河南省部分名校2020-2021学年上学期高二英语期中试题精选汇编：阅读理解专题（部分含解析）.doc

河南省部分名校2020-2021学年上学期高二英语期中试题精选汇编阅读理解专题河南省实验中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、 B、C、 D中选出最佳选项。AThe Summer VolunTeen ProgramThis program at Brevard Zoo is a 10-week seasonal position that runs from May 31 through early August. Once selected into the program, VolunTeens receive 2 days of training on the first weekend of May, 2021. Upon the completion of training, VolunTeens will be given their official assignment (10 days minimum, either 2 weeks of full-day camp or a single day from Monday to Friday each week, Saturday/Sunday available upon request). Schedules vary, but most assignments run from 9:00 am to 3:00pm. VolunTeens may sign up for additional days as they choose. Important requirementsThe program is for teens between the ages of 13 to 17 who are interested in working with the public. Applicants must be 13 years old by April 1, 2021. And they are supposed to know well about various animals and their living habits. Once accepted, VolunTeens must pay membership fee of $25.00. This covers the costs of a teen manual(手册), a T-shirt and various supplies. VolunTeens are also required to participate in a conservation event. VolunTeen positions are temporary; however, interested teens are encouraged to apply for the full Zoo Teen Program in the fall. VolunTeen participants are allowed to miss two of their assigned volunteer days on account of summer vacations. On the third miss, VolunTeens may be dismissed from the program. Besides, the program does not provide make-up days and it does not allow switching volunteer days with another VolunTeen. BenefitsMany students are able to use their volunteer experience to meet the community service requirement for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Depending on their school, students may receive credits for their volunteer hours. Volunteers also have the opportunity to work with Education Department staff members and the public, gaining valuable skills for a variety of careers. Making new friends, earning potential employment references, gaining lots of experience and a sense of accomplishment are just a few more reasons to apply!1. On which of the following days will VolunTeens be trained?A. May 1&2.B. May 15 & 16.C. August 7 &8.D. August 14&15.2. What is required of applicants for the program?A. They need to pay an annual membership fee of $25.00.B. They have to work at the zoo for at least ten weeks.C. They should have a good knowledge of animals.D. They must reach the age of 13 by May31, 2021.3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?A. To encourage teenagers to be a volunteer.B. To explain how to apply for a scholarship.C. To stress the benefits of visiting a local zoo.D. To offer some useful advice to communities.【答案】1. A 2. C 3. A【解析】本文是一篇应用文。主要讲述的是夏季志愿者项目的要求以及参加活动的好处。【1题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Once selected into the program, VolunTeens receive 2 days of training on the first weekend of May, 2021.” 志愿者一旦入选该项目，将在2021年5月的第一个周末接受两天的培训。可知志愿者可以在五月一号和二号参加培训。故选A。【2题详解】细节理解题。根据文章小标题“Important requirements”下的“And they are supposed to know well about various animals and their living habits.” 他们应该很了解各种动物和它们的生活习惯。可知申请这个项目申请人应该对动物有很好的了解。故选C。【3题详解】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“Many students are able to use their volunteer experience to meet the community service requirement for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Depending on their school, students may receive credits for their volunteer hours. Volunteers also have the opportunity to work with Education Department staff members and the public, gaining valuable skills for a variety of careers. Making new friends, earning potential employment references, gaining lots of experience and a sense of accomplishment are just a few more reasons to apply!”许多学生能够利用他们的志愿者经验来满足佛罗里达光明未来奖学金计划的社区服务要求。根据学校的不同，学生可能会因为他们的志愿者时间而得到学分。义工亦有机会与教育署职员及公众一起工作，获得不同职业所需的宝贵技能。结交新朋友，获得潜在的就业推荐信，获得大量经验和成就感，这是你们申请的理由。本段主要说的是对志愿者有利的方面，是为了鼓励青少年成为志愿者。故应选A。BIn the 1880s, long before she became her era's greatest female explorer, eight-year-old Harriet Chalmers traveled through the Sierra Nevada on horseback with her father. When she was 24, Chalmers married Franklin Pierce Adams, and they set off for Latin America, where they covered 40,000 miles on a horse, by boat and on foot. When they returned nearly three years later, she gave a lecture at National Geographic and started a 30-year career as a contributor.Adams made it her mission to visit every country that was or had been a Spanish colony, and revisited the places where Christopher Columbus had stayed from Europe to the Americans. She traveled around Asia and attended Haile Selassies Coronation(加冕礼) as the emperor of Ethiopia. During World War I, she was the first female journalist allowed to photograph the French trenches(战壕), where she stayed for months.She wrote 21 articles detailing her experiences for National Geographic, more than any other woman published in the magazine's first half century. In