四川省绵阳市南山中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题.doc

四川省绵阳市南山中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题

四川省绵阳市南山中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题

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四川省绵阳市南山中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题
考生注意：
1.答题前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、姓名填写在答题卡上。
2.第I卷每小题选出答案后，用2B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。第II卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答，在试题卷上作答，答案无效。

第I卷（共100分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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（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 will the speakers do first?
A. Shut the door. B. Watch a movie. C. Play some music.
2. What is the man’s destination?
A. A beach. B. A park. C. A forest.
3. Who is the medicine for?
A. The man. B. The woman’s mother. C. The woman’s brother.
4. How does the woman feel?
A. Disappointed. B. Proud. C. Worried.
5. What makes the woman feel better according to the man?
A. Eating less food. B. Eating salad. C. Eating no meat.
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 完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. How did the man know about the restaurant?
A. From a newspaper. B. From the woman. C. From his mother.
7. What should be improved about the restaurant according to the woman?
A. The food. B. The service. C. The atmosphere.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What’s the relationship between the speakers?
A. Co-workers.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Shop assistant and customer.
9. How much will the bigger television be this Friday?
A. $256. B. $368. C. $416.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman’s aunt make?
A. Pineapple cake. B. Banana nut bread. C. Banana pudding.
11. Who cooks a turkey for three hours?
A. The man’s father. B. The man’s mother. C. The woman’s mother.
12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Their family. B. Christmas foods. C. Their favorite dishes.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does the man say about the first movie?
A. It only had a little talking.
B. It first appeared in Australia.
C. It was shown in a coffee shop.
14. When were full-length movies released?
A. Around 1895. B. Around 1906. C. Around 1970.
15. What does the man consider as the biggest advancement in cinema?
A. Color pictures.
B. The addition of sound.
C. Digital video cameras.
16. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a museum. B. In a movie theater. C. In the man’s house.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. In which month does the club start?
A. June. B. July. C. August.
18. How will the new runners sign up?
A. By filling in an online form.
B. By telephoning Carol Beaton.
C. By going to the club in person.
19. How much is the cost for all the races through the summer?
A. One dollar. B. Four dollars. C. Five dollars.
20. What color shirts do the fastest runners wear?
A. Red. B. Orange. C. Blue

