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乌鲁木齐市第八中学2020-2021学年第一学期高二年级期末考试英语问卷（考试时间：120分钟120分）（命题范围：必修五Unit3-5选修六Unit1）一．单项选择，请从所给选项中选择出最佳选项。（共15分，每小题1分）1.Itisoftenthecase_______a

nythingispossibleforthosewhohangontohope.A.whyB.whatC.thatD.as2.Notuntilrecently_______thedevelopmentoftourist-relatedactivitiesintheruralar

eas.A.theyhadencouragedB.hadtheyencouragedC.theyencouragedD.didtheyencourage3.Manybusinessesstartedupbycollegestudentshave___

____thankstothecomfortableclimateforbusinesscreation.A.fallenoffB.turnedoffC.takenoffD.leftoff4.Parentsshouldactivelyurgetheirchild

rento_______theopportunitytojoinsportsteams.A.gainadmissiontoB.keeptrackofC.giverisetoD.takeadvantageof5.---Haveyoufoundthebuildingwherethelectur

ewilltakeplace?---Yes.Butthecampus_______largeandInearlygotlostjustnow.A.wasB.hadbeenC.isD.willbe6.Dressedinstrangec

lothes,heimmediatelybecamethe_______ofattentionassoonasheenteredthehall.A.purposeB.focusC.pointD.aim7.AmedicalrescueplaneforJap

anfromthePhilippinescrashedwhiletakingoff,_______eightpeople,includingthecaptain.A.havingkilledB.killingC

.killedD.beingkilled8.Manyyoungpeople,most_______werewell-educated,headedforremoteregionstochasetheirdre

ams.A.ofwhichB.ofwhomC.ofthemD.ofthose9._______somepeoplearemotivatedbyaneedforsuccess,othersaremotivatedbyafearoffailure.A.WhileB.IfC.Unless

D.Because10.Isawthemgatheringatthefuneral,butIdidn’tthinkitisasuitable_______forthemtodiscussholidayplans.A.outlineB.occupationC.outcomeD.occasi

on11.______isoftenthecase,whoeverhangsoninanyadversitywillsucceedsomeday.A.WhyB.WhatC.ThatD.As12.Inartcriticism,

youmustassumetheartisthasasecretmessage_______withinthework.A.hiddenB.tohideC.hidingD.beinghidden13.Schoolsshouldbelivelypl

aceswhereindividualsareencouragedto_______totheirgreatestpotential.A.accelerateB.improveC.developD.pe

rform14.—GoandsaysorrytoyourMom,Dave.—I’dliketo,butI’mafraidshewon’tbehappywithmy_______.A.apologiesB.excusesC.requestsD.regret

s15.COVID-19hasdiscouragedpeoplefromhangingout,whichmay_______thedeclineinconsumerflowsatthesupermarket.

A.applyforB.takeupC.accountforD.makeup二．阅读理解。（共30分，每小题2分）ACyclingtheBalkansDuration:15daysTheBalkansoffersa

mixofbeautifulcountryside,fast-developingcitiesandhistorictowns.OurfirstrideendsattheUNESCOtownofOhridonthevastlakeofthesa

mename.There'reafewstopsalongthewaytovisitorseeplacesofinterest.CyclingtheItalianandSwissLakesDuration:8daysTheItalianl

akesofComoandMaggiorearefamedforboththeirwonderfulsceneryandtheirwealthyresidents(居民).Thisisafascinatingareatodiscoverontwowheelswithexcellen

troadsthatcloselyfollowthewindingshores.TheVilladelBalbianellowithitsbeautifulItaliangardensmaylookfamiliar,havingbeensee

nininternationalmoviessuchasBond'sCasinoRoyale.Self-GuidedCyclingintheDouroValleyDuration:7daysThiscyclingholidayintheDouroValleyw

illmakeyoufamiliarwithmagicalsurroundings,deliciouscuisineandsomeoftheworld'sfinestwines.TheridebeginsinCasteloRodrigo,avill

ageclosetowherePortugalbordersSpain,andhometoanancientcastle.You'IIcyclethroughvineyards(葡萄园)andvisitthe

famousPortwineestates(庄园).ExploringSriLankabyBikeDuration:8daysBeinganisland,SriLankaisincrediblydiverse.Exploringontwowh

eelsisthebestwaytoseethisruralcountryandtoexperiencethewayoflifeofitsfriendlypeople.Wetravelfromancientcitiest

othehillcountrytownsofKandyandNuwaraEliyabeforeendingthetriponthebeachesofthebeautifulsouthcoast.16.What'sspecialabouttheBalkanstour?A.Itishost

edbytheOhridgoverment.B.It'sacontinuousridewithnostops.C.Ithasfantasticislandscenery.D.Itcombineshistoryandthepresent.17.Whic

hroutewouldappealtoamoviefan?A.CyclingtheBalkans.B.CyclingtheItalianandSwissLakes.C.SelfGuidedCyclingintheDou

roValley.D.ExploringSriLankabyBike.18.WhatcanyoudoontheDouroValleytour?A.VisitSpanishgardens.B.Visitanationalpark.C.

