2021-2022學(xué)年浙江省杭州市塘棲第三中學(xué)高二英語上學(xué)期期末試題含解析

2021-2022學(xué)年浙江省杭州市塘棲第三中學(xué)高二英語上學(xué)期期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.Youwererudetoyoursister,_____youshouldmakeanapologytoher.A.whom

B.forwhich

C.forwhom

D.which參考答案：B2.Theaccountant’serrorinvolvedeveryone___agreatdealofextrawork,whichupsetthewholecompany.A.about

B.with

C.in

D.for

參考答案：C3.Whenwehurriedtothestation,therehappened____nobusatthattime.

A.tohave

B.tobe

C.having

D.being參考答案：B4.——HowaboutgoingtodinnerattheMexicanreatauranttonight?——_

.A.Forgetit

B．Sorry,IlikeMexicanfoodC.That’sgreat

D.Gladyoulikeit參考答案：C5.—JayChouisgivingasingingconcertinourcitythisweekend．—__________thestudentsaresoexcited．A．Surprising

B．What’smore

C．Nowonder

D．Ingeneral參考答案：C6.Hesuggestedthepersonreferred________putintoprison.A．is

B．be

C．shouldbe

D．tobe參考答案：D7.AmericanIndians_______aboutfivepercentoftheU.S.population.

A.fillup

B.bringup

C.makeup

D.setup參考答案：C8.Toenjoyhowgreat____istobealive,wehavetolookaroundtoaddtolifeexperience.A.that

B.one

C.it

D.all參考答案：C9.TheMarathonisalongdistanceracecreated________aGreeksoldier.A.incaseof B.inhonorof C.inneedof D.inchargeof參考答案：B【詳解】考查介詞短語辨析。句意：馬拉松是為紀(jì)念一位希臘士兵而創(chuàng)造的一種長(zhǎng)距離賽跑。A.incaseof在情況下；B.inhonorof紀(jì)念；C.inneedof需要；D.inchargeof負(fù)責(zé)。分析句意可知，此處表示馬拉松是為紀(jì)念一位希臘士兵而創(chuàng)造的一種長(zhǎng)距離賽跑。故選B。10.Iliveatabusystreetandtheloudnoisenearly____memad.A.catches

B.buries

C.drives

D.influences參考答案：C11.Theydemandedthatallthebooks______totheschoollibraryatonce.A．return

B．shouldreturn

C．bereturned

D．wouldbereturned參考答案：C略12.Tokeephealthy,Mr.Lin________climbingasaregularformofexerciseafterheretired.A.tookin

B.tookon

C.tookout

D.tookup參考答案：D13.—Don’tworry,Mum.Thedoctorsaiditwasonlytheflu.—____!I’lltellDadthere’snothingserious.A.Whatarelief

B.Congratulations

C.Howsurprising

D.I’msosorry參考答案：A14.

–I’dratherhavesomewine,ifyoudon’tmind.

–______.Don’tforgetyouwilldrive.A.AnythingbutthatB.ByallmeansC.TakeiteasyD.Iwon’tsaynotothis參考答案：A15.She

downbesidemeandsoongotintosleep.A.lied

B.laid

C.lay

D.lain參考答案：C16.Thesenewkindsofbags_______verywellthisyear.A.isselling

B.sell

C.sold

D.arebeingsold參考答案：B17.TheBrownsusedtoliveinParis,_____they?

