广东省广州市培正中学2022-2023学年高二下学期4月月考英语试题含答案

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广州市培正中学 2022 学年第二学期三月段考（Book 6 Unit 24）

高二英语试题

笫二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）

第一节（共 15 小题；毎小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life.

Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding—undoubtedly firstrate photojournalism—if they had been

made last week.In fact，they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck(海难),

by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.Many of the images were stored in an ice chest,

under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The ship was the Endurance, a small, tight, Norwegianbuilt threemaster that was intended to take Sir Ernest

Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's

Weddell Sea.From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled (雪橇) across the continent.The

journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done.Captain Scott had reached

the South Pole early in 1912 but had died with his four companions on the march back.

As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and wellresearched story The Endurance,

adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort.Scott's last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying

of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.Shackleton, a

onetime British merchantnavy officer who had got to within 100 miles of the South Pole in 1908, started a business

before his 1914 voyage to make money from movie and still photography.Frank Hurley, a confident and gifted

Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images, most of which have never before

been published.

1. What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley?

A. They were made last week.

B. They showed undersea sceneries.

C. They were found by a cameraman.

D. They recorded a disastrous adventure.

2. Who reached the South Pole first according to the text?

A. Frank Hurley.

B. Ernest Shackleton.

C. Robert Falcon Scott.

D. Caroline Alexander.

3. What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914 voyage?

A. Artistic creation. B. Scientific research.

C. Money making. D. Treasure hunting.

William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the

harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered "little of

childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family — both his father and his

brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.

Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish

national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the

beginning. He didn't lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.

Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love,

nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern

sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide

recognition.

He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to

the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there

is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75.

After Yeats's Death in 1939, W. H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:

Earth, receive an honoured guest:

William Yeats is laid to rest.

Let the Irish vessel (

船

) lie

Emptied of its poetry.

4. Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?

A. It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.

B. It was shocked by Yeats's choice.

C. It was a typically wealthy family.

D. It had an artistic atmosphere.

5. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats's life?

A. Yeats founded the first Irish theater.

B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.

C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.

D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.

6. What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden's lines?

A. Envy B. Sympathy C. Emptiness D. Admiration

7. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Yeats's literary achievements B. Yeats's historical influence

C. Yeats's artistic ambition D. Yeats's national honor

The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem

(生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big

plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna (大草原) surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the

terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat (栖息地).

It is the elephant’s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder

of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and

underbushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests

and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various

stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.

Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and

prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open

spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large

hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.

What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant

disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly

changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.

8. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Disappearance of African elephants.

B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants.

C. The effect of African elephants’ search for food.

D. The eating habit of African elephants.

9. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean?

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