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)
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Everything to know about Singapore
Here is how to plan the best possible trip to this impressive city-state．
When to go
Positioned just one degree north of the Equator, Singapore is consistently tropical. So it’s more a matter of when not to go. Namely: the monsoon season between November and January when the city is blanketed in regular rainfall.
What to celebrate
Singapore celebrates its independence in an annual celebration known as National Day. Every year on August 9, the holiday is marked with great excitement that extends into the evening, ending in a massive fireworks display over Marina Bay.
What to eat
Hainanese chicken rice is considered the national dish of Singapore, as you can find it just about everywhere. If you are looking for something a bit spicier, try laksa--a coconut curry-based noodle soup.
Souvenir to take home
The Merlion is Singapore’s official mascot(吉祥物), a mythical beast with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Many local salesmen offer hand-carved figurines that fit easily into carry-on luggage and will serve as a lasting symbol of your time here. Anyone who’s ever visited this place directly connects the symbol to the city.
Travel trip
Hawker centers are open-air food markets featuring delightful street food. Eat at these as much as possible to support local business and for a true taste of Singaporean dining customs. While each has its own charm, Maxwell Road Hawker Center in Chinatown is the most famous.
Instagram-worthy view
A photo from the world’s largest rooftop infinity pool-- connecting the three towers of the Marina Bay Sands-- is a must for many tourists here. But back on the ground, Merlion Park affords a more impressive view of the hotel itself.
21. When is a good time to visit Singapore?
A. January B. August C. November D. December
22. What can you take back home as a souvenir according to the text?
A. Coconuts B. Hand-made fish C. Merlion crafts D. Laksa
23. Where can you enjoy the true taste of Singaporean food?
A. On Marina Bay B. In Hawker centers
C. In Merlion Park D. At the top of the Marina Bay Sands
B
My wife and I felt settled in the United Kingdom. However, our lives changed when our daughter was born. We wondered whether we should move back to Brazil. In our native country, we' d be closer to our family and culture. But here, I had the funding and lab resources I needed for my research program. Would such a move sink my career?
Several events over the next few months pushed us further in the same direction. We heard that new professor positions had opened up at a university in our hometown, in departments that matched both of our research programs. Then, a few weeks later, I received a call from my brother, who told me that our father had passed away. The great happiness I had felt about my daughter' s birth suddenly gave way to a deep sadness. I felt that I was losing precious time with my loved ones.
After that, we had no doubt that it was the right time to return to Brazil. We applied for the professorships and both received offers. It felt like our lives were falling into place.
It wasn' t easy getting started with my research in Brazil, however. I didn' t receive any start-up funding for my lab, so I couldn' t recruit graduate students. I was able to perform a few experiments myself thanks to reagents (试剂) I had brought with me from my lab in the United Kingdom, as well as equipment I shared with other professors. Eventually, I secured Brazilian funding, which allowed me to form a team of bright graduate students and buy reagents and lab equipment.
Now, we can have big meals with our extended family on weekends. Our kids are growing up close to their cousins who are around the same age. And I can restart Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ( 柔术) training, which I wasn' t able to do during my years abroad. We are living the lives we wanted to live — working on rewarding research while staying true to what we feel is best for ourselves and our family.
24. What did the author worry about before he moved to Brazil?
A. His career would be influenced.
B.His family wouldn' t support his decision.
C. He couldn' t spend much time with his daughter.
D.He would have some difficulty adapting to the local culture.
25. Why did the author say their lives were falling into place?
A. They received funding.
B. Their applications were accepted.
C. They lost their loved ones forever.
D. Their research failed to attract many students.
26. How did the author manage to do his first experiment in Brazil?
A. By getting local start-up funding.
B. By forming a team of graduate students.
C. By working in partnership with other professors.
D.By using reagents brought from the United Kingdom.
27. What can we learn about the author in the last paragraph?
A. He is satisfied with his decision.
B. He is tired of his Jiu-Jitsu training.
C. He spends little time with his extended family.
D. He prefers working abroad to working at home.

