安徽省芜湖市第十二中学2022-2023学年高二上学期第二次周测英语含答案

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Let’s celebrate some festivals in summer.

The Cariwest Festival

It is one of Edmonton’s most colourful summer festivals! It’s three days of fun as Caribbean

Canadians share their music, cuisine and carnival culture! Local performers bring you amazing

dance, music and fun. Bring Cariwest atmosphere into your home this year with these amazing

online events.

Indigenous Festival

The annual Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) in Edmonton has done a wonderful

job to make their annual off-line festival a number of online events this year because of COVID-

19. The events take place from June 1 to 21. SSIF has partnered with BMO to provide Education

Days for students to learn together about indigenous history. These classes for which only a small

fee will be charged include art workshops, book readings and museum tours.

Bluegrass Festival

Just 45 minutes from the heart of downtown Edmonton is the town of Stony Plain that works

hard to keep ties to its agricultural background, and here you’ll see old-styled lamp posts and

historical wall paintings with a long history everywhere. It’s also the site of Western Canada’s

largest bluegrass festival, which has been a main attraction for more than 25 years and in July

every year draws in all the big names, including Grammy winners.

Cowboy Festival

You like poetry, music, art and cowboys? Then you can’t miss it. Heading into its 24th year,

Cowboy Festival in Stony Plain in August is a showcase of the cowboy life. The events include

good old-fashioned BBQ meals and some other entertainment.

1. What is true about SSIF?

A. It takes place in two cities. B. It focuses on students.

C. It is annually held online. D. It is free of charge.

2. What do we know about Stony Plain?

A. It’s a city with modern appearance. B. It has produced many musicians.

C. It has deep roots in agriculture. D. It often hosts national festivals.

3. Which festival will you be most interested in if you’re a poem lover?

A. Cowboy Festival. B. Indigenous Festival.

C. Bluegrass Festival. D. The Cariwest Festival.

Growing up in the South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1970s, Ghuan

Featherstone only remembers riding a horse with his parents at a nearby park when he was eight

years old.

But ever since, he’s been chasing that sense of freedom and power he felt on the horse that

day. “I felt like I could conquer (征服) anything,” Featherstone, now 51, said in a Story Corps

interview last month with Jordan Humphreys, a 13-year-old horseback rider. After serving in the

Army for eight years, Featherstone remained determined to realize his childhood dream of

becoming a cowboy.

When he returned to Los Angeles, he learned to ride at stables (马厩，马训场) known as

“The Hill” in Compton. Riders there would jump on their horse backs and take their horses into

the city streets. In 2012, a fire burned down The Hill. What had become a shelter for youth was

suddenly gone. Sensing the void (空缺) after the fire, Featherstone opened his own stables, Urban

Saddles, in 2019 to create a space where he could teach kids like Humphreys to care for and ride

horses.

As a black man, Featherstone is against prejudice. People of color are often prevented from

pop culture and historical representations of the cowboy. His stable has helped keep the cowboy

lifestyle alive in the streets. “Riding through the streets on horseback has given me a way to

connect with others in the community,” said Humphreys. “It makes them happy seeing us on a

horse and then they may be smiling, and I believe that when we come through, we give them a

sense of hope.” he added.

If there’s one lesson Featherstone hopes to convey to kids, it’s a respect for all life. “We’re

respecting the animals and we’re respecting each other,” he said.

4. What made Featherstone want to become a cowboy?

A. His childhood riding experience. B. The duty of saving the world.

C. The serving years in the army. D. His love to his parents.

5. What is mainly talked about in paragraph 3?

A. The life of being a cowboy. B. The dream of being a cowboy.

C. The course of opening Urban Saddles. D. The place of teaching kids like Humphreys.

6. What’s Featherstone’s real purpose of opening his own stables?

A. To teach the black kids to ride horses.

B. To help the kids to learn to respect all life.

C. To make money by teaching the kids to ride.

D. To train the cowboys to become more hopeful.

7. Which of the following words may best describe Fetherstone?

A. Smart but careless. B. Diligent and kind-hearted.

C. Slow but productive. D. Determined and broad-minded.

The idea of climbing Everest disgusted me. The mountain came to represent the opposite of

everything that I loved and respected about climbing. What had once been the final mountain

climbing goal became the focus of a commercial guiding industry. Over the years, the crowds at

Base Camp grew, leaving behind tons of trash. Whenever I was asked whether I’d climb Everest,

my answer was always the same: not interested.

That’s probably where my personal Everest story would have ended, were it not for an old

friend and his obsession (执念) with one of the greatest mysteries. In 1999, Thom Pollard began to

explore and found the remains of George Mallory, the celebrated British climber who disappeared

while attempting to be the first to climb Everest. But Mallory’s partner, Sandy Irvine, and the

camera he had likely carried, were not found. The mountain climbing world has been wondering

whether they might have reached the top in 1924.

Pollard’s story moved me. I began to pack for the climb and expected that our advanced

equipment would make it manageable, perhaps easy. I was wrong. On the highest point on the

planet, I was more tired than I’d ever been in any climbing. Along the way, I continuously tipped

my hat, not just to Mallory and Irvine but to anyone who has the drive to push himself or herself

up this route. My search was in vain, but I began to reconsider Everest,

I witnessed many climbers, who were much more than just self-centered tourists. We shared

route information, weather forecasts, and family photos — all united around common goals.

I went to Everest to seek Irvine. But in the end, I found something more difficult to get: the

spirit that Irvine and Mallory shared. It was hiding in plain sight, right where it has always been:

inside the brave souls who risk so much to follow in storied adventurers’ footsteps up Everest.

8. What is the main reason why the author hated climbing Everest?

A. He changed his climbing goal.

B. Everest was seriously polluted by trash.

C. Everest became an industry to make money.

D. The mountain was too crowded with climbers.

9. Why did the author climb Everest later?

A. Because he desired to challenge himself

B. Because he got motivated by Thom Pollard.

C. Because his old friend persuaded him to climb again.

D. Because he wanted to follow the footsteps of Mallory and Irvine.

10. Why did the author continuously “tip his hat” along the way?

A. To express his gratitude to the climbers.

B. To prove his determination to the top of the Everest.

C. To relieve his tiredness.

D. To show his respect for the climbers.

11. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. Admiration for the climbers. B. Concern about the risk.

C. Confidence about the journey. D. Hope for Everest’s future.

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