2021-2022学年广东省揭阳一中高二（上）期中英语试卷

第一节（共4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．Experience fine art at these famous museums and galleries around the world.
     The Prado，Madrid，Spain
     The Spanish royal family is responsible for the Prado's classical masterpieces.Over centuries，kings and queens collected art with passion and good taste.In addition to stars of Spanish painting such as Velazquez，Goya and Ribera，the Prado has big collections of Italian artists such as Raphael.Fernando VII opened the collection to the public in 1819，in the same building it's housed in today，designed by Juan de Villanueva.
     Main attraction：The oil painting The Three Graces by Rubens.
     Rijksmuseum，Amsterdam，the Netherlands
     About 900，000 objects fill the Rijksmuseum，the largest collection of art and history in the Netherlands.It is most famous for its paintings by 17th-century Dutch masters，including Ruysdael，Frans Hals，Johannes Vermeer and Rembrandt van Rijn.Established in 1800 to exhibit the collections of the Dutch stadholders（总督），the Rijksmuseum also displays art from the Middle Ages.The main building is closed for repair now；collection highlights are displayed in the Philips Wing and at Rijksmuseum Schiphol.
     Main attraction：The painting The Night Watch by Rembrandt.
     The Uffizi Gallery，Florence，Italy
     In Italy，there are many monuments and works of art that get the highest praise.In the case of the Uffizi Gallery，it holds the world's finest collection of Renaissance paintings.All the famous names of Italian art are here — not only the Renaissance masters，but also painters from the early periods.
     Main attraction：The painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli.
     The British Museum，London，England
     Britain's largest museum looks after the national collection of archaeology （考古学）.It houses more than eight million objects from different historical periods.The Egyptian gallery contains the world's second finest collection of Egyptian antiquities （古物） outside Egypt.
     Main attraction：The Rosetta Stone carved in 196 B.C.
  
  （1）Who made the Prado collection open to the public？

  
  A．Kings and queens.
  B．Velazquez.
  C．Rubens.
  D．Fernando VII.
  （2）Which of the following statements is wrong about Rijksmuseum？

  
  A．It was built in the 19th century.
  B．It as a whole is available for visiting now.
  C．Its best-known painting is The Night Watch.
  D．It is used to show collections of art and history in the Netherlands.
  （3）What is the similarity between the Uffizi Gallery and the British Museum？

  
  A．They present all the famous names of Italian art.
  B．They contains Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt.
  C．They display collections from different times.
  D．They hold the national collections of archeology.
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• 2．Life in the future will be different from the life today.Between then and now many changes will happen.But what will the changes be？
     The population is growing fast.And most of them will live longer than people now.
     Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every room.And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and travel.Travelling will be much cheaper and easier.And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
     There will be changes in our food，too.More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people.Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive.Maybe no one will eat it every day.Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables.Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different，too.Robots will do dangerous and hard work.Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a big problem.
  
  （1）In the future there will be

  .
  A．fewer vegetables
  B．much more fruit
  C．more people
  D．less people
  （2）In the future people don't have to

  .
  A．walk on foot
  B．work long hours
  C．work fast
  D．eat meat
  （3）People may not eat

  as much as they do today.
  A．fish
  B．fruit
  C．rice
  D．meat
  （4）One big problem in the future is that

  .
  A．people will eat more fruits and vegetables
  B．many people may not be able to find work
  C．room for growing fruits and vegetables will reduce
  D．all the work will be done by robots
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• 3．"I want to work full-time in China，honey." An overseas call awakened the wife from sound sleep. "Why？" asked the wife with surprise，in a drowsy voice，from the other side of the ocean.
     In the United States，he had a great future ahead.At the age of 36，he became the youngest professor in the history of the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University，for his academic achievements.At 40，he became a tenured （终身的） chair professor at Princeton.
     When everything seemed perfect and admirable to others，he firmly decided to say goodbye to Princeton University，to an affluent life in the United States，and return to China.
     The news spread explosively.Many expressed confusions；many tried to persuade him；many made fun of him；and still many waited to have a good laugh at him.
     He said patriotism is the plainest feeling of a person.Who doesn't love his motherland，after all？In his heart，the American dream is already something past；the Chinese dream is rising.
     After returning to China，he devoted all his energy，worked like crazy，and determined to do something big.He formed a life science research team.Every day，he works 12 to 16 hours at his laboratory.He is Shi Yigong，nicknamed "Da Niu" （someone with extraordinary achievements） by Tsinghua students.His given name，Yigong，comes from an idiom that means "devoted to public interest whole-heartedly". "So far as I'm concerned，awards are of no special meaning." Shi says calmly.
     In his 18 years of study in the United States，he never forgot his Chinese dream.In the next 18 years，the Chinese dream will be more beautiful and greater by the efforts of Shi Yigong and the likes of him.
  
