河北省保定市望都县2021-2022学年高二下学期2月周考（十）英语试卷（Word版含答案，无听力试题）

高二英语试题
阅读 (满分41分)
第一节(共7小题；每小题4分，满分28分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
LONDON ATTRACTIONS
Buckingham PalaceBuckingham Palace is the London home of the Queen, which draws millions of tourists each year. The building was built in the 19th century around the shell of Buckingham House. The State Rooms of the palace, including the Throne Room and the Picture Gallery, are only open to the public in summer.Tel: (020) 7321 2233Opening Hours: 09：30－16：156 Aug.－3 Oct. only.Prices: Adult：￡4.90；Children：￡2.20. Family：￡13(2 adults＋up to 3 children)． The London AquariumThe London Aquarium opened in 1997 and is one of Europe's largest displays of aquatic life and home to over 400 species in over 50 displays, from sharks and clown fish, to moray eels, lionfish and sideways walking crabs, displayed in over 2 million litres of water. The London Aquarium is divided into 14 different zones. Each zone represents the different types of seas and waters in the world, from freshwater streams to tropical rainforests.Tel: (020) 7967 8000Opening Times: LondonAquarium is open every day except Christmas Day.Prices: Adults：￡13.25；Children 3－14: ￡9.75；Children under 3: FREE.
London ZooLondon Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. Founded in 1828 as a zoology collection for the scientific observation of animals, it was not open to the public until 1847. There are over 550 different species housed at London Zoo. Tel: (020) 7722 3333Opening Times: London Zoo is open every day except Christmas Day.Prices：Adults: ￡14.50；Children：3－15: ￡11.00；Children under 3: FREE. Tower Bridge　 Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894, which is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London. At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy views from the high level walkways and learn about the history of the Bridge and how it was built. Tel：(020) 7403 3761Open Daily：April－September：10：00－18：30；October－March：09：30－18：00.Prices：￡6 Adults, ￡3 Children, Students & Seniors ￡4.50.
　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
1．The admission for a family of two children and their parents to visit Buckingham Palace is ________.
A．￡13 B．￡14.20
C．￡9.80 D．￡16.40
2．If a child is interested in the animals living under the sea, he can call ________ for tour information.
A．(020) 7321 2233 B．(020) 7722 3333
C．(020) 7967 8000 D．(020) 7403 3761
3．You can enjoy the scene of the River Thames from above by visiting ________.
A．Buckingham Palace B．London Zoo
C．The London Aquarium D．Tower Bridge
B
Pacing and Pausing
Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.
Conversation is a turn taking game. When our habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.
It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.
The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定势). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in—and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.
That's why slight differences in conversational style—tiny little things like microseconds of pause—can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems—even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.
4．What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her
A．Betty was talkative. B．Betty was an interrupter.
C．Betty did not take her turn. D．Betty paid no attention to Sara.
5．According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns
A．Americans. B．Israelis.
C．The British. D．The Finns.
6．We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing
B．women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US
C．one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes
D．one should receive training to build up one's confidence
7．The underlined word “assertiveness” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A．being willing to speak one's mind
B．being able to increase one's power
C．being ready to make one's own judgment
D．being quick to express one's ideas confidently
第二节(共5小题；每小题5分，满分25分)
阅读下面短文，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。
In Europe, men usually do not wear skirts. However, the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt called kilt. The Scottish people like to be different. They are also proud of their country and its history, and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. __8__
However, kilts are not really so old. Before 1703, Scottish men wore long shirts and blankets around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories. So, in 1703 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt. __9__
Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts. One reason for this was national feelings: the Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from
the English soldiers. The British Army probably had a different reason: a Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find! The kilt was part of the fame. __10__
These kilts had colorful stripes (条纹) going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the colors of the stripes had no special meaning. Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors. But later the colors became important to the Scottish families. By about 1850, most families had special colors for their kilts. __11__ In fact, each family just chose the color they liked best.
However, most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish families. _12_
A．That's how the first kilt was made.
