广东省揭阳市学年度高二下学期期末教学质量测试英语含答案.docx

1、广东省揭阳市学年度高二下学期期末教学质量测试英语含答案广东省揭阳市2020-2021学年度高二下学期期末教学质量测试英语本试卷共10页，满分120分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的市县/区、学校、班级、姓名、考场号、座位号和考生号填写在答题卡上。将条形码横贴在每张答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡，上将对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先画掉原来的答案，然后再

2、写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分 阅读(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。ANon-Credit CoursesThe Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses. Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our colleges leading experts

3、and will receive written feedback(反馈)on their work at the end of the course. Pre-College students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.All non-credit courses meet from 9: 00 a. m-11:30 a. m. daily and may have addi

4、tional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.COURSE: Case Studies in NeuroscienceJune 11-July 2Leah RoeschUsing student-centered, active-learning methods and real-world examples, this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.COURSE: Psychology of Creativ

5、ityJune 15-June 28Marshall DukeWhy are certain people so creative? Is it genetic(遗传的), or a result of childhood experience? Are they different from everyone else? This popular psychology course highlights the differenttheories of creativity. COURSE: Creative StorytellingJune 21-July 3Edith FreniThis

6、 college-level course in creative storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing, such as short fiction and playwriting.COURSE: Sports EconomicsJuly 19-August 1Christina DePasqualeIn this course we will analyze man

7、y interesting aspects of the sports industry: sports leagues, ticket pricing, salary negotiations, discrimination, and NCAA policies to name a few.21. Who is the text intended for?A. College freshmen. B. High school students.C. Educational experts. D. The general public.22. Which course can you take

8、 if you are free only in June?A. Sports Economics. B. Creative Storytelling.C. Case Studies in Neuroscience. D. Psychology of Creativity.23. Whose course should you choose if you are interested in creative writing?A. Edith Frenis. B. Leah Roeschs.C. Marshall Dukes. D. Christina DePasquales.BFriends

9、always ask why I, a middle-aged woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places-the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky; places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals; some places where the locals are jus

10、t a few generations past headhunting.I never know how to answer. My travel decisions assumed a new gravity nine years ago after I suffered a stroke(中风). To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, Id have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner for the rest of my life and any travel woul

11、d be risky.I had to think about what was important to me: family, of course, and friends. But then what? No matter how many times I thought about it, no bucket list was complete without travel. Then I had to decide how I might manage the risk. I had to decide how lucky I felt.My return to travel aft

12、er my stroke came in baby steps. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After wed toured the remains of a Tang dynasty temple on a high mountain, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan(长雪橇).Before the str

13、oke it would have seemed like fun. But now? I hesitated. My mental klaxon(高音喇叭)screamed warnings about the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel comeback.In the years s

14、ince then, Ive traveled about twenty-five percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out-no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. Whats more, saying yes to travel keeps

15、 me connected to myself.24. What does the underlined word perilous in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Unique. B.Dangerous. C. Historical. D. Famous.25. What did the doctors advise the author to do?A. Do proper exercise. B. Enjoy the rest of her life.C. Keep away from traveling. D. Spend more time with

16、her family.26. Why did the author mention her travel to China?A. It was her last adventure. B. She recovered her courage through it.C. She liked the beautiful scenery in China. D. It was the most dangerous experience in her life.27. What is the best title for the text?A. A Business Trip to China B.

17、Unique Travel ExperiencesC. Why do I Still Travel to the Wild D. How did I Overcome the Fear of DiseaseCMany of us think, wrongly, that the moon doesnt change. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu once wrote that Generations have come and passed away; from year to year the moons look alike

18、, old and new.However, a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that the moon is in fact slowly shrinking over time. For the study, a group of US scientists examined and analyzed thousands of photographs taken by the NASA orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera(月球勘测轨道飞行器照相机).

19、 They found that there were lots of faults(断层)on the surface of the moon. These faults were formed by recent movement on the moon.According to NASA, the moon is made up of pieces of rocks with a hot core. The moon continued to expand as it was born. But in this process, it released energy and cooled

20、 down. Then it began to shrink, like a grape shrinking into a raisin(葡萄干). Over the past several hundred million years, it has become 46 meters skinnier. But due to its hard and rocky crust(外壳), the moons surface continues to push up. Some of these quakes can be fairly strong around five on the Rich

21、ter scale(里氏震级), said Thomas Watters, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum in the US.But does that mean the moon is a dangerous place that human shouldnt try to explore and live on in the future? Maybe not, reported The Telegraph. This isnt anything to wor

22、ry about. The moon may be shrinking, but not by much. Its not going anywhere, Watters comforted us.The new discovery proves that the idea that the moon is a dead, boring place is wrong. We have been to the moon and weve done some great science, but there is still a lot we dont know. The moon is shri

23、nking-we didnt really realize that until recently. Its a much more active and interesting place than we thought and we should explore that, NASA scientist Nathan Williams said.28. Why does the writer quote Zhang Ruoxus poem?A. To praise the beauty of the moon.B. To show peoples long-standing idea of

24、 the moon size.C. To arouse peoples interest in the topic.D. To get readers familiar with the poem.29. Which point of view about the moon may the writer agree with?A. It is becoming slightly smaller. B. It stays the same as before.C. It is getting safer and safer. D. It may disappear one day.30. Wha

25、t can we learn about the moon from Paragraph 3?A. It has become 46 meters fatter due to expanding.B. It has changed from a grape into a raisin in recent years.C. It quakes even at seven on the Richter scale.D. It has a hot core and releases energy when expanding.31. What does Nathan Williams think o

26、f the moon?A. It is a dead and boring place. B. It has lots of faults on the surface.C. It is worth exploring more. D. It isnt a place where we can live.DIf you have some free time to socialize, do you prefer to spend it with your best friend or partner, or with a larger group of people?A new study

27、investigated what group size people actually look for and encounter in everyday life. The scientists asked more than 4, 000 people from the US and the Netherlands to report the size of their social groups for a wide variety of activities. For eight different activities(going to a bar, chatting at wo

28、rk, chatting off work, having dinner, going on a holiday, going to a movie theatre, working on a project, playing sports), people reported a group size of two more often than they reported larger group sizes. Interestingly, for about half of these activities, women reported a group size of two signi

29、ficantly more often than men did, suggesting that women prefer a social group size of two even more than men do.The researchers also used a research technique called real-time experience-sampling(经验取样)in the second part of the study.274 volunteers were asked seven times a day to report the last soci

30、al situation they had experienced. The results were clear. Two was the most common group size with 52.6 percent. Thus, this part of the study also suggested that two is the most common group size in social interactions.So why do people prefer spending their time with one other person compared to spe

31、nding their time with larger groups? Researchers explained that in general, social interactions with just one other person allow for more control of the situation, especially when it comes to reciprocity(互助). When we interact with just one other person, ones choices directly affect the other person

32、and only that person. Thus, it is easy to distinguish whether there is mutual(双向的)cooperation (for example, both people take turns paying for dinner) or whether someone acts selfishly(for example, one person never pays the bill). In larger groups, the situation gets much more complicated.32. What is the new study mainly about?A. What social group size people prefer. B. Whom people like to spend time with.C. Which activities people choose to kill time. D. How