2021-2022学年辽宁省锦州市高二（上）期末英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
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Special breaks：four UK's creative places Chair-making,Leicestershire
Spend a week in the National Forest woodlands learning to make your own chair.People having different levels of experience are welcomed.Beginners can make a single Windsor chair,while the more advanced learners can design their own chairs.
Price： £650 per person
Dates：21-27 Jun.，31 Jul.-6 Aug,4-10 Oct.
Drawing,North Yorkshire
Learn how to create beautiful pen and ink drawings on this four-day art holiday in the North York Moors.Aimed at beginners,it teaches a range of styles and techniques to build confidence and improve drawing skills.The cour is mainly bad at Larpool Hall,Whitby in Yorkshire,a Georgian hou with views over the Esk Valley.
Price： £405 per person
Dates：25-28 Sept.
Clothes-mending,West Susx
West Dean College of Arts and Conrvation has a wide range of textile（纺织品）cours,from making belts to weaving,dyeing and printing.Tho who have reconsidered their shopping habits may enjoy the Mending Your Clothes cour,in which the well-known textile artist Celia Pym teaches techniques for repairing woven clothes.
Price： £381 （cour only） per person,and £196 for accommodation and meals
Dates：21-23 Aug.
Wildlife photography,Dort
Red squirrels are now very rare in England,but Browna Island has a large population of red squirrels.On this short trip,guests will explore the island and learn how to photograph the creatures in the woodlands.Led by Emma Healey and Sean Weekly,the cour is an opportunity to take advantage of the best light of the day to take wildlife photographs.
Price： £475 per person （including accommodation,most meals and tuition）
Date：14 Sept.
1.Which place will you choo if you want to enjoy a four-day holiday？ ______
A. Leicestershire. B. North Yorkshire.
C. West Susx. D. Dort.
2.What can participants do during the cour in Dort？ ______
A. Team up with Celia Pym.
B. Explore the beautiful Esk Valley.
C. Take photographs of red squirrels.
D. Protect the wildlife in the woodlands.
3.What do the four activities mentioned above have in common？ ______
A. They are all aimed at beginners.
B. They all have noisy surroundings.
C. They are all famous for professional instructors.
D. They all inspire creativity and improve practical skills.
B
I was sitting in an airport when I heard a woman ated behind me say,"What's the best gift you ever got？"
I clod the magazine and listened for an answer.
"Well," the young man said. "Probably the gold coin I got for graduation."
Fighting off the urge to turn around,I thought about the question.When it comes to material objects,for me it was a high school graduation prent.
"Congratulations," my grandfather said.
I tore open the paper. "Wow," I said. "A shovel."
"It's a spade（铁锹），" he said,gently but firmly.From that moment on I've known there was a difference.My grandfather said, "Stay clo to the land.Don't be afraid to dig in and get a little dirt on you."
"Oh,I won't," I said.I laughed at how it sounded.
That fall,I went off to college,and that shiny new green-handled spade hung untouched on the wall in my parents' garage.A few years later,I got an office job and married.Eventu
ally my wife and I moved into our own hou,and that graduation spade made its way into my own garage.I dug gardens,planted trees and ros,the usual stuff.The spade was nothing but a tool.I was just glad to have it.Glad I didn't have to buy one.
The years rolled by.I still dig hard into the earth,more often than ever.It's a reminder of my family,one proudly rooted in agriculture.It is a uful tool with a memorable message about staying clo to the earth.Priceless.
A few months from now my daughter will finish graduate school.I have something valuable to give her.
It'll be wrapped,of cour,and if she opens it and says, "Wow.A shovel."
4.Why does the author mention the "gold coin" story at the very beginning？ ______
A. To give an example. B. To introduce the topic.
C. To prent the object. D. To make a comparison.
5.Which of the following best describes the author's attitudes towards the spade at first？ ______
A. Uless. B. Priceless.
C. Dirty. D. Unfashionable.
6.What can we infer about the author from the text？ ______
A. His daughter would refu his gift.
B. He knew nothing about shovel and spade.
C. He was gradually interested in agriculture.
D. His grandfather gave the shovel randomly.
7.What can be a suitable title for the text？ ______
A. The Priceless Coin. B. The Benefits of a Spade.
C. A Memory that I Valued. D. A Gift that Kept me Grounded.
C
Just as it does on Earth,it snows on Mars.However,scientists have found that Martian sno
w is "dustier" than it is on Earth,which could mean it's warmer and more likely to melt into water,a new study suggests.
"There is a chance that this dusty and dark ice might melt a few centimeters down," said the study's lead author,Aditya Khuller,in a statement.
In June,a parate study suggested that there may be more water on Mars than previously thought.
The scientists believe that the ice that was dug up by the Phoenix lander in 2008 occurred from a snowfall sometime over the past million years.
"It is widely believed that Mars has experienced many ice ages throughout its history,and it looks like the ice being expod throughout the mid-latitudes of Mars is the remains of this ancient dusty snowfall," Khuller added.
If rearchers are able to better learn about the potentials of water on Mars,then they may be able to better learn about its prospects for once hosting life.
"Describing the features can significantly improve the ice stability（稳定）on Mars and inform us about its age and origin," the rearchers wrote in the study.
The rearchers say that more work is required to determine if the ice actually melts into water.
Khuller added,"We are working on developing improved computer imitations of Martian ice to study how it evolves over time,and whether it might melt to form liquid water.The results from this study will be necessary to our work becau knowing how dark the ice is directly influences how warm it gets."
It has been somewhat integral to find,although scientists confirmed in 2018 that Mars still has lakes filled with liquid water.
8.Why does the ice on Mars melt more easily than that on Earth？ ______
A. It's warmer on Mars.
B. Mars' ice is dustier and darker.
C. The temperature is not stable on Mars.
D. Mars' ice is expod to the sun for long.
9.What might be the purpo for scientists' study on Mars' snow？ ______
A. To help reduce ice's melting.
B. To rearch the amount of water.
C. To speed up its turning into water.
D. To better learn the prospects of water.
10.Which of the following is True according to the passage？ ______
A. It's impossible to learn the origin of Mars' ice.
B. It's easy to find lakes with liquid water on Mars.
C. Scientists are trying to improve ice stability on Mars.
D. The Phoenix lander was the first explorer to land on Mars.
11.What does the underlined word "integral" in the last paragraph mean？ ______
A. Impossible. B. Difficult. C. Unbelievable. D. Interesting.
