2020届江苏运河中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案

2020届江苏运河中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案
第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
During ancient times, children didn’t have smartphones, iPad or computers to entertain themselves. Instead, they came up with interesting games to play.
★Stone balls
During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular sport in the northern part of China, and it was often played in the winter to protect kids from the cold. Stones were carved into small balls and kicked along with feet. In 1999, the sport was included in the 6th National Ethnic Group Traditional Sports Meeting held in Beijing.
★Flying kites
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the four most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite , Weifang kite and Nantong kite, of which each has distinctive features. The kite which resembles a swallow is a well-known Beijing style.
★Hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄) him or, more commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find them.
★Playing diabolos
A diabolo is always made of wood or bamboo and has empty space in the center. By juggling(边抛边接) the diabolo on the rope, the high-speed spinning diabolos will make a sound like a whistle. Playing diabolos is an interesting folk game, especially popular in North China. Playing diabolos was also included in the first group of national intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).
1.Why did ancient children often play stone balls in the winter?
A.To practice their feet.
B.To warm themselves.
C.To train their skills.
D.To relax themselves.
2.Which kites are swallow-shaped?
A.Weifang kites.
B.Tianjin kites.
C.Beijing kites.
D.Nantong kites.
3.Why does playing diabolos make a sound?
A.Because the diabolo’s center is empty.
B.Because the high-speed spinning diabolo is light.
C.Because the diabolo is equipped with a whistle.
D.Because ropes’ surface moves against the diabolo’s.
B
Shanghairesidents passing through the city’s eastern Huangpu district in Octobermight have astonished at an unusual sight: a “walking” building. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground in its entirety and relocated using new technology named the “walking” machine.
In the city’s latest effort to preserve historic structures, engineers used nearly 200 mobile supports under the five-story building. The supports act like robotic legs. They’re split into two groups which in turns rise up and down, imitating the human step. Attached sensors help control how the building moves forward.
TheLagenaPrimary School, which weighs 7,600 tons, faced a new challenge — it’s T-shaped, while previously relocated structures were square or rectangular. Experts and technicians met to discuss possibilities and test a number of different technologies before deciding on the “walking machine”.
Over the course of 18 days, the building was rotated 21degrees and moved 62 meters away to its new location. The old school building is set to become a center for heritage protection and cultural protection. The project marks the first time this “walking machine” method has been used inShanghaito relocate a historical building.
In recent years,China’s rapid modernization has seen many historic buildingsrazedto clear land for skyscrapers and office buildings. But there has been growing concern about the architectural heritage loss as a result of destruction across the country.
Shanghaihas beenChina’s most progressive city when it comes to heritage preservation. The survival of a number of 1930s buildings in the famous Bund district and 19th-century “Shikumen” houses in the repaired Xintiandi neighborhood has offered examples of how to give old buildings new life. The city also has a track record of relocating old buildings. In 2018, the city relocated a 90-year-old building in Hongkou district, which was then considered to beShanghai’s most complex relocation project to date.
4. How did the primary school get moved?
A. By reducing the weight of it.
B. By using movable supports.
C. By dividing it into several parts.
D. By using robotic legs.
5. What does the underlined word “razed” probably mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Replaced.
B. Burnt.
C. Protected.
D. Destroyed.
6. What can we infer about the heritage preservation inChina?
A. The use of advanced technology leads to growing concern.
B. Shanghai is the pioneer in preserving architectural heritage.
C.A number of old buildings have been given new life.
D. Many historic buildings will be relocated.
7. What is the passage mainly about?
A. New preservation campaigns are launched inChina.
B. New technology gives new life to historic buildings.
C. A building inShanghai“walks” to a new location.
D. “Walking machine” makes heritage protection simpler.
C
A company called Neuralink has shared a video where a monkey is playing a video game. That' s fairly unusual, but what makes the video even stranger is that the monkey is playing the video game with just his mind.
The monkey in the video is called Pager who has two of Neuralink's special "Link" devices(装置)inside his brain. The devices planted in Pager's brain are connected to 2,048 wires which lead to the parts of Pager's brain that control movements of the arms and hands.
Scientists taught Pager to play a video game. At first, Pager controlled the video game using a joystick it, which is a normal gaming controller. But as Pager played, his Link devices wirelessly sent out information about the signals his brain was using to control his arms and hands. Neuralink's scientists recorded all of these signals.
Then they used computers to match the signals from Pager's brain to the movements that his hands were actually doing. This was the most difficult work and the scientists counted on artificial intelligence ( AI) to help them decode(解码)Pager's brain signals.
