江苏省南通市如皋中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次阶段考试试题.doc

江苏省南通市如皋中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次阶段考试试题

江苏省南通市如皋中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次阶段考试试题

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江苏省南通市如皋中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第二次阶段考试试题
本试卷分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分, 满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
第I卷
第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)
做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后, 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后, 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A photographer. B. A magazine. C. A picture.
2. What does the woman suggest?
A. Cutting the grass.
B. Playing computer games.
C. Cleaning the house.
3. How does the man feel about flying?
A. Nervous. B. Relaxed. C. Excited.
4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Shop assistant and customer.
B. Librarian and library user.
C. Tour guide and tourist.
5. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a university. B. In a cafe. C. In a restaurant.

第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前, 你将有时间阅读各个小题, 每小题5秒钟；听完后, 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. Who might Edward be?
A. The speakers’ neighbor. B. David’s classmate. C. The woman’s son.
7. What do we know about David?
A. He is not into mathematics.
B. He plans to do homework on Sunday.
C. He may have just entered a new school.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。
8. What did Bruce break?
A. Emily’s cup. B. Emily’s vase. C. Emily’s plate.
9. How does Emily sound in the end?
A. Angry. B. Grateful. C. Regretful.
10. What will the speakers do next?
A. Go out for a meal. B. Do some shopping. C. Exchange some money.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。
11. What is the symptom of the woman?
A. She has a fever.
B. She doesn’t feel like eating.
C. She has a slight headache.
12. What does the woman decide to do?
A. Ask for leave.
B. Continue to complete a project.
C. Stop taking medicine.
13. Where probably are the speakers?
A. At the chemist’s. B. In the woman’s office. C. In a hospital.

听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。
14. When does Barbara usually cook?
A. On Monday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.
15. What does the man plan to do this weekend?
A. Do some exercise.
B. Cook by himself.
C. Go to a Thai restaurant.
16. What is Barbara’s nationality?
A. British. B. Chinese. C. Greek.
17. What dish does Barbara like making best?
A. Beef roast. B. Moussaka. C. Toad-in-the-hole.

听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18. How long are the business hours of the swimming pool every weekend?
A. Twelve and a half hours.
B. Eleven and a half hours.
C. Nine and a half hours.
19. Who can enter the swimming pool on Friday mornings?
A. All students. B. Mothers and babies. C. All adults.
20. What can people do at the new Water World Cafe?
A. Enjoy a movie. B. Learn to make coffee. C. Observe the swimmers.

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。
A
Tips for Writing a Cover Letter
If you are applying for an internship, you will likely have to submit a cover letter as part of your application. Read below for tips on writing an internship cover letter.
Use Business Letter Format
Use proper business letter format when sending a cover letter by mail. Include your contact information at the top, the date, and the contact information for the employer. Be sure to provide a proper salutation, and sign your name at the bottom.
Individualize Your Cover Letter
Make sure to write a unique cover letter for each internship for which you apply. Highlight skills and abilities you have that relate to the specific internship listing. The main emphasis of your cover letter should be convincing the reader that you will be a qualified intern.
Emphasize Your Academic Experience
In the letter, you can mention academic experience, if applicable. Especially if you have limited work experience, you might use examples from school to demonstrate that you have particular skills. For example, if the internship requires you to work as part of a team, provide an example of an assistant at the library or a successful team project you worked on during one of your college courses.
Include Extra Classroom Experiences
You can also include details about your relevant experience form extra classroom activities or volunteer work. For example, a reporter for a college newspaper can point to interviewing and writing skills; a history of volunteering at a shelter can provide an example of strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Proofread and Edit
Be sure to thoroughly proofread your cover letter for spelling and grammar errors. Many internships are very competitive, and any error can hurt your chances of getting an interview. Also, avoid using too many words to convey your information and intention.

21. What can you do to personalize your internship cover letter?
A. Use proper business letter format.
B. Employ more convincing expressions.
C. Promise a good performance in the internship.
D. Stress my own abilities related to the requirements.

