广东省肇庆市高二下学期期末考试英语试卷（原卷版）-A4

这是一份广东省肇庆市高二下学期期末考试英语试卷（原卷版）-A4，共9页。
英 语
注意事项：
1.本试卷共120分，考试时间120分钟。
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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
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
Esmeralda
This Prtuguese ship sank ff the cast f Oman in 1503. First discvered in 1998 and then extensively excavated (发掘) by a team led by David Mearns between 2013 and 2015, it is the ldest shipwreck (沉船) recvered frm Eurpe’s Age f Explratin.
Black Sea Shipwreck
Discvered in 2018 by a team frm the Black Sea Maritime Archaelgy Prject, the ship sank mre than 2,400 years ag. It is the ldest undamaged shipwreck ever fund. “A ship in such gd cnditin frm the classical wrld, is smething I wuld never have believed pssible,” said Prfessr Jn Adams, the principal investigatr f the team that fund the wreck.
Gribshunden
The flagship f Jhn, King f Denmark, caught fire and sank in the Baltic Sea in 1495. There, it lay undiscvered until members f a lcal dive club came acrss it in the 1970s; unaware f its significance, they did nt reprt it t archaelgists until 2000, and nt until 2013 was the wreck’s identity cnfirmed. Cnsidered ne f the best-preserved shipwrecks f the perid, it has slwly been revealing its secrets.
Black Swan
In May 2007, a Flrida-based cmpany annunced that, using underwater rbts, it had discvered a shipwreck in the Atlantic, cde-named (代号为) “Black Swan”. Hwever, the gvernment f Spain claimed that the wreck was the Nuestra Senra de las Mercedes, a Spanish ship that sank ff the cast f Prtugal in 1804 fllwing a battle with fur British navy ships. After a lng legal battle, the treasure was returned t Spain in 2012.
1. Which shipwreck is the latest discvery?
A. Esmeralda.B. Black Sea Shipwreck.
C. Gribshunden.D. Black Swan.
2. What d Black Sea Shipwreck and Gribshunden have in cmmn?
A. They were discvered in the same area.
B. They were first nticed by lcal peple.
C. They were in gd shape when discvered.
D. They were in the pssessin f a ryal family.
3. Hw did Spain get Black Swan returned?
A. By ging t the curt.
B. By cntacting the Prtugal gvernment.
C. By jining a battle against British navy.
D. By ffering anther treasure as an exchange.
B
15-year-ld Jacb Grsberg walked the streets f dwn twn n Saturday t try and help peple dealing with health prblems, especially mental issues. The Trnt teenager carried bags full f dnated clthes and hygiene (卫生) prducts fr peple living n the streets r in shelters.
Grsberg’s father nce suffered a lt frm depressin and mental illness. After his death, Grsberg decided he wanted t help thers dealing with the same prblem. His slutin was the Cnan Fund, s-called after his father’s high schl nickname fr his strength and ppularity. Accrding t the fund’s website, the mney raised is dnated t charities, hspitals and rganizatins t make a chance and imprve resurces.
It didn’t take lng fr peple living in the shelter n Wellingtn Street in Liberty Village t cme ut t receive what Grsberg was ffering. Frm bags f scks, t hats, glves, jeans and winter jackets, the peple were excited and appreciative f the genersity. Martuia Archibald, 30, had a huge smile n her face as she put n a winter jacket and turned up the cllar. She didn’t have a winter jacket until Grsberg arrived, and was tuched by the gesture. “It means that there are peple ut there that still cnsider that I need warm clthing as well,” she said.
Grsberg’s mther said her sn’s spirit and kindness mtivated her. “He inspires me,” she said. “He shws me the way t mve frward after his father is gne. He shws me the way t turn smething terrible int smething really psitive.”
That’s exactly what Grsberg is trying t achieve. “I think that ding this is nt nly inspiring mre changes in myself, but hpefully can inspire a lt f thers t d the exact same thing I’m ding,” Grsberg said.