The final step was to have a computer make moves inthe video game as if Pager had actually moved the joystick. If Pager thought about moving the joystick up, the computer would send an “up” signal to the video game.
At first, the researchers let Pager keep moving the joystick with his hand, even though it was no longer connected to the computer. But soon Pager was able to play the video game using just his brain.
Even though Neuralink's work right now focuses on animals and video games, there's a very serious purpose behind it. Neuralink wants to make it possible for humans who have lost the ability to make physical movements to interact with the world around them.
8. What are “Link” devices used to do?
A. To pick up the arms' and hands' signals.
B. To link the computer to the monkey's brain.
C. To send out information about the brain's signals.
D. To control movements of the arms and hands.
9. What challenged scientists most in the study?
A. Recording and sending out body signals.
B. Training Pager to use the joystick correctly.
C. Planting "Link" devices into Pager's brain.
D. Matching brain signals to body movements.
10. What is Neuralink's real purpose of the study?
A. To test artificial intelligence.
B. To help those without arms or legs.
C. To study how animals play video games.
D. To develop more complex video games.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Video Games for Animals Are Developed.
B. Science Proves the Intelligence of Monkeys.
C. Monkey Plays Video Games Using His Mind.
D. Neuralink Is Leading the World in Technology.
D
After finishing his dinner, Lin Xu opened a WeChat mini-programcalled "Clear Plate" on his phone and took a
picture of the empty plates. He was then awarded 157 credit points after the image was uploaded and recognized by artificial intelligence. The credit points can be used to buy gifts, such as books, cellphones and red wine, or to purchase charity meals donated to children in poor rural areas.
The "Clear Plate" mini-program has become popular among young Chinese. Similar campaigns like an "empty plate challenge" are alsoon the horizonin many Chinese universities.
"Technological innovation is a good way to reduce food waste," said Liu Jichen. Founder of the start-up that developed the app. The idea popped up at a dinner in 2017, when Liu found that the restaurant owner would give diners who polished off their food a card and offer small gifts after a certain number of cards had been collected. "Everyone who values food is bound to enjoy a sense of gain at a lower cost," Liu mentioned this case, noting that such an idea could potentially be realized online.
He formeda team to work on the project. Yet it was quite a challenge for the AI system to assess whether the uploaded photos showed empty plates. To make the AI system smarter，Liu and his team, assisted by more than 1, 000 others, spent half a year collecting over100,000 samples from canteens and restaurants across the country and analyzed the data. Dozens of enterprises, institutions and restaurants have contacted the start-up to cooperate on the project. Through the digitalized, visualized mini-program, people can clearly see the good results of saving food, which will effectively reduce food waste. "We hope our efforts can start a new trend among the younger generation, encouraging them to develop the habit of thrift(节约)," Liu said.
12. What does the underlined phrase "on the horizon" in paragraph 2 mean?
A. Likely to decrease.
B. Likely to succeed.
C. Likely to change.
D. Likely to appear.
13. What caused Liu Jichen to develop the "Clear Plate" app?
A. Food waste afterdinner.
B. The idea of the restaurant owner.
C. Small gifts sent by his friends.
D. Charity meals donated to children.
14. What was difficult for the project Liu's team worked on?
A. Making the AI system smarter.
B. Assessing the uploaded photos.
C. Collecting samples from canteens and restaurants.
D. Encouraging people to develop the habit of thrift.
15. What is the text mainly about?
A. AI programs becoming popular.
B. AI programs appearing in many Chinese universities.
C. AI programs encouraging diners toclear their plates.
D. AI programs collecting pictures of clearing diners' plates.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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How fit are your teeth? Are you lazy about brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses how long and how well you brush,____16____.
The Kolibree toothbrush was exhibited at the International Consumer Electronics Show inLas Vegasthis week. It senses how it is moved and can send the information to an Android phone or iPhone via a Bluetooth wireless connection.
The toothbrush will be able to teach you to brush right（Don’t forget the insides of the teeth!）and make sure you’re brushing long enough. “____17____.” says Thomas Serval, the French inventor.
___18___, so developers could, for instance, create a game controlled by your toothbrush. You could score points for beating monsters among your teeth. “We try to make it smart but also fun,” Serval says.
Serval says he was inspired by his experience as a father. He would come home from work and his children told him that they had brushed their teeth. He was pleased with their behavior,____19____. He decided he needed a brush that really told him how well his children brushed.
The company says the Kolibree will go on sale this summer, for $99 to $ 199, depending on features. TheU. S.is the first target market.
Serval says that one day, it’ll be possible to replace the brush on the handle with a brushing unit that also has a camera.____20____.
