2015-2016学年广东省广州执信中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷.doc

2015-2016学年广东省广州执信中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共1页，满分分，考试用时分钟。 注意事项： 1．答题前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的校名、姓名、考号、座位号等相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内。 2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。 3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。 第Ⅰ卷 第部分 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） A newly-wedded couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami (海啸). Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded (搁浅) in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europes worst snowstorms. Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most violent cyclones in the nations history. From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement (水泥) floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others. Trees were being knocked over and big branches were put down across the streets, Mr. Svanstrom told Swedens Expressen newspaper. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. Mr. Svanstrom said they then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped burning bush fires. The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude (震级) 6.3 earthquake attacked the city on February 22. Mrs. Svanstrom said, When we got there the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan. But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japans largest earthquake since records began. The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings, Mr. Svanstrom said. It was like the buildings were swaying back and forth. The family returned to Stockho