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大连市2020～12021学年度高二第二学期期末考试 英语试题 注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的名字、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节：（共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A Start Something You Won’t Want to Stop If you are hunting for a chance to get close to some nice books, Reader’s Digest USA will never let you down. The following books are recommended by the third month of 2021. Finding Your (Lost) Joy Author: Laurel Khiabani Price: Hardback | Paperback | E-book $22.99 | $14.99 | $3.99 If you suffer anxiety, or depression, this book will raise your state of mind; you can add your joyful things and make it yours. Steerage And Amour Author: Edward L. Divita Price: Hardback | Paperback | E-book $36.99 | $20.99 | $3.99 This book talks of the history of several generations of the Italian Divita family as related to the unstable social and political climate, especially in Italy and America during the early 1900s. Connie Gets More Than Her Backyard Author: Patti Whitehead-Gill Price: Hardback | Paperback | E-book $34.99 | $26.99 | $3.99 This tale centers on six-year-old Connie who has recently moved to a town from the city. She learns that she’s adopted, meets her best friend and falls in love with an orphan puppy. How It Feels to Float Author: Helena Fox Price: Hardback | Paperback | E-book $23.99 | $13.99 | $3.99 If you’re looking for a moving story that explores themes of mental illness, sadness and love, pick up a copy of How It Feels to Float and follow Biz as she comes of age. This moving novel will stay with you long after you finish reading it. 1. How much should you pay for a hardback book about Italian society in the early 1900s? A. $20.99. B. $22.99. C. $36.99. D. $34.99. 2. Who writes a story about an adopted girl? A. Helena Fox. B. Laurel Khiabani. C. Edward L. Divita. D. Patti Whitehead-Gill. 3. What can be known about How It Feels to Float? A. A girl’s space adventures. B. Challenges of growing up. C. The murder of a teenager. D. A poor girl with special powers. B At only 9 years old, Lesia Cartelli was badly burnt in a gas explosion at her grandparents’ house. The burns were so severe that her own grandfather didn’t recognize her. Lesia could have remained withdrawn for her whole life. But now, this woman uses her painful past to help other burn victims find healing(治愈). “My life got better when I started to look at my life as a gift,” Lesia said. Lesia started Angel Faces, a national nonprofit organization offering week-long supportive retreats(休养所) for adolescent female burn victims. These retreats, for girls from 11-19 years of age, provide meetings to help the girls heal emotionally. “She’s like a ball of sunshine,” said Casi Smith, a 17-year-old with burns on her face she received as a baby. “Looking at her, I can see everything she’s been through. But here she is; instead of hiding, she’s helping people. To me, that is amazing. I don’t know if I could ever do that.” As a woman burned in a gas explosion, Lesia is able to connect with these young ladies on a personal level, as someone who knows what they’re going through. Her heart for helping others motivates fellow burn victims to take control of their circumstances. All of these women are miracles. They are blessed to have survived horrible accidents most of us can’t even imagine. Yet, surviving the incident is just the beginning. Lesia describes the period following the actual event causing the burns as a “trauma cocoon”. And that’s where she steps in. “I didn’t want any other girl to go through what I had gone through,” she says. “We offer a place where the girls can suffer less pain and begin to really heal.” 4. What made Lesia’s life become better after the accident? A. Her grandfather’s medical help. B. Angel Faces’s upportive retreats. C. The change of her attitude to life. D. Other burn victims’ healing stories. 5. What do we learn about Lesia and Angel Faces? A. Angel Faces provided help for male burn victims B. Lesia started Angel Faces with the help of Casi Smith. C. Victims received Angel Faces’ professional medical help. D. Lesia’s experiences inspired many young female burn victims. 6. What do the words “trauma cocoon” underlined in the last paragraph probably mean? A. The time when one feels painful and withdrawn. B. The quiet place where one can have great fun. C. The physical injury that can be easily removed. D. The challenging time that pushes one forward. 7. Which of the following can best describe Lesia? A. Powerful and caring. B. Creative and adventurous. C. Selfish but brave. D. Shy but independent. C Around 50 Mars missions have been launched globally since 1960. Yet more than half of them have failed to reach the planet. So after China’s Mars probe—Tianwen-1, was launched on July 23, Thursday last year, there was an anxious wait to learn its fate. The news that the craft carrying exploration rover Zhurong landed safely on the surface of t