[]河南省兰考县第二高级中学2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

兰考二高2016-2017学年下学期期中考试 高二年级英语试题 注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题） 第一部分 听力（省略） 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) A Introduction     Blenheim Palace is one of the Europe’s largest and greatest palaces. It was built between 1705 and 1722 as a reward of the British government to John Churchill, 1st Duke (公爵) of Marlborough, for defeating King Louis XIV’s army at Blenheim, a small Bavarian village on the Danube River.     The palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, which displayed strength and arm glory. It is the largest non-royal building in England and is now listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Winston Churchill     In 1874, the palace was the birthplace of the duke’s most famous descendant, Winston Churchill, who was to become the UK’s Prime Minister (some would say Britain’s greatest 20th-century politician ) and Nobel Prize winner for literature. It is also in Blenheim that Winston got married to Clementine Hozi