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广东省揭阳市
2019-2022学年高二下学期英语期末试卷汇编
阅读理解
广东省揭阳市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5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
Make the most of the pleasant weather and enjoy the best walk of the year with friends and family. Use your 2 for I Entry in some of our favorite landscape gardens for a memorable day out.
Painswick Rococo Garden
Find beauty and quietness at the UK’s only complete surviving Rococo Garden. Discover fanciful garden flowers, woodland walks, and beautifully framed （镶框） views across the valley. Dogs on short leads are permitted and the shop offers a range of seasonal and local produce.
Book at rococogarden.org.uk.
Open: closed 1-25 March, open 26-31 March, 10 am-4 pm, last entry 2: 30 pm.
Nymans Garden
Walk down Spring Walk packed with seasonal flowers and pleasant smells, and enjoy the hedge （树篱） topped with frost. Routes include those with plenty of level paths lo follow around the garden. Dogs are welcome every day from 1: 30 pm, with a festive treat provided.
Book at nationalinust.org.uk/nymans.
Open: daily except 24-25 March, 10 am-4 pm.
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Even in early spring, there are typically over 200 varieties of plants to be seen flowering as you explore the 27 acres. Enjoy access to the coastal path and routes accessible for wheelchairs, and then warm up with coffee milk in the cafe afterwards.
Book at botanic. co.uk.
Open: daily except 25 March, 9 am-4 pm.
Gibside Garden
Enjoy walking paths at this Georgian landscape garden, featuring plenty of wildlife. Follow the winding river and turning valley for fantastic views. Warm up with hot chocolate and delicious biscuits in the second-hand bookshop.
Book at nationalinust.org.uk/gibside.
Open: daily except 24-25 March, 10 am-4 pm.
21. What do Painswick Rococo Garden and Nymans Garden have in common
A. Valley views. B. Frosty flowers.
C. Seasonal produce. D. Pet permission.
22. Which garden favors people with walking disability
A. Painswick Rococo Garden. B. Nymans Garden
C. Ventnor Botanic Garden. D. Gibside Garden.
23. Where can the passage be found
A. In a research paper.
B. In a travel brochure.
C. In a science magazine.
D. In a geography textbook.
B
The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as il happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked lo sing: she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. I couldn't dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre-not just children's theatre, but adult comedies and dramas-and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humour, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis's Archy and Mehitabel through her.
Most importantly, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a "youth columnist". My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities- and it did-bat it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that caried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.
Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her "favourte niece". Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted （多方面的）image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.
24. Which of the following did Aunt Myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth
A. She lent her some serious classics.
B. She cultivated her taste for music.
C. She discovered her talent for dancing.
D. She introduced her to adult plays.
25. What does Archy and Mehitabel in Paragraph 3 probably refer to
A. A book of great fun.
B. A writer of high fame.
C. A serious masterpiece.
D. A heartbreaking play.
26. Aunt Myrtle recommended the author to a newspaper editor mainly to ___.
A. develop her capabilities for writing
B. give her a chance to collect material
C. involve her in teenage social activities
D. offer her a series of writing jobs
27. We can conclude from the passage that Aunt Myrtle was a teacher who ___.
A. trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplined
B. gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potential
C. emphasized what was practical or possible for pupils
D. helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning
C
Teenagers who check social media for several hours a day are at the risk of developing ADHD （多动症）, a study has concluded.
The research team, from the University of Southern Caledonia, tracked 2, 600 teenagers aged 15 and 16. They asked them how many times they checked their phones and other digital devices for various reasons and then monitored them for symptoms of ADHD. After two years, those who had checked their phones the most often were twice as likely as those who checked the least often to show signs of ADIID.
Writing in the JAMA medical journal, the scientists said, "Modem media devices immediately inform users when new text messages. social media postings, or video game playing invitations arrive. Exposure to such information may draw attention away from important tasks. Frequent distraction could interrupt the development of constant attention and organization skills. "
They believe constant access to instant entertainment also has an impact. Researcher Professor Adam Leventhal said all previous research had focused on the link between ADIID and televisions. "What's new is that previous studies on this topic were done many years ago. when social media. mobile phones, tablets and mobile apps didn't exist. We can say with confidence that teens who are exposed to higher levels of digital media are significantly more likely to develop ADHD symptoms in the future, "he said.
Leventhal believes the findings help fill a gap in understanding how new mobile media devices and seemingly limitless content pose a mental health risk for children. And the findings serve as a warning.
British scientists welcomed the findings. But Professor Andy Przybylski of the Oxford Internet Institute said, "The study relies on survey responses provided by the students in question. li is not clear if teachers or parents would rale the children similarly or if the self-reported measure of digital screen use is related with either actual behavior or higher quality survey items. "
28. How did the researchers conduct the study
A. By monitoring2, 600 teenagers with ADIID.
B. By tracking the participants for two years.
C. By analyzing data from previous research online.
D. By controlling different teens' time spent on social media.
29. What does Leventhal think of the exposure to higher levels of digital media
A. It will cause diverse ADHD symptoms
B. It will create higher ADHD risks.
C. It will weaken teenagers' confidence.
D. It will have a major influence on organization skills.
30. What does Professor Andy Przybylski think of the study
A. It provides a better understanding of the media.
B. It should have focused on parents' responses.
C. Its findings are not reliable enough.
D. It's a breakthrough in this field.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The Use of Digital Melia Is on the Rise
B. Teens Are Increasingly Exposed to ADHD
C. Heavy Use of Social Media May Increase ADHD Risks
D. Teens' Exposure to Modern Media Calle More Attention
D
More than half a trillion dollars. That's the estimated value of all the stuff that U. S. shoppers bought last year only to return it-more than the economy of Israel or Austria. We tried new brands with unfamiliar sizes after seeing them on TikTok. We overbought for the holidays, and we shopped overly online, where returns are between two and five times more likely than that from stores.
Where does it all go Take the blanket I bought on holiday sale for example. I opened the package, only ta discover it was just too small for my new sofa. So I returned it. Sorry, blanket! What will happen to it
"Your blanket is very likely to be in a landfill, "nays Hitendra Chaturvedi, a supply chain management professor at Arizona State University, "That in what consumers don't realize-the life of a return is a very, very sad path. ＂Value is the big threshold （门槛）：Is the product worth the cost of shipping back and paying someone to inspect, clean, repair of test Experts estimate that retails （零售商） throw away about 25e of their returns. Every year, the U．S． returns create almost 6 billion pounds of landfill waste.
