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第二学期高二级期中质量检测试题
英语
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
A Summer Horse Camp in Montana and Wyoming for Teen Girls
Dates: June 23—July 5, 2021
Ages: 14—16 (grades 8, 9 & 10)
Tuition: ＄2,955(not including airfare)
Start: Bozeman, Montana
End: Jackson, Wyoming
Traversing the Continental Divide, this camp takes place on the borders of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming,
where girls will go whitewater rafting, scenic river floating, hot spring soaking, and will tour both Yellowstone and
Teton National Parks.
Girls who participate in this adventure will gain knowledge and appreciation with each turn, becoming keepers
of the land, and being introduced to skills necessary to work with pack animals in the wilderness. All of this
adventure and learning take place in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere, which will make this an adventure to
remember.
Trip Campsite & Facilities
Eight nights are spent in tents in public “frontcountry” campgrounds where we have pre-assigned campsite
with neighbors and campgrounds hosts nearby, running drinkable water, and private outhouses or flushing toilets.
Four nights are spent in tents in “backcountry” wilderness areas where we will purify our water before
drinking and learn and practice basic Leave No Trace camping skills such as how to select a campsite, how to go to
the bathroom, and how to keep clean outdoors. All backcountry campsites in this travel plan have an outhouse
available to us.
Why choose this trip
Girls who love horses but also want to go rafting, standing up paddle boarding, and explore Yellowstone
Country will automatically love this camp. From rivers, to lakes, to mountains, Yellowstone Horseback Adventure
camp will give girls a variety of outdoor settings in which they can fall in love with the natural world!
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂1. How long will the camp last?
A. 8 days B. 10 days C. 12 days D. 13 days
2. What does the underlined word “backcountry” refer to?
A. An area which lies in the back B. An area which is opposite the front
C. An area which has existed for a long time D. An area where few people live
3. Who is the camp intended for?
A. The girls who love riding horses and exploring nature
B. The boys who enjoy swimming and outdoor activities
C. The teens who are fond of experiencing the camps outdoors
D. The people who enjoy riding horses and swimming
B
After having worked in the University of Maryland for three years, I got a job offer from another university
— Lynn University. I left my letter of offer on my present boss’s desk, turned around, and closed the door quietly. I
was expecting a call from my boss saying congratulations, which would show her approval of my leaving.
In the afternoon, my boss called me, saying, “Can we meet tomorrow?” That was a good signal. The next day,
I met with my boss. She said, “Nicholas, we want you. What do you want?” I said, “Boss, I deserve a significant
pay raise this year due to my outstanding performance. I think I need a 10% pay raise next year as a condition for
me to stay here.” My boss said, “No problem.”
When I left her office, I called Lynn University and told them that I was going to get a 10% pay raise. They
had to give me 10% more than their original pay offer in order for me to accept the job. The new boss told me that
he was willing to give me more, but I would feel very bad working at this university with such a high pay. I would
win a battle, but I would lose a war. He said, “The problem is that your colleague will earn less than you, so you
will feel guilty (内疚) and uncomfortable. But, I can still give you 5% more than the original offer.”
I delivered this massage to my present boss, and she told me that she would give me another 5% pay raise if I
promised to refuse this new job offer. On top of that, she would strongly support my early promotion (晋升) from
assistant professor to associate professor. According to the university policy, you must take at least 6 years to get
promoted. That was my third year of employment at this university. After refusing the new job offer, I finally
enjoyed both a pay raise and early promotion.
4. In paragraph 2, what does Nicholas mean by “That was a good signal.”?
A. His boss would approve his leaving the University of Maryland.
B. He would leave his present job and work for Lynn University.
C. His boss would talk with him about a possible pay offer.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂D. His friends would congratulate him on getting a new job offer.
5. Why did the new boss agree to another 5% raise when Nicholas asked for 10% the next day?
A. He did not have the right to make such a big pay offer.
B. He did not want Nicholas to earn more than he did.
C. Nicholas was not experienced enough to get such a raise.
D. Nicholas would not feel good for earning too much more than others.
6. How much pay raise did the author finally get as a result of refusing the new job offer?
A. 5% B. 10% C. 15% D. 20%
7. In the text, the author mainly tells his experience of________.
A. earning a pay raise
B. refusing a job offer
C. applying for a new position
D. making decisions in the workplace
C
For decades, world wars and fears of a brave new world have made British workers very anxious. Yet it
appears that the rise of robots has been overestimated, according to new data. The Office of National Statistics
(ONS) published a series of data which showed that far fewer jobs are at risk of replacement by robots than
previously thought.
