江苏省扬州中学2020-2021学年高二上学期12月月考试题 英语

江苏省扬州中学2020—2021学年度第一学期
高二年级阶段检测英语试卷
2020.12
(本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟)
第Ⅰ卷（选择题；共95分）
第一部分听力（共20小题；每小题1.5分，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 does the woman want to do?
A.Take the ordered cake.
B.Buy a birthday cake.
C.Change the cake.
2.What could the man's job be?
A.A landlord.
B.A hotel manager.
C.A security guard.
3.How much will the woman pay?
A.10dollars.
B.15dollars.
C.30dollars.
4.How does the woman feel if she is called on in class?
A.Nervous.
B.Relaxed.
C.Excited.
5.What are the speakers talking about?
A.Where to hold the party.
B.Whether to go to the party.
C.How to finish the homework.
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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Which class is the boy in?
A.Class Two.
B.Class Three.
C.Class Four.
7.What will the girl do next Saturday afternoon?
A.Watch a game.
B.Play basketball.
C.Study in the classroom.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.What's the matter with the woman?
A.Her car doesn't work.
B.There is no taxi there.
C.She waits for the bus for a long time.
9.Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A.In the station
B.At a park.
C.In a restaurant.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How many coats are mentioned by the man?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
11.What is the woman's attitude to the man at last?
A.Appreciative.
B.Patient.
C.Annoyed.
12.What's the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Policewoman and citizen.
B.Conductor and passenger.
C.Shop assistant and customer.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What did Carl do when he was in the eighth grade?
A.He moved to a new school.
B.He left school and started to work.
C.He had a more American-like name.
14.Which place did Carl first travel to?
A.Iowa.
B.Wisconsin.
C.Chicago.
15.What are Carl's stories mainly about?
A.Kings and queens.
B.Talking animals.
C.Modern buildings or vehicles.
16.How many Pulitzer Prizes did Carl win for his poetry?
A.Three.
B.Two.
C.One.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What is the probable purpose of the passage?
A.To deal with concerns.
B.To report a piece of news.
C.To introduce Bentley College.
18.What will the students be educated well in at Bentley College?
A.Art.
B.Business.
puter.
19.Where is the college located in?
A.New Jersey.
B.New Zealand.
C.New England.
20.What will the speaker do next immediately?
A.Deal with concerns.
B.Discuss the price.
C.Make some deals.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节单项选择（共15题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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
Dear Yang,
In the face of Covid-19,we had to make the challenging decision of whether to go ahead with Open House2020.How could we effectively reconnect with a locked-down city at a time when discussions around openness are more important than ever?
Against these difficulties,we chose not to postpone Open House2020.Instead,we invested in completely reinventing how we approach our programme.Through a mix of original films,new books,activity packs,walking and cycling tours,podcasts,talks,and a host of online and outdoor events,the year that threatened the existence of Open House became one of our most varied and accessible ever.
None of this would have been possible without our Open House Friends,who have reached out to give a monthly donation to support the charity after Covid-19stopped almost all of our income.
But we still need your support.
If you value our work and want to see Open House continue beyond the pandemic, please consider becoming an Open House Friend from just£l.25per week.We've made some fantastic gifts to say thank you to everyone who signs up.
£1.25a week
－Open House Silver Key badge
－Limited edition print by David Knight
－A discount on all our ticketed events
－Free Friends events throughout the year
Click here to donate£1.25a week
£2.50a week
－Open House Silver Key badge
－Limited edition print by David Knight
－A discount on all our ticketed events
－Free Friends events throughout the year
－A copy of this year's Open House Book,The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs,edited by Owen Hatherley
Click here to donate£2.50a week
£6.25a week
－Open House Silver Key badge
－Limited edition print by David Knight
－A discount on all our ticketed events
－Free Friends events throughout the year
－A copy of this year's Open House Book,The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs,
edited by Owen Hatherley
－Special Open House events on Open House weekends including Friends-only visiting hours
Click here to donate£6.25a week
Thank you-together we can ensure that London is truly an Open City.
The Open House Team
21.What do we know about Open House2020?
A.Open House2020had to be canceled because of the lock-down of the city.
B.Due to the outbreak of Covid-19,all the activities were held online this year.
C.Open House2020turned out a great success thanks to people’s donations.
D.Despite the financial difficulties,this year's events were held as usual.
22.Which of the following is NOT a reward for one who donates£1.25a week?
A.Open House Silver Key badge.
B.Limited edition print by David Knight.
C.Free Friends events throughout the year.
D.Special Open House events on Open House weekends.
23.What is the purpose of this email?
A.To appeal to readers to make donations to Open House.
B.To explain the procedure of donation to Open House.
C.To encourage readers to sign up for Open House2020.
D.To provide readers with various gifts for Open House2020.
