2022年广东省广州市八校联考高二下学期期中考试英语.docx

2021-2022学年广东省广州市八校联考高二下学期期中考试

英语试题

满分120分，考试用时120分钟。

1．答卷前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目填写在规定的位置上。

2．第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3．第Ⅱ卷必须用0.5毫米黑色签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应的位置；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不得使用涂改液，胶带纸、修正带和其他笔。

第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

NewScienceBooksinBrief

VolumeControl

ByDavidOwen||$18.23

“Foradeafchild,havinghearingparentscanbeaseriousdisadvantage,notesOweninthissensitivestudyofhearing.Hesuffersfromtinnitus.Combiningthesciencewithindividualexperiences,Owendiscusseshearingaids,signlanguage,ThomasEdisonandnoiselevelsinUScities—allinabsorbingdetail.

RealityAheadofSchedule

ByJoelLevy||$29.04

Thispicture-packedbooktoursscientificadvancessparkedbyideasinsciencefiction.Forexample,LevyshowshowH.G.Wells?s1903storyTheLandIroncladsinspiredWinstonChurchilltopromotethedevelopmentofthemilitarytank.Thetitlecomesfromadefinitionofsci-fibySydneyMead,anindustrialdesignerwidelyknownforhisdesignsforscience-fictionfilms.

JetStream

ByTimWoollings||$32.95

Thejetstreamwasdiscoveredinthe1920s.Inthisanalysisofitscomplexinfluenceonweather,WoollingsrelateshowtheJapaneseusedthejetstreamtolaunchtrans—Pacificballoonsin1944.Today,thejetstreamisverylikelytobethreatenedbyanotherproductofhumanactivity:risingcarbondioxideemissions.

AdventuresofaComputationalExplorer

ByStephenWolfram||$22.46

StephenWolfram,designerofthetechnical-computingsystemMathematica,offersgoodstoriesinthiscollectionofbiographicalessays.Forexample,herecallshimselfasasix-year-oldspottingabite

takenoutofthesun:asolareclipse,somethingunknowntotheotherchildren.

1.WhatcanwelearnfromVolumeControl?

A.Thescienceofhearing. B.Practicalwaystocuretinnitus.

C.ThomasEdisonsgreatinventions. D.Win