2021-2022学年湖北省武汉市部分重点中学联考高二（上）期中英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
A
Mother Nature is a cruel mistress.Why？Read on to find the answer.
Venice
This iconic city is sinking rapidly.The canals that make up the streets of Venice ri 2mm every year,making relics of history go under the surface of water and destroying architecture.Experts warn that without intervention （干预），幼儿教师个人简历this city will disappear back into the water at an even faster rate,consumed by rising a level from melting polar ice caps.
Machu Picchu
The iconic ruins have drawn adventurous tourists into the mountains of South America.The forces of natural erosion （侵蚀） have been accelerated by tourism and this landmark faces vere influence from increasing foot traffic.The Peruviar government recen
tly suggested a cable car that would cut out the inten hike up to the ruins,making the site instantly accessible to millions,but the future of Machu Picchu remains uncertain.
Glacier National Park
Perhaps you've heard that the ice caps are melting.But nowhere is more apparent in the United States than in Glacier National Park.Estimates indicate that the glaciers that are part-of the beauty of this national landmark will disappear entirely in the next two decades.
The Great Barrier Reef
Hidden from view beneath the waves,the Great Barrier Reef has been rapidly dying off.Nearly fifty percent of coral which once occupied a large area is gone,destroyed by pollution and dia.
1.What can we learn about Machu Picchu？ ______ 今年冬天下雪
A. It's famous for cable cars.
B. It has no convenient traffic.
C. It's well prerved by the locals.
D. It bears a heavy burden of tourism.
2.Which place probably needs visitors to dive into the water to enjoy its beauty？ ______
A. Venice. B. Machu Picchu.
C. Glacier National Park. D. The Great Barrier Reef.
3.What do the above attractions have in common？ ______
A. They all have a long history.
B. They're all threatened by climate.
C. They're all in danger of disappearing.
D. They're all well-known for natural scenery.
丝瓜的营养价值B
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill.It was 1994，but I can remember my
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mother's words as if it were yesterday. "Kerrel,I don't want you to take food from your father,becau he has AIDS.Be very careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn't something we talked about in my country when I was growing up.From then on,I knew that this would be a family cret.My parents were not together any more,and my dad lived alone.For a while,he could take care of himlf.But when I was 12，his condition worned.My father's other children lived far away,so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn't afford all the necessary medicine for him,and becau Dad was unable to work,I had no money for school supplies and often couldn't even buy food for dinner.I would sit in class feeling completely lost.The teacher's words muffled （减弱） as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden （负担） with anyone.I had en people reacted to AIDS.Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the dia.And even adults could be cruel.When my father was moved to the hospital,the nurs would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himlf.
I had known that he was going to die,but after so many years of keeping his condition a cret.I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days.Sad and hopeless,I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support.That day,she kept me on the phone for hours.I was so lucky to find someone who cared.She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died.He took his cret away with him,having never spoken about AIDS to anyone,even me.He didn't want to call attention to AIDS.I do.
4.What does Kerrel tell us about her father？ ______
A. He told no one about his dia.
B. He worked hard to pay for his medicine.
C. He depended on the nurs in his final days.
D. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
5.What can be inferred from paragraph 3？ ______
A. Kerrel couldn't understand her teacher.
B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.
C. 人生是什么Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher's words.
D. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lessons.
6.Why did Kerrel keep her father's dia a cret？江西分数线 ______
保安队A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.
B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.
C. She found no one willing to listen to her.
D. She wanted to obey her mother.
7.Why did Kerrel write the passage？ ______
A. To remember her father.
B. To draw people's attention to AIDS.
梦见下大雨是什么预兆C. To show how little people knew about AIDS.
D. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.
C
Once a circle misd a wedge （楔子）.The circle wanted to be whole,so it went around looking for its missing piece.But becau it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly,it admired the flowers along the way.It chatted with worms.It enjoyed the sunshine.Finally it found a piece that fit perfectly.It was so happy.Now that it was a perfect circle,it could roll very fast,too fast to notice flowers or talk to the worms.When it realized how different the world emed when it rolled so quickly,it stopped,left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.In some strange n we are more whole when we are missing something.The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man.He will never know what it feels like to hope and to nourish （滋润） his soul with the dream of something better.He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him,give him something he has always wanted or never had.
There is wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations,who has been brave enough to let go of his unrealistic dreams and does not feel like a failure for doing so.There is wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is
strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive--he or she can lo someone and still feel like a complete person.
Life is more like a baball ason,when even the best team los one third of its games and even the worst team has its days of brilliance.Our goal is to win more games than we lo.When we accept that imperfection is part of being human,and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciate it,we will have achieved wholeness that others can only long for.
