高中英语必修二期末测试卷2第一部分：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) 阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

APerhaps the most extraord in ary奇特的)build ing put up in the 19 cen tury was the Crystal Palace水晶宫)which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggestbuildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibiti on from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machi nery on show. Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in Englian, they were take n to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six millio n visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous build ings in the world un til it was bur nt dow n in 1936.()1. The Crystal Palace was built up _____________ ..A. in the 1950sB. in the 1900sC. shortly before 1851D. before 1951()2. People from many coun tries came to the Crystal Palace main ly to _______ .A. buy goodsB. visit an exhibiti onC.travelD. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself()3. What happe ned to the Crystal Palace in 193?A. It caught a terrible fire.B. It disappeared sudde nlyC. It was moved away to the south of London.D. It was rebuilt.()4. The Crystal Palace was famous to all because ________ ..A. it was the biggest building in the world then.B. so many visitors had bee n there.C. it was made of iron and glass.D. it was bur nt dow n at last.()5. The writer__________ .A. thought the Crystal Palace very usefulB. sang high praise for the Crystal PalaceC. wan ted the Crystal Palace to be rebuiltD. was one of the visitors who had been to the Crystal PalaceBPeople believe that climb ing can do good to health. Where can you lear n the skill of climbing the n ？If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how toclimb, you'r wrong. Many America ns are leanning to clim in city gyms(体育馆). Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holdi ng places for hands and feet.How do people climb the wall ? To climb, you need special shoes and a harness保护带)around your chest to hold you. There are ropes tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don 'fall. A beg inner ' wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to sta nd on and hold on to. Sometimes i'easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it' not. The most difficult parts is to control your fear. It' normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it 'difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall, the harn ess and the ropes hold you, and you beg in to feel safe. You move slowly un til you reach the top.Climbi ng attracts people becauseit' good exercises for almost every one. You use your whole body, especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both your mind and your body can become stro nger.()6. What can we infer from the passag ?A. People are fairly in terested in climbi ng no wadays.B. It is impossible to build up on e'sbody by climb ing.C. People can on ly lear n the skill of climbi ng outdoors.D. It is always easy to see hold ing places in climb ing.()7. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is ________ .A. to tie ropes to your harnessB. to con trol your fearC. to move away from the wallD. to climb straight up()8. The word workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means. _____A. settleme ntB.exerciseC. exciteme ntD. Tired ness()9. Why does the author write this passae?A. To tell people where to find gyms.B. To prove the basic n eed for climbi ng.C. To en courage people tp climb mountains.D. To in troduce the sport of wall climb ing.CAt one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of docume nts 文件)because they could be stored electr oni cally. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Intern et-c onn ected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. “ feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down, says Ted Smith of the EarthVillage Orga ni zati on.Perhapsthe best sig n of how computer and Internet use pushesup dema nd for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its promising new markets. Several Internet companies have been set up to help small bus in esses print quality docume nts from a computer. Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co. announ ced a pla n to develop new tech no logies that will en able people to print eve n more so they can get a hard copy of a bus in ess docume nt, a medical record or just a on e-l ine e-mail, eve n if they are no where n ear a computer. As the compa ny sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater dema nd for prin ters.Does all this mean environmental concerns环境问题)have been forgotten? Some activists suggestpeople have been led to believe that a lot of dangersto the en vir onment have gone away. I guess people believe that the problem is take n care of, because of recycling回收禾U用),said Kelly Quirke, director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Fran cisco. Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful. He says prin ters that print on both sides are grow ing in popularity.The acti on group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other tha n wood, such as agricultural waste.()10. The grow ing dema nd for paper in rece nt years is largely due to _____ .A. the rapid developme nt of small bus in essesB. the opening up of new marketsC. the printing of high quality copiesD. the in creased use of the Internet( )11. Environmentalists believe one possible way of dealing with the papersituati on is ___ .A. to encourage printing more quality documentsB. to develop new printers using recycled paperC. to find new materials for making paperD. to plant more fast-growing trees()12. Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided to develop new tech no logies because _____ .A. people are concerned about the environmentB. printers in many offices are working overtimeC. small companies need more hard copiesD. they see a growing market for printers()13. What would be the best title for the text?A. Computers and Printers.B. E-mail and the Busin ess World.C. Internet Revolution and Environment.D. Moder n Tech no logy and New Markets.DPeople realize that, although animals may not have the same intelligenc(智力) as huma n bein gs, they are smart eno ugh to lear n certa in thin gs.Dogs are extremely useful as compa nions for bli nd people. When a dog has bee n properly train ed, he will always lead his bli nd master in the right direct ion and keep him out of dan ger. For example, see in g-eye dogs lear n n ever to cross a busy roadwhe n cars are coming, eve n if their master ordered them to do so.Horses are also able to lear n many thin gs. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to be frightened of noises, traffic, and other disturbances. Racing horses are able to run much faster tha n other horses, but they are also quite high strung （易紧张）.Therefore, it is necessary for those people who train them to be very patie nt（耐心）and un dersta nding.The moving pictures and television can use trained animals too. Some animals, such as mon keys and foxes, are easy to film. All you have to do is make a trail in front of the camera by dragg ing someth ing that smells good to the ani mals over the ground. Big ani mals, such as lions and tigers, can be photographed as they bound happily back to their families and dinner. If a movie actor is nearby, the well-trained animal will pay no attention to him. However, the audience may imagine that the actor escaped a terrible death by the skin of his teeth.14. Dogs who help bli nd people must lear n ___ .A. to obey all ordersB. to obey only safe ordersC. n ever to cross roadsD. to cross road whe n ordered to do so15. Race horses are hard to train because they are ___ .A. faster tha n other horsesB. smaller tha n other horsesC. clever tha n other horseD. more n ervous tha n other horses第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项是多余选项。