2021-2022学年河北省邢台市高二（下）第二次月考英语试卷（附答案详解）.pdf
2021-2022学年河北省邢台市卓越联盟高二（下）第二次月考英语试卷AIf youd like to go sightseeing,the following World Heritage Sites may be your bestchoices.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest AreaJiuzhaigou Valley,which lies in the northern part of Sichuan Province,China,reaches a heightof more than 4,800 m,with a series of different forest ecosystems（生态系统）.Its particularlyfamous for its excellent waterfalls.About 140 kinds of birds live in the valley,as well as anumber of endangered plants and animals,including the giant panda.Jiuzhaigou Valley wasrecognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992.Khami Ruins National MonumentThe city of Khami,which developed after the capital of Great Zimbabwe had been given up inthe mid-16th century,is of great archaeological（考古的）interest.The discovery of objectsfrom Europe and China shows that Khami was a major centre for trade over a long period oftime.lt joined the World Heritage List in 1986.HendersonlslandHenderson Island.which lies in the eastern South Pacificjs one of the few atolls（环礁）in theworld whose ecology has been untouched by humans.Its particularly famous for the 10 plantsand 4 birds that can only be seen on the island.lt was recorded in the World Heritage List in1988.The Taj MahalThe Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and thefinest example of the late style of Indian architecture.lt was built by the emperor ShahJehan,who ruled India in the 17th century.lt was in memory of his favourite wife who died in1631.The architecture was given a World Heritage Status in 1983.1.Which of the following can be found in Jiuzhaigou Valley?A.Wonderful waterfalls.B.Ancient objects.C.Beautiful buildings.D.Untouched ecology.2.What can we learn about the Taj Mahal?A.It doesnt exist now.B.It was built by an emperors wife.C.It has become a place of interest.D.It looks more beautiful than other buildings.3.In which part of a newspaper can we read the text?A.Industry.B.Travel.C.Science.D.Business.BLately,my 90-year-old mother has been sleepier and sleepier.This is very strange andworrying.At the same time,my 92-year-old father has been suffering his own health problems.ltis a terrible thing to see my father struggle to get my mother to talk,say something,when shedoesnt have the energy.The other day,!recalled how my mother used to visit a woman named Mrs.Demopolis,a Greekimmigrant,who made the best baklava（果仁蜜饼）in the worldJShe gave lessons on baking itto my mother.Also,my mother often baked baklava at home.As I spoke of this over thephone,my silent mother and said how much she*d like to have one again.Now,they live in Florida and I live in Wales,UK,so I can*t go and bring her some baklava oreven make some in her kitchen.But what I did suggest was that my father could buy somebaklava at a Greek restaurant and I could do the same,and wouldnt it be fun to eat our baklavaat exactly the same time and so,be together sharing the moment and the pleasure?My parentsloved the idea and we decided to do it.Two days later we both had our baklava and shared the experience.lt meant a lot to myparents,and to me,to do this.My mother said she wanted to do this again,maybe with anotherfood or even baklava again!Why not?And as she only keeps losing weight instead ofgaining,it is good for her to find foods that appeal to her appetite.It is becoming harder to findways to communicate over the phone,but this is at least a very good way to do so.4.Why does the author feel worried?A.Her mother cant walk by herself.B.Her mother is becoming less active.C.Her father has to get her mother to talk.D.Her mother refuses to talk with her father.5.What does the underlined phrase perked upu in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Calmed down.B.Turned around.C.Held one*s breath.D.Came to life.6.What did the author suggest to please her mother?A.They should enjoy the same food at the same time.B.The author should buy some baklava for her mother.C.Her mother should make some baklava in her kitchen.D.Her family should get together to look after her mother.7.What do we know about the authors mother?第 2 页，共 18页A.She hopes to live with her daughter.B.She is looking for her favorite food.C.She likes communicating in this way.D.She thinks baklava is the most delicious.cThe world will to have to start thinking seriously to save its coral reefs.Corals are comebackcreatures.As the sea levels rose and fell over 30,000 years,Australias Great BarrierReef,roughly the size of Italy,died and revived five times.But now,thanks to humanactivity,corals face the most complex conditions they have yet had to deal with.