4. What inspired Grsberg t set up the Cnan Fund?
A. His father’s suffering.B. His mther’s suggestin.
C. The stry f anther teenager.D. The hpe t cure mental illness.
5. What des the authr want t shw by mentining Martuia Archibald?
A. The change the Cnan Fund brught t shelters.
B. The mst urgently needed supplies fr the lcals.
C. The warmth needy peple received frm Grsberg.
D. The greatest cntributin Grsberg made t the wrld.
6. What can be inferred abut Grsberg’s mther?
A. She is a very ptimistic persn.B. She cnsiders her sn an inspiratin.
C. She c-funded the Cnan Fund.D. She is always ready t lend a helping hand.
7. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Inspiring Peple Arund Oneself
B. Seeing the Psitive Side f Everything
C. Becming a Teenager with Great Cnfidence
D. Turning a Struggle int a Charitable Mvement
C
Over the past few centuries, we have dug, burned, drilled, pumped, lit, launched, driven, and flwn ur way t adding 2.4 trillin metric tns f carbn dixide t Earth’s atmsphere. That’s as much CO₂ as wuld be given ff annually by 522 billin cars, r 65 cars per persn living tday.
On a lnely, lunar-like valley f Iceland, Edda Aradttir is n a missin t put CO₂ back where it came frm. She’s returning a tiny bit f it tday but much, much mre f it in the years ahead. In sending CO₂ deep beneath the surface f the planet, she’s aiming t reverse ne f the mst challenging acts f human histry: the dugging f massive amunts f carbn under the grund as fssil fuels.
Aradttir shws hw CO₂ caught frm the air is mixed with water, then fed thrugh a cmplicated and detailed system f pipes that curse dwnward 2,500 feet r s. There, the disslved (溶解的) carbn dixide meets prus basalt, a type f dark rck that cmes frm vlcanes, creating cream-clred spts in the rck belw.
Scientists like Aradttir are wrking n ambitius — and smetimes cntrversial (有争议的) — prjects t remve carbn dixide frm the air and lck it away. In Arizna, an engineering prfessr shws his “mechanical tree”, a single ne f which he says may smeday be able t d the wrk f a thusand regular trees in catching and string CO₂. In Australia, a leading ceangrapher shws that seaweed is the answer, if nly we’d help it grw in giant underwater gardens that culd stre billins f tns f carbn dixide. Atp a university building in Zürich, an Uruguayan inventr presents a small bttle f fuel made frm nthing but sunlight and air. That may be the mst amazing f all the frms f carbn remval we’ve cme acrss, as it suggests we may ne day be able t make the best f carbn in a cntinuus cycle f zer-emissin energy. Maybe. One day.
8. What purpse d the figures in paragraph 1 serve?
A. T shw the necessity f remving carbn dixide.
B. T inspire readers’ interest in envirnmental prtectin.
C. T highlight the amunt f cars existing in the wrld tday.
D. T explain a cmmnly accepted reasn fr glbal warming.
9. The underlined wrd “reverse” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by “______”.
A. getB. advertiseC. verturnD. discver
10. What is paragraph 3 f the text mainly abut?
A. Aradttir’s daily rutine.B. Aradttir’s field f study.
C. The cst f Aradttir’s prject.D. The explanatin f Aradttir’s system.
11. What des the authr think f the carbn remval prjects?
A Educatinal.B. Expensive.C. Efficient.D. Prmising.
D
Accrding t a recent study, individuals brn in the 1970s exhibited brain vlumes (容量) that were 6.6% larger and brain surface areas nearly 15% greater than thse f peple brn in the 1930s. “The decade smene is brn appears t impact brain size and ptentially lng-term brain health,” said Charles DeCarli, first authr f the study. “Genetic (遗传) factrs play a majr rle in determining brain size, but ur findings indicate external influences — such as health, scial, cultural, and educatinal factrs — may als play a rle.”
The researchers used brain MRIs (磁共振成像) frm participants. The MRIs were cnducted between 1999 and 2019 with participants brn during the 1930s thrugh the 1970s. The brain study cnsisted f 3,226 participants (53% female, 47%male) with an average age f abut 57 at the time f the examinatin.
The research cmpared the MRIs f peple brn in the 1930s t thse brn in the 1970s. It fund gradual but cnsistent increases in several brain structures. Fr example, a measure that lked at brain vlumes shwed steady increases decade by decade. Fr participants brn in the 1930s, the average vlume was 1,234 milliliters, but fr thse in the 1970s, the vlume was 1,321 milliliters, r abut 6.6% greater vlume.
Arund 7 millin Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, a serius disease, especially affecting lder peple. That number is expected t rise t 11. 2 millin by 2040. Althugh the numbers are rising with America’s aging ppulatin, the percentage f the ppulatin affected by the disease is decreasing. A previus study als fund a 20 percent reducatin in the cases f dementia (精神错乱) per decade.
