广东省仲元中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

广东省仲元中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题

广东省仲元中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题

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广东省仲元中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）
本试卷共三部分，满分130分。考试时间120分钟。
第一部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2.5 分；满分 50 分）
第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
As a heaven for family entertainment, Orlando is home to several nationally recognized dinner shows. With a variety as wide as the whole Florida, there is always a dinner show suited for all tastes.
Arabian Nights in Orlando
With over 60 horses, impressive costumes and sets, and all of the excitement of a royal wedding, Arabian Nights is a favorite for families! In fact, children are invited down after the show to pet the horses, take pictures, and meet the cast of Arabian Nights! Of course, everyone will enjoy the royal wedding feast during the performance, so be sure to arrive hungry.
Medieval (中世纪的) Times in Orlando
Cheer loudly for your brave knight (骑士) during the Medieval Times show, and he just might win the victory in your honor. In this thrilling competition, six brave knights fight against one another in a variety of medieval competitions. From the fierce joust (竞技) to the intense hand-to-hand fight, this show will bring the excitement of medieval times to life as you dine on a delicious feast fit for a king!
Pirate’s Dinner Adventure in Orlando
Prepare yourself for Pirate’s Dinner Adventure as you are transported into a battle with the evil Captain Sebastian the Black. The show features fantastic special effects, song & dance, and so on. Of course, you’ll also enjoy a delicious meal before battling against Captain Sebastian and his evil crews.
Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner
Use the clues provided during your dinner and evening entertainment as you work to figure out who has committed the crime! Put your sense of observation to good use, and you just might be the Sleuth who figures out ‘whodunit!’ If not, you’ll still enjoy a great meal and entertainment to remember for years to come.
1. What can you do at Medieval Times in Orlando?
A. Meet the cast of the show.
B. Battle with Captain Sebastian.
C. Enjoy the excitement of joust and fight.
D. Appreciate national dinner shows in Florida.
2. Who might be interested in the Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner?
A. Those fond of providing clues.
B. Those eager to commit crimes.
C. Those interested in taking pictures.
D. Those good at observing and reasoning.
3. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To advertise for a dinner show.
B. To introduce dinner shows in Orlando.
C. To attract more adventurers to Florida.
D. To introduce an entertainment TV program
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B
【解析】
这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了奥兰多拥有数个举世闻名的晚餐表演，它的美食种类和整个佛罗里达州的一样丰富，总有适合所有人口味的晚餐表演，这里是家庭娱乐的天堂。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Pirate’s Dinner Adventure in Orlando部分的“From the fierce joust (竞技) to the intense hand-to-hand fight, this show will bring the excitement of medieval times to life as you dine on a delicious feast fit for a king!”可知，从激烈的竞技到激烈的肉搏战，当你品尝美味的国王盛宴时，本节目将带给你中世纪的刺激！由此可知，你可以在这个节目中享受激烈的竞技和和搏斗带来的乐趣。故选C。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner部分的“Use the clues provided during your dinner and evening entertainment as you work to figure out who has committed the crime! Put your sense of observation to good use, and you just might be the Sleuth who figures out ‘whodunit!’ ”可知，利用晚餐和晚上娱乐期间该活动提供的线索来找出是谁犯了罪！充分利用你的观察力，你可能就是破解悬疑情况的侦探。即那些善于观察和推理的人可能会对Sleuth’s Mystery Dinner（侦探的神秘晚餐）感兴趣。故选D。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段的“As a heaven for family entertainment, Orlando is home to several nationally recognized dinner shows. With a variety as wide as the whole Florida, there is always a dinner show suited for all tastes.”可知，作为家庭娱乐的天堂，奥兰多拥有数个举世闻名的晚餐表演。它的美食种类和整个佛罗里达州的一样丰富，总有适合所有人口味的晚餐表演。下文分别介绍了四个晚餐表演的具体情况。由此可知，本文的主要目的是介绍奥兰多的晚餐表演。故选B。
B
LONDON, England - London, England’s famous “Big Ben” bell will be silenced for four long years. The keeper of the Great Clock announced this news Monday. The 158-year-old British clock will be getting some repairs.
Londoners were not happy. On social media like Twitter, many said the hourly rings of Big Ben are very important. “A silent Big Ben will be super strange,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College who can hear the rings from his room. He called them the “sound of London.”
“It will be very sad, but it needs to be done,” said Kirsten Hurrell. The 71-year-old runs a busy newsstand facing the clock tower. “Quite honestly, we live with it and half the time we don’t hear it,” she said about the bell. “But we will miss it when we suddenly find it’s not there anymore.”
A selfie ( 自 拍 照 )with the Great Clock on the top of Elizabeth Tower on the Thames River is almost required. The clock tower stands at one end of the Palace of Westminster, which holds England’s government, known as Parliament. It is also one of the most visited sites in London and Big Ben is the star.
The bell was created by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1859. It was the largest at the time of its first performance. In all these years, Big Ben went through good times and bad, which includes Germany’s eight-month bombing of London in World War II.
The hour bell has been silenced before, though. Big Ben cracked after its first few weeks. The striking hammer was too heavy. Workers changed a lighter hammer and Big Ben rang again three years later. Experts say the crack causes the unique but imperfect sound.
The bell was also silent during the funerals (葬礼) of Winston Churchill and
Margaret Thatcher.
During the repair, one side of the four clock faces will remain visible. An electric motor will turn the clock hands. People in London can continue to set their watches to the clock.
The clock keeper announced the clock would not be completely silenced during the repairs and would strike the hour for important national events, for example New Year’s Eve.
4. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Big Ben is the most important site in London.
B. The famous 158-year-old clock will get repairs.
C. Big Ben went through good times and bad times.
D. Londoners weren’t happy about the silence of the bell.
5. Why were Londoners not happy about the news?
A. It’ll cost a lot of money to repair Big Ben.
B. People will not hear the rings any longer.
C. They won’t get used to the missing of the rings.
D. The rings are the most important thing in their life.
6. Which statement describes the relationship tourists have with Big Ben?
A. Tourists visit Big Ben more than many other places.
B. Tourists plan on avoiding Big Ben when it stops ringing.
C. Tourists to London know about Big Ben but rarely visit it.
D. Tourists to London have little knowledge about Big Ben.
7. How many times has Big Ben been silenced in history, according to the text?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. A 7. C
【解析】
这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了伦敦大本钟的守护者宣布了一个消息：著名的大本钟将静音四年，为此伦敦人感到不满意，他们已经习惯了有钟声陪伴的生活。
【4题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其根据第一段的“London, England’s famous “Big Ben” bell will be silenced for four long years. The keeper of the Great Clock announced this news Monday. The 158-year-old British clock will be getting some repairs.”可知，在伦敦，英国著名的大本钟将静音四年。大钟的守护者星期一宣布了这一消息。这个拥有158年历史的英国时钟将得到一些修理。因此文章主要讲的是著名的拥有158年历史的时钟将得到维修。故选B。
【5题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段的“ Londoners were not happy. On social media like Twitter, many said the hourly rings of Big Ben are very important. “A silent Big Ben will be super strange,” tweeted Rob, a history student at King’s College who can hear the rings from his room. He called them the “sound of London.””可知，伦敦人不开心。在推特等社交媒体上，许多人表示，大本钟的整时响起非常重要。国王学院的历史系学生罗伯在推特上说：“一个沉默的大本钟会让人感到特别奇怪”。他称钟声为“伦敦之声”。由此可知，伦敦人对这个消息不满意的原因在于他们不会适应大本钟的缺席。故选C。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段的“It is also one of the most visited sites in London and Big Ben is the star.”可知，它也是伦敦地区人们参访量最大的景点之一，大本钟是这里的明星建筑。因此A项（与许多其他地方相比，旅游者到大本钟的访问次数更多。）描述了游客与大本钟的关系。故选A。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的“The hour bell has been silenced before, though. Big Ben cracked after its first few weeks. The striking hammer was too heavy. ”可知，不过大本钟以前曾经有不出声的情况。因为敲击锤太重了，大本钟在建造完毕的几个星期后就断裂了。根据倒数第二段的“ The bell was also silent during the funerals of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.”可知，在温斯顿·丘吉尔和玛格丽特·撒切尔的葬礼上，钟声也未响起，即它两次未响起。由此可知，大本钟在历史上已经沉默了三次。故选C。
C
What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump, loop and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?
