2021-2022学年河南省驻马店第二高级中学高三（上）期中英语试卷

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

• 1．Children under the age of 18 will be allowed up to three hours per week to play video games，according to a notice issued by China's National Press and Publication Administration.Online game companies are required to provide services to minors -- from 8 to 9 p.m.jye.ai Fridays，Saturdays，Sundays and legal holidays -- as a way to safeguard their physical and mental health.Children are playing more and more online games these days.Is it time to limit their online gaming time？What role do parents have？Readers share their opinions.
     Rizlared
     Online games are addictive，but if children are taught how to manage in a sensible and responsible manner then it is no longer a threat（威胁）.To achieve this，parents need to set examples for not being glued to their phones.Teaching is and always will be the best solution to such problems.
     Andrew
     Good policy.By limiting time spent on online games，kids can spend time doing more useful things to develop their potential.They can go outside and run，jump and swim instead of sitting on a couch at home and playing with a smart phone.
     Adam
     It is often seen that parents argue with children over cellphones.Most parents can hardly set and enforce the time limit for its daily usage.Some forcibly take away their cellphones，but it will ruin trust and relationship.Even worse，it will make their kids hate them.
     Pink
     Excessive（过度的）gaming is purely a waste of time and energy for minors and has a negative effect on both physical and mental health.The gaming industry should not put profit- flaking interests as its priority（优先事项） .They should act in a socially responsible way to provide an environment for children to ensure their well-being and development.
     Lauren
     There would be a loophole（漏洞）.Children could use their parents' or other adults' IDs to avoid real-name registration，thus making it impossible to put this policy in effect.Parents absolutely need to strengthen guidance and supervision to keep their children from gaming addiction.
  
  （1）What should kids do according to Andrew？

  
  A．Play online games.
  B．Play with a smart phone.
  C．Study all the time.
  D．Go in for outside activities.
  （2）What does Pink advise the gaming industry to do？

  
  A．Pay attention to its profit.
  B．Focus on kids' health.
  C．Be responsible for kids' surroundings.
  D．Persuade kids to play more games.
  （3）What role do parents have according to the passage？

  
  A．They keep hold of their phones.
  B．They set examples for their kids.
  C．They limit their kids' time.
  D．They blame kids for addiction.
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• 2．I was 29 when my brother-in-law said to me "It would be nice if one day you could make use of your education." I had a degree and an MA （Master of Arts）in creative writing which，as far as I was concerned，I used every day-reading novels，trying to write novels，arguing about politics，interpreting the meanings in French cinema，and generally leading an examined life.But my brother-in-law，who left school at 18，didn't understand why，as a journalist，I was bringing home less than half the salary he earned in the hospitality（餐饮）industry.
     I thought of my brother-in-law's comment this week when the Institute for Fiscal Studies（IFS）released figures showing that，on average，male arts graduates earn less at the age of 29 than their non-graduate peers.Graduates of the same age overall are only earning 6% more than non-graduates.For women，the figure is 26%，but earnings growth for women overall is lower，so the benefits from going to university are greater.
     The IFS figures drew a predictable response from the universities minister Sam Gyimah，who listed some courses of arts degrees at certain universities that are not delivering the financial outcomes for students and threatened to punish institutions that don't improve students' earning prospects.This attack on arts degrees raises fundamental questions about what we want from education and，indeed，from life.
     No one can deny that arts degrees give students the skills to speak and buy them time to work out what they want to say and how to say it.Studying Freud，or reading James Joyce or Toni Morrison for the first time，introduces students to ideas that challenge their intellectual prejudices，as well as the consensus（共识）of the society around jye.aim.The value of an arts degree in life is incalculable.
  
