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保密★启用前2.In which country are corpse plants found?肇庆市2021一2022学年第一学期高二年级期末教学质量检测A.South Africa.B.Botswana.C.IndonesiaD.Ethiopia3.What do African Starfish Flower and Hydnora Africana have in common?A.They have great sizes.英语B.They can be used as drugs.注意事项：C.They look like rotting animals.1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。D.They change shapes to keep away enemies.2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡Musician Nfamara Badjie came to the United States in 2005 from his native上，写在本试卷上无效country,Gambia to perform and give drumming (workshops.He didn't prospect3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。for staying.He was a famous musician back home,who'd grown up rice farming and第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）drumming in a hamlet as his ancestors had done.However,Dawn Hoyte changed his第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）plans.h阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A dancer,Hoyte,attended one of Badjie's workshops.By 2013 they'd become aAcouple,married,and were looking for a bigger home in the Hudson Valley of New YorkBaseball Plantwhere they could house their combined families.They found a house that seemed largeWhere it's found:South Africaenough.It was sited on what's called a wetland.Badjie wanted a place to grow rice asThis is a ball-shaped juicy plant.Unluckily,it was unsustainably harvestedhe'd done back home.Hoyte,who was born in Queens,N.Y.,doubted it.because more people around the globe have decided to grow baseball plants aroundIt was a challenge but Badjie made it.Calling their farm the Ever Growing Familythem.Luckily,some botanical gardens have started to grow this plant.In this way,itFarm,Badjie and Hoyte consulted Styger,an agronomist of Cornell University,andwill no longer need to be obtained from the wild so that it does not become extinct.they received lots of help from their family and friends.The farm has become the firstCorpse Flowercommercial rice farm in New York.With a few acres and a bit more than a dozenWhere it's found:Sumatra,Indonesiapaddies,a good year yields 1,000 pounds.To harvest it takes many hands and it is aThe corpse flower is also listed as an endangered plant and there are about 1,000great occasion.plants growing in the wild.This plant sends out a smell of rotting (meat duringVolunteers come to help with harvesting every year.It's a youngish crowd,someits nightly peak bloom.This allows it to attract pollinators like flies from miles away.barefoot,others in knee high rubber boots.All hold sharp scythes.They also haveIt can grow an astonishing eight feet tall and can weigh up to 170 pounds.drummers,celebrating and encouraging the volunteer harvesters.Badjie joins them,African Starfish Flowerwearing an outfit printed with red,green and yellow maps of Africa and meanderingWhere it's found:Botswana,Namibia,South Africa,Zimbabwegray elephants.Don't fall in love with its beautiful flowers,because this is yet another plant that's4.What does the underlined part "hamlet"in Paragraph 1 mean?known for its bad smell.It smells like rotting meat and looks like a rotting animal!A.A workshop.B.A village.C.An apartment.D.A school.Unluckily,it is endangered due to destroyed habitats,plant collectors as well as the5.Why did Badjie want to grow rice?Zulus,who use the plant as a cure for hysteria ()A.Hoyte advised him to grow rice to make money.Hydnora AfricanaB.Members of his large family enjoyed eating rice.Where it's found:Botswana,Namibia,Swaziland,EthiopiaC.He wanted to follow a tradition in his home countryThis has an appearance similar to mushroom until the flower opens.At this point,D.Cornell University needed his help with a farming program.the plant transforms from a leafless brown-gray plant to something that looks more like6.What can be learned from Paragraph 3?an animal than a plant.While this is also a smelly plant,it is an edible(可食用的)fruitA.Styger helped the couple with harvesting.that is loved by many animals and even humans!It makes for a tasty food when mixedB.Hoyte thought the Hudson Valley is suitable to grow rice.with cream and can also treat conditions like diarrhea ()C.Badjie's family started the first commercial rice farm in New York.1.What can be inferred about the baseball plant?D.It was difficult for the couple to convince family and friends of their idea.A.It gives out a bad smell.B.Its flowers have a strange shape.7.Which is a suitable word to describe the harvesting?C.It is a kind of food for the locals.D.It is endangered in its wild habitat.A.Joyous.B.Challenging.C.Long-lasting.D.Back-breaking.高二英语第1页（共8页）高二英语第2页（共8页）