Many others get resold in discount and outlet stores. Some go to sellers on websites. Some get donated to charities or recycled: "These options have increased over the past decade, allowing more and more returns to find a new home, "say Marcus Shen, chief operating officer of B-Stack, a platform where retailers can resell their returns, often to smaller stores.
As companies compete on flexible return policies, technology is also slowly playing a part: helping shoppers buy the right-size sweater or picture a new blanket inside their room. Most importantly, Shen says, shoppers themselves are getting more and more comfortable with buying stuff that's not exactly brand-new.
The idea of that is no longer scary for us, right " he say. On his holiday-returns agenda is an electric, self-heating coffee mug, that he has never opened, and he feels confident it will find a happy new buyer.
32. What is paragraph I mainly about
A. The challenge facing the American economy.
B. The urgency to cut down on online shopping
C. The returning problem caused by overbuying online.
D. The cost of finding new homes for returned goods.
33. Why do some returns end up in landfills
A. It's required by the return policies.
B. li saves retailers 6 billion pounds a year.
C. It's impossible to put returns to other uses.
D. It's more economically efficient for retailers.
34. How does technology contribute to less returning
A. By helping shoppers make better decisions.
B. By restoring the newness in returned goods.
C. By improving the return policy-making process.
D. By drawing pictures of the goods for the shoppers.
35. Which of the following examples indicates a desirable end-result for returns
A. TikTok items. B. The coffee mug.
C. The blanket. D. A right-size sweater.
广东省揭阳市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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
Non-Credit Courses
The Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses. Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our college's leading experts and will receive written feedback(反馈)on their work at the end of the course. Pre-College students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.
All non-credit courses meet from 9: 00 a. m-11:30 a. m. daily and may have additional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.
COURSE: Case Studies in Neuroscience
●June 11-July 2
●Leah Roesch
Using student-centered, active-learning methods and real-world examples, this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.
COURSE: Psychology of Creativity
●June 15-June 28
●Marshall Duke
Why are certain people so creative Is it genetic(遗传的), or a result of childhood experience Are they different from everyone else This popular psychology course highlights the different
theories of creativity. COURSE: Creative Storytelling
●June 21-July 3
●Edith Freni
This college-level course in creative storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing, such as short fiction and playwriting.
COURSE: Sports Economics
●July 19-August 1
●Christina DePasquale
In this course we will analyze many interesting aspects of the sports industry: sports leagues, ticket pricing, salary negotiations, discrimination, and NCAA policies to name a few.
21. Who is the text intended for
A. College freshmen. B. High school students.
C. Educational experts. D. The general public.
22. Which course can you take if you are free only in June
A. Sports Economics. B. Creative Storytelling.
C. Case Studies in Neuroscience. D. Psychology of Creativity.
23. Whose course should you choose if you are interested in creative writing
A. Edith Freni's. B. Leah Roesch's.
C. Marshall Duke's. D. Christina DePasquale's.
B
Friends always ask why I, a middle-aged woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places-the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky; places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals; some places where the locals are just a few generations past headhunting.
I never know how to answer. My travel decisions assumed a new gravity nine years ago after I suffered a stroke(中风). To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, I'd have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky.
I had to think about what was important to me: family, of course, and friends. But then what No matter how many times I thought about it, no bucket list was complete without travel. Then I had to decide how I might manage the risk. I had to decide how lucky I felt.
My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After we'd toured the remains of a Tang dynasty temple on a high mountain, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan(长雪橇).
Before the stroke it would have seemed like fun. But now I hesitated. My mental klaxon(高音喇叭)screamed warnings about the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel comeback.
In the years since then, I've traveled about twenty-five percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out-no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. What's more, saying "yes" to travel keeps me connected to myself.
24. What does the underlined word "perilous" in Paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Unique. B.Dangerous. C. Historical. D. Famous.
25. What did the doctors advise the author to do
A. Do proper exercise. B. Enjoy the rest of her life.
C. Keep away from traveling. D. Spend more time with her family.
26. Why did the author mention her travel to China
A. It was her last adventure. B. She recovered her courage through it.
C. She liked the beautiful scenery in China. D. It was the most dangerous experience in her life.
27. What is the best title for the text
A. A Business Trip to China B. Unique Travel Experiences
C. Why do I Still Travel to the Wild D. How did I Overcome the Fear of Disease
C
Many of us think, wrongly, that the moon doesn't change. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu once wrote that "Generations have come and passed away; from year to year the moons look alike, old and new."
However, a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that the moon is in fact slowly shrinking over time. For the study, a group of US scientists examined and analyzed thousands of photographs taken by the NASA orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera(月球勘测轨道飞行器照相机). They found that there were lots of faults(断层)on the surface of the moon. These faults were formed by recent movement on the moon.
According to NASA, the moon is made up of pieces of rocks with a hot core. The moon continued to expand as it was born. But in this process, it released energy and cooled down. Then it began to shrink, like a grape shrinking into a raisin(葡萄干). Over the past several hundred million years, it has become 46 meters "skinnier". But due to its hard and rocky crust(外壳), the moon's surface continues to push up. "Some of these quakes can be fairly strong around five on the Richter scale(里氏震级)," said Thomas Watters, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum in the US.
But does that mean the moon is a dangerous place that human shouldn't try to explore and live on in the future "Maybe not," reported The Telegraph. "This isn't anything to worry about. The moon may be shrinking, but not by much. It's not going anywhere," Watters comforted us.
The new discovery proves that the idea that the moon is a dead, boring place is wrong. "We have been to the moon and we've done some great science, but there is still a lot we don't know. The moon is shrinking-we didn't really realize that until recently. It's a much more active and interesting place than we thought and we should explore that," NASA scientist Nathan Williams said.
28. Why does the writer quote Zhang Ruoxu's poem
A. To praise the beauty of the moon.
B. To show people's long-standing idea of the moon size.
C. To arouse people's interest in the topic.
D. To get readers familiar with the poem.
29. Which point of view about the moon may the writer agree with
A. It is becoming slightly smaller. B. It stays the same as before.
C. It is getting safer and safer. D. It may disappear one day.
30. What can we learn about the moon from Paragraph 3
A. It has become 46 meters fatter due to expanding.
B. It has changed from a grape into a raisin in recent years.
C. It quakes even at seven on the Richter scale.
D. It has a hot core and releases energy when expanding.
31. What does Nathan Williams think of the moon
A. It is a dead and boring place. B. It has lots of faults on the surface.
C. It is worth exploring more. D. It isn't a place where we can live.
D
If you have some free time to socialize, do you prefer to spend it with your best friend or partner, or with a larger group of people
A new study investigated what group size people actually look for and encounter in everyday life. The scientists asked more than 4, 000 people from the US and the Netherlands to report the size of their social groups for a wide variety of activities. For eight different activities(going to a bar, chatting at work, chatting off work, having dinner, going on a holiday, going to a movie theatre, working on a project, playing sports), people reported a group size of two more often than they reported larger group sizes. Interestingly, for about half of these activities, women reported a group size of two significantly more often than men did, suggesting that women prefer a social group size of two even more than men do.
