2022年广东省揭阳市高二下学期5月第一次阶段考试英语试题.docx

揭阳市侨中2021-2022学年高二下学期5月第一次阶段考试

英语试卷

(考试时间：120分钟，满分：150分)命题人：)

第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

RachelHore’sfascinatingnovelsmovebetweenthepastandthepresent.HerlatestTheHouseonBellevueGardensissetinLondonnowandintheearly1960s.

Best-sellingauthorRachelHore’spreviousnovelsincludeTheGlassPainter’sDaughter,whichwasshortlisted(入围)forthe2010RomanticNoveloftheYearaward,andAGatheringStorm,whichwasshortlistedforthe2012HistoricalNoveloftheYearaward.

Here,shesharesthreebooksthatmadeanimpactonherlife.

OrlandobyVirginiaWoolf

ReadingOrlandoforthefirsttimeinmylateteensgavemeawonderfulsenseoffreedomandthepossibilitiesthatalifefullofbookscanoffer.Foreveryoung,Orlandopossesses“thestrengthofamanandawoman’sgrace”.

Helivesthroughfourcenturiesandhasmanydisguises;sometimesheevenchangeshisgender.

Itwasanexcellentliteraryworkthroughhistorythatexcitedandinspiredme.

FlightBehaviourbyBarbaraKingsolver

I’vereadmanyofBarbaraKingsolver’snovels,includingherwell-knownThePoisonwoodBible,admiringhoweasilyshewritesaboutthepowerandbeautyofthenaturalworld,ofwhichhumanityisadependentpart.

IparticularlyloveFlightBehaviourbecausesheengagesthereadereasilywithanambitioussubjectforfiction—climatechange.

Herstorymakesusallcareaboutwhatwearedoingtoourworld.

TheHawkintheRainbyTedHughes

WeweregivenTheThoughtFoxtoreadatschoolandIwassodeeplyimpressedwithitscentralimageofthefoxinthesnowinspiringthepoemthatIspentthatweek’smoneyonthebookitappearsin.Ireadandre-readitandwasamazed!

Ilovedthewriter’stechniqueofdescription,aswellastheenergy,theviolenceandthesensuousness(敏感)ofthosepoems.

Everyoneshouldhavetheir“disc