江苏省海安县实验中学2020┄2021学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题

海安县实验中学实验中学2020┄2021学年度第一学期期中考试试题
高二英语
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分。

考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题三部分共85分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

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分，满分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. What caused the man’s headache according to the woman？
A. Too little sleep.
B. A hat.
C. The sun.
2. What is the man’s present job？
A. A driver.
B. A waiter.
C. A businessman.
3. Where does the man plan to travel？
A. West America.
B. Southern America.
C. East America.
4. Which language does the woman want to study？
A. Spanish.
B. German.
C. French.
5. Who might the man be？
A. The owner of the store.
B. A police officer.
C. A witness.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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至8题。

6. When does the conversation take place？
A. Before the main course.
B. During the main course.
C. After the main course.
7. What does the woman want the man to do？
A. Have some dessert.
B. Find room for dessert.
C. Have a rest in the room.
8. What will the man have in the end？
A. The ice-cream with strawberry flavor.
B. The cheesecake with peach topping.
C. The cheesecake with strawberry topping.
听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。

9. Where does the conversation take place？
A. On a train.
B. At a hotel.
C. In the street.
10. What can we infer from the conversation？
A. The man is quite rude.
B. The woman is probably a thief.
C. The man is a police.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why can’t the woman use the classroom？
A. It is closed for repairs.
B. It is not quiet enough there.
C. A club is having a meeting there.
12. What is the weather like right now？
A. Rainy.
B. Cloudy.
C. Snowy.
13. Where does the woman decide to go in the end？
A. The school reading room.
B. The city library.
C. Her dormitory. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What are the speakers doing？
A. Watching their children swim.
B. Swimming in the sea.
C. Lying on the beach.
15. What will the speakers do tonight？
A. Go boating.
B. Go to a club.
C. Stay at the hotel.
16. What is true about the hotel party？
A. It is just for kids.
B. It provides free drinks.
C. It was recommended in the guidebook.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many types of customers are mentioned by the speaker？
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
18. What do the second type of customers expect to get？
A. Quick service.
B. Warm smile.
C. Quiet surrounding.
19. What is the normal percentage for tipping？
A. 5％.
B. 8％.
C. 15％.
20. What does the speaker think of the last type of customers？
A. They are very impatient.
B. They are often quiet and orderly.
C. They are very generous.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. In ________ summary, supporters of the newly-issued traffic rules are in _________ majority.
A. 不填, the
B. a, 不填
C. 不填, 不填
D. a, the
22. Not a single student doesn’t admire our monitor. _________ her prettiness, she is smart and
thoughtful.
A. Except for
B. Apart from
C. Regardless of
D. Thanks to
23. Students living off campus ______ pay a little less for housing than students living in college
dormitories, but their cost of transportation is higher.
A. in general
B. in addition
C. in demand
D. in need
24. It is required that food makers remove trans fats from products, since trans fats are not
widely ______ as safe.
A. adopted
B. harvested
C. recognized
D. operated
25. Desertification, the name for ______ happens when land ______ can be used to grow crops
turns into desert, is a growing world problem.
A. which; that
B. what; how
C. what; that
D. how; which
26. The Three-Body Problem has quickly become the best-selling Asian work of literature on
, ______ that China also has a successful science fiction scene.
A. proving
B. to prove
C. to be proved
D. will prove
27. As Alan Turing believed, a computer would deserve ______ intelligent if it could fool a human
into believing that it was human.
A. called
B. to be called
C. having been called
D. calls
28. During the heated discussion, I ______ that blogs are better than books for their convenience,
lower price, and larger range of writing.
A. picked out
B. worked out
C. ran out
D. pointed out
29. I’ll forgive you this time, but _________ shall you make the mistake again.
A. by no means
B. at any price
C. at a discount
D. in no time
30. These measures include better administration of areas that are likely to turn into desert, and
______ people in how to use water without wasting it.
A. train
B. to train
C. training
D. trained
31. -- Good day, Bell Electronics. This is Jane speaking. How may I help you today？
-- Oh… uh, I ______ Myers Icecream Company. Sorry about that.
A. looked for
B. am looking for
C. was looking for
D. have been looking for
32. ______ with what may be his most impossible mission yet, Hunt gets together his team and
joins forces with Ilsa Faust, a female former British secret agent.