The researchers also used a research technique called real-time experience-sampling(经验取样)in the second part of the study.274 volunteers were asked seven times a day to report the last social situation they had experienced. The results were clear. Two was the most common group size with 52.6 percent. Thus, this part of the study also suggested that two is the most common group size in social interactions.
So why do people prefer spending their time with one other person compared to spending their time with larger groups Researchers explained that in general, social interactions with just one other person allow for more control of the situation, especially when it comes to reciprocity(互助). When we interact with just one other person, one's choices directly affect the other person and only that person. Thus, it is easy to distinguish whether there is mutual(双向的)cooperation (for example, both people take turns paying for dinner) or whether someone acts selfishly(for example, one person never pays the bill). In larger groups, the situation gets much more complicated.
32. What is the new study mainly about
A. What social group size people prefer. B. Whom people like to spend time with.
C. Which activities people choose to kill time. D. How people make friends in social activities.
33. Why did researchers ask the volunteers seven times a day
A. To collect the latest social information. B. To make their activities last longer.
C. To know the variety of their activities. D. To prove the result of the former study.
34. What drives many people to interact with only one other person
A. The closer relationship. B. The limited choices.
C. The sense of control. D. The selfish intention.
35. In which section of a website can you read this text
A. Advanced technology. B. Social psychology. C. Entertainment. D. Health.
广东省揭阳市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节（共10小题；每小题 2. 5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B 、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
That two bicycle salesmen were the first people to fly is as surprising today as it was over a century ago. In 1903 , the Wright brothers flew above the crowd at a public exhibition in the United States. For a long period, the whole world was still in shock.
The Wrights’ success is worth reviewing today because it challenges the 21st century's belief that, for young engineers, courses in arts and humanities are not as important as math and science. In fact, however, neither of the Wright brothers went to college or had any formal technical training.
To see what we can learn from the Wright brothers today, we must consider what made them different then. The Wright brothers grew up in a family where there was always encouragement on curiosity. The bookshelves in their home were filled with novels, poetry, and ancient history. The Wrights’parents had great curiosity for learning. They encouraged their children to read widely and find out the truth on their own. In their late 20s , the Wrights began reading books on the movement of bird wings , which led to their original air-control system.
The Wright brothers often compared themselves to artists because their invention had a lot to do with arts. For example, the art of flying was actually a complicated dance between man, machine and air, which required thousands of hours of practice to perfect. Technical skills and math were certainly necessary to build the machine, but much of the challenge lay in the art of flying in order to have beautiful lines during flight and landing.
If today’s schools hope to have more extraordinary engineers, they should broaden the limited academic requirements and encourage students to be curious about different subjects as the Wright brothers did.
1. What was peopled attitude to the Wright brothers, flight in Paragraph 1
A. They were eager to fly. B. They wondered its safety.
C. They were shocked at it. D. They doubted if it was true.
2. Which of the following led to the brothers, success according to the passage
A. Formal technical training. B. Research on birds' movement.
C. Math and science in college. D. Curiosity about finding the truth.
3. What does the passage encourage today's schools to do
A. To abandon academic requirements on learning.
B. To encourage students to be artists and engineers.
C. To broaden students’ knowledge about the Wright brothers.
D. To be supportive to students' curiosity on different courses.
B
Will doing housework save you a trip to the gym If you think so, you need to think again. A new study finds that people who do housework as their weekly exercise tend to be heavier than those who get their exercise by doing sports.
In fact, the more time people spend on performing housework as exercise, the heavier they tend to be. The finding is shocking, because people thought more physical activities — no matter what the form — would always lead to a lower weight.
Richard Cotton, an exercise physiologist, agreed that it is hard to lose weight only by doing housework. You’ll get the most reward for your time if you add some traditional physical activities, he said. For example, 30 minutes of sweeping floors bums about 130 calories, while 30 minutes of riding a bike bums 400 calories. But some housework does give you exercise. For example, 30 minutes of washing the clothes by hand bums 215 calories, close to what you would bum in 30 minutes of combined jogging and walking.
The study collected information from more than 4 ,600 people who were interviewed about their weekly physical activity. About 42 percent of them had 150 minutes of physical activity per week. Of those people, nearly two-thirds said that at least 10 minutes of their weekly activity was spent doing housework. Women and older people tended to report more time spent in doing housework as part of their physical activity. In other words, if the researchers didn’t count housework as a type of physical activity, just
20 percent of women had enough physical exercise.
Therefore, it is possible that people who said they exercised by doing housework were not really honest about the time or length of the activity, researchers said. "After all, the combination of different physical activities is the best choice," Cotton said.
4. Why does the author raise a question at the beginning of the passage
A. To invite some readers to answer it. B. To draw readers' attention to the topic.
C. To test readers' knowledge about sports. D. To show the importance of going to the gym.
5. Which of the following belongs to “traditional physical exercise"
A. Sweeping floors. B. Riding a bike.
C. Washing the clothes. D. Cleaning the garage.
6. What can we learn about losing weight according to the passage
A. We should do various physical activities.
B. We should exercise by doing housework.
C. Jogging and walking are the best kinds of sports.
D. The more housework we do, the heavier we'll be.
C
Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service ( NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot. “You never know what you'll find at the lake until you go out there," the employee said, "Today it were volcanoes. ”
Despite their nickname, ice volcanoes aren't really volcanoes at all. They form at the edges of lakes, where thin sheets of ice form, and water shoots through holes in the ice, Water flows beneath the ice sheet and builds up enough pressure to push water to the surface. If the air above is cold enough, the released water freezes over the surrounding ground, forming a mini volcano of sorts.
Ice volcanoes can be very dangerous to climb on because they are empty inside and built over that hole in the ice. Although some frozen volcanoes were discovered a few years ago, it is still rare to witness one.
Ice volcanoes typically form near large bodies of water where freezing temperatures below allow an ice shelf to form over the water’s surface along the coastline. Meanwhile, waves beneath the shelf must be strong enough to crack the ice and push water out. For this reason, ice volcanoes tend to form along shorelines where winds blow up waves constantly.
For example, when the Oval Beach volcanoes were spotted, the wind was almost due west, which was perfect for pushing waves right into the shoreline at this location. Due to their superior size, the Great Lakes may be more likely to form ice volcanoes along their shores than smaller lakes.