A.wouldn’t

B.hadn’t

C.weren’t

D.didn’t參考答案：D18.______willmakeatriparoundtheworldduringthecomingChristmas.A.TheEvens

B.TheEvens’

C.TheEvenses

D.TheEvenses’參考答案：A19.Chemicalsinthebody______ourfoodintousefulsubstance.A.breakaway

B.breakdown

C.breakout

D.breakin參考答案：B二、完型填空20.IhaveafriendnamedMontyRobertswhoownsahorseranch(大牧場(chǎng)).ThelasttimeIwastherehetoldmeastoryabout___21___.Hewasthesonofahorsetrainerwhousedtogofromranchtoranch,traininghorses.Asaresult,theboy’shighschoolcareerwascontinually___22___.Whenhewasasenior,hewas___23___towriteapaperaboutwhathewantedtobeanddowhenhe___24___.Hewroteaseven___25___describinghisgoalofsomeday___26___alargehorseranchandhandedittohis___27___.Twodayslaterhereceivedhispaperback.OnthefrontpagewasalargeredFwithanote___28___,“Seemeafterclass.”Montywenttoseetheteacherandasked,“___29___didIreceiveanF?”Theteachersaid,“Thisisanunrealistic(不可實(shí)現(xiàn)的)dreamforayoungboylikeyou.Thereisnowayyoucaneverdoit.Ifyou___30___thispaperwithamorerealisticgoalIwillreconsideryourgrade.”Theboywenthomeandthoughtaboutit___31___andhard.Heaskedhisfatherwhatheshoulddo.Hisfathersaid,“Look,son,youhaveto___32___yourownmindonthis.However,Ithinkitisaveryimportant___33___foryou.”Finally,aftersittingwithitforaweek,theboyturnedinthe___34___paper.Hestated,“YoucankeeptheFandI’llkeepmy___35___.”“The___36___partofthestoryisthattwosummersagothesameschoolteacherbrought30kidstocampoutonmyranchforaweek.”Montywentonwiththestory,“Whentheteacherwas___37___hesaid,‘Monty,Icantellyouthisnow.WhenIwasyourteacher,Iwas___38___ofadreamstealer.DuringthoseyearsIstolealotofkids’dreams.___39___youhadenoughcouragenottogiveuponyours.’”“Don’tletanyone___40___yourdreams.Followyourdream,nomatterwhathappens,”Montyadded.21.A.himself

B.myself

C.hisfather

D.histeacher22.A.made

B.interrupted

C.completed

D.begun23.A.given

B.agreed

C.asked

D.taught24.A.grewup

B.broughtup

C.gotup

D.wentup25.A.story

B.paper

C.information

D.newspaper26.A.selling

B.handing

C.buying

D.owing27.A.teacher

B.father

C.classmate

D.companion28.A.writing

B.reading

C.speaking

D.showing29.A.When

B.Why

C.Where

D.What30.A.reread

B.repeat

C.rewrite

D.retell31.A.soon

B.wide

C.long

D.enough32.A.takeup

B.keepup

C.giveup

D.makeup33.A.grade

B.decision

C.choice

D.composition34.A.rewritten

B.good

C.same

D.printed35.A.dream

B.word

C.promise

D.impression36.A.bad

B.best

C.worst

D.most37.A.coming

B.laughing

C.looking

D.leaving38.A.thing

B.anything

C.nothing

D.something39.A.Happily

B.Luckily

C.Sadly

D.Easily40.A.realize

B.share

C.steal

D.keep參考答案：21.A

22.B

23.C

24.A

25.B

26.D

27.A

28.B

29.B

30.C

31.C

32.D

33.B

34.C

35.A

36.B

37.D

38.D

39.B

40.C文章通過MontyRoberts的故事告訴我們：只要有夢(mèng)想，就一定可以實(shí)現(xiàn)。別讓別人的一句話將你擊倒。因?yàn)楹芏鄩?mèng)想的實(shí)現(xiàn)來自于你的堅(jiān)持。有志者，事竟成。21.考查代詞。A.himself他自己；

B.myself

我自己；

C.hisfather他的父親；

D.histeacher他的老師。由前文提及的羅伯特?fù)碛幸粋€(gè)大的牧馬場(chǎng)，以及下文對(duì)事件的講述，可推斷他講述的是他自己的故事。故選A。22.考查動(dòng)詞。A.made

