2021-2022學年廣東省肇慶市高二（上）期末英語試卷
發(fā)布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
第一部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2.5分，滿分37.5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。
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1．Baseball Plant
Where it's found：South Africa
This is a ball-shaped juicy plant.Unluckily，it was unsustainably harvested because more people around the globe have decided to grow baseball plants around them.Luckily，some botanical gardens have started to grow this plant.In this way，it will no longer need to be obtained from the wild so that it does not become extinct.
Corpse Flower
Where it's found：Sumatra，Indonesia
The corpse flower is also listed as an endangered plant and there are about 1，000 plants growing in the wild.This plant sends out a smell of rotting（腐爛）meat during its nightly peak bloom.This allows it to attract pollinators like flies from miles away.It can grow an astonishing eight feet tall and can weigh up to 170 pounds.
African Starfish Flower
Where it's found：Botswana，Namibia，South Africa，Zimbabwe
Don't fall in love with its beautiful flowers，because this is yet another plant that's known for its bad smell.It smells like rotting meat and looks like a rotting animal!Unluckily，it is endangered due to destroyed habitats，plant collectors as well as the Zulus，who use the plant as a cure for hysteria（癔病）.
Hydnora Africana
Where it's found：Botswana，Namibia，Swaziland，Ethiopia
This has an appearance similar to mushroom until the flower opens.At this point，the plant transforms from a leafless brown-gray plant to something that looks more like an animal than a plant.While this is also a smelly plant，it is an edible（可食用的）fruit that is loved by many animals and even humans!It makes for a tasty food when mixed with cream and can also treat conditions like diarrhea（腹瀉）.
（1）What can be inferred about the baseball plant？
A．It gives out a bad smell.
B．Its flowers have a strange shape.
C．It is a kind of food for the locals.
D．It is endangered in its wild habitat.
（2）In which country are corpse plants found？
A．South Africa.
B．Botswana.
C．Indonesia.
D．Ethiopia.
（3）What do African Starfish Flower and Hydnora Africana have in common？
A．They have great sizes.
B．They can be used as drugs.
C．They look like rotting animals.
D．They change shapes to keep away enemies.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．Musician Nfamara Badjie came to the United States in 2005 from his native country，Gambia to perform and give drumming（擊鼓）workshops.He didn't prospect for staying.He was a famous musician back home，who'd grown up rice farming and drumming in a hamlet as his ancestors had done.However，Dawn Hoyte changed his plans.
A dancer，Hoyte，attended one of Badjie's workshops.By 2013 they'd become a couple，married，and were looking for a bigger home in the Hudson Valley of New York where they could house their combined families.They found a house that seemed large enough.It was sited on what's called a wetland.Badjie wanted a place to grow rice as he'd done back home.Hoyte，who was born in Queens，N.Y.，doubted it.
It was a challenge but Badjie made it.Calling their farm the Ever Growing Family Farm，Badjie and Hoyte consulted Styger，an agronomist of Cornell University，and they received lots of help from their family and friends.The farm has become the first commercial rice farm in New York.With a few acres and a bit more than a dozen paddies，a good year yields 1，000 pounds.To harvest it takes many hands and it is a great occasion.
Volunteers come to help with harvesting every year.It's a youngish crowd，some barefoot，others in knee high rubber boots.All hold sharp scythes.They also have drummers，celebrating and encouraging the volunteer harvesters.Badjie joins them，wearing an outfit printed with red，green and yellow maps of Africa and meandering gray elephants.
（1）What does the underlined part "hamlet" in Paragraph 1 mean？
A．A workshop.
B．A village.
C．An apartment.
D．A school.
（2）Why did Badjie want to grow rice？
A．Hoyte advised him to grow rice to make money.
B．Members of his large family enjoyed eating rice.
C．He wanted to follow a tradition in his home country.
D．Cornell University needed his help with a farming program.
（3）What can be learned from Paragraph 3？
A．Styger helped the couple with harvesting.
B．Hoyte thought the Hudson Valley is suitable to grow rice.
C．Badjie's family started the first commercial rice farm in New York.
D．It was difficult for the couple to convince family and friends of their idea.
（4）Which is a suitable word to describe the harvesting？
A．Joyous.
B．Challenging.
C．Long-lasting.
