江西省学年高二上学期期末英语试题精选汇编阅读理解.docx

1、江西省学年高二上学期期末英语试题精选汇编阅读理解江西省2020-2021学年高二上学期期末英语试题精选汇编-阅读理解江西省鹰潭市2020-2021学年高二上学期期末质量检测英语试题第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThis is the classic Red Centre tour. Take your time to spend three days exploring the highlightsof the area - Uluru, Kata Tjuta and

2、 Kings Canyon.Day 1: Alice Springs to Uluru(Ayers Rock)Starting in Alice Springs, set off to experience a working camel farm, perhaps even enjoying a ride. In the afternoon we set out for Kata Tjuta and take a guided walk through the impressive Domes of KataTjuta. We then head to Australias most ico

3、nic landmark-uluru(Ayres Rock).AccommodationPermanent tented camp (with shared facilities ) (1 night)Fees IncludedUluru-kata Tjuta National Park admissionUluru sunset drinksMeals IncludedLunchDinnerDay 2: Uluru SunriseAn early start this morning is rewarded with the Uluru sunrise. While the morning

4、is fresh, enjoy a walk around the base of the rock, gaining insights into the land and the local Mala Aboriginal people. After lunch, perhaps we will purchase some local arts and crafts at the Uluru Cultural Centre. We will eat and spend the night at Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon).Accommodati

5、onPermanent tented camp(with shared facilities)(1 night)Activities IncludedMala cultural interpretative walkUluru Cultural CentreWatarrka National Park (Fees not included)Meals IncludedBreakfast Lunch DinnerDay3: Kings Canyon Rim(边缘)WalkAfter breakfast, get your hiking shoes on and head out to explo

6、re theKings Canyon. Youll be left breathless by the great beauty of the canyon as you walk through the Lost City and the North and South Walls. After lunch, we will go back to Alice Springs.Activities IncludedKings Canyon Rim WalkMeals IncludedBreakfast LunchSpecial Information$600 per person, 10% d

7、iscount for two people together.Flights must be booked to depart from Alice Springs the day after the trip finishes.21. What do Day I and Day 2 have in common?A. The starting timeB. The guided activitiesC. The living conditionsD. The meal arrangements22. If a couple with his parents go on the tour t

8、hey will pay_.A.$600 B.$2,160 C.$1,080D.$1,14023. Whats the authors purpose of writing the text?A. To introduce a tourist route. B. To stress the benefits of travelling.C. To tell people how to organize a three-day tour.D. To show visitors how to enjoy themselves to the full. BMy12-year-old daughter

9、 loves to stretch out spoken and written words by adding extra letters. When I read about a new study that analyzed the use ofstretchable words (拉长词) in over 100 billion tweets between 2008 and 2016, I texted my daughter a link with the message, “I thought of youuuu when I readthis study about stree

10、etccchabblee words.” She replied, “Haaahahaha Youuuuknowww me soooooo wellll!”Stretchability is a powerful linguistic(语言学的) device that makes a writtenword visually forceful. That goes for thegooooooaaaaaaalof a soccer announcer, a teenagers“finallyyyyy”, and a surfer saweeeeeesome And“booooy” is po

11、pular on Twitter. Writing in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchersdetail how they combed through 100 billion tweets, mapping how often thesewords are stretched, and how far they are elongated(拉长)“haha” versus“hahahahaaaa”, for example.Stretchable words are playful and fun. But, as a parent, I someti

12、mes worrythat constantly using misspelled stretched words could make it hard for kidslike my daughter who is now in seventh grade to write in a more formal style when it becomes necessary in high school, college, and beyond.The latest research on stretched words by Tyler Gray and colleagues at theUn

13、iversity of Vermont is the most comprehensive study to date that uses bigdata to analyze how people use stretched words on a social media platform. Notably, the title of Gray s paper, Hahahahaha, Duuuuude, Yeeessss! includes three different examples of stretchable words. All kidding aside, this rese

14、archprovides valuable insights into new linguistic patterns surrounding the dynamicsof purposely mistyping and misspelling some wordsI have mixed feelings about the increased use of stretched words. On theone hand, I love the occasional use of a stretchable word in a text message; stretched words ma

15、ke written and spoken language more emotive without the use of an emoji or emoticon. It will be interesting to see if stretchedwords in casual correspondence just indicate a short-lived fashion, or if theyare here to stay and need to be added to dictionaries. However, stretching out too many words i