A. thus awarding them more toothbrushes
B. only to find their toothbrush heads dry
C. The camera can also check more tooth problems
D. It can even shoot holes in your teeth while you brush
E. and it lets you track your performance on your phone
F. The toothbrush will also be able to talk to other applications on your phone
G. It’s kind of like having a dentist actually watch yourbrushing on a day-to-day basis
第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Madagascarwas not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were___21___there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine(饥荒).
After a three-hour ride in a van, we___22___in the small town ofAmbovombe.Peterimmediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local___23___on our topics of interest. Since I didn't need to photograph the background___24___with the doctor, I wandered out to the road.
I raised my___25___to get some images before the sun went down. I've___26___been toMadagascarbefore, and until you've actually photographed in a place, you don't know how people will___27___to the camera.
I___28___a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius had___29___me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those I'd___30___.
Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children.I___31___a moment. They were dressed in___32___clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants on---not because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldn't____33____them.
Their mother really___34___me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents,___35___of their children, ask me to take a photo. I'd taken this photo of cute smiling children over andover. I don't usually save____36____，but I saved this one.
Why? The children's____37____.It's something so powerful yet so___38___that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the____39____obvious to an outsider's eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. That's because she saw a(n)___40___picture: She saw them with a mother's heart. As should we all.
21. A. expected B. assigned C. allowed D. persuaded
22. A. arrived B. explored C. searched D. camped
23. A. reporter B. nurse C. doctor D. patient
24. A. discussion B. interview C. program D. practice
25. A. paper B. hand C. head D. camera
26. A. just B. seldom C. never D. already
27. A. respond B. adapt C. return D. contribute
28. A. discovered B. greeted C. asked D. photographed
29. A. caught B. noticed C. found D. suspected
30. A. helped with B. stared at C. referred to D. focused on
31. A. watched B. regretted C. hesitated D. choked
32. A. beautiful B. funny C. dirty D. color1 ful
33. A. serve B. afford C. choose D. bring
34. A. wanted B. informed C. reminded D. paid
35. A. afraid B. sure C. aware D. proud
36. A. images B. cards C. gifts D. words
37. A. clothes B. kindness C. mother D. expectation
38. A. emotional B. changeable C. sensitive D. common
39. A. adventures B. disadvantages C. curiosity D. support
40. A. different B. natural C. broad D. interesting
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Putting your hand in your pocket to reward good service is a personal choice, but it also depends on___41.___you are in the world. What is a common practice in one city is not necessarily in another. In some places a tip is expected；but in others, good service should be expected and ought to___42.___(include) in the price.
In the UK, where people tend to be too polite to complain, they might pay the service charge despite quietly___43.___(complain) that the service they received was not____44.____(satisfy)!
___45.___, in the US it's still customary to leave a gratuity because tips often make up____46.____large part of a server's income. Restaurant owner William Beckett told the BBC that in New York, for example, Theoretically you could just stand up and walk out. You don't. Everybody___47.___(tip) 20%. ”
Maybe we should follow Japan's approach, where tipping under any circumstance may seem rude because good service is standard and expected. Elsewhere, there are___48.___(call) for restaurants to replace the tipping system____49.____a single payment covering both the meal and the service. This____50.____(basic) means, don't tip ——the price you see on the menu reflects the full cost of dining.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（︿）,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Everybody has experiences hard to forget, and the trip to my grandparents’ vegetable garden is the most unforgettable to me.
It takes place on a hot summer Sunday. My father took me to countryside to help my grandparents harvest potato. I was such curious about the work that I couldn’t help rush into the field. One hour later, the baskets were filling with freshly harvested potatoes. Unfortunately, we were on the point of heading home while it began to rain. Finally, we returned to home all wet through. What made this experience particular unforgettable? They enabled me to experience the joy of labor and made me aware of the significance of treasuring food.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是李华，你校将在校内给老师安排自愿接种新冠疫苗活动，请写信通知你的外教David，内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.注意事项；
3.建议参加。

参考词汇：疫苗：vaccine；接种疫苗：get vaccinated
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. E 17. G 18. F 19. B 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. C 32.
C 33. B 34. A 35.
D 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A
41. where
42. be included
43. complaining
44. satisfying
45. However
46. a 47. tips
48. calls 49. with
50. basically
51.(1). takes→took；(2). 在countryside 前面加the；(3). potato→potatoes；(4).such→so；(5).rush→rushing；
(6).filling→filled；(7).while→when；(8). 将home前的to去掉；(9). particular→particularly；(10). They→It 52.略。