黑龙江省实验中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题考试时间：120分钟总分：150分I卷（选择题共90分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
AFrom virtual tours to e-learning tools, museums and art galleries have been sharing resources using digital platforms to continue to connect with the public, share collections and stories, and support those who are vulnerable（脆弱的）during closures and the COVID-19 crisis.Hastings Museum and Art GalleryHastings Museum and Art Gallery is a family friendly museum in Hastings with a diverse collection of 97,000 objects of local history, fine decorative arts and natural sciences. To deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, we have launched a digital museum via the Twitter hashtag #HastingsDigitalMuseum as well as via out Facebook and Instagram pages.The British LibraryOver the past two years, our imaging specialists have been trying to digitise the globes, which form one of the most beautiful parts in the British Library’s vast maps collection. The virtual globes will be made available for up close interaction on the British Library’s website throughout 2020, with the first seven due for release on 26 March.Art UKArt UK is the online home for every public art collection in the UK. Art UK is a charity, which features almost digitised 250,000 artworks available online. Through our work, we make art available for everyone--for enjoyment, learning and research. From May we will offer users the opportunity to create and share albums of artworks as well as “digi tal surrogate（替代的）exhibitions”.Leeds Art Gallery OnlineThe displays at Leeds City Art Gallery have been selected by the staff to reflect the richness and variety of the collections. Established masterpieces are presented alongside lesser known works. It includes recent acquisitions and long term works from the collection. The collection is quite large--only a fraction（部分）is on display at any one time. When not on show, these may be seen by appointment at the Gallery.1.Which is the most inviting to a geography lover?A. Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.B. The British Library.C. Art UK.D. Leeds Art Gallery Online.2. What is special about Art UK?A. It is a non-profit art learning service.B. It has the largest collection of art works.C. It is an ideal museum for a family.D. It displays lesser known works besides famous ones.3. What is the purpose of the text?A. To provide a cure for COVID-19.B. To inform readers of art events.C. To introduce virtual tours options.D. To popularise art knowledge to readers.BSharing a Sense of StyleWhen I woke up on Aug 4, 2016, there was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion thoughts raced through my brain in the closet. I didn’t want to come off as trying too hard, but I also didn’t want to be see n as a slob (懒汉). Not only was it my first day of high school, but it was my first day of school in a new state; first impressions are everything, and it was important for me to impress the people who I would spend the next four years with.This was my third time being the new kid. But this time was different because my dad promised that I would start and finish high school in the same place. This time mattered, and that made me nervous.cotton was comfortable, and the ruffled (有褶饰边的) shoulders added a hint of fun. Yes, this outfit was the one. An hour later, I felt powerful as I headed toward room 1136. But as I entered class, my jaw dropped to the floor.Sitting at her desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher, sporting exactly the same dress as me. I kept my head down and tiptoed to my seat. I made it through my minute (简短的) introduction speech until Mrs Hutfilz stood up, jokingly adding that she liked my style. Although this was the moment I had been afraid of from the moment I walked in, all my anxiety surprisingly melted away, and the students paid attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with the students. After class, I stayed behind and talked to Mrs Hutfilz, relieved to make a humorous and real connection.Looking back four years later, the ten minutes I spent afraid of giving my speech were really not worth it. My first period of high school certainly made the day unforgettable in the best way and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has an awesome sense of style!4.Why did the author attach great importance to her clothes on the first day of high school?A. She followed her father’s advice.B. She was unconfident about herself.C. She cared too much about her appearance.D. She wanted to make a good impression.5. What does the underlined word “meticulously” in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. excitedly.B. carefully.C. casually.D. suddenly.6. How did the author probably feel after no ticing her teacher’s dress?A. Annoyed.B. Confused.C. Proud.D. Embarrassed.7. What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?A. To share a memorable experience.B. To explore the troubles with dressing.C. To introduce her stylish English teacher.D. To stress the importance of first impressions.CEach country has its own set of national stereotypes (刻板印象), but perhaps the most famous is Britain’s love of tea.According to the BBC, they drink over 60 billion cups each year. The most popular tea type in the UK is black tea. It’s a simple recipe:You find a mug, add a tea bag, pour boiling water, add milk and sugar (according to your taste) and finish by stirring.Usually, the only debate is whether milk should be added before or after the boiling water. But a recent popular video has outraged (使愤怒) Britons after completely changing this long-established method.American TikTok user, Sophie, posted her version of “British tea”, which involved microwaving cold water, then adding milk, sugar and an instant teabag containing powdered lemonade, cinnamon and clove (丁香) leaves.Mainstream media called the method “profoundly disturbed”, and a Twitter user even wrote, “I would rather see tea dumped (倾倒) into the Boston harbor than drink this abomination (可恶的东西).”As you can tell, tea is a precious part of B ritish life, whether you’re having afternoon tea at a fancy hotel or drinking it in a takeaway cup.