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1、新余市20192022学年第一学期期末英语高二质量检测阅读理解阅读理解汇编（共三年）第二部分阅读理解第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节，满分共两节，满分 50 分分)第一节第一节(共共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分分，满分 37.5 分分)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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A（2020 江西新余高二期末）Welcome to SummerC;find and book the very bestsummer camps.Your children are precious so we offer the
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3、 host of ocean adventures,marine(海洋的)biology,andsocial summer camp activities.Address:Toyon Way,San Bruno,California 94066Phone:800-645-1423Camp CayugaCamp Cayuga is a private summer camp for children aged 6 to 16.The camp is on a 350-acreland in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania,just o
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6、ght Camps offer week-long Summer Adventure Overnight Campsin New Yorks Finger Lakes to your children aged 11-15.Campers experience a week ofnature-based skills training,inspiring challenges,and fun activities under the guidance of skilledinstructors.Address:611 County Rd 13,Van Etten,New York 14889P
7、hone:607-272-229291Where should a girl of 7 go camping?AToyon Way,San Bruno.B611 County Rd 13,Van Etten.C375 Lake Eden Road,Black Mountain.D321 Niles Pond Road-Suite ISC,Honesdale.92What is special about Camp Rockmont?AIts targeted at older boys.BIt provides skills training.CIt is located in the mou
8、ntains.DIt has something to do with religion.93Who is the text most likely intended for?ACampers.BEducators.CParentsDChildren.（2020 江西新余高二期末）Prateek Sharma was born into a family of farmers.After 10years of being a chief manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank,he did a good job and earned a good pay.But Prat
9、eek couldnt continue the corporation life with ease,as his heart was always in farming.So he worked as a banker on weekdays and on weekends travelled 100 km to get to his 5-acre inDhaba Khurd.By the end of 2015,Prateek had set up a house on his farm to grow offseason vegetables.Prateek thought hed q
10、uit his job once he was able to earn enough from farming,but this wasnt aneasy decision to make.This was because costs to grow these vegetables were very high,alongwith the fact that farmers werent a part of the value chain and thus couldnt decide the price oftheir own vegetables.Fortunately,Prateek
11、 met Vinay Yadav,another educated farmer.They then decided to starttheir own value chain and sell their vegetables and grains,while skipping the middlemen.Thevariety of vegetables they grew wasnt enough,so they decided to form a group of farmers.Once the plan was ready,the group was registered by th
12、e name of Farmer ProducerOrganization(FPO).However,the trial failed in the first year as most of the farmers were graingrowers and had limited knowledge of growing vegetables.However,the largest reason was theswitch to organic from chemical.Luckily,once the soil was used to organic methods,the next
13、round of crops were successfuland the FPO had a good amount of produce.So at the end of 2017,Prateek finally quit his job anddevoted all his time to farming.Now hes successful and recently his team has started two farmerresource centers at Dhaba Khurd and Nathrula Canj.94Why did Prateek have trouble
14、 continuing his life as a banker?AHe felt it so boring to be a banker.BHe almost never satisfied his boss.CHe found farming easier to do well.DHe was enthusiastic about farming.95Why was it difficult for Prateek to decide on quitting his job?AThe prices of organic products were low.BThe income from
15、farming wasnt much.CHe had no money to put into farming.DHe found farming produce hard to sell.96What did Prateek and Vinay Yadav set about doing after they met?ABuilding their own marketing system.BRaising the prices of their products.CSwitching from chemical to organic.DAdding the kinds of vegetab
16、les grown.97What mainly resulted in the failure of FPOs first year trial?ATheir no experience in growing vegetables.BTheir poor management on the employees.CThe soils not adapting to organic farming.DThe wrong ways of doing organic farming.（2020 江西新余高二期末）Science is finally beginning to embrace anima
17、ls who were,for along time,considered second-class citizens.AsAnnie Potts of Canterbury University has noted,chickens distinguish among one hundredchicken faces and recognize familiar individuals even after months of separation.When givenproblems to solve,they reason:hens trained to pick colored but
18、tons sometimes choose to give upan immediate food reward for a slightly later(and better)one.Healthy hens may aid friends,andmourn when those friend die.Pigs respond meaningful to human symbols.When a research team led by Candace Croney atPenn State University carried wooden blocks marked with X and