So if you want to see an ice volcano in person, the Great Lakes may be your best choice—but be cautious where you step!
7. What did the NWS employee discover in Paragraph 1
A. The eruption of ice volcanoes. B. Volcanoes erupting on the mountain.
C. Frozen shores of Lake Michigan. D. An ordinary scene of Lake Michigan.
8. What can we learn about ice volcanoes according to the passage
A. They appear whenever it is freezing. B. They are real volcanoes in the ocean.
C. It is uncommon to see their eruptions. D. It takes years to form an ice volcano.
9. Where do the ice volcanoes usually form
A. Shorelines with suitable weather conditions.
B. Smaller lakes where wind direction is perfect.
C. Along shorelines where waves are not powerful.
D. In the center of the ocean or large bodies of water.
10. What is this passage mainly about
A. Dangers of ice volcanoes. B. Ice volcanoes and their formation.
C. Different kinds of volcanoes. D. The Great Lakes and ice volcanoes.
答案：
广东省揭阳市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
21 ~23 DCB 24-27 DAAB 28 ~31 BBCC 32 -35 CDAB
广东省揭阳市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
21~23 BDA 24~27 BCBC 28~31 BADC 32~35 AACB
广东省揭阳市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D
【解析】
这是一篇夹叙夹议文。通过历史上发明第一架飞机的莱特兄弟的成长故事，讲述了培养孩子对各学科广泛兴趣的重要性，以及对当今教育的思考。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段的That two bicycle salesmen were the first people to fly is as surprising today as it was over a century ago. In 1903 , the Wright brothers flew above the crowd at a public exhibition in the United States. For a long period, the whole world was still in shock.两个自行车推销员是最早飞行的人，这在今天和一个多世纪前一样令人惊讶。1903年，莱特兄弟在美国的一次公开展览中飞过人群。在很长一段时间里，整个世界仍处于震惊之中。可以推断出人们对怀特兄弟飞行这件事感到震惊。故选C。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段The Wright brothers grew up in a family where there was always encouragement on curiosity.（莱特兄弟总是在一个充满好奇心的家庭里长大的。）和They encouraged their children to read widely and find out the truth on their own. （他们鼓励孩子们广泛阅读，自己找出真相。）可知，莱特兄弟成功的原因：从小对事物有浓厚兴趣，博览群书，在书本和亲自实践中寻找真理。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段If today’s schools hope to have more extraordinary engineers, they should broaden the limited academic requirements and encourage students to be curious about different subjects as the Wright brothers did.可知，如果今天的学校希望拥有更多的杰出工程师，他们应该扩大有限的学术要求，鼓励学生像莱特兄弟那样对不同的学科充满好奇。由此推知，这篇文章鼓励今天的学支持学生对不同课程有好奇心。故选D。
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. A
【解析】
本文为说明文。采访调查发现，只通过做家务，达不到去健身房锻炼的效果。想要减肥健身，还是需要体育锻炼，或结合多种锻炼方式。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段Will doing housework save you a trip to the gym If you think so, you need to think again. A new study finds that people who do housework as their weekly exercise tend to be heavier than those who get their exercise by doing sports.可知做家务能节省你去健身房的时间吗？如果你是这样想的，你就需要再想想了。一项新的研究发现，每周做家务锻炼的人往往比通过运动锻炼的人更重。由此可推知，文章开头提出问题，是为了通过提问，唤起读者的阅读兴趣，从而引出下文。故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段Richard Cotton, an exercise physiologist, agreed that it is hard to lose weight only by doing housework. You’ll get the most reward for your time if you add some traditional physical activities, he said. For example, 30 minutes of sweeping floors bums about 130 calories, while 30 minutes of riding a bike bums 400 calories. But some housework does give you exercise. For example, 30 minutes of washing the clothes by hand bums 215 calories, close to what you would bum in 30 minutes of combined jogging and walking.可知运动生理学家Richard Cotton也认为，仅靠做家务很难减肥。他说，如果你增加一些传统的体育活动，你会得到最大的回报。例如，清扫地板30分钟消耗约130卡路里，而骑自行车30分钟消耗400卡路里。但做家务确实能锻炼身体。例如，30分钟的手洗衣服消耗215卡路里，接近慢跑和散步30分钟所消耗的热量。由此可知，B选项“骑自行车”属于传统体育运动。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段Therefore, it is possible that people who said they exercised by doing housework were not really honest about the time or length of the activity, researchers said. "After all, the combination of different physical activities is the best choice," Cotton said.可知因此，研究人员说，那些自称通过做家务来锻炼自己的人可能并没有诚实地说出锻炼的时间和时长。“毕竟，不同体育活动的结合是最好的选择，”Cotton说。由此可知，要减肥应该做各种体育活动。故选A。
【答案】7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
【解析】
本文是说明文。上周末，密歇根湖沿岸冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。文章主要介绍了冰火山的形成原理及一些相关知识。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service ( NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot.可知上周末，密歇根湖沿岸的冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。由此可知，NWS的员工偶然发现冰火山的喷发，故选A。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中Although some frozen volcanoes were discovered a few years ago, it is still rare to witness one.可知虽然几年前就发现了一些冰冻火山，但现在还很少见到。由此可知，很少看到冰火山爆发。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段Ice volcanoes typically form near large bodies of water where freezing temperatures below allow an ice shelf to form over the water’s surface along the coastline. Meanwhile, waves beneath the shelf must be strong enough to crack the ice and push water out. For this reason, ice volcanoes tend to form along shorelines where winds blow up waves constantly.可知冰火山通常是在靠近大片水域的地方形成的，那里的冰点温度低于此，使得沿着海岸线的水面上形成一个冰架。与此同时，大陆架下的海浪必须足够强大，能够打破冰层，把水推出去。出于这个原因，冰火山往往会沿着海岸线形成，那里风不断地吹起波浪。由此可知，冰火山通常在天气条件适宜的海岸线上形成。故选A。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service (NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot. “You never know what you'll find at the lake until you go out there," the employee said, "Today it were volcanoes. ”可知上周末，密歇根湖沿岸的冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。“你永远不知道你会在湖边发现什么，直到你走到那里，”那名员工说，“今天它是火山。”结合文章主要介绍了冰火山和其形成原理的相关知识。由此可知，这篇文章主要讲了冰火山及其形成。故选B。
2019-2022学年高二下学期英语期末试卷汇编
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广东省揭阳市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节（共15小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5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
Make the most of the pleasant weather and enjoy the best walk of the year with friends and family. Use your 2 for I Entry in some of our favorite landscape gardens for a memorable day out.