“Larger brain structures may reflect imprved brain develpment and imprved brain health,” DeCarli said. “A larger brain structure represents a larger brain reserve and may reduce the ate-life effects f late-related brain diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.”
12. What did the recent study mainly find?
A. Human brains are getting larger.
B Humans becme increasingly clever.
C. Human brain vlumes have increased 15% n average.
D. Humans brn in the 1970s are healthier than thse in the 1930s.
13. What may Charles DeCarli agree with?
A. Genetic factrs impact lng-term brain health.
B. External factrs als influence human brain size.
C. The bigger the brain is, the healthier a persn is.
D. The decade smene is brn shws the exact brain size.
14. Hw did the researchers get their final findings?
A. By ding field trips.B. By explring reasns.
C. By making cmparisns.D. By referring t similar studies.
15. What can the increased brain size prbably lead t?
A. Unpredictable brain structure changes.
B. Less impact frm age-related brain diseases.
C. Develpment f new brain-prtecting drugs.
D. Faster recvery fr patients with brain diseases.
第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。
Sft skills are yur persnal characteristics displayed when yu interact with thers. They culd be persnality, intellectual r emtinal traits (特征). If yu are unsure f what yur sft skills are, ask a few clse friends r family members t describe yu using three adjectives. ____16____ Yu can find lts f free resurces nline. Clarifying yur set f sft skills is critical t effective prfessinal develpment.
Sft skills cme naturally and are learned thrughut yur life. These are generally nt jb-specific. Hard skills, quite different frm sft skills, are technical skills related t yur jb and industry and are usually learned thrugh educatin and training. ____17____
Many emplyers may feel that sft skills are harder t teach, s they may give pririty t jb candidates with strng sft skills. ____18____
First, determine what sft skills yu want t imprve. ____19____ Fr example, yu culd vlunteer t take n new prjects at wrk r take sme nline curses related t the sft skill yu want t acquire. These gals can be added t yur prfessinal develpment plan. Check in with yurself regularly t track and measure yur prgress.
____20____ Let them knw which sft skills yu are wrking n and ask them fr suggestins n hw t imprve them in the wrkplace. It is als helpful t wrk with a mentr r a career cach t help yu imprve yur sft skills. They can prvide yu with cnstructive feedback, ideas and supprt.
A. Then, set reasnable gals fr imprvement.
B. Teamwrk is ne f the mst imprtant sft skills.
C. They can be demnstrated by a certificatin r a degree.
D. Yu can als speak with yur manager and ask fr feedback.
E. Thugh hard, it is pssible t acquire r imprve yur sft skills.
F. Figure ut what yu can ffer t yur emplyer and yur industry.
G. Additinally, taking a persnality assessment can help clarify yur sft skills.
第二部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I never cnsidered myself a persn fr hiking. But n my first trip t the Republic f Gergia, every traveler I ____21____ spke abut a hike in the Greater Caucasus Muntains that I abslutely culdn’t ____22____.
That’s why I decided t have a ____23____ — hiking frm Kazbegi Twn t Gergeti Trinity Church. Thugh the trip is a shrt ne, based n the church’s lcatin atp a muntain, I knew it was ging t be a ____24____ climb — especially after six weeks f traveling arund.
I ____25____ Kazbegi Twn n a cld, fggy afternn and decided t begin the hiking t the ____26____ the next mrning. Luckily, a(n)____27____ ver the breakfast table at my guesthuse ____28____ me. I gt chatting with a cuple wh had dne the hike and had a crucial ____29____ fr me: Dn’t fllw the _____30_____ rute, but instead, take the path n the left side f the muntain.
As it turned ut, the main rute — the rute everyne else _____31_____ — was impssibly steep(陡峭的), but the lesser-walked path was a _____32_____ path alng a muntain stream. Had I tried t take the main path, I never wuld have _____33_____ the walk; hwever, fllwing this easier rute, I _____34_____ smething ttally freign: A hike I actually enjyed! I felt s prud.
If it weren’t fr that first hiking in the Republic f Gergia, I dn’t think I wuld have had the curage t _____35_____ myself t ther hikes.
