西藏林芝二高2021-2022高一英语下学期第二学段考试(期末)试题

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If you think about World Heritage Sites, you probably think of places connected

with ancient art

and culture, historical buildings and monuments. And of course, many of these are

on the World Heritage List (WHL)(

世界遗产名录

). But the WHL contains a lot of sites

that are not so obvious. Let’s look at a few

of them.

Robben Island in South Africa

This island was used through the centuries as a prison, a hospital and a military

base. But it’

s probably most famous as a maximum- security prison for political

prisoners

in

the

twentieth

century.

Nelson

Mandela

was

one

of

its

most

famous

residents.

The

WHL

says

it

represents

victory

of

democracy

(

民

主

)

and

freedom

over

oppression and racism(

种族主义)”

Borders of France and Spain

This is an area of great natural beauty and the mountains have many interesting

geo-logical formations. But it is also an area of small farms. People there still

use a type of agriculture that used to be common in mountainous areas of Europe but

has almost completely disappeared in modern times.

The city of Brasilia, Brazil

Brasilia is a capital city that was created from nothing in 1956. The WHL calls

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the buildings themselves were all designed at the same time carefully. Every part

of the city shows the ideas of the planer and architect(U.

Simien National Park, Ethiopia

Simien National Park was one of the first sites to be listed in 1978. Lt is one

of the highest mountain areas in Africa. and the WHL call i

landscapes

in

the

world

I

is

also

important

for

its

wildlife

The

population

of

some

rare animals is getting smaller and smaller.

21.

The

passage

mainly

talks

about

A.

the

remains

of

ancient

cultures

on

the

W

HL

B.

the

household

heritage

sites

on

the

WHL

C.

some

of

the

not

SO

obvious

sites

D.

places

of

artistic

or

cultural

importance

22.

The

WHL

has

listed

Borders

of

France

and

Spain

proba-1bly

because

A.

it

shows

us

past European

society

through

the

type

of agriculture

B.

this

is

an

area of

great

natural

beauty

C.

the

mountains

there

have

many

interesting

geological formations

D. people there still use a type of agriculture that is common in Europe in modern

times

23.

Which

of

the

following

sites

was

listed

its

political

symbol?

A.

Simien

National

Park,

Ethiopia.

B.

The

city

of

Brasilia,

Brazil.

C.

Borders

of

France

and

Spain.

D.

Robben

Island

in

South

Africa.

24.

Which

of

the

following

sites

waslistedon

the

WHL

forthe

wonderful

plan

of

buildings?

A.

Robben

Island

in

South

Africa.

B.

The

city

of

Brasilia,

Brazil.

C.

Borders

of

France

and

Spain.

D.

Simien

National

Park,

Ethiopia.

B

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. There are nine sports;

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the

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cycling, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, weightlifting, rowing, wrestling

and hooting. Sailing was also to have taken place, but had to be cancelled (

取消）

because of bad weather at sea.

In

the

first

Olympics

there

were

no

real

team

sports.

Then,

slowly,

a

few

team

sports

joined the program. Foot-ball and hockey were the first team sports introduced into

the Olympics in London in 1908. Then in 1936, at the Berlin Olympics, the Germans

brought in handball and the Americans had basketball accepted as an Olympic sport.

It often happens that the country that introduces a new sport into the Olympics

then

goes

on

to

win

the

gold

medals.

In

1904,

at

the

Olympics

in

St.

Louis,

the

Americans

introduced boxing and won all seven events. Five horse riding evens were introduced

into the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and Swedish riders won four of them. And in 1964,

at the Tokyo Olympics, two sports which

are

popular in Japan were introduce:

judo(

柔

道

) and volleyball. The Japanese won all three gold medals in the judo, and also won

the first women's volleyball competition. Some new sports have recently been added

to

the

Olympics.

In

Los

Angeles,

in

1984

，

baseball

was

introduced

and

became

an

Olympic

sport.

In

Seoul

(

汉城

< br>)

，

Korea

in

1988

，

table

tennis

was

introduced

for

the

first

time,

and tennis re-turned as an Olympic sport. Unlike tennis, some sports, such as golf

and rugby (

橄榄球

)

，

have been tried in the Olympics but have never returned.

