2022年高二英语上学期竞赛期中试题第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ACalling all poets! TIME For Kids(TFK) has a challenge for you.WHO: The contest is open to students who are 8 to 13 years old.WHAT: Write a funny, rhyming poem and enter it in the TFK Poetry Contest. By entering, the entrant（参加竞赛者）should promise that the poem is an original one that does not copy another poets work, has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.HOW: Send your poem by e-mail to contestpoetry4kids. The subject line of your e-mail message should read “TFK POETRY CONTEST”. Be sure to include your first name only, your e-mail address and your parents e-mail address. Limit one entry per person or e-mail account. The sponsor（赞助者）is not responsible for lost, late or inplete entries, or those not received for any reason.WHEN: This contest begins 12:01 a.m. on January 13, xx, and ends 11:59 p.m. on March 1, xx.JUDGING: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following standards: creativity and originality (50%), use of language and rhyme (25%) and relatedness to contest theme (25%). Winner will be informed by e-mail and must respond within five days.WINNERS LIST: For names of the winner and finalists, visit timeforkids (after April 1,xx, you can get for a period of 10 days).PRIZE: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of one of his books of poetry. The poem of the grand-prize winner will be published on timeforkids. The finalists will receive signed copies of one of Nesbitts books of poetry. The poems of finalists will be published on timeforkids.21. Which may be a proper work for the TFK Poetry Contest?A. A war poem published in a book.B. A great poem which has won many prizes.C. A fine poem downloaded from the Internet.D. A love poem which has been kept secret from others.22According to Paragraph 3, a student_.A. can send more than one original poemB. must send the poem with his full name on itC. can ask a parent for help while writing the poemD. cant use the name of the poem as the subject line23Only the grand-prize winner can_.A. visit timeforkids for freeB. have his poem published on timeforkidsC. receive an online class visit from poet Kenn NesbittD. obtain a signed copy of one of Nesbitts books of poetry.Powered by courage and determination，Felicity Aston, 33，became the first person to ski alone across Antarctica on 15，Jan,xx.Aston finished the 59day trip almost exactly a century after Roald Amundsen first reached the South Pole in 1911. Aston crossed 1,084 miles from the Ross Ice Shelf to Hercules Inlet.Aston，a freelance travel writer，and explorer，faced temperatures that averaged -25 degrees as she pulled two sleds across the ice and thick snow on her nearly twomonth trip. The scariest moment came when her two lighters failed to work while she was in the Transantarctic Mountains. The lighters started working again at lower altitudes.While early Antarctic explorers were cut off from the outside world, Astons access to a satellite phone meant that friends and family could follow her online as she regularly tweeted and made almost daily podcasts(播客)about her journey. An interactive map showed Astons progress in real time. And while she skied，Aston listened to bands.On New Years Eve she noted that there would be no champagne.“No wine with me to toast the new year but treating myself to spoonfuls of the peanut butter，” Aston tweeted as the new year approached.In Astons last podcast，the emotional traveler recorded after she reached Hercules Inlet, “I seem to have got here in a rush or something and I dont really feel prepared for it，”said Aston.“It feels amazing to be finished and greatly sad that its over at the same time.”Weather permitting，Aston will return home today where she says she is looking forward to some “red wine and a hot shower”24What is Astons most possible purpose to ski alone across Antarctica?ATo memorize humans arrival at the South Pole.BTo bee the first woman to cross the South Pole.CTo make an exploration by herself and write about it.DTo explore Antarctica and do science researches.25What is the difference between Astons trip and the early explorers?AShe brought an electronic map with her.BShe was monitored by a special satellite.CShe suffered much lower temperatures.DShe was followed online all through the trip.26It was the most difficult for Aston when _.Athe temperatures fell below -25 degreesBher two lighters failed to work in mountains.Cthere was no champagne on New Years EveDher trip across Antarctica was ing to an end27Aston feels _ about the ending o