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1、创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日2021202120212021 学年上期期末联考学年上期期末联考 创创 作作历恰面历恰面人人：日日 期期：二二 零零 二二二二 年年 1 1 月月 1 1 日日高二英语试题高二英语试题本套试卷分试题卷和答题卷两局部，试题卷一共本套试卷分试题卷和答题卷两局部，试题卷一共 8 8 页，答题卷一共页，答题卷一共 2 2 页。请按要求把页。请按要求把答案涂、写在答题卡规定的范围内，超出答题框或者答在试题卷上之答案无效。满分是答案涂、写在答题卡规定的范围内，超出答题框或者答在试题卷上之答案无效。满分是120120分，考试时间是是分，考试时间是是

2、100100 分钟。在考试完毕之后只收答题卡。分钟。在考试完毕之后只收答题卡。第一卷选择题；一共第一卷选择题；一共 7070 分分第一局部第一局部听力听力略第二局部第二局部阅读理解阅读理解一共两节，满分是40 分第一节第一节一共 15 小题；每一小题 2 分，满分是 30 分阅读以下短文，从每一小题所给的四个选项A、B、C 和 D中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A A Benjamin West,the father of American painting,showed his talent for art whenhe was only six years of age.But

3、 he did not know about brushes before a visitortold him he needed one.In those day s,a brush was made from camels hair.Therewere no camels nearby.Benjamin decided that cats hair would work instead.He cutsome fur from the family cat to make a brush.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月

4、 1 日The brush did not last long.Soon Benjamin needed more fur.Before long,thecat began to look ragged(蓬乱).His father said that the cat must be sick.Benjaminwas forced to admit what he had been doing.The cats lot was about to improve.That year,one of Benjamins cousins,Mr.Pennington,came to visit.He w

5、as impressed with Benjamins drawings.When he wenthome,he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes.He also sent six engravings(版画)by an artist.These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushesBenjamin had ever seen.In 1747,when Benjamin was nine years old,Mr.Penningtonreturned for a

6、nother visit.He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift.He asked Benjamins parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.In the city,Mr.Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings.The boy began a landscape(风景)painting.Wiliams,a well-known painter,came tose

7、e him work.Wiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic bookson painting to take home.The books were long and dull.Benjamin could read onlya little,having been a poor student.But he later said,“Those two books were mycompanions by day,and under my pillow at night.While it is likely t

8、hat heunderstood very little of the books,they were his introduction to classicalpaintings.The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.21.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.BenjaminsvisittoPhiladelphia.B.WilliamsinfluenceonBenjamin.C.ThebeginningofBenjaminslifeasanartist.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二

9、 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日D.ThefriendshipbetweenBenjaminandPennington.22.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggest?A.The cat would be closely watched.care.C.Benjamin would leave his home shortly.D.Benjaminwouldhaverealbrushes soon.23.What did Pennington do to help Benjamin

10、 develop his talent?A.He took him to see painting exhibitions.B.He provided him with painting materials.C.He sent him to a school in Philadelphia.D.He taught him how to make engravings.24.Williams two books helped Benjamin to _.A.master the use of paintsB BWhen Steve Jobs was born on February 24,195

11、5,in San Francisco,California,his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl.Soin the middle of the night,his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said,“We have an unexpected baby boy;do you want him?But his mother told his futureparents to promise that they wou

12、ld send Jobs to college.After Steve Jobs graduatedfrom high school,he went to college but decided to drop out because it was soexpensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends rooms.B.appreciate landscape paintingsD.make up his mind to be a painterB.The cat would get some medicalC.get to k

13、now other painters创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日 At 20,he and a friend(Steve Wozniak)started a company in a garage on April1,1976.Jobs named their company-Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spentat an orchard(果园)in Oregon.After 10 years of hard time and failures,start

14、ing from two kids workingin a garage,Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000employees.At 30,Jobs,however,was fired from the company he co-founded.But afterhe had to leave the company,Apple was under heavy pressure from rival(对手)Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollar

15、s in losses.Apple needed Steve Jobsand he was appointed asApples CEO in 1997.Under his leadership,Apple returnedto profitability and introduced new products such as the iPod,the iPhone and theiPad.Steve Jobs once said,“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick,Dont lose faith.Im convinced tha

16、t the only thing that kept me going was thatI loved what I did.Youve got to find what you love.If you havent found it yet,keep looking.25.Steve Jobs didnt finish his college education because he_.A.wanted to start a company.B.had financial problems.D.hated to share rooms with C.took no interest in h

