山西省吕梁市汾阳市2020-2021学年高二上学期期末英语试题

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It'll be Easter soon, and time to think of how to spend a few days' holiday. Let's look at three of the best.

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. It's actually made up of the twin cities of Buda and Pest, which are separated by the mighty River Danube. The city is famous for its cafes. There are several good ones to choose from, but you must try either Gerbeaud, or the famous New York Cafe. Order a "somloi galuska", a very rich chocolate dessert. Finally, you can't leave the city without visiting one of its amazing Turkish baths. Some of them date back to the 16th century.

Bucharest

A fourteen hours train ride east will take you through Transylvania to Bucharest, capital of Romania. Once there, you should visit Mamie's Inn, which is a 19th century caravanserai (an inn built around a large courtyard, which is big enough for caravans). It's located in the Lipscani district (the heart of the city), and it's also a great place to have lunch and a drink.

Sofia

From Bucharest it's only 300 kilometres to Sofia, the Bulgarian capital. The city sits below the massive Vitosha Mountain. Sofia is an ancient place, and parts of the city walls date back to the 7th century BC and can still be seen. It's also a holy city, and two of its major tourist attractions are churches. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is well worth a visit, but you should find time for the Boyana Church, a small medieval Bulgarian Orthodox chapel. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has incredible wall paintings dating back to 1259.

So, we hope we've given you a few ideas of places to spend your Easter. Wherever you go, have fun and send us a postcard!

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A junior at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Adam Faze, 16, decided in October to organize a film festival. "I want to go to film school and work in the industry, but Loyola has nothing like that, which is strange because we're right here in LA (a part of the city is Hollywood where films are made)," he said. "So instead of sitting around and feeling unhappy, I decided to do something."

The school was unenthusiastic. "Every year, students approach me with many projects that are really difficult to carry out," said Lance Ochsner, Adam's adviser. "I thought it wouldn't happen, but I gave him the go-ahead anyway."

Adam sent letters and made cold calls, and got no response. By January, he had little more than a single participant: Jordan Roberts, the father of a friend and a writer-director. (Mr. Roberts had agreed to serve as a festival judge)

Then Adam looked through a catalog for Loyola's annual money-raising event and noticed that someone had donated two tickets to a Sony movie premiere (the first public performance of a movie). That person turned out to be an Oscar campaigner. By working the connection, he managed to line up a festival speaker: Michael De Luca, a three-time Oscar nominee (someone who has been officially suggested for the prize of Oscar) for producing films like "The Social Network".

"Adam's energy, enthusiasm and fearlessness are infectious," Mr. De Luca wrote in an email. "I wish I had done this at my high school!" Adam got a local newspaper to write an article about Mr. De Luca's involvement, and that started a sponsorship and submission wildfire.

The Loyola Film Festival is set for Saturday and advertised as "the best in student film making 7. It will feature 72 films in four categories.

But Adam is already focused on his next plan. In an email to a reporter, he wrote, "Could you mention that I'm still looking for a summer internship?"

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Knock knock. Starting from Nov. 1, people will be knocking on doors across the country to collect personal information. But don't panic. This is for the seventh national population(人口普查).

The Chinese population census takes place every 10 years. It gathers data including name, age, ID number, gender, education, job, marital status and housing situation.

Tracking down more than 1 billion Chinese citizens is by no means easy. This year, about 7 million staff will be needed to visit homes for registration work, according to Xinhua. New methods will also be used during this census, including online information registration, application of electronic devices and big data.

Compared with previous surveys, new methods will be convenient for people who are not living where they are officially registered, as well as those who do not want to be bothered by census takers' door-to-door surveys. The new methods also reduce census takers' workload.

The data is expected to give a full picture of the population, including its size, structure and distribution and recent changes. It provides support for making national development policies.

The census has a large impact on our lives. For instance, areas with a high number of children may receive more funding for public schools. Researchers can use the results to investigate population trends in different cities. The census will help to find out the number of foreigners living in China.Itcan also tell how many Chinese people have moved to other countries.

However, citizens' privacy concerns could be one of the biggest challenges. Some may not be willing to give their personal information to census takers because they are worried about what the data would be used for.

There are also worries about privacy leakage among the public.

In response to such concerns, Jiangsu's pilot work zone allowed residents to upload personal data on their own through WeChat, which avoids information leakage. The data will be delivered directly to the National Bureau of Statistics through a WeChat program, the Global Times reported.

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On the International Space Station, astronauts constantly "fall" around the earth as they orbit, so they don't feel the effects of gravity. While floating around for six months or a year in space sounds like a lot of fun, there is a serious side effect; once they get back to the earth, they're basically cripples (瘸子).If the worst happens, astronauts walking out of their spacecraft for the first time could slip and break a bone the moment they get back to the earth, because their bones and muscles have weakened over time in space.

NASA has made a lot of progress in this regard. It is clearly required that its astronauts spend about 90 minutes per day exercising in space, using a resistance machine as well as either a treadmill (跑步机)or an exercise bike. Although astronauts are burdened with a lot of things to do in space, that exercise time is sacred ——everyone makes sure the astronauts are not pressured to abandon their exercise time in favor of some experiment.