22. Academic experience included in the cover letter can _____.
A. make up for the lack of work experience
B. prove you’ll be an outstanding organizer
C. show you have a good academic performance
D. multiply the chance of working on a team project
23. According to the text, a cover letter should be _____.
A. emotional and simplified B. informal and detailed
C. brief and targeted D. academic and qualified

B
Having a microchip implanted in a man's brain may be common in sci-fi movie plots, but it may soon become an actual possibility.
Elon Musk -a US tech tycoon, founder of Space X- has been working on this technology. On Aug 28, Musk gave a display of the chip, which was implanted into the head of a pig named Gertrude.
The chip, developed by Musk's company Neuralink, is the size of a coin. But don't let its size fool you. The tiny chip has over 3,000 electrodes (电极) attached to flexible threads, which can monitor about 1,000 neurons (神经元). It collects neural signals from an area of the brain, and then transmits those signals wirelessly to nearby computers, according to MSN. That enabled researchers to monitor Gertrude's brain activity while she was walking around in the display.
Though the technology is still in its early stage, it is encouraging for humans. This technology would solve a lot of brain injuries and is essential for Al symbiosis, which will allow the human brain to combine with an artificial intelligence.
When the device can be applied to humans, its main goal will be to help those who have mobility difficulties. Musk hopes this technology can also be used to help those with hearing and eyesight issues.
Although such a device could repair those problems, putting it into practice is by no means a piece of cake. Currently, the device can transmit signals from about 500 neurons in the pig's brain. Compared to 80 billion neurons in a human brain, this number is tiny. And to cover the whole human brain also means the electrodes have to be much smaller.
Also, implanting the chip into the brain poses a potential danger. There is a risk of the immune system attacking this foreign body.
Right now, the hope of controlling the brain via controlling a few neurons seems overly optimistic. "There are many technological challenges ... to overcome before Neuralink can put its devices to the purposes," Yuan Lanfeng (袁兰峰), an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, told China Daily.

24. What do we know about Elon Musk's microchip?
A. It was inspired by sci-fi movie plots.
B. It is able to collect wireless signals.
C. It is tiny in size but powerful in function.
D. It has been implanted into a human's brain.
25. What does the underlined word “that" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The operation of the chip in Gertrude’s brain.
B. The attachment of electrodes to flexible threads.
C. The development of neurons inside Gertrude's brain.
D. The transmission of signals from a nearby computer
26. What is the major target of the microchip?
A. To monitor animals’ brain activity.
B. To help people with mobility issues.
C. To develop a cure for immune system problems.
D. To contribute to the research on Al technologies.
27. How does Yuan Lanfeng feel about implanting the chip into the human brain?
A. Worried. B. Excited. C. Optimistic. D. Challenged.

C
Digital devices are great, but they can also be annoying when it comes to writing or drawing.
Most of the time you must rely on your fingertips to do the typing or drawing for you, and what you wanted to write or draw might not come out the way you imagined. A new pen called “Phree”, created by Israeli company called OTM Technologies, aims to change the dependency that most of us have when it comes to writing or drawing in digital form.
The Phree pen looks a lot like a regular pen in both size and shape. The difference is that you can use the Phree pen to write on any surface (from a table to a wall), and then transfer that writing directly to your target device.
Phree uses a sensor called a 3D laser interferometer (激光干涉仪). The laser beams are projected (投影) on the surface and they will be reflected back to the interferometer. By analyzing these beams' tracks, the laser interferometer measures the hand motion while writing.
The pen connects with your phone via a Bluetooth. Phree can be used to take notes using various applications on the target device. The notes will appear on the target device whenever you open it. You can even receive, write and send text messages using the device display and it can function as an earphone. Phree can also be used as a regular computer mouse whenever it is connected to a target device. The device can also be used as ID equipment as it can precisely analyze the way a person writes.
“We see Phree as a standard input device in the mobile world, in the same way the mouse became a standard part of PC use. We also see benefits to emerging technologies like AR and VR headsets, interactive TV, and IoT (Internet of Things).” Gilad Lederer, co-founder of OTM Technologies said.

