辽宁省阜新市第二高级中学2021-2022学年高二上学期第一阶段考试英语试卷Word版含答案.docx

辽宁省阜新市第二高级中学2021-2022学年高二上学期第一阶段考试英语试卷第一部分：阅读理解第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWhether it is for a special festival, to express thanks or to just let someone know that you care about them, giving gifts is a common custom. The purpose of giving gifts may be similar, but the tradition varies from country to country. A gift of respect in one place may be considered rude in another. Take a look at three unique gift-giving traditions.IndiaIf you're invited to someone's home in India, you should bring a small gift, whether it's a box of chocolates or some flowers. Gifts shouldn't be wrapped （包裹）in black or white colors,because they are considered unlucky. Instead,use bright colors such as green,red or yellow. When giving money for any occasion,it should have an odd number （奇数）value. That's believed to bring good luck. Instead of receiving a gift with both hands,Indians generally only use their right hand because left hands are considered unclean.JapanFor most Japanese,the ritual （礼节）of giving presents is more important than the gifts themselves. The correct way is to present or receive gifts with both hands. Every gift should be wrapped. That*s because uncovered gifts are considered disrespectful. To show politeness and thanks,those who are receiving the gift may turn it down once or twice before finally accepting it. Gifts should be given in pairs,but four should be avoided just like in China. Lucky numbers also include eight. Eight is said to bring prosperity.Native AmericaWhile it may be common for guests to prepare gifts for hosts,this is different in Native American communities. From weddings to birthday celebrations,guests are the ones who receive gifts. Gifts are usually homemade arts and crafts that are made by hand to show love, respect and appreciation. 1. What kind of gift would you bring to an Indian home? A. Some chocolates in a green box.B. Flowers wrapped in black paper.C. Sixty dollars in a yellow envelope.D. Seventy-five rupees wrapped in white paper.2. Why don't Japanese accept a gift at once ? A. To get another better gift.C. To refuse one's kindness.B. To be more polite and thankful.D. To be more outgoing and active.3. What is the purpose of the text? A. To list some attractive festivals.B. To compare some countries.C. To recommend some formal gifts.D. To introduce some gift-giving traditions.BTo stay healthy and fit, Chinese students do group exercises every day at school. Most of you probably do the same set of exercises. But some school exercises have grown popular online due to their local and innovative （创新的） designs. Let's check one of them out!Singing in Sichuan dialects with energetic movements and unique mask-changing is not just a Sichuan Opera performance. It's the routine exercise for students of Mianyang Foreign Languages Experimental School in Sichuan province.“Sichuan Opera is a local opera,and it is now facing a gap in inheritance （传承）.Therefore, we cooperated with Mianyang Intangible Cultural Heritage Center to create a simple and easy-to-leam Sichuan Opera exercise," said Shen Junhua, who is in charge of organizing the schoofs exercise between classes.According to Shen,this new type of exercise has been practiced since 2017 and has been popular among students. When students enroll （入学），they will spend several weeks practicing it. At present,almost all of the students and teachers have mastered it."In fact, we had hardly heard of Sichuan Opera before teachers taught us how to do the Sichuan Opera exercise/ said Li Yangwen,14, an eighth grade student who also joined the school's Sichuan Opera club out of interest. nIt*s very different from normal exercises. After practicing it,we found it very beautiful and became interested in it. Now, almost all of the students look forward to our daily exercise time and feel excited to do it.”“By combining opera with daily exercise,the daily class activity allows students to perceive and understand Sichuan Opera's culture*', Shen said. After years of continuous effort to spread the seeds of traditional culture, the younger generation will finally cetch on.4. Creating this new kind of exercise, the school aims to.A. teach students new skillsB. set up a Sichuan Opera clubC. inherit the traditional cultureD. make the school exercise more interesting5. What can we learn from the text? A. Students must appreciate Sichuan Opera after they enroll.B. Students can master Sichuan Opera by doing the new exercise.C. Students will be good at the Sichuan Opera exercise in several days.D. Students have loved their daily exercise time because of the new exercise.6. What do the underlined words "catch on" in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Grow.B. Perform.C. Understand. D. Revise.7. What could be the best title for the text? A. A New Type of OperaB. A Culture