1、山西省部分市2021-2022学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编阅读理解山西省大同市2021-2022学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题第一节（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIdeas for Your Next Trip to a National ParkLooking for ideas to help you plan your next trip to a national park? This is the place to start! These trip ideas prov
2、ide recommended activities designed to help you figure out how to spend your time. Surf and Turf Adventure at Cape Cod National SeashoreCreate your own adventure here. Tour by bicycle during the day and settle in for sunset at one of our unique beaches. This can be completed in a few hours, and then
3、 you can enjoy saltwater swimming. Types: Active, Relaxed, OutdoorsOff the Beaten Path at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National ParkEvery year, millions of visitors make their way up the winding mountain roads here. Whether its your first visit or your thousandth, take a step off the beaten path. Go cam
4、ping here, discover calm lakes, listen for hidden waterfalls and bird calls, and find a moment of quiet deep thought. Types: Kid-Friendly, Active, Relaxed, Group-Friendly, Educational, OutdoorsOne Day in Sitka National Historical ParkTake a day to familiarize yourself and your kids with the three ma
5、jor significances behind the creation of Sitka National Historical Park: Russian settlement in North America, conflict between Tlingit and Russians leading to the Battle of 1804, and deathless traditions in Alaska Native art and culture. Types: Kid-Friendly, Educational, Indoors, Group-FriendlyDate
6、Night at Fort Vancouver National Historic SiteLooking for a place to bring your sweetheart? Take advantage of a beautiful spring, summer, or late autumn evening for an alfresco (室外的) date at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site! Bring a romantic picnic to a picnic bench on the Great Meadow, or spre
7、ad out a blanket on the Parade Ground. Types: Relaxed, Urban, Inspiring, Outdoors1. What can you do in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park?A. See sunset at the beach.B. Observe rare and endangered birds.C. Camp in nature and get inner peace.D. Enjoy a romantic picnic beside lakes.2. Which can giv
8、e you some historical knowledge indoors during the trip?A. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.B. Sitka National Historical Park.C. Cape Cod National Seashore.D. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.3. Which of the following is most likely to visit Fort Vancouver National Historic Site?A. A fami
9、ly with two kids.B. A group of 20 students.C. A young couple in love.D. An adventurous travel team.BA ten-year-old “mini-Monet” in England paints wonderful floral (花的) landscape paintings that can sell for up to 10,000. Daisy Watt only started painting four years ago when her grandparents were diagn
10、osed (诊断) with cancer and she painted a picture to cheer them up. Her mom, Karen, spotted the youngsters talent, and asked if shed like to paint a painting to be displayed at a local gallery and collect money for cancer charities. People from all over the world fought to buy the work painting forget
11、-me-nots for those who had died and bright flowers for those who survived. The large painting varied in color tone, going from dark to light, to represent the battle with cancer. It was so popular that it was sold for 9,500.Since then, she has earned 50,000 through her artworksand contributed it all
12、 to charities. “Im just so proud of her,” said Karen. “Although shes always been really creative, ever since she could hold a paintbrush, it wasnt until she created that painting for her grandparents that we realized she had something special.”Daisy now spends most days painting. Shes contributed do
13、zens of worksaround 25for charity. Last November, Daisy won the Yorkshire Young Achiever for Arts award and has won The Don Valley Festival for the past four years.4. What made Daisy Watt start painting?A. Her talent for art.B. Her interest in it.C. Her desire to encourage her grandparents.D. Her wi
14、sh to collect money for cancer charities.5. What did Daisy Watt mainly want to show in her large painting on the display?A. Beautiful colors.B. Strong mind.C. Changeable light.D. Bright flowers.6. Which of the following can best describe Daisy Watt?A. Creative and generous.B. Talented and calm.C. Am
15、bitious and humorous.D. Caring and courageous.7. What is the text mainly about?A. A mini-Monet earned money by painting.B. A 10-year-old girl became an excellent painter.C. A mini-Monet contributed all the money from her paintings.D. A 10-year-old girl won the Yorkshire Young Achiever for Arts award
16、.CWith the short amount of time you have on this planet and the vast amount of things you could be spending your time improving on, it only makes sense that you will end up being average or bad at a lot of things and thats okay.There are some who put so much pressure on themselves to be great at eve
