浙江省绍兴市高级中学2019-2020学年高二第二学期第二次教学质量检测英语试卷Word版.docVIP

英语试卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分10分） 第一节 （共5小题；每小题0.5分；满分2.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分） 第一节（共10个小题；每小题2分，满分20分） 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Iceland is a large island. In fact, it’s the world’s 18th?largest island. Most of the population, however, lives in the southwestern part of the country, in or around the capital city of Reykjavik. By its very name, you’d expect Iceland to be mostly ice. Looking at?Iceland?on a map, you’ll notice it sits just outside the Arctic Circle. Despite this location and its name,?Iceland?actually has a temperate climate, because it is warmed by the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream also helps keep Iceland’s coastal ports ice-free through the winter. There is plenty of ice on Iceland, though. The country consists of a large plateau(高原)that includes fields of sand, mountains and glaciers. Over 60% of Iceland is?tundra（苔原）. About 14% of Iceland is lakes and glaciers. Only about 24% of the country has plants or vegetation of any kind, which covers a vast area in the south of the country. Iceland was settled in the late 800s and early 900s by Norsemen from the Scandinavian country of Norway. Other settlers also came from Ireland and Scotland. From the 13th?century up until 1918, Iceland was part of the Norwegian and later Danish monarchies. For most of that time, the small Icelandic population depended upon fishing and farming to make a living. For hundreds of years, Iceland was one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. After World War II, international aid and industrialization of the fishing industry turned Iceland into one of the wealthiest countries in the world. In 1994, Iceland became part of the European Economic Area(经济区), which allowed its economy to grow even more. Iceland boasts one of the youngest islands in the world.?Surtsey?rose out of the ocean during a series of volcanic eruptions b