2021-2022學年河南省駐馬店第二高級中學高三（上）期中英語試卷

第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題6分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

• 1．Children under the age of 18 will be allowed up to three hours per week to play video games，according to a notice issued by China's National Press and Publication Administration.Online game companies are required to provide services to minors -- from 8 to 9 p.m.jye.ai Fridays，Saturdays，Sundays and legal holidays -- as a way to safeguard their physical and mental health.Children are playing more and more online games these days.Is it time to limit their online gaming time？What role do parents have？Readers share their opinions.
     Rizlared
     Online games are addictive，but if children are taught how to manage in a sensible and responsible manner then it is no longer a threat（威脅）.To achieve this，parents need to set examples for not being glued to their phones.Teaching is and always will be the best solution to such problems.
     Andrew
     Good policy.By limiting time spent on online games，kids can spend time doing more useful things to develop their potential.They can go outside and run，jump and swim instead of sitting on a couch at home and playing with a smart phone.
     Adam
     It is often seen that parents argue with children over cellphones.Most parents can hardly set and enforce the time limit for its daily usage.Some forcibly take away their cellphones，but it will ruin trust and relationship.Even worse，it will make their kids hate them.
     Pink
     Excessive（過度的）gaming is purely a waste of time and energy for minors and has a negative effect on both physical and mental health.The gaming industry should not put profit- flaking interests as its priority（優(yōu)先事項） .They should act in a socially responsible way to provide an environment for children to ensure their well-being and development.
     Lauren
     There would be a loophole（漏洞）.Children could use their parents' or other adults' IDs to avoid real-name registration，thus making it impossible to put this policy in effect.Parents absolutely need to strengthen guidance and supervision to keep their children from gaming addiction.
  
  （1）What should kids do according to Andrew？

  
  A．Play online games.
  B．Play with a smart phone.
  C．Study all the time.
  D．Go in for outside activities.
  （2）What does Pink advise the gaming industry to do？

  
  A．Pay attention to its profit.
  B．Focus on kids' health.
  C．Be responsible for kids' surroundings.
  D．Persuade kids to play more games.
  （3）What role do parents have according to the passage？

  
  A．They keep hold of their phones.
  B．They set examples for their kids.
  C．They limit their kids' time.
  D．They blame kids for addiction.
  組卷：1引用：3難度：0.5

  解析

• 2．I was 29 when my brother-in-law said to me "It would be nice if one day you could make use of your education." I had a degree and an MA （Master of Arts）in creative writing which，as far as I was concerned，I used every day-reading novels，trying to write novels，arguing about politics，interpreting the meanings in French cinema，and generally leading an examined life.But my brother-in-law，who left school at 18，didn't understand why，as a journalist，I was bringing home less than half the salary he earned in the hospitality（餐飲）industry.
     I thought of my brother-in-law's comment this week when the Institute for Fiscal Studies（IFS）released figures showing that，on average，male arts graduates earn less at the age of 29 than their non-graduate peers.Graduates of the same age overall are only earning 6% more than non-graduates.For women，the figure is 26%，but earnings growth for women overall is lower，so the benefits from going to university are greater.
     The IFS figures drew a predictable response from the universities minister Sam Gyimah，who listed some courses of arts degrees at certain universities that are not delivering the financial outcomes for students and threatened to punish institutions that don't improve students' earning prospects.This attack on arts degrees raises fundamental questions about what we want from education and，indeed，from life.
     No one can deny that arts degrees give students the skills to speak and buy them time to work out what they want to say and how to say it.Studying Freud，or reading James Joyce or Toni Morrison for the first time，introduces students to ideas that challenge their intellectual prejudices，as well as the consensus（共識）of the society around jye.aim.The value of an arts degree in life is incalculable.
  
