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2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考试 高二英语试卷 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 共150分。考试时间120分钟。 第I卷 第一部分： 阅读理解 （共两节， 满分60分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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 B President Xi Jinping announced Thursday that China will cut its military by 300,000 troops, a significant reduction in one of the largest militaries in the world and a move that the Chinese leader called a gesture of peace. ? 揟he great renewal of the Chinese nation requires efforts of one generation after another,?Xi said in a speech at Tiananmen Square remembering the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific. 揌
aving created an impressive civilization of over 5,000 years, the Chinese civilization will lead to an even brighter future,?he said. Xi抯 announcement came as China staged a massive military parade in central Beijing, sending a stream of troops, tanks, and ballistic missiles(弹道) down a major east-west street as fighter jets flew overhead with multicolored smoke. ? Xi’s speech kicked off the parade. An estimated 12,000 troops—about 1,000 of whom hailed(致敬)from Belarus, Cuba, Tajikistan, and other countries-marched along the 10-lane Chang抋n Avenue from the commercial center wangujing to Tiannmen Square, about 1.5 miles away. They were joined by 200 fighter jets and 500 pieces of military hardware, including tanks and ballistic missiles. Representatives from 49 countries were in attendance, including Russian leader Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U. N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 牋 Rory Medcalf, head of the national security college at Australian National University, said the Beijing may have decided to cut 300,000 troops 搃n the name of efficiency and cost saving.?牋 Xi conducted a 搕roop i
nspection?after his speech, riding down Chang抋n Avenue in a Chinese-made Hongqi parade car. On Thursday morning, China抯 popular microblogging site Sina Weibo filled up with 350 million comments related to t