黑龙江省鸡西市2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题【含答案】

1、黑龙江省鸡西市2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题题号一二三四五六七八九总分得分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上评卷人得分一、完形填空We all make really big plans to achieve our biggest dreams. However, sometimes life just gets 1 and we just go with the winds of change. But occasionally, if youre just 2 enough, youre given another chan

2、ce at your goals. This was the 3 with Latonya Young, a hairstylist by day and once a taxi driver by night.One day, she picked up a 4 when she was still a taxi driver and 5 to tell him she never got to finish her associates degree due to an unpaid fee. 6 , a few days after that 7 , she received a pho

3、ne call that 8 her life. The call was from her school and the 9 stated that she could register for classes.“I was 10 because no one has ever done anything like that for me,” Young recalled. The kind stranger was Kevin Esch, the passenger Young had 11 just a few days ago. 12 his random act of kindnes

4、s, Young was able to 13 to college to get her associates degree.The former driver stated, “When he paid the 14 , I had to do this for him. I maintained my grades, As and Bs, just trying to make sure he knew I 15 him.” When interviewed about his 16 , Esch said that Young is an inspiration, and hes 17

5、 to have had the opportunity to help her.Young has always wanted to be a lawyer, and now, she is one step closer to 18 her goal. Later this month, she will be back in the classroom pursuing a bachelors degree. Youngs story is an 19 of how one persons 20 actions can have an unimaginable effect on som

6、eone else.1Aon your feetBin your turnCon the wayDin the way2AluckyBcuriousCproudDcautious3AtroubleBlimitCdealDcase4AcolleagueBpassengerCneighborDclassmate5ApretendedBbotheredChappenedDforgot6AOtherwiseBHoweverCMoreoverDInstead7AquarrelBfailureCrideDplan8AchangedBcontrolledCsavedDdisplayed9AdocumentB

7、programCreportDmessage10AembarrassedBsurprisedCannoyedDamused11ArecognizedBvisitedCencouragedDdriven12ARegardless ofBThanks toCExcept forDAs to13AreturnBappealCreferDadjust14AsalaryBinterestCbalanceDfare15AappreciatedBsuspectedCdiscoveredDforgave16AaccidentBscheduleCdonationDexpectation17AlikelyBhon

8、oredCreadyDdetermined18AachievingBsettingCsharingDrepeating19AeffectBabsenceCanalysisDexample20AcarelessBhelplessCselflessDtimeless评卷人得分二、单项选择21Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer _ completed journeys between in and the Americas, thus _ the beginning of European exploration of the Americas.

9、Awho; to markBwho; markingCthat; markedDthat; mark22Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European _ India by sea.Ato reachBreachingCreachedDreach23The first people confirmed _ the top were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.Ato reachBto be reachingCreachedDto have reached24Wi

10、th the majority of attempts to climb Qomolangma _ either in total success or failure, is there also a scientific reason behind this risk-taking?Ato resultBresultsCresultingDresulted25China's National Highway 318, _ over 5,000 kilometers from Shanghai to Zhangmu, Tibet, is known as the "heav

11、enly road“ for its amazing views.Ato extendBextendedCextendingDbeing extended26Currently, about 35,000 works _ in over 300 rooms in the Louvre, and it would take a lifetime to see everything.Awere displayingBare displayingCwere being displayedDare being displayed27Many people have no idea what to do

12、 when a disaster strikes. _ is the best way to increase your chances of survival.APreparedBHaving been preparedCBeing preparedDPreparing28Han Gan painted the horses, his brush _ every detail that he saw with his own eyes.ApresentedBpresentingChas presentedDto present29If Franklin _ the key, he _ the

13、 electric shock.Ahas touched; would have died fromBhad touched; would die fromChad touched; would have died fromDtouched; would have died from30People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, _ through old magazines, all of _ have been read hundreds of times previously.Alook; thatBlooking; whichClooking

14、; whomDlooking; that评卷人得分三、阅读理解Big-Name Architecture in Small-Town America Cloquet, Minnesotas Gas Station Stop for fuel in this little northern Minnesota town and you could pump gas at a stationdesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright. Yes, the most popular American starchitect, best known forhis elegant, na

15、ture-inspired works, also designed a gas station. The R.W. Lindholm Service Station has a characteristically Wright-style cantilevered (悬臂式的) roof and a glass-walled viewing lounge.Rocklin, Californias CollegeWhen the Herman Miller furniture company shut down its western factory in Rocklin, Californ

16、ia in 2001, the question on everyones minds was “what to do with the buildings?”. The 125-acre campus had been designed by starchitect Frank Gehry. Luckily, William Jessup University was looking for a new home. The school moved in, adapted the existing buildings, and kept the work of a master design

17、er alive for ages.Owatonna, Minnesotas BankOwatonna, Minnesota is home to a surprising architecture: The National Farmers Bank, designed by the “father of skycrapers” Louis Sullivan. The bank was built of red brick decorated with green terracotta (赤陶) and vast arched stained glass windows. Its curre