Acquireknowledgeofwines.D.Pickgrapesinthevineyards.BHaveyoueverwonderedhowtheBlackBerrysmartphonegotitsname?OrhowabouttheSwiffermop,ortheImp

ossibleburger?JustaskDavidPlacek.Forthreedecades,hiscompany,LexiconBranding,hasbeenhiredbymanyoftheworld'sleadingcom

paniessuchasIntel,AppleandCoca-Cola,tohelpnamehundredsoftheirnewproducts.ThestorybehindBlackBerry'snameisoneofP

lacek'sfavorites.In1998,Canada-basedResearchinMotion(RIM)reachedouttoPlacekfornamingtheirnewsmartphone.ThenPlacekhadhisteamdosomefieldresearch

.“Therewasacoffeehousearoundthecornerfromus.Weheldupasignnearitthatsaidwewantedtospeaktopeoplewhousedemailregularly.Wewouldpaythem

witha$10coupon(优惠券)forfiveminutes,”hesaid.Aftertheteamspokewithnearlytwodozenpeople,PlacekwasabletoofferRIM'sofficialsakeyinsig

ht.“Wetoldthemtheproductnameshouldn'tstressorraisetheirbloodpressure,butdotheexactopposite,"hesaid."Likeasummerva

cationoralongwalk,orfreshfruit"Placekandhisteamwroteavarietyofwordsonabigsheetofpaper.Someonewrote“strawber

ry."Anotherwrote"blackberry"Itcaughthisattention.Therestishistory.RIMofficiallychangedthecompanynametoBlackBerryin2013.WhilePlace

khimselfdidn'tspecializeinlinguistics(语言学)一hemajoredinpoliticalscienceattheUniversityofCalifornia-hemadesuretohirep

eoplewhowere.AmonghisfirstemployeeswasWillLeben,alinguisticsprofessorwho'snowinchargeofthecompany'slinguisticst

eam.Thenamingprocesstypicallytakesaroundeightweeksandcaninvolveasmanyas10to12people.PlacekcreatedLexiconBrandingin1982,self-f

undingitwithS45,000fromhissavingsandcreditcards.Today,hiscompanyisprofitableandgeneratesaboutS8millioninannualearnings

.19.WhatcanbeIearnedaboutPlacek'scompany?.A.ItgotitsnamefromBlackBerry.B.Ithasahistoryofabout20years.C.Iti

saleadingITcompany.D.Ithelpscreatebrandnames.20.HowdidPlacek'steamconducttheresearchforRIM?A.Byinterviewingemailuser

s.B.Byanalyzingpreviousstudies.C.Byexaminingsmartphonemarkets.D.Byvisitingwell-knowncoffeehouses.21.Whatinform

ationdidPlacek'steamprovideforRIM?A.Eco-friendlysmartphonesarepopular.B.Peoplepreferstrawberriestoblackberries.C.Complexwordscouldeasilycatchuse

rs'attention.D.Userslovetheproductnamesthatpromoterelaxation.22.WhatisspecialaboutPlacek’sresearchteam?A.Itisayouthfult

eam.B.Itincludesexpertsinlinguistics.C.Itcanfinishataskwithinamonth.D.Itoftenworkstogetherwithuniversities.CUpto1billionbirdsdiefrombuildingcol

lisions(碰撞)eachyearintheUnitedStates,andaccordingtoanewstudy,brightlightsinbigcitiesaremakingtheproblem

worse.Theresearch,publishedin2019inthejournalFrontiersinEcologyandtheEnvironment,examinedtwodecadesofsatellitedataandweatherradar(雷达)

technologytodeterminewhichcitieshavethemostbuildingcollisions.Thestudyfocusedonlightpollutionlevels,becausebir

dscanbecomeattractedtoanddisoriented(迷失方向的)bylights,andthentheyaremorelikelytocrashintobuildings.Thestud

yfoundthatthemostdeadlybird-skyscrapercollisionsarehappeninginChicago.HoustonandDallasarethenextcitiestotopthelistasthemostdangerous

