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学年河北省保定市高二上学期期末考试英语试题解析版

河北省保定市2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

一、阅读选择

MaketheBestofaBadSituation

SinceCovid-19spreadsallovertheworld,manypeoplehavetostayindoorsandworkfromhome.Formostofus,itgreatlychallengesourlivesandbringsboredom.Butforafewpeople,workingathomebringsmorecreativity.Herearethreefamoushistoricalfigureswholettheircreativityflowduringpastpandemics.

GiovanniBoccaccio（1313-1375）

Whenaplague（瘟疫）hitFlorencein1348,ItalianwriterGiovanniBoccacciolosthisfatherandstepmother.Inordertosurvive,heleftthecityandhidinthecountryside.Inspiredbytheexperience,BoccacciowroteTheDecameron（《十日谈》）,acollectionofshortnovelsframedasstoriestoldbyagroupoffriends,whilehewasquarantined（隔离）insideahouseduringtheplague.

WilliamShakespeare（1564-1616）

Intheearly17thcentury,aplaguehitLondon,UK.Whenthenumberofdeathsgrew,thegovernmentpostponedmanycelebrationsandclosedallthetheaters.Thismeantthattheentertainmentindustryatthetimewasparalyzed（瘫痪）formuchof1606.Asanactoranddramatist,Shakespearehadtostopworkingintheplayhouse.Buthedidn'twasteasecondofhistimeoff.Instead,heusedthetimeproductivelyandwrotesomeofhismostfamousplays.Beforetheyearwasover,Shakespearecompletedthreeplays—KingLear,MacbethandAntonyandCleopatra.

IsaacNewton（1642-1727）

In1665,whenEnglishmathematicianIsaacNewtonwasinhisearly20s,oneofthelastmajoroutbreaksoftheplaguehittheUK,andmanyclasseswerecanceled.Newton,asastudent,wentbackhometocontinuehisstudies.

Hedevotedhimselftohisstudies.Theyoungmathematicianproducedsomeofhisbestworksduringhisyearinquarantine,writingthepapersthatwouldlaterbecomeearlycalculus（微积分学）,anddevelopinghistheoriesonphysicsinhisbedroom.Whileworking,anappledroppedfromtheappletreeoutsidehiswindowandhithimorthehead,whichmayinspiredhistheoryofgravity.

1．WhatdidBoccacciododuringtheplague?

A．HeleftItalyandhidaway

B．Hestayedindoorsandreadbooks.

C．Hefinishedthegreatwork:

TheDecameron.

D．Hetoldhisfriendsmanyinterestingstories.

2．HowdidtheplagueaffectShakespeare?

A．Hegotmoreentertainment.

B．Hegotmorefreetimetowriteplays.

C．Hebegantoshowinterestinacting.

D．Hewasinspiredtoevaluatehistory.

3．WhatcanwelearnaboutIssacNewtoninquarantine?

A．Hehadtostophisstudyonmath.

B．Heputthefocusonphysicsstudy.

C．Hegotanideaforthetheoryofgravity.

D．Heworkedhardandcompletedhislastwork.

【答案】

1．C

2．B

3．C

【分析】

这是一篇说明文。

文章主要介绍了历史上在流行病爆发期间创造力惊人的名人。

1．

细节理解题。

根据GiovanniBoccaccio部分中“Inspiredbytheexperience,BoccacciowroteTheDecameron（《十日谈》）,acollectionofshortnovelsframedasstoriestoldbyagroupoffriends,whilehewasquarantined（隔离）insideahouseduringtheplague.（受这段经历的启发，Boccaccio在瘟疫期间被隔离在一所房子里，写了一本短篇小说集《十日谈》，小说叙述的是一群朋友给彼此讲的故事）”可知，Boccaccio在瘟疫期间完成了这部伟大的著作：

TheDecameron。

故选C。

2．

细节理解题。

根据WilliamShakespeare部分中“Thismeantthattheentertainmentindustryatthetimewasparalyzed（瘫痪）formuchof1606.Asanactoranddramatist,Shakespearehadtostopworkingintheplayhouse.Buthedidn'twasteasecondofhistimeoff.Instead,heusedthetimeproductivelyandwrotesomeofhismostfamousplays.（这意味着当时的娱乐业在1606年的大部分时间里陷入瘫痪。