  （1）Why was Shi determined to return to China？

  
  A．To look for a better career.
  B．To reunite with his wife.
  C．To live a quieter life.
  D．To serve his motherland.
  （2）What does the underlined word "affluent" in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

  
  A．Busy.
  B．Miserable.
  C．Wealthy.
  D．Adventurous.
  （3）Why is Shi Yigong called "Da Niu" by his Tsinghua students？

  
  A．To show his unusual achievements.
  B．To support his life science research.
  C．To introduce his endless energy in work.
  D．To praise his honesty.
  （4）What can we know about Shi Yigong？

  
  A．He doesn't care much about reputation.
  B．He is the youngest professor in history.
  C．His decision was well-received.
  D．His Chinese dream will be realized in 18 years.
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• 4．Amazon sells 1，161 kinds of toilet brushes.I know this because I recently spent an evening trying to choose one of them for the bathroom in my new apartment.Nearly an hour later，after having read countless contradictory （矛盾的） reviews and considering far too many choices，I felt tired and simply gave up.The next day，I happily bought the only toilet brush the local dollar store offered.
     Too many choices exhaust us，make us unhappy and lead us to sometimes flee from making a decision altogether.Researcher Barry Schwartz calls this "choice overload".And it's not just insignificant details like which brush to wipe the inside of the toilet with---having too many choices in our creative and professional lives can lead us to avoid making important decisions.
     Understanding how and why we make decisions can perhaps help us make better choices down the line.We make poorer decisions when we are tired.It's caused by decision fatigue（疲劳）.The mind can only sort through so many choices and make so many choices before it starts to run out of steam.That's why impulse buys like candy bars and magazines at the checkout aisle in the grocery store can be hard to resist.We've exhausted all our good decision-making skills.
     The same goes for our workday.Making lots of decisions not only exhausts us；it can put us in a bad mood.That's why it's necessary to make your most important decisions in the morning rather than at the end of an exhausting day when your energy has been used up.The idiom "sleep on it" is indeed effective when it comes to making big decisions.
     When we're tired，we tend to conserve our energy by making choices based on a single factor like price，rather than considering all the other determinants that go into making the best decision.When you're doing this，you are acting as what researchers call a cognitive miser（小气鬼）.
     To conclude，letting yourself have fewer choices to choose from can help you arrive at a more creative answer.
  
  （1）Why did the author go to the local dollar store in the end？

  
  A．She couldn't find good toilet brushes in Amazon.
  B．The brushed there was cheaper.
  C．She encountered good reviews about brushes there.
  D．She had got tired of the choices.
  （2）What can we learn about "choice overload"？

  
  A．It can benefit our professional skills.
  B．It can prevent us from making good decisions.
  C．It means working too much at a time.
  D．It was first discovered by Barry Schwartz.
  （3）What does the underlined idiom "sleep on it" in Paragraph 4 mean？

  
  A．To make big decisions on the next morning.
  B．To make big decisions before you sleep.
  C．To make big decisions despite sleepiness.
  D．To make big decisions in an exhausting day.
  （4）What is the text mainly about？

  
  A．Getting enough sleep every day is important.
  B．Having fewer choices may benefit us more.
  C．Reading reviews before shopping online is useful.
  D．Considering many factors to make a choice is necessary.
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第二节 （共1小题：每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

• 5．It's been a common problem that most of popular kids' apps contain some form of marketing，App developers and platforms make more money when more ads are viewed or clicked.Children，with their weaker self-control，are a prime target.Some developers use manipulative（操纵性的） approaches like showing a fancy present，which takes the children to an ad when clicked. （1）

  Don't worry.Here's how you can intervene：
     Examine before downloading apps.Your children can't download apps without you entering your password，so you can review apps before they are downloaded. （2）

  People usually post complaints when apps are packed with ads.
     Teach your kids to look for help.When ads pop up inside apps，make sure your kids don't play or download the advertised game immediately.（3）

  In this way，they learn to identify strange ads and have the apps removed.
     （4）

  You may start with these questions：Do you ever get tricked by the app，like you think something is a present，and they just show you an ad？Do they ever force you to watch ads to get more fun things in the app？
     Make complaint if necessary.Even some school-issued apps pressure families to purchase accounts.If this happens to you，complain to your school district.
     Raising kids in the Internet age means teaching them to recognize when someone is trying to sell them new things or new ideas，from toys to misinformation.（5）

  
  
  A.Ask your children often.
  B.Ask about your kids' preferences.
  C.They have to understand the tricks of in-app advertising.
  D.With proper guidance，kids can grow up to be critical digital thinkers.
  E.Instead，they should be taught to be alert，and turn to adults for advice.
  F.Then you can read reviews on websites or check the reviews in the app store.
  G.Unfortunately，there are no laws restricting how many ads can pop up in children's apps.
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三、完形填空 （共1小题：每小题15分，满分15分）

