山东省枣庄市第三中学2021-2022学年高二6月月考英语试题
山东
高二
阶段练习
2022-06-23
85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
It was the 50th anniversary (周年) of the moon landing last year. Astronomy lovers are not the only ones who are excited about it; publishers(出版商) are also offering a number of books to mark the event.
Shoot for the Moon James Donovan
Little, Brown and Co. $30
This retelling of the space race begins with the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite in 1957 to the historic Apollo 11 program twelve years later. The book offers details about the characters of the spacemen, engineers and others who made the U. S. space program a success.
One Giant Leap
Charles Fishman
Simon & Schuster, $29.99
Getting to the moon required a million hours of work, this book says. Accordingly, the story centers on the engineers, project managers and others who worked long and hard to get the Apollo program off the ground.
Picturing Apollo 11
J. L. Pickering and John Bisney
Univ of Florida, $45
Packed with hundreds of photos (some are published for the first time), this book reads like a photo book of the Apollo 11 program. The photos are moments from spaceman training, as well as the excitement of liftoff, the historic landing and the return home of the three men.
Apollo’s Legacy Roger D.
Launius Smithsonian Books,
$27.95
A space historian examines the Apollo program in different ways: as a political (政治的) machine in the Cold War and an important cultural moment. The book explores different views on the U. S. moonshot project from scientists, politicians, the media and the public during the space race and beyond.
1. What is Shoot for the Moon mainly about?A.History of the space race. | B.The shoot of two satellites. |
C.Cooperation of different countries. | D.Humans’ understanding of the moon. |
A.James Donovan’s | B.Charles Fishman’s |
C.J. L. Pickering and John Bisney’s | D.Roger D. Launius’s |
A.Shoot for the Moon | B.One Giant Leap |
C.Picturing Apollo 11 | D.Apollo’s Legacy |
Growing up, I was often the first Jewish person my classmates had ever met. I lived in Mississauga, Ontario, and was the only Jewish student in my grade—sometimes the only one in the whole school. This difference set me apart.
Every September, I hated presenting the note my parents had expertly made to a teacher I was just getting to know. The note explained that I would be absent during the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I fretted that my teachers would label me the “Jewish kid”.
The real trouble always came as the local new year’s festival approached. I was Jewish and celebrated Hanukkah, not this festival. At school, on one day before the winter break, every class would sit in neat rows in the gym and sing songs from the festival. However, the music teacher sometimes played Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, a Jewish festival song, and I would feel hundreds of eyes staring at my red cheeks. As my friends counted down the days until the festival, I counted the days until it was over and I could go back to feeling normal.
Each year during primary school, my mother would coordinate (协调) with my teacher to come to my class and tell the story of Hanukkah. She would prepare treats and materials depending on my age. Every time I would proudly stand beside her as she told the story of Hanukkah and explained the symbols. The children who had attended the presentation previously competed to answer questions. After my mom left, I would overhear them showing off their fried treats to kids in other classes.
My mom’s annual visits to my school sparked (激发) interest from other parents as well. Over the years, we had visits from parents who shared how festivals were celebrated in Germany and Italy.
My mom showed me, my classmates and their families that what sets us apart should be celebrated and shared, an intention which I continue to set for myself as I cycle through another holiday season.
4. What does the underlined word “fretted” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Noticed. | B.Disagreed. | C.Worried. | D.Expected. |
A.Being a trick target. | B.Singing holiday songs. |
C.Being culturally different. | D.Celebrating others’ festival. |
A.They welcomed it warmly. | B.They gave away her treats. |
C.They showed off themselves. | D.They expressed sympathy for her. |
A.She protected her child from being hurt. |
B.She encouraged cross-cultural understanding. |
C.She made Hanukkah a school-celebrated festival. |
D.She saved the Jewish tradition from being changed. |
It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War Ⅰ. German, British, and French soldiers already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternized (打得火热) with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front. German troops held Christmas trees up out of the trenches (战壕) with signs, “Merry Christmas.”
“You no shoot, we no shoot.” Thousands of troops streamed across a no-man’s land filled with dead bodies. They sang Christmas carols, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared rations, played football, and even roasted some pigs. Soldiers embraced (拥抱) men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if the Generals (将军) forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high.
It shocked the high command on either side. Here was disaster in the making: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals on both sides declared this peacemaking to be wrong. Fifteen million would be killed.
Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce. On Christmas Day, 1988, a story in the Boston Globe mentioned that a local FM radio host played “Christmas in the Trenches” several times and was surprised by the effect. The song became the most requested recording during the holidays in Boston on several FM stations. “Some callers even telephone the host deeply moved, sometimes in tears, asking, ‘What the hell did I just hear?’”
You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce story goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It gives us a glimpse of the world as we wish it could be and says, “This really happened once.” It reminds us of those thoughts we keep hidden away, ou of range of the TV and newspaper stories that tell us how trivial (微不足道的) and mean human life is. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really could be different.
8. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?A.Troops celebrated their victories. | B.Generals forced their army to fight back. |
C.Soldiers made peace with their enemies. | D.Soldiers decided to give in to their enemies. |
A.A fierce war. | B.Many deaths. | C.A peaceful world. | D.Many heroes. |
A.They experienced the war. | B.They lost loved ones in the war. |
C.They valued the life in peace. | D.They desired to protect their motherland. |
A.Being against wars. | B.Cherishing today’s happiness. |
C.Remembering heroes. | D.Showing no respect for life. |
New research suggests that a gene that governs the body's biological (circadian) clock acts differently in males versus females and may protect females from heart disease. The study is the first to analyze circadian blood pressure rhythms (节奏) in female mice.
The body's circadian clock-the biological clock that organizes bodily activities over a 24-hour period-contributes to normal variations in blood pressure and heart function over the course of the day. In most healthy humans, blood pressure dips (下降) at night. People who do not experience this temporary drop, called “non-dippers”, are more likely to develop heart disease. The circadian clock is made up of four main proteins (encoded by “clock genes”) that regulate close to half of all genes in the body, including those important for blood pressure regulation.
Previous research has shown that male mice that are missing one of the four clock genes (PER1) become non-dippers and have a higher risk for heart and kidney disease. A research team studied the circadian response and blood pressure of female mice that lack PER1 and compared them with a healthy female control group. On both low-and high-salt diets, both groups “retained an apparent circadian rhythm” of blood pressure, the researchers explained. Unlike the male mice in previous research, the females without PER1 showed normal dips in blood pressure overnight.
These results suggest that the lack of PER1 acts differently in males and females. The findings are consistent with research showing that women are less likely to be non-dippers than men of the same age. "This study represents an important step in understanding sex differences in the regulation of cardiovascular (心血管) function by the circadian clock," the researchers wrote.
12. What does the new research find?A.Biological clock may protect males from heart disease. |
B.Biological blood pressure rhythms in female mice acts normally. |
C.Biological clock organizes bodily activities over a 24-hour period. |
D.A gene controlling biological clock works differently between sexes. |
A.Helping males cure heart disease. |
B.Helping blood pressure vary normally. |
C.Contributing to abnormal variations in blood pressure. |
D.Making up four main proteins regulating almost half of all genes. |
A.treated. | B.warned. | C.kept. | D.watched. |
A.One clock gene is important | B.Women may benefit from body clock |
C.New study analyzes blood pressure rhythms | D.Blood pressure of healthy humans dips at night |