B
(Oct.13th,2020,Reuters)The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry2020to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna“for the development of a method for gene editing”.
Charpentier and Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9genetic ing these,researchers can easily change the DNA of animals and plants.This technology has had a great impact on the life sciences.It is contributing to new cancer treatment and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.
Researchers need to modify genes in cells if they want to find out about life’s inner workings.This used to be difficult and sometimes ing the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors,it is now possible to change the code of life in a few weeks.
The discovery of these genetic scissors was unexpected.During Charpentier's studies of Streptococcus pyogenes(酿脓链球菌),which cause the most harm to humans,she discovered a previously unknown molecule,tracrRNA.It kills viruses by breaking their DNA.
She started working with Doudna,an experienced biochemist,in2011.They then reprogrammed the genetic scissors.In their natural form,the scissors recognize DNA from viruses,but Charpentier and Doudna prove that they could be controlled so that they can cut any DNA molecule at a given site.Then it is easy to rewrite the code of life.
Since Charpentier and Doudna discovered the CRISPR/Cas9genetic scissors in2012, their use has exploded.This tool has contributed to many important discoveries in basic research,and plant researchers have been able to develop crops that can fight pests and drought.Clinical trials of new cancer treatments are under way,and the dream of being able to cure inherited diseases is about to come true.These genetic scissors have taken the life sciences into a new page and,in many ways,are bringing the greatest benefit to humans.
24.In which field is CRISPR/Cas9mostly used?
A.Life science.
B.Tool design.
C.Disaster prevention.
D.Chemistry industry.
25.What does the underlined word"This”in Paragraph3refer to?
A.Dealing with cancer.
B.Modifying genes in cells.
C.Curing inherited diseases.
D.Discovering life's inner workings.
26.How does CRISPR/Cas9work?
A.It kills harmful viruses.
B.It damages human organs.
C.It makes DNA copying easier.
D.It cuts DNA molecule at a chosen spot.
27.The passage is a_____________.
A.science fiction
B.personal story
C.news report
D.book review
C
While the human world is suffering from the novel coronavirus outbreak,our planet is actually showing certain signs of“recovery”from the damage caused by human activity. According to the BBC,new satellite images released by the European Space Agency showed that levels of air pollutants and greenhouse gases have“fallen sharply”in major cities in Europe and the United States ever since the lockdown started.
This is what happened after recent discoveries in Antarctica.An international team of 89scientists found that the ice in Greenland and Antarctica is melting six times faster in the2010s than it was in the1990s.And in February,Argentina’s Marambio research station in Antarctica recorded a record high temperature of20.75℃on the continent.
So what exactly will happen if the temperature keeps rising and the ice keeps melting?
A third study might give you an idea.A team of scientists drilled a hole into the seafloor
in west Antarctica and extracted material from underground,in which they found traces of roots,spores and pollen—typical products of a rainforest—that dated back90million years ago.In other words,Antarctica was very likely a rainforest back when the dinosaurs walked on Earth.But given the fact that the South Pole has four months of darkness during winter—even millions of years ago—scientists believe that the rainforest could only exist if the greenhouse gas concentrations were extremely high back then to keep the continent warm when there was little or no sunlight.
“We didn’t know that this Cretaceous(白垩纪的)greenhouse climate was that extreme,”Johann Klages of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and a co-author of the research told the Guardian.“It shows us what carbon dioxide is able to do.”
Ice or no ice,Antarctica will be—and has always been—fine with extreme changes. The human world,however,may not be.
Now,during the coronavirus lockdown,we’ve seen the changes resulting from less human activity.Hopefully,we’ll hold on to those changes—not for Antarctica or the planet,but for ourselves.
28.What does Paragraph1mainly tell us?
A.The novel coronavirus outbreak in fact resulted from human activity.
B.The novel coronavirus proves to have a positive effect on the human beings.
C.The lockdown of major cities contributed to the decrease of greenhouse gases.
D.Our planet is returning to its original state due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
29.What do we learn from the third study?
A.Typical products of a rainforest were dug out in Antarctica.
B.Traces of dinosaurs living in rainforests were spotted in Antarctica.
C.There used to be enough sunlight for the rainforest in the Cretaceous Antarctica.
D.There was a good possibility of high greenhouse gas concentrations in Antarctica.
30.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To explain the effects of greenhouse gases.
B.To draw our attention to the ecosystem in Antarctica.
C.To call on us to reduce human impact on the environment.
D.To encourage all of us to defeat the novel coronavirus bravely.
31.What can be the suitable title for the passage?
A.The ice is melting faster in Antarctica
B.Slowing down global warming by lockdown
C.The extreme greenhouse climate in the period of Cretaceous
D.Reducing human activity contributes to our planet’s recovery
D
For some in China,the aim of travel is to create15-second videos.It’s not about where you’ve been.It’s about where you’re seen to have been.