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,a rise in global temperatureofl.5 above pre-industrial level could cause coral reefs to decline by 70-90%.The planet isabout 1 hotter than in the 19th century and its seas are becoming warmer,stormier and moreacidic.This is already affecting relations between corals and the single-celled algae（海藻）with which they live together,and which give them their colour.When waters become unusuallywarm,corals push the algae out,leaving reefs a ghostly white,which is happening five times asoften as it did in the 1970s.Meanwhile the changing chemistry of the oceans lowers the abundance of carbonate ions（碳酸盐离子），making it harder for corals to form their skeletons（骨骼）.If corals go,divers and ocean biologists are not the only people who will miss them.Reefs takeup only one percent of the sea floor,but support a quarter of the planets fish diversity.The fishthat reefs shelter are especially valuable to their poorest human neighbours,many of whomdepend on them as a source of protein.In the Coral Triangle,an area of water stretching acrossSouth-East Asia and into the Pacific which is home to three-quarters of known coralspecies,more than 130 million people rely on reefs for food and for their livelihoods in fishingand tourism.8.What causes corals to decline?A.Pollution.B.Tourism.C.Fishing.D.Temperature rise.9.What will affect the color of corals?A.The single-celled algae.B.The abundance of carbonate ions.C.The planets fish diversities.D.The changing chemistry of the oceans.10.Where can we probably read the passage?A.A travel brochure.B.A Literature website.C.A science journal.D.A geography fiction.11.What will the following paragraph probably talk about?A.Advantages of corals.C.Effects of coral decline.B.Measures to save corals.D.Reasons why corals decline.DFrom teenage to adulthood,you go through a basket of changesgraduation jobs andrelationships that come and go.But as you grow older,does your personality change?People tend to think of personality as fixed.But that is not how it works.Personality is adevelopmental phenomenon instead of something that youre stuck with and cant get over,said Brent Roberts,a psychologist at the University of Illinois.Roberts and other researchers have surveyed the personalities of participants regularly overmany years,showing that our personality is actually stable within each decade of life.You dontnotice it on a I-to-5-yeartime range,but in the long term,it becomes pronounced（显著的）.In 1960，psychologists surveyed over 440，000 high school students who answered questionsabout everything from how they reacted to emotional situations to how efficiently they gotwork done.Fifty years later,researchers tracked down 1,952 of these students and gave themthe same survey.The results found that in their 60s,participants scored much higher than theydid as teenagers on questions measuring calmness,self-confidence,leadership and socialsensitivity（敏感度）.Over again,studies have found similar results.Personality tends to get better overtime.Psychologists name itthe maturity principle（成熟定律）.People become moreextroverted（外向），emotionally stable,agreeable and gentle as they grow older.In general,nthematurity principle1 applies to most people.So what causes the change?Evidence suggests its not dramatic life events,such asmarriage,the birth of a child or loss of a loved one.Instead,changing expectations placed onusas we adjust to university,the work force,starting a family-slowly wear us in,almost likea pair of shoes,Roberts said,Over time,you are asked to do things differently and thus learnhow to behave in these situations.So we adapt.12.What has Roberts found about personality according to the passage?A.It is a stable phenomenon.B.It changes on a daily basis.C.It is a fixed pattern of thoughts.D.It develops gradually as we age.13.How did the psychologists carry out their research according to Paragraph 4?A.By classifying the facts.B.By making comparisons.C.By giving various examples.D.By quoting previous researches.14.Which of the following might nthe maturity principle bring about?第4页，共18页A.An approachable and stable character.B.A calm and self-centered personality.C.A successful and extraordinary career.D.An unusual and emotional sensitivity.15.Why does our personality change according to the last paragraph?A.We have too much work to do.B.Dramatic life events have happened to us.C.We gradually adapt to different life situations.D.It is stressful to behave ourselves in adulthood.Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place?(1)And now researchers from BrownUniversity in Rhode Island think they know why.They found that one-half of the brainremains more awake than the other half when people are trying to sleep in a new place.The researchers said this appears a case of the brain keeping people ready for trouble in a newplace.Many people report they have a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or otherplaces outside their home.“In Japan,they say,if you change your pillow,you can*t sleep in anew place.*said Yuka Sasaki,one of the reports aulhors.The researchers measured brainwaves fbr 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory.They found during the first night the left hemisphere(半球)of the brain was more active thanthe right hemisphere.Sasaki said a lot of questions remain.