17、rything they attempt that they find it hard to be happy. No matter how talented you may be, your talent is limited to only a few things.People who are one of the best in the world at something are only average at most other things. Michael Jordan is a basketball legend but when it came to attempting
18、 to be great at baseball, it just didnt work out. Choose a couple of things you really enjoy doing and focus on becoming great at those things. Maybe youd rather be average at a bunch of things instead and thats fine too. There are plenty of people who are good enough at a ton of things and all it t
19、akes is a bit of practice. If you want to be really great at something, however, enough where you can actually make a career out of it, its going to take a lot of time and energy, which means youll have less time for other things. That means youll be average or really crappy at most things. As long
20、as you re great at one or a few things, being average at everything else is okay. And how do you become great at something? Practicelots and lots of practice.8. If you press yourself to be good at everything, how will you feel probably?A UnhappyB. Confident.C. Content.D. Ashamed.9. Why is Michael Jo
21、rdan mentioned in paragraph 3?A. To attract the readers.B. To honor the great player.C. To introduce another topic.D. To support the author s opinion10. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word crappy in paragraph 5?A. Expert.B. BadC. AngryD. Amazed.11. What message does the author want t
22、o convey in the text?A. It doesnt matter if you re ordinary.B. Its possible to be good at everything.C. Hard work can make talents unlimitedD. What you are good at really matters.DRichard Branson reached the edge of space and safely returned to Earth. The trip marks a turning point in his multi-deca
23、de efforts to help create a space-tourism industry. The space trip that Mr. Branson and five other crew members completed on Sunday morning on a Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. rocket plane proves the companys ability to safely take passengers to and from space. Virgin Galactic, the company Mr. Branso
24、n founded, plans to start commercial service next year, charging passengers hundreds of thousands of dollars each for such fights. The test flight was aimed at evaluating systems and the passengers experience, as well as providing additional evidence for its safety. Vehicles developed by private spa
25、ce companies have been tested a small part of the number of times compared with the planes used by airlines. “Were here to make space more accessible to all,” Mr. Branson said Sunday after landing. The flight is a combined effort of companies and investors (投资者) to develop businesses based on human
26、space flight, long controlled by government space agencies. Virgin Galactic has said it plans to start paying-passenger space fights in 2022. The company has reported 600 reservations for future flights backed by $80 million in deposits (保证金). The company hasnt announced how much it will charge for
27、tickets when it starts selling them again, but prices are likely to be out of reach for most people for some time. “Elon Musk, chairman of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is one of the ticket holders,” a Virgin Galactic spokesman said. Kerrianne Flynn, a Virgin Galactic customer, said she signed up in Dece
28、mber 2011 for a space flight. She was unsure when she would eventually get to make the trip but added the wait was worth it. She said, “Theres going to be nothing like going up there.”12. Which of the following is the purpose of the test flight?A. To change the rocket planes systems.B. To provide mo
29、re evidence for its safety.C. To increase the passengers experience.D. To defeat other planes in the number of testing times.13. What do we know about Virgin Galactic?A It started commercial service last yearB. Elon Musk is one of its investorsC. Government space agencies take charge of it.D. It is
30、a space company founded by Mr. Branson.14. What can we infer about Kerrianne Flynn in the last paragraph?A. The price of the space flight is out of her reach.B. She is unsure whether the trip to space is worthy.C. She is looking forward to reaching space as a touristD. She participated in the test f
31、light as one of the crew members.15. Which can be the best title for the text?A. Space Travel Will Be Common in the Near FutureB. Space Tourism Industry Wins Great PopularityC. Bransons Space Trip Opens Door to Space TourismD. Bransons Virgin Galactic Flight Is a Great Success山西省太原市2021-2022学高二上学期期末
32、考试英语试题第一节（共10小题：每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。答案写在答题卡上。注意：C篇分A、B两种题型，A（易）题型为客观题，B（难）题型为主观题。ADoing a bit of research before you sort your trash can make all the difference. Recycling rules differ from one city to another. Here are a few ways to help you do it better. Dont put your recy