Painswick Rococo Garden
Find beauty and quietness at the UK’s only complete surviving Rococo Garden. Discover fanciful garden flowers, woodland walks, and beautifully framed （镶框） views across the valley. Dogs on short leads are permitted and the shop offers a range of seasonal and local produce.
Book at rococogarden.org.uk.
Open: closed 1-25 March, open 26-31 March, 10 am-4 pm, last entry 2: 30 pm.
Nymans Garden
Walk down Spring Walk packed with seasonal flowers and pleasant smells, and enjoy the hedge （树篱） topped with frost. Routes include those with plenty of level paths lo follow around the garden. Dogs are welcome every day from 1: 30 pm, with a festive treat provided.
Book at nationalinust.org.uk/nymans.
Open: daily except 24-25 March, 10 am-4 pm.
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Even in early spring, there are typically over 200 varieties of plants to be seen flowering as you explore the 27 acres. Enjoy access to the coastal path and routes accessible for wheelchairs, and then warm up with coffee milk in the cafe afterwards.
Book at botanic. co.uk.
Open: daily except 25 March, 9 am-4 pm.
Gibside Garden
Enjoy walking paths at this Georgian landscape garden, featuring plenty of wildlife. Follow the winding river and turning valley for fantastic views. Warm up with hot chocolate and delicious biscuits in the second-hand bookshop.
Book at nationalinust.org.uk/gibside.
Open: daily except 24-25 March, 10 am-4 pm.
21. What do Painswick Rococo Garden and Nymans Garden have in common
A. Valley views. B. Frosty flowers.
C. Seasonal produce. D. Pet permission.
22. Which garden favors people with walking disability
A. Painswick Rococo Garden. B. Nymans Garden
C. Ventnor Botanic Garden. D. Gibside Garden.
23. Where can the passage be found
A. In a research paper.
B. In a travel brochure.
C. In a science magazine.
D. In a geography textbook.
B
The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as il happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey
During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked lo sing: she listened to my voice and pronounced it good. I couldn't dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre-not just children's theatre, but adult comedies and dramas-and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.
My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humour, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis's Archy and Mehitabel through her.
Most importantly, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a "youth columnist". My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities- and it did-bat it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that caried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.
Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her "favourte niece". Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted （多方面的）image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.
24. Which of the following did Aunt Myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth
A. She lent her some serious classics.
B. She cultivated her taste for music.
C. She discovered her talent for dancing.
D. She introduced her to adult plays.
25. What does Archy and Mehitabel in Paragraph 3 probably refer to
A. A book of great fun.
B. A writer of high fame.
C. A serious masterpiece.
D. A heartbreaking play.
26. Aunt Myrtle recommended the author to a newspaper editor mainly to ___.
A. develop her capabilities for writing
B. give her a chance to collect material
C. involve her in teenage social activities
D. offer her a series of writing jobs
27. We can conclude from the passage that Aunt Myrtle was a teacher who ___.
A. trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplined
B. gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potential
C. emphasized what was practical or possible for pupils
D. helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning
C
Teenagers who check social media for several hours a day are at the risk of developing ADHD （多动症）, a study has concluded.
The research team, from the University of Southern Caledonia, tracked 2, 600 teenagers aged 15 and 16. They asked them how many times they checked their phones and other digital devices for various reasons and then monitored them for symptoms of ADHD. After two years, those who had checked their phones the most often were twice as likely as those who checked the least often to show signs of ADIID.
Writing in the JAMA medical journal, the scientists said, "Modem media devices immediately inform users when new text messages. social media postings, or video game playing invitations arrive. Exposure to such information may draw attention away from important tasks. Frequent distraction could interrupt the development of constant attention and organization skills. "
They believe constant access to instant entertainment also has an impact. Researcher Professor Adam Leventhal said all previous research had focused on the link between ADIID and televisions. "What's new is that previous studies on this topic were done many years ago. when social media. mobile phones, tablets and mobile apps didn't exist. We can say with confidence that teens who are exposed to higher levels of digital media are significantly more likely to develop ADHD symptoms in the future, "he said.
Leventhal believes the findings help fill a gap in understanding how new mobile media devices and seemingly limitless content pose a mental health risk for children. And the findings serve as a warning.
British scientists welcomed the findings. But Professor Andy Przybylski of the Oxford Internet Institute said, "The study relies on survey responses provided by the students in question. li is not clear if teachers or parents would rale the children similarly or if the self-reported measure of digital screen use is related with either actual behavior or higher quality survey items. "
28. How did the researchers conduct the study
A. By monitoring2, 600 teenagers with ADIID.
B. By tracking the participants for two years.
C. By analyzing data from previous research online.
D. By controlling different teens' time spent on social media.
29. What does Leventhal think of the exposure to higher levels of digital media
A. It will cause diverse ADHD symptoms
B. It will create higher ADHD risks.
C. It will weaken teenagers' confidence.
D. It will have a major influence on organization skills.
30. What does Professor Andy Przybylski think of the study
A. It provides a better understanding of the media.
B. It should have focused on parents' responses.
C. Its findings are not reliable enough.
D. It's a breakthrough in this field.
31. What can be a suitable title for the text
A. The Use of Digital Melia Is on the Rise
B. Teens Are Increasingly Exposed to ADHD
C. Heavy Use of Social Media May Increase ADHD Risks
D. Teens' Exposure to Modern Media Calle More Attention
D
More than half a trillion dollars. That's the estimated value of all the stuff that U. S. shoppers bought last year only to return it-more than the economy of Israel or Austria. We tried new brands with unfamiliar sizes after seeing them on TikTok. We overbought for the holidays, and we shopped overly online, where returns are between two and five times more likely than that from stores.
Where does it all go Take the blanket I bought on holiday sale for example. I opened the package, only ta discover it was just too small for my new sofa. So I returned it. Sorry, blanket! What will happen to it
"Your blanket is very likely to be in a landfill, "nays Hitendra Chaturvedi, a supply chain management professor at Arizona State University, "That in what consumers don't realize-the life of a return is a very, very sad path. ＂Value is the big threshold （门槛）：Is the product worth the cost of shipping back and paying someone to inspect, clean, repair of test Experts estimate that retails （零售商） throw away about 25e of their returns. Every year, the U．S． returns create almost 6 billion pounds of landfill waste.
Many others get resold in discount and outlet stores. Some go to sellers on websites. Some get donated to charities or recycled: "These options have increased over the past decade, allowing more and more returns to find a new home, "say Marcus Shen, chief operating officer of B-Stack, a platform where retailers can resell their returns, often to smaller stores.
