2015--2016高二英语期中试题.doc

茂名市第十六中学2015-2016学年第一学期期中考试 高二英语试题 本试卷题目共7页，请在答题卷上作答，满分135分， 考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共7页。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。 3. 第I卷的选择题全部答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上。涂第13题至第17题的答案时，如选E应涂AB,选F涂CD，选G涂BC。 4. 第II卷的答案全部写在答题卡上(共2页)，答在试卷上无效。 5. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第I卷 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分34分） 第一节（共12小题；每小题2分,满分24分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Most Chinese people expect to relax and enjoy themselves during the Golden Week. But for those trying to go someplace, it may seem more disappointment than pleasure. This year, the severe traffic jam resulted in a roadside wedding. The suffering of being stuck in traffic was possibly most strongly felt by Lv Kangzhou and his bride Yan Mengxia. By tradition, the groom drove early in the morning to the bride’s home in Zhejiang province in East China to pick her up along with her family and take them to his family’s hometown for the wedding. By 4 p.m., Lv’s wedding was 90 minutes away, but his car had not moved an inch for a long time. Lv contacted the local radio to explain his difficult situation and ask for a traffic forecast. The radio host told Lv there was no way he could hold his wedding on time and offered to hold their wedding on the air. At 5:30 p.m., Lv and his bride said their vows on the side of the road while Lv’s family and friends witnessed the ceremony while listening to the radio. Lv wasn’t the only person stuck in the Golden Week crowds. According to the state news agency Xinhua, 11.7 million people traveled by train Wednesday. It calculated that 120,000 people gathered at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to watch the flag raising ceremony. Last year, the Forbidden City in Beijing hosted 175,000 tourists on a single day during Golden Week, and the number is expecting to be even bigger this year. Chinese internet users routinely complain about the Golden Week holiday every year. As internet user Tuzhi said on Sina Weibo: “On the Great Wall, I’m holding your hand, but