【英语】江苏省海安市南莫中学2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试试卷

【英语】江苏省海安市南莫中学2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试试卷

江苏省海安市南莫中学2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷 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，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 does Mr. Anderson do?‎ A. He is a teacher. B. He is a librarian. C. He is a repairman.‎ ‎2. When will the speakers visit the National Library?‎ A. On Thursday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers doing?‎ A. Having a dinner.‎ B. Enjoying a holiday.‎ C. Buying some fruit.‎ ‎4. What does the girl mean?‎ A. She was annoyed by the noise.‎ B. She wants to play basketball too.‎ C. She needed to take a day off.‎ ‎5. How is Facebook in the man’s opinion?‎ A. It’s safe to use.‎ B. Facebook friends are reliable.‎ C. It can waste your time.‎ 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，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7题。‎ ‎6. What weather is the woman expecting?‎ A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.‎ ‎7. What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A. It will rain this afternoon.‎ B. The woman owns a farm.‎ C. The weather report made mistakes.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题 ‎8. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Complaining about the campus food.‎ B. Seeking comments on the campus food.‎ C. Asking for changes about the campus food.‎ ‎9. How does the man like the campus food?‎ A. Acceptable. B. tasty. C. Unsatisfactory.‎ ‎10. What does the man think needs improving about the cafeteria?‎ A. The dessert. B. The soup. C. The business time.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. How old is the man?‎ A. 57. B. 40. C. 47.‎ ‎12. Which statement is true about the man’s kids?‎ A. They are grateful.‎ B. They are dependent.‎ C. They are problem students.‎ ‎13. How will the man deal with his kids?‎ A. He will put them back to Greece.‎ B. He will leave them alone in New York.‎ C. He will support them until they’re married.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。‎ ‎14. What does the man say about his physics lectures?‎ A. They are too early.‎ B. They ruin his weekend.‎ C. They conflict with his biology courses.‎ ‎15. When will the woman begin to register her courses?‎ A. At eight. B. At nine. C. At ten.‎ ‎16. Why is there a shortage of dorm space?‎ A. A dorm building is being rebuilt now.‎ B. The number of students has increased greatly.‎ C. Students are not allowed to live outside school.‎ ‎17. What will the woman probably do next year?‎ A. Go to another school.‎ B. Change her school courses.‎ C. Move to an off-campus apartment.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。‎ ‎18. What is the ship captain going to do?‎ A. Speed the ship. B. Change the direction. C. Stop the ship.‎ ‎19. What is the weather probably like now?‎ A. Sunny and nice. B. Windy and Rainy. C. Stormy and cold ‎20. What should the passengers do?‎ A. Run for safety. B. Stay in their rooms. C. Call 911.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节（本题有10小题，每小题2.5分；满分25分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the branches of an old tree, with good reason to frown, for the world was intended to drag me down. At this time, a boy approached me. He stood right before me, and said with great excitement, “Look what I found!”‎ In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, with its petals (花瓣) all worn. Wanting him to take his flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then turned to the other side.‎ But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared, “It really smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too. That’s why I picked it. Here, it’s for you.”‎ The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.‎ ‎ So I reached for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.”‎ But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he held it in mid-air. It was then that I noticed that the boy was blind.‎ I heard my voice quiver (轻微颤抖), and at the same time my tears shone like the sun. As I thanked him for picking the very best one, he smiled and said, “You’re welcome.” And then he ran off to play, unaware of the impact he’d had on me.‎ I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree. Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true sight.‎ Through the eyes of the blind boy, I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all of those times I had been blind. From now on I vowed to see beauty and appreciate every second that’s mine. Then I held the flower up to my nose and breathed its fragrance and smiled as that young boy.‎ ‎21.When she sat down to read on the bench, the author _______.‎ A. felt relaxed and peaceful ‎ B. wanted to have a friend keeping her company ‎ C. felt upset and unhappy with her life ‎ D. felt proud to have overcome the difficulties in life ‎22. The author decide to take the flower at first because___‎ A. she was really moved by the boy. ‎ B. she didn’t want to hurt the young boy. ‎ C. she didn’t like being bothered by the boy any more.‎ D. she thought the flower was really beautiful. ‎ ‎23. Which of the following can best describe the boy?‎ A. Independent and active. B. Kind and optimistic. ‎ C. Handsome and intelligent. D. Warmhearted and sensitive.