19、 O symbols around pigs,only theO carriers offered food to the animals.The pigs soon ignored the X carriers in favor of the Os.Then the team switched from real-life objects to T-shirts printed with X or O symbols.Still,thepigs walked only toward the O-shirted people:they had transferred their knowled
20、ge to atwo-dimensional format,a not inconsiderable feat of reasoning.Ive been guilty of prejudiced expectations,myself.At the start of my career almost fourdecades ago,I was firmly convinced that monkeys and apes out-think and out-feel other animals.Theyre other primates(灵长目动物),after all,animals fro
21、m our own mammalian(哺乳动物的)class.Fairly soon,I came to see that along with our closest living relatives,whales too are mastersof cultural learning,and elephants express profound joy and mourning with their socialcompanions.Long-term studies in the wild on these mammals helped to fuel a viewpoint shif
22、t inour society:the public no longer so easily accepts monkeys made to undergo painful procedurekin laboratories,elephants forced to perform in circuses,and dolphins kept in small tanks at themeparks.Over time,though,as I began to broaden out even further and explore the inner lives of fish,chickens
23、,pigs,goats,and cows,I started to wonder:Will the new science of food animals bringan ethical(伦理的)revolution in terms of who we eat?In other words,will our ethics start tocatch up with the development of our science?Animal activists are already there,of course,committed to not eating these animals.B
24、ut whatabout the rest of us?Can paying attention to the thinking and feeling of these animals lead us tomake changes in who we eat?98According to Annie Potts,hens have the ability of_.AinteractionBanalysisCcreationDabstraction99The research into pigs shows that pigs_.Alearn letters quicklyBhave a go
25、od eyesightCcan build up a good relationshipDcan apply knowledge to new situations100Paragraph 4 is mainly about_.Athe similarities between mammals and humansBthe necessity of long-term studies on mammalsCa change in peoples attitudes towards animalsDa discovery of how animals express themselves101W
26、hat might be the best title for the passage?AThe Inner Lives of Food AnimalsBThe Lifestyles of Food AnimalsCScience Reports on Food AnimalsDA Revolution in Food Animals（2020 江西新余高二期末）Language learning apps are very popular now and offeropportunities to learn vocabulary and practice grammar.But there
27、 has been a discussion about justhow effective such apps can be.Among the most popular apps are Duolingo and Busuu.A previous research found positiveresults on the use of them.But it mainly concentrates on studies with learners who had signed upfor language courses and these apps worked as an after-
28、class support,so the results were notalways reliable.Arecent study of 4,095 Busuu users has been carried out to find out if users canactually learn a language with an app.Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages.It offers special models wheresome contents are available for free w
29、hile some contents are not,We find that its users are an evenmix of men and women.More than half consider themselves to be at the beginner level as there isa decrease in users as their language levels go up.Most people use the app because of personalinterest,or because they want to study or live abr
30、oad.Females tend to use it less often but forlonger periods of time than male users.Getting any feedback on Busuu depends on whether your answer is correct or not.While it ishelpful,this is not the sort of feedback language teachers prefer,as it does not explain why theanswer is right or wrong.In sp
31、ite of this,feedback in the app is very highly rated.More than 92%of the people state that the app has met their expectations and 86%considerthe app as very good or good.In fact,more than 80%of the users surveyed strongly agree thatusing the app has helped them improve their knowledge of the languag
32、e they are learning.Besides,language learning apps also create an environment where mistakes are only knownto the users,and this can address the performance anxiety that many learners suffer from whenasked to speak a foreign language.So language teachers should encourage their students to usethem to
33、 do the grammar work,leaving precious class time for more language communication.102Why werent the results of the former research always dependable?ABecause it used out-of-date methods.BBecause it just focused on positive results.CBecause it was only carried out before class.DBecause it only conside
34、red users of a limited type.103What can we learn about the app Busuu from the text?AAll the contents are free to use.BIts used by more advanced learners.CMost users consider it satisfying.DIts more popular with female learners.104Which of the following can probably replace the underlined word addres
