四川省阆中中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

四川省阆中中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题

四川省阆中中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题

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四川省阆中中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题
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本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分,共12页,满分150分,考试时间120分钟。考生作答时,将答案答在答题卡上(答题注意事项见答题卡),在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷(选择题共100分)
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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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. Where does this conversation take place?
A. In a classroom. B. In a hospital. C. In a museum.
2. What does Jack want to do?
A. Take fitness classes. B. Buy a pair of gym shoes. C. Change his work schedule.
3. What are the speakers talking about?
A. What to drink. B. Where to meet. C. When to leave.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Strangers.
5. Why is Emily mentioned in the conversation?
A. She might want a ticket.
B. She is looking for the man.
C. She has an extra ticket.
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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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. How long did James run his business？
A.10 years. B.13 years. C.15 years.
7. How does the woman feel about James' situation？
A. Embarrassed. B. Concerned. C. Disappointed.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What has Kate's mother decided to do？
A. Return to school. B. Change her job. C. Retire from work.
9. What did Kate's mother study at college？
A. Oil painting. B. Art history. C. Business administration.
10. What is Kate's attitude toward her mother's decision?
A. Disapproving. B. Ambiguous. C. Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the man doing？
A. Chairing a meeting.
B. Hosting a radio program.
C. Conducting a job interview.
12. What benefits Mary most in her job？
A. Her wide reading. B. Her leaders' guidance. C. Her friends' help
13.Who will Mary talk about next？
A. Her teacher. B. Her father C. Her mother
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Why does the man seldom do exercise？
A. He lacks motivation. B. He has a heart problem. C. He works all the time.
15. What does Jacob Sattelmair probably do？
A. He's an athlete. B. He's a researcher. C. He's a journalist.
16. Why does the woman speak of a study？
A. To encourage the man.
B. To recommend an exercise.
C. To support her findings.
17. How much time will the man probably spend exercising weekly？
A.300 minutes. B.150 minutes. C.75 minutes.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.What did the scientists do to the road？
A. They repaired it. B. They painted it. C. They blocked it
19.Why are young birds drawn to the road surface？
A. It's warm. B. It's brown. C. It's smooth.
20.What is the purpose of the scientists' experiment？
A. To keep the birds there for a whole year.
B. To help students study the birds well.
C. To prevent the birds from being killed.
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
Summer is that time of this year 2020 when everyone looks to escape from the boring activities of life. So bring your kids to join us to have fun in the summer camp.
Outdoor Word Game：
All you need to do is setting up many huge letters that can be easily moved. These letters will help kids spell out certain words. Teenagers would also love something like this as it gives them the opportunity to spend their time in learning new words.
Spray Painting：
To bring out the creativity in a person, an activity centered on spray painting is the perfect way to get those creative juices flowing. All you need to do is providing plain white T-shirt and some cans of colored spray paint. It will be quite surprising to see some of the original ideas that will flow from individuals.
Outdoor Twister：
A person will be in charge of monitoring the game and will call out colors which can be placed outdoors. Participants have the task of placing either their hands or legs on the same color. A fun and exciting game focuses on hand - eye coordination (协调).
The Maze （迷宫）：
One of the most fun games is the hallway maze game where a maze is constructed from either toilet paper or strings of paper. The chosen participant is then asked to make his way through the maze within a limited time without touching paper. This is one of the best and entertaining summer camp ideas for kids and adults also.
21. What should you prepare for Spray Painting?
A. Some juice cans. B. Some huge letters.
C. Some white T-shirts and paint. D. Some toilet paper.
22. What is the rule of the maze game?
A. Participants must be teens or kids only.
B. Participants must do the game outdoors.
C. Participants must use either their hands or legs.
D. Participants must avoid touching the construction.
23. Who is the text probably intended for?
A. Kids. B. Parents. C. Teachers. D. Teenagers.
B
We lived in a very quiet neighborhood. One evening I heard a loud crash in the street. Earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. It seemed that this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter Holly practice her driving, so I sent her to the store in my truck. At dinner my son talked about how much he liked my truck. I enjoyed having it, but I said：“Guy, my heart is not set on that truck. I like it but it is just metal and won’t last forever. Never set your heart on anything that won't last.” After hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. My son shouted: “Dad! Dad, Holly crashed your truck.”.
The accident had happened in my own driveway. Holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle. In her inexperience, she had confused the brakes (刹车)and the gas pedal (油门). Holly was unhurt physically but when we reached her, she was crying and saying： "Oh, Dad, I'm sorry. I know how much you love this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.
Later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. I told her the whole story. Her eyes moistened(湿润)and she said: “That happened to me when I was a girl. I borrowed my dad’s car and ran into a tree that had fallen across the road. I ruined the car. When I got home, my Dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” Over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night.
I remember how sad Holly was on the night she crashed our truck, and how I comforted her. One day, when Holly thinks back on her life, I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of property.
24. What do we know about Holly?
A. She crashed her car. B. She mistook the gas pedal for the brakes.
C. She was badly injured. D. She ran into a fallen tree in the truck.

