新疆莎车县第一中学2021-2022学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

莎车县第一中学2021-2022学年第二学期期中考试

高二  英语 

本卷满分120分，考试时间90分钟  

   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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

All English language schools in Australia offer high——quality English language courses and excellent services to international students.

English Language School in Sydney

Located just minutes from the town centre，it is one of Australia's leading English language schools with over 20 years of experience in teaching English. The full­time General English classes consist of basic English language skills including listening，reading，speaking and writing in the morning and electives(选修课)in the afternoon. You can select from 20 different electives. This allows you to customize your learning of English to suit your own specific needs. All the courses are the powerful attractions for students from all over the world.

English Language School in Manly

It is a small and friendly English school where you will feel at home and receive individual attention. By keeping our classes small(from 5 to 10 students per class)，it is possible to offer a high level of personalized English courses.

English Language School in Byron Bay

It offers high—quality English language courses to students and travelers. It wants students to feel comfortable. Students and teachers often have social gatherings together. Beach barbecues and nights out at local bars are great ways to make new friends from around the world and to put English skills into practice.

English Language School in Burleigh Heads

The school is situated in the heart of Burleigh Heads，a very popular holiday location for people who love to swim，surf and walk along the beach. Its classes are conducted in a challenging and fun way to help you learn English quickly. Small classes(a maximum of 10 students)guarantee that you will receive individual attention in a fun and interactive learning

environment.

1．What's special about English Language School in Sydney?

A．It offers high—quality education.

B．It is located in the town centre.

C．It runs diverse optional courses.

D．It has many experienced teachers.

2．Which school will you choose if you want to practice English by social gatherings?

A．English Language School in Manly.

B．English Language School in Sydney.

C．English Language School in Byron Bay.

D．English Language School in Burleigh Heads.

3．What is the common ground between the Manly school and the Burleigh Heads school?

A．They offer small English classes.

B．They combine learning with traveling.

C．Their environment makes you feel at home.

D．Their classes need a minimum of 5 students to continue.

B

Albert Einstein had a great effect on science and history，and his achievement was even greater than only a few other great scientists have achieved. An American university president once said that Einstein had made a new outlook，a new view of the universe. It may be some time before the average mind understands fully the identity(特性)of time and space and so on—but even ordinary men now understand that the universe is something larger than ever thought before.

By 1914 young Einstein had been world-famous. He accepted the offer to become a professor at the Prussian Academy of Science in Berlin. He had few duties，little teaching and unlimited chances for study，but soon his peace and quietness were broken by World War Ⅰ.

Einstein hated fighting and killing. The great suffering of war affected him deeply，and he sat unhappily in his office doing little. He lost interest in his research. Only when peace came in 1918 was he able to get back to work.

In the year following World War Ⅰ，honours were increasingly put on him. He

became head of the Kaiser Whihem Institute of Theoretical Physics. But he himself refused the effort to put him in a position far above other people. He was well known for his humble(谦逊的)manner. He often said that his success would certainly have been achieved by others if he had never lived.

In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize，and he was honoured in Germany until the rise of Nazism(纳粹)when he was driven from Germany because he was a Jew.

4．The main idea of the first paragraph is    ．

A．The difficulty of Einstein's thought to others

B．The feeling of an American university president towards Einstein

C．The difference between science and history

D．The change in human thought produced by Einstein

5．It seems to the American university president that                       .

A．Einstein achieved more than any other scientist in history

B．everybody understands Einstein's scientific ideas

C．the new view of the universe can be quickly learned by everyone

D．our ideas about the universe are different today because of Einstein

6．Einstein did his greatest work    ．

A．when Nazism rose　　　 B．when he was young

C．during World War Ⅰ  D．after he left Europe

7．From the passage we can know that    ．

A．Germans usually have great respect for science

B．Einstein had other interests besides science

C．Einstein was forced to work again in 1918

D．Einstein led a quiet life during World War Ⅰ

C

The British live on a small island. They are surrounded by  the sea，so it is not surprising that the sea has always played an important role in their lives. After the development of large，ocean­going sailing ships in the fifteenth century，the sea became even more important to the country's development. Ships setting sail from England determined to extend Britain's territories，its wealth and its knowledge of the world. Ships returned to England bringing goods，people and new ideas from foreign places. By the