制作；

B.interrupted

打斷；C.completed完成；

D.begun開始。由前文提及的羅伯特是馴馬師的兒子，經(jīng)常要與忙于不同牧場(chǎng)訓(xùn)馬的父親奔波。學(xué)業(yè)經(jīng)常被中斷。故選B。23.考查動(dòng)詞。A.given給予；

B.agreed同意；

C.asked

詢問；D.taught教授。根據(jù)后文關(guān)鍵詞dream，可推測(cè)此老師讓他寫一寫將來的理想，想做“什么”。故選C。24.考查動(dòng)詞短語。A.grewup長(zhǎng)大；

B.broughtup

撫養(yǎng)長(zhǎng)大；

C.gotup起床；

D.wentup上漲。老師讓他寫一寫將來的理想，長(zhǎng)大后想做“什么”。故選A。25.考查名詞。A.story故事；

B.paper紙張；

C.information信息；

D.newspaper報(bào)紙。根據(jù)上文可知是老師布置的任務(wù)，故按照事件發(fā)展推斷，他把描述自己理想的文件交給了“老師”。故選B。26.考查動(dòng)詞。A.selling

出售；

B.handing

遞給；

C.buying

購買；

D.owing擁有。根據(jù)第一段第一句whoownsahorseranch可知，他那時(shí)的目標(biāo)是擁有一個(gè)大的牧馬場(chǎng)。故選D。27.考查名詞。A.teacher老師；

B.father父親；

C.classmate

同學(xué)；

D.companion同伴。故按照事件發(fā)展推斷，他把描述自己理想的文件交給了“老師”。故選A。28.考查動(dòng)詞。A.writing

寫作；B.reading

閱讀，寫到；C.speaking

講話；

D.showing展示。根據(jù)語境得知老師給了一個(gè)很低的分?jǐn)?shù)“F”，注釋寫著。故選B。29.考查疑問詞。A.When

當(dāng)時(shí)；

B.Why

為什么；

C.Where

在哪里；

D.What什么。Monty詢問老師為什么只給自己較低的分?jǐn)?shù)。故選B。30.考查動(dòng)詞。A.reread

重新閱讀；B.repeat

重復(fù)；

C.rewrite

重寫；

D.retell復(fù)述。根據(jù)上文老師給了一個(gè)很低的分?jǐn)?shù)“F”，可知老師認(rèn)為如果他改變想法，可以考慮更改他的“成績(jī)”。故選C。31.考查形容詞。A.soon

很快；

B.wide

寬的；C.long

長(zhǎng)的；

D.enough足夠的。根據(jù)前文事件的嚴(yán)重性，可知羅伯特對(duì)這件事很重視，用了“很長(zhǎng)的”時(shí)間思考。故選C。32.考查動(dòng)詞短語。A.takeup

占據(jù)；B.keepup保持；

C.giveup放棄；

D.makeup組成。根據(jù)上下文語境可知，父親認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該“有”自己的見解。下定決心，makeupone’smind,故選D。33.考查名詞。A.grade

分?jǐn)?shù)；

B.decision

決定；

C.choice選擇；

D.composition作文。父親認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該自己做決定。故選B。34.考查形容詞。A.rewritten重寫的；

B.good

好的；

C.same

同樣的；

D.printed印刷的。根據(jù)下文“YoucankeeptheF可知，即使老師給他評(píng)分不及格，他在描寫自己理想藍(lán)圖的紙上未作更改。他仍然上交同樣的試卷、文件。故選C。35.考查名詞。A.dream夢(mèng)想；

B.word話語；

C.promise承諾；

D.impression印象。根據(jù)上文他沒有更改自己的理想藍(lán)圖，可推測(cè)他仍舊堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想。故選A。36.考查形容詞。A.bad糟糕的；