17、is major.his friends.26.It can be inferred that Apple _.A.was founded in OregonB.developed from a garage创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日 C.had a difficult beginningD.had a successful beginning27.What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?A.Interest is the key to success.C.At

18、titude is everything.B.Hope helps us succeed.D.Courage goes with confidence.C In ancient Egypt,a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customersto his shop simply by making changes to its environment.Modern businesses have beenfollowing his lead,with more tactics(策略).One tactic involves where

19、to display the goods.Foe example,stores place fruitsand vegetables in the first section.They know that customers who buy the healthyfood first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food later in their trip.In department stores,the women s shoe section is generally next to the womenscosmeti

20、cs(化装品)section：while the shop assistant is going back to find the rightsize shoe,bored customers are likely to wander over and find some cosmetics theymight want to try later.Besides,businesses seek to appea l to customers senses.Stores notice thatthe smell of baked goods encourages shopping,so they

21、 make their own bread eachmorning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day.Music sellsgoods,too.Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played,salesof French wine went up.When it comes to the selling of houses,businesses also use highly rewardingtactics.They fin

22、d that customers make decisions in the first few seconds upon创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日walking in the door,and turn it into a business opportunity.A California builderdesigned the structure of its houses smartly.When entering the house,the customerwould see the Pacific

23、Ocean through the windows,and then the pool through an openstairway leading to the lower level.The instant view of water on both levels helpedsell these$10 million houses.28.Why do stores usually display fruits and vegetables in the first section?A.To save customers time.foods.C.To help sell junk fo

24、od.prices.29.According to Paragraph 3,which of the following encourages customers to buy?A.Opening the store early in the morning.B.Displaying British wines next to French ones.C.Inviting customers to play music.D.Filling the store with the smell of fresh bread.30.What is the California builders sto

25、ry intended to prove?A.The house structure is a key factor customers consider.B.The more costly the house is,the better it sells.C.An ocean view is much to the customers taste.D.A good first impression increases sales.31.What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To explain how businesses turn people

26、 into their customers.D.TosellthematdiscountB.To show they are high quality创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日B.To introduces how businesses have grown from the past.C.To report researches on customer behavior.D.To show dishonest business practices.D DGrown-ups are often surpris

27、ed by how well they remember something they learnedas children but have never practiced ever since.A man who has not had a chance togo swimming for years can still swim aswell as ever when he gets back in the water.He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away.He can play catch andhit

28、 a ball as well as his son.A mother who has not thought about the words foryearscan teach her daughter the poem that begins“Twinkle,twinkle,little star orremember the story ofCinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.One explanation is thelaw of overlearning,which can be stated as follows:Once we

29、 have learned something,additional(额外的)learning trials increase thelength of time we will remember it.In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming,bicycle riding,and playingbaseball long after we have learned them.We continueto listen to and remind ourselves of words such as“

30、Twinkle,twinkle,little starand childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks.We not only learn butoverlearn.The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception(例外)to thegeneral rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school,becausetheyare another of the things we overlearn in

31、childhood.创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日 The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination,though it may result in a passing grade,is not a satisfactory way to learn a collegecourse.By cramming,a student may learn thesubject well enough to get by on thee

32、xamination,but he is likely soon to forget almost everything helearned.A littleoverlearning,ontheotherhand,isreallynecessaryforonesfuturedevelopment.32.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A.People remember well what they learned in childhood.B.Children have a better memory than grown-ups.C.Poem rea

33、ding is a good way to learn words.D.Stories for children are easy to remember.33.The author explains the law of overlearning by _.A.presenting research findingsB.setting down general rules C.making a comparisonD.using examples34.According to the author,being able to use multiplication tables is_.A.a

34、 result of overlearningB.a special case of crammingD.abasicsteptowards C.a skill to deal with math problemsadvanced studies35.What is the authors opinion on cramming?A.It leads to failure in college exams.a limited way.B.Its helpful only in创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日 C.I

35、ts possible to result in poor memory.students learning interest.第二节第二节 一共 5 小题；每一小题 2 分，满分是 10 分根据短文内容，从短文后的选项里面选出填入空白处的最正确选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项里面有两项为多余选项。36I say this a lot because its important:you need to walk more.Thereare a few main reasons why Im so fond of walking,also known as moving frequentlyat