those pieces, she criticized the injustices that she had observed. “Where were the blessings the Europeans claimed they brought to millions of Latin Americans? I could hardly find them,” she wrote after a visit to Peru. “What have they not suffered under the control of the Europeans?”Adams had no professional training as a geographer and had never been to college, but her color photo slides and adventurous travel style won her invitations to speak around the world, often from the organizations that had never invited a woman in before. She was the third American woman asked to join the Royal Geographical Society in England. However, the New York-based Explorers Club gave her and other outstanding female adventurers the cold shoulder. “Men have always been so afraid that some mere woman might get into their discussion that they don't even permit women in their clubhouses,” Adams once said, “let alone allow them to attend any meetings for discussions that might be significantly helpful.”Several female explorers decided to form their own club. In 1925, the Society of Woman Geographers started with Adams as president, she served until moving to France in 1933, where she died four years later at 61.4. What did Adams do during the first three years of her marriage?A. She traveled through the Sierra Nevada.B. She explored Latin America with her husband.C. She contributed regularly to National Geographic.D. She learned horse riding under her husband's guidance.5. What was Adams involved in during world war I?A. Taking photographs on the front line.B. Traveling around European countries.C. Fighting together with French soldiers.D. Doing research on Christopher Columbus.6. What was expressed in Adams words in Para3？A. Relief.B. Curiosity.C. Tolerance.D. Disapproval.7. How did Explorers Club treat Adams?A. It paid no attention to her.B. It rejected her help coldly.C. It invited her to join in their discussion.D. It asked her to join the Royal Geographical Society.【答案】4. B 5. A 6. D 7. A【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是女性探险家，国家地理撰稿人哈丽特查默斯的人生经历和事业发展。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段“When she was 24, Chalmers married Franklin Pierce Adams, and they set off for Latin America, where they covered 40,000 miles on a horse, by boat and on foot.When they returned nearly three years later, she gave a lecture at National Geographic and started a 30-year career as a contributor.(24岁时，查默斯嫁给了富兰克林·皮尔斯·亚当斯，他们出发前往拉丁美洲，在那里他们骑马、乘船、徒步旅行了4万英里。当他们三年后回来时，她在国家地理杂志社做了一次演讲，并开始了30年的撰稿生涯)”可知她结婚的前三年和她丈夫一起去探索拉丁美洲。故选B项。【5题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段“During World War I, she was the first female journalist allowed to photograph the French trenches(战壕), where she stayed for months.(在第一次世界大战期间，她是第一个被允许拍摄法国战壕的女记者，她在那里呆了好几个月。)”可知她去到了前线拍照。故选A项。【6题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段“In those pieces, she criticized the injustices that she had observed. “Where were the blessings the Europeans claimed they brought to millions of Latin Americans? I could hardly find them,” she wrote after a visit to Peru. “What have they not suffered under the control of the Europeans?”(在这些作品中，她批评了她所观察到的不公正现象。“欧洲人声称给数百万拉美人带来的福祉在哪里?”我几乎找不到它们，”她在访问秘鲁后写道。“在欧洲人的控制下，他们还有什么没遭受过?”)”可知她对欧洲人殖民侵略拉丁美洲感到不满，所以她的话语表明她反对的态度，故选D项。【7题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段“However, the New York-based Explorers Club gave her and other outstanding female adventurers the cold shoulder.(然而，总部位于纽约的探索者俱乐部却对她和其他杰出的女性冒险家冷遇有加。)”可知探险者俱乐部对查默斯的态度是冷落的，短语“the cold shoulder”表示冷落，爱搭不理，A项“并未关注她”表达切题，故选A项。CBack in Brisbane, Australia, for the Christmas break, I found myself in a public transport dead zone. Bikeless, 7 kilometers from where I was meeting friends and unwilling to get a taxi, I decided to borrow an electric scooter. The trip took far longer than it would have by bike, mainly because of a major spill halfway there. A rock, hit at speed, is a terrible thing: weeks later, I still had the red knees of a primary schooler.E-scooters have appeared in Brisbane like a rash. In the UK, they are legal only on private land, but the Department for Transport is discussing how to regulate them on public roads and pathways, with the potential for legalisation later this year.Other cities that have e-scooter rental programs have had teething problems. In Paris, mayor Anne Hidalgo described the situation last year as messy. She has announced that the city is reducing its number of e-scooters to 15,000 and plans to create laws banning them from pavements (人行道). France has put into force laws limiting e-scooter speeds to 25 kilometres per hour. Similar to dockless (无桩的) hire bicycles, e-scooters are parked on pavements and people leave them up trees or throw them into rivers. Rough handling shortens their lifetime, which is bad for both profitability and the environment. Analysis suggests that the average e-scooters lifetime is just three months. I think e-scooters are an essential part of the effort to make city transport greener. They are seen as a solution to the “last mile” problem