As companies compete on flexible return policies, technology is also slowly playing a part: helping shoppers buy the right-size sweater or picture a new blanket inside their room. Most importantly, Shen says, shoppers themselves are getting more and more comfortable with buying stuff that's not exactly brand-new.
The idea of that is no longer scary for us, right " he say. On his holiday-returns agenda is an electric, self-heating coffee mug, that he has never opened, and he feels confident it will find a happy new buyer.
32. What is paragraph I mainly about
A. The challenge facing the American economy.
B. The urgency to cut down on online shopping
C. The returning problem caused by overbuying online.
D. The cost of finding new homes for returned goods.
33. Why do some returns end up in landfills
A. It's required by the return policies.
B. li saves retailers 6 billion pounds a year.
C. It's impossible to put returns to other uses.
D. It's more economically efficient for retailers.
34. How does technology contribute to less returning
A. By helping shoppers make better decisions.
B. By restoring the newness in returned goods.
C. By improving the return policy-making process.
D. By drawing pictures of the goods for the shoppers.
35. Which of the following examples indicates a desirable end-result for returns
A. TikTok items. B. The coffee mug.
C. The blanket. D. A right-size sweater.
广东省揭阳市2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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
Non-Credit Courses
The Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses. Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our college's leading experts and will receive written feedback(反馈)on their work at the end of the course. Pre-College students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.
All non-credit courses meet from 9: 00 a. m-11:30 a. m. daily and may have additional requirements in the afternoons or evenings.
COURSE: Case Studies in Neuroscience
●June 11-July 2
●Leah Roesch
Using student-centered, active-learning methods and real-world examples, this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.
COURSE: Psychology of Creativity
●June 15-June 28
●Marshall Duke
Why are certain people so creative Is it genetic(遗传的), or a result of childhood experience Are they different from everyone else This popular psychology course highlights the different
theories of creativity. COURSE: Creative Storytelling
●June 21-July 3
●Edith Freni
This college-level course in creative storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing, such as short fiction and playwriting.
COURSE: Sports Economics
●July 19-August 1
●Christina DePasquale
In this course we will analyze many interesting aspects of the sports industry: sports leagues, ticket pricing, salary negotiations, discrimination, and NCAA policies to name a few.
21. Who is the text intended for
A. College freshmen. B. High school students.
C. Educational experts. D. The general public.
22. Which course can you take if you are free only in June
A. Sports Economics. B. Creative Storytelling.
C. Case Studies in Neuroscience. D. Psychology of Creativity.
23. Whose course should you choose if you are interested in creative writing
A. Edith Freni's. B. Leah Roesch's.
C. Marshall Duke's. D. Christina DePasquale's.
B
Friends always ask why I, a middle-aged woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places-the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky; places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals; some places where the locals are just a few generations past headhunting.
I never know how to answer. My travel decisions assumed a new gravity nine years ago after I suffered a stroke(中风). To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, I'd have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky.
I had to think about what was important to me: family, of course, and friends. But then what No matter how many times I thought about it, no bucket list was complete without travel. Then I had to decide how I might manage the risk. I had to decide how lucky I felt.
My return to travel after my stroke came in baby steps. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After we'd toured the remains of a Tang dynasty temple on a high mountain, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan(长雪橇).
Before the stroke it would have seemed like fun. But now I hesitated. My mental klaxon(高音喇叭)screamed warnings about the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel comeback.
In the years since then, I've traveled about twenty-five percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out-no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. What's more, saying "yes" to travel keeps me connected to myself.
24. What does the underlined word "perilous" in Paragraph 1 probably mean
A. Unique. B.Dangerous. C. Historical. D. Famous.
25. What did the doctors advise the author to do
A. Do proper exercise. B. Enjoy the rest of her life.
C. Keep away from traveling. D. Spend more time with her family.
26. Why did the author mention her travel to China
A. It was her last adventure. B. She recovered her courage through it.
C. She liked the beautiful scenery in China. D. It was the most dangerous experience in her life.
27. What is the best title for the text
A. A Business Trip to China B. Unique Travel Experiences
C. Why do I Still Travel to the Wild D. How did I Overcome the Fear of Disease
C
Many of us think, wrongly, that the moon doesn't change. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu once wrote that "Generations have come and passed away; from year to year the moons look alike, old and new."
However, a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that the moon is in fact slowly shrinking over time. For the study, a group of US scientists examined and analyzed thousands of photographs taken by the NASA orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera(月球勘测轨道飞行器照相机). They found that there were lots of faults(断层)on the surface of the moon. These faults were formed by recent movement on the moon.
According to NASA, the moon is made up of pieces of rocks with a hot core. The moon continued to expand as it was born. But in this process, it released energy and cooled down. Then it began to shrink, like a grape shrinking into a raisin(葡萄干). Over the past several hundred million years, it has become 46 meters "skinnier". But due to its hard and rocky crust(外壳), the moon's surface continues to push up. "Some of these quakes can be fairly strong around five on the Richter scale(里氏震级)," said Thomas Watters, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum in the US.
But does that mean the moon is a dangerous place that human shouldn't try to explore and live on in the future "Maybe not," reported The Telegraph. "This isn't anything to worry about. The moon may be shrinking, but not by much. It's not going anywhere," Watters comforted us.
The new discovery proves that the idea that the moon is a dead, boring place is wrong. "We have been to the moon and we've done some great science, but there is still a lot we don't know. The moon is shrinking-we didn't really realize that until recently. It's a much more active and interesting place than we thought and we should explore that," NASA scientist Nathan Williams said.
28. Why does the writer quote Zhang Ruoxu's poem
A. To praise the beauty of the moon.
B. To show people's long-standing idea of the moon size.
C. To arouse people's interest in the topic.
D. To get readers familiar with the poem.
29. Which point of view about the moon may the writer agree with
A. It is becoming slightly smaller. B. It stays the same as before.
C. It is getting safer and safer. D. It may disappear one day.
30. What can we learn about the moon from Paragraph 3
A. It has become 46 meters fatter due to expanding.
B. It has changed from a grape into a raisin in recent years.
C. It quakes even at seven on the Richter scale.
D. It has a hot core and releases energy when expanding.
31. What does Nathan Williams think of the moon
A. It is a dead and boring place. B. It has lots of faults on the surface.
C. It is worth exploring more. D. It isn't a place where we can live.
D
If you have some free time to socialize, do you prefer to spend it with your best friend or partner, or with a larger group of people
A new study investigated what group size people actually look for and encounter in everyday life. The scientists asked more than 4, 000 people from the US and the Netherlands to report the size of their social groups for a wide variety of activities. For eight different activities(going to a bar, chatting at work, chatting off work, having dinner, going on a holiday, going to a movie theatre, working on a project, playing sports), people reported a group size of two more often than they reported larger group sizes. Interestingly, for about half of these activities, women reported a group size of two significantly more often than men did, suggesting that women prefer a social group size of two even more than men do.