C
The restaurant and wine bar Rhodora, in Brooklyn, does not have a trash can. They don' t need one. Rhodora simply doesn' t generate anything to throw away. They don' t allow any type of single-use plastics. They use a shredder（碎纸机）to turn cardboard wine boxes into compost (堆肥) material. Rhodora is one of a small but growing number of "zero-waste" restaurants around the world. These establishments aim to avoid not only food leftovers, but also any scrap of trash.
"Food waste has been gathering real momentum (势头) as an issue for restaurants over the last ten years or so," says Andrew Stephen, CEO of the Sustainable Restaurant Association. "Food waste globally accounts for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. "
In the United States, food waste and packaging account for nearly half of the material sent to landfills. Though restaurants from McDonald' s to Starbucks are nodding to environmental concerns with "no straw Mondays" and reductions in single-use plastics, it' s only a drop in the bucket. So a handful of restauranteurs are going all in, trying to get rid of trash entirely. There' s an economic case to be made for waste reduction too. One study shows that restaurants save $7 for every $1 invested in anti-waste methods.
"Everybody' s realizing there has to be a change," says David Johannes Suchy, co-owner of Frea, a zero-waste restaurant in Berlin.
Delivery packaging is historically the weak link for establishments attempting zero waste. Since major food suppliers generally ship their goods in disposable materials, zero-waste restaurants work with smaller, more local suppliers, which fit their small footprint ideas. At Rhodora, bread is delivered by bike in a bin from a Brooklyn bakery. Cheese is wrapped in beeswax paper. At Frea, oil is brought in buckets; extra oil is used for making flavored cooking oils to sell.
28. What do we know about Rhodora?
A. It is a compost plant.
B. It suffers huge losses.
C. It is environmentally friendly.
D. It generates a small amount of trash.
29. What does Andrew Stephen say about food waste?
A. It receives little attention.
B. It is unavoidable in restaurants.
C. It may cause global food shortages.
D. It has a great influence on the environment.
30. What can we learn about the efforts of McDonald' s and Starbucks?
A. They will help the restaurants increase the income.
B. They have little effect on waste reduction.
C. They are criticized by other restauranteurs.
D. They raise people' s environmental awareness.
31. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. How major food suppliers ship food.
B. How zero-waste restaurants' food is shipped.
C. What local suppliers should do to reduce food waste.
D. Why delivery packaging is the weak link in the zero-waste action.
D
When it comes to sitting properly, we all know the correct way even if we don' t do it to the letter. No crossed legs, bottoms touching the back of the chair and feet on the ground. But even if you' re doing it right, sitting for long periods is shockingly bad for you. It has been described as the new smoking, linked to heart disease and even cancer. There is no doubt we should all try to do less of it. But perhaps we could also do it better.
A classic survey, published in 1953, described 100 different sitting postures adopted by 480 cultures around the world. Among the most common were sitting cross-legged, kneeling and the deep squat (深蹲), with feet flat on the ground and bottoms resting on or just above it. Even in Western cultures, these are preferred sitting positions among young children. But Westerners tend to prefer chair use from an early age, insisting children sit on seats in school.
One big problem with this desire for chairs is that they make sitting so, well, sedentary (久坐不动的). Consider the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherer people in Tanzania. They spend around 9 hours a day sitting. However, they squat and sit on the ground in various positions, and this involves high levels of muscle activity. The supportive nature of chairs, with their high backs and armrests, removes this effort perhaps the reason that people love them.
So what' s the best way to sit? Josette Bettany-SaItikov at Teesside University, UK has found that kneeling can help keep the spine in a better position as does squatting. We might also take inspiration from traditional cultures like the Hadza. "Use a variety of postures and preferably not just still postures but some which allow movement," says Bettany-Saltikov.
Bettany-Saltikov believes that we should be rethinking what it means to do a
desk job. "We still need to design workplaces that enable people to be productive while being lightly active, like with under-table cycling or walking desks," she says. For now, if your job is sedentary, don' t forget to stand up regularly and move around.
32. What does the author think of sitting properly for long?
A. It still does some harm.
B. It improves body shape.
C. It can prevent heart disease.
D. It may cause smoking-related illnesses.
33. What is the Western sitting culture?
A. Children should sit in their preferred manner.
B. Children should take their seats while sitting.
C. Children should practice sitting cross-legged.
D. Children should learn different sitting postures.
34. How do the Hadza sit?
A. They sit for short periods of time.
B. They sit for the purpose of exercise.
C. They use some muscles while sitting.
D. They remain generally still while sitting.
35. What does Bettany-Saltikov advise employees to do?
A. Combine exercise and their work.
B. Improve their productivity at work.
C. Kneel or go cycling as often as possible.
D. Start exercising as soon as they leave work.

第二节 七选五(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。
From London to Lyon
It isn' t a holiday
You know those Hollywood films where the foreigner is living a nice, easy, comfortable life in another country? Well, forget it — that' s not how it is. You have to do all kinds of things like opening a bank account, finding somewhere to live, paying bills, and so on. 36
Language problems
Before I came to France, I thought my French was pretty good. 37 People talk to me like they talk to each other — fast! There' s a new vocabulary which you have to pick up — the first time I went to a hairdresser, I didn't know what to say!
Homesickness
After a few weeks you'll start to miss all kinds of things and people from back home. That special food, that TV programme, the friends who you used to hang out with. Well, it' s a phase you have to go through. 38 Otherwise, keep going; the homesickness won' t last forever.
Not everyone is happy that you' re there
39 But there are exceptions. Sometimes I go somewhere and someone says something like: "Oh, no, another English person!" It' s not nice to hear, but you have to put up with it. I find it' s best to try