B.best

最好的；

C.worst最壞的；

D.most最多的。故事最好的一部分是前年夏天曾經(jīng)質(zhì)疑自己的老師帶著30個(gè)孩子來我的農(nóng)場(chǎng)野營一周。故選B。37.考查動(dòng)詞。A.coming到達(dá)；

B.laughing

大笑；C.looking

觀看；D.leaving離開。根據(jù)邏輯推理這是老師在離開農(nóng)場(chǎng)時(shí)說的一番肺腑之言。故選D。38.考查代詞。A.thing事情；

B.anything任何事；

C.nothing沒有事；

D.something一些事。老師說以前教Monty時(shí)，自己不過是一個(gè)盜取孩子夢(mèng)想的人。somethingof

在某種意義上,在某種程度上,有幾分。故選D。39.考查副詞。A.Happily快樂地；

B.Luckily幸運(yùn)地；

C.Sadly悲傷地；

D.Easily容易地。根據(jù)整篇文章可知，羅伯特由于堅(jiān)持，最終實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。比起那些夢(mèng)想被扼殺的孩子，他是幸運(yùn)的。故選B。40.考查動(dòng)詞。A.realize

意識(shí)到；

B.share分享；

C.steal偷盜；

D.keep保持。根據(jù)上文Iwas___18___ofadreamstealer..可知本句意思“許多孩子的夢(mèng)想可能被扼殺”。故選C。21.LastweekIquestionedtheworkIwasdoing.Ifoundmyselfwonderingifallmytimeandeffortwas___21___.WillmynewbusinessprovidetheincomeIneed?Ismyworkgoodenoughforotherstowantto___22___?Theseareonlyafewofthe___23___thatranthroughmymind.Witheveryquestion,myself-confidencewe___24___!Asmydoubtsswirled（紛亂）inmymind,Icouldfeelmyattitudechanging.Idoubtedwhetheritisreallyworththe___25___.Realizingthatthese___26___thoughtswereaffectingmyattitude,Iwenttothewebsitetoreadquoteson___27___.IfoundIdidnothaveacategoryof“self-confidence”.Ithensearchedthewow4uwebsiteandfound___28___quotesonself-confidence.SoI___29___establishingacategoryonself-confidence.AsIworkedonthewedpage,myself-confidencewasbeing___30___.1couldfeelmyoutlookchanging,andgavemyselfa(n)___31___adjustment.ManytimesinmylifeIhavefoundthequoteshave___32___changedmyoutlook.ThequotesIwasreadingreassuredme,andprovidedmewiththe___33___torealizethatwhatIwasdoingwasinfactwhatI___34___todo.Likeeverythingelseinlife,ittakestime;___35___doesnothappenovernight.Thenmyattitudehasbecome___36___.AsIwasreadingaquotefromRosalynCarter:“Ifyou___37___ifyoucanaccomplishsomething,thenyoucan’taccomplishit.Youhavetohaveconfidenceinyour___38___,andthenbe___39___enoughtofollowthrough，”IrealizedIdohaveconfidenceinmyability.WhatIwas___40___wasthepersistenceanddeterminationtofollowitthrough!21.A.limited