A. Facing
B. Having faced
C. Faced
D. To face
33. He doesn’t own an NBA championship ring, ______ in the face with champagne（香槟）
after the NBA finals.
A. he has neither been sprayed
B. nor has he been sprayed
C. either has he been sprayed
D. so he has been sprayed
34. A lot of the waste thrown away in the U.S. _______ being shipped overseas to China, India,
and other developing countries.
A. breaks up
B. clears up
C. sums up
D. ends up
35. In Alice Munro’s novel, Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, ______, decides to flee.
A. her unhappiness built into desperation
B. her unhappiness has built into desperation
C. her unhappiness building into desperation
D. her unhappiness builds into desperation
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. __36__ once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they don’t have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their __37__ culture.
Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a（an） __38__ of poor communication during her time abroad.
When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were __39__ to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never __40__, because she didn’t know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate __41__ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I won’t do it here __42__.”
“I was shocked by how __43__ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was __44__ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.
In fact, “difficulty in __45__” is among the thre e major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, __46__ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being “fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got __47__ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade __48__, he said.
According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger（引发） certain mental problems because it is a “__49__ and stressful shift to new environments and __50__”. It has been found that students are 23 times more likely to __51__ a mental health condition than business travelers headed abroad.
And during this period of major life transitions（过渡）, __52__ better communication skills is particularly vital. It helps you get assistance and solve problems.
Students need to understand the value of empathy – the effective awareness of the emotions of others–as well as __53__ themselves clearly, especially in cross-cultural communications. It would be better if students participate in a（an） __54__ abroad program during vacations before trying year-long overseas study. That way, they could have __55__ coping with a strange world independently.
36.A. And B. Therefore C. But D. Otherwise
37. A. unique B. host C. national D. superb
38.A. conflict B. trial C. debate D. case
39.A. appreciated B. represented C. fueled D.
supposed
40.A. bought her story B. did her part
C. kept her word
D. followed her heart
41.A. actually B. eventually C. pleasantly D. simply
42.A. either B. rather C. too D.
neither
43.A. sensitive B. serious C. straightforward D. stubborn
44.A. great B. no C. major D.
exact
45.A. communication B. explanation C. opposition D. indication
46.A. impressed B. ignored C. identified D.
inspired
47.A. unfortunate B. unsatisfactory C. unwelcome D. unequal
48.A. in the first place B. in other words C. in this case D. in the end
49.A. similar B. superb C. sudden D.
sensitive
50.A. influences B. routines C. manners D.
policies
51.A. result from B. benefit from C. suffer from D. flee from
52.A. tolerating B. simplifying C. requesting D. developing
53.A. expressing B. blaming C. committing D. advancing
54.A. affordable B. long-distance C. short-term D. trustworthy
55.A. difficulty B. experience C. leadership D. survival
第三节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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When it comes to romance, no one does it better than the French. This is believed to be true of their movies, too. Unlike the Hollywood blockbusters（大片） you may be used to, French films are “usually a more artistic statement about being in the world”, noted The Guardian.
From Oct 8 to Oct 29, in cooperation with the French embassy（大使馆） in China, the China Film Archive and China National Film Museum are presenting classic and critically acclaimed（备受赞誉的） French movies, including Le Havre （2011）, Mia et le Migou （2008）, and Le Voyage dans la Lune （1902）.
Sha Dan, curator（策展人） of the China Film Archive, explained to the media what to expect from the film series, and revealed how first-time viewers can best appreciate French movies.
Q：Why should I watch French movies？
A：French films have a lot of virtues. For one thing, they use dialogue and plot, instead of visual effects, to drive the story. For another, they stress diversity（多元）. While Hollywood movies are often about universal values, French movies have French culture or regional cultures deeply rooted in them. You have to understand them in their cultural context. That’s what sometimes makes French movies difficult to understand.
Q：How can a Chinese audience appreciate French movies？
A：You need to get used to their way of filming. When shooting two people talking to each
other, the traditional way is to film each person face-forward as they take turns speaking. However, French movies are filmed in more experimental ways, like switching from a close shot to a long shot.
Also, you should search for background information. The movie’s title and its director can reflect its ideas and storyline. For example, Les Enfants du Paradis （1945）, also known as Children of Paradise, tells the story of beautiful Garance and the four men who love her in their own ways. Garance meets these men in a theater, and the “Paradis” in the movie title is an informal French name for a theater’s gallery.
56. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text？
A. To recommend some classic French movies.
B. To help readers to better appreciate French movies.
C. To compare French movies with Hollywood blockbusters.
D. To describe the development and features of French movies in great detail.
57. Which of the following is a characteristic of French movies？
A. They are often about universal values.
B. They usually have really good visual effects.
C. They attach a lot of importance to French culture and French regional cultures.
D. They are sometimes hard to understand because of their complex plots.
58. Which of the following is TRUE about French movies according to the text？
A. They are mostly romances and are usually artistic.
B. They often involve more close shots than long shots.
C. They prefer to use the traditional way of shooting two people talking to each other.
D. Their titles and directors can help viewers learn background information.
B
Many of us remember being in awe（敬畏） when we saw cloned dinosaurs running wild in the film Jurassic Park. And the idea of using technology to revive（恢复） extinct species has long fascinated not only writers and directors, but scientists as well.
According to The Telegraph, woolly mammoths（长毛猛犸象）, which featured in the popular Ice Age anima ted movie series, “may walk the earth once more” now that scientists have taken another step toward realizing a long-held dream—recreating their DNA.
Mammoths became extinct around 10,000 years ago. However, since the discovery of near-perfect preserved remains in Arctic permafrost（北极冻土带） in May 2013, a variety of research studies have been carried out since.
Geneticists from Harvard University analyzed DNA from the remains, looking for genes which separated mammoths from elephants, such as hairiness and ear size. They then used the results to reproduce exact copies of 14 mammoth genes. “It is the first time that mammoth genes have been alive—although so far it has only been done in the lab,” George Church, lead researcher of the project, told the Sunday Times.
Church then used a new technique which allows scientists to edit DNA carefully, replacing sections of elephant DNA with the mammoth genes. So “we now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them,” he said.
However, Church ruled out the possibility of bringing the mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains. He said he “preferred to focus on rebuilding the full mammoth
genome（基因组） by analyzing DNA from preserved remains and putting it into the cells of its closest living relative –the Asian elephant,” reported The Telegraph.
Church argued that the return of the woolly mammoth—or rather, the return of something very similar—could help bring back fragile（脆弱的） ecosystems. However, some scientists
Professor Alex Greenwood, an expert on ancient DNA, said：“We may face the extinction of African and Asian elephants. Why bring back another elephant from extinction when we cannot even keep the ones that are not extinct around？” he told the Sunday Times. “What is the message？We can be as irresponsible with the environment as we want. Then we’ll just clone things back？”
“Money would be better spent focusing on conserving what we do have than spending it on an animal that has been extinc t for thousands of years,” he said.
59. We can learn from the article that ______.
A. cloned mammoths followed cloned dinosaurs to get revived
B. the technology to revive mammoth genes is already mature
C. George Church and his colleagues tried to reproduce mammoth DNA
D. Church and his team managed to list all the genes that separate mammoths from
elephants
60. According to Church, what is the significance of his study？
A. It could help prevent the extinction of the Asian elephant.
B. It could help people better tell elephant DNA from mammoth genes.
C. It could help bring back some extinct species and save fragile ecosystems.
D. It could help bring mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains.
61. The underlined word “unethical” in Paragraph 7 is c losest in meaning to ______.
A. unacceptable
B. misled
C. impractical
D. illegal
62. According to the article, Professor Alex Greenwood believes that _______.
A. there is no need to worry about the extinction of African and Asian elephants at present
B. it’s necessary to bring back species that are beneficial to human beings from extinction
C. the return of the woolly mammoth would help to balance ecosystems
D. it’s more important to protect present species than to bring back extinct ones
C
Each year, 500 million people from 164 countries celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June. It may seem like there is not much that an individual can do to save the world, but there is. One of the first steps is to understand the problems and their solutions.
Try to learn about your ecosystem, endangered animals and pollution. If you are well-informed, you can make better decisions about how to save energy and produce less waste. You can also learn how to be a better consumer and not buy products made from endangered animals or which have too much packaging. Also share your concerns with others and find ways to promote environmental education. Help educate people in your community about ways in which they can help protect the environment. The Earth is our only home. We should take good care of it.