35、s?ADeal with.BWrite down.CTurn to.DSpeak of.105What is the main idea of the text?AStudents wont suffer anxiety in learning languages by using Busuu.BLanguage learning apps are effective and satisfactory to language learners.CLanguage learning apps are very popular with most language teachers.DStuden
36、ts should be required to use apps for homework after class.（2021 江西新余高二期末）Windermere Christmas MarkerLocation:Victoria Street.WindermereDate:Saturday,12th&Sunday,13th December,2020Times:Saturday 10 a.m.-6.m.,Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Run entirely by a group of volunteers,the Windermere Christmas Market f
37、irst took place in2016.With around 50 stalls selling a range of goods produced both locally and from Europe,youwill find live music and other street performers.There is a shuttle bus in operation from car parks,and plenty of stands selling hot food.Ambleside Christmas LightsLocation:Market Cross mar
38、ket Place in AmblesideDate:2020,date to be decidedTimes:10 a.m.-6 p.m.This annual event combines a traditional shopping experience with a Christmas light show,cruises on the lake,a lantern parade,and a visit from Santa Claus.The day ends with a largefireworks display.There are family-friendly activi
39、ties throughout the day,while the market sellsrange of tasty foods and other gifts.Hawkshead Christmas FairLocation:Hawkshead village CentreDate:Saturday.5th&Sunday.6th December,2020Times:10 a.m.-5 p.m.AChristmas Fair takes over the ancient streets of the small village every December.You willfind bo
40、th indoor and outdoor markets with over 50 stalls selling food,crafts,and other gifts.Thereis also a lantern parade,live music,and street performance.Children can meet Santa,whilegrown-ups can enjoy the mini beer festival in villages pubs.Keswick Victorian FavreLocation:market Place&Packhorse Court,
41、KeswickDate:Sunday,6th December,2020Times:10.30 a.m.-4 p.m.This is a fantastic opportunity to combine Christmas shopping with support for local charities.Around 30 local and national charities have stalls where you can browse their goods that includehomemade Christmas crafts and cakes.Traders and ot
42、her workers will be dressed in Victoriancostumes and visitors are invited to do the same.106When does the Windermere Christmas Market open on 12th December,2020？A10 a.m.-6 p.m.B10 a.m.-5 p.m.C10 a.m.-4 p.m.D10.30 a.m.-4 p.m.107What cant visitors do at Hawkshead Chritsmas Fair?ABuy gifts for their fr
43、iends.BSet off fireworks.CWatch street performance.DCelebrate the beer festival.108Where should visitors go if they want to support charities?AKeswickBAmblesideCHawksheadDWindermere B（2021 江西新余高二期末）“Mom,its Christopher,”my son cut in after the beep one day.“Mom,are you there?”My heart skipped a beat
44、 at the sound of his voice.“Hey,Chris,”I said,struggling to keep my voice calm.“Whats wrong?”“Nothings wrong.I just wanted to know if its okay if l bring home a kitten.”“Achicken?OK.But youd better bring home two of them,if possible,”I suggested.“Theyll be company for each other.”We have several cat
45、s and a dog,and wed kept rabbits for a while,but chickens werealtogether different.As I drove the fifteen miles to school to pick up our twin boys,I began tohesitate.Food?Achicken coop?Anything else?After pulling into the line in front of the school,I shut off the engine and texted my oldestson who
46、works after school at the Missouri Farmers Association.I asked him to pick up whateverfood and supplies might be necessary for two young chickens.When the school doors opened,Benjamin and his brother pushed through the doors and randown the steps.I gasped as he approached the car-with a black-and-wh
47、ite kitten in his arm.“Thats not a chicken!”I said,as he climbed into the back seat.“I thought you asked if you could bring home a chicken,”I said.“Mo-o-o-m!I said kitten,not chicken.Can we still keep them?”There wasnt much sense arguing.After all,I had already agreed to take them,although Idmisunde
48、rstood what“them”consisted of.“Yes,we can keep them.”I said,sending a quick text to my oldest son asking him to cancelmy request.109How did the author feel when she heard her sons voice on the phone?ADisappointed.BWorried.CSurprised.DExcited.110What did the author realize about feeding the chicken?A
49、Building a new chicken coop is unnecessary.BShe was very experienced at feeding them.CAnimals should be kept in the same coop.DShe was puzzled about how to raise them.111What can we infer about the author from the text?AShe prefers chickens to cats.BShe agreed to keep the kittens.CShe is experienced
50、 in raising chickens.DShe has several cats and dogs.112Which of the following can be the best title for the text?ADont Count Your Chickens.BEggs Cant Be Put in One Basket.CCuriosity Kills the Cat.DAShort Cut is Often a Wrong Cut.（2021 江西新余高二期末）People like to post their selfies(自拍照)on social media.To