a potential way to reduce transport jam by rapidly getting someone to their final destination. Cars can take up 28 times the space of a person riding a bicycle.As far as the environmental effect goes, recent research suggests that e-scooters are not as green as walking or cycling, but they are still better than cars. And despite numerous reports of serious accidents, scooting is about as safe as cycling.Stephen Gossling at Lund University in Sweden has suggested we build car-free “micromobility” streets, where cyclists, pedestrians (行人) and e-scooters could share the road. He thinks this will reduce accident risks and invite more vulnerable (易受伤害的) traffic participants, such as children, to become active transport users.If more e-scooters mean fewer cars on roads, an improvement in local air quality is also a likely outcome. When 20 kilometers of roads in central London closed for World Car-Free Day last September, a temporary air quality monitor in Regent Street reportedly registered a 60% drop in nitrogen dioxide.8. What does the underlined part “a major spill” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. A serious fall.B. A sudden illness.C. A legal defense.D. A terrible breakdown.9. What do we know about e-scooters in Paris?A. They are illegal on pavements.B. They are already out of fashion.C. They are facing more restrictions.D. They are more common on private land.10. What is the authors opinion of e-scooters?A. They are not as safe as cycling.B. They stand up to rough handling.C. They are as green as cycling or walking.D. They play a big role in the “last mile” problem.11. What is Stephen Gosslings suggestion?A. To set up more care-free days.B. To invite more cyclists to use e-scooters.C. To get vulnerable pedestrians off the road.D. To separate cars from e-scooters on the road.【答案】8. A 9. C 10. D 11. D【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述的是一些城市出现电动摩托车后出现的一些问题，但是作者认为电动摩托车是城市交通绿化的重要组成部分。更多的电动滑板车意味着道路上汽车的减少，那么当地的空气质量可能也会得到改善。【8题详解】词句猜测题。根据文章第一段“A rock, hit at speed, is a terrible thing: weeks later, I still had the red knees of a primary schooler.”可知，一块石头被高速撞击是一件可怕事情：几周后，我的膝盖仍然是一个小学生的红膝盖。说明作者在骑电动摩托车时半路上摔的很严重。由此推知，划线词组意为“严重摔伤”。故选A。【9题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第三段“In Paris, mayor Anne Hidalgo described the situation last year as messy. She has announced that the city is reducing its number of e-scooters to 15,000 and plans to create laws banning them from pavements (人行道). France has put into force laws limiting e-scooter speeds to 25 kilometres per hour.”可知，巴黎市长安妮·伊达尔戈称去年的情况很糟糕。她宣布，该市将把电动滑板车的数量减少到1.5万辆，并计划制定法律禁止它们在人行道上行驶。法国已实施法律，将电动摩托车的时速限制在25公里。由此可知，法国的电动车正面临着更多的限制。故选C。【10题详解】推理判断题。根据文章第五段“I think e-scooters are an essential part of the effort to make city transport greener. They are seen as a solution to the “last mile” problem a potential way to reduce transport jam by rapidly getting someone to their final destination.”可知，我认为电动车是使城市交通更加环保的重要组成部分。他们被视为“最后一英里”问题的解决方案一种通过快速将人送到最终目的地来减少交通堵塞的潜在方式。由此可知，电动摩托车在“最后一英里”问题的解决上起到很大的作用。故选D。【11题详解】细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“Stephen Gossling at Lund University in Sweden has suggested we build car-free “micro mobility” streets, where cyclists, pedestrians (行人) and e-scooters could share the road.”可知，瑞典隆德大学的Stephen Gossling建议我们建造无汽车的“微移动”街道，让骑自行车的人、行人和电动摩托车共享道路。由此可知，Stephen Gossling的建议会把路上的汽车和电动摩托车分开。故选D。DAs educators across the globe look to improve students outcomes, a new trend is beginning to take root. Equipped with the knowledge that indoor plants improve general health and well-being, living green walls, like those created by GSky Plant Systems,Inc., are bringing life to educational spaces. This fall, to help enrich student learning, GSky completed the installation(安装) of a Versa Wall for the new Biomedical Sciences and Engineering(BSE) facility at Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland. “The living wall is meant to almost appear as an extension of the east courtyard exterior(外面的) environment flowing into the building,”said Christopher Case, Project Engineer for Gilbane Building Company. As the educational model continues its shift toward a science, technology, engineering, art and math(STEAM) curriculum, Educators are looking for more hands-on learning opportunities. Green walls provide teachers with a new way to put STEAM principles into the curriculum.Known as project-based learning, this method allows instructors to develop educational opportunities for students to interact with a green wall. Michael McCullough, Michael Martin and Mollika Sajady, in their article, “Implementing(实施) Green Walls in school，”explain the benefits of project-based learning：“The project-based learning allows students to construct meaning and knowledge based on direct experience，interacting with their environment.” In turn, students are encouraged to use critical thinking to develop ways to maintain a green wall, once again, bring them back to the natural world, in spite of being indoors.The benefits of green walls don't end at better test