甘肃省甘谷一中2018-2019学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题 （word版无听力题）

甘谷一中2018———2019学年第二学期高二期末考试 英语试题 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 The Summer Holiday Activities for Families in the UK While the Astronaut spacewalk, Manchester last year remains in the memory of some families, our week-by-week guide to the school summer break this year features a host of special events and outdoor fun for kids, from open-air cinema and live music to coming face to face with dinosaurs. Polar fun, Edinburgh Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh is keeping cool this summer with lots of polar-themed activities, including family science shows on the Arctic and Antarctic, icy experiments, and craft designs where kids can make their own penguin, walrus or polar bear. ? Until 28 August, ￡15 adults, ￡9. 50 children, dynamicearth.co.uk. Dinosaur events, various locations Dinosaurs in the Wild is a vivid, walk-through experience taking visitors back 67 million years to the late Cretaceous period. Dinosaur Babies is an exhibition of dinosaur embryos and eggs, plus a model nest. Dinosaurs of China displays fossils and skeletons never before seen in Europe. ? Until 23 August, NEC in Birmingham, then 7 October to 7 January, Event City Manchester, ￡ 29.50 adults, ￡26 children, dinosaursinthewild.com. Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton Just 15 minutes from the centre of Brighton, this 18th century Georgian manor house in Stammer Park has a packed programme of events and activities on throughout the summer including storytelling in the forest, guided bike rides, tree climbing and family yoga ? 1 July?10 September, prices vary, usually from ￡5?10, booking for events required but house and gardens can be visited without booking, stammerhouse.co.UK/kidsfest. 1. In which event can you see the fossils found in China? A. Polar fun, Edinburgh. B. Astronaut spacewalk, Manchester. C. Dinosaur events, various locations. D. Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton. 2. How much will a couple with two children spend at most if they attend all the activities? A. ￡180. B. ￡220. C. ￡160. D. ￡200. 3. What can kids do in Proud Country House kids fest, Brighton? A. Tree climbing and family yoga. B. Craft designs and tree climbing. C. Guided bike rides and icy experiments. D. Storytelling in the forest and seeing dinosaur eggs. B Not long ago, I tried convincing my three daughters that the world’s secrets are hidden inside silence. The girls looked at me skeptically. Surely silence is nothing? Sitting there at the dinner table, I suddenly remembered their curiosity as children, their wondering about what might be hiding behind a door and their amazement as they stared at a light switch and asked me to “open the light”. But now they are 13, 16 and 19 and wonder less and less. If they still wonder at anything, they quickly pull out their smart phones to find the answer. None of them have any interest in discussing with me. To attract ... ...