21. A. metB. interviewedC. guidedD. assisted
22. A. climbB. witnessC. missD. admire
23. A. guessB. lkC. restD. try
24. A. rapidB. disturbingC. frmalD. tugh
25. A. escaped frmB. mved tC. arrived inD. walked arund
26. A. twnB. churchC. htelD. valley
27. A. encunterB. quarrelC. decisinD. inspiratin
28. A. encuragedB. savedC. satisfiedD. transfrmed
29. A. trainingB. requestC. taskD. tip
30. A. mainB. quickC. easyD. crwded
31. A. drewB. tkC. recgnizedD. apprached
32. A. narrwB. gentleC. lngD. famus
33. A. anticipatedB. discveredC. beganD. finished
34 A. ignredB. explainedC. experiencedD. investigated
35 A. limitB. applyC. challengeD. reduce
第二节(共 10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Traditinal Chinese pera has been revitalized (恢复生机) in recent years. A Yueju Opera New Dragn Gate Inn, ____36____ (perfrm) by Xiabaihua, ne f the mst ____37____ (remark) Yueju Opera grups frm Zhejiang Prvince, hit the headlines.
The ppularity f an nline live bradcast has nt nly allwed this Yueju Opera t quickly attract the attentin f millins f viewers ____38____ generated heated discussins nline, with ver 14,000 ____39____ (cmment).
This Yueju Opera draws inspiratin ____40____ the classic martial arts (武术) film f the same name. The stry ____41____ (set) against the backdrp f the Ming Dynasty and tells the tale f martial arts heres encuntering dangerus enemies at the Dragn Gate Inn lcated in a vast desert. The Yueju Opera versin has presented the stry in a unique way, ____42____ (highlight) the lve and hatred (仇恨) between characters.
Innvatin may be the mst imprtant reasn fr this Yueju Opera ____43____ (be) ppular. Unlike traditinal pera, the plt ges deep int the theme f the martial wrld. What’s mre, the yung team includes shrt vides int the prductin, ____44____ (successful) generating widespread attentin.
Thrugh _____45_____ success f New Dragn Gate Inn, mre peple have cme t realize that Yueju Opera can tap mre pprtunities fr the future f Chinese traditinal pera.
第三部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
46. 假定你是李华，你校英文报正在进行读书分享月活动。请以“Petry, the Invisible Painting”为题，写一篇英语短文向校英文报投稿，内容包括：
1. 你对诗歌的认识；
2. 推荐你最喜欢的诗歌（或诗歌形式）及喜欢的原因。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为 80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Petry, the Invisible Painting
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第二节(满分25分)
47. 阅读下面材料。根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
GOAL!!! Luis jumped up and dwn, celebrating. Nichlas lked at him with a brad smile. At that mment, the bell rang. It was time t head back t the classrm fr their next class.
Just then, Devn walked up, his face red with anger. He yelled(吼叫) at Luis. It seemed unbelievable that Luis didn’t pass t him when he was way clser t the gal than Nichlas. Luis rlled his eyes and ignred him. That’s what he did with Devn mst f the time—just ignred him.
After schl, Nichlas and Luis tk the same bus hme. Nichlas cmplained abut the way that Devn talked after sccer. He’s always yelling at peple. All that yelling made sccer less fun. S Nichlas wanted t mve t the ther part f the sccer field and tell Devn that he culdn’t play with them anymre.
“What? But isn’t that... isn’t that leaving him ut?” Luis asked.
Nichlas put his head dwn and started playing with his hands. “Well, I already talked t all the ther guys,” Nichlas said. He lked up. His eyes were set in determinatin. But telling Devn that he culdn’t play with them anymre? That seemed extreme fr Luis.
By the time he gt hme, Luis still didn’t have an answer. His lder brther, Omar, welcmed him with a wide smile. Omar was the mst cheerful persn he had ever met. After carefully thinking f what Luis had mentined, Omar suggested Luis talk t Devn—Hw can yu expect smene t knw he’s crssing a line with hw he talks t yu if yu dn’t tell him?
“Shuldn’t it be bvius that it isn’t fun if yu yell at peple?” Luis asked.
“Maybe it’s bvius t yu. But nt t him. Just like it’s bvius t me that yu shuld start setting the table fr dinner. But apparently nt t yu,” Omar replied.
Luis thught abut what Omar said. It was the nly thing he culd think f that didn’t invlve shutting Devn ut r letting him keep. yelling at peple.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150个左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
S, the next day befre schl started, Luis decided t talk t Devn.
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“Just give him anther chance, kay?” said Luis t Nichlas.
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