‎ ‎ B Does your brain work like a dictionary? A mathematical analysis of the connections among definitions of English words has uncovered hidden structures that may resemble the way words and their meanings are represented in our minds.‎ ‎“We want to know how the mental vocabulary is represented in the brain,” says Stevan ‎ Harnad of the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada.‎ As every word in a dictionary is defined (下定义) in terms of others, the knowledge needed to understand the entire vocabulary is there. Harnad’s team reasoned that finding this smallest set of words and pinning down its structure might help research on how human brains put language together.‎ The team changed each of four different English dictionaries into a mathematical structure of linked nodes (节点) known as a graph. Each node in this graph represents a word, which is linked to the other words used to define it — so “banana” might be connected to “long”, “bendy”, “yellow”, and “fruit”.‎ But even this tiny set is not the smallest number of words you need to produce the whole dictionary, as many of these words can in turn be fully defined by others in the kernel (核心). What’s more, the kernel has a deeper structure.‎ So what, if anything, can this tell us about how our brains represent words and concepts? To find out the answer, Harnad’s team looked at data on how children acquire words and found a pattern: as you move in from the full dictionary towards the kernel, words which have been acquired at a younger age tend to be used more often, and refer to more concrete concepts.‎ But the connection does suggest that our brains may structure language somewhat similarly to a dictionary.‎ Phil Blunsom, at University of Oxford isn’t convinced that word meanings can be reduced to a chain of definitions. “It’s treating words in such a symbolic fashion that they are going to lose a lot of the meaning.” But Mark Pagel of the University of Reading, UK, expects the approach to new insights. “This will be most useful in giving us a sense of how our minds structure meaning.” he says. ‎ ‎24. The first paragraph serves as a(n) ______ in the passage.‎ ‎ A. comparison between human brains and a dictionary ‎ B. conclusion that your brain is just like a dictionary ‎ C. contradiction between definitions of English words ‎ D. introduction to the question whether your brain works like a dictionary ‎25. What does the underlined phrase “pinning down” in Paragraph 3 mean here?‎ ‎ A. fixing firmly B. explaining simply ‎ C. making clearly D. putting formally ‎26. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Children acquire words and form patterns more easily than adults.‎ B. Harnad’s findings may explain how human brains put language together.‎ C. Our brains may structure language exactly similarly to a dictionary.‎ ‎ D Many of the words can in turn be fully defined by using its similar words.‎ C Imagine being a business that regularly takes huge quantities of your own products worth millions of pounds and burns them up. Your stock literally goes up in smoke. It sounds crazy, but the practice is common for some of the world’s biggest clothing manufacturers. They argue that it is the most cost-effective way of maintaining their brand’s exclusivity(独特性).‎ The clothes that are burned are those that do not sell at a high enough price. Rather than watch them go on sale, the companies would set fire to them and regain a small amount of energy.‎ Nobody knows exactly how much unsold stock is burnt annually by those fashion houses, but burning clothes has various negative impacts on the environment. For example burning clothes made from artificial fibers may release plastic microfibers into the atmosphere, which worsens global warming. AU. K parliamentary committee report on sustainability and the fashion industry advises the government to ban the burning of unsold stock if it can be reused or recycled.‎ Actually, there are other approaches. What if those companies had a section tasked with taking back unsold clothes, redesigning them into new products, and shipping out the new products to the market once again?‎ There is also now an opportunity to focus on biodegradable (可生物降解的) fabrics. Clothes that break down faster might not have to be burned. They would also appeal to those who care about the environmental impact of their own wardrobes.‎ Additionally, we have an over-production problem. According to the World Bank, while clothing sales have risen steadily since 2000, clothing utilization has fallen at roughly the same rate. For every extra T-shirt that is sold, it will be worn roughly half as much as it would have been 20 years ago. That means better forecasting market trends would in theory result in less waste.‎ Burning clothes won’t happen simply through fashion firms. The scale of fashion production ‎ has to change. And it’s important to recognize that these consumer-focused brands will only go where the market takes them. If protecting the environment really matters to the public, they have to make clear that they want more sustainable clothing in the first place. Without consumers demanding that, it won’t change.