湖南省长郡中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、湖南省长郡中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题湖南省长郡中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 A trip to Paris is not complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. To get the most out of your visit, read our tips below:Visit at NightRiding up the Eiffel Tower at night and looking out over the streets of Paris, youll s

2、ee why Paris is known as the “City of Light”. At street level, the spotlights on the top of the Tower zoom across t he Paris skyline, and the reflections of the Tower in the Seine are sights not to be missed.Purchase Your Ticket in Advance OnlineBypass the long ticket lines at the Eiffel Tower by pu

3、rchasing your ticket online from the Eiffel Tower website. Youll pick a time to visit, and then select whether to print out the ticket or display it on your phone or iPad, which is a convenient option if you buy your ticket in Paris without easy access to a printer.Dont Bring Valuable Objects with Y

4、ouBefore entering the Eiffel Tower, your bags will be examined by a security officer. If an item you are carrying sets off the metal detector, the officer will take you away from the line for further inspection. Weve stood in line for hours witnessing people who missed their chance to go up the Eiff

5、el Tower.Have Drinks and Snacks at the Eiffel TowerIf youre like us, after an exciting trip to the Eiffel Tower, youll be ready to rest your legs and have a relaxing snack and a drink in a Parisian cafe. Across the Seine in the Trocadero area, there are many elegant cafes. The atmosphere is great, b

6、ut the prices are in the stratosphere (最高水平). Actually, the perfect place for common visitors to eat and drink is on the Eiffel Tower itself.1Why does the author suggest visiting the Tower at night?ABecause you can stand on the top of the Tower.BBecause you can avoid the crowds and enjoy it peaceful

7、ly.CBecause you can have a special sight of the city of Paris.DBecause you can see the Seine as clearly as possible.2What does the underlined word “Bypass” in Paragraph 3 mean?AStand in. BAvoid.CControl. DRemember.3Why did some people fail to go up the Eiffel Tower?ABecause they didnt seize the chan

8、ce.BBecause they lost valuable objects.CBecause they set off the metal detector.DBecause they had a quarrel with the officer. When I was in middle school, a poisonous spider bit my right hand. I ran to my mom for help but instead of taking me to a doctor, my mom set my hand on fire. After wrapping m

9、y hand with several layers of cotton, then soaking it in wine, she put a chopstick into my mouth, and ignited the cotton. Heat quickly penetrated the cotton and began to roast my hand. The pain made me want to scream, but the chopstick prevented it. All I could do was watch my hand burn one minute,

10、then two minutes until mom put out the fire.You see, the part of China I grew up in was a rural village, and at that time preindustrial. When I was born, my village had no cars, no telephones, no electricity, and even no running water. And we certainly didnt have access to modern medical resources.

11、There was no doctor my mother could bring me to see about my spider bite.For those who study biology, you may have grasped the science behind my moms cure: heat deactivates(使失去活性) proteins, and a spiders venom (毒液) is simply a form of protein. Its cool how that folk remedy actually incorporates basi

12、c biochemistry, isnt it? But I am a PhD student in biochemistry at Harvard, I now know that better, less painful and less risky treatments existed. So I cant help but ask myself why I didnt receive one at the time.Fifteen years have passed since that incident I am happy to report that my hand is fin

13、e. But this question lingers, and I continue to be troubled by it. We have learned to edit the human genome(基因组) and unlock many secrets of how cancer progresses. We can control neuronal activity literally with the switch of a light. Each year brings more advances in biomedical researchexciting, tra

14、nsformative accomplishments. Yet, despite the knowledge we have accumulated, we haven t been so successful in distributing it to where its needed most. According to the World Bank, twelve percent of the worlds population lives on less than $ 2 a day. Malnutrition kills more than 3 million children a

15、nnually. Three hundred million people are suffering malaria globally. All over the world, we constantly see these problems of poverty, illness, and lack of resources preventing the flow of scientific information. Life-saving knowledge we take for granted in the modern world is often unavailable in t

16、hese underdeveloped regions. And in far too many places, people are still essentially trying to cure a spider bite with fire.4How did the authors mom cure him of the spiders bite?AShe sent him to the nearby hospital immediately.BShe asked the neighbors for help.CShe wrapped the wound with cotton and

17、 burnt it.DShe let him drink some wine.5What was NOT the authors hometown like?AIt was a backward village in China.BIt was an industrial rural village.CIt had no running water, telephones or cars.DPeople there had no access to modern medical care.6Which of the following can replace the underlined wo

18、rd “incorporates” in Paragraph 3?Aincludes BresistsCinspires Dinvents7What does the author want to do most?AChange the unequal distribution of scientific knowledge.BDiscover more secrets to cancer.CBring more advances in biochemistry.DInvent better and less painful treatments. Growing up in Puerto R

19、ico, our family was no different from so many others. My parents got married after my father came back when the war ended. Both of my parents were struggling with the hard economic realities of the time. But somehow, they found time to cherish those cultural values that shaped our everyday life.In o

20、ur daily life, we celebrated together with our friends or family members every birthday, every graduation, and all holidays with music and dancing, and typical foods. When we visited our family in the countrysidea trip that took about two hours in a car, with five children fighting as to who would g

21、et a window or the front seat we would break into song, and somehow the trip would turn into one full of happiness and fun. We would sing not only interesting childrens songs but also beautiful love songs songs about the love of our country though we didnt understand the meaning of the words many ti

22、mes.I came to Philadelphia for the first time in 1973 to do a residency(实习) in family medicine. I remember the many hours of work. I was facing issues of life and death and suffering the clearly social unfairness and issues of poverty and race. These were all worsened by my feeling of cultural diffe

23、rences.An important turning point in my life happened one Saturday night when I attended a concert of Puerto Rico singer and composer Antonio Caban Vale. The music showed my familiar rhythms, and the words spoke to my heart. I had found a space to express, celebrate, and share my culture in Philadel

24、phia. Therefore, I believe diversity is seen as an advantage and not as a disadvantage. As a Puerto Rican, I am a mixture of races and I believe in my strength because of this.8What do we know about the authors family?AThey lived a well-off life.BThey suffered a lot from war.CThey were tired of fami

25、ly activities.DThey took cultural values seriously.9Why does the author mention the trip in Paragraph 2?ATo prove her pride in her culture.BTo show fun brought by her culture.CTo express her love for the country.DTo show the fight between her siblings.10What added to the authors depressing life in P

26、hiladelphia?ADangers as a doctor. BPrejudice from the rich.CCultural shock. DLow payment.11What did the concert make the author aware of?AThe excitement of the rhythms.BThe value of the lyrics.CThe advantage of cultural diversity.DThe strength of believing in oneself. Are you preparing for a big tes

27、t? If so, you may want to go to play some basketball in between hitting the books. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. A

28、ccording to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels (血管), including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Dr. Cameron is sure that this allows people who exercise to think better. As she says, “While we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise c

29、an actually cause physical changes in the brain.”The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. Even a little movement can show big results. Ma

30、rgaret Barnes, a scientist, also believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in primary school or high school can result from a lack of movement as babies. Babies need movement that encourages and excites their five senses. They need to set u

31、p a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to connect physical activity with higher learning,” says Margaret.Older people can develop their brains as well. Cornell University studied a group of seniors who have a short-term memory increase of up to

32、40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult, but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for babies, exercise for older people should not be too simple. Learning some new skills or actions, such as with yoga or tat- chi helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time. For most people, any type of physica