we have planted many，many trees Living with my lifes purpose does not allow for much travel. I need to be here，feeding the chickens and watering the tomatoes. Any extra in the budget，and we spend it on trees But I learned something at the end of our family road tripTravel can help me in the task of caring for my own placeWhen I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there，travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places5. What does the author try to express in the first paragraph? AThe tiredness of her past family life BHer disappointment at the family road trip CThe familys eagerness to return home DKidsexcitement at driving fast on the road6.