2021-2022学年广西河池市八校高二（上）第二次联考英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
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Best books for 12 to 14-year-olds Mortal Engines
Author：Philip Reeve
Publisher：Scholastic
London is on the move again：the city searches the world for resources（资源）on wheels,eating smaller towns.But when he is thrown off the city,young hero Tom is soon forced to reexamine life as he knows it.
Set in a futuristic background,this imaginative story is a blend（混合）of action and adventure.The book has won the Blue PeterBook Award.
Coram Boy
Author：Jamila Gavin
Publisher：Egmont
Author：Philip Reeve
Publisher：Scholastic
London is on the move again：the city searches the world for resources（资源）on wheels,eating smaller towns.But when he is thrown off the city,young hero Tom is soon forced to reexamine life as he knows it.
Set in a futuristic background,this imaginative story is a blend（混合）of action and adventure.The book has won the Blue PeterBook Award.
Coram Boy
Author：Jamila Gavin
Publisher：Egmont
Toby's and Aaron's lives are linked by the Coram Man,who collects unwanted children from across the country,supposedly to send them to a safe new life.In reality,the man sells the children into slavery.Soon,Toby and Aaron find themselves united on a journey,filled with danger and excitement.
Rich with historical detail,this book provides an important insight into the 1750s society.It was a winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author：Mark Haddon
Publisher：Red Fox
Seen through the eyes of Christopher ，a mathematical genius（天才）and Sherlock Holmes fan,this novel opens with the discovery of a dead dog on a neighbor's lawn（草坪）.In his search to discover the identity of the killer,Christopher uncovers some information about his own family and he starts a journey to London to find his mother.
Watership Down
Author：Richard Adams
Rich with historical detail,this book provides an important insight into the 1750s society.It was a winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author：Mark Haddon
Publisher：Red Fox
Seen through the eyes of Christopher ，a mathematical genius（天才）and Sherlock Holmes fan,this novel opens with the discovery of a dead dog on a neighbor's lawn（草坪）.In his search to discover the identity of the killer,Christopher uncovers some information about his own family and he starts a journey to London to find his mother.
Watership Down
Author：Richard Adams
Publisher：Penguin
Young rabbit Fiver believes that a great disaster is about to strike the place where he lives - but no one will listen to him.At last he manages to ask a few brave rabbits to leave before it's too late.Hunted by dogs and foxes,their journey is a dangerous one- but the rabbits can still dream of a peaceful and safe new life at Watership Down.
This book won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal.
Young rabbit Fiver believes that a great disaster is about to strike the place where he lives - but no one will listen to him.At last he manages to ask a few brave rabbits to leave before it's too late.Hunted by dogs and foxes,their journey is a dangerous one- but the rabbits can still dream of a peaceful and safe new life at Watership Down.
This book won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal.
1.Which author's book focuses on life in the future according to the text？ ______
A. Philip Reeve's. B. Jamila Gavin's.
comparisonsC. Mark Haddon's. D. Richard Adams's.
comparisonsC. Mark Haddon's. D. Richard Adams's.
2.What makes Christopher try to find out the truth？ ______
A. His losing touch with his mother.
B. An overgrown lawn.
C. His neighbor's request.
D. The dead body of a dog.
B. An overgrown lawn.
C. His neighbor's request.
D. The dead body of a dog.
3.What is special about Watership Down？ ______
A. Its main character is a detective lover.
B. It is about some rabbits escaping a disaster.
C. Its stories are based on historical facts.
D. It won the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
B. It is about some rabbits escaping a disaster.
C. Its stories are based on historical facts.
D. It won the Whitbread Children's Book Award.
B
I first visited the UK on a vacation as a curious 15-year-old in 2013.The rich culture of London,the beautiful highlands of Scotland and the sunny beaches of w ales deeply attracted me.I decided then that I wanted to carry on my university education in the UK.
Fast forward to 2016 and I arrived at the University of Bristol.The first couple of weeks were great.But after my first month,I started missing my parents,my little sister,the food and the warm,sunny weather.
There was also another problem.Having always studied an Indian curriculum（课程），which is objective,learning based and strict,I found it difficult to adjust to several aspects o
Fast forward to 2016 and I arrived at the University of Bristol.The first couple of weeks were great.But after my first month,I started missing my parents,my little sister,the food and the warm,sunny weather.
There was also another problem.Having always studied an Indian curriculum（课程），which is objective,learning based and strict,I found it difficult to adjust to several aspects o
f the British education system.The freedom of choosing which lectures（课）to go to,the highly subjective and thought-encouraging discussions at tutorials （辅导课） and a large amount of reading I was expected to do caught me off-guard.
It was not until my first end of term exams were over in January 2017 that I could show down and think carefully about the things that I was doing wrong and the things that I got right.The week after my exams ended,I realised how little time I had spent outside the university libraries and my living place.