.Oneofthestudy'sauthors,KyleHorton,apostdoctoralfellowatCornellUniversity,calledthecitiesa“hotspotofmigratory(迁

徙的)action,”adding,“theyaresittinginthisprimarycentralpassagethatmostbirdsaremovingthroughspringandfall.”Collisionsaremostcommondu

ringthetwomigrationperiodseveryyear.Morethan4billionbirdsmigrateacrosstheUnitedStatespermigrationperiod,accordingtoHorton.ForChicago,m

orethan250differentbirdspeciesmigratethroughthecity,addingupto5millionoverallforeachmigrationperiod.“M

anyofthesebirdsarealreadyinseriousdeclineforotherreasons,"saidAnnettePrince,directoroftheChicagoBirdCollisionMoni

tors,alocalconservationgroup.“Sowhenthey'rehittingbuildings,thisisaddingtothelossofthehealthymembersoftheirspeciesbyne

edlesscollision."Inrecentyears,therehavebeeneffortstocutdownondeadlycollisionsofbirdsintoskyscrapers.TheNationalAudubonSociety(Audubon)runsa“LightsO

ut"campaigntoencouragepeopletoturnofftheirlightsfrom11pmtodawnduringmigrationperiods.Princestressedthatreducingurba

nlightisextremelyimportantintheefforttocutdownonbuildingcollisions.“It'swithinourpowertomakesurethatwegivethesebirdsabetterchance,"shesaid.“Theyreall

ydodeserveabetterenvironment."23.Whydidtheresearchersconductthestudy?A.Tocollectsatelliteandweatherr

adardata.B.Toexplainthecausesofbuildingcollisions.C.Toidentifythemostdangerouscitiesforbirds.D.Tostudythedes

tructiveeffectoflightpollution.24.WhatdoChicago,HoustonandDallashaveincommon?A.Theytrytominimizelightpollution.

B.Theyarelocatedonthebirdmigratoryroutes.C.Theyhavealargenumberofgreenskyscrapers.D.Theyaremakingeffortst

oreducebuildingcollisions.25.HowmanybirdsmigratethroughtheUSeachyear?A.250birdspecies.B.Around5million.C

.About4billion.D.Over8billion.26.WhatwasPrince'sattitudetoAudubon'scampaign?A.Doubtful.B.Cautious.C.Uncaring.D.Supportive.DLikelytos

ufferfromlossofmemoryfromtimetotime?Smartcamerascannowremindyou.KhaiTruongattheUniversityofTorontoinCanadaandhiscolleagueshavecre

atedasmartphoneappthatrecordsinteractionswithhouseholdobjects.Thesysteminvolvesbarcode-like(像条形码的)markersthattheuserstickstoobjectswhos

eusetheywouldliketotrack.Withthesmartphonewornaroundyourneck,theappautomaticallyrecordsashortvideoclip(片段)whenamarkedobjectcom

esintoview.“Theuserisabletolookthroughtheapplicationandseethelasttimetheyinteractedwithit,”saysTruong.Theappcanhelpp

eopletrackthestateofobjects一suchaswhethertheylockedadoororswitchedalightoff一aswellasroutineactions.Atpresent,itsuc

cessfullyrecordsabout75percentofinteractions,butonlyworksforfixedobjects.Asimilarbutseparatesystemcansolvetheproblem.E.AkinSisbotand

JonathanConnellatIBMResearchinNewYorkhaveinventedaceiling-mounted(安装在天花板.上的)camerathatmonitorsobjectsan

dpeople.Itcontinuouslywatchesanarea,suchasatabletopinyourhome,trackingtheplacementofobjectsinrelationtooneanother.Italsorememberswhofirst

broughtanobjectintothefieldofviewaswellasifanyonemoveditafterwards.Whenasked,“Whereismywallet?”thesystemmightrespo

nd,“Itisnexttothevase,underthemagazines."Thecameracouldalsobeusedinfactoriesoroperatingtheaterstotrackv

italtools,saysSisbot.Fornow,thecamerausesadepthsensortospotthings.Itislimitedtodetectingobjectsthickerth

an3centimeters,meaningthatithastroublewiththinobjectssuchasaclosedlaptopplacedflatonatable.,Theaccuracyofsuchsmartcamerasystemsmayneedtoimprov

ebeforetheyarewidelyadopted.“You’vegottotrustthetechnologyforittobeofanycomfortorreassurance,”saysGeoffreyWardattheUniversityofEss

exintheUK.27.HowdoesthesmartphoneappmentionedinParagraph2work?A.Byswitchingoffelectricityautomatically.B.Byscanningbarc

odesofhouseholdobjects.C.Byrecordingthemovementofmarkedobjects.D.Byinformingownersofpotentialdangers.28.Whatisthelimitationoftheceilingmountedcamera