D．Back-breaking.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.7 -
3．Fire has always been part of California's landscape.But long before the disastrous forest fires of recent years，native American tribes（部落）held controlled burns each year.Those burns cleared out underbrush and encouraged new plant growth.Now，government officials have realized tackling the fire problem will mean bringing back "good fire"，much like California's tribes once did.
When western settlers removed tribes from their land and banned tribal ceremonies，cultural burning disappeared.Instead，authorities focused on quickly putting out wildfires.
But what the authorities did only made California's wildfire risk worse.Without regular burns，the landscape grew thick with plants that dry out every summer.These dry plants are kindling（引火物）for the fires that have recently destroyed California communities.Climate change and warming temperatures make those landscapes even easier to catch fire.
So，tribal leaders and government officials are forming new partnerships.There are hundreds of thousands of acres that need careful burning to reduce the risk of extreme wildfires.Tribes are eager to gain access to those ancestral lands to restore traditional burning.Before 1800，the tribes used low-grade fires to shape the landscape，encouraging certain plants to grow both for tribal use and to attract game.
The arrival of western settlers dramatically changed the ways of fire management. "They came with their concepts of being afraid of fire，" a tribal leader says. "They didn't understand fire in the sense of a tool.And they didn't understand its role to help generate the land.So they brought suppression（壓制）".
Tribal leaders have been reaching out to ecologists，researchers and fire agencies about the importance of their knowledge.In Northern California，the Karuk and Yurok tribes have partnered with the Forest Service to manage land for traditional values and wildfire management.
（1）What have government officials realized about the native tribes？
A．The tribes' old practice is useful.
B．The tribes are causing more forest fires.
C．It's impossible to prevent the tribes burning forests.
D．It's necessary to remove the tribes from where they live.
（2）What is the way western settlers deal with forest fires？
A．Fire suppression.
B．Reshaping land.
C．Cultural burning.
D．Removing kindling.
（3）What do the tribes think of fire？
A．They think it threatening.
B．They consider it as natural.
C．They think it can be beneficial.
D．They consider it harmful to the land.
（4）Which of the following is a suitable title for the text？
A．Western Settlers Brought Wrong Ideas of Fire Control
B．Wildfires Are Becoming Increasingly Serious in California
C．Native American Tribes Restore Their Traditional Ceremonies
D．California Looks to What Tribes Have Known to Manage Wildfires組卷：1引用：1難度：0.4
第三部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)（滿分15分）
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8．假定你是校英文報編輯李華，你校學生中心將舉辦學生國畫（Chinese painting）展。請你寫一則通知在該報上刊登，內容包括：
1.展覽安排（時間、地點等）；
2.展覽內容；
3.邀請同學參觀。
注意：
1.寫作詞數(shù)應為80左右；
2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
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第二節(jié)（滿分25分）
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。
My best memory of Christmas is the time when I was a little kid.Mom would teach us her favorite children's song Twelve Days of Christmas： "On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me...".We would usually add the gifts we received to the song，which we thought was a great way to appreciate the gifts and enjoy the holiday filled with love.
Now，it was again the holiday season but Mom could not sing the song together with us.It had become too difficult to take her from her Alzheimer's（阿爾茨海默氏?。﹗nit to Christmas dinner with us.Heart problems had set in，and she was growing weaker.
Whenever Christmas comes，my mind is filled with memories.Memories of faith，memories of family and，yes，memories of food.What happens，then，when a disease steals our memories？
During the course of my mother's Alzheimer's，I often asked myself what becomes of us when our memories are gone.It's as if our memories are like a mirror that reflects who we are，and slowly our image fades in that mirror until we find no one there at all.Alzheimer's is a disease that breaks hearts as well as minds.Whether or not I am likely to get the same disease that took my mother，I hope I will never forget all the love and care Mom has given us.I will spend Christmas with Mom each year anyway.
December 25 was very cold - the way it should be in Michigan.My brother Joe，my sister Mary，my sister-in-law Toni and I - along with my nieces Clare and Rachel，my cousin Carol，and my wife，Julee - piled into our cars and headed to Clausen Manor to see Mom. "Does she even know it's Christmas？" I asked Julee on the way.
注意：
1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應為150左右；
2.請按如下格式在答題卡的相應位置作答。
On our arrival at Alzheimer's unit，we showed Mom the gifts we brought to her and Carol put a Twelve Days of Christmas picture book on Mom's lap.
We stared in astonishment unable to believe our ears.組卷：1引用：1難度：0.2