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1、 绵阳市高中2021级第二学年末教学质量测试英 语 试 题本试卷分第一卷选择题和第二卷非选择题两局部，第二卷即答题卷。考试结束后，将答题卡和第二卷一并交回。第一卷选择题，共80分考前须知：1答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2每题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，不能答在试题卷上。第一局部：英语知识运用 共两节，总分值35分第一节: 单项填空共15小题; 每题1分, 总分值15分从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最正确答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1Would you mind

2、my using your bicycle for a while?  _, but do return before 11.ANo problemBNot at allCA pleasureDSorry but I do2Since no other way to escape from the flood, _ only safe thing is to take _chance.Aan ; 不填Bthe ; a Can; aD不填；the3 How many of them do you want to act in the play? _ , and still a

3、 large number needed!AAllBBoth CNeitherDNone4Theory is based on practice and _ serves practiceAin turnBby and by Cby chanceDin this case5Look at the new computers, of _ none are produced abroad.AthemBwhomCwhichDthese6What about the picnic plan?    Not _ yetIts being discussed.Adecided

4、BdecideCdecidingDto be decided7After dry days, everyone appreciates _ when there is a timely rainAthatBoneCthisDit8While reading, you should not always _ a dictionary to find the meaning of each new word.Alook up Bturn to Clook for Dturn out9Do you know what to do in the lab, Mike?  Oh, sorry I

5、 dont-just _if I could get a ticket for the Shanghai Expo.AwonderBwonderedCwonderingDhaving wondered 10A man of value never thinks of everything only in _ of money.AtermsBordersCtimesDsights11How _ you have been late then in such a small town?  Lots of turns in the streets, and the buildings lo

6、ok all the same.AcanBcouldCmayDmust12We should learn how to value what we have _ it is too lateAwhenBafterCbeforeDuntil13But as to the fine quality of the products, our price is very _Ahigh BfitCreasonableDsmall 14Only when it rains in summer_ such beautiful rainbows here.Acould you seeByou can see

7、Cyou will seeDcan you see15As we know, in our Chinese history _ was a time when industry was only a home business.Ait Bthere Cthat Dwhat第二节：完形填空共20小题；每题1分，总分值20分阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最正确答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her ch

8、ildrens sake decides to go back to workThe 16 reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper会计- it was then that I worked for 17 , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something 18 , something new and excitingMoney wasn't too important now, as my husband made a very 19

9、living for usBut what should I do? What sort of 20 should I look for? I knew I needed to be 21 as to what I became involved withI am not a "quitter"容易放弃的人 and so I hoped to 22 becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for meWhile I made painful effort

10、s thinking over what to do, I was 23 of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring 24 the gold was wearing thinMy husband and I shopped and shopped for one, 25 we went, even when we were on vacation 26 this nonstop searching got my poor 27 to ask, "Just what kind of r

11、ing do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don't 28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the 29 I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn't have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was

12、a perfect fit for me, if I would 30 be patient.Fortunately, that summer while I 31 my twenty-fifth high school class reunion重聚, I heard a former classmate 32 what she did for a livingShe was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just 33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a gr

13、oup of travelersWOW, that 34 like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a 35 : I know what to take up! 16ApossibleBobviousCbelievable Dgood17AmoneyBfunCchildrenDemployers18AvaluableBreasonableCworthyDdifferent19AinterestingBcomfortableCsuccessfulDmeaningful20ApleasureBplaceCjobDman21Aca

14、refulBusefulCjoyfulDpainful22AfinishBmissCavoidDforget23ArecalledBremindedCwarned Drobbed24AwhereBwhileCifDas25AnowhereBsomewhereCwhereverDeverywhere26AActuallyBHoweverCFinallyDOnce27AchildrenBclassmatesCemployerDhusband28AcareBknowCunderstandDfind29AwayBtimeCstyleDthought30AreallyBeverCjustDcertain

15、ly 31AjoinedBleftCstartedDattended32AcomplainingBexplainingCdescribingDconsidering33AreturnedBrestedCcameDstayed34AlookedBseemedCsoundedDfelt35AtravlerBwifeCemployerDbookkeeper第二局部：阅读理解共25小题；总分值45分第一节：共5小题，每题2分，总分值10分先阅读短文，然后根据短文的内容判断正误，并将结果转涂到答题卡上。正确的涂A，错误的涂B。As high school students, Sang Tian and

16、Huang Yunru dreamed of attending one of the worlds top universitiesThey slaved over their studies and were in the end admitted to famous schools only one turned out to be far more famous than the other, according to new ranking 排名of Asias top schoolsHuang Yunru, 19, went to the University of Hong Ko

17、ng, the No 1 school in AsiaSang, also 19, went to Tsinghua University, which was ranked a disappointing 16th in AsiaWhen Sang heard the news, he couldnt believe his ears“What? How can it be? he said, greatly surprised.The new list of Asias top 200 universities was published last month by Quacquarell

