2022年-有答案-安徽省黄山市高二(上)期末英语试卷

试卷第1页，总11页 2022学年安徽省黄山市高二（上）期末英语试卷

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共4小题；每小题6分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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（遗迹） 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（古生物学家）. Hundreds of fossils discovered by visitors have

been collected and catalogued（记载）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．

试卷第2页，总11页 2. I dropped off a bag of my children's worn﹣out jeans to a local tailor and when she

returned them with brightly colored, patterned patches（补丁）on all the knees, their lives

unexpectedly became longer by several more years. Both my kids and I loved those pants, so

unique and impossible to buy. This was my first experience with "visible mending".

Visible mending（VM） is different from traditional mending in that it makes the repair a

central point, rather than combining it into the original clothes. There are many reasons for

________, from drawing attention to the fact that clothes' lifetimes have become long and

challenging the idea that secondhand clothes are only worn by the poor, to simply adding a

personalized touch.

Kate Sekules is a well﹣known advocate for visible mending. The British﹣born, Brooklyn﹣based writer, clothes historian and mending instructor has a new book

coming out in September. It is a call to action for clothes lovers of all skill levels to take

needles and threads to their beloved clothes. She reassures readers that anyone can do it.

"The skills are easy to pick up: visible mending is for everyone. The only way to go wrong

is to say, 'I can't. ' It is a skill, but of a modern way. There are many ways to create VM, and

there will never be another one like yours. Though you will never sew two mends the

same, you will develop a style of your own."

Sekules spends the first several chapters explaining why practicing visible mending matters

so much. She writes about the current fashion industry, and how destructive it is, from the

vast quantities of textiles（纺织品） and plastic waste and poisonous runoff poisoning rivers

around the world, to the terrible conditions in which clothes workers work. So, rather than

waiting around for the companies to clean up their acts, we individuals can effect tiny yet

meaningful changes by picking up our needles and threads and wearing our clothes for longer.

（1）How did the author feel about visible mending？________

A. A little puzzled. B. Very satisfied.

C. Pretty shocked. D. Rather disappointed.．

（2）What does the underlined word "this" in paragraph 2 refer to？________