江西省宜春市第九中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题.doc

江西省宜春市第九中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题

江西省宜春市第九中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题

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江西省宜春市第九中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第一次联考试题
考试范围：book1-book7 unit2 考试时间：3 月 31 日
第 I 卷（选择题）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节(共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分)
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's John doing now?
A. Playing football. B. Watching TV. C. Studying.
2. What can the man do?
A. Swim. B. Play soccer. C. Play basketball.
3. When will the meeting be over?
A. At 11:00. B. At 10:00. C. At 9:30.
4. What does the woman think of the play?
A. Terrible. B. Just so-so. C. Great.
5. What's the weather like now?
A. Snowy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分)
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。听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
6. Where does the man want to go?
A. The library. B. The lab. C. The cafe.
7. What's the man's major?
A. Psychology. B. Physics. C. Chemistry.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
8. Where is the woman going first?
A. The classroom. B. The library. C. The gym.
9. What will the woman do in the library?
A. Borrow some books. B. Return some books. C. Study for the exam.
10. Why do the speakers go to the gym?
A. To watch a game. B. To take a PE class. C. To go swimming.

听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
11. What do we know about the man?
A. He is in poor health.
B. He wants to stay at home today.
C. He hasn't finished his homework yet.
12. What relation is Mr. Bell to the man?
A. His neighbor. B. His teacher. C. His father.
13. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Help him hand in his project.
B. Call to ask for leave.
C. Drive him to school right now.
听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
14. What will the man do in the late afternoon?
A. Give a speech. B. Write a magazine article. C. Prepare some materials.
15. Where will the man have dinner tonight?
A. At home. B. In the office. C. In a meeting room.
16. How will the man go back home?
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By taxi.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
17. What can we learn about Pedal Power?
A. It was started in 1996.
B. It gives bicycles to people for free.
C. It sends bicycles to poor areas regularly.
18. What happened to Pedal Power in August 2000?
A. It couldn't meet its costs.
B. It won an Enterprise Award.
C. It was criticized by the British media.
19. When did Dan Pearman go to Ecuador?
A. In 1993. B. In 1998. C. In 2001.
20. Why was Dan Pearman's neighbor successful in business?
A. He offered many jobs to craftsmen in the town.
B. He was the most skilled craftsman in the village.
C. He could reach customers easily by riding his bike.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分)
第一节（共 15 个小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Stargazers can visit famous dark-sky parks in the world and enjoy unpolluted views of night skies. Let's take a deeper dive into what you'll see at the dark-sky parks.

Joshua Tree National Park, California
Joshua Tree National Park is a popular attraction for stargazers living on the west coast. Despite being influenced by light pollution on its western borders from Coachella Valley cities, its relative isolation from major cities in the east (with Phoenix being the closest city area some 300 miles away), provides it with some of the darkest skies in California.
Elqui Valley, Chile
A popular wine region centered on the Elqui River in northern Chile, the Elqui Valley also offers ideal conditions (high-altitude, low-population, limited cloud cover) for uncorking a bottle and toasting the heavens above. Spanning some 90,000 acres, the region has the distinction of being named the first-ever Dark Sky Sanctuary by the International Astronomical Union in 2015.
It's also home to nearly a dozen observatories, boutique stargazing hotels and a large variety of tours that cover both cosmic and daytime spectacles.
Wadi Rum, Jordan
One of Jordan's most valuable tourist destinations, Wadi Rum is an otherworldly mountain desert featuring dramatic rock formations and wind-swept rust-colored dunes. Wadi Rum is an incredible landscape too (used for a lot of sci-fi movies like Rogue One, Prometheus and The Martian) and it's one of the dark places where you can just sit and look up at the wonder of the night sky with very little interruption.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, America
It's no surprise that Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve has been building a reputation for good night sky viewing. The dry air, high elevation, and lack of light pollution all make the park an ideal dark-sky destination.
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains block much of the sky glow coming from nearby cities, shrouding( 遮蔽， 笼罩)the park—with its 149,164 acres of dunes, wetlands, grasslands, forests and alpine tundra—in darkness.
21. What do we know about Joshua Tree National Park?
A. It is relatively separated from major cities.
B. It is the first dark sky park in the world.
C. It is affected by no light pollution.
D. It is named as the darkest sky in the world.
22. What helps prevent Great Sand Dunes from light?
A. The wetlands. B. The sand dune. C. The forests. D. The mountains.
23. Who are the intended readers of the text?
A. Park goers. B. Space explorers. C. Star observers. D. Adventurous campers.
B
For or Against?- That Is the Question
Andy is the most unreasonable and he makes me so angry that I could even scream sometimes! Of course, I sort of have to love him because he is my twin brother. Andy and Amy (that is me) have the same curly hair and dark eyes and are equally stubborn. Yet, on most issues

