2020—2021学年度高二英语阶段性检测第Ⅰ卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

ANow it is time to go out to explore foreign lands and experience the different beaches that the world has to offer.Anse Sourced’ Argent, Seychelles--With beautiful pale pink sand, clear blue waters, and rock formations that have been shaped by waves and time, this beach’s beauty is enough to land itself on the cover of a travel magazine. And it is one of the most photographed baeches in the world. And don’t worry about any waves as the shores and shallow waters are protected by a nearby reef(礁).Maldives--Maldives is an island nation off the coast of Sri Lanka and one of the lowest nations of the world, Enjoy the soft sandy beaches, coconut-bearing palm trees, and a diverse sea life that surrounds you. But due to coral dying and rising sea levels, Maldives is expected to sink within the next 10 years.Freedom Beach, Thailand--Privacy(隐私) isn’t always so easy to find at a beach, but Freedom Beach in Thailand provides a much less crowded, more relaxing location to spend your time. With swimming, snorkeling(浮潜), and beach-side refreshments(点心,茶点), you are able to have the vacation that you deserve! Its neighboring beach, Patong, can get a little crowded and a bit crazy with the large number of tourists present, so escape via water taxi to enjoy yourself and a much cleaner shore.Matira Beach, Bara Bora--The island's economy is driven by tourism, so you know that all of the locals want you to have a great time and come back soon with all of your friends. With a beach like Matira, that sounds like a great idea! You may recognize the island from Couples Retreat. Remember all of the over-the-water bungalows(平房) that were in the movie? Those were actually first produced at the beach and are standard features for resorts(度假胜地).1.What is Anse Sourced’ Argent famous for?A. Its travel magazinesB. Its beautiful coral reefC. Its picture-like sceneryD. Its dangerous waves2.What can we know about Maldives?A. It is an island nation under the sea surfaceB. It may disappear in 100 yearsC. It shares the same coast with Sri LankaD. It lies at the lowest altitude of the world3.What is Freedom Beach described as according to the text?A. One where privacy is hard to findB. One whose shore is bigger than Patong’sC. One where visitors can enjoy private spaceD. One where visitors can land on the coral reefs4.What can we learn about Matira Beach from the text?A. Many films were set in the beachB. Too many tourists disturb the localsC. The over-the -water bungalows first appeared thereD. It is a place that you don’t want to share with othersBTen-year-old Lena Draper decided to reach out to the Marion Police Department on Facebook after getting stuck on the maths questions. Instead of ignoring her request, Ohio officer Lieutenant B. J. Gruber did his best to lend a hand.Lena informed the policeman that she was stuck on the problem(8+29)×15. He quickly responded: ”Do the numbers in the parentheses(括号) first so in fact it would be 37×15.”After settling the first question, Lieutenant Gruber was given a more difficult task. Lena asked him for the answer to (90+27)+(29+15)×2. The confident officer responded with what he believed to be the correct answer, advising: ”Take the answer from the first parentheses plus the answer from the second parentheses and multiply that answer by two. Work left to right doing the work in parentheses first.”But embarrassingly, Facebook users were quick to notice that his maths solving didn’t quite add up. To solve the problem, you must actually add the numbers in the second parentheses and multiply the answer by two, before adding the numbers in the first set of brackets.Lena’s mum Molly said, ”I didn’t believe her at first. I thought it was pretty funny. I was happy, but not surprised that they responded so quickly. They are wonderful with their communication with the community.”After Lieutenant Gruber was told about the mistake, he joked: “Hoping it is truly the thought that counts since obviously I can’t! Especially since the answer was wrong, it was very nice for Molly to recognize our attempt to help her daughter with some maths homework.”It’s not the first time that adults have been left feeling trapped by a maths assignment aimed at kids.5.What is the text mainly about?A. A new job is added to the policeB. A new approach to maths problem-solvingC. The Marion Police Department’s Facebook pageD. A policeman helps a girl with her maths problems6.According to the policeman, the result of the second problem is .A. 205B. 322C. 456D. 5557.What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Some adults are too stupid to help kids with their homeworkB. Some homework for children is not as easy as it appearsC. It is stupid for Lieutenant Gruber to make the mistakeD. Kids often ask the police to help them with their homeworkCWhen I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the from of a job in Boston. I made it.Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy(悲剧). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too--I divorced.My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.”So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed(瘫痪的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic(自闭的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.8.What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?A. The tragedy in the societyB. The low payment of the jobC. The hurt from his divorceD. The fear of cruel criminals9.What is the meaning of the underlined word “ebbing” in Paragraph 2?A. Taking offB. Getting into troubleC. Unchangeable at allD. Dull but important10.What the author’s mother said means .A. helping others is a way to escape from realityB. helping others can comfort your soulC. the best way of helping others is telling storiesD. it is difficult to make contributions to helping others11.According to the last paragraph, what does the author advise us to do?A. To tell inspiring storiesB. To fight against criminalsC. To ignore our own hurtD. To do as much kindness as possibleDIf you’re wondering when you might get the flu, a new study indicates you should keep an eye on your local weather report.According to a research published in the Journal of Clinical Virology, if you keep your eye on the weather and watch for the first major dip in the temperature, you can essentially mark your calendar in prediction for an outbreak the flu.To figure out how the weather and flu outbreak may be connected, researchers analyzed statistics of 20,000 people in an area over three seasons. The number of people who caught the flu was then compared with local weather data.After each season, the team noticed one consistent finding: The first really cold period with low outdoortemperatures and low humidity(湿度) was always followed by a week of a mass influenza outbreak.The researchers say that aerosol particles(气溶胶粒子) containing virus and liquid are more able to spread in cold and dry weather. So, in theory, if you sneeze or cough and the surrounding air is very dry, the air will absorb the moisture and the particles containing the virus keep spreading through the air for a longer period of time.Luckily, there are ways to keep off the illness regardless of the weather. Washing your hands, coughing into the crook(弯曲) of your arm and getting the vaccine(疫苗) are the best ways to prevent the flu from spreading. People over the age of 65, pregnant women and young children are at the highest risk of developing complications(并发症) related to the virus, according to the CDC.12.From the first paragraph we can infer that .A. people may easily fall sickB. nobody can predict when one gets fluC. flu is often related to weather changesD. weather report plays an important part in life13.How did the researchers draw the conclusion of the study?A. By analyzing the dataB. By doing questionnairesC. By carrying out experimentsD. By making observation14.Why do people catch the flu easily in cold and dry weather?A. Cold and dry weather helps the spread of virusB. The colder it is, the more kinds of flu there areC. Cold and dry weather can prevent people from doing exerciseD. Low temperature can increase the number of aerosol particles15.What can we learn about from the last paragraph?A. The vaccines for fluB. The main ways to cure fluC. The most common kind of flu virusD. The people who are easy to get flu第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。