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1、202L2022学年福建省厦门市高二（下）期末英语试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）AEarthwatch expeditions pair researchers with volunteers to address some of the worlds mostpressing environmental challenges.Explore our current expeditions to discover how you canmake a difference.Climate Change at the Arcties EdgeNorthern ecosystem
2、s are being transformed by climate change.Join this long-term monitoringeffort to explore what these changes mean for the arctic-and the rest of the world.Location：Churchill,Manitoba,CanadaActivity Level：ModerateAccommodations：Single Rooms possible；Research Station；Internet accessFood：buffet-style m
3、eals；Special diets accommodatedAmazon Riverboat ExplorationAboard a riverboat deep in the heart of Perus flooded Amazon region,you*!help toconserve river dolphins and monkeys,and protect the fragile South American wilderness.Location：Samiria River,PeruActivity Level：Very ActiveAccommodations：Single
4、Rooms possibleFood：Chef-prepared mealsConserving Threatened Rhinos in South AfricaRhinos are believed to play an important role as ecosystem engineers”.Help scientists tounderstand their impact on the environment to help conserve and manage rhinos in SouthAfrica.Location：Northwest Province,South Afr
5、icaActivity Level：ModerateAccommodations：Single Rooms possible；Double Rooms possible；Wilderness CampFood：Chef-prepared meals；Special diets accommodatedConserving Wetlands and Traditional Agriculture in MexicoAssist researchers in collecting data on water quality and land use in an ancient agricultur
6、alecosystem within the wetlands of Xochimilco.Location：Xochimilco,MexicoActivity Level：EasyAccommodations：Double Rooms possible；House Internet accessFood：Chef-prepared meals1.What are the volunteers required to do in Canada?A.Collect data on water quality.B.Observe Arctics climate change.C.Change no
7、rthern ecosystem.D.Rebuild the flooded region.2.What do the expeditions in Peru and South Africa have in common?A.Wildlife protection.B.Water activities.C.Various accommodations.D.Independent research.3.Which expedition is suitable for a beginner volunteer?A.Amazon Riverboat Exploration.B.Climate Ch
8、ange at the Arctics Edge.C.Conserving Threatened Rhinos in South Africa.D.Conserving Wetlands and Traditional Agriculture in Mexico.BWhen my wife and I hired some painters to freshen up several rooms of our home,one of themen was surprised by what he found.This guy is old school.There are books ever
9、ywhere.uI am,I have to admit.I love old books,which puts me in the company of a long line of readerswho often prefer them.I am not much taken by the new books,Michel de Montaigne declared in the 16th century.The old ones seem to have more meat and sinew（筋）.“That quote is in a cheap copy of hisessays
10、 that I picked up in 1986,the start of my adventures in secondhand literature.Alone in a new city to take my first daily newspaper job,I was feeling anxious as I dipped intoa used bookstore to comfort my mind.The musty（发霉的）shelves,rich recalling of thepasUquickly calmed me.With their yellowed pages,
11、the tom titles in the shop usefully pointedme toward the longer view in my occupation as a journalist.MNo need to get too worked up overtoday*s fashion or headline,they seemed to say.There is not much new under the sun.MWhen I get a little down,the volume of Francis Bacons essays is always a ready c
12、ure：Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes,Bacon wrote,and“adversity not without第2页，共21页many comforts and hopes.*For me,that comfort and hope often come from a secondhand book.Sometimes,what the previous owners have written in the empty space is at least as instructiveas what the authors
13、 have to say.In my woni copy of Virginia Woolfs,an earlier reader hadfrequently penciled integrity”to describe Woolfs vision,which made me feel that my ownenthusiasm for her had been confirmed.4.What could be inferred from Montaignes words?A.He is not a vegetarian.B.He enjoys carrying old books.C.Ol
14、d books have endless aftertastes.D.Old books can start an eating adventure.5.How do Francis Bacons essays help the author?A.They inspire the author.B.They cure the authors illness.C.They reduce the authors adversity.D.They guarantee the author success.6.What can we lean about the author from the las
15、t paragraph?A.He showed little respect for Woolf.B.He was familiar with earlier readers.C.He penciled some comments on the book.D.He got educated from the notes in old books.7.What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A.Books are the experience of the past.B.Books are the only things t
16、hat never die.C.Old wood is best to burn,old book to read.D.A room without books is like a body without soul.cThirteen years ago Dr Angela Zilener,of the University of Zurich,was diving in the Red Seawhen she spotted dolphins queueing,The behaviour was so unique,she said.They wouldstand in a line,wait for their turn,rub a body part,then come back and repeat the behaviour on adifferent body part.lt was quite organised,and they really tried to cover all the body.nShe realised that they were rubbin