B.endless

C.small

D.worthwhile22.A.do

B.buy

C.refuse

D.quit23.A.jobs

B.chances

C.suggestions

D.questions24.A.decreasing B.forming

C.improving

D.continuing25.A.trust

B.money

C.effort

D.praise26.A.negative

B.proper

C.normal

D.final27.A.dream

B.career

C.self-control

D.self-confidence28.A.honest

B.wonderful

C.strict

D.comfortable29.A.endedup

B.gaveup

C.madeup

D.putup30.A.tested

B.ignored

C.restored

D.forgotten31.A.life

B.work

C.study

D.attitude32.A.hardly

B.actually

C.slightly

D.normally33.A.wealth

B.promise

C.condition

D.motivation34.A.loved

B.disliked

C.advised

D.remembered35.A.honor

B.tragedy

C.success

D.friendship36.A.angry

B.positive

C.patient

D.nervous37.A.know

B.wonder

C.doubt

D.check38.A.ability

B.knowledge

C.experience

D.background39.A.clever

B.skilled

C.tough

D.curious40.A.considering B.lacking

C.expecting

D.gaining參考答案：21.D

22.B

23.D

24.A

25.C

26.A

27.D

28.B

29.A

30.C

31.D

32.B

33.D

34.A

35.C

36.B

37.C

38.A

39.C

40.B本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了作者對(duì)自己的能力產(chǎn)生了懷疑因而自己的態(tài)度也變得消極，出現(xiàn)了人生中的迷茫期，后來作者上網(wǎng)尋找關(guān)于個(gè)人信心方面的例子，經(jīng)過學(xué)習(xí)與了解，作者慢慢的轉(zhuǎn)變了個(gè)人態(tài)度，在生活與工作中也越來越自信的故事。21.A.limited

限制的；

B.endless無窮的；

C.small小的；

D.worthwhile值得的。根據(jù)后文“WillmynewbusinessprovidetheincomeIneed?Ismyservicegoodenoughforotherstowantto___2___myproducts?”，作者自己?jiǎn)栕约宏P(guān)于工作方面的問題，反思自己的人生。故選D。22.A.do做；

B.purchase

購買；

C.refuse

拒絕；

D.quit停止?！癐smyservicegoodenoughforotherstowantto___2___myproducts?”，根據(jù)service以及products可知，這句是作者在反思自己與顧客之間的溝通，故選B。23.A.jobs

工作；

B.chances機(jī)會(huì)；

C.suggestions

建議；

D.questions問題。根據(jù)后文“Witheveryquestion”，可知“Theseareonlyafewofthe___3___thatranthroughmymind”應(yīng)與后文相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選D。24.A.decreasing

減少；

B.forming組成；

C.improving提高；

D.continuing繼續(xù)。根據(jù)“Asmydoubtsswirled（紛亂）inmymind,Icouldfeelmyattitudechanging”這些懷疑擾亂了我的思緒，是我的態(tài)度發(fā)生變化，因此“Witheveryquestion,myself-confidencewere___4___”，由于這些問題，我的自信心在漸漸減少。故選A。25.A.trust

信任；

B.effect

影響；

C.effort努力；

D.praise表揚(yáng)。根據(jù)前文我對(duì)自己的能力產(chǎn)生質(zhì)疑，因此“Idoubtedwhetheritisreallyworththe___5___ornot”，我懷疑自己的努力到底值不值得，故選C。26.A.negative消極的；

B.proper合適的；

C.normal

正常的；

D.final最后。根據(jù)前文“Idoubtedwhetheritisreallyworththeeffortornot”，可知“Realizingthatthese___6___thoughtswereaffectingmyattitude”，這些想法使作者對(duì)自己的能力產(chǎn)生了懷疑，因此是消極的想法，故選A。27.A.dream

夢(mèng)想；

B.career事業(yè)；

C.self-control

自我控制力；

D.self-confidence個(gè)人信心。根據(jù)后文“Ithensearchedthewow4uwebsiteandfound___8___quotesonself-confidence”，可知，與之相對(duì)應(yīng)，作者在網(wǎng)上查找關(guān)于個(gè)人信心的例子，故選D。28.A.honest

誠實(shí)的；

B.wonderful

極好的；

C.strict

嚴(yán)格的；

D.comfortable舒服的。根據(jù)后文“SoI___9___establishingacategoryonself-confidence”，作者建立起了個(gè)人自信心，可知“Ithensearchedthewow4uwebsiteandfound___8___quotesonself-confidence”，作者是在網(wǎng)上搜索關(guān)于個(gè)人自信心的積極的例子，故選B。29.A.endedup最終；