  （1）What does the author think of his major according to paragraph 1？

  
  A．Hopeless.
  B．Unrealistic.
  C．Ordinary.
  D．Meaningful.
  （2）What do the IFS data indicate？

  
  A．Men graduates earn less than non-graduate peers.
  B．Women graduates earn less than non-graduates.
  C．The income increase rate for women is much higher.
  D．Women benefit more from getting college education.
  （3）How did Sam Gyimah respond to the IFS figures？

  
  A．He put pressure on some institutions.
  B．He punished some institutions.
  C．He bettered students' earning prospects.
  D．He accused colleges of giving false hope.
  （4）What does the text suggest people do about degrees？

  
  A．Challenge their intellectual prejudices.
  B．Consider what they expect of life.
  C．Work out what they want to say.
  D．Think if they can make money.
  組卷：0引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

• 3．In Australia，plenty of wild things can bite or sting（刺傷）you.Strangely enough，one of them is a tree.Now scientists have figured out what makes the tree's sting so bad.
     The rainforests of eastern Australia are home to a stinging tree known as Dendrocnide.Many people call it the gympie-gympie tree—a name given to the tree by native Australians.It's covered with sharp，needle-like hairs that carry poison.If you touch a gympie-gympie tree，you won't forget it anytime soon.The pain can stay with you for hours，days or weeks.In some cases，it's been reported to stay for months.
     Scientists have long looked for the source of this powerful sting.Now researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered what makes this stinging plant so painful.After carefully studying different kinds of gympie-gympie trees，the scientists were able to separate out different chemicals that the trees produce.This allowed them to identify a group of chemicals that they believed was responsible for the pain.
     The researchers created artificial versions of these chemicals，which they call "gympietides".Sure enough，when the scientists injected mice with gympietides，the mice licked（舔）at the places where they'd been injected，indicating that they hurt in those places.When the scientists studied the way gympietides were built，they found that they formed a knot-like shape.The shape makes the chemicals very stable，which helps explain why the pain stays so long.
     The knot-like shape of the gympietides was similar to the shape of poisons produced by poisonous spiders and cone snails.The scientists were surprised to see three very different kinds of life all using similar poisons.Spiders and cone snails carry poisons because they catch food by stinging other creatures.It's not clear how stinging helps the gympie-gympie tree.
     Though the tree's sling may stop some animals from eating it，it doesn't stop all animals.Beetles and pademelons（small relatives of the kangaroo） are able to eat the plant without trouble.
  
  （1）Why is a touch on the stinging tree unforgettable？

  
  A．Because it has so unusual an appearance.
  B．Because it is extremely rare in existence.
  C．Because touching it creates a quite strange feeling.
  D．Because the pain caused by it doesn't go away quickly.
  （2）What do scientists fail to find out about the stinging tree？

  
  A．How it produces poisons.
  B．What poisons it produces.
  C．How it benefits from the sting.
  D．The consequences of its sting.
  （3）What does the text imply about the stinging tree？

  
  A．It produces the same poisons as spiders.
  B．Poisonous as it is，it also has natural enemies.
  C．Animals are wise enough to stay away from it.
  D．Only one chemical in it causes pain to the toucher.
  （4）What's the best title for the text？

  
  A．Scientists Discover Stinging Tree's Secret
  B．Caution：Stinging Tree Can Bite and Poison You
  C．Scientists Discover a Strange Species in Australia
  D．Effective Ways to Avoid Being Hurt by Stinging Tree
  組卷：5引用：2難度：0.5

  解析

第四部分寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分10分）第一節(jié)短文改錯（共1小題；每小題10分，滿分10分）

• 8．假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有 10 處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
  增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
  刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
  修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
  注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
  2.只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計分。
  Dear Mr.Smith，
      I am Li Hua，chairman of the Students' Union，I am high happy to know you will be paying a visit to our school.I have appointed to take charge of the activity.My plan is as follow.
      In the morning of your arrival，we will show you around our school and introduce the advancing science lab to you.Then a discussion will be held，that may cover aspects of school life.At noon，we will have dinner in our canteen.To let you to know more about our traditional customs，we will prepare not only dumplings and noodles，After that，I will accompany you to a place of interests.The dusk will see the end of the visit.
      If you have any questions，please inform myself as soon as possible.
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
  組卷：3引用：3難度：0.5

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第二節(jié)書面表達（滿分25分）

• 9．假定你是李華，暑期在紐約學習，并得知了當?shù)夭┪镳^要舉辦中國瓷器（china）展。請寫一封信
  申請做志愿者，內(nèi)容包括：
  1.寫信意圖：
  2.個人優(yōu)勢。
  注意：
  1.詞數(shù)80左右：
  2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
  Dear Sir or Madam，
  __________
  Yours sincerely，
  Li Hua
  組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5

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