2021-2022學(xué)年廣東省實(shí)驗(yàn)中學(xué)附屬天河學(xué)校高二（下）期中英語(yǔ)試卷

第一部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，50 分）第一節(jié)（共 15小題；每小題 2.5 分，共 37.5 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

• 1．Chinese New Year 2022 in London event programme Online celebrations Follow CNY London on social media channels for online celebrations from 31 January to 6 February 2022.Usually，every year，hundreds of thousands of people pour into the West End to enjoy a colourful parade，free stage performances，dragon or lion dancing and traditional Chinese food.But this year special online activities have replaced the canceled parade，live performances and events.
     Television broadcast
     Watch a special television broadcast on London Live and YouTube on 6 February.
     Chinatown food
     Head to Chinatown where you'll be able to shop for parents，enjoy on the go treats and sit down for a traditional Chinese New Year meal in one of Chinatown's restaurants.
     Top tips for Chinese New Year
     Follow these tips for celebrating Chinese New Year in London：
     Wrap up warm：celebrations take place in February when the weather can be cold.
     Learn Chinese New Year greetings：Say "Xin Nian Kuai Le"（Happy New Year in Mandarin）or "San Nin Faai Lok" （in Cantonese）
     Dress in red：Red is the key colour of Chinese New Year.You can dress up with a red scarf，jumper or shoes this will bring good luck for the coming year.
     Enjoy special Chinese food：order a whole chicken or try dumplings at top restaurants in Chinatown.
     Ensure good luck：In Chinese culture，to "climb high and gaze far" on New Year's Day or the following day brings good luck in business，career，study and fortune.Take a trip on the Emirates Air Line cable car，head up to The View from The Shared or see the sights from the London Eye.
     How to get to the Chinese New Year event
     There is no organized Chinese New Year event in London in 2022 because of the epidemic，but the area around Chinatown may still become busy during the celebrations.Plan your route in advance using Transport for London's Journey Planner.
  
  （1）Where can you usually see the Chinese New Year celebrations in London？

  
  A．In the London Eye.
  B．In the View from The Shared.
  C．In the West End.
  D．On the Emirates Air Line.
  （2）Which of the following disagrees with the tips given in the passage？

  
  A．To enjoy live music.
  B．To wear warm clothes.
  C．To buy some red decorations.
  D．To climb high and gaze far.
  （3）Why is this year's parade canceled？

  
  A．It's not allowed by the government.
  B．The serious epidemic is still not over.
  C．London is suffering freezing cold weather.
  D．CNY London makes the online celebrations popular.
  組卷：1引用：1難度：0.4

  解析

• 2．When Narayanswami was invited to a dinner by a friend who worked at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory，she was excited.Many of the guests flew planes. "I must have expressed some yeaning（渴望），" she says，because someone told her："You should join the flying club!" The next day Narayanswami，who was 57 at the time，arranged to meet an instructor. "I said：'Aren't I too old？' He said：'We've got students in their 80s.'"
     Narayanswami grew up in Southhall，west London，and at grammar school suffered horrific racist bullying.The library provided shelter.But，as she reached her late teens，she felt family pressure for an arranged marriage. "I really protested，" she says. "But I want to be an astronaut!"
     My mother made a promise. "As long as you are getting an education，we will not look for a husband for you."
     Narayanswami studied biology at Leicester University，then did a PhD at St Andrews，followed by postdoctoral research at the University of California. "Every time you move you get further away，" her dad remarked on the phone. "I didn't feel I would be able to escape unless I did that，" she says.
     In 2020，aged 64，Narayanswami finished 423 flight hours she needed to earn her pilot's license.Then she applied to Nasa's astronaut corps but received a very appreciative rejection.Even now，at 66，she says："I haven't been able to figure out how to deal with jye.ai.It doesn't go away." The racist bullying she received as a child has cast a very long shadow.
     Flying has helped.It is a workout：she has to tow the plane out to the taxiway.And it offers a different perspective. "I can see eagles，bears，mountain lions，birds of prey.I love the beauty of the clouds.They are like hills.Vaster than our hills，" she says.
     New possibilities have arisen Narayanswami chairs the board of the General Aviation Awards in the US but she finds relaxing difficult.In fight，she is "part of a huge network of people who are communicating by radio frequency.There is no sense of skin colour.We are all tied together by our voices."
  