(4)SoJhey dont know if the lefthemisphere keeps watch”all night.Or whether it works in shifts1 with the right hemispherelater in the night.They also do not know why the extra brain activity,at least during the firstphase of deep sleep,is always on the left hemisphere.(5)It is good to know that our brain is looking out for us,in a new place.But it may not helpwith sleep.That extra brain activity,at least according to this new research,makes it harder to getthe sleep people need to wake up well-rested in the morning.A.Lots of people do.B.Most people are unaware of it.C.The two nights were a week apart.D.They call it the first-night effect.E.For some,this research may be calming.F.Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long.G.Researchers found the extra brain activity in the left hemisphere.E16.A.AEF.FB.BG.Gc.cD.DE.17.A.AB.Bc.cD.DE.EF.FG.G18.A.AB.Bc.cD.DE.F.FG.G19.A.AB.BC.CD.DE.EF.F20.A.A B.BEF.FG.GC.CG.GD.D E.A tradition for my wife is to make holiday treats and drive around town to deliver to about 15friends.We do this over two days and )a lot of satisfaction seeing people and wishing themwell.Last night kindness had a strange(22)with timing.First,we(23)to deliver treats to our 95-year old neighbor right before she was ready to go tosleep.Next,we(24)to friends who had just finished dinner and were(25)for somethingsweet.Shortly after,with plate in hand,we(26)a neighbor and her daughter who were cominghome from a walk.Later on(27),we were then getting to a friends house as she(28)fromvisiting someone else.An eighty-five year old neighbor was on Zoom with friends talking aboutwhat Christmas meant and said that our surprise was the perfect(29).One friend was not home when we called.She was cool on the(30)when we rang to let herknow we were leaving a small(31)for her.She told us she was on her way and asked if wewould(32).She said that she could use a hug.She had just returned from the ER.Herhusband,who had been suffering(33)medical barriers,had just fallen,broken his hip andneeded surgery.She got her hugs.From a perfect dessert after a good meal to(34)for friend worried about her husband,oursweets meant a lot to many.Small things that can make a big(35).21.A.gainB.testC.paceD.bond22.A.bonusB.connectionC.extensionD.foundation23.A.got upB.made outC.started outD.called up24.A.startedB.relayedC.attendedD.delivered25.A.bubblingB.starvingC.chasingD.acquiring26.A.giftedB.fetchedC.spottedD.dismissed27.A.on averageB.by contrastC.on purposeD.by accident28.A.held upB.picked upC.pulled upD.took up29.A.mercyB.exampleC.capacityD.function30.A.phoneB.fenceC.mealD.scene31.A.diskB.mailC.treatD.dessert32.A.waitB.bookC.urgeD.withdraw33.A.violentB.temporaryC.ridiculousD.continuous34.A.rangeB.supportC.grantD.labour35.A.aptitudeB.criterionC.differenceD.platform36.Scientists in Peru have discovered the skull(颅骨)of an ancestor of modern-daywhales.The fossilized skull is believed(1)(be)about 36 million years old.Researchers第6 页，共 18页say the discovery suggests that the animal lived in an ocean once (cover)Perussouthern Ocucaje desert.The scientists reported the skull was in good condition when (dig)up last year.lt hasa series of long,pointy(4)(tooth),said Rodolfo Salas,chief of paleontology at PeruNational University of San Marcos.Scientists say the ancient mammal was a basilosaurus,which is in the cetacean(鲸目)family.The name basilosaurus means king lizard(蜥 蜴)and the animal(5)(think)to have been about 12 meters long.But it was not a reptile(1 爬行动物)although (it)long body might have moved like a large snake.Salas called the animal a marine monster that may belong(7)a new species ofbasilosaurus.uWhen it was searching for its food jt(8)(sure)did a lot of damage,*headded.Salas explained that when the ancient basilosaurus died out,its skull likely sank to thebottom of the ocean,(9)it was quickly buried and remained.Back during this age,(10)conditions for fossilization were very good in Ocucaje,Salassaid.(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)37.你所在学校近期将邀请省高校外教兼职业生涯规划师Peter先生来做讲座。假如你是高二学生李华，即将进入高三一轮复习。请你给Mr Peter写封信，介绍你本人在学习、个性等方面的长处以及你的职业愿景，并请他为你在选择大学专业方面提出一些建议。1.写作词数应为80左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Peter,I am Li Hua.Looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua38.When my boys were younger,going out with them was difficult.My heart sank during theholiday season every time I looked at the long line of kids waiting to meet Santa.This wasnot an activity our family could enjoy.The noise and crowds caused sensory（感官的）overload for my five-year-old son Noah,an autistic（患自闭症的）child.I also had ayounger son,Henry,who needed an extra hand.Waiting in line was hardly possible.I always hoped for the best but planned for the worst when I took the boys out of thehouse,but I knew that attempting to get a picture with Santa wasnt worth the risk.If we hadattempted to stand in line for even a few minutes,!would have been chasing Noah,andHenry would have experienced an emotional breakdown.lt was easier to stay at home.On the afternoon of Christmas Eve a year ago,the phone rang.The voice on the other endof the line said,If youre at home
