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1、高二英语暑假作业（8）第一部分 阅读理解第一节 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。A2021 brought us some amazing titles. If you want to read the books that people couldnt stop talking about that year, see below for our list of some of them!Whereabouts by Jhumpa LahiriAn extraordinary new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning
2、 author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies her first in nearly a decadeabout a woman questioning her place in the world, hesitating between inactivity and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. Hardcover: $24. 00The Paper Palace by Miranda HellerA story of
3、 summer, secrets, love and lies: in the course of a single day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that she has been preparing for decades. Gentle yet disastrous, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes of famili
4、es. Hardcover: $27.00Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroA great new novel from Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro. Klara and the Sun is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of Klaraan artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities and one that explore
5、s the fundamental question: what does it mean to love?Hardcover: $26.00The Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenA deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. John Greens gift for storytelling shines throughout this mas
6、teiful collection. The Anthropocene Reviewed is an open-hearted exploration of the paths we create and a celebration of falling in love with the world.Hardcover: $24.001. What do Whereabouts and Klara and the Sun have in common?A. They collect personal essays.B. They are sold at the same price.C. Th
7、ey are written by prize-winning authors.D. They mainly talk about personal relationships.2. Which book reflects its authors talent for telling stories?A. Whereabouts.B. The Paper Palace.C. Klara and the Sun.D. The Anthropocene Reviewed.3. To know about a womans most important day in life, you can re
8、ad the book written by_.A. Jhumpa LahiriB. Miranda HellerC. Kazuo IshiguroD. John GreenB Bellevue Manor is a low-income, multicultural community. For several years, it showed signs of conflict: The number of calls to police was much bigger, and many of these calls could not easily he solved by polic
9、e officers. As part of his research, Jabril Abdulle investigated how differences in cultural backgrounds influenced community members relationship. I saw a lot of conflicts in the community, he says,“and a lack of proper response to conflicts other than calling the police. In interviews with communi
10、ty members, he found that eye contact, gestures and comments might cause conflicts among members of some cultures. He realized the best approach is not to call police hut to train and help community members to take responsibility for managing conflicts. An effort was made to invite volunteer mediato
11、rs(调解员) from various cultural groups in the community. Nine volunteers participated in a four-day course. Discussions were focused on what different cultural groups mean,how to respond to conflict. and what is highly valued in different societies. Successful mediation helps a lot. One of the most im
12、pressive examples involved a group of youths who had robbed a local store. Through mediation, the youths came to understand that the minor robbery -which they admitted to committing for no real reason had significant financial and emotional consequences for the store owner. They agreed to do volunte
13、er work for the store owner who, realizing that they sincerely regretted the harm done to him, ended up offering them part-time jobs. Two of the youths involved went on to become honoured students. In a diverse community, meditation led to a considerable amount of avoidable conflicts,and with proper
14、 mediation training,community members could solve these quarrels without involving police and the legal system.1.The community of Bellevue Manor was NOT expected to be_.A.of low-incomeB.multiculturalC.of more conflictsD.harmonious2.Facing conflicts, the community members used to_.A.refer to mediatio
15、nB.call policeC.settle them privatelyD.avoid contacts3.Jabril Abdulles project in the community aims to_.A.train the mediators from various cultural groupsB.correct the community members body languageC.understand the community multicultural valuesD.help community members to manage conflicts4.The fac
16、t that two youths involved in the robbery become honoured students proves_.A.the mediation worked well beyond expectationB.the youths had been working hard at their lessonsC.the two youths were innocent in the store robberyD.there would be no crimes committed any moreCOn Feb. 19, the same day Harper
