安徽省宣城市七校(郎溪、旌德、广德、泾县、绩溪、宣城二中等)2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题

安徽省宣城市七校（郎溪、旌德、广德、泾县、绩溪、宣城二中等）2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题考生注意：1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。

满分100分，考试时间100分钟。

2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。

3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。

选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色，墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效．．．．．．．．。

．．．．、草稿纸上作答无效．．．．．．．．．．．．．，在试题卷4.本卷命题范围：译林版模块5。

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。

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 is Mr. Anderson now?A. In the classroom.B. In the library.C. On the roof.2. What clay is it today?A. Thursday.B. Friday.C. Saturday.3. How does the man probably feel?A. Puzzled.B. Nervous.C. Happy.4. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Coach and player.B. Father and daughter.C. Teacher and student.5. What does the man say about Facebook?A. It can take up too much time.B. It chooses it users carefully.C. It is quite interesting and safe.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. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The weather.B. The food.C. The color.7. What can we know about the woman?A. She is patient.B. She is a reporter.C. She owns a farm. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why does the woman ask the man questions?A. To kill her time.B. To make friends.C. To finish a report.9. What does the man think of the soup and dessert?A. Disappointing.B. Acceptable.C. Delicious.10. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a cafeteria.B. In a store.C. At home.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. How old is the man now?A. 35.B. 40.C.57.12. Who did the man put through college?A. The woman.B. His brother.C. His brother's kids.13. Why is the man worrying about his children?A. They refuse to support the family.B. They don't appreciate what they have.C. They have no chance to get married.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How often will the man attend physics lectures?A. Twice a week.B. Four times a week.C. Eight times a week.15. When will the man study in the lab every Friday?A. From nine to ten in the morning.B. From eight to nine in the morning.C. From two to four in the afternoon.16. Why is there a shortage of dorm space this year?A. Dormitory A was pulled down.B. The student body has increased.C. Some dormitories are under repair.17. What do the speakers agree to do next year?A. Find a new place in their school.B. Throw parties in their dormitories.C. Share an apartment outside school.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is probably the final destination of the trip?A. Miami.B. Havana.C. Mexico.19. What are the listeners required to do?A. Move closer to each other fast.B. Walk to their rooms right away.C. Run out of their rooms at once.20. How can the listeners seek for help?A. By raising their hands.B. By paying for the staff.C. By making a phone call.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AFantastic Magazines for Learning EnglishDigital PhotographerPerfect if you like: taking pictures with your camera or phone.What you’ll find inside: This magazine is full of colorful photos and very pleasing to look at. There are many tips and guides on how to take great pictures, and they are written in simple and easy-to-understand English though there are some technical camera terms. You feel like the writers are talking to you! You can impress your friends with your improved English and your new photography skills!Fast CompanyPerfect if you like: business and learning how successful companies work.What you'll find inside: Fast Company is one of the most approachable magazines about business and companies. It has many interviews of successful people, as well as general news about interesting new companies. It does use a higher level of writing than what is usual for magazines, so give it a try first to make sure you can understand the articles.Cricket and CicadaPerfect if you like: excellent literature and short stories.What you'll find inside: Cricket and Cicada are literary magazines aimed at teenagers. Each issue(期)is full of wonderful short stories and poems, and beautiful illustrations(插图). Even though these are technically children's magazines, they are perfect for learning English because they have high quality writing.Mental FlossPerfect if you like: interesting trivia(琐事)and facts.What you'll find inside: What does outer space smell like? Why isn't cat food mouse-flavored? If you're the kind of person who asks yourself these questions, you'll love Mental Floss. Each issue is full of bite-sized trivia and mostly short articles with really interesting facts that you'll want to share with others.While the print edition of the magazine stopped publishing in 2016, you can still read Mental Floss online. Click here to get more information.21. Which magazine tells something about business and companies?A. Digital Photographer.B. Fast Company.C. Cricket.D. Mental Floss.22. How is Cricket and Cicada different from the other three?A. They focus on drawing skills.B. They can only be bought online.C. They are intended for teenagers.D. They are full of colorful pictures.23. Where is the text most probably taken?A. On a website.B. In a newspaper.C. In an English textbook.D. From a science magazine.BAntoinette "Toni" Harris is making history, on the field and off.The 22-year-old student from East Los Angeles College has become the first woman to be offered a full football scholarship. Harris, who at present serves as a defensive back for her school's team in California, has signed a letter with the intention of playing for Central Methodist University in Missouri, making her one of just a handful of women to be offered a scholarship to play a sport historically mainly for men.“I had a coach who told me before that I would never get to the next level because I was a lot smaller and not as fast as the boys, so that moment taught me to never give up,” Harris tells CNN.In fact, compared to what she's been fighting off the field, facing sex discrimination(性别歧视)in the sport doesn't seem like such a big conundrum for Harris.The athlete was diagnosed(诊断)with ovarian cancer when she was 18. She felt better two years ago, yet not before losing half her body weight and having her dream of playing at the professional level nearly destroyed.“I always try to push myself every single day to let me go as far as I want to go,”she explains.During last month's Super Bowl, Harris appeared in a Toyota commercial(商业广告). In it, she worked on the field, fighting against players twice her size, lifting tires in the air, racing against the clock, as a voiceover(画外音)listed all of the things people had told the young star she couldn't do. It's inspiring, but for Harris, the attention she's receiving after making history is just more motivation to perform well.