高二下学期期末适应性考试英语试题.docx

1、高二下学期期末适应性考试英语试题四川省三台中学实验学校2020-2021学年高二下学期期末适应性考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 Extreme sports are any sport that involves great speed, height and danger. You need to be very fit to take part in these sports. It can be quite expensive because a lot of special equipment is needed. This type of sport is

2、not usually a team sport like football or rugby. It is what is known as an individual sport because you are alone most of the time.BASE JUMPING: This is the sport of using a parachute(降落伞) to jump from fixed objects like skyscrapers, high towers, bridges, domes, statues and steep, high mountains. Ba

3、se jumping can be very dangerous as you compete to be the quickest to reach solid ground.SKY DIVING: This sport also uses a parachute. Divers are taken up to a certain height in an aeroplane. They have parachutes strapped to their backs. They then jump out of the plane and freefall before opening th

4、eir parachute at the correct moment. The parachute is to stop them from hitting the ground at a great speed, which would be very dangerous. The most important thing about this sport is knowing when exactly to open the parachute.ROCK CLIMBING: This is the activity of climbing up and down very steep r

5、ock formations. This sport needs special equipment to keep the climbers safe. A climber has to have great strength of body and mind. It is better to climb in small groups, so that there is someone to help in the case of an emergency.ICE CLIMBING: This is almost the same as rock climbing. The differe

6、nce is that the climbers are climbing up and down steep walls of ice, such as frozen waterfalls. Special equipment is needed to keep climbers safe. Ice climbing is quite dangerous because ice changes as it melts or freezes. It is really difficult to know exactly how hard or how soft ice will be. Ice

7、 breaks easily so climbers need to concentrate very hard when they are climbing.These are the sports on offer at Shanghai School of Extreme Sports. Now you have to decide which one you would like to do.1The text is meant to_.Aoffer a job description Bintroduce extreme sportsCadvertise a school Dcomp

8、are extreme sports2Extreme sports can cost a lot because_.Ait is mostly individual sportsBit needs a lot of special equipmentCsome of them can be very dangerousDthey need lots of professional training3Why is base jumping dangerous sometimes?AYou may hit the ground head-first.BYou have to jump from a

9、 high place.CYou must bear the weight of a parachuteDYou may reach the ground at a great speed.4In sky diving,the most important thing is to_.Aopen the parachute at the right time Bbe brave enough to jump outCwear the parachute in the right way Djump out at a certain height5The difference between ro

10、ck climbing and ice climbing is that_.Arock climbing needs special equipmentBice changes easily when temperature changesCrock climbing should be done in small groupsDa rock climber has to have great strength of body and mind Have you ever been to hospital? Did you notice that it was very clean? Were

11、 you looked after by a nurse?Hospitals have not always been clean, quiet places. Long ago they were dirty and overcrowded. Nurses were never taught how to look after their patients and many people died. Thanks to Florence Nightingale, who changed all this.Florence was born in 1820. She spent a lot o

12、f time playing with her dolls. She would pretend that the dolls were sick and she was their nurse. People would bring sick or hurt animals to her to look after. She even mended a dogs broken leg when she was a young girl. She often went with her mother to visit the poor people. They took food and me

13、dicine to the sick. It was these visits that first gave her the idea of becoming a nurse.Florence really wanted to be a doctor but she couldnt because in those days only men were allowed to become doctors. She decided that she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents were very angry; the daughters of r

14、ich people did not work at all and they certainly did not become nurses. But Florence had made up her mind.Her chance came in 1854 when Britain went to war with Russia in a place called the Crimea. Florence was asked to take a group of nurses to look after the sick and wounded soldiers. The hospital

15、s were dirty, and there was not enough medicine. There were not enough beds, so some people were just lying on rags in the mud. There was so much sickness that the doctors could not treat all the soldiers.Florence and her team cleaned the hospital rooms and beds. They made sure that the bandages wer

