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　　海南中学2015—2016学年度第二学期期中考试
　　高一英语笔试试卷
　　考生注意：
　　本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分。考试时间为100分钟。
　　第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）
　　第一节：（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。     
　　A
　　Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.
　　Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn’t like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times.
　　After his father’s death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer.
　　In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many booding Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.
　　Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.
　　At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.
　　21. In Mark Twain’s childhood, ________.
　　A．he learned a lot at school
　　B．he often went swimming with other boys
　　C．his mother often worried about his safety
　　D．he often played games with other boys
　　22. Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain’s experiences?
　　a. He became a miner.            
　　c. He got into debts.              
　　e. He became a full-time writer. b. He worked as a printer.
　　d. His father died.
　　F. He joined the army.
　　A．a—d—b—c—e—f B．d—b—f—a—e—c
　　C．d—a—f—e—b—c D．c—b—d—f—e—a
　　23. Before his death, Mark Twain _______.
　　A．became a white man B．was in low spirits
　　C．liked to buy all kinds of clothes D．had nothing on
　　B
　　Most people, when they travel to space, would like to stay in orbit for a few days or more. And this stands to reason, if you’re paying $20,000 for your trip to orbit(轨道)! So in order for tourism to reach its full potential there’s going to be a need for orbital accommodation --- or space hotels. What would a space hotel actually be like to visit? Hotels in orbit will offer the services you expect from a hotel --- private rooms, meals, bars. But they’ll also offer two unique experiences: impressive views --- of Earth and space --- and the endless entertainment of living in zero gravity --- including sports and other activities that mase of this.
　　The hotels themselves will vary greatly --- from being quite simple in the early days to huge luxury structure at a later date. It’s actually surprising that as later as 1997, very few designs for space hotels were published. This is mainly because those who might be expected to design them haven’t expected launch(发射) costs to come down far enough to make them possible.
　　Lots of people who’ve been to space have described vividly what it’s like to live in zero gravity. There are obviously all sorts of possibilities for dancing, gymnastics, and zero-G sports. Luckily, you don’t need to sleep much living in zero gravity, so you’ll have plenty of time for relaxing by hanging out in a bar with a window looking down at the turning Earth below.