“In the end, you’ve got to push yourself," Harris says. “I’m going to focus on my goals. My final goal is to be excellent at a four-year university and become the first female NFL(National Football League) player. I know I can get there.”24. Harris's coach doubted her because of .A. the school's refusal to accept herB. men's mental advantage over hersC. her lack of determination to hold onD. her physical disadvantage as a woman25. Which of the following best explains “conundrum” underlined in paragraph 4?A. Problem.B. Choice.C. Weakness.D. Disagreement.26. What did Harris do in the Toyota commercial?A. She fought against those players of her size.B. She made herself praised all around the world.C. She did something more than people had expected.D. She inspired many young people to become hall stars.27. What can we say about Harris according to the last paragraph?A. She is excellent at university.B. She is energetic and smart.C. She is too proud to set her goals.D. She is purposeful and confident.CMany of us know about Russia's Lake Baikal from our textbooks, or by listening to Chinese singer Li Jian's hit song, Lie Baikal. But over the years, the world's deepest freshwater lake has been in the spotlight for an extreme sport.Each March, about 150 people from around the world sign up for the Baikal Ice Marathon. The 26-mile(41.84 kilometers)journey starts on the lake's pastern shore. In March, the ice is a meter thick and iron-hard. Runners cross this frozen surface, finishing on the western side of the lake.It's believed that Lake Baikal's beauty is incomparable. Known as the “blue eye of Siberia", Lake Baikal has particularly clear waters. This means that its ice is almost perfectly transparent(透明的). Seen from above, a runner on the ice looks as if he or she were jogging through space.The scenery might be beautiful, but strong winds blast(侵袭)across the lake and frostbite can occur within half an hour. Runners say the cold climate is what draws them and that running in such condition is a test of their limits."When you are in such an environment, you don't have cars around you, and you don't have the noise around. I think these extreme races push you to be alone.”Alicja Barahona, a 64-year-old runner from the US said.The place offers some strange and unique characteristics for this marathon. The finishing line is visible(可见的)from the start, but the endless white offers no progress markers. Tourists crowding the ice are mostly addicted to snapping selfies(自拍)and just ignore the runners.For runners, the absence of spectators(观众)makes the race more challenging, because it's lonely. They must fight with themselves. “You are alone on Baikal. It is your race. You are alone with yourself. All you need to do is to defeat yourself.”Veronique Messina, a French runner, told the Telegraph.28. What has kept Lake Baikal being a focus over the years?A. A famous Chinese singer.B. A popular song in Russian.C. The Baikal Ice Marathon.D. The coldness of Lake Baikal.29. What does the underlined word "This" in paragraph 3 refer to?A. The fact that the waters of Lake Baikal are clear.B. The belief that Lake Baikal is known for its waters.C. The reason why Lake Baikal is popular with runners.D. The popularity that clear waters in Lake Baikal enjoy.30. Why do runners sign up for the Baikal Ice Marathon?A. They prefer to get close to nature.B. They like competition with others.C. They want to draw much attention.D. They intend to test their own limits.31. Why is Veronique Messina mentioned at last?A. To prove the power of the runners for the Baikal Ice Marathon.B. To show that runners must fight against themselves in the Marathon.C. To explain that independence is important for marathon runners.D. To indicate the necessity of paying attention to marathon runners.DRobots performing tasks according to a predetermined set of instructions are nothing new. But robots able to learn how to cook by watching videos arc completely different. A group of researchers at the University of Maryland are looking for the approach.I f you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube, chances are that it will be used by a robot. University of Maryland professor Hyannis Alimonies, leader of the group, said, "There exists a large amount of video information on the Internet that our robots can make use of.”"At present, the videos are fed electronically,”said research scientistCornelia Ferule, “At first, we took our own videos, our cameras looking at us doing the cooking,”she explained. "And, as the robot advanced, it reacted to good quality videos. And it will react to even lower quality home-made videos.”So far, the robot named Julia can make a simple salad by breaking each task into basic parts, such as grasping a spoon, bringing it to the bowl, stirring(搅拌)the salad and observing the results.But a robot is taught to understand a video though it can easily follow a fixed program. Alimonies believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility. “You have a system that is done just for this particular task. And so, it can't generalize,”Alimonies said. "You cannot take it and put it into different environments. It is not flexible.”He thinks one of the problems is how to make the robot understand and use what it learns during a certain task, the so-called feedback(反馈). Another problem, he says, will be the introduction of language."I believe it will take quite some time before the robots are able to understand metaphorical(比喻的)language," he added. "Pit," he said, "we don't need that to createa new world where the robots will be w orking for us.”32. What are robots commonly thought to be able to do?A. Follow predetermined instructions.B. Use what they learn in any condition.C. Understand a video and react quickly.D. Perform different tasks at their own will.33. How does the author show robots' advances in cooking?A. By making comparisons.B. By offering an example.C. By listing some numbers.D. By analyzing the results.34. What does Hyannis Alimonies try to do in paragraph 5?A. Prove the disadvantages of predetermined instructions.B. Provide much more useful details of the robots' work.C. Give the reason for teaching a robot to understand a video.D. Tell a robot's ability to understand metaphorical language.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Robots Are Made Wonderful CooksB. Robots Talk About How to Cook FoodC. Robots Understand Videos on CookingD. Robots Learn to Cook by Watching Videos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。