Perched on cliffs above a river,Hongyadong is a stilt-house complex in mock-traditional(仿古的）style in the city of Chongqing.Its bars,restaurants and golden neon lights have been a popular draw since it was built st year the number of visitors surged,with the waiting time to get in being three hours.For a while Hongyadong became the biggest attraction in China after the Forbidden City.The main reason,it seemed,was Hongyadong’s sudden popularity on a social-media app.Douyin,which is used for sharing photographs and15-second videos.
Instead of having fun,some people now go in great numbers to remote strawberry farms or Icelandic fjords（峡湾）to take photos to impress their friends on social media.In China,Douyin,launched in2016,has230m monthly active users.Unlike users of Instagram,who mainly browse feeds of pictures posted by people they follow,Douyin’s fans commonly use the app to watch hot-trending videos posted by users they do not know under categories such as“food”and“scenic spots”.
Uploading a picture or video from a photogenic spot to sites such as Douyin and Kuaishou is known in China as daka,meaning“punching the card”.The word is also used to refer to the practice of registering your presence at a location that has already become hot.The aim is not to produce a well-crafted video or beautiful photograph,but simply to show that you have also been to the places that are popular.
A subculture has developed of young people who choose daka as a lifestyle. So-called daka zu-“daka tribes”-can be found roaming Chongqing and other cities, checking in at as many hot locations as possible within a single day.Guides can be found online,to show the most efficient ways to achieve panies offer“daka tours”. Shops and restaurants in China try to make themselves as daka-friendly as possible:a coffee shop in Beijing built inside a shipping container,for example.Douyin users can use the app to create“daka videos”:super-speed slide shows of themselves at daka sites.
The daka craze may have practical origins.China’s young urban professionals have little vacation time.In their first year at a company,employees can expect at most five-day paid-vacation.So workers need to make the most of their limited leisure time. Douyin captures the mood with its slogan:“Make every second count.”
32.What made Hongyadong the second biggest tourist attraction in China?
A.Its location and mock-traditional style.
B.The three-hour waiting time to access it.
C.Its bars,restaurants and golden neon lights.
D.Quite a few users sharing photos and videos of it on Douyin.
33.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3?
A.Icelandic fjords are the most famous travel destination on social media.
B.Strawberry farms are highly recommended on social media.
C.The purpose of travelling has been changed by social media.
D.Social media make it possible for users to have fun in remote areas.
34.What most probably causes the increasing popularity of daka?
A.The desire for travel.
B.Limited leisure time.
C.Daka-friendly working places.
D.Free daka tours.
35.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Are social media popular in China?
B.Is daka the aim of travel?
C.Hongyadong,a must-see spot
D.A slow-paced life,a better choice
第二节七选五阅读（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Your brain lies to you a lot.We’re sorry to have to tell you this but it’s true.Even when your brain is doing important and difficult stuff,you’re not aware of most of what’s going on.
36For the most part,it’s doing a great job,working hard to help you survive and achieve your goals in a complicated world.Because you often have to react quickly to emergencies and opportunities,your brain usually tries to get a simple answer in a hurry rather than a prefect answer that takes time to work out.But as the world is not simple,this means that your brain has to take shortcuts and make a lot of assumptions. 37
The problem starts when the brain takes in information from the world through the senses.Even if you are sitting quietly in a room,your brain receives far more information than it can hold on to or than you need to decide how to act.You may be aware of the detailed pattern of colors in the rug,the photographs on the wall and the sounds of birds outside.38Usually these things aren’t important so we don’t often notice how much information we lose.
When people look at complicated pictures,they can identify differences if the images remain still.But if the image moves quickly,then they have a lot more trouble.39 To test this,psychologists have tried more interesting ways of getting people to fail to notice things.In one of our favorites,a researcher approaches someone on the street and asks for directions.While the person is replying,workmen carry a large door between the two people,blocking their view of each other.Behind the cover of the door,the person who asked for directions is replaced by another researcher who carries on the conversation
as if nothing had happened.Even when the second person looks very different from the first,the person giving the directions has only about a fifty percent chance of noticing the change.40
A.Your brain’s lies are in your best interest—most of the time—but they also lead to predictable mistakes.
B.This is because we imagine that we remember more details than we really can.
C.The experiments illustrate that you perceive only a little bit of what’s going on in the world.
D.Your brain selectively processes details that are important for you to notice.
E.Your brain perceives many other aspects of the scene initially but quickly forgets them.
F.This happens because our visual memory isn’t very good.
G.Your brain doesn’t intend to lie to you,of course.
第三部分完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The universal use of technology has resulted in a constant current of information interrupting the“flow”of our life.This41pattern was initially marketed as “call-waiting”for our phones.But now our eyes,ears,and fingers are glued to our technology24/7.We are42by emails,texts,or the news feeds on our Facebook pages.My friend Ron refers to this technology as“weapons of mass distraction.”
