2021-2022学年广东省惠州中学高二（上）入学英语试卷

阅读理解（共两节，满分50.0分）

• 1．Best Careers in Australia If you're attempting to take your first steps on the career ladder，this country is certainly rich with opportunity.In this article，we'll be looking at 4 of the best careers in Australia and why they're considered rewarding.
  Wildlife Biologist
     If you love working with animals，and enjoy seeing our fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat，the life of a wildlife biologist may be for you.Some of your daily duties may involve taking animal population studies，marking animals，and developing habitat management plans.
  Average Salary：AU ﹩58，014 per year
  Teacher
     You'll be able to teach subjects that you're knowledgeable and enthusiastic about and inspire that same enthusiasm in your students.You'll be able to make a positive contribution and help to shape the future of Australia.Although teachers may have a set time table every day，no two days will ever be the same.
  Average Salary：AU ﹩67，694 per year
  Aged Care Worker
     Working with the elderly is a fantastic job that affords you an enormous variety and job satisfaction.As Australia's population gets older，more and more skilled and enthusiastic care workers are needed.What's more，the care of the elderly is so different that no matter where your skills lie，it's easy to find a promising career.
  Average Salary：AU ﹩40，605 per year
  App Developer
     You'll work with all kinds of businesses to create custom-made applications that either help make their businesses more efficient or bring value to their customers.It's a rewarding and increasingly in-demand profession.
  Average Salary：AU﹩74，492 per year
  
  （1）If you like working outdoors，which career will you apply for？

  
  A．Wildlife Biologist.
  B．Teacher.
  C．Aged Care Worker.
  D．App Developer.
  （2）Which of the following is true according to the text？

  
  A．An aged care worker may find the job is easy.
  B．A teacher needs to be knowledgeable about all subjects.
  C．A wildlife biologist ears AU ﹩67，694 per year.
  D．An App developer will create apps at the request of customers.
  （3）Who will most probably take an interest in this text？

  
  A．A researcher.
  B．An educator.
  C．A job hunter.
  D．A student volunteer.
  组卷：6引用：2难度：0.5

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• 2．As our boat moves quickly up and down in a windy ice-filled small bay，I try to judge the health condition of the polar bear （北极熊）in front of me.We are in Franz Josef Land，a remote part of Russia between the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
     While offshore bears follow the sea ice，hunting seals （海豹）on ice all year round，bears that live by the sea spend their summers on land and are forced to search for whatever they can find.Relying on low-calorie meals such as the eggs of nesting seabirds，it is harder for these bears to pack on the pounds.Researchers recently found that offshore bears around the Barents Sea are some of the most polluted animals on Earth.This is a direct consequence of the seals they feed on.
     Over a period of 14 years' study，Heli Routti from the Norwegian Polar Institute found that offshore female bears were in a better health，having greater body weight，than female bears by the sea，but on average their levels of pollutants called PFASs are 33 percent higher.
     PFASs are used to make industrial products which are poisonous and degrade （降解）very slowly.These pollutants find their way to the Arctic through air，where they fall in snow and gradually add up in the ice.As the ice melts every summer，the PFASs go into the water，where they enter the food chain.They eventually make their way into the fat that keeps seals warm and from there into the bears that eat them.
     During my 15 days in Franz Josef Land，I saw five bears，all living by the sea.Each looked relatively healthy.There are signs that these bears are dealing with the global-warming-caused ice loss relatively well. "The bears，so far，seem to be handling the sea ice loss，" says Andrew Derocher at the University of Alberta，who worked with Routti on the study，"But I'm sure that's going to change if the speed of ice loss increases sharply in the area."
  
  （1）From the text we can learn polar bears living by the sea

  .
  A．eat seals on ice all year round
  B．look for food on land in summer
  C．become the most polluted animals on Earth
  D．stay on the ice in summer to avoid hot weather
  （2）What does the underlined part "pack on the pounds" in Paragraph 2 mean？

  
  A．Put on weight.
  B．Move around.
  C．Fight against pollution.
  D．Live alone.
  （3）What is Paragraph 4 mainly about？

  
  A．The rate of PFASs' degradation.
  B．The effects of PFASs on the environment.
  C．The process of PFASs' entering polar bears.
  D．The application of PFASs in modern industry.
  （4）According to Andrew Derocher，what will happen if the sea ice loss increases？

  
  A．More pollutants may go into the air.
  B．It will make no difference to bears.
  C．The death rate of seals may increase.
  D．Bears might fail to adapt to the change.
  组卷：7引用：2难度：0.4

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完形填空（共2题；每题15分，满分30分）

• 7．The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on.A large number of accidents in the world happen for this reason，with more and more people（1）

  （choose）car hire as the way to drive in a foreign country.Famous actor Matthew Broderick（2）

  （catch）up in a bad collision when he rented （3）

  vehicle in Ireland because he forgot that they drive on the opposite side of the road.
      Most areas of the world which（4）

  （previous）were British colonies still drive on the left hand side of the road，Australia，India，and South Africa（5）

  （include）.Most European countries drive on the right hand side apart（6）

  Cyprus，Ireland，Malta and the United Kingdom.Guyana is the only country in South America （7）

  drives on the left.
      Generally speaking，about two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right such as，the USA，China and Russia.Canada used to drive on the left but changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA more（8）

  （manage）.
      The（9）

  （explain） for driving on different sides of the road is historical.British horse riders used to ride on the left hand side of the road，thus keeping their right arm free to offer greetings to（10）

  （passer-by）.But in the USA Teamsters decided to start driving on the right so that they could see the passing wheels of other wagons.
  组卷：19引用：4难度：0.5

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用以下词组的适当形式填空（每空一个，有多余选项，每题2分，共20分）

• 8．

  pay off refer to in particular take...into account keep（...）in mind turn out stick to benefit from attend to a feast for have an impact on date back to would rather as if in relief be absorbed in be talented in be capable of with the aim of be previous to equip...with...

  （1）It

  that she refused the invitation because she had something urgent

  .
  （2）Be confident and believe that all your efforts will

  in the days to come.
  （3）

  his work，he didn't hear people come in.
  （4）My friend，a famous piano player，

  music since childhood.
  （5）If you

  taking regular exercise，you'll lead a healthy life.
  （6）Seeing my daughter return safe and sound at midnight，I sighed

  .
  （7）The Mogao Caves are an influential historic site of ancient Buddhist art

  the 4th century.
  （8）It

  that all these problems can be solved at once，as long as we learn enough about the reasons.
  （9）He is a student

  solving difficult math problems.That's the reason why many students turn to him for help.
  （10）He

  give up than work in such bad condition.
  组卷：1引用：2难度：0.6

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