2020-2021学年江苏省扬州邗江中学第一学期高二月考英语试题(Word版)

江苏省扬州邗江中学2020-2021学年第一学期高二月考英语试卷教师版第一项听力（30分略）第二项阅读理解第一节（满分30分）ADelivery Robots May Soon Be Knocking at Your Door With self-driving vehicle technology rapidly advancing, many companies are turning to autonomous robots for the final leg—the so-called last mile—of the delivery process, from the store or local distribution center to the customer. The latest to join the trend is Amazon. Following a successful eight-month test run in Snohomish County, Washington, the company’s Scout robots have been making the rounds of Irvine, California, since August 6, 2019.The six-wheeled Scout is about the size of a large cooler with the ability to carry small or medium-sized packages. The battery-powered vehicle, which moves at a regular walking pace, has been programmed to avoid pedestrians, animals, and unexpected obstacles（障碍）, such as garbage cans. Its powerful sensors（传感器）can also detect the movement of a car backing out of a driveway.While Amazon is focusing on home deliveries, San Francisco-based Starship Technologies has its eyes set on universities. On August 20, 2019, the company announced plans to use thousands of robots to deliver food and other things to students at college campuses across the country. Unlike Scout, Starship’s robots are seasoned worker s. They have been tested in over 100 cities in 20 different countries and successfully completed over 100, 000 deliveries.Meanwhile, food and grocery delivery company Postmates’ robots are currently making their rounds along the busy San Francisco streets. Also in testing, the robots can carry up to 50 pounds and travel 30 miles on a single battery charge.Though the eco-friendly robots will help free our streets of bicycles and large delivery trucks that typically send packages, they have some limitations. They are unable to climb stairs or open gates, which means that they can only reach consumers who live on the ground level. Additionally, the robots are unable to leave packages at the front door if the customers are not home. Whether these problems get solved remains to be seen. For now, it appears that humans will still be needed to meet the ever-growing demand for home and office deliveries.【小题1】What does the underlined part in para l mean?A．much more help B．very close distanceC．substitute for human D．the last section【小题2】We can learn from the passage that ________.A．Powerful robots sensors are gaining popularity in delivery.B．The Postmates’ robots focus on students' food and grocery delivery.C．The Scout can avoid obstacles because it moves at a regular pace.D．Delivery robots have turned up in universities to serve students.【小题3】What’s author’s attitude towards delivery robots？A．Objective B．OptimisticC．Pessimistic D．Cautious【小题4】From which is the text probably taken？A．a biology textbook B．a health magazineC．a newspaper D．a travel brochure解答：AAACBNobody likes to fail. It makes people feel embarrassed and discouraged. What's worse, it may cause major professional or personal trouble and lead to negativity. Basically, failure is no fun for most people. However, a vast body of research tells us that failure provides us with a chance to grow and develop, increases adaptability, and helps protect against anxiety.It's hard to change the mindset (心态) of a lifetime. But even if we still can't get over the broken marriage or the failed College Entrance Examination or the work presentation that went fearfully wrong, it might not be too late for our kids.Christy Pennison, a professional consultant, says she works with an increasing number of kids and teens who show significant anxiety around a fear of failure. She said, "We want to protect our children, and we want them to live happy and meaningful lives, so we frequently tell them the harm of failure and ask them to avoid failure. The children experiencing internal and sometimes extenal pressure think they shouldn't fail. Meanwhile, we always have high expectations of them. So when they don't live up to a certain standard, or things don't go according to the plans, they will feel upset and anxious."Pennison argues that failures, are often the hidden learning chances that can help people develop positive qualities, like persistence, focus, flexibility, patience, and positive self-image.So what can parents do to help their children embrace (拥抱) failure instead of avoiding it at all costs? Pennison suggests directing praise towards the effort, not the result. "This allows children to build confidence in themselves, "she explains." Acknowledging the effort can give children permission to try new things without a fear of failure. And the bigger picture is that the development of the mindset —'I'd rather try and fail than not try at all.'—helps them keep a belief in themselves, and expands their world of possibilities." As Pennison points out, we all fail, but how we get up after we fail is what matters.