B．Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
C．Colors were not specially designed in the first kilts.
D．In the early 1800s men all around Scotland began to wear kilts.
E．It was hard to tell the Scottish soldiers from the English soldiers.
F．That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional dances and on national holidays.
G．Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history.
读后续写 (满分47分)
I was responding to a call from a small brick flat(用砖做的公寓) in a quiet part of town. I assumed I was being sent to pick up some party-goers，or someone who had just had a fight with a lover，or a worker heading to an early shift at some factory for the industrial part of town.
When I arrived at 2：30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under such circumstances, many drivers just honk(按喇叭) once or twice，wait a minute，then drive away. But I had seen too many weak people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation.
Unless a situation smelled of danger，I always went to the door.
This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance，I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute，” answered a frail，elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause，the door opened. A small woman in her 80s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat，like somebody out of a 1940s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase.
The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no equipment on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.
“Would you carry my bag out to the car？” she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm, and we walked slowly toward the cab.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It's nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
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参考答案
A篇
篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了到伦敦旅游时，可以游览的几处景点及旅游时的一些相关信息。
答案：A　细节理解题。根据Buckingham Palace中的描述“Prices: ... Family：￡13 (2 adults＋up to 3 children)．”可知这一家人可以使用家庭票，即最多￡13。
答案：C　细节理解题。根据文章对The London Aquarium的描述可知，在伦敦水族馆，游客可以看到很多海洋动物，因此拨打电话(020) 7967 8000可以了解更多到此处的旅游信息。
答案：D　细节理解题。根据原文对Tower Bridge的描述“At the Tower Bridge Exhibition you can enjoy views from the high level walkways and learn about the history of the Bridge and how it was built.” 可知，在伦敦塔桥可以从高处饱览泰晤士河秀丽景色。
B篇
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了不同国家语言交谈的文化差异。
答案：C　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk.”可知，Sara认为Betty不接她的话。故答案为C。
答案：B　推理判断题。根据第三段中的“... Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. ... And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.” 可知，Sara期望对话停顿短些，而Sara却发现在拉丁美洲人和以色列人之间插话很难找到时间。这说明他们之间的说话停顿更短。故答案为B。
答案：C　推理判断题。根据第四段列举的一位女士的例子，我们可以看到：她在自己的家乡美国西南部被认为是外向的、自信的，但在工作的东部城市却被认为害羞的、不爱与人交往的。由此可推断出：有时一个人被认为交流能力有问题是由文化因素决定的。故答案为C。
答案：D　词义猜测题。从这位女士的例子中，我们看到，在交流中停顿时间很长对她的生活有很大的影响。故后面应该是相反的，“能够快速自信地交流”。故答案为D。
七选五
篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了苏格兰褶裥短裙的来历和发展以及苏格兰人赋予苏格兰褶裥短裙的民族情感。
8．F　上一句提到苏格兰人为自己的国家及其历史感到自豪，他们认为苏格兰褶裥短裙也是他们历史的一部分。正是基于以上原因，苏格兰男人在传统舞蹈中和全国性假日仍旧穿他们特有的褶裥短裙。故选F项。
9．A　第二段介绍了苏格兰褶裥短裙是如何诞生的。该空为本段的最后一句，故用A项(第一条苏格兰褶裥短裙就是那样做成的)进行总结。
10．D　本空承接上一句：苏格兰褶裥短裙是荣誉的一部分，因此19世纪初苏格兰的男士都开始穿这种短裙。
11．G　第四段主要介绍了苏格兰褶裥短裙颜色的演变史。正是因为苏格兰人认为短裙的颜色是家族历史的一部分，所以大部分家族的短裙才会有自己独特的颜色。
12．B　通过上文的介绍可知，在1703年之前苏格兰人不穿短裙，但上一句提到苏格兰人认为苏格兰褶裥短裙的历史与自己国家的历史一样悠久，因此作者感慨有时候情感比事实更强大。