‎ ‎27. Paragraph Three mainly talks about_________‎ A. how important the U.K. parliamentary committee report is B. why fashion firms should end burning unsold stock C. why fashion firms bum unsold clothes in large numbers every year D. how artificial fabrics will contribute to global warming ‎28. The underlined expression “clothing utilization” in the sixth paragraph means______‎ A. how long clothing lasts B. how well clothing sells C. how often clothing is used D. how clothing is designed ‎29. According to the article, which of the following is NOT a better way of dealing with unsold clothes than burning them?‎ A. Redesigning and making them into new clothes B. Making consumers feel better about their purchases C. Conducting research on market demand before production D. Making clothes out of environmentally-friendly materials ‎30. What can we learn from the last paragraph?‎ A. Consumers play a key role in stopping burning clothes B. Burning clothes is a better option for every fashion firm.‎ C. The secret that some fashion firms burn clothes is well kept.‎ D. Today’s clothes are better than those two decades ago.‎ 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ The world is a colorful landscape of different languages, skin colors, and different cultures. It’s important to have a good understanding of different cultures in order to become a well-rounded person. 31 ‎ One way is to read hooks written by authors from a particular culture. Reading works by ‎ authors who have a close relationship with a particular culture allows people to gain an authentic glimpse into the food, music, language, religion, and way of a life of a particular group of people. 32 ‎ Another way to learn about different cultures is to try to learn a foreign language. 33 A person can choose a language she has always wanted to learn and locate learning programs to help her master the language. Besides, one can enroll in a foreign language class in order to learn in a more formal setting. One can also try to visit areas of the city to establish social connection with native speakers of the language.‎ ‎ 34 Seek out restaurants that feature authentic food from a variety of countries. Food is an important part of different cultures and allows people to gain deep understanding into a particular cultural group’s way of life.‎ Communicating with people from other countries through email or snail mail is another useful way to become familiar with different cultures. 35 Various websites offer pen pal services, offering to connect individuals with pen friends around the world.‎ A. Stories based on a local culture expose one to a different culture.‎ B. Trying authentic food from a specific cultural group is also a great idea.‎ C. There are several ways to become knowledgeable about different cultures.‎ D. A variety of language-learning books, software, and audio programs is available,‎ E. The Internet has made it possible to communicate with others from different countries.‎ F. Making contact with native speakers of the language allows one to gain firsthand knowledge.‎ G. One way to develop this appreciation is to try to team about other cultures around the world.‎ 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45）‎ 第一节（每小题1.5分，满分30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。‎ Bode Beirdneau, now ten, who started riding snowmobiles at age four, saved his father after a serious 36 , showing great courage in the 37 . On a bright day last April, Bode Beirdneau, ‎ then nine and his father, John Taylor, 54, were having 38 snowmobiling around the Lake Tahoe when the throttle(节流阀) of John’s vehicle got 39 by a small branch. Unable to slow down, John 40 to jump off the vehicle 41 it crashed into a big tree, but his leg got caught underneath it. As he 42 six inches into the snow, he could tell both his leg and shoulder were 43 . Bode rushed to 44 out his father, but John stopped him. They had neither supplies 45 cell phone service. 46 your snowmobile, "John told Bode. “ Follow the road, and try to find help”.‎ After a 20-minute 47 , Bode spotted a tour group and 48 the guide to radio for help. The County Search, the Rescue Unit and firefighters quickly appeared on the scene, and Bode led them 49 the white wilderness to his dad, who was pale and in pain.‎ While waiting for a 50 to airlift John to the nearby hospital, the 51 stabilized his leg. Within an hour, he was receiving surgery.‎ Today, John’s leg has 52 . Since then 53 have Father and son forgot to carry a walkie-talkie (步话机) with an emergency button on their trip, Tisha Shaw, Bode’s mother, says her son’s 54 and quick thinking have led her to treat him as more of an adult. She lets him 55 later at night because “I trust his judgment,” she says.‎ ‎36. A. event B. experience C. mistake D. accident ‎37. A. dark B. wet C. cold D. sun ‎38. A. fun B. trouble C. lessons D. plans ‎39. A. stuck B. attacked C. destroyed D. broken ‎40. A. succeed B. attempted C. failed D. stopped ‎41. A. until B. as C. before D. since ‎42. A. dived B. sank C. fell D. jumped ‎43. A. hit B. damaged C. injured D. harmed ‎44. A. dig B. find C. pick D. work ‎45. A. or B. nor C. and D. no ‎46. A. get over B. put on C. take off D. get on ‎47. A. run B. ride C. trip D. wander ‎48. A. asked B. demanded ‎ C. ordered D. suggested ‎49. A. under B. over C. around D. through ‎50. A. car B. snowmobile C. helicopter D. train ‎51. A. police B. tourists C. firefighters D. rescuers ‎52. A. recovered B. cured C. restored D. returned ‎53. A. in no time B. always C. at times D. never ‎54. A. confidence B. courage C. confusion D. kindness ‎55. A. pick up B. hang up C. stay up D. put up 第二节 语法填空(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. ‎ It is Zhou Yang’s first day at the office of a popular English newspaper. He is excited and eager 56 (go) out on a story on his own. But His new boss, Hu Xin first put him as an 57 (assist) to an experienced journalist. Later he could cover a story and submit the article 58 (him). And a phoptographer would go with Zhou as he might be able to concentrate 59 photography later.