we usually take opposite positions.
Just this week in our school, there was a heated discussion on whether to adopt a school dress code. Every student would be required to wear a uniform. The teachers are divided: some are in favor of the uniforms while others are opposed. The principal has asked the students to express their opinions by voting on the issue before decisions are made. But she will have the final word on the dress code.
I think a dress code is a good idea. The reason is simple. The less I have to decide first thing in the morning, the better. I can't tell you how many mornings I look into my closet and just stare, unable to decide what to wear.
Andy is shocked at my opinion. Last night, he even dragged out my parents' high school photo albums to show me how brilliant they looked without uniforms! He also declared, “Bruce Springsteen never wore a school uniform. Bob Dylan wouldn't have been caught dead in a school uniform! Besides, when I am feeling political, I want to be able to wear clothes made of natural, undyed fibers, sewn or assembled in countries that do not pollute the environment. If I have to wear a uniform, I won't feel like me!"
To that I replied, “So your personal heroes didn't wear school uniforms. But they went to high school about a million years ago! I feel sorry for you since I had no idea that your ego(自我) is so fragile . that it would be completely destroyed by a uniform." That really made him angry and he shouted, “You’re just copying what you hear that new music teacher saying because you are crazy about him!'
Fortunately, the bell rang before we could do each other physical harm, and we went to our separate classes. The vote for or against uniforms took place later that day. The results of the vote and the principal's decision will be announced next week. I wonder what it will be. I know how I voted, and I'm pretty sure I know how Andy voted. How would you vote- for or against?
24. Amy and Andy often get angry with each other because
A. They’ re both stubborn B. they like different teachers
C. they always hold different views D. they don't like each other very much
25. Amy holds the idea that
A. school clothing should reflect parents' values
B. teenagers should never follow the latest clothing fashion
C. the way one dresses should be an expression of one 's personality
D. wearing school uniforms means one makes less decision every morning
26. Who will decide whether the students should wear uniforms?
A. The principal. B. Their parents. C. Their teachers. D. Students themselves.
27. In Paragraph 5, Amy aims to say that
A. Andy shouldn't look up to his heroes so much
B. our clothes should decide people' s attitudes towards us
C. Andy's lack of self-confidence is reflected in his clothing
D. our clothes shouldn't determine how we feel about ourselves

