高二英语期末测试题2016.07.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。本试卷共150分。考试时间为120分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFormanypeoplearoundtheworld,asubwayjourneymeansspeedingfromonedullstationtothenext，surroundedbytoomanyuncomfortable,impatientpeople.ButontheMoscowMetro,takingthesubwayislikewalkingthroughanationalheritagesite.Dependingonwhereyougetoff，you'llreceiveabriefcourseinarchitecturalmovementsandfacecolorfulglasswindows,marble(大理石)columns,gilded(鎏金的）mosaicsandpaintedscenesfromRussianhistory.“TheseextraordinarilybeautifulplacesareunlikeanymetrostationI'veeverseen，"saysVancouver-basedphotographerDavidBurdeny.WhenBurdeny,whohimselfhasamaster'sdegreeinarchitecture,firstfoundoutaboutMoscow’smetrostations,hewasstruckbytheworkofart.Inall,hehasphotographed20ofthemostbeautifulstations.BurdenyhadoriginallyplannedtofocusonRussianstationsmoregenerally,takingphotosofexamplesinbothSt.PetersburgandMoscow.“ButwhenIsawthestationsinMoscow,theyjustcompletelyblewawaytheSt.Petersburgones，"hesays.Shootinginthesubwaysoundssimple,butitisnotwithoutchallenges.Foronething,Burdenyhadtofigureoutawaytoaccessthembetween12:30a.m.and5:30a.m.,whenthestationswereclosed.Intheend,hesettledonArbatskayaMetroStation,whosevaulted(拱顶的）archeshefoundthemostbeautiful.Butitalsorepresentedachallengehewasnotsurehewasabletoovercome:conveyingthehugenessofthespaces.TheArbatskayaplatform,forexample,stretches820feet.“Someofthearchesarequitelong，”hesays.“Whenyouenterthem,they'rejustsocompletelygrand."1.WecanlearnfromthetextthatDavidBurdeny_.A.isaworld-famousarchitectB.isstudyingRussianhistoryC.tookthesubwaytoandfromworkD.tookphotosofMoscowsubwaystations2.WhatBurdenyfoundchallengingwas__.A.whentotakephotosofMoscowsubwaystationsB.whethertoworkinSt.PetersburgorMoscowC.howtophotographthelongarchesatArbatskayaStationD.wheretogetofftostudytheMoscowmetrosystem3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“shooting”meaninParagraph6?A.Firingbulletsfromagun.B.Ta