河南省信阳市普通高中2019-2020学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 附答案解析

信阳市普通高中2019-2020学年高二上学期期末考试 英语试题 本试题卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。考试时间120分钟满分150分。考试结束后，请将答题卡交回。 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将本人的姓名、准考证号等考生信息填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔将准考证号填涂在相应位置。 2选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。 3.请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 4.保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。 第Ⅰ卷（满分100分） 第一部分听力 （省略） 第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。 A Charities These days there are thousands of charities around the world and it is possible to donate money to help people, animals and places. Mencap is a charity which is intended to fight against prejudice against those people who suffer from any kind of learning disability. Most of Mencap's work is campaigning. People with learning disabilities are disadvantaged because of prejudice and lack of funding for community care. Mencap raised awareness by working at local, national and European levels to deal with those issues that affect people with learning disabilities. It also provides services of education, housing and employment as well as support and advice for families and carers of sufferers. EveryChild is a relatively new charity which was created in 1983. Every Child identifies the needs of a particular community and then sets up projects to make sure that children in these communities have basic rights such as healthcare. education, social services and community development. Every Child sets up the projects so that they are self running. The organization then moves on to new projects, leaving things in the hands of locals. The RSPCA( Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is the first organization meant for the well-being of animals anywhere in the world. The SPCA was set up in London in 1824 .At that time it was considered strange that people should care about cruelty to animals. In 1840 Queen Victoria gave the organization permission to be called a royal society The RSPCA. These days there are almost two hundred branches in the UK. The TBG(Tidy Britain Group) is an independent national charity fighting to improve the quality of the local environment. They aim to get everyone involved in doing their bit to keep Britain clean. The work of the TBG is done mainly hrough campaigning. Volunteers work closely with governments and businesses to organize educational programs designed to raise awareness of the problems. The TBG's sister organization, Going for Green,concentrates on pollution issues. The two groups have the same chief executive. 1. What's the main purpose of Mencap? A. To improve community care. B. To provide educational se ... ...