高二英语1陕西省西安市西北工业大学附中2019-2020学年度上学期高二期中考试题（考试时间：100分钟试卷满分：100分）第一部分：听力(略)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)AHarvardstudentguidesleadHighlightsToursandQuickStops,availableduringthefallandspringsemesters,exceptduringholidays,Wintersession,andRecessbreaks.FalltoursbeginFriday,September6andrunthroughWednesday,November26,2019.SpringtoursresumeFriday,January31,2020throughFriday,March13andfromWednesday,March25throughWednesday,April29,2020.SeetheHarvardacademiccalendarfordates.ToursmaybeofferedinFrench,Spanish,andMandarinbyadvancerequest.HighlightsToursFridays,12:30pmSaturdays,2:00pmSundays,2:00VisittoweringNativeAmericantotem(图腾)polesandpreciousartifactsoftheancientworld.Seelife-sizecastsofMayamonumentsandchangingexhibitionssuchasWiyohpiyata,featuring19th-centurywarriorart,andDiggingVeritas,whichexploresthearchaeologyofcolonialHarvard.Meetinthemuseum'ssidelobbynearthewaterfountain.Toursare45minutes.Freewithmuseumadmission;Forgroupsof6ormore,pleasepre-reserveascheduledgrouptourforthedayandtimeofyourchoicebycontactingReservationsat617-495-3216.Eachguidemayleadamaximumof20peoplepertour.Thesetoursareofferedforpeoplecollegeageorolder.GroupswithyoungerpeoplemayreserveK-12schoolprogramsthroughReservations.QuickStopsWednesdays,3:30pmSundays,11:30amLetaHarvardstudenthelpyoufocusonafewspecialobjectsinthegalleries.EachQuickStoplastsabout25minutesandoffersreplicaobjectstohandlewhileengaginginlivelyconversation.Telluswhattheexhibitsshowyou!Topicschangedaily.ThemesmayaddressPrincessLeiaandHopipots;clovesandgongs;trayofeyes;ormonumentstotheaveragehuman.Clickandthenyouwillgetmoreaboutthem.21.HowlongdotheFalltourslast?A.MorethantwomonthsB.withintwomonthsC.LessthantwomonthsD.Atmosttwomonths22.WhatisspecialwithregardstoHighlightsTours?A.Life-sizecastsshow19th-centurywarriorart.B.Eachguidemayleadatmost20peoplepertour.C.Groupswithyoungerpeoplemaybookanytourinadvance.D.Toursareopentovisitorsthreewholedaysaweek.23.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.ToursareavailablebyrequestinadvanceinAmerica.B.VisitorscanhaveatouronChristmasDay.C.HighlightsToursoffersfreemuseumadmissionafter45minutes.D.TopicsontheexhibitsinQuickStopsarechangeableeveryday.高二英语2BTheworld'slanguagesystemisatacrossroadsandanewlinguisticorderisabouttoemerge.ThatistheconclusionofarecentstudyauthoredbyDavidGraddol,aresearcheronthefutureoflanguage.Graddolarguesthatthechangeispartlyduetopopulation.Theworld'spopulationroserapidlyduringthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury,butmuchofthismajorincreasetookplaceindevelopingcountries.ThishasledtoarelativedeclineintheuseofEnglishasafirstlanguage.Inthemid-twentiethcentury,ninepercentoftheworld'spopulationwasestimatetohavespokenEnglishasafirstlanguage.By2050,thenumberisexpectedtobejustfivepercent.Englishisstillrankedasthelanguagewiththethirdlargestnumberofnativespeakers,butArabicandHindi-currentlyfallingfarbehindEnglishinfourthandfifthplaces-areexpectedtocatchupbyaround2050.Evenso,thesearenotthefastestgrowinglanguages.However,justastherelativenumberofnativespeakersofEnglishisdecreasing,aseparatestudyshowsthatEnglishisextendingitsleadintheworldofscience.Theleadingroleofonelanguageintheareaofscienceallowsforgreaterinternationalcooperationandresearch,makingitpossibletopublishscientificarticlestobroaderaudiences.ScottM...