So I tried new cafes in Clifton,and going for walks near the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge.I also started watching British TV shows.And I evolved socially too.I finally found the societies I wanted to join.I also realised the importance of staying in touch with my tutors and not being afraid of needing and asking for help.I made some amazing friends in Bristol.Had it not been for the people around me,my first year would not have been as good as it was.
Overall,my second term ended on a much more relaxed and happier note than the first.I wrote my final exams in May and,before I knew it,I had finished my first year of university.
It was not until my first end of term exams were over in January 2017 that I could show down and think carefully about the things that I was doing wrong and the things that I got right.The week after my exams ended,I realised how little time I had spent outside the university libraries and my living place.
So I tried new cafes in Clifton,and going for walks near the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge.I also started watching British TV shows.And I evolved socially too.I finally found the societies I wanted to join.I also realised the importance of staying in touch with my tutors and not being afraid of needing and asking for help.I made some amazing friends in Bristol.Had it not been for the people around me,my first year would not have been as good as it was.
Overall,my second term ended on a much more relaxed and happier note than the first.I wrote my final exams in May and,before I knew it,I had finished my first year of university.
4.What was the author's first visit to the UK like？ ______
A. Impressive. B. Eventful. C. Romantic. D. Risky.
5.What problem did the author face after arriving at the University of Bristol？ ______
A. She didn't have much freedom when choosing lectures.
B. She was unprepared for the new way of studying.
C. She couldn't keep up with her classmates.
D. She found it difficult to read in English.
B. She was unprepared for the new way of studying.
C. She couldn't keep up with her classmates.
D. She found it difficult to read in English.
6.Which of the following did the author consider important for her after her first exams？ ______
A. Staying in touch with her family.
B. Spending time at the library.
C. Building strong relationships.
D. Learning English through TV shows.
B. Spending time at the library.
C. Building strong relationships.
D. Learning English through TV shows.
7.What would be the best title for the text？ ______
A. The UK is a wise choice for studying abroad
B. My first experience of culture shock
C. Education is the key to success
D. My first year as an international student
B. My first experience of culture shock
C. Education is the key to success
D. My first year as an international student
C
Young people these days are exposed to an almost constant stream of written words.They communicate by web messages,or by Facebook updates,or by Tweets.
When I was a boy,in the 1980s,we communicated by telephone.I never wrote a single word to anybody my own age,except to pass notes in class when I was bored.The Internet and the mobile phone have changed all that,and put a new emphasis （强调） on the written word.
Written words are important now.Everything,especially for the young,depends on them.Online chatting and searching,messaging and e mailing,all depend on writing,and w
When I was a boy,in the 1980s,we communicated by telephone.I never wrote a single word to anybody my own age,except to pass notes in class when I was bored.The Internet and the mobile phone have changed all that,and put a new emphasis （强调） on the written word.
Written words are important now.Everything,especially for the young,depends on them.Online chatting and searching,messaging and e mailing,all depend on writing,and w
riting quickly.
There is no time now for thinking about the right phrase carefully or planning the best way to say something before you make that phone call,that text and that e-mail demanding an exigent response.
The important difference between writing and speaking is that writing can be crossed out（划掉），whereas speech cannot.Communication is now a continuous work in progress,as long as it's done on screen,and as long as you delete it before anyone reads it.Instead of technology having made the accuracy of spelling and grammar irrelevant,the move from the spoken to the written word has had the opposite effect：we judge accuracy severely,whether it be a romantic message or a job application,and are unimpressed by people who don't know how to use punctuation（标点符号）.
Glancing around the Internet,you can find examples of terrible English,but you'll also find an astonishing number of corrections.
There has probably never been a time in history when writing has been so universal（普遍）and so important.Books on the English language can now top the bestseller lists.Tod
There is no time now for thinking about the right phrase carefully or planning the best way to say something before you make that phone call,that text and that e-mail demanding an exigent response.
The important difference between writing and speaking is that writing can be crossed out（划掉），whereas speech cannot.Communication is now a continuous work in progress,as long as it's done on screen,and as long as you delete it before anyone reads it.Instead of technology having made the accuracy of spelling and grammar irrelevant,the move from the spoken to the written word has had the opposite effect：we judge accuracy severely,whether it be a romantic message or a job application,and are unimpressed by people who don't know how to use punctuation（标点符号）.
Glancing around the Internet,you can find examples of terrible English,but you'll also find an astonishing number of corrections.
There has probably never been a time in history when writing has been so universal（普遍）and so important.Books on the English language can now top the bestseller lists.Tod
ay,the Philippines holds the record for texting：27 per user per day.In Scandinavia,more than 85 per cent of the population communicates by text.Some 294 billion e mail messages are sent every day.These are communications that until recently were made by telephone,letter,face to face or,and this is highly important in the communication debate,not at all.
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