33、clables in a plastic bagIts not that we dont have the technology to recycle plastic bags, but it is risky to recycle them because the bags are so lightweight and flexible that they end up getting caught in the recycling equipment!Your best option is to bring your plastic bags to a drop-off recycling
34、 center where it has the right equipment to recycle them. You can recycle plastic caps together with bottles In the past, we were told to separate the cap from the bottle when recycling. Bottles are made from # 1plastic while their caps #5 plastic. They are at different melting temperatures and need
35、 to be processed separately. But now, advanced machines have made it easier to separate bottles and caps. At present, what you need to do is leave the plastic bottle cap on the bottle and ensure the bottle is free of all liquids before throwing it into the bin. You cant recycle a pizza box Although
36、cardboard itself is recyclable, pizza boxes are not. Why? It all comes down to the oil. When you place oily cardboard into a recycling bin, you run the risk of polluting clean, recyclable things. And an entire pack of polluted recyclables can cost more. But if only a small part of your box is oily,
37、pull that piece off the box and throw just that piece away while the rest of the box can then be recycled.1. Why cant we place recyclables in a plastic bag when sorting trash?A. It will cause more pollution.B. The equipment may fail to work.C. Plastic bags are not tough enough.D. No technology is av
38、ailable to recycle plastic bags.2. What do we have to do to deal with the bottles with caps before recycling?A. Collect them into a specific bin.B. Put them into different machines.C. Separate the caps from the bottles.D. Empty the bottles and re-cap them.3. What makes a pizza box non-recyclable?A.
39、The oil on it.B. Lack of proper facilities.C. Its harmful materialsD. Different melting temperatures.BThe latest Chinese mission to space has made Wang Yaping the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk. Before Wang, only 15 women globally had conducted spacewalks since 1984. In the 60 years duri
40、ng which humans have been launched into the orbit, an all-female mission tends to be avoided because it seems like a stunt to purposefully draw attention. But Shenzhou XIIIs six-month journey in space has left much curiosity about the differences between male and female astronauts. Despite great cha
41、llenges, womens bodies and minds are uniquely suited for space missions. First, the weight advantage. Lower body weights are just a small part of it. The rest of the difference comes from the amount of food, oxygen, and other resources needed to keep smaller humans alive. On average, men require 5 t
42、o 25 percent more calories a day than women. Smaller people produce less waste, which lowers demands to recycle and remove it. So women are physically more efficient in the sense. There are considerations beyond the physical conditions. Scientists found that men tend to do well in shorter-term, goal
43、-oriented situations, while women are better in longer-term, steady circumstances, People in steady circumstances are more communicative. Women are born with the social skill, so they are more likely to get along well on long-time space missions. Does this mean that there is no reason to send men on
44、 these missions？Not quite. Data suggests that mixed-gender(性别)teams are the most successful overall.4. What does the underlined word “stunt” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A. A silly mistake.B. An eye-catching act.C. A dangerous decision.D. A meaningless effort.5. Which of the following advantages of
45、women astronauts is NOT mentioned in the text?A. Better social skills.B. Lower weight.C. More flexibility.D. Less resource consumption.6. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Can Women Make History?B. Women on “Manned” MissionC. Women Are a Far Cry from MenD. Chinese Space Mission by WomenCB
46、lue Sheep, native to the Himalayas, lends its name to a small handicraft(手工艺品)store in downtown Chengdu. Rachael Pinniger, a 75-year-old woman from the UK, opened the store offering a wide range of handmade items. All of them are made by people with disabilities or serious diseases in remote areas o
47、f China. They are too poor to have their illnesses treated. While many of them are skilled in making traditional crafts, they have no market for their handmade products. The most important thing is to help these people to be accepted into society. Thats not necessarily something the government can d
48、o. Rachael thought, “Its up to all of us to give them a sense of confidence and self-respect.”That inspired Rachael to open a store to help these disadvantaged people bring their crafts to the market so that they could make money and receive effective treatment. She spent nearly all of her life savings collecting products from them. Now, belts, wallets, and scarves.various beautifully designed and produced handicrafts can be found at Blue Sheep. More than 700 people have benefited from Rachaels shop, although she has had to