【小题1】What aspect do most people focus on when thinking of failure?A．The great courage to face it.B．The efforts made to handle it.C．Unexpected benefits it brings.D．Unpleasant side effects it brings.【小题2】What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?A．Bring up the main topic.B．List the challenges in our life.C．Add some background information.D．Stress the importance of the mindset【小题3】What is mainly talked about in the third paragraph?A．The causes of children's anxiety.B．Christy Pennison's comments on adolescents.C．The consequences of overprotecting children.D．Christy Pennison's experience in educating children.【小题4】Which of the following advice can help parents encourage kids to face failure?① Praise kids' every achievement.② Make kids embrace a bright mindset.③ Focus on the process of kids' effort④ Expand kids' knowledge about the world.⑤ Encourage kids to make new attempts.A．①②④B．②③④C．②③⑤D．①③⑤解答：DAACCThe different parts of a health care system have different focuses. A hospital's stroke （中风）unit monitors blood flow in the brain. The cardiac unit is interested in that same flow, but through and from the heart. Each collection of equipment and data is effective in its own field. Thus, like the story of blind men feeling an elephant, modern health care offers many separate pictures of a patient, but rarely a useful united one.On top of all this, the instruments that doctors use to monitor health are often expensive, as is the training required to use them. That combined cost is too high for the medical system to scan regularly, for early signs of illness, so patients are at risk of heart disease or a stroke.An unusual research project called AlzEye, run by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, in cooperation with University College, London (UCL) , may change this. It is attempting to use the eye as a window through which signals about the health of other organs could be discovered. The doctors in charge of it, Siegfried Wagner and Pearse Keane, are studying Moorfields' database of eye scans, which offers a detailed picture of the health of the retina (视网膜).The project will go a step further：With the information about other aspects of patients' health collected from other hospitals around England, doctors will be able to look for more accurate signs of disease through eye scans.The Moorfields data set has lots of linked cases to work with--far more than any similar project. For instance, the UK Biobank, one of the world's leading collections of medical data about individual people, contains 631 cases of a "major cardiac adverse event". The Moorfields data contain about 12, 000 such. The Biobank has data on about 1, 500 stroke patients. Moorfields has 11, 900. For the disease on which the Moorfields project will focus to start with dementia, the data set holds 15, 100 cases. The only comparable study has 86.Wagner and Keane are searching for patterns in the eye that show the emergence of disease elsewhere in the body. If such patterns could be recognized reliably, the potential impact would be huge.【小题1】Why does the author mention “the story of blind men feeling an elephant” in Paragraph 1?A．To claim the ineffectiveness of our health care system.B．To tell the similarity in various health care units.C．To explain the limitation of modern health care.D．To show the complexity of patients' pictures.【小题2】What does the underlined word "this" in Paragraph 3 refer to?A．The challenge of making advanced medical instruments.B．The high risk of getting a heart disease or a strokeC．The inconvenience of modern health care service.D．The incomplete and expensive health monitoring.【小题3】How does AlzEye work?A．By thoroughly examining one's body organs.B．By identifying one's state of health through eye scansC．By helping doctors discover one's diseases of the eyeD．By comparing the eye-scan data from different hospitals.【小题4】What can be inferred about the Moorfields's project from Paragraph 5?A．It takes advantage of abundantly available medical data.B．It makes the collection of medical data more convenient.C．It improves the Moorfields' competitiveness in the medical field.D．It strengthens data sharing between the Moorfields and the Biobank.解答：CDBADI was drowned （淹没）in work．I was convinced that it was because my job was demanding，but as I changed my job and eventually became self-employed and I could call my own shots，I was still drowned in work and things were still out of control．Now I come to realize that I have a tendency to drown myself in work and the problem is not the job I'm in．One of the reasons why work-life balance is hard is that we attribute （把…归咎于）the problem to our environment when we ourselves are the problem actually．I enjoy making my clients happy．"Dushka，your work is unbelievable．""Dushka，we would not have survived without you．"