作为一名演员和剧作家，Shakespeare不得不停止在剧院工作。

但他没有浪费一秒钟的休息时间。

相反，他有效地利用了时间，写了一些他最著名的戏剧）”可知，由于瘟疫的发生，Shakespeare暂时没法在剧院工作，他有了很多休息的时间，他利用这些自由的时间写了一些著名的戏剧。

故选B。

3．

细节理解题。

根据IsaacNewton部分中“Whileworking,anappledroppedfromtheappletreeoutsidehiswindowandhithimorthehead,whichmayinspiredhistheoryofgravity.（在工作时，一个苹果从他窗外的苹果树上掉下来，砸到了他或他的头，这可能启发了他的引力理论）”可知，隔离期间，窗外苹果的掉落，启发了Newton的引力理论，也就是让他对引力理论有了最初的想法。

故选C。

GerardoIxcoyisa27-year-oldteacherinGuatemala.Heteachesintheareawherehavingelectricityissomethingofaluxury（奢侈品）andstudentshavenoaccesstomobileappsorcomputers,whichbecameaproblemwhenGuatemalangovernmenthadtochoosedistanceeducationforstudentsathomebecauseofCOVID-19.

GerardoIxcoyfeltthathehadtoteachthosechildrenlivingfarfromthedigitalworld.Afterall,educationisauniversalrightandGerardoIxcoythoughtthosechildrenshouldn'tbeexcludedfromhavingtheeducationtheyneeded.Therehadtobeanalternativetodistanceeducation.Butwhatwasthesolution?

Gerardoboughthimselfasecondhandtricycle（三轮车）withhissavings.Oncehehadthetricycle,thenextstepwastochangeitintoaclassroomonwheels.Heputaroofwithasolarpanel（太阳能电池板）onit,alongwithascreentoavoidthespreadofCOVID-19.Hefixedawhiteboardonitsohecouldexplaintothestudentsthebasicsofprimaryeducation：

math,thelocallanguageandtheuniversalnationallanguage—Spanish.

Thepurposeofthesolarpanelistoprovideconstantpowerforasmallloudspeakersohecanteachfromadistance.It'samatterofrespectingthehealthydistancerequiredtobesafefromthevirus.He,theteacher,staysoutside,andthestudentparticipatesfromhisorherhouse.

Withthatenthusiasmforeducation,hetriestovisithisstudentsatleasttwiceaweek,ridinghisclassroom-cycle.Thechildrenheservessaythat,althoughhevisitsthemforonlyafewhoursaweek,theylookforwardtoit.Theyappreciatehisvisitandwilltakeadvantageofittolearn.

4．WhatistheproblemfortheGuatemalanstudentsbecauseofCOVID-19?

A．Theycannotcontinuetheirstudyanymore.

B．TheyarecutofffromthedigitalworldandtheInternet.

C．Theyhavenorighttogetthegovernment'sdistanceeducation.

D．Theyhavetogetdistanceeducationbuttheyhavenoaccesstoit.

5．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"excluded"inParagraph2mean?

A．ChosenB．Prevented.

C．Protected.D．Separated

6．WhatdidGerardodotohelpthestudentswiththeirstudy?

A．Heprovidedthemwithawhiteboardtowriteon

B．Hefixedasolarpanelontheirhouseroofstogiveelectricity.

C．Herodehistricycletotheirhousesandtaughtthemfacetoface.

D．Hetransformedhistricycleintoaclassroomonwheeltogivethemlessons.

7．WhatcanwelearnfromGerardoIxcoy'sstory?

A．Loveforeducationbreaksdownbarriers

B．Educationcontributestosuccess.

C．Greathopemakesgreatman.

D．Hardworkpaysoff.

【答案】

4．D

5．D

6．D

7．A

【分析】

这是一篇记叙文。

文章讲述了教师GerardoIxcoy在COVID-19流行期间，创造条件，为不能接受远程教育的山区学生辅导学习的故事。

4．

细节理解题。

根据第一段中“Heteachesintheareawherehavingelectricityissomethingofaluxury（奢侈品）andstudentshavenoaccesstomobileappsorcomputers,whichbecameaproblemwhenGuatemalangovernmenthadtochoosedistanceeducationforstudentsathomebecauseofCOVID-19.”（他在这个地区教书，那里用电是一种奢侈品，学生无法使用移动应用程序或电脑，由于COVID-19，Guatemalan政府不得不为在家的学生选择远程教育，这成为了一个难题。

