2021-2022學年甘肅省白銀市白銀區(qū)大成學校高二（下）期中英語試卷

第一部分：閱讀理解（共4小題； 每小題8分，滿分30分）第一節(jié)：閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A， B， C， D）中，選出最佳選項。

• 1．Different countries have different customs in giving presents.In China you must never give a clock to a Chinese person，because the sound of the word for "clock" is similar to the sound of "death".Also，don't wrap（用……包裹） a present in white，black or blue paper，because they are the colors for funerals（葬禮）.Don't give a knife，because something sharp can cut a friendship.
     In Russia if you give flowers as presents，you have to give an odd number of them （one，three，five，etc.） because even numbers of flowers are for funerals.
     In Germany if you are invited to dinner，flowers are good presents to take to your dinner hostess （女主人），but don't take her red roses because it means you are in love with her.Don't take thirteen of anything because it's an unlucky number.Don't take an even number of anything，either.Don't wrap your presents in white，brown，or black paper.
  
  （1）According to the passage，

  must never be given to Chinese people as presents.
  A．flowers
  B．clothes
  C．food
  D．clocks
  （2）People don't wrap presents in black or white paper in

  .
  A．Germany
  B．China
  C．both China and Germany
  D．both China and Russia
  （3）What does the underline word "even" mean in Chinese in the passage？

  
  A．偶數
  B．奇數的
  C．甚至
  D．平坦
  （4）What presents can you take to your dinner hostess in Germany？

  
  A．Thirteen of something.
  B．Flowers except red roses.
  C．An even number of something.
  D．Something wrapped in brown paper.
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• 2．Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family，and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck.I'm not going to say luck，talent，and circumstances don't come into play because they do.Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence，and that's just the reality of how life is.
     However，to succeed in life，one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something，one needs to spend at least 10，000 hours studying and practicing.To become great at certain things，it'll require even more time，time that most people won't put in.
     This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love.If you don't enjoy what you do，it is going to feel like unbearable pain before you ever become good at it.
     When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success，you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent，but thinking that way does you no good，and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.
     Whatever you do，if you want to become great at it，you need to work day in and day out，almost to the point of addiction，and over a long period of time.If you're not willing to put in the time and work，don't expect to receive any rewards.Consistent，hard work won't guarantee you the level of success you may want，but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.
  
  （1）Paragraph 1 mainly talks about

  .
  A．the meaning of success
  B．the reasons for success
  C．the standards of success
  D．the importance of success
  （2）Successful people suggest doing what one loves because

  .
  A．work makes one feel pain
  B．one tends to enjoy his work
  C．it takes a lot of time to succeed
  D．one gives up his work easily
  （3）What can we infer from Paragraph 4？

  
  A．People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.
  B．Successful people like to show their great skills.
  C．People need to achieve success at the cost of life.
  D．It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.
  （4）What is the main theme of the passage？

  
  A．Having a goal is vital to success.
  B．Being good is different from being great.
  C．Luck，talent and family help to achieve success.
  D．One cannot succeed without time and practice.
  組卷：1引用：2難度：0.5

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• 3．Downloading music over the Internet is pretty common among high school and college students.However，when students download and share copyrighted music without permission，they are against the law.
     A survey of young people's music ownership has found that teenagers and college students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players.Half of those surveyed share all the music on their hard drive（硬盤），enabling others to copy hundreds of songs at any one time.Some students were found to have randomly linked their personal blogs to music sites，so as to allow free trial listening of copyrighted songs for blog visitors，or adopted some of the songs as the background music for their blogs.Such practices may be easy and free，but there are consequences.
     Sandra Dowd，a student of Central Michigan University，was fined US ﹩7，500 for downloading 501 files from Lime Wire，a peer-to-peer file sharing program.Sandra claimed that she was unaware that her downloads were illegal until she was contacted by authorities.Similarly，Mike Lewinski paid US ﹩4，000 to settle a lawsuit（起訴）against him for copyright violation（違反）.Mike expressed shock and couldn't believe that this was happening to him. "I just wanted to save some money and I always thought the threat was just a scare tactic（戰(zhàn)術）." "You know，everyone does it，" added Mike.
     The RIAA（Recording Industry Association of America），the organization that files lawsuits against illegal downloaders，states that suing（控告）students was by no means their first choice.Unfortunately，without the threat of consequences，students are just not changing their behavior.Education alone is not enough to stop the extraordinary growth of the illegal downloading practice.
  
  （1）Why is it common for students to download copyrighted music？

  
  A．They want their friends to know that they are smart.
  B．They don't think that they will be caught.
  C．They think it is a good way to make some extra money.
  D．They are against copyright protection over Internet music.
  （2）What does Mike mean by saying that "the threat was just a scare tactic"？

  
  A．One should not be afraid of threats.
  B．A lawsuit will result from the threat.
  C．No serious consequence will follow the threat.
  D．It is unfair to scare people with a threat.
  （3）What's the best title for this passage？

  
  A．Copyright Violators，Beware!
  B．How to Get Free Music Online!
  C．A Survey of Students' Downloading Habits
  D．Get rid of Illegal Music Download？Impossible!
  組卷：0難度：0.6

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第三部分：改錯與寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分10分）第一節(jié)短文改錯（共10處錯；每處1分，滿分10分）

• 8．假如英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改句子，請你修改你同桌寫的以下句子。每句中均有一處語言錯誤。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
  增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧） ，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：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，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。
      Last week，my English teacher let us did some research on "How to study English well".She asked us to form a small group，that was made up with five students.In my group，there are three girls and two boys.I suggested we each play different role in it.Then I prepared the questions，and the rest of my group collected students' answer.Because we worked as a team，so the research went very good and ended within two hours.The teacher praised me group，and I learned the important of cooperation （合作）.
  組卷：0引用：1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Tom，你的朋友張揚學習英語很努力，但一直成績不好，他向你詢問一些關于如何學好英語的建議。請你就此給他回一封電子郵件，內容包括：
  1.背誦英語單詞很重要。
  2.讀英文報紙和英文雜志很有幫助。
  3.看英文電影可以提高你的英語聽力。
  雜志：magazine
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