C
Once it was aired on the Chinese online video platform, the Longest Day in Chang’an, a high-quality detective thriller web series, became an audience favourite. Set in Chang’an, China’s ancient imperial capital and the world’s most magnificent metropolis (大都市) during the Tang Dynasty, the 48-episode series revolves around how detective-turned-prisoner Zhang Xiaojing and Li Bi, head of Chang’an’s anti-terror department, teamed up to stop a terrorist attack on the eve of the Lantern Festival. The events in the drama series take place within a span of 24 hours.
Shot in the ancient Chinese city of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, this popular TV drama has made the city a tourist hot spot. Thousands of tourists have been flooding into this city to experience the magnificence and glory of its scenic spots that have been portrayed in a fascinating manner in the TV serial. “In the first week of this month, online enquiries about flight ticket bookings to Xi’an recorded a 130-percent year-on-year peak,” said Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency.
“Xi’an had been a hot tourist destination long before the TV drama became popular. The serial portrays（描绘）the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty of Xi’an. This has made the city even more popular. The media exposure makes those sites attractive choices for vacations,” said a senior director at Ctrip.
It’s not just Xi’an that is reaping the benefits of exposure via mass media contents. Suzhou, Chongqing and Bayanbulak Grassland have also become go-to destinations for domestic tourists as films such as Pegasus and TV dramas such as All Is Well were set or shot there. This trend of Chinese tourists flooding in places featuring in entertainment is extending to even destinations abroad. Thailand, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Iceland have shone as tourist destinations among Chinese travelers, especially the younger lot, thanks to films and TV dramas that were shot there, Ctrip found.
Those born in the 1980s account for 32 percent of Chinese travelers. Those born in the 1990s and 2000s make up for 27 percent and 13 percent, respectively, according to Ctrip.
“They are the main viewers of some popular shows. They pay attention to the beautiful scenery as highlighted in entertainment shows. Combined with the impact of top stars in such shows, their fans would like to go on trips to those places. Some even travel while shoots at such places are on,” Ctrip introduced.
28. What can we know from the passage?
A. People like to travel to famous cities for sightseeing.
B. Large cities tend to be the shooting places of films.
C. Xi’an is the hottest tourist spot since the shooting.
D. Tourism in Xi’an developed faster for media exposure.
29. Which of the following destinations is NOT popular for mass media exposure?
A. Suzhou. B. Chongqing. C. Bayanbulak Grassland. D. Zhangjiajie.

30. Who make up the majority of the travelers?
A. Young people. B. Old folks. C. Film shooters. D. Top stars. 31.Which of the following sentences can best summarize the whole article?
A. China is heavily dependent on tourism promoted by films and TV dramas.
B. Tourist industry needs films and TVs to publicize it.
C. Shooting places of some popular dramas boost tourism.
D. Popular TV dramas lead to Xi’an’s tourism development.
D
What happens when you cross stem cells from a frog heart and frog skin? Not much-that is, until you program those cells to move. In that case, you've created a xenobot, a new type of organism that's part robot, part living thing.
Now a team of scientists has used living cells from frog embryos (胚胎) and assembled (组装）them into entirely new life-forms. These millimeter-wide xenobots can move toward a specific target and pull themselves through after being cut.
These are novel living machines," says Joshua Bongarch a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research. "They're neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It's a new living, programmable organism.
Xenobots borrow their name from Xenopus laevis, the name for the African clawed frog from which the researchers harvested the stem cells. They combined together well two different kinds of cells—heart and skin cells. The heart cells are competent （ 有能力的) in expanding and contracting, which aids the xenobot in locomotion, and the skin cells administer structure. Besides, they can't accomplish tasks without the help of computers.
By studying these curious organisms, researchers hope to learn more about the mysterious world of cellular (细胞的）communication. Plus, these kinds of robo-organisms could possibly be the key to drug transmission in the body or greener environmental clean-up techniques.
“Most technologies are made from steel, concrete, chemicals, and plastics, which degrade（降解 ） over time and can generate harmful ecological and health side effects the authors note in a research paper. "When these xenobots finally do stop working, they fall apart harmlessly.
“Promising as these organisms are, when we start to mess around with complex systems that we don't understand, we're going to get unintended consequences Michael Levin, a biophysicist and co-author of the study, says in a press statement.
32. What do we know about the xenobot?
A. It is not easy to degrade over time.
B. It can recover itself after being cut.
C. It will never die with a computer inside.
D. It is named after a kind of American frog.
33. What does the underlined word “locomotion" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Appearance. B. Position. C. Application. D. Movement.

34. According to the text xenobots can be employed to .
A. recycle waste in nature
B. replace certain damaged organs
C. deliver medicine inside patients
D. improve communication technology
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Xenobots can be put into the market soon.
B. Xenobots are created totally by accident.
C. More research should be done on xenobots.
D. It is hard for people to understand xenobots.
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。
How to Choose Your Purpose-Filled Career
When you think about choosing a career, you often do it in the following two ways.
36 . If you like writing or doing crafts, you might consider these things. This is not a bad way to go, of course, but you can’t always make money doing things you like (like video games or drinking beer). And sometimes things you