18、ntly home to a Wells Fargo, so feel free to stop and use the ATM.Ewing Township, New Jersey BathroomThis cross-shaped gray brick building, in the peaceful community of Ewing Township, is a relatively early work by the pioneering Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn. It was built to house toilet and cha

19、nging facilities for the adjacent(邻近的) pool. The structures sat quietly in a field for years until a restoration in 2010.31Who designed the RW Lindholm Service Station?AFrank Gehry.BLouis Kahn.CLouis Sullivan.DFrank Lloyd Wright.32What do we know about the architecture in Rocklin?AIt has a glass-wal

20、led lounge.BIt belongs to a furniture company now.CIt is a factory-turned college.DIt was designed by the “father of skyscrapers”.33Which of the following was once deserted?ACalifornias College.BNew Jerseys Bathroom.CMinnesotas Bank.DMinnesotas Gas Station.In the early 1870s, Mark Twain was on his w

21、ay to becoming the worlds most famous writer and humorist. Meanwhile, the tools of writing were undergoing a profound transformation from fountain pens to typewriters. Like any other new technology, the new writing machine did not perform well enough at first. But when Twain laid eyes on a Remington

22、 in a Boston store window, its salesman claimed that the writing tool was quite reliable.The salesman began to explain it to Twain and his friend. “He showed us samples of its work,” Twain later recalled, “and said it could do fifty-seven words a minute a statement which we frankly confessed that we

23、 did not believe. So he put his type-girl to work, and we timed her by the watch. She actually did the fifty-seven in sixty seconds. We were partly convinced.” They timed the girl over and over again with the same result always. Twain bought it on the spot at the price of $125.And he recognized its

24、usefulness almost immediately. In a letter he typed to his brother, Twain wrote: “The machine has several virtues. I believe it will print faster than I can write. One may lean back in his chair & work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It doesnt untidy things. Of course it saves

25、paper.”But Twain fell out of love rather swiftly. After a year or two, he found it was damaging his character. He found the machine to be “full of faults unbearable ones,” he later wrote. Then he gave his machine to his writer pal William Dean Howells. “My morals began to improve,” Twain said.Howeve

26、r, Howells sent the machine back to him after just six months. “I gave it away twice after that,” Twain said, “but it wouldnt stay,” Trying to get rid of it completely, he settled on a coachman (someone driving a coach pulled by horses) who “was very grateful, because he did not know the animal, and

27、 thought I was trying to make him wiser and better.” The coachman eventually traded it to another person.But Twain would ultimately come back to the uncontrollable creature. His 1883 book, Life on the Mississippi, was the first literary work to be completed on the machine.34What made Twain decide to

28、 buy the typewriter?AThe persuasion from one of his friends.BAn advertisement in a store window.CThe samples of the typewriters work.DA type-girls convincing performance.35What can we infer from Twains letter to his brother?AHe regretted buying the typewriter.BHe was satisfied with the typewriter.CH

29、e found it difficult to use the typewriter.DHe recommended the typewriter to more friends.36What do the underlined words “the animal” in Paragraph 5 refer to?AThe writing tool sold by Howells.BThe animal in Twains book.CThe typewriter of Twains.DThe horse pulling the coach.37What is the main purpose

30、 of the text?ATo tell a story about Twain and his typewriter.BTo explain the development of the typewriter.CTo show the influence of the typewriter.DTo describe Twains unusual character.Each year, 150,000 people hike Scotlands Ben Nevis Britains highest mountain. Many choose to take the so-called to

31、urist trail, the rocky path which winds its way to the peak. Few realise that this path was initially carved out in 1883 for a very unique scientific expedition.In the late 19th century, a key question of science was how depressions, storms and other severe climatic events form in the atmosphere. By

32、 1875 mountain observatories were being established across the US, Mexico, India, France, Germany and Russia. Keen to gather similar data for Britain, the Scottish Meteorological Society decided to build a weather station at the top of Ben Nevis.And so began a remarkable experiment. From 1883 to 190

33、4, a few hardy individuals lived year-round in a small stone hut, surviving on tinned food and making hourly recordings of everything from atmospheric temperature to humidity (湿度), wind speed to rainfall. In total they made almost 1.5 million observations.“They were living in very severe weather con

34、ditions: 100mph winds were not uncommon, and the temperature would drop to -15°C at times. The main danger they faced was that they were very close to the edge of the cliff (悬崖). If you werent careful, you would disappear off the cliff completely,” says Ed Hawkins, professor of climate science

35、at the University of Reading.However, by 1904, the Scottish Meteorological Society could no longer afford the observatorys running costs. It was closed down and the data largely has remained hidden in the dusty pages of archives (档案馆) ever since.Today, plans are underfoot to build a new modern obser

36、vatory on the ruins on the former site with automatic measuring devices rather than human data collectors. “We havent had any long-term observations up there for a long time now, and this would give us information straight away on how the climate at the top of the mountain has changed,” Hawkins says

37、. “We think that the high altitude regions are some of the places where weve seen the largest changes in temperature. This could tell us a lot.”38Why was the weather station at the top of Ben Nevis built?ATo attract visitors to Ben Nevis.BTo study the formation of extreme weather events.CTo provide