25. The text is mainly about

A. the ancient Olympic Games

B. the modern Olympic Games

C. the ancient and modern Olympic Games

D. how many events are in the Olympic Games

26. Football was first introduced into the Olympics in

A.1908, London B.1936

，

Berlin

C.1904

，

St. Louis D.1988, Seoul

27. Which sport is different from the other three in the group?

A. Basketball. B. Football.

C. horse riding. D. Baseball.

C

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Dr Dian Foss

ey, one of the world’s leading women scientists, had a remarkable

work

—

she devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain

gorillas (

大猩猩

) of Africa

—

has proved highly effective and has resulted in the

steady (

平稳的

) increase of this most endangered great apes.

Fossey made her first trip to Africa in years later, she returned to

Africa to begin a long?term study of the mountain gorillas. She set up camp in the

Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in

established her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24,1967.

Fossey

’

s aims were to study gorilla ecology (

生态学

) and social organization.

She

found

that

in

order

to

achieve

this,

she

needed

to

recognize

individual

gorillas,

which

required

that

the

gorillas

get

used

to

her

presence < /p>

(

出现

)

．By

copying

gorillas’

behaviour and sounds, Fossey began to gain their trust, and in 1970 an adult male

gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand.

Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas

’

trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour. Stories and photographs

of her work were published in

National

Geographic

Magazine

and elsewhere.

In 1977, one of Fossey

’

s favorite gorillas, Digit, was killed by poachers and

she established the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts

in the same year.

On

December

26,

1985,

Fossey

was

murdered

while

going

back

to

her

house

in

Karisoke.

Her

body

was

discovered

near

the

research

centre.

Most

probably,

Dian

Fossey

had

been

killed

by

the

poachers

she

’

d

fought

against.

On

her

tombstone

(

墓碑

)

：“ No

one

loved

gorillas more ...”In 1988, the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie

based on her book.

28

．Why does the author say “Dr Dian Fossey had a remarkable career”？

A

．

Because she travelled all over the world.

B

．

Because she liked to play with gorillas.

C

．

Because she studied gorilla ecology.

D

．

Because she made great apes increase steadily.

29

．

Which

of

the

following

shows

the

right

time

order

of

the

events

in

Fossey

’

s

life?

a

．

She established the Digit Fund.

b

．

Her story was shown in a movie.

c

．

She was killed probably by the poachers.

d

．She established her “Karisoke” centre.

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A

．

a, d, c, b

B

．

a, c, d, b C

．

d, c, b, a D

．

d, a, c, b

30

．

The

underlined

word

“poachers”

in

Paragraph

5

probably

refers

to

people

who .

A

．

sell drugs against the law B

．

hunt animals against the law

C

．

hate successful people D

．

like to do harm to people

31

．

From the words on Fossey

’

s tombstone, we can infer that .

A

．

Fossey was the person who loved gorillas most

B

．

after Fossey died, no one loves gorillas

C

．

Fossey was the first one to study gorillas

D

．

everybody loves gorillas as Fossey did

D

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour

named Dr Gibbs. He didn’t look

like any doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. I

remember

him

as

someone

who

was

a

lot

nicer

than

most

of

the

adults

in

our

community.

When Dr Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees.

His house sat on ten

acres, and his life’s goal was to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting theories concerning plant care and growth.

He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once

I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them so that each successive tree

generation would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them

and weed out (

淘汰

) the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that

weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture. I took him to mean

that deep roots were to be treasured.

So

he

never

watered

his

trees.

He

planted

an

oak

and,

instead

of

watering

it

every

morning, he’d beat it with a rolled?up

newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why

he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.

Dr Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again,

I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plan

t some

twenty?five years ago. They’re extremely tall, big and

robust since they have deep

roots now. However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had

watered them for several years.

It

seems

that

adversity

(

逆境

)

and

suffering

benefit

these

trees

in

ways

comfort

and ease never could. I stood there deep in thought.

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