This is my instinctive （本能的）desire．I，a good girl，should make someone I love proud．What can get in the way of work-life balance is that approval often matters more than the balance I claim I want．I am ambitious （雄心勃勃的）and want to do great things and as soon as a project is done I'm hungry for the next one．I want hard work．I want to push myself and test myself．I want to learn．Sometimes work-life balance is hard because there is a difference between what I say I want and what I really want．My life is constantly changing．If a friend visits me from out of town I want to work less，if I happen to be particularly inspired I want to work more，and if a family member needs me I don't want to have to worry about work at all．Work-life balance is hard because my definition of it is a moving target．It means different things to me depending on different situations．What is work-life balance，anyway？Does it mean I get to go home every day when the clock strikes 5：00pm？Does it mean that I work hard for a few weeks and then take a long weekend off？Do I want daily balance，or do I want things to balance out over the course of a few weeks，even months？On one side，work-life balance doesn't mean that the only way to do something well is to do it yourself．Your ego （自我）gets in the way of your being free．On the other side，work-life balance can be hard if you are worried that someone else can do your job better than yourself．Then you live in a constant state of suspicion （怀疑）and never allow yourself to step away．Your fear is calling the shots，not your ambitions．Work-life balance can be hard if you are more worried about looking good than doing good work．If you want to make sure everyone sees you are the first one to come and the last one to leave，what others think of you has more weight than your desire of getting home in time for dinner．My boss assures me that employees come first and that people are the most important，yet Idon't see him telling me it's time to go home because I worked really late the night before．Wait a minute．Why should my work-life balance be the company's problem，in particular when I've already identified that my needs are ever-changing？How can I expect someone else to stay on top of that？The only person responsible for that is me．1．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean？___A．Demand less from myself．B．Complete more excellent jobs．C．Control a situation by myself．D．Pay more attention to work．2．The author enjoys making her clients happy because___．A．she is afraid to lose her jobB．she always desires to be approvedC．she wants to gain work-life balanceD．she could make a profit in that way3．What does the example of the author's boss tend to indicate？___A．It's no use working hard for our boss．B．Work-life balance relies on our own selves．C．Profits are more important than employees．D．Some leaders don't mean what they say．解答：BBA第二节语法填空（满分10分）When planning for a new job, many people will go through a job interview. 【小题1】Fear of the unknown, fear of public rejection and fear of personal criticism all come together in one meeting. So how should you prepare for a job interview ？It's often a combination of careful research, psychology and an ability to think on your feet.One way is to do a great deal of research, like finding the requirements of the job, the company's product lines, the industry's standard salary for the position, the interviewer, etc. When doing research, don't forget to learn about whether you have unique qualifications for the position. 【小题2】Thus, prepare your unique aspects which will make you stand out among interviewees ahead of time.【小题3】 Do you express your ideas clearly? Do you actively listen to others ? How you perform inthe interview will leave a deep impression on the interviewers.Some job seekers prepare for a job interview by conducting their own mock （模拟的）interviews. A trusted friend or even a professional job coach can act as an interviewer, asking many of the same questions a real interviewer might ask. In view of your performance, these people may be able to point out your trouble spots.【小题4】There're also numerous resources job seekers can use to prepare for a job interview. 