18、i Symonds QS, a UK-based career and education companyThe ranking have started heated discussions among Chinese people, since the mainlands top two schools Peking University PKU and Tsinghua University were not in the top 10.Actually, this isnt the first time that the schools have gone on poorly in r

19、egional or global rankingThe 2021 world university list released by the magazine US News & World Report ranked Peking University at 50th and Tsinghua University at 56thThey were the only two mainland schools in the top 100Meanwhile, 37 US universities made the top 100 listAnd three of 10 Hong Ko

20、ng universities made the top 50.Chinese universities poor performance has saddened many students“I cant understand their standards, said Sang“At least we are a university with a long, proud history. According to the QS list, Chinese universities are doing OK in academic peer review, with both Tsingh

21、ua and Peking University scoring a full 100But when it comes to student-to-faculty ratio师生比, their ranking drops, with Tsinghua at 22th and Peking at 23rd.John Hennessy, president of Stanford University, said at the Fourth Chinese-Foreign University Presidents Forum in early May that a lack of small

22、-group discussions has seriously affected the teaching quality at Chinese universitiesThis has also resulted in students being afraid to question or challenge teachers.36Peking University PKU and Tsinghua University were in the top 10 in the ranking of Asias top schools37There were no top 100 univer

23、sities in the mainland according to the ranking.38Hong Kong universities are doing much better than the Chinese mainland ones in the ranking.39Peking University PKU and Tsinghua University are so famous that they are not worried about the result at all.40One of the reasons for the mainlands universi

24、ties disappointing ranking is that there are simply not enough teachers for the large number of students.第二节：共15小题，每题2分，总分值30分阅读以下短文，从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出最正确选项。 A Writer and power chair adventurer Mary Laver has not walked for twenty yearsYet the cheerful and positive 60 year old is not only refusing

25、 to let her disability get her down - she is also planning to cross the length of Britain in a power wheelchair. Getting ready for the trip is not easyShe has already run into many problems - not least officials and organizations who view her as a health and safety riskOne police officer wrote to Ma

26、ry requesting: 1The proposed route through our area with road numbers2The dates and times each day that this will be taking place3The location details of the proposed overnight stops4The names and mobile phone contact details of the Support CrewAnother police officer asked her to travel off road! As

27、 Mary told me, this was unacceptable - as a power wheelchair user with limited movement she needs to be "gettable". There are other problems in her way though - she is, after all, in her 60's and has severe rheumatoid arthritis风湿性关节炎However, unlike many other people with arthritis, she

28、 is no longer in pain. "When you are in a power chair and it is going at eight miles an hour, believe me it feels fast to me it is the Formula One一级方程式赛车 chair of electric wheelchairs." At the end of the interview, I asked Mary if she had a message for any other power chair users who wante

29、d to do a challenge, and her reply was simple："Just do it!"41What is Mary Laver planning to do？ ATravel to write a power wheelchair adventure. BTravel across Britain in a power wheelchair. CProve she can do what a man can in driving DTry a fast Formula One power chair sport.42Why did a pol

30、ice officer write to Mary requesting the four points? AHe tried to stop her . BMarys adventure is valueless.CThe power chair is too fast.DHe wanted to ensure her safety.43The underlined word “She needs to be gettable in the passage probably means “_ AShell have a try whatever difficulties she may ha

31、ve BA road for a power wheelchair user is a must for her. CMary has to jump off her wheelchair once on the road. DWith rheumatoid arthritis, she need some field help.44When Mary said “Just do it ! at the end of the interview, she meant “_ ABe brave though disabled BFear no challenges at all.CTake ac

32、tion right away DMake it whoever you areBDid you ever wonder how some of your favorite foods, products or toys came about? Believe it or not, they may have been an accident, or a failure of some other intentionBelow, we found three mistakes we're thankful for turned out to be what they are.1Most

33、 historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the 9th century when they discovered how to make gunpowderStory has it that a Chinese cook accidentally mixed together what were then considered common kitchen items and noticed they burntWhen put tightly in a bamboo tube and lit, it blew up2In

34、 May of 1886, a law led John Pemberton, a pharmacist药剂师, to rewrite the formula配方 for "Pemberton's French Wine Coca, his popular headache treatmentContaining sugar instead of wine as a sweetener, the outcome became something for Coke, which was later mixed with carbonated waterHis bookkeepe

35、r suggested the name Coca-Cola because he thought the two Cs would look good together, which is how what we call Coca-Cola, a world wide drink came into being.3During World War II, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetronan important heat-producing part of the microwave oven

36、微波炉While working for Raytheon Corporation after the war, the American engineer Percy Spencer was testing the magnetron when a chocolate bar in his pocket meltedHe went on to test other foods including popcorn kernels, and found it to be a much more efficient way to cookIn 1947 Raytheon came out with