?A.Itisunlikelytomakeasound.B.Itisunabletorecognizemovableobjects.C.Itfailstofindobjectsthinnerthan3centimeters.D.Ithard

lysensesobjectswithoutbarcode-likemarkers.29.What'sGeoffreyWard'sattitudetowardsthesmartcamerasystems?A.Concerned.B.Supportive.C.Sc

eptical.D.Ambiguous.30.What'sthebesttitleforthetext?A.NewsmartphonesmakelifeeasierB.Cameradesignersfacenewchallen

gesC.SmartcamerashelpincreasehomesecurityD.Newsystemshelppeoplewithmemoryproblems三．七选五。（共10分，每小题2分）Theaver

ageperson’sbraincontains86billionneurons(神经元),whichmeansyourmindcandosomuchmorethanyouthink一likethisseeminglyimpossiblet

ask.SayIaskedyoutomemorizethislistoftenwords:ladybug,comb,oatmeal,lawyer,coal,stamp,knife,worm,bell,lettuce.31However,af

ewhourslater,you'dprobablyrememberonlytwotothreewordsfromthebeginningandendofthelist.Thatsbecauseofwhatpsychologistscalltheprim

acyandrecencyeffects:Informationatthebeginningandendofaseriespreventsmemoryofinformationinthemiddlefrombeingst

ored.Thisdifficultycomesfromthelimitationsofourverbal(言语的)memory.Thelinguistic(语言的)partofourbrainshaslimitedstorage.32Thus,whenyoustorein

formationvisually,asopposedtolinguistically,youcanrememberitmuchbetter.Andthat’sthesecrettorememberingthet

enwordsabove.33Thenvisualizeyourhouseandmentallyplacetheimageofeachobjectonthelistinadifferentroom.Forexample,placealadybugwherethewelcomema

twouldliebythefrontdoor.34Continuetoplaceeachobjectthroughoutyourhouse,intheorderyouwouldtakesomeoneonaguidedtour.Whenyou'redone,takea

notherwalkthroughyourhomeand“see”theobjectsyou'veleftindifferentplaces.Youshouldhavenotroublevisualiz

ingeachandeveryobject,andthus,eachandeveryword.35Justturnwhatyou'rememorizingintosomethingmeaningful;forexample,

thenumber2mightberepresentedbyyouandyourfriend.A.Ourbrainscansolvememoryproblemsefficiently.B.Youcanusethissa

metricktomemorizeotherthings.C.Youcanoffermeaningstothingsyoutrytoremember.D.Insteadofrepeatingthewordsinyourhead,

turnthemtoimages.E.Thendepositalargeorangecombonthefloorjustinsidethefrontdoor.F.However,ourvisualbrainshavemorestoragethanourlinguisticbrains.G.You

havetorepeatthemmanytimesbeforeachieving100percentrecall.四．完型填空。（共30分，每小题1.5分）Itookahardfallonmyrightwristandhandinthemiddleofourthirdgameofthe

highschoolbasketballseason.36,thatjusthappenedtobemyshootinghand.Accordingtoaspecialist,Ihadamajorbreakinmyradius(桡骨).Althoug

hbadnews,Iwassomewhat37tolearnthatIwouldn'tneedanoperation.Onlytimewould38thiswound.Iwas39towearacast(石膏)onmyri

ghtwristforeightweeks.Almostimmediately,duetothe40ofmyshootinghand,Idevotedmyselftolearningto41left-handed.Itwasadaily42,butIwascommitt

edtousingthistimeto43andcomebackevenstrongerthanbefore.Eightweekslater,mycastwasfinally44.However,myrighthandandwri

sthadbecomevery45duetotheeightweeksofinactivity.Mypreviousshootingaccuracy46.IhadtodecidewhetherIshouldqu

itordevotemyselftobeingthebestIcouldbe?Finally,I47thelatter.Icommittedmyselftoasimple48:tomake1,000s

hotsaday.Iwantedtoreturntomypre-injury49.Athousandshotsadayisamajorcommitment,butI'm50tosayIkeptthatcommitmentuntilmy

freshmanyearincollege.Ifinally51somemajorgoalsinbasketball.Being52earlyinmycareerplayedahugeroleinmydevelopmentasasuccessfulplayer.Adversity(逆境)pre

sents53.Nevereverstop54yourselfandgoafteryourgoals.Mydreamcametrueandit551,000shotsaday.36.A.UndoubtedlyB.HopefullyC.UnfortunatelyD.Surprisingly37.A.

