广东省深圳市高级中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

深圳市高级中学2017－2018学年第一学期期中测试 高二英语 第一部分 （满分70分） 一、 阅读（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 阅读理解 (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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A When you’re on the go, your best friend and resource can be your phone. In the age of smart phones, apps are like guiding stars: They can point you in the right direction for a hotel, list expenses, send postcards, and much more. When used together, these apps can be the basic travel tool, placing a wealth of information at your fingertips no matter where you are on the planet.?U.S. News?Travel?has picked the essential travel apps, known for their utility and reliability. Best of all, they cost absolutely nothing.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】 Trip It Your Personal Travel Agent Be your own travel agent and plan every detail of your trip—from car rental to accommodating restaurants—with?Trip It. You can make travel schedule by hand, or simply forward the email confirmations of your flight, rental car, train tickets, and hotels to plans. Weather Free Your Go-To Meteorologist(气象学者) Stop trying to explain the weather forecast on the evening news (particularly when it’s in a foreign language). The?Weather Free?app informs you (in English) of the climate in various locations. It features the local weather, and other key factors that will inform your decision about what to wear before stepping outside. Goby Your Event Guru When you're in a foreign city, you sometimes look around and ask: Where are all the people? Goby?has the answer. This app pinpoints the neighborhood hot spots (including museums, hotels, eateries, and more) in your neighborhood. But its true value comes in finding nearby events. You'll discover concerts, plays, and more right around the corner. 1. What is the advantage of using travel apps picked by the U.S. News?Travel? A. They can solve any problem you come across. B. They reduce your travel budget. C. They exercise your fingertips. D. They are reliable and free of charge. 2. With the help of the travel apps used together, travelers can do the following things EXCEPT . A. rent a car B. decide what to wear C. look for a friend while traveling D. find the nearby museums 3. Where are the readers likely to read the passage above? A. In a geography textbook B. In a science and technology magazine C. On a popular website D. In a business report B Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York – he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us,” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life’s purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton’s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer’s hometown o ... ...