This ability would allow us to witness historic wonders, change decisions and see people from the past. We could right wrongs and stop wars from starting.
The mysterious puzzle of time has kept people debating its nature for hundreds of years. Science fiction writers have turned it into imaginative stories. Some scientists have even attempted to explain it using math. This math tries to make the dream of time travel come true.
The scientist Albert Einstein said that time and space are one thing. He called it “spacetime.” Einstein said that there are three dimensions in space: height, width and depth. A scientist named Hermann Minkowski added time as a fourth dimension.
Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel. The first is relativity. The idea of relativity is that the force of gravity causes space to bend, which causes time to twist. The second idea focuses on special relativity. The idea is that a traveler moving super-fast through flat spacetime will enter the future. Einstein considered time “relative” because it is measured based on where we are on Earth or in space.
Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist. He believes that a time machine will never be built. If it were possible, he thinks we would already know. If a time machine could be built, how come no one from the future has invaded us?
The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and television shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.
Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep your eyes open and have a sense of wonder.
8 What is the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A. To show time and space are connected.
B. To show people’s interest in time travel.
C. To draw readers’ attention to time travel.
D. To make people believe time travel is possible.
9. Which of the following statement could Einstein agree with?
A. Time travel is possible in the future.
B. People can’t move faster than light.
C. Time travel is against scientific rules.
D. Spacetime is not a real thing in theory.
10. What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?
A. The first science fiction story.
B. Some tools used in time travel.
C. Edward P. Mitchell the pioneer.
D. Different works about time travel.
11. What is the writer’s attitude toward time travel?
A. cautious. B. pessimistic
C. sceptical D. optimistic.
【答案】8. C 9. A 10. D 11. D
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。文章主要围绕时光旅行是否会成为可能这一主题展开，并列举了一些著名科学家对待这一问题的看法。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump, loop and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?”（如果我们有能力控制时间，而不是从过去到现在再到未来呢？如果我们能在一台机器里跳跃、循环和穿越时间呢？如果我们可以随时随地去呢）可推知，文章首段以各种与时光旅行相关的提问开头，意在引起读者对时光旅行的关注和兴趣。故选C项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据第五段“Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel.”（爱因斯坦提出了两种观点，这两种观点引起了关于时间旅行可能性的理论）可知，爱因斯坦认为时光旅行在未来是有可能的。故选A项。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段的“The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and television shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.”（第一部这种主题的科幻小说是1881年出版的Edward P. Mitchell的《倒转的钟》。从那时起，成千上万的书籍、电影和电视节目都在探索时间旅行的概念，其中的一些工具，如电话、手表、照片和旧书，带着旅行者们来回穿梭）可知，本段主要讲述了关于时光旅行不同作品。故选D项。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep your eyes open and have a sense of wonder.”（时间旅行会发生吗？谁知道呢？最重要的是睁大眼睛并有一种奇迹感）可推知，作者对时光旅行持乐观的态度。故选D项。
D
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well-prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, hurt many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people hurt many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. They should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
12. What does the underlined phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most probably mean?
A. Making others unhappy.
B. Enjoying the pleasure of life.
C. Tending to please others openly.
D. Having a good taste with social life.
13. What can we conclude from the text?
A. We should pity all such unhappy people.
B. People can get rid of the habit of unhappiness.
C. Such unhappy people are dangerous to social life.
D. Unhappy people cannot understand hap