36、 a slow pace.37Walking might not be as effective as other forms of exercise,but frequentwalking will help anyone with two functioning legs that allow movement who wouldotherwise meld into the couch lose some body fat.Its good for your brain.Its good for your brain.Walking does much more than work th

37、e area underneath your neck.The farther anolder person can walk in six minutes,the better he or she performs on memory andlogic tests.Folks who perform poorly on the walking test tend to have reduced greymatter volume in certain sections of their brains.It reduces stress.It reduces stress.38Go for a

38、 walk,preferably in a natural setting.For me,its the beachof the Malibu hills.For others,it might be the woods or even a park.It prevents falls in the elderly.It prevents falls in the elderly.D.Itincreases创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日Walking on uneven,natural ground like h

39、iking trails，improves balance andreduces falls in the elderly.39 The earlier you start habitually walking,thebetter your ability to navigate the land without falling will be.It gives you a chance to think.It gives you a chance to think.When we walk,we think.And because walking is a low-difficulty ef

40、fort,we candirect our executive functioning to more internal matters.We work through problems,comeupwithideas,replayconversations,scheme,anddiscoversolutions.40A.It modestly reduces body fat.B.It lowers blood pressure,especially after meals.C.Dont wait until youre already at risk of falling,though.D

41、.What do I do when I need to get away from a particularly stressful day?E.Try to keep the walkas close to themeal as possible to aid in weight loss.F.Even though some of you may be tired of me saying this,it needs saying.G.Or maybe we just think about that funny dog we saw on the way to work theothe

42、r day.第三局部第三局部英语知识运用英语知识运用一共两节，满分是 45 分第一节第一节完形填空完形填空一共 20 小题；每一小题 1.5 分，满分是 30 分阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C 和 D中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder.However,创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日life can be41 when you are no

43、t busy finding fault with it.Several years ago I42a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry,whodescribed herself as a world-class fault-finder,almost always 43 by things.People were always doing things that annoyed her,and 44 was ever good enough.She was highly self-critical and also found fault with h

44、er friends.She became areally 45 person.Unfortunately,it took a horrible accident to change her 46 .Her best friendwas seriously hurt in a car crash.What made it almost 47 to deal with was thatthe day before the 48 ,Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole timecriticizing her49 of boyfri

45、ends,the way she was living,the way she relatedto her mother,and various other things she felt she needed to 50 .It wasntuntil her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 51 her habit of finding fault.Very quickly,she learned to appreciate life rather than to 52 everything soharshly(刻薄).She was able

46、 to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 53as well.Perhaps most of us arent as extreme at fault-finding,54when werehonest,we can be sharply 55of the world.Im not suggesting you 56problems,or thatyou pretend things are 57 than theyare,but simply that youlearn to allow things to be as they ar

47、e 58 most of the time,and especiallywhen its not a really big 59 .Train yourself to“bite your tongue,and with a little 60,youll getreally good at letting things go.And when you do,youll get back your enthusiasm创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日and love for life.41.A.lonelyB.gre

48、at42.A.receivedB.answeredC.quietD.uneasyC.expectedC.botheredD.rejectedD.spoiledD.nothing43.A.threatenedB.interrupted44.A.anythingB.everythingC.something45.A.caringB.boringC.interesting46.A.attitudeexplanation47.A.urgentB.unnecessaryC.certain48.A.occasionB.event C.accident49.A.memory50.A.hearadmit51.

49、A.aware ofabout52.A.discuss53.A.familyeducation54.A.so55.A.proud56.A.face57.A.rarerB.orB.sureC.butB.realizeB.lifeC.judgeC.careerB.afraid ofB.notice C.evidenceB.contributeB.planD.surprisingC.measure D.D.impossibleD.adventureD.choiceD.C.expressC.curious aboutD.confusedD.settleD.D.forD.criticalD.ignore

50、D.worseC.hopefulB.createB.betterC.solveC.stranger创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日创 作人：历恰面日 期：二 零 二二 年 1 月 1 日58.A.at leastfar59.A.task60.A.practiceB.dealC.resultC.restD.dutyD.pityB.at lastC.by farD.soB.speech第二卷非选择题；一共第二卷非选择题；一共 5050 分分注意注意:将答案写在答题卡上。写在套本套试卷上无效。将答案写在答题卡上。写在套本套试卷上无效。第三局部第三局部 英语知识运用英语知识运用