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7、d some articles about _. A. tips for earning money B. latest healthcare reports C. response to world events D. rich peoples life ideas 湛江市 2020-2021 学年度第二学期期末调研考试高二英语试题 第 2 2 页 共 8 8 页 2. What is the annual fee for subscription if readers book now? A. $48. B. $40. C. $38.4. D. $32. 3. What are you s
8、ure to get if you subscribe to Readers Digest? A. Refund for lost issues. B. Renewal free of charge. C. Authorized renewal service. D. All the past digital issues. B Norwood, a junior High School student, was driving three friends home in St. Petersburg, when another driver crashed into her from her
9、 left and made her car hit the tree. The impact jammed shut the drivers side door, so Norwood climbed out of the front window. Two of her friends managed to get out of the car unharmed, but her 16-year-old friend Zarria didnt. She ran back to the car only to find Zarria was just sitting there reacti
10、onless. A lot of people started to gather around to see what was happening. Norwood started yelling, “Back up, back up, she needs space.” Norwood pulled Zarria out of the back seat, avoiding broken glass from the window. “Thats when I checked her pulse (脉搏) on her neck. I put my head against her che
11、st, and I didnt really hear nothing. So thats when I just started doing CPR on her.” Norwood told the reporter. After the 30 compressions (按压) and two rescue breaths, Zarria regained consciousness (知觉). Ambulance quickly arrived and rushed her to the hospital to receive medical help. When Miller, No
12、rwoods high school teacher, learned that Norwood saved a friend just one day after completing CPR training, she was at a loss of words and so proud. Norwood participates in the schools Athletic Lifestyle Management Academy (ALMA). The program prepares students for various careers in health science.
13、“We do vital signs and they learn how to take blood pressure and check pulse.” Miller introduced. And another one of the skills learned is CPR. “There are two components, a hands-on skills component where they have to demonstrate that theyre able to do CPR well, and then theres a written test compon
14、ent, showing that they remember that knowledge.” Thanks to Norwoods quick thinking, Zarria is recovering well. She also isnt surprised by her friends actions. “She will always help any way she can, so I wasnt really shocked about that.” 4. What happened to Norwood and her friends on their way home?
15、A. They lost their way. B. They suffered a car accident. C. They crashed into another car. D. They were stuck in a traffic jam. 5. What did Norwood do first when finding Zarria reactionless? A. To give her first aid. B. To ask people for help. C. To call ambulance at once. D. To send her to hospital
16、 immediately. 6. What can we infer about the ALMA? A. It normally lasts for one day. B. It is for medical students only. C. It focuses on both theory and practice. D. It trains students to live a healthy lifestyle. 湛江市 2020-2021 学年度第二学期期末调研考试高二英语试题 第 3 3 页 共 8 8 页 7. Which of the following can best
17、describe Norwood? A. Considerate and flexible. B. Kind and ambitious. C. Hardworking and clever. D. Brave and calm. C A young teenager interested in robotics, T.J.Evarts noticed some of his friends became easily distracted from the road by a variety of activities, especially texting, as they learned
18、 how to drive. Actually, this phenomenon is quite common among those in their teens and twenties. A 2018 Pew Research Center study shows about a third of teenagers aged 16 and 17 admitted texting while driving. According to the survey conducted by Federal Communications Commission, more than 3,100 p
19、eople were killed in vehicles because of distracted driving, and more than 37% were under 20 in 2020. Now 20, Evarts has invented the SMART wheel (SMART for Safe Motorists Alert for Restricting Texting), hoping to change these statistics and how new drivers function on the road. His brainchild began
20、 as a mixture of aluminum (铝) and coat hangers. Then it was developed into a structured system of sensors (感应器) that can be attached to the steering wheel （方向盘）of most vehicles. Evarts said the technology tracks the placement of a drivers hands on a steering wheel, an indicator of how focused the dr
21、ivers attention is on the road. Moving one or both hands off the wheel for more than four seconds will cause a flashing red light to appear on the SMART wheel along with a ringing noise to signal the driver, while the data gathered through the process can be sent to a parents app linked by Bluetooth
22、. The CEO sees his invention as a way to ease parents concerns when their children start driving vehicles on their own, and help to limit the number of distractions routinely challenging drivers, a problem that has only grown worse with mobile technology. Evarts said his company is also setting up a
23、 reward system into the app that will grade drivers performances and identify ways to improve their driving. 8. Why did Evarts invent the SMART wheel? A. To equip teenagers with driving skills. B. To draw drivers attention to speeding. C. To keep the drivers focused on driving. D. To increase the nu
24、mber of teenage drivers. 9. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. One of steering wheels tasks. B. A coat hanger for the system. C. The mixture of drivers data. D. Evarts initial invention idea. 10. Which behavior will set off the red light on the SMART wheel? A. Placing bot
25、h hands on the steering wheel. B. Holding the steering wheel with one hand. C. Texting the driver while sitting in the back. D. Calling friends or parents using earphones. 11. What is the SMART wheel? A. A habit-adjusting system. B. A teen-rewarding system. C. A driver-training project. D. A fault-f
26、inding project. 湛江市 2020-2021 学年度第二学期期末调研考试高二英语试题 第 4 4 页 共 8 8 页 D Men hunted. Women gathered. That has long been the common view of our prehistoric ancestors. But the discovery of a woman buried 9,000 years ago in the Andes Mountains with weapons and hunting tools, and an analysis of other burial
27、sites in the Americas challenges this widely accepted division of labor in hunter-gatherer society. “Labor practices among recent hunter-gatherer societies are highly gendered (性别), which might lead some to believe that sexist inequalities in things like pay or rank are somehow natural said lead stu
28、dy author Randy Haas, an assistant professor of anthropology（人类学）at University of California，Davis，in a news release. But its now clear that sexual division of labor was fundamentally differentlikely more equal and reasonablein our species deep hunter-gatherer past. The burial site was discovered in