‎ To be a good reporter, one needs to be curious, 60 enables one to ask many different questions and acquire all the 61 (information) he needs to know. Besides, it’s important for a reporter to have a nose for a story, knowing if someone is telling the truth. And while 62 (interview) people, a reporter has to listen to the answers carefully because he has to listen for the 63 (detail) facts and prepare the next question 64 (depend) on what people say. If possible, a reporter can record the interview in case he might 65 (accuse) of printing lies.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 应用文写作（共1小题，满分15分）‎ 随着中国国际地位的提高，世界各地掀起了学汉语的热潮，美国也不例外。假定你叫李华，你的美国网友Mikm通过email告诉你他学汉语方面的困难:口语不怎么好，听力差，写作能力最差。请你回一封email，给他提出一些行之有效的建议。‎ ‎1．你的建议：口语：每天说，每天背一定量的常用语；写作：多读简易读物并做笔记，每天写一点，比如写日记等；‎ ‎2．要求：①词数：100词左右；②不要逐字译成英文，为使行文流畅可适当增加细节；‎ ‎3．Email 的开头和结尾已为你写好(不计入总数)。‎ Dear Mike，‎ How nice to hear from you! In your letter you talked about your difficulties with your Chinese Learning. _______________________________________________________________‎ ‎______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours，‎ Li Hua 第二节 概要写作（满分25分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。(提示：照抄原句会根据评分标准进行相应扣分直到零分)‎ High school exit tests are tests that students must pass to graduate from high school. In the last few years, however, a number of states in America have dropped them. Although some states still use them for diplomas, the number is down from a high of 27 states during the testing craze promoted by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).‎ The appearance of this phenomenon is small wonder. Researches clearly show that exit tests have little positive effects on students. A 2014 report found exit testing was associated with lower graduation rates, negatively affected labor market outcomes, and, most alarmingly, produced a 12.5 percent increase in incarceration (监禁) rates. Exit exams, the study concluded, had tended to add little value for most students.‎ Exit testing relies on the following assumptions. One is that standardized testing can serve as a kind of “quality control” for high school graduates, guaranteeing that graduates are college ready. The other is that they have predicting value for future success in academic situations.‎ But there is little evidence. The tests don’t exactly measure what they pretend to measure. For example, qualities such as intelligence, academic ability, college readiness are not determined. Those that should be developed in all young people, like responsibility, critical thinking, and empathy (移情), are not measured, either. Even supporters of exit tests have acknowledged that they don’t offer reliable data.‎ Thus, more and more people are suggesting that exit test scores ought to be just one ‎ component of the high school diploma. Schools should consider many other records including credits earned, courses taken, activities, service, projects and other elements of academic accomplishment so that students can be evaluated flexibly. In other words, exit test scores should never be the only criterion for high school diplomas.‎ ‎__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎【参考答案】‎ 听力 ‎1-5 ACBAC 6-10 BBBAC 11-15 ABCAC 16-20 ACBAB 阅读 ‎21-23 CCB 24-26 DCB 27-30 BCBA 31-35 CADBE 完形填空 ‎36-40 DCAAB 41-45 CBCAB 46-50 DBADC 51-55DADBC 语法填空 ‎ ‎56. to go 57. assistant 58. himself 59. on 60. which ‎61.information 62. interviewing 63. detailed 64. depending ‎ ‎65. be accused 应用文写作 Dear Mike,‎ How nice to hear from you! In you’re your letter you talked about your difficulties you’re your Chinese Learning. Well, my advice is that first you practice speaking Chinese every day for at least 15 minutes, and learn some everyday Chinese by heart. Then, it is a must to learn to some easy tapes, say, for 20 minutes every day, till one day you think it’s time for more difficult ones. As for writing, doing simple readings as much as you can and taking some possible notes will be of much help. Besides, writing something in Chinese every day, such as keeping diaries, will greatly improve your writing skills as well as the way you think in Chinese.‎ Hoping they will do some good to your Chinese learning.‎ Best wishes!‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua 概要写作 One possible version:‎ High school exit tests have been cancelled in some states in America in recent years. (要点1) This is not surprising because studies show they do little good to students. (要点2) Instead of ensuring college readiness and academic success, they actually don’t measure what should be measured. (要点3) Therefore, exit test scores should only be one part of the standards of high school diplomas. (要点4) [60 words]‎