  （1）How did the instructor's words sound to Narayanswami？

  
  A．Disappointing.
  B．Embarrassing.
  C．Annoying.
  D．Encouraging.
  （2）What does the underlined word "that" in Paragraph 3 refer to？

  
  A．Accepting an arranged marriage.
  B．Receiving an education.
  C．Keeping a distance.
  D．Making a promise.
  （3）What does Narayanswami think of Nasa's rejection？

  
  A．It indicates prejudice against her.
  B．It ruins her childhood memory.
  C．It raises concern for her age.
  D．It leaves room for negotiation.
  （4）What does flying bring to Narayanswami？

  
  A．A good way of relaxation.
  B．A different dimension of life.
  C．A rich knowledge of wildlife.
  D．A full exhibition of leadership.
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．Plants，and the insects which rely on them，are the living foundations of our planet.But these foundations are under stress because we have a tendency to replace fields and forests with decorative trees and shrubs imported from around the world.Adding to the problem，our obsession（癡迷）with perfection leads us to use a lot of pesticides.
     These actions are part of the reason global biodiversity is crashing.There are over three billion fewer wild birds in North America than there were in 1970.Recent research shows that insect numbers，even in nature reserves，have fallen，and 40 percent of all insect species may be extinct within a few decades.This is discouraging news；however，there are actions we can take to help bring at least some species back.
     The first step is to redefine our concept of "garden" to include more than just plants.We need to intentionally share our space，and not just with the birds，bees and butterflies that visit our flowers，but also with the little insects that may eat a part（very rarely all）of our plants.Therefore，we must limit pesticide use.It's crucial to support nature's recovery，and it's much better for everyone：no doctor has ever recommended long-term exposure to pesticides.
     Many drought-tolerant plants brought in from across the planet are being passed off as ecofriendly.However，mostly they're not.Yes，you're saving water，but these foreign plants can become disasters when they escape our yards.Helping the environment can be about more than saving water.Even in drier areas，like the American West，the selection of attractive native plants to choose from is vast.If dry is your style，there are native wildflowers，flowering bushes and trees that allow you to save water and nature.
     Xeriscapes（節(jié)水型園藝）leave many gardeners thirsting for green，and there's an important alternative that has been largely ignored.For those disenchanted with dry landscaping，using underappreciated and water-loving native plants to make your garden a real-life oasis（綠洲）could be lifesaving to wildlife.In nature，this unsung group of native plants is limited to riparian zones，the narrow belts of green along water bodies，but if consumers demand them，nurseries will increasingly carry these riparian species，and the presence of such plants in the garden will provide for many animals including not just butterflies and their relatives but also colorful birds.
     The ideal garden would offer a combination of drought-tolerant native plants and a few species that need a little more water，providing options for little guests and the bigger ones that will come to eat them.As more creatures stop by to share our yards，we will be making nature，and us all，a little healthier.
  
  （1）What do we know about insect species？

  
  A．They have an impact on the diversity of plants.
  B．They disappear because of lack of nature reserves.
  C．They decrease partly due to our pursuit for perfection.
  D．They are the reason why we replace fields and forests.
  （2）The underlined phrase "disenchanted with" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to

  .
  A．sick of
  B．a(chǎn)ddicted to
  C．concerned about
  D．impatient with
  （3）The passage mainly talks about

  .
  A．why we need grow native plants in gardens
  B．how gardening helps with biodiversity
  C．whether we should redefine "garden"
  D．what benefits gardening brings
  （4）Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage？

  
  A.
  B.
  C.
  D.
  組卷：4引用：1難度：0.6

  解析

• 4．Last year scientists reported using a neural implant（神經(jīng)植入物）in a man's brain to restore his ability to communicate.The man has been partially paralyzed and unable to produce comprehensible speech since suffering a severe stroke.It is the latest advance in the exploding field of brain-computer interfaces （接口） or BCIs，which allow computers to read information out of a living brain.
     Brain-computer interfaces are possible because of two facts.The first is that your brain contains hundreds of tiny maps.Each represents specific features of your physical feelings and intended actions.And crucially，the basic set of brain maps and their locations within the brain are very similar across individuals.
     Thanks to their specialized functions and universal locations，brain maps are ideal entry points for BCI technologies.Picking up signals from a brain map is only the first step in making a useful BCI.Although the location of a brain map is the same across individuals，the details what patterns of activity within the map mean-differ from person to person.In a sense，the unique features of your specific brain maps serve as a kind of encryption （加密），safeguarding your specific thoughts and feelings from would-be spies.
     That brings us to the second fact that makes BCIs possible.Thanks to advances in machine learning，scientists have developed programs that can learn to recognize key patterns in a vast sea of numbers.They train these programs to decode（解碼）brain signals by feeding them tons of examples.Researchers developing BCIs often create such examples by instructing an individual to think specific thoughts at specific times，creating a neural curriculum for the program to learn from.
     While the universal features and locations of brain maps make them obvious entrances for BCIs，the unique features of your brain maps tend to protect them from spying eyes.In cases where BCIs have successfully read specific thoughts or intentions from a brain，it has been with the permission of the individual whose brain was being read.But there are surreptitious ways to train decoders on your brain without your knowledge.This can happen if your neural data falls into the hands of companies with detailed information about your activities.
     Like all technologies，brain-computer interfaces are not necessarily good or bad.Yet while harvesting the benefits of BCIs，we need to ensure that we have the means to protect ourselves from corporations with every motive to take advantage of this technology for their financial gain.
  