The doctors say that this time sweating it out is extremely important. "On muscles and bones, you have de — loading effects which can be reduced by extensive exercise," says NASA's Peter Norsk.

NASA is especially concerned with how a lack of gravity and increased space radiation(辐射)could hurt explorers on the way to the moon or Mars. On the earth, we are protected from most forms of radiation due to the atmosphere. While in space, explorers in the low-earth orbit still get a little less radiation than in deep space due to the earth's magnetic field (磁场)，which attracts some radiation from space. But on the way to Mars, that's not the case.

However, doctors still don't understand how radiation can affect astronauts'bones and muscles. It's hard to simulate (模仿)deep-space radiation on the earth, and we only sent a handful of astronauts to the moon back in the 1960s and 1970s.

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With the College Entrance Examination drawing near as a senior year student, you may have so many pressure coming from so many directions that you cant figure out what to do first.

Balancing goals in life

When you have many things to do and a lot of demands on your time, you can lose sight of what's important. One of the best ways to see the big picture——is to lay out your goals.

Pressure Points and How to Deal with Them

Confused or overwhelmed- talk to someone you trust. . They may help you find solutions to your problems and worries

Being too hard on yourself - ease up, take a break and do something you enjoy. Daydream, read a book, go out with friends—anything that helps you relax.

Problems, problems, problems—recognize your limits. It's too stressful to try to deal with all your problems at once. .

It's important to remember that goals belong to you—not to your parents, your teachers, or your friends. After you're set your goals, identify the skills you have to achieve those goals. If you're not sure what skills you'll need, do some research. Try the library, your guidance adviser and teachers, and other people who could help you.

Goals exist to serve you. If your goal is something you no longer want, change it. Identify the barriers to getting your goals. . Don't get depressed by a big, long-term goal—see what steps you can take to achieve it and set those steps down as short-term, "do-able" goals.

A. Goal-Setting Tips

B. Consider ways to overcome them

C. what you want out of life

D. Choose what's most urgent and set aside the rest until later

E. Discuss your concerns with a friend, parent or teacher

F. As long as you know what skill is important and what isn't

G. Too much to do

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When Charlie reached 13 years old, his father David introduced him to rock climbing. One day they 1 to set out for the wild Bighorn Crags and filled their packs with enough supplies to last two weeks. 2 during the second week, David had an accident and broke several bones.

Charlie 3 his father down to the base of the cliff(悬崖).It was dusk and David was shaking with cold and exhaustion. Charlie returned to their campsite, more than a mile down a steep slop (斜坡), and 4 sleeping bags, warm clothes and energy bars. Worried that David would die if he fell asleep, Charlie kept the 5 going; they talked about past travels, the stars overhead and the accident. 6 Charlie allowed himself a very short 7 checking on his father each time he awoke.

When the sun rose, Charlie was 8 to see that his father was awake. They started down the slope and 9their campsite around 4 p.m. David 10 Charlie to look for help the next morning. Charlie burst into tears, but he knew he didn't have a 11 Just after dawn, Charlie headed toward the volunteers' house, determined to bring back a 12 that would carry his father to safety.

Charlie's 13 was 12 miles away, where people had a two-way radio, which could be 14 to call for help. On his way, Charlie 15 voices in the distance. He blew his whistle and called out, and the voices 16.Following his ears, Charlie 17 some people. Hearing the 18 in Charlie's voice, one man offered to run to the volunteers' house and Charlie followed him.

Sometime that evening, David awoke at a hospital, with Charlie at his 19 Father and son hugged. Charlie had kept his 20 He brought back a helicopter.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(不超过3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Frankenstein is the name of  young scientist from Geneva, in Switzerland. While  (study) at university, he discovers the secret of how to create life. Using bones from dead bodies, he creates a creature that (resemble) a human being and gives it life. The creature,  is very large and strong, and is also extremely ugly, terrifies anyone who sees it. However, the monster, who has learnt (speak), is intelligent and has human emotions. He becomes lonely and  (happy) when he cannot find any friends and soon he begins to hate his  (create ) Frankenstein.  Frankenstein refuses to create a wife for him, the monster murders Frankenstein's brother, his best friend Clerval, and finally Frankenstein's new wife Elizabeth. The scientist chases the creature to the Arctic in order to destroy (he), but he dies there.  the end of the story, the monster disappears into the ice and snow to end his own life.

该题中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误仅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，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均只限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

On September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invades Poland. The war, that lasted until 1945, is knowing as the Second World War. During the war, Germany occupied much countries, including France. The most important battles of the war in Europe was Operation Overland, the military operation in 1944 to invade France.

Operation Overland started when boats full with of soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy in France, known as D-Day landings. More than 5,000 ships crossed the English Channel, carry 130,000 troops to the French coast.

The situation was so bad. However, the soldiers eventually made breakthrough and the D-Day landings were successfully.

假定你是李华，在互联网上看到美国高中生Peter登出一则启事：希望结识一位中国朋友，以便学习中国的语言和文化。请你给他发一封电子邮件做出回复，主要内容包括：

1）你愿意成为他的朋友；
2）你打算如何帮助他；
3）你盼望他的回复。

注意：1）词数100—120；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3）邮件格式已给出。