“Rosie Lee” – a common slang term for tea – first came to Britain in the mid-1600s from China. Since then, the country’s love for it has not declined.Types of tea can even indicate someone’s social class, according to anthropologist (人类学家) Kate Fox. In her book, she notes that “teas get progressively weaker as one goes up the social ladder”, like black tea served during afternoon tea. At the opposite end, yo u have “builder’s teas”, which are standard black teas that are brewed (煮) stronger and include more milk and sugar.Fox added, “Taking sugar in your tea is a lower-class indicator: More than one and you are lower-middle at best; more than two and you are definitely working class.”Despite the disputes (争论) on what makes a perfect “cuppa”, Britons can at least agree on the saying, “No matter what is happening in your life, you always offer tea.”8. What do we know about tea drinking in the UK?A. They drink over 60 billion cups each month.B. They pour boiling water over the tea bag.C. “Rosie Lee” is Britons’ favorite tea type.D. Its history dates back to the 16th century.9. Why did Sophie’s video anger Britons?A. She criticized the way Britons drink tea.B. She added milk after the boiling water.C. Her way of making tea was against their tradition.D. She used a strange tea bag.10. If John is from the upper class, he probably puts ____ sugar(s) in his tea, according to Fox.A. noB. oneC. twoD. three11. What is the text mainly about?A. British tea traditions among different social classes.B. The debate on how to make perfect tea.C. The influence of tea drinking on Britons’ lives.D. Tea drinking culture in the UK.DA little over a year ago on Jan 3, 2019, China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft did something that had never been done before –landing on the moon’s far side. Ever since then, the rover (探测车) it carried – Yutu 2 – has been sending back pictures of the lesser-seen side of our neighboring satellite.Now, the rover has shifted its sight from horizontal to vertical. In a paper published in the journal Science Advances on Feb 26, Chinese scientists revealed the underground structure of the Von Karman crater (火山口) –the area where Yutu 2 touched down. Using ground-penetrating radar (探地雷达), Yutu 2 was able to detect three distinct layers in the 40 meters beneath the flo or of the crater, which Science News compares to “layers of a cake”.The top 12-meter layer is made up of fine (细密的) dust and soil – a bit like the frosting (糖霜) on a cake. The second layer, stretching another 12 meters below, contains a great number o f large stones that are like “cherries in a fruitcake”, wrote Science News. And the next layer – which runs from 24 meters down to 40 meters – is a mixture of both large and fine materials, just like the whole-wheat bread base of a cake.This “layered cake” provides us with a glimpse into moon’s four billion-year history –and it was likely to be a violent one.According to the study’s leader, Su Yan, based at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the rocks in the layers are possibly leftover debris (碎片) from past impacts, suggesting asteroid collisions (小行星撞击). The finer soil is the sign of smaller meteorite (陨石) collisions, breaking down the rocks into smaller pieces, which were then gradually degraded (降解) by the radiation from the sun.But quite unlike a cake, the moon floor doesn’t just stop at the third layer. Instead, it stretches miles deeper. The reason th at Yutu 2’s data stopped at 40 meters was that it reached its maximum range. It may seem like a pity that it couldn’t go any farther for now, but the truth is that the technology has improved a lot since it was first used in 1972 by America’s Apollo 17 orbiter to map the structure of the moon.“The previous measurements indicated different layers, but they don’t seem to have come up with the level of detail about the physical properties of the subsurface that Chang’e 4 is producing,” Gretchen Benedix, a planetary scientist at Curtin University, Australia, told ABC News.Forty meters down is just the beginning of our research into the moon’s far side. With the aid of new technology, who knows what we could discover if we delved (钻研) even deeper?12.What does Paragraph 2 suggest?A. The rover detected the atmosphere of the moon.B. The rover had left the far side of the moon.C. The rover discovered the Von Karman crater with its radar.D. The rover detected the underground structure of a crater.13. What does the second layer of the crater contain?A. Fine dust.B. Soil.C. Large stones.D. A mixture of both large and fine materials.14. What does Paragraph 5 tell us?A. How important the three layers are to the crater.B. Why the moon probably had a violent history.C. How asteroids changed the moon’s surface.D. Why meteorite collisions happen frequently.15. What does Gretchen Benedix probably think of the measurements of Chang’e-4?A. They lack details.B. They are beyond expectations.C. They repeated the previous study.D. They are praiseworthy.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