  （1）What does the author think of his major according to paragraph 1？

  
  A．Hopeless.
  B．Unrealistic.
  C．Ordinary.
  D．Meaningful.
  （2）What do the IFS data indicate？

  
  A．Men graduates earn less than non-graduate peers.
  B．Women graduates earn less than non-graduates.
  C．The income increase rate for women is much higher.
  D．Women benefit more from getting college education.
  （3）How did Sam Gyimah respond to the IFS figures？

  
  A．He put pressure on some institutions.
  B．He punished some institutions.
  C．He bettered students' earning prospects.
  D．He accused colleges of giving false hope.
  （4）What does the text suggest people do about degrees？

  
  A．Challenge their intellectual prejudices.
  B．Consider what they expect of life.
  C．Work out what they want to say.
  D．Think if they can make money.
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• 3．In Australia，plenty of wild things can bite or sting（刺伤）you.Strangely enough，one of them is a tree.Now scientists have figured out what makes the tree's sting so bad.
     The rainforests of eastern Australia are home to a stinging tree known as Dendrocnide.Many people call it the gympie-gympie tree—a name given to the tree by native Australians.It's covered with sharp，needle-like hairs that carry poison.If you touch a gympie-gympie tree，you won't forget it anytime soon.The pain can stay with you for hours，days or weeks.In some cases，it's been reported to stay for months.
     Scientists have long looked for the source of this powerful sting.Now researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered what makes this stinging plant so painful.After carefully studying different kinds of gympie-gympie trees，the scientists were able to separate out different chemicals that the trees produce.This allowed them to identify a group of chemicals that they believed was responsible for the pain.
     The researchers created artificial versions of these chemicals，which they call "gympietides".Sure enough，when the scientists injected mice with gympietides，the mice licked（舔）at the places where they'd been injected，indicating that they hurt in those places.When the scientists studied the way gympietides were built，they found that they formed a knot-like shape.The shape makes the chemicals very stable，which helps explain why the pain stays so long.
     The knot-like shape of the gympietides was similar to the shape of poisons produced by poisonous spiders and cone snails.The scientists were surprised to see three very different kinds of life all using similar poisons.Spiders and cone snails carry poisons because they catch food by stinging other creatures.It's not clear how stinging helps the gympie-gympie tree.
     Though the tree's sling may stop some animals from eating it，it doesn't stop all animals.Beetles and pademelons（small relatives of the kangaroo） are able to eat the plant without trouble.
  
  （1）Why is a touch on the stinging tree unforgettable？

  
  A．Because it has so unusual an appearance.
  B．Because it is extremely rare in existence.
  C．Because touching it creates a quite strange feeling.
  D．Because the pain caused by it doesn't go away quickly.
  （2）What do scientists fail to find out about the stinging tree？

  
  A．How it produces poisons.
  B．What poisons it produces.
  C．How it benefits from the sting.
  D．The consequences of its sting.
  （3）What does the text imply about the stinging tree？

  
  A．It produces the same poisons as spiders.
  B．Poisonous as it is，it also has natural enemies.
  C．Animals are wise enough to stay away from it.
  D．Only one chemical in it causes pain to the toucher.
  （4）What's the best title for the text？

  
  A．Scientists Discover Stinging Tree's Secret
  B．Caution：Stinging Tree Can Bite and Poison You
  C．Scientists Discover a Strange Species in Australia
  D．Effective Ways to Avoid Being Hurt by Stinging Tree
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第四部分写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）

• 8．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
  增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
  删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
  修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
  注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
  2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
  Dear Mr.Smith，
      I am Li Hua，chairman of the Students' Union，I am high happy to know you will be paying a visit to our school.I have appointed to take charge of the activity.My plan is as follow.
      In the morning of your arrival，we will show you around our school and introduce the advancing science lab to you.Then a discussion will be held，that may cover aspects of school life.At noon，we will have dinner in our canteen.To let you to know more about our traditional customs，we will prepare not only dumplings and noodles，After that，I will accompany you to a place of interests.The dusk will see the end of the visit.
      If you have any questions，please inform myself as soon as possible.
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
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第二节书面表达（满分25分）

• 9．假定你是李华，暑期在纽约学习，并得知了当地博物馆要举办中国瓷器（china）展。请写一封信
  申请做志愿者，内容包括：
  1.写信意图：
  2.个人优势。
  注意：
  1.词数80左右：
  2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  Dear Sir or Madam，
  __________
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
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