1、重庆市四川外语学院重庆第二外国语学校2022-2023学年高二上学期期末测试英语试题第二部分阅读理解(共两节，分满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThere are many great toys for little kids. Here are some of them you can consider buying. Step 2 All-Star Sports ClimberStep 2 All-Star Sport
2、s Climber comes in as one of the best outdoor toys for little kids. This activity center has all kinds of sports games that will make your kid feel like an all-star player. Some of the special parts include a climbing tool, small sports balls, and a score keeper. Cost: $ 84. 78Ages: 2-6Kidoozie Hop
3、Squeak Foam Pogo JumperThe Kidoozie Hop Squeak Foam Pogo Jumper is another wonderful favorite among kid outdoor toys this year. This Pogo Jumper is safer than other common Pogo Jumpers. Kids jump on it to improve their sense of balance, and build their strength in core (muscles-all while having grea
4、t fun. Cost: $ 14. 95Ages: 3 and upStep 2 Sports Activity CenterThis outdoor toy is perfect for keeping kids interested in staying active from a young age. The Sports Activity Center is a three-in-one set with a centered small slide. It includes a basketball hoop and a basketball, a little soccer go
5、al, and a big baseball. Cost: $ 19. 90Ages: 1-4Little Tikes Cape Cottage PlayhouseLightweight and great for both indoors and outdoors, this little house is painted in red with a letterbox, two windows, and two half-doors. The inside part is large and cute for hours of pretend play. Cost: $ 89. 88Age
6、s: 2 and up1. What do we know about Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber?A. It makes kids learn from sports stars.B. It is designed for boys only.C. It has many sports games.D. It can be a bit dangerous.2. Which would you choose if your child is only one year old?A. Step 2 All-Star Sports Climber.B. Kidoo
7、zie Hop Squeak Foam Pogo Jumper.C. Step 2 Sports Activity Center.D. Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse.3. What is the advantage of Little Tikes Cape Cottage Playhouse compared with the other three toys?A. It can be played indoors.B. It can improve kids patience.C. It includes all kinds of play.D. I
8、t is safe for little children.BThere were smiling children all the way, waving to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple villag
9、e people of Malaysia. I was moved.I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face
10、. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of
11、rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, immediately I came alive; I decided to wave back.From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains
12、seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I l
13、ooked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.I looke
14、d forward to the return journey.4. The author expected the train trip to be _ .A. adventurousB. pleasantC. excitingD. dull5. What touched the author during the train trip?A. The friendly country people.B. The mountains along the way.C. The crowds of people in the streets.D. The simple lunch served o
15、n the train.6. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “relish” in the second paragraph?A. Choose.B. Experience.C. Enjoy.D. Dislike.7. What can we learn from the story?A. Comfort in traveling by train.B. Pleasure of living in the country.C. Reading gives people delight.D. Smiles bri
16、ghten people up.CIn North America, most large wildfires occur in the western states and Canada. But smoke generated (引发) in the West doesnt stay there. It tends to travel east. Within days, it can dirty the air in the Midwest and even East Coast towns. Today, most asthma-related (哮喘相关) U.S. deaths a
17、nd emergency-room visits from wildfire smoke occur in Eastern cities.The big problem comes from tiny aerosols (气溶胶) bits of ash and tiny water drops in the air. Scientists refer to this mix as particulate matter, or PM. The smaller the PM, the longer it can stay in the air. And the longer it floats,
18、 the farther it can travel.An especially worrisome size is known as PM2.5. These bits are no more than 2.5 micrometers wide, about one-thirtieth the width of a human hair. These aerosols are so small that they can be breathed deeply into the lungs. PM2.5 has been linked with breathing related injury
19、, diabetes and heart disease. These aerosols also can cause asthma and other chronic conditions in otherwise healthy people. And especially in kids, smoke-related aerosols can lead to flare-ups of eczema, a skin disease.Over the last few decades, U.S. clean-air laws have cut down on emissions (排放) o
20、f PM from industrial sources. Thats helped clean the air in many cities. But these rules dont cover PM from wildfire smoke. Especially worrisome: Recent studies have shown that aerosols from wildfires are more poisonous than industrial sources of these pollutants. Whats more, exposure to wildfire sm
21、oke has been growingin many places, by a lot.How far and where the smoke travels depends in part on the weather. How high it goes into the sky also matters. The stronger and hotter the fire, the longer the smoke can last and the farther it can fly. Last year, distant wildfires badly polluted the air
22、 in the Great Plains. Thats a region stretching from Montana and Minnesota in the north down to New Mexico and Texas. But the smoke didnt stop there. Some continued to move east, polluting the air from New York City to Washington, D.C.8. Why can PM2.5 cause so many health problems?A. PM2.5 cant stay
23、 long in the air.B. PM2.5 has strange smells.C. PM2.5 cant be dealt with by humans.D. PM2.5 is easier to enter the body.9. What can be known about PM from wildfire smoke?A. Its more poisonous.B. Its strictly limited by laws.C. Its getting bigger in size.D. It is made up of PM2.5.10. Which is related
24、 to the spread of wildfire smoke?A. The composition of the smoke.BThe height of the smoke.C. The wildfires cause.D. The wildfires position.11. What does the text mainly talk about?A. Health risks from wildfire smoke.B. Large wildfires in North America.C. The ways to deal with wildfires.D. The great
25、harm of PM2.5.DAustralian data indicate that less than a quarter of children aged 5-14 achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day and spend just over two hours each day sitting or lying down for screen-based activities. There is widespread concern that children are not spendin
26、g enough time in nature and, as a result, that they may be missing out on the potential benefits that nature has to offer for social skills, learning, physical health, and wellbeing.For teachers in the know, nature-based play and learning is wonderful. For example, cooking on an outdoor fire can inc
