[中学联盟]吉林省吉林市第五十五中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2016-2017上学期高二英语期中试卷 第二部分 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,选出最佳选项。 A Helen Thayer,one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century,loves challenges.She says,“I like to see what’s on the other side of the hill.” She has gone almost everywhere to do that. In 1988,at the age of 50,she became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.She pulled her own sled(雪橇) piled with 160 pounds of supplies,and during her trip no one brought her fresh supplies.Accompanied(陪伴) only by her dog Charlie,she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears.In fact,Charlie saved her life when one of them attacked her.Near the end of her trip,a forceful wind blew away the majority of her supplies.The last week of the trip,she survived on a handful of nuts and a little water each day. Helen goes to challenging places not only for adventure,but also for education.Before her Arctic journey,she started a website called Adventure Classroom.On the site,she shares her adventures i