16、n a text can be annoying and reduces their effect.24. Why did the author send her daughter the message“I thought of youuuu.”?A. To do it playfully. B. To remind her of the new trend.C. To show her the power of linguistics. D. To inspire her to analyze stretchable words25. Whats the author s concern

17、about kids use of stretched words?A. It may misdirect kids. B. It may make kids less playful.C. It may kill kids interest in writing. D. It may lead kids to misspell words constantly.26. What is Grays paper probably about?A. Why people often mistype words on purpose.B .How stretched words become a n

18、ew linguistic pattern.C. Exploring the use of stretchable words in social media.D. Listing examples of stretchable words in network language.27. What should someone do when using stretched words according to theauthor?A. Attach importance to the meaning behind them.B. Stop using too many emojis at t

19、he same time.C. Use them in casual situations . D. Avoid abusing them. C When I was worried my son was coming down with a little something, I remarked that his eating was slowing down a bit.“Ive noticed how fast you eat,”my wifes Auntie Carmel said. I lookeddown at my plate -the plate from which my

20、food had just been emptied- and looked up at her scientific stare. “Im not being critical,” she assured me, “and I find it fascinating.” She said “fascinating” the way a polite member ofthe FBI might describe your recent Internet searches.“You do eat pretty fast,” whispered my wife by the time Id pl

21、aced my knives and forks down. Her mother shared the same view shortly after that, and soonthe entire table were unanimous in this opinion.We were at my wifes parentshome in Dublin because Auntie Carmel was visiting from New York, and it was a good chance for her to meet our son, who immediately ado

22、red her. We all adore Auntie Carmel for her ability tospeak her mind in a way that never seems rude.In fairness to Carmel, I do eat quickly. Im fond of saying its because Icome from a large family. I now realize this makes no sense. There is alsothe fact that my wifes mum and Auntie Carmel themselve

23、s both come from afamily of 12. The same is true for her dad. Yet somehow, none of them eatas if their legs were on fire.Its a habit I picked up along the way, and I might have been permanently blind to it without this intervention. Left unexamined, it might have colouredmy parenting, demanding my s

24、peed as a default(默认)for my son, for I remarked that his eating was slowing down a bit. For now, at least, he canclear his plate as slowly as he likes.28. How does Auntie Carmel feel about the authors eating habit?A. Disturbing. B. Embarrassing. C .Interesting. D. Puzzling.29. What does the underlin

25、ed word“unanimous”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. At a loss B.InagreementC.Out of patienceD.Under consideration30. What do we know about Auntie Carmel?A. She is skilled at expressing herself.B. She is particular about table manners.C. She lives alone in New York. D. She tends to criticize others.31.

26、 What can be learned from Paragraph 5?A. Children in large families usually behave badly. B. Childrens eating habits are not easy to change.C .The small family usually has strict family rules. D.The family size isnt related to one s eating speed.DA new study, published in Music Education Research, e

27、xamined whether anextended music education had an impact on pupils experienced satisfactionwith school. Nearly 1, 000 pupils at ten Finnish schools with extended musicclasses and comparison classes participated in a survey that measured thequality of school life at Year 3 and Year 6.According to the

28、 results, the differences between the extended music classesand the comparison classes were significant at Year 6. But there were no differences between the groups at Year 3. The most likelyexplanation is theamount of music lessons which was four hours per week for the extendedmusic classes and one

29、lesson per week for the normal classes.Merely attending an extended education class at Year 3 did not cause differences in school satisfaction. To explore whether belonging to any extendededucation class would have the same benefits, some extended educationclasses with an emphasis on visual arts and

30、 sports were included in theanalysis. However, school satisfaction in these classes did not differ fromthat in the normal ones at Year 6.“Singing in a choir and group performance are popular activities at extendedmusic classes. Other studies have established that people find it very satisfyingto syn

31、chronize (合拍) with one another. That increases connection withinthe group and may even make people like each other. Other subjects in theschool do not have as intensive training in synchrony and cooperation (协作) asmusic lessons, which could explain part of the phenomenon,”says doctoral student Paivi

32、-siskoEerola, at the University Jyvaskyla, Finland.A partial answer may be that girls usually tend to give more positive scores on satisfaction with school and they also make up the majority of pupils at extended music classes. However, the gender differences do not fully explainthe observed results. In fact, it seems that extended music classes improvethe quality of school life more for boys than girls.Maybe its impossible to adopt the Finnish music educatio