云南省普洱市2021-2022学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题
云南
高二
期末
2022-07-21
45次
整体难度：
适中
考查范围：
主题、语篇范围
一、阅读理解 添加题型下试题
Arriving at London Gatwick
Distance from central London: 28 miles/45km
For travel information call: +44(0)870 000 24 68
How to get to the city centre
By train
The Gatwick Express goes from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria train and underground station in central London.
Trains go every 15 minutes and the journey to central London takes half an hour.
First Class tickets cost ￡25(single), ￡48(return).
Express Class costs ￡17(single), ￡29(return).
Southern Trains services run four times an hour to Victoria with a journey time of around 35 minutes.
By taxi
There are taxis outside the airport day and night. The journey to central London takes 55-70 minutes. A London taxi takes up to 5 people.
The average cost from the airport to central London is ￡75-￡100.
By car
Gatwick Airport is 28 miles (45km) south of London. There are 4 car parks next to the airport and there are car rental offices open from 8:00 to 18:00. The journey to London takes 60-75 minutes.
All cars pay a special ￡8 charge to go into central London.
By bus
National Express and EasyBus have services to central London. EasyBus services go every 20 minutes. The journey takes one hour and costs ￡2.
There is one National Express bus an hour. The journey takes 90 minutes and costs ￡7.60.
1. Someone in a hurry to Victoria station had better travel _________.| A．by train | B．by car | C．by taxi | D．by bus |
| A．They cost the same. | B．They’re available at any time. |
| C．They require a special ￡8 charge. | D．They take a similar period of time. |
| A．Gatwick Express. | B．National Express. | C．EasyBus. | D．Southerm Trains. |
If you had to name just one person on earth who is living his or her best life, David Copperfield would have to be among the finalists.
From his childhood in Metuchen, New Jersey, he has spent his whole life in the world of magic. When Copperfield was 10, he began practicing magic as “Davino the Boy Magician” in his neighborhood. By the age of 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University. As a teenager, Copperfield became fascinated with Broadway shows.
But it was hard to turn that interest into a career. Even his mother told him that he couldn’t do it. His father was the one who told him to live the impossible. His father’s dream was to be an actor but he ended up running a clothing store so he hoped that Copperfield could be different.
At first he lived beyond his means. He had his first TV special at 19, moved to California, rented a songwriter’s house and bought big cars. And then all of his hard-earned money disappeared. But it was the best thing in the world that happened, because that fear of losing everything has stuck with him ever since. He learned that it is OK to pursue his dreams, but he has to do it in a thoughtful way.
In his spare time, he often takes part in a program called Project Magic, which teaches magic in hospitals as a form of treatment. It helps patients regain dexterity(敏捷) and gives them new skills. As for donations, he keeps them very quiet as it makes him happier.
4. What is the right order of the things that happened to David Copperfield?a. He had his first TV special.
b. He practiced magic in his neighborhood.
c. He taught a course on magic at New York University.
| A．cba. | B．cab. | C．bac. | D．bca. |
| A．They supported him. | B．They were against it. |
| C．They had different views on it. | D．They weren’t concerned about it. |
| A．He lived a very successful life. | B．He made a really big mistake. |
| C．He couldn’t make ends meet. | D．He didn’t like his career. |
| A．It was organized by a hospital. | B．It is aimed at helping patients. |
| C．It has donated money to many kids. | D．It provides magic classes at low prices. |
How do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness and patience? At a time when more and more parents worry about the violent images their children see on TV, some are turning to fairy tales.
It is believed that fairy tales have a great influence on children because they describe the two sides of good and evil very clearly. When children hear the stories, they learn to care about others’ feelings. In each tale, they can see that there are many different kinds of people in the world and that we all have a choice about what kind of person we want to be. We can choose to do good actions, rather than bad ones, in our lives.
What kind of values can children learn from fairy tales? In The Princess and the Pea, a poorly dressed girl, who insists she is a princess, is given a difficult test by the Queen. When she passes the test, we learn that her dream comes true because she stays true to herself. In The Little Mermaid, the mermaid, who lives under the sea, wishes to be with the humans on land. Through her experiences, we learn about the importance of living with and accepting other cultures. In Pinocchio, a wooden puppet turns into a boy when he finally learns how to tell the truth.
Teaching values is the reason most often given for encouraging children to read stories. These fairy tales can teach children lessons about human relationships that are accepted around the world for many centuries. This might be the reason why they have been around for so long and will not disappear any time soon.
8. Why do fairy tales have a great influence on children?| A．Fairy tales can teach them how to make a choice. |
| B．Fairy tales can help them get higher scores at school. |
| C．They can learn how to avoid most difficulties in their lives. |
| D．Good and evil are shown in a way they can easily understand. |
| A．A queen. | B．A girl living under the sea. |
| C．A wooden puppet. | D．A girl staying true to herself. |
| A．are given a difficult test | B．make friends with foreigners |
| C．wish to be a princess or prince | D．are going to lie to their parents |
| A．introduce some fairy tales |
| B．talk about the history of fairy tales |
| C．discuss how to improve human relationships |
| D．show how fairy tales help children shape values |
Did you hear about the rose that grew from the concrete? You know the one that shone in the middle of darkness and blossomed in times of misfortune?
It was December of 2000 and my dad had been in a coma (昏迷) for two weeks. Mom only had about $20 left because the rest of the money had been used to pay the hospital bills. She bought twenty bags of bananas with that money and sat on the roadside for eight hours until she sold them all. Since Mom had to sell bananas for a living, I had to stop going to school in order to take care of my four-year-old brother — at the time I was only in the third grade. I was too young to understand the whole situation. I was just glad that I didn’t have to go to school anymore so I could play soccer until mom came home at one in the morning.
A few weeks passed and I started expecting the nights when we would eat dinner together, as a family. Before this misfortune I had always complained about the food, but now I did not have any food and I had no one to complain to. For six months every day was the same: wake up in the morning, stomach hurting from hunger, ask the neighbors for food, feed my brother, play soccer until dark, and stare at the stars until mom got home. The day when dad left hospital was the first day when I came face to face with appreciation, although I was totally unaware of what the feeling was.
Now I’m eighteen years old and I believe that I’m the rose that learned how to grow from the crack in the concrete, the rose that blossomed in the dark when no one was around.
12. What troubled the author’s family?| A．Money was tight for them. | B．They had to live on bananas. |
| C．The children always complained. | D．They couldn’t afford his education. |
| A．He was going hungry. | B．He faced his father’s death. |
| C．He helped mom sell bananas. | D．He played soccer with his brother. |
| A．Misfortune makes people grow. |
| B．People should be helpful in hard times. |
| C．Society is the best school for young people. |
| D．Young people should be independent earlier. |
| A．A hard childhood | B．My hard-working mother |
| C．Life is like the cold concrete | D．Rose that grew from the concrete |
