新疆阿勒泰地区2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

When I was a kid growing up, I made friends with a man named Edwin E. Bailey. He ran the astronomical observatory (天文观测台) at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, USA. I would go to the Franklin Institute most Saturdays just to spend time with him. He was a good speaker and he seemed to know something about everything.

Sadly, he died of an illness several years ago. When he was in hospital, I went to visit him. In an effort to make small talk, I told him about all the places I had been to and how I had come to his bedside straight from the airport.

He then said with a slightly sarcastic manner (有点嘲讽的态度) ," You go all over the world to people who, ten years from now, won't remember your name. But you haven't left time for the people who really care about you."

What he said hit me hard and changed my life. I decided to pay more attention to my family and friends, and not to let my time be used up by people to whom I make no difference.

Months ago a friend of mine got a call from the White House asking him to consult with (与……商议) the President of the United States. He said no because it was to be on a day he had promised to spend with his grandson at the seaside. The nation went on well without him, the President didn't miss him, but his grandson spent some valuable time with his grandfather.

Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

Smartphones, tablets and smart watches are banned (禁止) at school for all children under 15 in France. Under the ban students are not able to use their phones at all during school hours, including meal breaks.

"I think it's a good thing. School is not about being on your phone," Paris mum Marie-Caroline Madeleine told AFP. "It's hard with kids. You can't control what they see and that's one of the things that worry me as a parent."

There is no law like this in Australia, but some Australian schools have banned phones.

McKinnon Secondary School in Victoria introduced a total ban in February and Principal Pitsa Binnion said this has been a success.

McKinnon students still have a Chromebook to use in every class for day-to-day learning but they're not allowed to use social media. Ms Binnion said at first "teachers cheered and students moaned (抱怨) ," but now they're seeing the advantages. "They come to school and they're not allowed to use phones at all during the school day, including lunch breaks," she said.

"It's been wonderful in terms of students communicating with each other at lunchtime and not looking at their screen," she said.

Ms Binnion also leads by example and doesn't use her mobile phone in school. "I think anyone can do it if we've done it."

Not everyone agrees with the bans. Western Sydney University technology researcher Dr Joanne Orlando wrote in online magazine The Conversation earlier this year that Australia should not ban phones in schools because it's important to educate kids to live in the age they are raised in.

"A good education for students today is knowing how to use technology to learn, communicate and work with ideas," she wrote. "Banning students from using smartphones is a 1950s response to a 2018 state-of-play."

People enjoy taking trips. But what are reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because the want to broaden their horizon(视野) to learn about other people and other cultures. When people are on a trip, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson. When travelling, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spots(景点). What does a tourist learn who sees the arts museums, visit the historical places and other scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine? He learns about their attitudes and how they feel about business, beauty and history.

What about the traveler who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is a crowed that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person. But seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more.

He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles(交通工具) for every kilometer of roadway. But the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lesson. The traveler to Hong Kong will never forget the contrast (对比): the straight vertical(垂直的) lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boat that people live in.

What can help us when we fail?

Failure is a part of life since our earliest moment of life. We often think of failure as something bad. , which is neither bad nor good. However, what can help us when we fail?

● Don't be afraid of failure

 . If we never fail at something, we probably haven't learned all that life has to teach us. So failure means taking something away from the experience.

● Never stop trying

Trying or learning something new is often half the battle, don't give up trying. You may get disappointed because of failure.

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Nobody can be our safety nets all the time in our livesonly we can act as our own safety nets. Become your own best friend, do everything that you can possibly do for yourself.

● Don't look back

We spend too much of our lives looking back. There's nothing back there to see.   and I'm sure that you'II find yourself in a better position.

A. Try to avoid failure

B. Failure is how we learn

C. Learn to depend on ourselves

D. We are often unwilling to accept our failure

E. But failure is a normal and natural part of life

F. But if you give up, your progress will come to an end

G. Spend just 10 percent more of your time looking forward to what life holds for you in the future

Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that 1can live without one. Mobile phones are a great 2to stay connected with friends and family. 3, it is important to remember that there are certain times 4you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school.

5you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages 6taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude 7 . Aren't you at school to learn?

In the United States, students would never be allowed to 8 their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or 9 a text message you would probably be kicked 10class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during 11 There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to 12respect for those around you.

As a teacher in China, I have to 13students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to14their phones, but many students do not listen. The 15to be connected all the time seems to be more 16than the desire to learn.

It's easy to understand17 it is so tempting(诱惑人的) to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it's not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting 18when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a 19grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what's going on in class, you may20something important.

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear  spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.  , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success  language learning. good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only ( memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and  meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.  we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. "Learn through use" is a good piece of  (advise) for those  are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and (write) the language whenever we can.

添加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（︿），并在该符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，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仅限一词。2）只允许修改10处错误。

Our summer camp was great. There were interested activities to do all day long. One night, our teacher took us for a walk through the woods. We walked for 20 minutes when sudden we heard about some strange noises. Then, which we saw really surprised us all. Down by the lake, two rabbits are fighting over some bread. One rainy day, we chose go deep into the forest. We saw some beautiful flowering plants but took many photos of them. Our teacher knew the history and value of many of these plants. She introduced us for a plant which gave off a very special smell. She told us it could kept flies away. I certainly got a lot of knowledges about wild plants from her.

1）建议学习唐诗；

2）说明你的理由。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。