impatientB.relaxedC.unconsciousD.puzzled38.A.proveB.discoverC.hideD.cure39.A.requiredB.wishedC.taughtD.permitted40.A

.gesturesB.movementsC.possibilitiesD.limitations41.A.shakeB.driveC.shootD.write42.A.recordB.struggleC.entertainmentD.assessment43

.A.pauseB.appreciateC.improveD.compromise44.A.replacedB.adoptedC.fixedD.removed45.A.dirtyB.weakC.impr

essiveD.painful46.A.sufferedB.survivedC.deservedD.confirmed47.A.rememberedB.obtainedC.choseD.changed48.A.lifeB.goalC.designD.reason4

9.A.abilityB.lookC.comfortD.wisdom50.A.hesitantB.tiredC.proudD.worried51.A.setB.achievedC.identifiedD.missed52.A

.injuredB.honestC.cautiousD.gifted53.A.competitionsB.imaginationsC.accidentsD.opportunities54.A.believingi

nB.showingoffC.thinkingofD.calmingdown55.A.stoodforB.correspondedwithC.developedintoD.startedwith五．单词拼写，请根据上下文以及提示写出所需要的单词形式

。（共15分，每小题1分）56.Hefacedatotalofsevencharges，all______(accuse)himoflyinginhistestimony(证词).57.HavingfailedmyFrenchexam，Idecidedtoc______

_(集中注意力)onsciencesubjects.58.Withthe_____(assist)ofmycousinwepaddledacrosstheriverinthedarktoparticipateinaprivatemeeting.59.Iwouldappreciateitifmy

applicationcouldgetyoura____（批准)60.Heshowedgreat_____(brave)infaceofdanger.61.Afteryearsofregular______

(treat)，shefinallybecamehealthy.62.Shewastakentohospitalwithseriousheadi_____(受伤).63.Weare_____(firm)

opposedtothepracticeofpowerpoliticsbetweennations.64.Hetriedtostopthe______(bleed)bypressingaclothagainstthewound.65.Shehasb

eenchargedwiththe_______(attempt)murderofherhusband.66.Iwrotemys______(签名)atthebottomofthepage.67.Hehadnooffspringthr

oughouthislife，butfortunately，hehadan______(adopt)son.68.Thereisalotof______(evident)thatstressispartlyresponsiblefordis

ease.69.Theideaofnothavingtogetupearlyeverymorningisrather______(appeal)tome.70.Ihavetriedtokeepmytranslationas____

_(faith)aspossibletotheoriginalbook.六．语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）Inrecentyears,Internetvotinghasbecome7

1.(increasing)popularinChina.Peoplenotonlycastonlinevotesthemselves，butalsourgeothers72.(vote)forcompetitionslikethe“Mo

stBeautifulTeacher”andthe“CutestBaby”．XiaDong，ahighschoolstudent，isinvitedtovoteinthe“BestPoliceOfficer”competition,73.(organize)bythelocalgo

vernmenttoletthepublichaveabetterunderstandingofpoliceofficers’dailywork.XiaDong74._______thewebsiteandreadsallthestories.Heisdeeplymove

dbytheirgloriousdeeds.Heisalreadythinkingof75.(become)apolicemanhimselfinthefuture.SunKaiisinvitedbyhisuncletovote76.hiscousininthe“FutureSinger”comp

etition.Hehasalreadyreceivedthreesimilar77.(invite)thisweek.Hisuncletellshimthat78.hiscousinwinsthecompetition，thefam

ilywillwinanoverseastourforfree.SunKailikeshiscousinverymuch,buthefindsothersingersperformeven79.(good)．Tovote，ornottovote？Thisisaquestion8

0.troubleshimverymuch.第二部分写作（共两节,满分35分）第一节短文改错（共10小题;每小题１分,满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或

修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；只允许修改10处，多

者（从第11处起）不计分。DearSir/Madam,IhavereceivedthesneakersthatIbuyfromyouronlineshop.Withtheexcitement,Iunwrappedthepackagebutfoundsome

thingwrongwiththem.SoI’mwritingtoinformyoutheproblems.First,thecolorofthesneakersthatIwantareredinsteadofblack.Second,size41

istoolargeforthem.Thatannoysmemostisthatthereareseverallittlestainononeofthesneakers.Theyreallylookawfully.Ifputtinginmysituation,howwould

youfeel?I’dliketochangethispairforanewoneandgivemethemoneyback.Lookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.Sincerelyyours,LinMing第二节：书

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