28.What inspires the OTM Technologies to create Phree?
A. Drawing pictures in a better way.
B. People's relying too much on typing.
C. Making digital devices less annoying.
D. The inconvenience of data input using fingertips.
29.How does Phree measure the movement of hands?
A. By sending out laser lines.
B. By connecting with the Bluetooth.
C. By analyzing the reflection lines of lasers.
D. By checking the writing ways of certain person.
30.What can we infer about Phree from paragraph 4?
A. It can identify people. B. It can connect to the Internet.
C. It can be used as a remote control. D. It can function as a device display.
31.What will Phree be like in Lederer's opinion?
A. It will create more new technologies.
B. It will be widely used in many areas.
C. It will be the best tool to write letters.
D. It will take the place of the mouse of PC.

D
In a new blog post for the International Monetary Fund, four researchers presented their findings from a working paper that examines the current relationship between finance and tech as well as its potential future.
Gazing into their crystal ball, the researchers see the possibility of using the data from your browsing, search, and purchase history to create a more accurate mechanism for determining the credit rating of an individual or business. They believe that this approach could result in greater lending to borrowers who would potentially be denied by traditional financial institutions.
At its heart, the paper is trying to wrestle with the dawning notion that the institutional banking system is facing a serious threat from tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple. The researchers identify two key areas in which this is true: Tech companies have greater access to soft-information, and messaging platforms can take the place of the physical locations that banks rely on for meeting with customers.
The concept of using your web history to inform credit ratings is framed around the notion that lenders rely on hard-data that might hide the worthiness of a borrower or paint an unnecessarily bad picture during hard times. Citing soft-data points like "the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases" that could be included in evaluating a borrower, the researchers believe that when a lender has a closer relationship with the potential client's history, they might be more willing to cut them some slack.
“Banks tend to cushion credit terms for their long-term customers during downturns,” the paper's authors write. This is because they have a history and relationship with the customer.
The researchers acknowledge that there will be privacy and policy concerns related to including this kind of soft-data in credit analysis. Getting the soft-data points would probably require companies like Facebook and Apple to loosen up their standards on linking unencrypted information with individual accounts. How they might share information with other institutions would be its own can of worms.

32. What is the approach put forward by the researchers?
A. Replacing banks with soft information.
B. Lending money by predicting the future.
C. Determining credit ratings by web history.
D. Facing the threat posed by high-tech companies.
33. Why do they advocate the new way of rating the borrower’s credit?
A. Traditional finance refuse to lend money.
B. The new approach helps reduce burden on banks.
C. The type of hardware misleads the lender’s judgement.
D. Soft information better reflects the truth than hard data.
34. Which is the closest in meaning with the underlined phrase in Paragraph 4?
A. Be less strict. B. Share interests.
C. Forgive others’ fault. D. Cut a piece of bread.
35. What do the researchers worry about?
A. Banks will break up with customers.
B. High tech companies will be in a mess.
C. Sharing information may cause problems of privacy.
D. Competition between tech companies will be fiercer.

第二节(共5小题, 每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Where you choose to stay can make or break your vacation experience. But even the most experienced travelers may not know the difference between the two main types of homes-away-from-home—hotels and motels. 36 The answer isn’t as simple as you’d think.
These two types of lodging (住宿) have the same basic purpose—a place for travelers to sleep. 37 For instance, they came to be for different reasons, and at very different times.
The word“hotel”dates back to the 1600s and comes from a French word, hotel. That word, just like the English one, referred to a place that provides lodging, meals, entertainment, and other services to travelers. 38 This word dates back to the 1920s and combines the words “hotel” and “motor”. As America’s major highway system developed, so did motels, filling the need for roadside stops for motorists