Recycle
Make a list of all the things you can recycle at home and at school and start recycling. In some cases, you can sell the things you recycle. In others, you can turn unwanted items into something useful for another purpose, such as using old plastic bottles for growing plants. Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass. And recycling aluminum cans saves 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from bauxite ore. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 26,000 liters of water, 1,700 liters of oil, 266 kilograms of air pollution and 2.3 cubic meters of rubbish dump space.
Use less energy
The easiest way to save energy is to cycle or walk whenever possible instead of using public transportation. At home and at school, you should only use electric lights and electrical appliances when you need them. There are many other less obvious ways of saving energy. For example, try to ask your mum to buy food which has been grown locally. Why？ When people buy food from far away, it takes extra energy to package and ship it by boat, train, truck or plane.
Save water
You can save water by helping your Dad repair leaking pipes and toilets. Take short showers instead of baths. Some waste water from baths can be used for other purposes, such as watering plants or washing outdoor spaces. It is important to help preserve the local water quality by not pouring dangerous household chemicals down the drain or into the ground. Dispose of them properly.
63. The target readers of this passage could mostly probably be ________．
A. housewives
B. car drivers
C. businessmen
D. students
64. Which of the following is NOT mentioned to protect the Earth？
A. Don't buy products made from endangered animals.
B. Don't buy food produced in faraway places.
C. Don't order more than you can eat at a restaurant.
D. Don't buy goods with heavy packaging.
65. According to the passage, t he underlined words “bauxite ore” in the third paragraph refers to ________．
A. a metal which can be used to make cans
B. a mineral from which a certain metal can be obtained
C. a container in which a certain material can be stored
D. a matter which can be used to produce energy
66. Which of the following is the best title for this passage？
A. You can do these!
B. Recycling to save the Earth
C. Celebrate the World Environment Day!
D. Use less water and energy
D
Charles Dickens was one of the most beloved storytellers in the English language. His novels made him famous in his own time, and continue as classics in ours.
Dickens began his literary career with almost no formal education. He was born in Landport, on Feb. 7, 1812, the second of eight children. When he was 12, his father was sent to debtor's prison. Dickens was forced to quit school and work in a London blacking factory. He would rework that terrible experience into his fiction for the rest of his life.
“He was a social reformer,” says actor Simon Callow, author of a new biography called Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World. “He knew wh at poverty was. He knew what it was to be rejected, to be cast aside, to live in squalor（悲惨）.”
And so Dickens wrote with great sympathy for the suffering of innocent and vulnerable（易受攻击的） children—characters like David Copperfield, Little Dorrit and the orphan, Oliver Twist：
With his slice of bread in his hand, and his little brown parish cap on his head, Oliver was now led away from the wretched（苦难的） home, where one kind word or look never lighted the gloom of his infant（幼儿） days.
Yet he burst into an agony of childish grief as the cottage gate closed after him. Wretched as were the little companions in misery he was now leaving behind him, they were the only friends he had ever had.
His first book Sketches by Boz came out in 1836. With the appearance of Oliver Twist in London periodicals in 1837, the 25-year-old Dickens became the most popular writer in England. But his first love was theater, and he considered becoming an actor.
“When he was actually writing, he became his characters,” says Peter Ackroyd, author of Dickens：Public Life and Private Passion. “He would get up from his desk, go over to the mirror and mouth the words—do the expressions, grimaces（鬼脸）, whatever, and then laugh, chuckle to himself, then go back to his desk and write it down.”
Dickens created 989 named characters, which increased his popularity. Every one of his major works has been adapted for either stage or screen. A Christmas Carol inspired more than
a dozen films, from Alistair Sims' Scrooge in 1951 to Jim Carrey's voicing of the same character in Disney's 2009, 3-D animated film.
The original 1843 manuscript（手稿） of A Christmas Carol is on display at the Morgan Library. Dickens wrote everything by hand, in tiny script, with a quill pen. Remarkably, the manuscript is both the first and the final draft, says Kiely, the curator. You can see where Dickens has changed the name of the first chapter from “Old Marley's Ghost” to “Marley's Ghost”. Further down the page, he has canceled an entire section.
“He realizes he's not writing a nove l, and he only has a very short time in which to write this,” Kiely explains. “He's got to keep it tight, in order for it to be published in time for Christmas.”
