2021-2022學(xué)年廣東省韶關(guān)市武江區(qū)北江實(shí)驗(yàn)學(xué)校高二（上）第二次月考英語試卷
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第二部分 閱讀（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)。閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
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1．The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has fossils from all over the world，and yet many come from the areas surrounding the museum itself.Here，we make a list of fossil hotspots.
Calvert Cliffs State Park-Lusby，Maryland
One location where you can have access to the cliffs is at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Lusby，Maryland.Just a 1.8-mile walk from the parking lot，you can make a thorough search of the open beach with a small tool for remnants（遺跡） of prehistoric sea life.
Stratford Hall-Stratford，Virginia
About 17 million years earlier，during the Miocene era，the Stratford Hall's 150-foot-high cliffs were actually part of the seafloor.Due to irresponsible fossil hunting practices，however，visitors must buy tickets （＄8 for adults and＄5 for kids） to enter the 100-yard-long collecting area.The Stratford Hall still offers guided tours that are typically about four hours long.
Purse State Park-Nanjemoy，Maryland
Just over an hour's drive south of Washington，D.C，Purse State Park is located on a stretch of the banks of the Potomac River called Wades Bay.Most of the fossils you'll find at this site are from the late Paleocene-specifically the Aquia Formation rock layer，which is 55 to 59 million years old.Look at the small stones carefully，in which the teeth of a wide variety of sharks and bony fish species can be found.
Dinosaur Park-Laurel，Maryland
Dinosaur Park usually serves as an outdoor laboratory，where the public can work alongside paleontologists（古生物學(xué)家）.Hundreds of fossils discovered by visitors have been collected and catalogued（記載）to date，increasing our knowledge about ancient ecosystem that once existed there.
（1）How much should a family of two adults and a kid pay to visit the 100-yard-long collecting area？
A．＄13.
B．＄18.
C．＄21.
D．＄24.
（2）Where can visitors find many shark teeth？
A．At Calvert Cliffs State Park.
B．At Purse State Park.
C．At Stratford Hall.
D．At Dinosaur Park.
（3）The fossils discovered at Dinosaur Park.
A．make people figure out their history clearly
B．help people learn about the ancient ecosystem
C．let people better know the present and the future
D．draw people's attention to the outdoor laboratory組卷：2引用：2難度：0.7 -
2．John H.Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918.His father died in an accident when John was six.He was reaching high school age，but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily，he had a strong-willed ，caring mother.John remembers that his mother told him many times，"Son，you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe." She told him not to be dependent on others，including his mother. "You have to earn success，" said she. "All the people who work hard don't succeed，but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard."
These words came from a woman less than a third grade education.She also knew that believing and hard work don't mean everything.So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son，who was then 15，to Chicago.
Chicago in1933 was not the promised land（樂土、希望之地）that black southerners were looking for，John's mother and stepfather could not find work.But there John could go to school，and there he learned the power of words—as editor of the newspaper and yearbook of Du Stable High School.His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him，John's mother offered him more words to live by："Nothing beats a failure but a try." She also let him pawn（典當(dāng)）her furniture to get the ﹩500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural the difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful.He always keeps his mother's words in mind. "Son，failure is not in your vocabulary."
Now John H.Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth ﹩150 million.
（1）Why did John's mother decide to move to Chicago？Because.
A．John's father died in his hometown when he was very young
B．life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown，while life in Chicago would be better for blacks
C．there were no schools for blacks in their hometown
D．John needed more education and he could go to school there
（2）What kind of woman was John's mother？She was a.
A．woman with little school education but knew a lot about life
B．woman who would not do anything for her son
C．strong woman with much knowledge
D．woman who didn't know how to encourage her son
（3）The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph means.
A．if you try，you will succeed in the end
B．a(chǎn) failure is difficult to beat，even if you try
C．a(chǎn) try is always followed by failure
D．nothing but a try can help you out of failure
（4）What's the main idea of the passage？
A．How John H.Johnson became somebody.
B．The mental support John's mother gave him.
C．The importance of a good education.