17、 Lee passed away, the world lost another literary giant. He was 84-year-old Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, whose masterpiece The Name of the Rose won him international fame when it was published in 1980. The novel sold more than 10 million copies in about 30 languages and was made into a movie in 1
18、986 starring British actor Sean Connery. A USA Today obituary (讣告) thus describes: “Eco was an author of books ranging from novels to scholarly books to essay collections; Eco was enthusiastic about the obscure as well as ordinary daily life; As a scholar, critic and novelist, he also did research o
19、n the mysterious theory of semiotics-the study of signs and symbols in language and the technical languages of the Internet. The Name of the Rose can be seen as a much more complicated version of US writer Dan Browns popular novel The Da Vinci Code. The book is set in a 14th century Italian Monaster
20、y (修道院) where monks are being murdered one by one in terrible manners. Two monks who travel to the monastery try to solve the murders. The books mystery develops around a complex-designed library and a lost Aristotles book on comedy. Although the novel is full of Latin phrases and devotes many pages
21、 to analysis of Christian beliefs and ancient philosophy, its a fascinating detective thriller. Eco also wrote some harsh literary criticism. He once wrote that “books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told”.1. What can we learn about The Name of the Ro
22、se?A. It earned Harper Lee worldwide reputation.B. It featured the main character Sean Connery.C. It was translated into no more than 30 versions.D. It had its film adaptation following the books publication.2. From the USA Today obituary, which of the following can be inferred?A. Eco not only wrote
23、 novels but also some dramas.B. Eco was merely interested in ordinary daily life.C. Eco was an expert in the Internet.D. Eco was more than a novelist.3. What does the book The Name of the Rose describe?A. A story copied from the novel The Da Vinci Code.B. Chain murdering in an Italian Monastery.C. A
24、 long-lost ownerless book.D. A complex-designed library.4. What does the underlined quote said by Eco imply?A. Stories are far from reality.B. Creativity is hard to come by.C. Some books are well worth reading.D. Writers need to polish their language.DGenome-edited(基因编辑) food made with CRISPR-Cas9 t
25、echnology is being sold on the open market for the first time. Since September, the Sicilian Rouge tomatoes, which are genetically edited to contain high amounts of Y-aminobutyric acid(-氨基丁酸)(GABA), have been sold direct to consumers in Japan by Tokyo-based Sanatech Seed. The company claims oral int
26、ake of GABA can help support lower blood pressure and promote relaxation.“In Japan, dietary supplements and foods enriched for GABA are popular among the public, ”says Hiroshi Ezura, chief technology officer at Sanatech. “GABA is a famous health-promoting compound in Japan. Its like vitamin C,” he s
27、ays. More than 400 GABA-enriched food and beverage products, such as chocolates, are already on the Japanese market. “Thats why we chose this as our first target for our genome editing technology,” he says.Sanatech, a startup from the University of Tsukuba, first tested the appetite of consumers in
28、Japan for the genome-edited fruit in May 2021 when it sent free seedling CRISPR-edited tomato plants to about 4,200 home gardeners who had requested them. Encouraged by the positive demand, the company started direct internet sales of fresh tomatoes in September and a month later took orders for see
29、dlings for next growing season. Japans regulators approved the tomato in December 2020.Since its beginning a decade ago, CR1SPR-Cas9 genome editing has become a tool of choice for plant bioengineers. Researchers have successfully used it to develop non-browning mushrooms, drought-tolerant soybeans a
30、nd a host of other creative traits in plants. Many have received a green light from US regulators. But before Sanatechs tomato, no CRISPR-edited food crops were known to have been commercialized.Consumers may find food ingredients made with some of the older DNA editing techniques. Indeed, Calyxt in
31、 2019 commercialized a TALEN-edited soybean oil that is free of trans fats. So it was only a matter of time before a CRISPR-edited crop reached palates.1.Why was GABA-enriched food chosen for genome editing technology?A.It is easy to edit its genome.B.It is popular among the public.C.It can replace
32、vitamin C.D.It can cure people of diseases.2.What does the author want to say about the seedlings in Para. 3?A.They are in great demand.B.They are very expensive.C.They are still under doubt.D.They are free up to now.3.Why were non-browning mushrooms mentioned in the 4th paragraph?A.To prove TALEN-g