29、 2018 during excavations (发掘) at a high-altitude site called Wilamaya Patjxa in what is now Peru. The woman, thought to be between 17 and 19 years old when she died, was buried with items that suggested she hunted big-game animals. Although some scholars have suggested a role for women in ancient hu
30、nting, others have dismissed this idea even when hunting tools were uncovered in female burials. To examine whether this woman found at this site was an outlier, the researchers examined 429 skeletons （骷髅）at 107 burials sites in North and South America around 8 000 to 14 000 years ago. Of those, 27
31、individuals were buried with hunting tools11 were female and 15 were male. The sample was sufficient to support the conclusion that female participation in early big-game hunting was likely not unusual. The findings add to doubts about “man-the-hunter” assumption that informed much thinking about ea
32、rly humans since the mid-20th century. They suggest hunting was very much a community-based activity, needing the participation of all able-bodied individuals to drive large animals, the paper said. The weapon of choice at that time had low accuracy, encouraging broad participation, and using it was
33、 a skill learned from childhood. 12. What does the recent burial site at Andes Mountains show? A. The origin of sexual inequality. B. Hunting kills of ancient times. C. The social system of prehistoric hunters. D. Job division of hunter-gatherer society. 13. Which of the following might Randy Haas a
34、gree with? A. Gender plays no part in recent hunter-gatherer society. B. Sexist inequality is a natural result of prehistoric society. C. Ancient division of labor might be fairer than wed thought. D. Public ideas of womens role will be changed suddenly. 14. What does the underlined word outlier in
35、Paragraph 4 mean? A. Exception. B. Failure. C. Role model. D. Easy target. 湛江市 2020-2021 学年度第二学期期末调研考试高二英语试题 第 5 5 页 共 8 8 页 15. What might make prehistoric hunting a community-based activity? A. Lack of able-bodied individuals. B. Imperfection in hunting weapons. C. Better accuracy of females in hu
36、nting. D. Need for large animals as food source. 第二节第二节 （共（共 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 12.5 分）分） 根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。 The Case for Classics Many high schoolers complain when they look at a course syllabus (大纲) for Chinese and see literary assignments that include The Story O
37、f The Stone and other pieces of classic literature. 16 But there are some good reasons why reading the classics is an important part of a 2lst century education. 17 As students explore texts that were written hundreds of years before, they peer through a window into the world as it was in those days
38、. Being able to hear those voices from the past is a privilege young people should be grateful to have. Furthermore, as students examine classic works, they begin to see the fabric of history from a different perspective (视角). Absorbed with their own daily activities, most teens rarely think about t
39、he fact that human civilization has been around for a long time. 18 The experiences and perspectives of those people can provide important insights into the challenges that teenagers face today. The wording and style may have changed, but the underlying themes that stir (搅拌) the heart, including lov
40、e, loss, courage, revolution, and humor, are as true today as they were for the authors of these early works. One of the most important reasons to study classic literature, however, is to expand ones mind. 19 To illustrate this, a group of scientists gathered volunteers who agreed to have their brai
41、ns scanned while reading phrases from classic literature in both their original form and in modern translations. The result of the study showed a significant increase in the brain activity of people reading the original texts. 20 It connects students to the history and values of the broader human co
42、mmunity. It challenges their minds with the ideas and words of people who came before them. Therefore, if todays teens are going to grow as readers, writers, and critical thinkers, it is essential that classic literature remains a part of their education. A. Clearly, thats why it is so important. B.
43、 Classic literature is important in a high school education. C. These were things that were on peoples minds at that time. D. Students often wonder why they have to study ancient writing. E. Reading writings from long ago can be like stepping into a time machine. F. Nor do they realize their lives a
44、re connected to the lives of the ancient people. G. Learning to appreciate an unfamiliar style of writing can stretch the brain and help it grow stronger. 湛江市 2020-2021 学年度第二学期期末调研考试高二英语试题 第 6 6 页 共 8 8 页 第二部分第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）分） 第一节第一节 完形填空（共完形填空（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1 分，满分分，满分 15 分
45、）分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A nine-year-old kid is sitting at his desk. Suddenly, there is a puddle (小水洼) between his feet and the front of his pants are 21 . He thinks his heart is going to 22 because he cannot possibly 23 how this has happened. Its never happen
46、ed before, and he knows that when the boys find out, he will never hear the 24 of it. When the girls 25 it, theyll never speak to him again as long as he lives. The boy puts his head down and 26 , “Dear God, this is a(n) 27 ! I need help now! Five minutes from now, Im dead meat. 28 , a classmate nam
47、ed Susie is carrying a goldfish 29 that is filled with water. She trips (绊倒) in front of the desk and unexplainably pours the water on the boys 30 . The boy pretends to be 31 , but all the while is saying to himself, Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!” Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object
48、 of ridicule (嘲笑), the boy is the object of 32 . All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Its 33 . But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been transferred to someone else -Susie. She tries to 34 but they tell her to get out. “You
49、ve done enough, you klutz (笨手笨脚的人)!” Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, You did that 35 , didnt you?” Susie whispers back, “I wet my pants once too.” 21. A. wet B. dirty C. broken D. clean 22. A. drop B. beat C. burst D. stop 23
50、. A. expect B. forget C. imagine D. notice 24. A. truth B. end C. reason D. process 25. A. suspect B. read C. discover D. recognize 26. A. cries B. urges C. promises D. prays 27. A. emergency B. affair C. point D. puzzle 28. A. However B. Meanwhile C. Therefore D. Anyway 29. A. bowl B. can C. basin