38、weather forecasts for the whole Britain.DTo compete with weather stations in other countries.39What do Hawkins words in Paragraph 4 mainly focus on?AThe geographical features of Ben Nevis.BThe extreme climate on top of Ben Nevis.CThe achievements made by the weather station.DThe bad working conditio

39、ns of the station workers.40What does Hawkins say about the new observatory?AIt will take a long time to build.BIt will need many human data collectors.CIt will have archives for the old weather station.DIt will detect climate change at Ben Nevis peak quickly.41Why does the author write the text?ATo

40、 argue.BTo inform.CTo advertise.DTo appeal.Sonja Yokum and Eric Stice, psychologists at Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, recently did a study on eating and enjoyment. They recruited (招募) 135 high school students and calculated each persons body mass index, or BMI. All participants had healthy BM

41、Is when the study began.The researchers showed pictures of different types of food to the teens as their brains were scanned. Meanwhile, as the teens viewed pictures of a glass of water, theyd get a taste of water. When the milkshake appeared, they got a taste of milkshake. All the while, the scanne

42、r kept mapping how their brains responded.Yokum and Stice repeated the tests with the same teens one, two and three years after the first scan. They then focused on two groups of these students. One group had put on weight. Their BMIs increased by at least ten percent from year one to year three. Th

43、e other had BMIs that changed by two percent or less over that time. The researchers then looked for differences in the brain scans between the two groups. Changes emerged in two areas of the brain. One region processes taste. The other is known as the reward center.At first, the taste center respon

44、ded strongly in teens who went on to gain weight. That was especially true when they tasted the high-fat milkshakes. But three years later, scans showed the taste center of the brain responded less in these teens. Brains of teens with steady BMIs started off less responsive to fat. But over time the

45、y got better at detecting it.Changes emerged in the teens reward centers, too. Those whose BMIs later rose started off the study with a strong reward response to tasting high-fat milkshakes. In contrast, teens who maintained a steady BMI throughout initially enjoyed the fattier drinks less. By year

46、three of the study, higher-BMI teens enjoyed the fattier milkshakes much less, while those with steady BMIs enjoyed them far more.The study suggests that the loss of enjoyment might drive people to overeat particularly tasty, high-energy foods to get the same rewarding “kick”, which may contribute t

47、o unhealthy eating habits and unhealthy weight gain.42What were the participants asked to do during the study?ALook at food pictures and taste the food.BSelect among different types of food.CReceive three times of brain scans.DReport their BMIs every month.43Based on what were the two groups divided

48、?AThe activity of their brains.BThe level of weight gain.CThe state of their health.DTheir eating habits.44What did the study find out about teens with steady BMIs?ATheir taste centers responded less to fat over time.BTheir taste centers responded strongly to fat at first.CTheir reward centers had a

49、 strong response to fat at first.DTheir reward centers got more responsive to fat over time.45What conclusion can be made from the study?AThe brains reward system may be related to unhealthy eating.BHighly rewarding food is irresistible to most people.CLack of satisfaction can result in low BMIs.DHi

50、gh BMIs always indicate overweight.评卷人得分四、七选五Parents are told that reading to children is an excellent way to enhance learning skills, excite an interest in reading, and improve a childs concentration. 46 However, many parents wonder what the appropriate age is to stop reading to children. 47Once ch

51、ildren begin reading on their own, and are assigned daily reading, reading to children should be in addition to their silent reading. However, if a child is struggling over words and pronunciation, it might be best to switch roles and have the child read to you. 48Another possibility is to combine y

52、our reading with a childs reading. This works best if you have two books available. 49 He or she reads one aloud, and then you read one aloud. This teaches a valuable skill to children. Throughout school, they will be reading materials aloud and will be expected to follow along with the text when ot

53、her children are reading. Learning this skill can help your child stay more focused during read-aloud sessions at schools.50 If children are not doing well with sustained silent reading, they really do need the practice. Your reading to children should not interfere with (妨碍) their developing this u

54、seful and enjoyable skill.Generally, there are few reasons to stop reading to children. As children mature they can become the readers too, and can learn about the interpretive reading of texts.AYou can switch paragraphs with the child.BIn fact, reading to children never has to stop.CThe answer to t

55、his depends on a lot of things.DThere are a few times when one should stop reading to children.E.Reading to children also allows one to spend quality time with kids.F.Let children know you do want their attention when you are reading to them.G.This way, the caretaker can help the child with difficul

56、t words when needed.评卷人得分五、根据首字母填写单词51Aronnax and Conseil are f _ by their adventures in the new underwater world.（根据首字母单词拼写）52Words are not enough to r_ such wonders! （根据首字母单词拼写）53The dazzling carpet drove away the rays of the sun with intensity, which a_ for the vibration which passed through every atom of liquid. （根据首字母单词拼写）54Most inventions start with r_ a problem that needs a solution. （根据首字母单词拼写）55And my magic medicine does indeed seem to do the t_.(根据首字母单词拼写)评卷人得分六、根据汉语意思填写单词56By early May, _ (紧急情况的) aid worth 9.7 m