Dickens wrote all the time. He traveled with a portable inkwell and a supply of quill pens. He was working on his last novel, Our Mutual Friend, en route from France to London when the train he was on crashed.
Dickens died five years later in 1870, after a stroke at age 58. As a comic talent and a social reformer, Dickens' achievement was extraordinary, says novelist T. C. Boyle, who earned a doctorate in Victorian literature.
“He achieved what any great artist achieves—a body of work that has entertained and delighted and instructed people down through the ages. That's what we all hope for,” says Boyle.
But Dickens' greatest fiction was his own character, says Callow, the biographer：“People think of him as a cheerful man... but he was increasingly suffering from depression and a sense
of hopelessness. And that's worth knowing. I think it's always good to know that great creative individuals have their struggle, their drama.”
67. What can probably be reflected in Dickens' works？
A. His love for his family.
B. His childhood sufferings.
C. His desire for formal education.
D. His reason to choose literary career.
68. The author quotes Dickens' description of Oliver Twist mainly to show ________．
A. that Dickens was full of pity for poor children
B. that Dickens knew well about poor children
C. what real poverty was like in his days
D. what kind of life Oliver Twist lived
69. It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
A. Sketches by Boz is nothing but a complete failure
B. Oliver Twist made Dickens first known to the public
C. A Christmas Carol proved Dickens an efficient writer
D. Our Mutual Friend came into being on a train
70. We can learn from the passage that ________．
A. all the characters created by Dickens are popular
B. people prefer films based on Dickens' novels to his works
C. once Dickens was more interested in performing than in writing
D. the films and plays based on Dickens' novels raise his popularity
第二卷（非选择题，共35分）
第一部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每空填入一个
最恰当的单词。

请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

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The most wonderful time of the year （the Christmas season） is also the most stressful for lots of people struggling to fit in increased end-of-the-year workloads, holiday parties, shopping, guest hosting, travel, and seeing friends and relatives who you’d otherwise avoid. Luckily, the same coping mechanisms that can help relieve stress and find better balance during the year also work for this holiday.
Here are four tips to finding work—life balance during this season.
1. Know and avoid your stressors（压力源）.
If cooking for a large group, baking cookies, or Christmas shopping are your key stressors, don’t do them. Lots of grocery stores will help cater your next holiday meal. Bakeries exist for a reason, and gift cards are much appreciated by all. Stop trying to live up to someone else’s expectations of the holidays and stay merry by outsourcing the pain points.
2. Get flexible at work.
If you normally travel an hour each way at work, see if your boss will let you work from home in this special season to save time, get more done, and reduce your stress. Or ask if you can start work from home in the mornings and come to the office later in the day to avoid peak hours. Leave early and finish your day from the comfort of home, too.
3. Make your own list and check it twice.
Make a to-do list for yourself, for both work and life, then divide it up into categories like “must do,” “want to do,” and “feel obligated to do.” If you can remove any or all of your required list, the rest of your to-dos will start to look a lot easier.
Once you have your lists in order, it’s time to start crossing things off. In between your must-dos tasks, include a want-to-do task to break things up and re-energize yourself. Yes, this holiday is a time to give back to others and be selfless, but there’s still a bit of “self” i n selflessness, isn’t there？
4. If you start to feel a cold coming on, come to a full and complete stop.
The best way to stop a cold from exploding into a weeks-long sickness is to stop it at the start. Unless a task or activity is an absolute necessity, cancel your plans, put away your to-do lists, and settle in for a long winter’s nap. A day of rest and enough sleep is the only thing you NEED right now. Feel bad about declining holiday invitations from your friends and family？You’re doing them a favor. Once people hear that you’re sick, they’ll be glad you stayed away —they don’t want to come down with a cold during the holiday any more than you do!
It is certain that you can feel less stressed in this hectic season when you stop expecting so much from yourself, because nobody puts so much expectation on you as you do to yourself. Trying to satisfy clients, co-workers, friends and family can be draining and can finally negatively impact you in many ways. When you simplify things up front, you relieve the stress off of yourself and everyone else in the process. Stop focusing on what you feel like you’re obligated to do, and start focusing on what you want and need to do, the load will get lighter and you will feel a lot merrier under the Christmas tree.。