高二英语模拟考试试题二 试题

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2022年元月元日 外国语高级中学2021-2021学年高二英语模拟考试试题〔二〕

满分是:150分 考试时间是是:120分钟

第I卷〔选择题,一共115分〕

第一局部:听力〔一共两节,满分是30分〕

第二局部 阅读理解〔一共两节,满分是40分〕

第一节〔一共15分,每一小题2分,一共30分〕

阅读以下短文,从每一小题给出的四个选项〔A、B、C和D〕中,选出最正确选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Welcome to the pumpkin weigh-off at Half Moon Bay (半月湾), California. The event

has always been very popular among most pumpkin growers. Thousands of people line

up along the city’s High Street and watch the proud pumpkin owners from across the

country. Each pumpkin is carefully picked up by forklifts (叉式升降机) and placed

on a digital weighing scale.

Organizers are offering $30,000 in total prize money for a new record pumpkin

entering Half Moon Bay. But in order to receive the “New Record Prize〞, the grower

will have to bring a pumpkin heavier than the 2,624-pound, one grown by Mathias

Willemijns in 2021. If the heaviest pumpkin in the contest is unable to surpass (超过) the record, its owner will receive $6 for every pound it weighs.

When: Monday, October 9, 2021. Weighing will begin at 7 am and will end at 11

am. Growers will start lining the street as daylight breaks by 7 am.

Where: I.D.E.S. Grounds, 735 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, California. 创作;朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 Prize Money:

New Record Pumpkin: $30,000 (in total)

1st Place: $6 per pound

2nd Place: $2,000

3rd Place: $1,500

4th Place: $1,000

5th~10th Place: $500 each

11th~20th Place: $100 each

Special Prizes: $500 for the most beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience

(color, shape and size).

The top five pumpkins will be on display for the thousands of visitors to Half

Moon Bay’s famous Art and Pumpkin Festival that will take place on October 14-15,

2021.

21.How much will the grower receive if he/she brings the heaviest pumpkin weighing

2600 pounds?

A.$2,000. B.$15,600.

C.$30,000. D.$30,500.

22.Who will decide on the most beautiful pumpkin?

A.The growers. B.The art judges.

C.The organizers. D.The audience present.

23.What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce a popular festival. 创作;朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 B.To inform the prize for a competition.

C.To explain how to grow huge pumpkins.

D.To attract more people to grow pumpkins.

B

A report brought back by most visitors to the US is how friendly, polite, and

helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently

made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There

are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered

taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet American’s friendliness and

helpfulness is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.

For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome

break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems

of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers

were welcome sources of distraction, and brought news of the outside world.

The tough realities of the border also shaped this tradition of hospitality.

Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except

to the nearest settler agent. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or only

a charitable impulse (冲动〕 on the part of the settlers. It reflected the hardship

of daily life: if you didn't take in the stranger and take care of him, there was

no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation.

Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the

exhausted traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very 创作;朱本晓

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2022年元月元日 strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy

tourist routes. "I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and

pretty soon he invited me home for dinner, amazing." Such observations reported by

visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The

casual friendliness of many Americans should be understood neither as superficial〔外表的〕nor as artificial〔虚伪的〕, but as the result of a historically developed

cultural tradition.

As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals