辽宁省阜新市第二高级中学2018-2019学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

2019学年高二英语期末试卷 （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分） 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Female Scientists Who Have Changed the World There are still hundreds of relatively-unknown women who have changed the world with their research throughout history. Tiera Guinn This 21-year-old scientist hasn’t yet graduated from college, but Tiera Guinn’s already doing rocket science. The MIT(麻省理工学院) senior is helping build a rocket for the United States that could be one of the biggest and most powerful ever made. She’s an aerospace（航天航空） major with high credit points who also works as a Rocket Structural Design and Analysis Engineer for the Space Launch System that aerospace company Boeing is building for the US. Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell, who was born in Bristol, England in 1821, was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States, became an activist for poor American women’s health, and went on to found a medical school for women in England. Jane Goodall The most famous primate(灵长目) scientist in history, Jane Goodall was known for her work with chimps（黑猩猩） and as a champion of animal rights. And Goodall wasn’t just working in a lab; she climbed trees and imitated the behavior of chimps in Tanzania to gain their trust and study them in their natural habitat. Rachel Carson In the 1960s, one environmental scientist’s voice rose above the rest to become central to American politics, culture, and foreign policy: Rachel Carson’s. Her article, ＂Silent Spring,＂warned of the dangers of pesticides(农药) and chemicals to humans, plants, and animals, and was a landmark in the nation’s environ（周围的） mental history. 1. What is Tiera Guinn’s greatest achievement? A. She entered the best university of the world. B. She has been learning the newest rocket science. C. She has helped build a big and powerful rocket. D. She is a top student employed by a famous company. 2. What is Elizabeth Blackwell famous for in history? A. She was the first woman with the advanced education. B. She was a pioneer of the women’s health in the US and the UK. C. She found the first women’s school in the United Kingdom. D. She was the first woman to be accepted as an American citizen. 3. Who made a great contribution to the animal-protection movement? A. Tiera Guinn. B. Jane Goodall. C. Rachel Carson. D. Elizabeth Blackwell. B Volunteering abroad comes with a bit of a social stigma (耻辱). From my experience, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Volunteering isn’t so expensive that it’s only a choice for the well-off（有钱的）. I spent 10 weeks volunteering in Arizona with America Conservation Experience(ACE), helping preserve America’s natural beauty. The trip was arranged through BUNAC, a work and volunteer organization. In all it cost me around $ 1,000 — a sum which I covered mostly by working ... ...