D．The key to success for blacks.組卷：0引用：2難度：0.5 -
3．Nowadays，new technologies continue to emerge．From self-driving cars to carebots （care+robots） for elderly people，rapid development in technology has long represented a possible threat to many jobs normally performed by people．But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to change businesses．
"The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work，and a revolution will necessarily take place in how we plan and think about workplaces，"said Peter Andrew，Director of Workplace Strategy for CBRE Asia Pacific．
A growing number of jobs in the future will require creative intelligence，social skills and the ability to use artificial intelligence．
The report is based on interviews with 200 experts，business leaders and young people from Asia Pacific，Europe and North America．It shows that in the US technology already destroys more jobs than it creates．
But the report states："Losing occupations does not necessarily mean losing jobs---just changing what people do．"growth in new jobs could occur as much，according to the research．"The growth of 20 to 40 person companies that have the speed and technological know-how（專門技術(shù)） will directly challenge big companies，"it states．
A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial intelligence and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few years．The optimists pictured"a future in which robots do not take the place of more jobs than they create，"according to Aaron Smith，the report's co-author．
"Technology will continue to affect jobs，but more jobs seem likely to be created．Although there have always been unemployed people，when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs．There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change，"Microsoft's Jonathan Grudin told researchers．
（1）We can infer from the text that in the future．
A．people will face many difficulties
B．people will take up more creative jobs
C．a(chǎn)rtificial intelligence will threaten people's lives
D．most jobs will be done in traditional workplaces
（2）According to the report，．
A．people won't necessarily lose jobs
B．big companies will face fewer challenges
C．small companies will win against big companies
D．most people will become interested in technology
（3）What is the attitude of most experts in artificial intelligence and robotics to the future？
A．Mixed
B．Worried
C．Hopeful
D．Doubtful
（4）Jonathan Grudin's words in the last paragraph suggest that．
A．there will be enough jobs for people
B．things will change a lot in a few years
C．many people will become unemployed
D．technology will totally change future jobs．組卷：1引用：2難度：0.7
第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分15分）第一節(jié)應(yīng)用文寫作（滿分15分）
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8．你校英文報(bào)將舉辦有關(guān)"健康睡眠，高效學(xué)習(xí)"的征文活動，請寫一篇英語短文投稿，內(nèi)容包括：
1.簡述學(xué)生的睡眠現(xiàn)狀；
2.論述睡眠的重要性；
3.提出倡議。
注意：
1.詞數(shù)80左右；
2.可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
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第二節(jié)讀后續(xù)寫（滿分25分）
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9．閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為 150 左右。
Arthur was messy.He didn't try to make messes，but he didn't try to clean up much，either.
There were always small pieces of food on the table when he was done eating.His socks never made it into the hamper（洗衣籃）.And he only picked up his toys when Mom threatened to throw them away.Most days，Mom followed Arthur around the house and cleaned up after him.She brushed the crumbs （碎屑） into her hand and threw them away after meals.She picked up his socks and made sure they got washed，dried and folded neatly before going back in the drawer.She often picked up his toys when he left them to do something else.
One day，Mom asked Arthur to pick up his toy trains. "Not right now，" Arthur said.He was reading a comic book.The trains had been on the living room floor since the morning.
"You know what，Arthur？I'm not going to ask you again.I'm done cleaning today." And with that，mom put her feet up on the sofa and picked up a book to read.
At dinner time，Arthur noticed that there was a big pile of crumbs at his place at the table Mom's spot was nice and clean.Arthur didn't like the crumbs very much.After dinner，Arthur's feet felt cold.He went to his room and opened his drawer，but the drawer was empty. "Mom，where are my socks？" Arthur called.
"There weren't any socks in your hamper，so I didn't wash them，" Mom said.Arthur felt unhappy.Now his feet would be cold，unless he wanted to wear dirty socks from the floor.He decided to stay barefoot.
When it was time for bed，Arthur said good night to Mom and turned to go upstairs.Arthur stepped right on his toy train in his bare feet. "Ouch!" cried Arthur. "That really hurt!"
Paragraph 1：However，Mom was still reading and said nothing.__________
Paragraph 2："Mom？" said Arthur. "Tomorrow can you show me how to do the washing so I can wash my socks？" ____________組卷：4引用：4難度：0.3