  （1）What can we learn about brain maps？

  
  A．They carry unique messages.
  B．They can process encrypted signals.
  C．Their functions vary from person to person.
  D．Their locations reveal human thinking patterns.
  （2）What can we infer from the passage？

  
  A．BCIs can boost brain signals dramatically.
  B．BCIs could help recover from brain injuries.
  C．Machine learning enables BCIs to read mind.
  D．The decoding of brain may be affected by BCIs.
  （3）What does the underlined word "surreptitious" in Paragraph 5 probably mean？

  
  A．Secure.
  B．Stable.
  C．Standard.
  D．Secret.
  （4）What does the passage mainly talk about？

  
  A．The future trend of BCIs.
  B．The potential risks of BCIs.
  C．The working principle of BCIs.
  D．The general applications of BCIs.
  組卷：9引用：2難度：0.4

  解析

第二節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 2.5 分，共 12.5分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng) 涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

• 5．The Truth about Your Memory What would you be without your memories？How important is your ability to remember the past and to draw on it to help you know what to do next？I'll answer tor you：It's right up there with breathing and eating.（1）

  
     However，most people know little about memory.A study by research psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris asked people simple questions about memory and then compared their answers with those of experts in memory research.（2）

  For instance，to the question "Is there a 'video camera' in your head？" 63% of people surveyed strongly agreed or mostly agreed that human memory "works like a video camera，accurately recording the events we see and hear so that we can review and inspect them later." None of the experts strongly agreed or mostly agreed that memory functions like that.
     So how does memory work？（3）

  He means well and wants to help，but the best he can do is tell you stories.And like all good storytellers，he edits for impact，efficiency，functionality，and clarity.He tells you what he assumes you need to know.He also makes honest mistakes-lots and lots of them.Sometimes he just gets confused and leaves out something important.He could even include inaccurate information by accident.
     In other words，there is no consistent or orderly sense to memory.A memory will be hidden away and connected to other memories or concepts in ways that arc not necessarily practical or logical.（4）

  Memories come to us in a way that is similar to how archaeologists and police detectives use bits of information to construct stories about past people and events.
  （5）

  Fortunately，enough has been revealed to offer us wise and safe guidance through daily life.Your memory is best thought of as helpful input.We don't need to remember every detail about everything.
  
  A.The researchers had a very tough time understanding human memories.
  B.The human brain is still a mysterious universe in many ways，of course.
  C.A research shows recalling the past can change the memory of what really happened.
  D.The results show how far removed from reality the public's beliefs about memory are.
  E.One would think that understanding how memory works would be a high priority for all people.
  F.I prefer to describe it as something like an old man sitting by a campfire somewhere deep in your brain.
  G.This is why a particular smell or sound may bring up a memory even though it wasn't important in the original experience.
  組卷：8引用：5難度：0.5

  解析

第二部分 語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用（共三節(jié)，60分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 15小題，每小題30分，共30分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

• 6．Several years ago，a neighbor kid kicked a football and broke a basement window of my house.Due to financial problems，I（1）

  it up，thinking I'd get to it someday.
     Over the years，I had planned to upgrade to energy-efficient windows.But with the frame（窗框）rusted（銹） and firmly（2）

  in the foundation，whoever did it would need to chisel （鑿） it out by hand.It would be a（3）

  process and there were six of those windows in the house.The cost was estimated at ﹩15，000.It was simply（4）

  .
     Honestly，the thought of that window（5）

  me for years.I knew I needed to fix it，but I had built up the（6）

  so much in my mind that I put it off again and again.
     Then I had a job change and needed to sell the house before moving away.But it was almost（7）

  to find a buyer if there was a broken window.So I pulled off the boards to face this thing head-on.I grabbed some rust remover，（8）

  it around the frame of the window，and gave it a pull.To my astonishment，it easily（9）

  .I took the window downtown.It only cost me ﹩12.I could have（10）

  the problem for only ﹩12 when it occurred，but I let it bother me for five years!
  （11）

  ，this isn't just about my window.Many of us live with broken windows of one type or another.They are things that seriously affect our（12）

  of ljye.aie.If you recognize your broken window，don't（13）

  to mend jye.ai.It may turn out to be（14）

  than expected.Usually we suffer more in（15）

  than in reality.
  