Combined ExerciseC. The Development of OperaD. The Influence of Sichuan OperaCA gunman killed two members of a television news crew in the United States earlier this week.Their TV station broadcast the shooting “live” in real time.The shooting shocked many Americans and people around the world.One US teenager wants to help prevent such attacks.Kai Kloepfer lives in Boulder, Colorado.He has a talent for technology.He has been teaching himself engineering skills since he was a child.Hearing of so many gun attacks, he decided to use his skills to help prevent mass shootings.The young man's goal was to make a gun that would not work in the hands of a killer.But he knew it would be impossible for him to stop dangerous people from buying guns.So he changed direction.He decided to create a gun designed to prevent accidental shootings.The gun Kai Kloepfer designed only works when unlocked by the fingerprint of the owner, and not by anyone else.The gun only recognizes the touch of its owner.It took the teenager seven months and over 1,500 hours to create a plastic model of his smart gun”. He entered his fingerprint handgun in a local science fair and won.His award included a financial prize.He received$50,000.The money is to support improvement in gun safety.Kai Kloepfer is now 18 years old.He has been using the grant money to improve the technology.He says the weapon he designed doesn't change the function of a firearm at all.lt just makes it safer.He is now working to add the fingerprint lock technology to a real gun.He says he expects to one day see his “smart gun“ for sale next to other firearms.The young man plans to spend the next year improving his fingerprint handgun.Then he will start college at one of the world? s top universitiesthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 8. Why does Kai Kloepfer try to invent the gun?A. To prevent people from buying guns.B. To protect people's lives.C. To limit functions of a gun.D. To reduce power of a gun.9. The gun created by Kai Kloepfer is controlled by the owner's fingerprint to.A. keep it convenient to useB make it safe to carry aroundC protect its owner from harmD. avoid being used by others10. How is the progress of Kai Kloepfer's gun invention?A. It is being shown in a fair.B. It is under further research.C It will soon come into the market.D. It needs designing once again.11. Whats Kai Kloepfer *s wish for his fingerprint gun?A. It will bring enough money for him.B It will replace traditional guns.C. It can be sold on the market.D. It can help forbid the use of guns.DThe term uliberal bubble”（自 由泡沫）suggests that people usually surround themselves with those who hold similar opinions to them.Think about your own social media platforms（社交媒体 平台）一who your Facebook friends are, and who you follow on Instagram and Twitter.You probably share a lot of opinions with most, if not alb of them.However, if you're used to everyone agreeing with you all the time, it becomes difficult to have a good conversation with someone who disagrees.The world is full of experiences, realities, and history.lt would be naive（幼稚的）to believe that only your views are correct.We should always make space fbr the possibility that someone who looks different might have something valuable to offer the world.Carefully listening and being curious about different perspectives, in most cases, can help build bridges instead of walls.We all benefit when we listen carefully一even if we finally conclude that we disagree.The world we live in is increasingly divided, especially on social media, which means that for most, the only opinions we hear are ones that agree with our own thoughts.So how can we have productive discussions with people who think differently than us? First, follow people who don't look like you on social media.Follow people with different skills.Follow people of many different nationalities.Just reading their day-to-day thoughts, in addition to seeing their bigger moments, will help you learn about worlds you didn't even know.Itll help you understand where people are coming from when they do or say something you might push back on at the beginning.As far as having productive discussions, don't try to win others over to your side.Just listen to each other.Respect your differences.Another way is to join a club or organization where many people have different views and are willing to debate with love.12. What are people very likely to do when communicating on the Internet?A. Ignore views that disagree with theirs.B Fall into the trap of poor conflicting opinions.C. Follow various friends on different platforms.D. Share their opinions with people who disagree.13. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?A. How to make sure your views are correct.B The reasons why people have different views.C The importance of being exposed to different views.D. How to communicate with people who disagree.14. What does a productive discussion mean according to the text?A. The two sides always reach an agreement.B , The other finally agrees with your thoughts.C. You discuss with people who are wiser than you.D. You get valuable information during the discussion.15. What does the text suggest people do about having productive discussions?A. Keep away from social media.B - Get involved in others' daily lives.C. Avoid expressing your own opinions.D. Realize why people behave in a certain way.第二节：七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Four habits to help you succeedWe all want to succeed, whether it is in losing weight or learning the guitar. For those who have tried and failed, success seems difficult to understand.16Know your values.Finding your values is in line with creating motivation.17 Pick a handful of things and writethem down. Remind yourself of your values every day and reflect on whether you are honoring those values through your work. Pick a goal and focus on it.Choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of achievement, while adjusting well to your values. Focus is key here.18 If you perform many tasks at a time, youmight never finish your projects because they will take far too long.Set a time for success.Set a date for success. Know when you hope to realize your goal._19 By setting a timelimit,you are making the process realistic. 20Failure cant be avoided when you take risks. By its very definition,the desire to succeed means you are risking failure. Many people tend to give up far too early. Don't fall into this trap! Remember your mindset earlier. Know it will happen. A failure is only you working out the details,and learning what works and what doesn't. Use failure. Treat it as a good thing, and go on.A. Make the right decision.B. Don't give up because of failure.C. Sit and reflect on what you value most.D. Keep it realistic, while not giving you too much time.E. Push yourself to be courageous, and take the next step.F. I have made a list of four habits to help you set goals and realize them.G. The more focused you are on one goal, the higher chance you have of success.第二部分：语言运用第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)I like making up stories. Here is a story 21 by myself.There was once a turtle named Lucky. He was a (n)22 turtle, just like any other turtles.He loved to relax under a tree with his friend Koya. Koya was a big frog who dreamed of23 a turtle. When Koya was not 24, Lucky would stay in the warm sandand 25 in it.One day, as Lucky was asleep, he dreamt of 26 the land of spells(咒语).There hefound a turtle tree 27 turtles could climb up freely. On top of the tree, he 28 an animalwith large ears and big eyes. That animal 29 getting down the tree, so Lucky helped him getdown the tree. In order to 30 him, that animal gave Lucky a spell. He could use the spell toturn 31 into anything he wanted or put the spell on someone else.32, Lucky couldonly use it once.When Lucky woke up, he could still remember the spell, so he was full of 33.Hewanted to become a human being. But he didn't use the spell on himself. He saw his friend Koya.Then he 34 what he should do.He went to Koya and asked if he really wanted tobecome a turtle. Koya said.1'35“Now I can make your 36 come true at once. I have a(n)37 spell/* said Lucky.Koya was very happy to hear that.Lucky used the spell and to their 38. Koya was really turned into a turtle. Both of themwere 39 delighted.The two friends went into the sea. They lived a40_life there ever after.21.A.readB. writtenC.likedD. heard22.A.specialB.commonC.youngD.ugly23.A.becomingB.buyingC.marrying.following24.A.awayB.inC.aroundD.over25.A.sleepB.swimC.walkD.play26.A.holdingB.creatingC.protectingD.entering27.A.whenB.whichC.whoD.because28.A.pulledB.sawC.fedD.helped29.A.looked back onB.got used toC.had difficulty inD.was interested in30.A.findB. thankC.rememberD.pay31.A.someoneB.anyoneC.himselfD.itself32.A.SoB.StillC.AlsoD.However33.A.encouragementB. worryC.excitementD. anger34.A.knewB.expectedC.believedD.doubted35.A.NoB.OKC.YesD.Goodbye36.A.planB.designC.aimD.dream37.A.safeB.newC.expensiveD.wonderful38.A. interestB.prideC.joyD.disappointment39.A.suddenlyB.greatlyC. actuallyD.exactly40.A.lonelyB.busyC.happyD.magical第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)：One of the best things about a photographer is that you can observe animals in their 41(nature) environment. I really enjoy working outside in the wild. I like to take photos inYellowstone National Park best. Being famous _42 the variety of its wildlife, it is probably bestknown for its bears,43 can run very fast and also swim perfectly.Last spring, after stepping out of a dark forest, I was_44 (shock) to see the breathtaking view. While I was concentrating on photographing the amazing scene,I_45 (sudden) felt I was being watched. I tur