25. What happened to the author's friend after she had the crash?
A. Her father comforted her. B. She lost the courage to drive.
C. Her father was violent toward her. D. She suffered physical pain for a long time.
26. What does the underlined word “property" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Advice. B. Experience.
C. Possession. D. Relationship.
27. Which is the best title of the text?
A. What Really Matters B. How to Educate Children
C. Who Really Cares D. How to Be a Father
C
It's a popular belief that a fish's memory lasts for only seven seconds. It may seem sad to think that they don't remember what they've eaten or where they've been, and they don't identify you or any of their friends - every moment in their life would be like seeing the world for the first time.
But don't be so quick to feel sorry for them. A new study has found that fish have a much better memory than we used to think. In fact, certain kinds of fish can even remember events from as long as 12 days ago. In the study, researchers from Mac Ewan University in Canada trained a kind of fish called African cichlids to go to a certain area of their tank to get food. They then waited for 12 days before putting them back in the tank again. Researchers used computer software to monitor the fish's movements. They found that after such a long break the fish still went to the same place where they first got food. This suggested that they could remember their past experiences.
In fact, scientists had been thinking for a long time that African cichlids might have a good memory. An earlier study showed that they behaved aggressively in front of certain fish, perhaps because they remembered their past “fights”. But until the latest findings, there was no clear evidence.
Just as a good memory can make our lives easier, it also plays an important part when a fish is trying to survive in the wild. “If fish are able to remember that a certain area contains safe food, they will be able to go back to that area without putting their lives at risks”, lead researcher Trevor Hamilton told Live Science.
For a long time, fish were placed far below chimpanzees, dolphins and mice on the list of smart animals. But this study has given scientists a new understanding of their intelligence.
28. According to Paragraph 1, people commonly believe that_______.
A. fish can remember things for only seven seconds
B. fish can well recognize their friends
C. fish can return to the area where they've been before
D. fish can remember things that happened long time ago
29. What do we know about African cichlids according to the new study?
A. They treat other fish gently.
B. They often forget the area for food.
C. They may remember things for 12 days.
D. They are on top of the list of smart animals.
30. What is the text mainly about?
A. Fish having very bad memories. B. Fish being smarter than we thought.
C. How fish improve their memory. D. What we can learn from fish.
31. Where is the text most likely taken from?
A. A geography textbook. B. A science magazine.
C. A travel brochure. D. A medical journal.
D
In October, 2019, Beijing Daily warned the youth that they shouldn't let Internet slang(俚语)deepen the generation gap (代沟)，after People Daily started a discussion on Chinese microblog Weibo on how to “explain” the youth’s Internet slang terms to parents. The post got 40,000 likes. People were commenting that they couldn't keep up with the rapidly developing Internet lingo （术语）in China.
People also fear that Chinese Internet slang will negatively influence broader linguistic (语言的) trends of Mandarin Chinese, in particular, the gradual taking-over of pinyin, the romanization of traditional Chinese characters using the Western alphabet. As pinyin gets widely used when people text or write on mobile phones or computers, while less and less people write characters by hand, people gradually forget how to write them, which is called "character amnesia" in China.
2019’s latest slang terms add a further simplification: the use of pinyin acronyms (缩略词). "Awsl" in pinyin, for instance, means Ah, wo sile (Oh, I'm gonna die), and is used if something is too cute or adorable. "Nsdd" stands for ni shuo de dui (you’re right).
Certainly, as an age-old written language, Chinese has been evolving and developing over the years. But the Chinese Internet lingo is unlikely to replace the existing use of Mandarin Chinese, but will rather be enriching it by adding another layer.
Acronyms aren't new. They have appeared with the limited space available in early-generation cell phone messaging. Some of them have become a part of the English language, such as BTW (by the way) and LOL (laugh out loud), while others had a rather short lifetime. That's likely to be what's going to happen with China's Internet slang terms. Some are going to be old in a few weeks, while others might make it into mainstream use, and as they do, young net users are coming up with new slang words to differentiate themselves.
In China, using Internet slang means belonging to a certain generation that likes to watch the same talk shows, play the same games, etc., and therefore, creates unity. Older generations don't have to feel left out, and certainly don't have to fear a degradation(没落)of the Chinese language. While language development is unavoidable, Internet slang is not going to let 6,000 years of Chinese written language completely change overnight.
32. The public are worried about Chinese Internet slang abuse (滥用) because
A. It will rarely have a positive effect on linguistic trends of Chinese.
B. It's used by children to keep secrets from parents.
C. It can cause confusion even among young people.
D. It was invented in response to the limited messaging space.
33. How do Chinese Internet slang terms affect the Chinese language?
A. They add variety to the language.
B. They are replacing its traditional vocabulary.
C. They make the language more global.
D. They only have temporary effects on Chinese.
34. By using Internet slang in China, people may get.
A. a sense of purpose B. a sense of cultural pride
C. a sense of group identity D. a sense of safety
35. Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. Is Media Helping Older Generation Understand Internet Slang?
B. Is Chinese Language Too Powerful to Be Largely Affected?
C. Is Mandarin Chinese Useful to Bridge the Generation Gap?
D. Is Internet Slang Deepening the Generation Gap, Ruining Chinese?
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。选项中的两项为多余选项。
Food safety is a problem in all places around the world and people in different areas of the world prepare foods in different ways. The WHO released five simple rules for preparing food in a safe way. 36
Key 1: Keep clean
The first key tells about the importance of washing. People should wash their hands often—before touching food, while they are preparing food, and any time after they go to the toilet People should wash all surfaces and equipment used for preparing food. 37
Key 2: Separate raw and cooked
People should separate raw, or uncooked food from foods that are already cooked and foods that will not be cooked. People should store raw meat, chicken, and fish in containers, or in separate areas Raw foods should not touch prepared foods.
Key 3: Cook completely.
People should cook eggs and meat, like birds, seafood, and animals, especially carefully. These foods may carry more micro-organisms than other foods. 38 It is also important that people re-heat cooked food completely.
Key 4: 39
When people are finished with eating, they should keep the leftover(吃剩的食物)in a refrigerator below 5℃ and shouldn't store it for too long. At room temperature, about 20℃, the amount of micro-organisms can increase very quickly. But temperatures above 60℃ or below 5℃ control the growth of micro-organisms. 40
Key 5: Use safe water and raw materials.
People should use safe water and choose fresh foods. Damaged or old food may develop harmful chemicals as it gets older.
A. Keep food at safe temper