But how is this mass distraction43our degree of presence and ability to attend to the everyday demands of life?According to a2010Kaiser Family Foundation report, children from eight to eighteen spend an average of seven hours and thirty-eight minutes a day using entertainment media.In addition,a study published in the August2010issue of Pediatrics found that exposure to44media was associated with attention problems in a sample of210college students.
The45is just part of the larger picture.Dealing with a crowd of daily text messages and emails makes it difficult for us to be by ourselves when all that activity stops.Although a sense of46is natural at times,our addiction to the nonstop interaction afforded by technology deepens that feeling when access to the technology is unexpectedly47.Just think how you feel when you lack cell phone or web access.Is it possible that our obsession with continually checking our emails and text messages has contributed to our48to genuinely relate with others and find enjoyment without constant stimulation?
Aside from the impact of technology on our49and our ability to be at ease in the absence of our technology,let’s examine how interacting with our devices50
the development of our fundamental communication and social skills.Many researchers observe that everyday conversation between human beings is becoming increasingly 51.
Many of today’s children are growing up with a built-in dependence on devices, making it difficult for them to feel52in everyday social situations.Often they find it53to make eye contact or deal with even the simplest face-to-face interactions without the aid of technology as an intermediary.
Over time these children forget how to relate with each other because they have become habituated to using technology to54direct contact with others and life itself.55,some neuroscientists believe that use of the internet actually rewires our brains.
41.A.innovative B.pleasant C.typical D.disturbing
42.A.isolated B.flooded rmed D.promoted
43.A.affecting B.enhancing C.highlighting D.establishing
44.A.print B.screen C.news D.online
45.A.attention B.association C.demand D.distraction
46.A.belonging B.independence C.loneliness D.simplicity
47.A.unavailable B.approachable C.visible D.prospective
48.A.inability B.potential C.anxiety D.ambition
munication B.attention C.health D.intelligence
50.A.agree with B.adapt to C.contributes to D.interferes with
51.A.rare mon C.weird D.popular
52.A.fascinated fortable C.restless D.annoyed
53.A.convenient B.feasible C.challenging D.inspiring
54.A.maintain B.endure C.avoid D.pursue
55.A.On the contrary B.In fact C.In addition D.On the other hand
第II卷（主观题；共55分）
第四部分短文语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容或括号内所给单词的正确形式。

In the past few years,quite a number of men and women56(choose)to do something less competitive.They are afraid that the stress of work robs them57joy and happiness and bring them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact,however,stress isn’t such a bad thing58it is often supposed to be. Above all,59it gets out of control,a certain amount of stress is important as it provides motivation and challenge,and purpose to60otherwise meaningless,idle life.In addition,people under stress tend to express their full range of potential61 realize their own personal worth—the very aim of a human st but not least,
research has shown that,62(actual),modest amounts of stress can63(strong) the immune system and be good for health.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way64(escape). Developing our adaptive ability to deal with stress can prevent us from65(defeat) by the competitive society.
第五部分单句填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
根据汉语提示或括号内所给单词，结合所学语法知识，在横线上填入合适的内容（不限一空一词）。

66.The English made a major a______________to opera and exported what they had done to opera back to Italy.
67.One’s a________________of literature depends on one’s level of aesthetic knowledge.
68.We had a long wait,but it was w__________because we got the tickets.
69.Under such c_______________,smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.
70.If it___________(rain)another ten minutes,the game would have been called off.
71.If only we_______(have)a phone;I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
72.Though_______(lack)courage,he managed to make the speech in front of the crowd.
73.I would have told him the answer had it been possible,but I_____(be)too busy then.
74.He had seen the movie before.That’s______he didn’t see it last night.
75.The headmaster strongly opposed________(refer)to as Mr.Scrooge.
第六部分书面表达（满分25分）
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Two men,both seriously ill,occupied the same hospital room.One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon.His bed was next to the room’s only window.The other man had to spend all his time lying on his back.The men talked for hours continuously.They spoke of their wives and families,their homes,their jobs,their experience in the army,where they had been on vacation.Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up,he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods when his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activities and colors of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats.Young lovers walked arm in arm among flowers of every color.Grand old trees made everything around more attractive,and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As the man by the window described all this in detail,the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.Although the other man couldn’t hear the band,he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with descriptive words.
Days and weeks passed.One morning,the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window,who had died peacefully in his sleep.She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body ter,
the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window.The nurse was happy to make the switch,and after making sure he was comfortable,she left him alone.Finally,he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph1:
Slowly and painfully,he made his greatest possible efforts to look out of the window beside the bed.
Paragraph2:
“The man was blind and could not even see the wall.Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”,the nurse answered.。