2021-2022学年江苏省苏州市高二（上）期中英语试卷
一、选词填空-句子（本大题共10小题，共扎克符文10.0分）
1.Checking different sources enables us to draw a more i ______ conclusion.
2.To sum up,being a good journalist requires writing sills curiosity and c ______ to finding the truth.
3.His prentation at the graduation ceremony was so impressive that it was warmly a ______ by all prent.
4.In everyday life,the idiom "throwing in the towel" simply means admitting d ______ and giving up.
5.Some people,for example,carry a gene that makes them more l ______ to catch a certain virus or develop a particular form of cancer.
6.In addition to making people aware of a product or rvice,a successful advertiment will
also create a desire to buy,thus ______（增长） business.
7.Recent years have ______（见证） the rapid development of China's high-speed railway.
8.According to some scientists,it could make a ______（根本的） change to the future of human life.
9.The ______（最精彩的部分） of the performance was a short play performed by the Drama Club.
10.While doubts about its safety have ______（逐渐地） disappeared,interest continues to grow.
二、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
七棵树A
Wales is home to some of the UK's most beautiful drives.Narrow lanes criss-cross the lan
d,meaning travel can be slow-but there's no need to rush.
The Coastal Way
This route（路线） covers the entire length of Cardigan Bay,and spoils travelers with its remote beaches and charming aside towns.
Comb the sand for fossils,shells at Aberdaron Beach,and then hit the road,heading east toward Porthmadog.Here you can hop on a heritage steam rain,a relic of the region's mining history,to give Snowdonia's skyline your undivided attention.
The Cambrian Way
The Cambrian Way,which cuts north to south through the heart of Wales,is a fantastic place,thanks to its patchwork fields,den forests and rolling,sheep-dotted hills.
The route becomes increasingly wild and rough as it weaves north into Powys.Spend the night in Rhayader,and you'll need plenty of energy for hiking or mountain biking along the trails.
The North Wales Way
Spanning Wales' short but scenic north coast,this route offers road trippers a chance to e
ncounter Welsh history,language and culture in a splendid sting.
Head west through the uncrowded Clwydian Hills until you reach Ruthin,a little town brimming with history,where you can e its restored castle,century-spanning muum and Victorian Ruthin Gaol.
Border Country
Tracing the dotted line that parates England and Wales on a map,this border-hugging route will take you to some of Wales' most underrated sites slowly,if you stick to the narrow back roads.
Staring in the border town of Chepstow in Southeast Wales,make your way northward.You can stop to admire the roofless ruins of Tintern Abbey and lesr-known castles Skenfrith and Grosmont.
11.Which route best suits people who enjoy mountain scenery？ ______
A. The Coastal Way. B. The Cambrian Way.
C. The North Wales Way. D. Border Country.
对的英文
12.What is special about The North Wales Way宝宝歌曲？ ______
A. It enables travelers to visit a castle.
B. It is an area of scenic beauty.
C. It offers a glimp into Welsh culture.
D. It is a crowd-free escape from big cities.
13.What is the purpo of the article？ ______ 公鸡为什么会打鸣
A. To introduce road trips in Wales.
贪小失大B. To introduce the Welsh landscape.
C. To tell about Wales' history.
D. To adverti Wales' tourism industry.
道歉的话给女朋友
B
In the final of the 1985 world open squash（壁球） championship,Pakistan's Jahangir Khan defeated New Zealand's Ross Norman and won the championship.That decisive vi
ctory made Khan the first man ever to win the world open squashcrown five times in a row. "Jahangir Khan," says British sports commentator Richard Eaton, "is the world champion of world champions."
Until recently,Khan's achievements would have stirred few people,for squash was largely an elitist（精英） male prerve.No longer.During the past decade,the game has boomed worldwide,and is now a sport played by more than 20 million men and women in more than 100 countries.It is widely played in Australia,New Zealand,Europe and Southeast Asia,and is one of the fastest-growing sports in Canada.In Australia,nearly 500，000 people play squash regularly.
Squash has caught on becau it's suited to busy lifestyles.It's easier for a beginner to play than tennis,and provided a good workout in just half an hour.At its higher reaches,though,squash stretches mind and body to their limits.It calls for speed,strength,a talent for delicate shot-making and,above all,a single-minded determination to keep going.
Why is Jahangir Khan so superior in this flashing,high-speed game,perhaps the subtlest 明朝
and most exhausting of all the racquet（球拍）sports？For one thing,he's superbly built：1.78 metres tall,67 kilos,with arms,chest and legs that are rock-hard and wrists like steel.His ancestry helps,too.Khan's ancestors were Pathans.Pathans have a reputation for being trigger-happy,but Khan's relatives were far deadlier with squash racquets than with guns.His father,Roshan,uncles Hashim and Azam and cousin Mohibullah dominated world squash in the 1950s and 1960s.
But Khan's most precious quality is an extraordinary desire to excel. "Squash has more naturally gifted players," admits his coach,Rahmat Khan,"but no one who works as hard,no one el who,even when on top,never lets up."
14.Why is Jahangir Khan referred to as "the world champion of world champions"？ ______
A. He defeated New Zealand's Norman.
B. He showed great excellence in squash.
C. He was the first to win the championship.
D. He won the squash championship in 1985.
15.What does the underlined word "stirred" mean in the cond paragraph？ ______
A. Excited. B. Disturbed. C. Absorbed. D. Bothered.
16.Which of the following best describes the cau of Squash's growing popularity？ ______
A. It is a good substitute for tennis.
B. It is a relaxing sport for all ages.
C. It shows one's strength and talent.
D. It fits in with the needs of modern life.
17.What is the key factor leading to the success of Jahangir Khan？ ______
A. His strong build. B. His strong will.
C. His family's support. D. His talent in sports.
C
One of the biggest concerns in science is bias（偏见）- that scientists themlves,consciously or subconsciously may put their thumbs on the scales and influence the outcomes of experiments.Boffins have come up with all sorts of strategies to try to remove it，from having their colleagues repeat their work to the "double blinding" common in clinical trials,when even the experimenters do not know which patients are receiving an experimental drug and which are getting a sugar-pill placebo（安慰剂）.
But gathering the data and running an experiment is not the only part of the process that can go wrong.The methods chon to analyze the data can also influence results.The point was demonstrated by two recent papers published in a journal called Surgery.Despite being bad on the same data,they drew opposite conclusions about whether using a particular piece of kit（工具包） during surgery reduced or incread the chances of infection.
A new paper,from a large team of rearchers headed by Martin Schweinsberg,a psychologist at a European School in Berlin,helps shed some light on why.Dr Schweinsberg asked analysts to explore two emingly straightforward theories.The first
was that a woman's tendency to participate would ri as the number of other women in a conversation incread.The cond was that high-status participants would talk more than the low-status participants.
As it turned out,no two analysts employed exactly the same methods,and none got the same results.Some 29% of analysts reported that high-status participants were more likely to contribute.But 21% reported the opposite.Things were less finely balanced with the first theory,with 64% reporting that women do indeed participate more,if plenty of other women are prent.But 21% concluded that the opposite was true.
The problem was not that any of the analys were "wrong" in any objective n.The differences aro becau rearchers cho different definitions of what they were studying,and applied different techniques.When it came to defining how much women spoke,for instance,some analysts cho the number of words in each woman's comment.Still others defined it by the number of conversations that a woman participated in,regardless of how much she actually said.