B.gaveup放棄；

C.madeup組成；

D.putup張貼?！癝oI___9___establishingacategoryonself-confidence”根據(jù)前文，Ithensearchedthewow4uwebsiteandfoundwonderfulquotesonself-confidence，可推知，作者最終建立起了自信心。故選A。30.A.tested測(cè)試；

B.ignored忽略；

C.restored

恢復(fù)；

D.forgotten遺忘。根據(jù)后文“Icouldfeelmyoutlookchanging”，可知，“AsIworkedonthewebpage,myself-confidencewasbeing___10___”作者在瀏覽網(wǎng)頁的過程中，自信心也慢慢恢復(fù)過來。故選C。31.A.life

生活；

B.work工作；

C.study學(xué)習(xí)；

D.attitude態(tài)度。根據(jù)“Icouldfeelmyoutlookchanging,andgavemyselfa(n)___11___adjustment”，由and可知，前后兩句是并列句，根據(jù)前句myoutlookchanging，可推知后句應(yīng)該是說態(tài)度發(fā)生變化。故選D。32.A.hardly

幾乎不；

B.actually

實(shí)際上；

C.slightly輕微地

D.normally正常地。“ManytimesinmylifeIhavefoundthequoteshave___12___changedmyoutlook”，根據(jù)句意，在我人生中，我發(fā)現(xiàn)這些鮮明的例子不止一次的（）改變我的生活，故選B。33.A.wealth財(cái)富；

B.promise承諾；

C.condition條件；

D.motivation動(dòng)機(jī)?！癟hequotesIwasreadingreassured(使消除疑慮)me,andprovidedmewiththe___13___torealizethatwhatIwasdoing”，這些例子消除了我的疑慮，為我提供了（），讓我認(rèn)識(shí)到我正在做什么，故選D。34.A.loved

愛；

B.disliked

不喜歡；

C.advised建議；

D.remembered記得?！皉ealizethatwhatIwasdoinginfactwhatI___14___todo”，這些例子讓我認(rèn)識(shí)到我正在做什么，以及我（）做什么，故選A。35.A.honor榮譽(yù)；

B.tragedy悲??；

C.success

成功；

D.friendship友情?！癓ikeeverythingelseinlife,ittakestime;___15___doesnothappenovernight”，就像生活中的所有事情一樣，（）不會(huì)在一夜之間發(fā)生，需要時(shí)間的積累，故選C。36.A.angry

生氣的；

B.positive積極的；

C.patient有耐心的；

D.nervous緊張的。根據(jù)前文“Realizingthatthesenegativethoughtswereaffectingmyattitude”可知“Thenmyattitudehasbecome___16___”，我的態(tài)度在之后發(fā)生了變化，變得積極起來。故選B。37.A.know了解；

B.wonder疑惑；

C.doubt懷疑；

D.check檢查?！癐fyou___17___whetheryoucanaccomplishsomething,thenyoucan’taccomplishit”，根據(jù)whether及accomplish，結(jié)合句意分析，故選C。38.A.ability能力；

B.knowledge知識(shí)；

C.experience經(jīng)歷；

D.background背景。根據(jù)后文“IrealizedIdohaveconfidenceinmyability”，因此“Youhavetohaveconfidenceinyour___18___,”與之相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選A。39.A.clever聰明的；

B.skilled

有能力的；

C.tough堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的；

D.curious好奇的?！癥ouhavetohaveconfidenceinyourability,andthenbe___19___enoughtofollowthrough”根據(jù)and前后兩句表示意義上的承接，當(dāng)你對(duì)自己的能力有信心時(shí)，你就可以足夠強(qiáng)大去經(jīng)受磨難，故選C。40.A.considering考慮；