  

  （1）	A．tore	B．made	C．boarded	D．packed
  （2）	A．lost	B．stuck	C．buried	D．mixed
  （3）	A．brain-burning	B．labor-consuming	C．energy-wasting	D．risk-taking
  （4）	A．in a mess	B．beyond control	C．a(chǎn)t hand	D．out of reach
  （5）	A．went against	B．relied on	C．a(chǎn)te at	D．a(chǎn)ppealed to
  （6）	A．difficulty	B．confidence	C．confusion	D．harm
  （7）	A．shameful	B．impossible	C．pointless	D．unfair
  （8）	A．blew	B．turned	C．passed	D．spread
  （9）	A．broke	B．fell	C．moved	D．missed
  （10）	A．a(chǎn)ddressed	B．ignored	C．delayed	D．considered
  （11）	A．Luckily	B．Consequently	C．Unexpectedly	D．Actually
  （12）	A．quality	B．pace	C．way	D．meaning
  （13）	A．a(chǎn)ttempt	B．guarantee	C．hesitate	D．pretend
  （14）	A．easier	B．tougher	C．rarer	D．worse
  （15）	A．practice	B．memory	C．principle	D．imagination
  組卷：5引用：5難度：0.5

  解析

第三部分 書(shū)面表達(dá)（共兩節(jié)，40 分）第一節(jié)（應(yīng)用寫(xiě)作，共15分）

• 18．假設(shè)你是晨光中學(xué)的李華。我市為外國(guó)友人提供生活信息的某英文網(wǎng)站新增了《最美中華》欄目，請(qǐng)你給該欄目投稿，介紹一個(gè)國(guó)內(nèi)你喜歡或去過(guò)的地方。內(nèi)容包括：
  （1）該地方的基本情況 （如名稱(chēng)、地理位置等）；
  （2）該地方的特色（如文化、景點(diǎn)等）；
  （3）你對(duì)該地方的印象和感受。
  注意：
  （1）詞數(shù)不少于100；
  （2）可適當(dāng)加入細(xì)節(jié)，使內(nèi)容充實(shí)、行文連貫。
  A Beautiful Place in China _____________________
  April 27，2022
  By Li Hua
  組卷：8引用：5難度：0.4

  解析

第二節(jié)（讀后續(xù)寫(xiě)，共25分）閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。

• 19．When the last customer left KFC，it was already 10：30 pm.Adam，an 18-year-old college student，dragged himself home.He had been working at KFC for over a month that summer vacation.
      Entering his room，Adam found his younger brother Bill sitting on the edge of his bed with an uneasy expression on his face.
      "Sorry，Adam.I …I did something wrong，" Bill sprang up and said nervously.
      "What is it？"
      "This afternoon I sneaked（溜）out for a ride on your motorcycle and accidentally hit our neighbor Osman Brook's car.I was so scared and I …I hurried home in panic."
      "Is the car seriously damaged？"
      "The left headlight got broken."
      "It's truly your fault and it's really dangerous to ride a motorcycle at your age.Besides，it's illegal，" Adam raised his voice，obviously annoyed.Hearing this，Bill lowered his head and bit his lips hard.
      "Anyway，it's no use crying over spilt milk.I will deal with it tomorrow.Now you go to bed and have a good sleep."
      The next morning when Adam got up，Bill was still sleeping soundly.Adam was more determined about what he ought to do as an elder brother.
      After breakfast，Adam took out all the money he had earned and went out of the house with it.
      In the yard he saw his motorcycle，on whose side the scratches（劃痕）were clearly visible.Adam shook his head and sighed slightly.Then he squared his shoulders and quickened his pace to Osman's house.
      When he arrived，he was welcomed by Osman's wife Mary，who told him that Osman had gone to the garage to have his car repaired.
      "I have something important to tell him.Can I wait until he comes back？" Adam requested eagerly.
      "Of course.He should be home soon，" Mary invited Adam in，served him a cup of coffee and began chatting with him.
      After half an hour，the door opened and in came Osman.Having said hello to each other，Osman and Adam both sat down on the sofa.
  注意：1.續(xù)寫(xiě)詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；
  2.請(qǐng)按如下格式在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置作答。
      Adam cleared his throat and began to speak._________________
      Just then，there came a knock at the door.______________________
  組卷：2引用：1難度：0.3

  解析