）可知，由于COVID-19，Guatemalan的学生必须接受远程教育，但是他们没有机会接受远程教育。

故选D项。

5．

词句猜测题。

根据划线词句前一句“GerardoIxcoyfeltthathehadtoteachthosechildrenlivingfarfromthedigitalworld.”（GerardoIxcoy觉得他必须教那些远离数字世界的孩子们。

）可知，GerardoIxcoy不想让COVID-19流行病影响那些学生接受教育，再根据划线词句“Afterall,educationisauniversalrightandGerardoIxcoythoughtthosechildrenshouldn'tbeexcludedfromhavingtheeducationtheyneeded.”（毕竟，教育是一项普遍的权利，GerardoIxcoy认为，不应该把这些孩子excluded在他们所需要的教育之外。

）可以推测，划线词句意为“这些孩子不应该被排除在教育之外”，所以excluded应是“排除”的意思，选项D“分离”与之意义最为接近。

故选D项。

6．

细节理解题。

根据第三段中“Gerardoboughthimselfasecondhandtricycle（三轮车）withhissavings.Oncehehadthetricycle,thenextstepwastochangeitintoaclassroomonwheels.”（Gerardo用积蓄给自己买了一辆二手三轮车。

一旦他有了三轮车，下一步就是把它变成一个有轮子的教室。

）可知，Gerardo把三轮车改造成一个带轮子的教室给他们上课。

故选D项。

7．

推理判断题。

根据第二段中“GerardoIxcoyfeltthathehadtoteachthosechildrenlivingfarfromthedigitalworld.”（GerardoIxcoy觉得他必须教那些远离数字世界的孩子们。

）和第三段中“Oncehehadthetricycle,thenextstepwastochangeitintoaclassroomonwheels.”（一旦他有了三轮车，下一步就是把它变成一个有轮子的教室。

）以及最后一段中“Withthatenthusiasmforeducation,hetriestovisithisstudentsatleasttwiceaweek,ridinghisclassroom-cycle.”（带着对教育的热情，他试图每周至少拜访学生两次，骑着他的课堂自行车。

）可知，GerardoIxcoy对教育的热爱，为了学生，克服困难，没有条件，创造条件也要上，这足以证明GerardoIxcoy对教育的热爱，打破了教学条件不足的障碍。

故选A项。

Birthdaycardhistoryissaidtobeoverahundredyearsold.ThereisnorecordtotelluswhosentorreceivedthefirstbirthdaycardbutitissaidthatthetraditionofsendingbirthdaycardsbeganinEnglandacenturyago.Inthosetimespeopleusedtopersonallygreetapersononabirthday,butwhenawell-wisherwasunabletodosohesentabirthdaycard.Thusbirthdaycardsweremorelikeanapologyatthattime.

HistoryofgreetingcardscanbetracedbacktotheancientChinesewhoaresaidtohavestartedthetraditionofsendinggoodwillmessagesonNewYearDay.EarlyEgyptianstooarebelievedtohavemadeusedpapyrusscrolls（纸莎草纸画卷）tosendgreetingstodearones.Duringearly1400thetraditionofexchanginghandmadepapergreetingcardsdevelopedinEuropewhileGermansatthattimewereknowntohaveprintedNewYear'sgreetingsfromwoodcuts.Theadvancementinprintingtechnologyin1850shelpedtomakegreetingcardsmoreaffordable.Nowonder,theysoonbecamepopularmeansofpersonalcommunication.Duringthe1980snon-eventcardsorthecardsnotmadeforanyparticularoccasionbecamepopularandhelpedcardindustryreachanewhigh.

GreetingcardshavetakenanewforminthispresentageofInternettechnology.Today,theyarebeingincreasinglyexchangedaselectronicore-greetingcards.Advancementintechnologythatbeganinthe1990shasledtoafurthergrowthincardindustry.Peoplefinditeasiertosende-cardsasameansofexchanginggreetings.

Greetingcardsareanimportantmeansofcommunicatinggoodwishesandlovetoaperson.Theycarryapersonaltouchthatmakesthemlovableandveryspecial.

8．WhatisthefunctionofthebirthdaycardinEnglandacenturyago?

A．Tosendgoodwishes.

B．Topresent