16、e clean and that the soldiers get enough medicine. The army was unhappy because there were women so close to the fighting. They gave the nurses a lot of trouble. Florence and her team worked hard. Consequently, Florence became famous as “The Lady of the Lamp”.After the war, Florence returned to Lond

17、on a national hero. A great welcome was prepared for her, but she slipped into the country unnoticed. She opened a school to teach nurses how to look after their patients properly. She never really got better from the illness that she had in the Crimea and she died in 1910.6Whats the purpose of Para

18、.1?ATo arouse readersinterest. BTo tell the history of hospitals.CTo ask some questions to readers. DTo recall our memories as patients.7Florence had the idea of becoming a nurse when_.Ashe played with her dollsBshe visited the poor peopleCshe mended a dogs broken legDshe looked after sick or hurt a

19、nimals8What can you infer from the passage?AWomen were not willing to become doctors at that time.BFlorence received professional training before the war.CHospitals were dirty and had no patients before.DFlorence was brought up in a wealthy family.9How did the army react to the presence of women nur

20、ses?ASatisfied. BAngry. CDisappointed. DWorried.10What kind of woman do you think Florence Nightingale is?AWealthy and outgoing. BBeautiful and creative.CDetermined and modest. DClever and considerate. There is a Website called the “World Database of Happiness”. It combines and analyzes the results

21、of hundreds of surveys from around the world that have been conducted on life satisfaction. Most of the findings are predictable, but a few are surprising.The database makes it clear that there is not a strong connection between material wealth and general satisfaction. It is a cliche to say that mo

22、ney cant buy happiness, but the old saying seems to be supported by research. Many people still believe that gaining riches will be the answer to all their problems, yet they are probably mistaken.Studies have been carried out on people who got sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases,

23、after the initial joy had worn off, people were not left with a sense of lasting happiness. In fact, they tended to go back to the way they felt before they became rich. If material wealth does not bring happiness, then what does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with where you live. The author

24、ities at the World Database on Happiness have surveyed levels of happiness in different countries. Obviously, people in America, Canada, and Singapore are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, are not happy.Other surveys consistently point to the importance of relationship

25、s. Family relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term happiness. The website suggests that falling in love and having children are two of the situations that bring the greatest happiness.Nowadays people look to technology as another source of satisfaction. People increasingly spend m

26、ore time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet rather than spending time with family. Can technology truly make people happy? It is too difficult to tell, but one thing is sure: If the websites research is right, time spent with your family is a better investment than time spent making money.11T

27、he Website World Database of Happiness is designed to_.Ashare stories of happiness Bfind out the reason for happinessCconduct surveys around the world Dtell interviewees how to be happy12What does the word cliche(Para.2)mean?ATraditional custom. BProved theory.CFamous report. DPopular belief.13Who i

28、s the happiest according to the passage?AAn unhappy man who has won a lottery in Singapore.BA student who has three high-income part-time jobs in India.CA mother who stays with her family everyday in America.DA Russian falling in love with a soulmate recently.14What seems to be the authors advice ab

29、out happiness?ALevels of happiness vary from country to country.BMaking money is not the only way to happiness.CIt is uncertain whether technology make people happy.DA good family relationship is the key to lasting happiness.15Whats the authors attitude to technology?ANeutral. BDissatisfied. CSuppor

30、tive. DDoubtful.二、七选五 The world has a water problem which is simple to understand but not to solve. The amount of water in the world is limited. Water usage in the world has increased during the past 10 years. Usages will continue to increase as the population grows and uses more water. A third of t

31、he worlds population lives in countries that have too little water. 16Its strange to think that there is more than enough water available for everyones basic needs. 17 Some countries are much drier than others, for example Sudan in Africa. The UN says that people need a minimum of 50 litres of water

32、 a day for drinking, washing, cooking and sanitation(卫生). In 1990, over a billion people did not have even that . 18 Water shortages can mean long walks to get water, high prices to buy it, food insecurity and disease from drinking dirty water. Governments that try to improve water supplies need to think carefully about how to do this. Dams and other large projects now a