• 6．Modern inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly.Motor cars（1）

  a hundred miles in more than an hour，aircraft cross the world within a day，while computers operate at lightning speed.Indeed，this love of（2）

  seems never-ending.Every year motor cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts （吹嘘） of（3）

  precious seconds in handling tasks.
      All these save time，but at a cost.When we lose or（4）

  half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane，our bodies tell us so.We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag （时差）.Our bodies feel that they have been（5）

  behind in another time zone.Again，spending too long at（6）

  results in painful wrists and fingers.Mobile phones also have their dangers：too much use may transmit harmful（7）

  into our brains.
      However，how do we（8）

  the time we have saved？Certainly not relax，or so it seems.We are so used to constant activity that we find it（9）

  to sit down and do nothing or even just one thing at a（10）

  .Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen（11）

  to a story on the radio，letting imagination take us into another world.
      There was a time when some people's lives were devoted simply to the cultivation （耕作） of the（12）

  or the care of cattle.No multi-tasking there；their lives went on at a much gentler pace.There is much that we might envy about a（13）

  of life like this.Yet before we do so，we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors（14）

  .Modern machines have（15）

  people from that primitive existence.
  
  

  （1）	A．explore	B．get	C．cover	D．fly
  （2）	A．speed	B．time	C．product	D．distance
  （3）	A．wasting	B．losing	C．saving	D．spending
  （4）	A．earn	B．drop	C．miss	D．gain
  （5）	A．left	B．come	C．forgotten	D．felt
  （6）	A．ships	B．airplanes	C．computers	D．cars
  （7）	A．prevention	B．radiation	C．combination	D．damage
  （8）	A．control	B．handle	C．do	D．deal
  （9）	A．uncomfortable	B．easy	C．difficult	D．good
  （10）	A．second	B．day	C．year	D．time
  （11）	A．actively	B．quietly	C．quickly	D．curiously
  （12）	A．surface	B．water	C．land	D．island
  （13）	A．way	B．view	C．pathway	D．point
  （14）	A．expressed	B．charged	C．inspired	D．faced
  （15）	A．freed	B．remained	C．kept	D．cleared
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第二节 （共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

• 7．In the 1940s，China （1）

  （report） 30 million cases of malaria （疟疾） each year.In the 1950s，Chinese health authorities began introducing measures to treat and prevent the disease.Now，after a 70-year campaign and more than four years of zero new cases，China is officially malaria free， （2）

  （recognize） by the World Health Organization （WHO）.
      The WHO gives malaria-free certificates （证明） to countries when they have presented that they've stopped nationwide spread （3）

  at least three continuous years.Countries also need to have monitoring and reacting systems in place （4）

  can prevent indigenous cases of the disease from coming back — indigenous in this case meaning infected （感染） （5）

  （local） from a native mosquito.Forty countries and regions （6）

  （give）the certificate so far，according to the WHO.
      In the 1970s，through a government project，Chinese scientist Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin，the most（7）

  （power） anti-malaria drug. （8）

  breakthrough，based on traditional Chinese medicine，led to a Nobel Prize for Tu in 2015. "Over many decades，China's ability （9）

  （think） outside the box served the country well in its own （10）

  （respond） to malaria，and also had a significant effect globally，" notes Dr.Pedro Alonso，Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme.
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第三节单词拼写 请根据所给单词或中文提示，结合句意，用正确形式填入（从Units 1-3中学过的单词。）（共15题，每题1分，满分15分）

• 8．These

  （潜在的）effects must be studied carefully.
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第四节选词填空（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）

• 23．

  set out appeal to upside down live off up to keep in touch put emphasis on it is predicted that in this sense be relevant to

  （1）Personally，I think what

  me about the job is the atmosphere of Disneyland.
  （2）Most people here

  the land before doing business outside the theme park.
  （3）The ticket for the park starts at ﹩120 per person and goes

  ﹩160 in high season.
  （4）I still remember the insect which hung

  from a tree in the park.
  （5）In the early morning we

  for the Beijing Olympic Forest Park I had dreamed about for years.
  （6）Although they have departed，they still

  .
  （7）When we learn a foreign language，we should

  four basic skills.
  （8）

  there will be a big storm on the way.
  （9）

  ，we are working on an environmentally-friendly economy.
  （10）Everything you include should

  the needs of your employer.
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第三部分写作（共两节，满分15分）第一节（满分15分）

• 24．假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Jack十月份打算来广州旅行，发email给你询问旅游建议，请你根据下列提示，给他回复email，推荐广州的旅游景点和出行方式。
  1.参观陈家祠——广州最有名的历史建筑，有一百多年的历史，富有岭南建筑风格。
  2.珠江夜游——欣赏珠江两岸夜景。
  3.广州塔——高约600米，是世界第三高塔，是广州的地标建筑。
  4.交通方式——公交汽车，地铁。
  注意：1.词数80左右；
  2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
  3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
  参考词汇：陈家祠Chen Clan Academy，珠江夜游Pearl River Night Cruise，广州塔Canton Tower，岭南建筑风格Lingnan architecture style
  Dear Jack，
      I'm glad to know that you are going to visit Guangzhou in October.It's my pleasure to recommend the tourist attractions of Guangzhou to you.
  
  ________
  Yours，
  Li Hua
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