In 2017, out of the 19.9 million jobs analyzed in England, 7. 4 percent of people were employed in jobs at high
risk of replacement. This marked a fall of 0.7 percent less than in 2011. However, the number of employees that
were in jobs at low risk of replacement in 2017 was 27.7 percent of all employees, a rise of 2.4 percent since 2011.
The ONS found that the three jobs with the highest possibility of replacement are waiters and waitresses, shelf
fillers and the most basic sales jobs. As expected, regular things in a fixed order and repeated tasks can be carried
out more quickly and efficiently by an algorithm(计算程序) written by a human, or a machine designed for specific
functions. Therefore, the risk of replacement in such jobs is to be higher.
However, the three jobs at the lowest risk of replacement are doctors, higher education professionals and
senior education professionals. Furthermore, while the general number of jobs has increased, most of these are jobs
that are at low or medium (中等的) risk, suggesting that the labour market may be changing to jobs that require
more complex skills.
Alessandro an expert in AI, said he was not surprised by the fall in jobs which were at risk. “When something
like technology becomes fashionable, there's a rise in major expectations. Our expectation reaches the highest
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂point, and then it comes back down to a more realistic level,” he added.
8. What do data in paragraph 2 mainly want to show?
A. Robots are helpful to job market.
B. The future of robots looks bright,
C. Robots have better performance than people.
D. The threat of job replacement by robots isn't as serious as expected.
9 What's the finding of the ONS in paragraph 3?
A. Regular and repeated tasks are likely to be replaced.
B. The work of service will no longer exist.
C. More people prefer working on computers.
D. Jobs with lower pay will totally be replaced by machines.
10. What is Alessandro's attitude towards the finding shown in the text?
A. Doubtful. B. Uncertain.
C. Supportive. D. Critical.
11. What is the suitable title for the text?
A. Most Jobs Are Being Replaced by Robot
B. Jobs Replaced by Robots Are Fewer Than Thought
C. People's Anxiety on Education
D. The Robot Application on Education Industry
D
You’ve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans — between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean
ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? Artist Benjamin Von Wong
wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, forcing viewers to re-examine
their relationship to single-use plastic products.
At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called “Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic
waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the
sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源) of plastic
pollution, but they’ve recently come under fire because most people don’t need them to drink with and, because of
their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that’s part of Von Wong’s artwork likely came
from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to
disappear.
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload’s
worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,” Von Wong and a group of volunteers
collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like they’d been dumped (倾倒)
from a truck all at once.
Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.
12. What are Von Wong’s artworks intended for?
A. Beautifying the city he lives in. B. Introducing eco-friendly products.
C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste. D. Reducing garbage on the beach.
13. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?
A To show the difficulty of their recycling.
B. To explain why they are useful.
C. To voice his views on modern art.
D. To find a substitute for them.
14. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?
A. Calming. B. Disturbing.
C. Refreshing. D. Challenging.
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Artists’ Opinions on Plastic Safety
B. Media Interest in Contemporary Art
C. Responsibility Demanded of Big Companies
D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选
项。
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Personalized Exercise
As the start of every year, many of us promise ourselves that a certain number of times a week we will go to
the gym or attend an exercise class. But finally many of us just struggle to fit exercise into our lives, or start off
well and then give up. Why do we have a good plan at the beginning and fail to achieve it in the end? How can we
deal with the problem? _____16_____
It is important to determine your motivation first. Are you mainly interested in de-stressing or in getting fitter?
If your goal is relaxation, then ask yourself if you want to do it energetically. _____17_____ If you have a calmer
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some gardening. _____18_____ There are quite a lot of them, such as walking and running groups, dance classes,
etc. On your own, you could go horse riding or swimming, or just download fitness exercise programs and do it at
home.
_____19_____ If you have free time at the weekend, you could book some time with a personal trainer, who
can come to your house, or you could meet him at the gym. If your life is not as regular, you could choose the next
couple of minutes you have to try an exercise DVD, or put your running shoes on and run for any length of time.