33、enome editings wide use.B.To prove CRISPR-Cas9 genome editings popularity.C.To prove CRISPR-edited crops creative traits.D.To prove TALEN-edited soybean oils advantages.4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.TALEN-edited Tomatoes Are Supposed to Come OutB.Which Are More Nutrie
34、nt, TALEN-edited or CRISPR-edited Tomatoes?C.Why GABA Has Such an Appeal at the Present Time?D.CRISPR-edited Tomatoes Are Supposed to Make You Relaxed第二节 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。Westerners usually dont think of China as having a rich tradition of making comics, and discussions of Ch
35、inese comics focus on manhua, the Chinese comics that were inspired by Japanese manga. Its true that most of the comics being produced now are manhua. _From their beginnings in the 1920s until their popularity bottomed out in the 1990s, lianhuanhua were some of the most widely read literature in the
36、 country.Most of the lianhuanhua that can still be found in China were printed in the late 1970s and 1980s. _The lianhuanhua industry began in Shanghai during the 1920s and 30s. Some scholars even trace the origins to Song Dynasty scrolls(卷轴).Using newly imported printing techniques, publishers bega
37、n releasing periodicals (期刊) that contained stories and illustrations. _There were various regional names, such as “book of little people”. Some of these stories were text accompanied by images while others used speech bubbles or text inserted into the image. The most popular series from the magazin
38、es were reprinted in palm-size paperbacks, and before long rental shops sprang up in alleyways throughout the city. _Many of these early comics were multi-volume(多卷的) adaptations of martial arts epics or folk tales such as the classical Chinese novel, Journey to the West. _Adaptations of foreign wor
39、ks from Europe and the United States were also produced. In the 1980s, new publications came to have a wider range of goals that included intellectual development and education in science and culture for young people.A. Their history reaches back much farther.B. Most people couldnt afford to rent on
40、e to read.C. For a few coins，readers could sit down and read.D. Others were adapted from theater shows or popular films such as King Kong.E. But this was not the case for much of the 20th century.F. But people could also enjoy foreign movie stories on lianhuanhua.G. They named these works “lianhuanh
41、ua” (linked images).第二部分 语言知识运用第一节 阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 You had better learn to be grateful. If you are grateful, you naturally 1 yourself to receive all kinds of 2 and good things in life. You can receive almost everything you want 3 . If you want recovery soon, start by f
42、eeling grateful that you are still alive. If it is more money than you want, start by being grateful for whatever 4 of money you already have. You see,showing gratitude(感激) is the key to every 5 thing in life. It is the key to successful relationships, it is the key to successful futures and it is t
43、he key to 6 healthier and happier lives. And this is 7 the importance of being grateful lies. In a word,it makes life better. One of my favourite 8 is If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you will find yourself have more to appreciate. Think about that! Something as short as “Th
44、ank you for being in my life” or “I 9 having you here with me” can go a long way. It will make the other person feel good, and 10 it also will make you feel better! So maybe your wife is not very 11 around the house, but shes great at cooking your favourite 12 .Or, maybe your child spills milk all o
45、ver your new shirt right before you walk out the door for work, but he 13 makes you laugh so much and makes you 14 the luckiest parent in the world. I strongly 15 you to make a promise to yourself for the next week. When you 16 up, think of at least 5 things every morning that you are 17 for. Then s
46、ay them out loud. You will 18 a smile on your face without even 19 . In 30 days you will feel completely renewed. This is the 20 of being grateful!1.A.openB.makeC.standD.take2.A.troublesB.blessingsC.challengesD.failures3.A.slowlyB.correctlyC.trulyD.clearly4.A.amountB.numberC.kindD.plenty5.A.terrible
47、B.excitingC.positiveD.confusing6.A.startingB.improvingC.enjoyingD.searching7.A.whereB.whatC.thatD.which8.A.mottoesB.rulesC.habitsD.words9.A.imagineB.escapeC.appreciateD.regret10.A.in turnB.in generalC.in caseD.in addition11.A.lazyB.beautifulC.carelessD.organized12.A.vegetablesB.dishesC.dinnersD.drinks13.A.neverB.everC.usuallyD.seldom14.A.become ofB.feel likeC.act asD.look like15.A.persuadeB.a