The researchers also used a research technique called real-time experience-sampling(经验取样)in the second part of the study.274 volunteers were asked seven times a day to report the last social situation they had experienced. The results were clear. Two was the most common group size with 52.6 percent. Thus, this part of the study also suggested that two is the most common group size in social interactions.
So why do people prefer spending their time with one other person compared to spending their time with larger groups Researchers explained that in general, social interactions with just one other person allow for more control of the situation, especially when it comes to reciprocity(互助). When we interact with just one other person, one's choices directly affect the other person and only that person. Thus, it is easy to distinguish whether there is mutual(双向的)cooperation (for example, both people take turns paying for dinner) or whether someone acts selfishly(for example, one person never pays the bill). In larger groups, the situation gets much more complicated.
32. What is the new study mainly about
A. What social group size people prefer. B. Whom people like to spend time with.
C. Which activities people choose to kill time. D. How people make friends in social activities.
33. Why did researchers ask the volunteers seven times a day
A. To collect the latest social information. B. To make their activities last longer.
C. To know the variety of their activities. D. To prove the result of the former study.
34. What drives many people to interact with only one other person
A. The closer relationship. B. The limited choices.
C. The sense of control. D. The selfish intention.
35. In which section of a website can you read this text
A. Advanced technology. B. Social psychology. C. Entertainment. D. Health.
广东省揭阳市2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考试试卷英语试卷
第一节（共10小题；每小题 2. 5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B 、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
That two bicycle salesmen were the first people to fly is as surprising today as it was over a century ago. In 1903 , the Wright brothers flew above the crowd at a public exhibition in the United States. For a long period, the whole world was still in shock.
The Wrights’ success is worth reviewing today because it challenges the 21st century's belief that, for young engineers, courses in arts and humanities are not as important as math and science. In fact, however, neither of the Wright brothers went to college or had any formal technical training.
To see what we can learn from the Wright brothers today, we must consider what made them different then. The Wright brothers grew up in a family where there was always encouragement on curiosity. The bookshelves in their home were filled with novels, poetry, and ancient history. The Wrights’parents had great curiosity for learning. They encouraged their children to read widely and find out the truth on their own. In their late 20s , the Wrights began reading books on the movement of bird wings , which led to their original air-control system.
The Wright brothers often compared themselves to artists because their invention had a lot to do with arts. For example, the art of flying was actually a complicated dance between man, machine and air, which required thousands of hours of practice to perfect. Technical skills and math were certainly necessary to build the machine, but much of the challenge lay in the art of flying in order to have beautiful lines during flight and landing.
If today’s schools hope to have more extraordinary engineers, they should broaden the limited academic requirements and encourage students to be curious about different subjects as the Wright brothers did.
1. What was peopled attitude to the Wright brothers, flight in Paragraph 1
A. They were eager to fly. B. They wondered its safety.
C. They were shocked at it. D. They doubted if it was true.
2. Which of the following led to the brothers, success according to the passage
A. Formal technical training. B. Research on birds' movement.
C. Math and science in college. D. Curiosity about finding the truth.
3. What does the passage encourage today's schools to do
A. To abandon academic requirements on learning.
B. To encourage students to be artists and engineers.
C. To broaden students’ knowledge about the Wright brothers.
D. To be supportive to students' curiosity on different courses.
B
Will doing housework save you a trip to the gym If you think so, you need to think again. A new study finds that people who do housework as their weekly exercise tend to be heavier than those who get their exercise by doing sports.
In fact, the more time people spend on performing housework as exercise, the heavier they tend to be. The finding is shocking, because people thought more physical activities — no matter what the form — would always lead to a lower weight.
Richard Cotton, an exercise physiologist, agreed that it is hard to lose weight only by doing housework. You’ll get the most reward for your time if you add some traditional physical activities, he said. For example, 30 minutes of sweeping floors bums about 130 calories, while 30 minutes of riding a bike bums 400 calories. But some housework does give you exercise. For example, 30 minutes of washing the clothes by hand bums 215 calories, close to what you would bum in 30 minutes of combined jogging and walking.
The study collected information from more than 4 ,600 people who were interviewed about their weekly physical activity. About 42 percent of them had 150 minutes of physical activity per week. Of those people, nearly two-thirds said that at least 10 minutes of their weekly activity was spent doing housework. Women and older people tended to report more time spent in doing housework as part of their physical activity. In other words, if the researchers didn’t count housework as a type of physical activity, just
20 percent of women had enough physical exercise.
Therefore, it is possible that people who said they exercised by doing housework were not really honest about the time or length of the activity, researchers said. "After all, the combination of different physical activities is the best choice," Cotton said.
4. Why does the author raise a question at the beginning of the passage
A. To invite some readers to answer it. B. To draw readers' attention to the topic.
C. To test readers' knowledge about sports. D. To show the importance of going to the gym.
5. Which of the following belongs to “traditional physical exercise"
A. Sweeping floors. B. Riding a bike.
C. Washing the clothes. D. Cleaning the garage.
6. What can we learn about losing weight according to the passage
A. We should do various physical activities.
B. We should exercise by doing housework.
C. Jogging and walking are the best kinds of sports.
D. The more housework we do, the heavier we'll be.
C
Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service ( NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot. “You never know what you'll find at the lake until you go out there," the employee said, "Today it were volcanoes. ”
Despite their nickname, ice volcanoes aren't really volcanoes at all. They form at the edges of lakes, where thin sheets of ice form, and water shoots through holes in the ice, Water flows beneath the ice sheet and builds up enough pressure to push water to the surface. If the air above is cold enough, the released water freezes over the surrounding ground, forming a mini volcano of sorts.
Ice volcanoes can be very dangerous to climb on because they are empty inside and built over that hole in the ice. Although some frozen volcanoes were discovered a few years ago, it is still rare to witness one.
Ice volcanoes typically form near large bodies of water where freezing temperatures below allow an ice shelf to form over the water’s surface along the coastline. Meanwhile, waves beneath the shelf must be strong enough to crack the ice and push water out. For this reason, ice volcanoes tend to form along shorelines where winds blow up waves constantly.
For example, when the Oval Beach volcanoes were spotted, the wind was almost due west, which was perfect for pushing waves right into the shoreline at this location. Due to their superior size, the Great Lakes may be more likely to form ice volcanoes along their shores than smaller lakes.