As you see, everything counts when you are doing exercise. Whatever your lifestyle is, you will be able to
have something that suits you. _____20_____Just sit down with a cup of tea, read this article again, and have a
think about your options. Then finish the tea, get up, get going, and don’t stop.
A. Good exercise is necessary for physical health.
B The key could be to find the right type of exercise.
C. If it is fitness you are after, group activities will be suitable.
D. You’d better create a personalized plan to get you into shape.
E. In this case, a type of exercise based on boxing may be right for you.
F. In other words you can always find personalized exercise by yourself.
G. For people who are extremely busy, it is easier to fit exercise into daily lives.
第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、 C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项。
Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village lay near some wetlands which became his
second_____21_____. He learned the value and beauty of ____22____ there from a very young age.
When he was 16, Molai began to notice something ____23____ happening around his home. A flood had hit
the area earlier that year and the ____24____ it caused had driven away a number of birds. ____25____, the
number of snakes had declined as well. He ____26____ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect
them from the ____27____. The solution, of course, was to plant trees so the animals could seek ____28____
during the daytime. He turned to the ____29____ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there.
However, Molai went looking on his own and _____30_____a nearby island where he began to plant trees.
____31____ young plants in the dry season was ______32______for a lone boy. Molai built at the
_____33_____ of each sapling(幼树)a bamboo platform, where he placed earthen pots with small holes
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂to______34______ rainwater. The water would then drip(滴落)on the plants below.
Molai _____35_____ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally-
grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.
21. A. dream B. job C. home D. choice
22. A. nature B. youth C. culture D. knowledge
23. A. precious B. interesting C. disturbing D. awkward
24. A. waste B. tension C. pain D. damage
25. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
26. A. agreed B. realized C. remembered D. predicted
27. A. noise B. heat C. disease D. dust
28. A. directions B. partners C. help D. shelter
29. A. labor B. police C. forest D. finance
30. A. rebuilt B. discovered C. left D. managed
31. A. Decorating B. Observing C. Watering D. Guarding
32. A. tough B. illegal C. fantastic D. beneficial
33. A. back B. top C. foot D. side
34. A. cool down B. keep off C. purify D. collect
35. A. returned B. learned C. failed D. continued
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。
Everyone has his own way of saying things and his own special expressions. Many everyday American
expressions are based ___36___colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to ___37___ (expression) heat.
They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very____38____ (anger) about
something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods ___39___ (call) red hots for their color and
their spicy taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, ___40___(especial)
the kind called Dixieland jazz. Pink is a____41____(light) kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink
___42___ they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the ___43___ (twenty)
century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color ___44___ shows that they
are in good health. Blue is a cool. The traditional blues music in the United States is _____45_____ opposite of red hot
music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful (深情的). Someone who is blue is very sad.
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第一节 书面表达（满分15分）
46. Life is just like a mirror, you smile at it, and it smiles at you, too. 请你以“Learn to Smile”为题，写一篇
100词左右的文章，要点包括：
1. 学会对自己微笑；
2. 学会对别人微笑；
3. 微笑的重要性。
注意：短文必须包括所有内容要点，不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺。
第二节 故事续写（满分25分）
47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
During this past year, I’ve had three instances of car trouble. Each time these things happened, I was sick of
the way most people hadn’t bothered to help. One of those times, I was on the side of the road for close to three
hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the windows, big signs that said NEED A JACK (千斤顶), and offered
money. Nothing. Right as I was about to give up, a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over, and the father
bounded out.
He sized up the situation and called for his daughter, who spoke English. He conveyed through her that he had
a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would need something to support it. Then he got a saw (锯子)
from the truck and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road. We rolled it over and put his jack on top,
and we were in business.
I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron. No worries: He handed it to
his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron. She was back in 15 minutes. We finished
the job, and I was a very happy man.
The two of us were dirty and sweaty. His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands. I tried to put a
$20 bill in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as
quietly as I could. I asked the little girl where they lived. Mexico, she said. They were in Oregon so Mommy and
更多资料添加微信号：hiknow_007 淘宝搜索店铺：乐知课堂Daddy could work on a fruit farm for the next few weeks. Then they would go home.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch.
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After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
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