D

The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the Earth . Most of it will miss our planet , but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth .

On 17 July , a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere (大气层) with a massive explosion . About half of the piece is destroyed , but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound . The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed . Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole . The wall of water , a kilometer high , rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour . Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned .

Before the waves reach South America , the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina . Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains . The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean . The cities of Los Angeles , San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes . Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long . Because of the explosions , the sun is hidden by clouds of dust , temperatures around the world fall to almost zero .Crops are ruined . The sun won’t be seen again for many years . Wars break out as countries fight for food . A year later , no more than 10 million people remain alive .

Could it really happen ? In fact , it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth . The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years . Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared . Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space . The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out . Will we meet the same end ?

70. What is mainly described in the passage ?

A.A historic discovery . B.An event of imagination

C.A research on space . D.A scientific adventure .

71. When the first piece hits the South Atlantic , it causes           .

A.an earthquake  B.damages to cities   C.an Earth explosion   D.huge waves

72. Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long ?

A.Because the land is covered with water

B.Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth .

C.Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero .

D.Because wars break out among countries .

73. By giving the example of dinosaurs , the author tries to prove         .

A.animals could not live in the cold climate

B.what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story

C.the human beings will die out in 2094

D.the Earth could be hit by other objects in space

(请将以上题目答案填涂在答题卡上)

V. 选择适当的词组填空

根据所提供的语境，从方框中选择正确的短语填空完成句子 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

A. in case    B. broke down   C. concentrated on    D. approve of     E. left out

F. expose …to    G. link…to    H. make sense of     I. take up       J. speed up

K. broke away     L. was back on her feet

1. Can you ___________________what the writer is saying?

2. Keep indoors and don’t __________ your skin_¬¬¬¬¬____  the sun, or you’ll get sunburnt.

3. The Roman Empire ___________ in 476 AD

4. Tom thought carefully for several days and decided to ________ the job.

5. Six months later after her operation, Sue __________________ again.

6. You have________________________  a word in this sentence.

7. The Internet is widely used, which helps to ________ the development of English.

8. The bus is usually on time, but start early ,just ________________________.

9. This year the company has ____________________________improving its efficiency .

10. Her father will never ________________________________her marriage to you .

VI.单词拼写

根据提示用正确的单词形式填空 (共8小题, 每题1分, 满分8分)

1. She was wearing a/an ___________________(不寻常的)necklace. I had to remark on it .

2. The old man was ___________________(吸引,专心) in the book.

3. Building such a bridge is not an easy job. We must have enough _____________

(专业的)engineers.

4. Please keep me fully i________________  of any developments.

5. There is also  ____________ (可能) for you to fail even if you work rather hard.

6. The country c_______________   of nearly 200 islands.

7. Make sure you have f__________________ your safety belt.

8. I will see that you l_______________ for nothing while you attend college.

VII.按要求，翻译下列句子：(共5题32格，每格0.5分, 满分16分)

1 为了防止这种情况再度发生, John Snow 建议所有水源都要经过检测。

________  __________  ___________  __________  ________  _________, John Snow suggested that the source of all the water supplies __________  ____________ .

2 除了作为一种有趣而且有益的运动外， 游泳还是一项有用的技能。

________  ________  _________ fun and good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill.

3 值得赞扬的是，这四个国家的确在一些方面共同合作， 但是有些制度仍然区别很大。

________  ________  ________ the four countries ______  ______　____　in some

areas, but they still have very different institutions.

4 结果我得了时间滞后症。______  _______  _______ , I ______  ______ “time lag”.

5 只有提很多不同的问题，你才能收集到你所需的信息。

______  _______ you ask many different questions ______  _______  _______

_______  _______  ________ you need to know.

VIII.书面表达 (满分25)

请以Madame Curie为题，写一篇英语短文，简单介绍居里夫人的生平和取得的成就，

并结合自己的想法，谈谈居里夫人值得学习的地方。

字数：120左右。要点如下：

1.Madame Curie 1867年出生于波兰的一个教师家庭，卒于1934年。从小爱学习并希望

成为科学家，24岁赴巴黎就读于巴黎大学，生活简朴，学习刻苦。

2.一生致力于科学研究，于1903年和1911年两次分别获诺贝尔物理奖和诺贝尔化学奖。

3.作为世界著名的女科学家，居里夫人的精神值得我们学习。

参考词语：波兰Poland   诺贝尔物理奖the Nobel Prize for physics

巴黎大学 Paris University

上学期高二英语期中模拟卷就为大家介绍到这里，希望对你有所帮助。

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