37、 the first restaurant microwave oven, which was six feet tall and weighed 750 lbs 45The right time order of the three inventions, according to the passage, should be _.Afireworks, the microwave and Coca-ColaBfireworks ,Coca-Cola and the microwaveCCoca-Cola , fireworks and the microwaveDthe microwave

38、, Coca-Cola and fireworks46Percy Spencer found the microwave efficient in cooking when he was _.Alooking for a way to melt his chocolateBtrying to know how a magnetron could cook Cworking to know how the magnetron works Dasked to invent a restaurant microwave oven47What can we learn from the above i

39、nvention stories? AExperiments make great inventors of our time.BNothing is impossible if one tries each day.CInventors come out of hard work at any time.DA small incident may lead to a great invention.48Whats the best title for the passage? AWhat great inventions they are! BInventions from Three Co

40、untries.CStories of Accidental Inventions.DThe Human Inventions of time.CNew York Times- DINITIA SMITH Tomorrow is the 433d anniversary of Shakespeare's birthA recent survey shows that more people are watching him, reading him and studying him than ever before Consider the recent yearly conferen

41、ce of the Shakespeare Association of America in Washington, where more than 600 people who study or admire Shakespeare from 18 countries took in topics like ''Whither Attribution Studies,'' ''Unpopular Shakespeare'' and ''Sex Me Here,'' a talk on breas

42、t-feeding and Lady Macbeth ''The national media is saying that fewer students' taking Shakespeare,'' Barbara Mowat, the editor of The Shakespeare Quarterly, observed in a speech at the conference''But Shakespeare is thriving.'' The association's membership has

43、 increased by a third since 1990 The Shakespeare business is so good these days that WWNorton is introducing a huge new collections of the plays into the already crowded field just in time for tomorrow's birthday anniversaryPriced at $44.95, ''The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford

44、Edition'' runs for 3,420 pages, offering introductions, illustrations and notes and three versions版本 of ''King Lear.'' Today, movies and videos have made the plays even more accessibleLast year, ''William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet'' was No1 at the box

45、 office when it opened, and it grossed nearly $50 millionIn New York in January, crowds lined up in the freezing cold to see Kenneth Branagh's four-hour ''Hamlet.'' The students select a scene and then have a violent discussion about it.'' Influenced by films, professors

46、are increasingly teaching students by having them perform the plays49Why people from 18 countries came to Washington this year? ATo celebrate Shakespeares 433d birth day only. BTo watch some plays by Shakespeare as planned CTo celebrate Shakespeares birthday and study his works. DTo discuss how to t

47、each students using Shakespeares plays.50What does the underlined word “ field in the fourth paragraph refer to? A.BShakespeare Association.CThe birthday anniversaryDThe Shakespeare business.51Which of the many plays by Shakespeare was most popular the year before?AKing Lear.BHamlet.CMacbeth.DRomeo

48、and Juliet.52What does the author want to prove by using so many examples about Shakespeare? AMore and more people are becoming interested in Shakespeare.BShakespeare business is being run well in America nowadays.CPlays by Shakespeare can be used at school for more studies.DShakespeare belongs not

49、only to Britain but also to the USAD Archaeology as a profession faces two major problemsIt is the poorest of the poorOnly small sums are available for excavating挖掘and even less is available for publishing the results and preserving the sites once excavatedYet archaeologists deal with priceless obje

50、cts every dayBesides, there is the problem of unlawful excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold to businessmen at the highest price. I would like to make a suggestion that would at once provide money for archaeology and reduce the amount of diggings against lawYou might say that pro

51、fessionals excavate to get knowledge, not moneyMoreover, ancient artifacts古器物 are part of our global cultural heritage遗产, which should be there for all to appreciate, not sold at the highest priceI agreeSell nothing that has scientific valueBut, you might reply, everything that comes out of the grou

52、nd has scientific valueHere, we disagreeIn theory, you may be correct in saying that every artifact has hidden scientific value. People can not help appreciate every unearthed treasure but there is not enough money even to put the finds in good order; as a result, they cannot be found again and beco

53、me as inaccessible as if they had never been discoveredIndeed, with the help of the Internet, sold artifacts could be more reachable than are the pieces stored in museum basementsBefore sale, each could be photographed and the list of the purchasers could be maintained on the computerA purchaser cou

54、ld even be required to agree to return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes53Whats the problems that archaeology as a profession has to face? AMoney and unlawful excavation. BEffectively duplicates. CScientific purposes.DExcavation law54To let most people enjoy ancient artifa

55、cts, the practical way could be_. Aputting them in the museum  Bhaving sold artifacts returned Cmaking use of the Internet Dsolving the money problem55Which of the following four suggestions about archaeology is from the author? ANo selling of any unearthed ancient artifacts.BSome money should be raised for the purpose.CSelling some unearthed ancient artifacts and having them returned when