B.lacking缺乏；

C.expecting期望；

D.gaining獲得?！癐realizedIdohaveconfidenceinmyability,butwhatIwas___20___wasthepersistenceanddeterminationtofollowitthrough”，根據(jù)but可知，前后兩句表轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，因此，作者認(rèn)識(shí)到自己對(duì)本身的能力有信心，但是缺乏毅力和決心。故選B?！久麕燑c(diǎn)睛】完形填空題旨在考察學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語言知識(shí)的能力。做此題時(shí)必須通篇考慮，先掌握大意，再綜合運(yùn)用所學(xué)詞匯、語法及常識(shí)進(jìn)行推理判斷。通讀全文,了解大意，緊緊抓住上下文語境所提供的信息,充分利用各種線索答。先通讀了全文，了解了文章講述的是作者對(duì)自己的能力產(chǎn)生了懷疑因而自己的態(tài)度也變得消極，出現(xiàn)了人生中的迷茫期，后來作者上網(wǎng)尋找關(guān)于個(gè)人信心方面的例子，經(jīng)過學(xué)習(xí)與了解，作者慢慢的轉(zhuǎn)變了個(gè)人態(tài)度，在生活與工作中也越來越自信。三、閱讀理解22.Arecoralreefs“theforgottenrainforestsofthesea”?Allpeopleareagainstthedamagedonetotropicalrainforestsandtheirrichresources;yetcoralreefs,anequallyvitalresource,suffersimilardamage.Somecausesarenatural,buthumanactionisthemainthreattocoralreefs,whichleadstomanyseriousproblemsforlifeonearth.Themostimportantdangerofdevelopmentiseutrophication(富營養(yǎng)化):thebuildupofnutrientsinthewater.Thenutrients—suchaschemicalsfoundinpollutedwater,fertilizer,andpesticides—causetheabnormalgrowthofalgae(藻類)thatcoversandchokesthecorals.Asaresultofhugepopulationgrowthofalgae,nearly90percentofthecoralreefsinSouthFloridaaredeadordying.Expertsalsoconsiderthat70percentofallcoralwillbedeadbytheyear2050ifpresenttrendscontinue.Whileeutrophcationisthemainhumandangertocoralreefs,tourismandfishingcontributes,too.Touristsnotonlyrequiremorelanddevelopment,butalsocoralreefsassouvenirs.Carelessscubadiversandsnorkelerscausebigdamagetoreef,sodofisherswhoignoredmarineecology.Insomepartsoftheworld,peoplefishbypouringpoisonontoreefs.Thepoisononlymakeslargefishunconsciousbutkillscorals.Evenifpoisonisnotused,thedisappearanceoflargefishendangersreefbecausethefishcaneatalgaeandhelpkeepthemundercontrol.Ironically,cursesalwayscomehometoroost.Whenfishdieoutfromthedestroyedreefs,itwillalsoresultinthelossoffishingjobsforhumanastherearenofishtocatchanymore.Thecoastalsettlementswillbehurtaswellbecauseofthedeadcoral.Withallthattheworldstandstoloseifcoralreefsdisappear,themostimportanteffectmaybethelossofmedicinalbenefits.Ifthesituationcontinuegoingworse,somefuturemedicaldiscoverieswillbeimpossible.24.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Therichresourcescoralreefscontain.

B.Thecauseandeffectofthelossofcoralreefs.

C.Howtoavoiddamagingcoralreefs.

D.Theimportanceofprotectingcoralreefs.25.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingcontributesmosttothedamagetocoralreefs?A.Thoughtlessscubadiversandsnorkelers.B.Thedisappearanceoflargefish.C.Greatdemandoflanddevelopment.D.Theincreaseofnutrientsinthewater.26.Whatisthewriter’sattitudetowardsthecurrentsituationofcoralreefs?A.Shocked. B.Delighted. C.Concerned. D.Pessimistic.參考答案：24-26BDC23.ThatSeptember,Ienteredmiddleschool.MostnightsIhadhomeworkthatincludedanarmfulofbookstoread.Tokeepupwithotherchildren,Itookgreattroubletofinishthetask.Withmynoseacoupleofinchesfromthepage,Iwastiredeasily