27、lude a range of curriculum (课程) skills maths and measurement of food materials, important fire and safety skills, reading and writing, and comprehending skills from the recipe, as well as imagination in finding the best sticks to use as skewers. Simple activities can equally deliver benefits: using
28、sticks to show how fractions (分数) are part of a whole can explain problem solving in a hands-on way and help children better grasp more complex maths concepts.An Australian study found that while all teachers believed that nature-based play and learning can deliver huge benefits for children, seven
29、out of ten teachers felt that their knowledge and confidence was limiting their ability to make full use of these opportunities at school. Difficulties in using nature-based play and learning for teachers include: limited knowledge and confidence in how to add it into learning or how to operate the
30、class outside (78%); a crowded curriculum limiting their ability to adopt new learning (54%); a lack of understanding/support from others in the school (38%).Reducing these difficulties must be a focus to ensure children are able to judge nature-based play and learning opportunities at school. We mu
31、st find ways to support teachers to upskill and feel confident in delivering learning opportunities in nature. Training, education, and support at the school level are important for teachers to take the next step, but so are system-level approaches to consider how nature-based learning can be formal
32、ly included into the curriculum.12. What do experienced teachers think of nature-based play and learning?A. A good academic teaching through lively activities.B. A kind of everyday physical activity for all students.C. A practical student activity to feel the beauty of nature.D. A survival adventure
33、 to train students to live independently.13. Why do most teachers have difficulty adopting nature-based play and learning?A. They think students wont like the learning.B. They are worried about parents disagreement.C. They have not enough time and experience.D. They have got used to the classroom te
34、aching.14. How can nature-based play and learning be widespread?A. By offering teachers a pay rise.B. By adding it to the required curriculum.C. By reducing students homework and tests.D. By replacing current teachers with younger ones.15. What is the best title for the text?A. Teachers and nature-b
35、ased play and learningB. The recommended everyday physical activityC. The harm to children from screen-based activitiesD. Nature-based play and learnings benefits for children第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。A great life doesnt happen by accident. A great life is the
36、 result of dividing your time, energy, and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure. _16_ Make the following secrets fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today!A great life is the result of simplifying your life.
37、 People often misunderstand what simplification means. _17_ Instead, its a way to free up your energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here. In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it first.A great life is the result of removing distracti
38、ons (使人分心的事). Up to 75of your mental energy can be tied up in things that are not important but distracting you. Look around at someones life you admire. What do they do that you would like to adopt in your own life? Ask them how they do it. _18_A great life is the result of your adjustments. _19_ I
39、t may mean thinking about again how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. It may mean looking for a few new ways to spend your energy that agree with your particular definition of your great life._20_ There is an old saying everyone is familiar with A journey of a
40、thousand miles begins with a single step. In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start. Theres no better time to start than today. Its what you do today that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.A. Start setting up your life to support success and ease.B. A gre
41、at life is the result of having intention.C. Its easy to spend your days on whatever gets your attention.D. Its not a way to remove work from your life.E. Then you will find ways to free up your mental energy for more important things.F. A great life is the result of starting.G. So it requires that
42、you should make some changes.第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Many animals move from one place to another at certain times of the year. This _21_ movement is called migration (迁徙). They migrate to _22_ food, or in search of warmer weather. One of the
43、 most wonderful migrations in nature is that of the North American monarch butterfly.Every _23_, millions of these beautiful insects with fine black and orange wings begin a long and _24_ journey. Somehow they manage to _25_ around 4,000 kilometres _26_ and find their way to California or Mexico. _2
44、7_, until recently no one knew how they did this. A team of scientists led by Professor Eli Shlizerman at the University of Washington has now found the _28_. They have found out that the monarch is able to _29_ the time of day. It uses its eyes to measure the _30_ of the sun. These two pieces of in
45、formation allow the _31_ to determine the way to go. _32_, it manages to reach where it will spend the winter.The solution to the mystery of the monarchs amazing ability comes at a time when it is in serious trouble. Its _33_ has crashed by as much as 90 per cent in the last few years. _34_, human a
46、ctivity is the main reason why the number of monarch butterflies is falling. The research on the monarchs _35_ has however led to a greater awareness of this creature.21. A. annualB. monthlyC. dailyD. unusual22. A. buyB. findC. sendD. drop23. A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter24A. easyB. disappoin
47、tingC. excitingD. difficult25. A. travelB. runC. driveD. crawl26. A. northB. southC. eastD. west27. A. SoonB. ThereforeC. HoweverD. Besides28. A. habitatB. problemC. wayD. answer29. A. adaptB. adjustC. tellD. memorize30. A. sizeB. positionC. heatD. color31A. scientistB. professorC. flightD. butterfl
48、y32A. EventuallyB. ImmediatelyC. FrequentlyD. Obviously33. A. consumptionB. incomeC. populationD. output34. A. HopefullyB. SadlyC. UsuallyD. Gradually35. A. eyesB. wingsC. determinationD. behaviour第二节(共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Today, much of the worlds ocean is still a mystery.So far, only 5 percent of it _36_(explore). In fact, we know more about some areas of Mars than that of the world