So if you want to see an ice volcano in person, the Great Lakes may be your best choice—but be cautious where you step!
7. What did the NWS employee discover in Paragraph 1
A. The eruption of ice volcanoes. B. Volcanoes erupting on the mountain.
C. Frozen shores of Lake Michigan. D. An ordinary scene of Lake Michigan.
8. What can we learn about ice volcanoes according to the passage
A. They appear whenever it is freezing. B. They are real volcanoes in the ocean.
C. It is uncommon to see their eruptions. D. It takes years to form an ice volcano.
9. Where do the ice volcanoes usually form
A. Shorelines with suitable weather conditions.
B. Smaller lakes where wind direction is perfect.
C. Along shorelines where waves are not powerful.
D. In the center of the ocean or large bodies of water.
10. What is this passage mainly about
A. Dangers of ice volcanoes. B. Ice volcanoes and their formation.
C. Different kinds of volcanoes. D. The Great Lakes and ice volcanoes.
答案：
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21 ~23 DCB 24-27 DAAB 28 ~31 BBCC 32 -35 CDAB
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21~23 BDA 24~27 BCBC 28~31 BADC 32~35 AACB
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【答案】1. C 2. D 3. D
【解析】
这是一篇夹叙夹议文。通过历史上发明第一架飞机的莱特兄弟的成长故事，讲述了培养孩子对各学科广泛兴趣的重要性，以及对当今教育的思考。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段的That two bicycle salesmen were the first people to fly is as surprising today as it was over a century ago. In 1903 , the Wright brothers flew above the crowd at a public exhibition in the United States. For a long period, the whole world was still in shock.两个自行车推销员是最早飞行的人，这在今天和一个多世纪前一样令人惊讶。1903年，莱特兄弟在美国的一次公开展览中飞过人群。在很长一段时间里，整个世界仍处于震惊之中。可以推断出人们对怀特兄弟飞行这件事感到震惊。故选C。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段The Wright brothers grew up in a family where there was always encouragement on curiosity.（莱特兄弟总是在一个充满好奇心的家庭里长大的。）和They encouraged their children to read widely and find out the truth on their own. （他们鼓励孩子们广泛阅读，自己找出真相。）可知，莱特兄弟成功的原因：从小对事物有浓厚兴趣，博览群书，在书本和亲自实践中寻找真理。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段If today’s schools hope to have more extraordinary engineers, they should broaden the limited academic requirements and encourage students to be curious about different subjects as the Wright brothers did.可知，如果今天的学校希望拥有更多的杰出工程师，他们应该扩大有限的学术要求，鼓励学生像莱特兄弟那样对不同的学科充满好奇。由此推知，这篇文章鼓励今天的学支持学生对不同课程有好奇心。故选D。
【答案】4. B 5. B 6. A
【解析】
本文为说明文。采访调查发现，只通过做家务，达不到去健身房锻炼的效果。想要减肥健身，还是需要体育锻炼，或结合多种锻炼方式。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段Will doing housework save you a trip to the gym If you think so, you need to think again. A new study finds that people who do housework as their weekly exercise tend to be heavier than those who get their exercise by doing sports.可知做家务能节省你去健身房的时间吗？如果你是这样想的，你就需要再想想了。一项新的研究发现，每周做家务锻炼的人往往比通过运动锻炼的人更重。由此可推知，文章开头提出问题，是为了通过提问，唤起读者的阅读兴趣，从而引出下文。故选B。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段Richard Cotton, an exercise physiologist, agreed that it is hard to lose weight only by doing housework. You’ll get the most reward for your time if you add some traditional physical activities, he said. For example, 30 minutes of sweeping floors bums about 130 calories, while 30 minutes of riding a bike bums 400 calories. But some housework does give you exercise. For example, 30 minutes of washing the clothes by hand bums 215 calories, close to what you would bum in 30 minutes of combined jogging and walking.可知运动生理学家Richard Cotton也认为，仅靠做家务很难减肥。他说，如果你增加一些传统的体育活动，你会得到最大的回报。例如，清扫地板30分钟消耗约130卡路里，而骑自行车30分钟消耗400卡路里。但做家务确实能锻炼身体。例如，30分钟的手洗衣服消耗215卡路里，接近慢跑和散步30分钟所消耗的热量。由此可知，B选项“骑自行车”属于传统体育运动。故选B。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段Therefore, it is possible that people who said they exercised by doing housework were not really honest about the time or length of the activity, researchers said. "After all, the combination of different physical activities is the best choice," Cotton said.可知因此，研究人员说，那些自称通过做家务来锻炼自己的人可能并没有诚实地说出锻炼的时间和时长。“毕竟，不同体育活动的结合是最好的选择，”Cotton说。由此可知，要减肥应该做各种体育活动。故选A。
【答案】7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
【解析】
本文是说明文。上周末，密歇根湖沿岸冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。文章主要介绍了冰火山的形成原理及一些相关知识。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service ( NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot.可知上周末，密歇根湖沿岸的冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。由此可知，NWS的员工偶然发现冰火山的喷发，故选A。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中Although some frozen volcanoes were discovered a few years ago, it is still rare to witness one.可知虽然几年前就发现了一些冰冻火山，但现在还很少见到。由此可知，很少看到冰火山爆发。故选C。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段Ice volcanoes typically form near large bodies of water where freezing temperatures below allow an ice shelf to form over the water’s surface along the coastline. Meanwhile, waves beneath the shelf must be strong enough to crack the ice and push water out. For this reason, ice volcanoes tend to form along shorelines where winds blow up waves constantly.可知冰火山通常是在靠近大片水域的地方形成的，那里的冰点温度低于此，使得沿着海岸线的水面上形成一个冰架。与此同时，大陆架下的海浪必须足够强大，能够打破冰层，把水推出去。出于这个原因，冰火山往往会沿着海岸线形成，那里风不断地吹起波浪。由此可知，冰火山通常在天气条件适宜的海岸线上形成。故选A。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第一段Ice volcanoes erupted on the shores of Lake Michigan last weekend, and an employee from National Weather Service (NWS) caught sight of an astonishing scene on the spot. “You never know what you'll find at the lake until you go out there," the employee said, "Today it were volcanoes. ”可知上周末，密歇根湖沿岸的冰火山爆发，美国国家气象局的一名工作人员当场目睹了这一令人震惊的景象。“你永远不知道你会在湖边发现什么，直到你走到那里，”那名员工说，“今天它是火山。”结合文章主要介绍了冰火山和其形成原理的相关知识。由此可知，这篇文章主要讲了冰火山及其形成。故选B。