【小题5】 Many cities also have programs helping first-time workers find jobs. They may offer classes on解答：第二部分语言运用第一节完形填空（满分30分）If you have talked to doctors in the hospitals, you may find that many of them are quite serious and speak in a range of_______that may be difficult to understand.. But ZhangWenhong, the leader of the Shanghai team of experts in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia, is one of the_______.He caught the public’s attention for his recent frank and funny speech.Zhang’s words first _______on the internet after he said in late Jan uary that he had_______ doctors and nurses who are members of the Communist Party of China (СPC) to frontline hospitals to treat coronavirus cases."When becoming CPC members, we vowed (发誓) that we would always_______people’s interests… in the face of dffi ulties," Zhang said. " This is the moment we _______the pledge 誓言). All CPC members must rush to the front line. No bargaining "Such a hardcore declaration of his attitude won widespread_________ among internet users. A person’s morals are _______ most in_______ situation. ________ could win more recognition from the people than the down-to-earth behavior of the CРC members," said YangHaiyan, a 32-year-old Shanghai resident.One month later, when Zhang advised local residents to ________the risk of spreading the virus by staying at home, he said in Shanghai ________: "If you don’t stop seeing friends, you will see them again in the ICU."Though ________ by the media, Zhang described himself as a medical worker who must ________ now, but will return to keeping a low ________ after the outbreak ends."I spoke because of the fear among the public, owing to limited ________ of the contagion (传染病), said Zhang on Feb 26. However, once the curtain of this coronavirus incident________, it maybe________to find me. I’ll just hide myself in a corner, studying complicated patient cases and doing some reading, ________ .A quote from Zhang :It’s suffocating (窒息的) for everyone to stay at home, but the virus is also suffocating. We aren’t resting at home; we re fighters. Every person who stays at home is________ in the battle against the virus."【小题1】 A．remarks B．lines C．terms D．excuses【小题2】 A．exceptions B．experts C．examples D．samples【小题3】 A．make a name B．make a face C．make a killing D．make a hit【小题4】 A．drafted B．sent C．distributed D．joined【小题5】 A．entitle B．prioritize C．justify D．privilege【小题6】 A．live up to B．come down to C．get down to D．set about【小题7】 A．appetite B．applaud C．applause D．recognition【小题8】 A．marked B．appeared C．symbolize D．witnessed【小题9】 A．typical B．critical C．visible D．visual【小题10】 A．Nothing B．Anything C．something D．Everything 【小题11】 A．deduce B．decline C．check D．reduce 【小题12】 A．dialect B．tune C．version D．prospect 【小题13】 A．chased B．caught C．exploited D．tracked 【小题14】 A．work out B．speak out C．spell out D．give out 【小题15】 A．dignity B．profile C．level D．portrait 【小题16】 A．fear B．knowledge C．command D．range【小题17】 A．fails B．falls C．declines D．drops【小题18】 A．easy B．hard C．horrible D．cosy【小题19】 A．slightly B．purposely C．silently D．aimlessly 【小题20】 A．anticipating B．participating C．involving D．burying解答：第二节单项选择（满分15分）1.—Have we ________water?—Yes, ________. We’d better get some.A．given out; we have run it out B．run out of, our water has run outC．used up; our water has been run out D．run out; our water has run out2.The school should ________immediately to the students request that they should have more time to relax .A. respondC. answerB. referD. Follow3.In China when caught, those corrupt(腐败的) officials are sometimes limited to __________ ina certain place, only __________ their problems within an appointed time(规定的时间).A. living, to reportB. living, reportingC. live, reportingD. live, to report4.My brother _______ between furthering his education and finding a good job.A.felt caughtB. felt blockingC. felt confusingD. felt struck6.Two adults and four children who were lost in a Nevada mountain _______ for nearly 48hours were found and well on Tuesday by search crewsA. series, livelyB. range, livingC. range, aliveD. series, live7.What is upsetting you,dear______it is necessary for us to move our home to the city.A.WhetherB.HowC.ThatD.Why8.At the camping many problems came up _____environmental protectionA.as a resultB.With regard ofC.In return toD.In place ofrge quantities of information，as well as some timely help since the organization was built．（）A. has offeredB. had been offeredC. have been offeredD. is offered10.It was not long _______ the firefighters arrived at the spot and got the fire in the building undercontrol．（）A. thatB. afterC. sinceD. before11. --- How many students, do you think, will be present at the meeting?--- I expect ______ 20 students at the meeting.A.there beingB. there to beC. there beD. there is12.—Excuse me, are there some Chinese works of art exhibited in the museum?—There be, but you may as well ask that man in the service center to make sure.A.mightB. canC. mustD. shall13.Tom, don’t the poor little girl and yourself. Did you forget the school rules?A.make a joke about；performugh at；conquerC.make fun of；behaveD.tease；believe14.They all queued up to be among the first to buy iPhone 6, but they all ended up --it was only a trick.A. rewardedB. shockedC. disappointing D embarrassing15.The traffic rule says young children under the age of four and __ less than 40pounds must be ina child safety seat．（）A. being weighedB. to weighC. weighedD. Weighing答案：BDBBA CABCC BACBD第三节语法填空（满分10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。