河南省驻马店市高二上学期期末测试英语试卷及答案

河南省驻马店市高二上学期期末测试英语试卷及答案内容摘要：

lined word exotic means ________. A. difficult B. wonderful C. exciting D. acmodating 62. From the passage we can learn that at the beginning of the exchange programmes, ________. A. all the families could host foreign students B. only young couples could host foreign students C. only those who were retired could host foreign students D. those who were not too old could host foreign students 63. Which of the following is the best title of this passage? A. US Struggle to Find Host Families B. Idea of Hosting Students Is Different C. Foreignexchange Program Is Going On D. Exchange Students Keeps Old People Young C You are standing under the most famous neon lights in the centre of London, waiting to cross the road. Suddenly the traffic stops. You hear the distant sounds of cheering, clapping and shouting. Then, like a multicolored train, 2, 000 people with wheels on their feet zoom past you. You have just witnessed the London Skate, a twice weekly rollerskate event that attracts people in their hundreds and thousands London. Skate is a pletely free tour of the streets of London the only condition is that you go along on rollerskates. It lasts between two and three hours and by the end of it you have skated between 10 and 12 miles. The skate snakes sound the streets of London along several different routes. Many of the routes pass by tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace and Big Ben. Marshals (交通协调员 ) go ahead of the group, stopping the traffic so that people can skate as safely as possible. Everyone is wele to take part and people from the age of 4 to 63 years old join the fun. I love it very much, it is amazing. It feels just like a carnival (狂欢节 )， said Celeste Beverage regular skater. Rollerskating is really taking off across Europe and America. It is a very good way to keep fit and can be practised anywhere there is a smooth surface. Many big cities in Western Europe and in the US now have a regular group skating event. The biggest skates take place in Paris and Munich and tens of thousands of fans show up on warm evenings. Rollerskating is taking over the world, said Julian Grenoble, a 25yearold ski shop employee from London. Grenoble went to the ParisRoller (Paris skate) regularly until he moved to Britain. It39。 s so exciting to skate in Paris. Everyone skates so fast and puts in their best efforts! he said. The Paris Roller is well known because of the huge attendance, the presence of marshals and the police protection. Paris is a great city for rollerskating because of its long wide streets and smooth surfaces. Rollerskating is also being more popular in China among young people and children. Skating fans39。 favorite places to practise in China are big squares. 64. We can infer from the passage that London Skate Event ________. A. is probably supported by the city government B. attracts a great many tourists from all over the world C. usually causes a lot of traffic problems D. draws people of all ages into the sport 65. The underlined phrase taking off in the passage means________ . A. rising from the ground B. being popular C. setting out D. getting exciting 66. Paris is regarded as one of the most suitable places for rollerskating because ________. A. a large number of roller players attend it B. the police protect the roller skaters C. the streets are safe, wide and smooth D. the event usually takes place on warm evenings 67. This article mainly talks about________ . A. places and streets for rollerskating B. rollerskating in big cities C. London Skate Event D. roller skaters in different countries D I39。 m beginning to think whether my grandmother was right when she plains, as she frequently does, that children nowadays aren39。 t as wellbehaviored as they used to be. She recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect her elders and betters（上司） . She was taught to speak when she was spoken to and when she went out on her own, she was reminded to say please and thank you. Children in her days, she continues, were expected to be seen and not heard, but these days you are lucky if you ever hear parents telling their children to mind her manners. If you give her the chance she then takes out of her writing desk the old photograph album which she keeps there, and which she never tires of displaying. Of course when you look at pictures of her parents you feel sure that, with a father as strict looking as that, you too would have been seen and not heard. Beside him sits his wife, with their children around her。 Granny and her elder brothers. It always occurs to me that perhaps those long, stiff, black clothes were so burdensome (heavy) to a little girl that she hadn39。 t enough breath left to be talkative, let alone naughty. It must have been a dull and lonely life too, for she stayed mainly at home during her childhood, while her。