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　　2016学年第一学期高二英语周末卷八  2016.12
　　I. Grammar
　　China has an even greater high—speed railway plan—to connect the country with Southeast Asia，and eventually Eastern Europe．China ____1____(negotiate) to extend its own high•-speed railway networp to 17 countries in 1 0 to 15 years，eventually ____2___(reach) London and Singapore．
　　China has proposed three such projects．The first could possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia．Another _____3__ start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uistan，and possibly to Germany．The third would start in the northeast and go north ___4_____ Russia and then into Western Europe．
　　The new system would still follow China’s high—speed railway standard．And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour，almost as fast as some airplanes．China’s bullet train，the _____5____ connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou，already has the World’s fastest average speed．It ____6____ (cover)1,069 kilometers in about three hours．
　　Of course，there are some technical challenges ___7____(overcome)．There are so many issues that need _____8____(settle)，such as safety，rail gauge，maintenance of railway tracks．So，it’s important to pay attention to every detail．
　　But the e is really money．China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on  domestic railway expansion．China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources ____9____ ____9______with capital investment．Those countries ____10____ _____10____ resources streamed will bring China a win-win project.
　　II. Vocabulary:
　　Adult children are giving up the equivalent of a full-time working week each month – at an annual cost of almost ￡4,000 – to care for an elderly parent or parents, a report published today ___(11)___.
　　The “Cost of a Parent” study, from insurance and investment group Liverpool Victoria(LV), highlights the increasing problems faced by a "sandwich generation" caught between paying their own bills, meeting the costs of their parents' care and, in one of 20 cases, ___(12)___ financially to their over-18 children.
　　Mike Rogers, group chief executive of LV, which surveyed 2,000 adults last month, said many adults were walking a “fine tightrope” between these three costs. "The care that elderly relatives receive from their families is ___(13)___, but there is clearly a growing concern that financial support for rising residential care costs may simply be ___(14)___," he said. Caught up in the recession（衰退）, almost half of those people with elderly parents said they felt less ___(15)___ able than they did a year ago to meet any care costs.
　　"The financial crisis only serves to highlight the difficulties older people, their families and caregivers are ___(16)___ facing when trying to pay for care," said Stephen Burke, chief executive of Counsel and Care. "The situation has been made worse by the ___(17)___ in the housing market, which has made it harder for older people to sell their houses to pay for their care costs."
　　People with parents who need care do not just face financial ___(18)___, according to the LV report. Of those surveyed, 13% had put off career changes or sacrificed ___(19)___ at work, while the same proportion had put off moving house. A third of respondents(调查对象) had put their holiday plans on hold, while a further 13% had sacrificed financial support for their children.
　　III. Reading Comprehension     
　　(A)
　　“Just relax,” I said, “and let the water support you!”
　　Of course, such things are usually easier said than done.
　　When I discovered that the university I work at has a swimming pool, I was quite pleased. Swimming is a great way to exercise. So I suggested to Ellen that we should go for a dip. She declined. At first, I thought it was because she thought it might be too cold to go swimming, but