河南省安阳市第三十六中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精

安阳市第三十六中学2017——2018学年第一学期期中考试

高二英语

（考试时间100分钟，满分120分）

第I卷

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分）

(共15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

Usingtoomuchwaterorthrowingrubbishintoourriversareclearwaysthathumanscanputourwatersupplyindanger，butwealsoaffectourwatersupplyinlessobviousways。Youmaywonderhowpaving(铺砌）aroadcanleadtolessusablefreshwater.Amajorpartofthewaterweuseeverydayisgroundwater.Groundwaterdoesnotcomefromlakesorrivers.Itcomesfromunderground。Themoreroadsandparkinglotswepave,thelesswatercanflowintothegroundtobecomegroundwater。

Humanactivityisnotresponsibleforallwatershortages（短缺)。Drierclimatesareofcoursemorelikelytohavedroughts(干旱）thanareaswithmorerainfall,butinanycase,goodmanagementcanhelptomakesurethereisenoughwatertomeetourbasicneeds.

Thinkingaboutthewayweusewatereverydaycanmakeabigdifference，too.IntheUnitedStates,afamilyoffourcanuse1.5tonsofwateraday！Thisshowshowmuchwedependonwatertolive，butthere’salotwecandotolowerthenumber。

Youcantakestepstosavewaterinyourhome.Tostartwith，usethesameglassforyourdrinkingwaterallday。Washitonlyonceaday.Runyourdishwasher(洗碗机）onlywhenitisfull。Helpyourparentsfixanyleaksinyourhome.Youcanevenhelptokeepourwatersupplycleanbyrecyclingbatteriesinsteadofthrowingthemaway.

21。Whichofthefollowingismostlikelytoleadtolessgroundwater?

A.UsingriverwaterB。Pavingparkinglots

C.ThrowingbatteriesawayD。Throwingrubbishintolakes

22。Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext？

A.Ittakesalotofefforttomeetourwaterneeds。

B。Allwatershortagesareduetohumanbehavior.

C.Thereismuchwecandotoreducefamilysize。

D。TheaveragefamilyinAmericamakesproperuseofwater.

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