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1、1安徽省安庆市白泽湖中学安徽省安庆市白泽湖中学 2020-20212020-2021 学年高二英语下学期期中试题学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分第一部分听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 3030 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 7.57.5 分）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 the man offer to do?A.Paint
2、 the doors.B.Paint the ceiling.C.Look for a job.2.Where are the speakers?A.At home.B.In a shop.C.In a restaurant.3.What time is the train leaving?A.At 10:55.B.At 10:35.C.At 10:25.4.How does the woman feel about the man?A.Sympathetic.B.Indifferent.C.Angry.5.What will the man do next?A.Go for a bike r
3、ide.B.Play basketball.C.Havearest.第二节（共第二节（共 1515 题；每小题题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 22.522.5 分）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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6.What did the man do last Saturday?A.He studied a lot.B.He
4、joined a club.C.He went camping.7.Why do people join“Flash Play”?A.To experience a crisis.B.To make friends.C.To earn money.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。8.When did the woman have an interview?A.2 days ago.B.5 days ago.C.A week ago.9.What does the man ask the woman to do?A.Give a call to ask about the res
5、ult.B.Have some coffee for relaxation.C.Be patient and wait for the result.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10.How will the woman spend her summer holiday?A.Study at home.B.Work in the shop.C.Travel with her mother.11.With whom does the man plan to go to the seaside?A.His parents.B.His friends.C.His brothe
6、rs.12.What lessons does the woman want to take?A.Piano.B.Swimming.C.English.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13.Where does Sally want to go?A.The zoo.B.The London Eye.C.The Covent Garden.14.What is Billy interested in?2A.Boats.B.Operas.C.Paintings.15.What does the man suggest the woman do in Oxford Street?
7、A.Do some shopping.B.Enjoy an opera.C.Visit her parents.16.What is the woman related to the man?A.His mother.B.His wife.C.His guide.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17.Whom is the speaker talking to?A.Students parents.B.Visitors.C.New students.18.How many departments are there in the college?A.4.B.5.C.6.19
8、.Where do the teachers in the English department mainly come from?A.England and America.B.America and Australia.C.America and Canada.20.Which is the largest building in the college?A.The main library.B.The dining hall.C.The English department building.第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分）第一节（共第一
9、节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A A、B B、C C、D D）中，选出最佳选项。）中，选出最佳选项。A AWalkWalk ThroughThrough HistoryHistoryIts no surprise to anyone whos been to Charleston that it is among thebest US cities to visit.“It can feel like youre in a dream sometimes,likey
10、ouve stepped back 200 years,”says Brian Sim ms,the owner of Charleston SoleTours.These are Simmss must-sees.African-AmericanAfrican-American HeritageHeritage TourTour“People dont realize how much African culture is here.”says Sim ms.Herecommends learning about the African-American heritage that shap
11、ed the city,region and country to fully understand Charleston.Gullah Tours offers a two-hour bus tour for$BatteryBattery andand WhiteWhite PointPoint GardensGardensA large public park and garden with walking paths and artifacts all shadedby beautiful trees.Free admission.Simms provides two-hour guid
12、ed tours for$10 to$MiddletonMiddleton PlacePlaceMiddleton Place is a historic plantation with vivid exhibits and a workingtable.It provides an all-around view of what was going on with the history ofthe families that ran the plantation.$28/adult;$15/student 14 and older;$10/child 6-13;free/underage
13、6.www.middleton place.orgFortFort SummerSummer NationalNational MonumentMonumentMarking the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired,this3historic place includes several sites around Charleston Harbor and an educationcenter at Gadsdens Wharf.The best time of year to visit is springwhen
14、 theazaleas are floweringor fall.Admission is free.Boat ride is$19.5/adult,$12/child.www.nps.gov/fosu21.If you like walking under the shade of trees,which is the best place for youto go?A.Fort Sumter National MonumentB.Middleton PlaceC.Battery and White Point GardensD.African-American Heritage Tour2
15、2.How much should a couple with a daughter of 16 and a son of 7 pay for a touraround Middleton Place?A.$71B.$81C.$56D.$9123.Which sentence is true according to the passage?A.Spring is the only best season to visit Fort Sumter National Monument.B.All the people must pay money if they want to visit Mi
16、ddleton Place.C.You can learn American cultures influence on Africa when visitingAfrican-American Heritage Tour.D.All the four tours dont offer free admission.CGood manners are always good manners.Thats what I thought until I marriedAlexander,who is Russian.When I first met Alexander and he said to
17、me in Russian,“Nalei mnye chai-pourme some tea,I got angry and answered,“Pour it yourself.Translated into English,without a“Could you.?or a please,it sounded really rude to me.But in Russianit was fine-you dont have to add any polite words.However,when I took Alexander home to meet my parents in the
18、 UK,I had to givehim a good lesson about pleases and thank yous(which he thought were completelyunnecessary),and to teach him to say sorry if someone happened to step on his toes,and to smile,smile,smile.Another thing that Alexander just couldnt understand was why people say thingslike“Would you min
19、d passing me the salt,please?He said,“Its only the salt,for Gods sake!What do you say in English if you want a real favour?He also watched in amazement when,at a dinner party in England,we swallowed somereally disgusting food and I said,“Mmmm.delicious.In Russia,people are muchmore direct.The first
20、time Alexander s mother came to our house for dinner in Moscow,she told me that my soup needed more flavouring.Afterwards,when we argued aboutit,my husband said,“Do you prefer your dinner guests to lie?Alexander complained that in England he felt like an idiot because in Russia ifyou smile all the t
21、ime people think you are mad.In fact,this is exactly what myhusbands friends thought of me the first time I went to Russia because I smiledat everyone,and always said“please and“thank you in Russian.At home we now have an agreement.If we re speaking Russian,he can say“Pourme some tea”,and just make
22、a noise like a grunt(咕哝声)when I give it to him.But when were speaking English,he has to add a“please,a“thank you,and a smile.424.What can we know from what Alexander said?A.He didnt think politeness was necessary.B.He didnt like the writer spoliteness.C.He wasnt used to the English politeness.D.He w
23、asnt willing to have goodmanners.25.What did Alexander s friends think of the author when they first met her?A.She was noble.B.She was strange.C.She was lovely.D.She wasimpolite.26.What can we tell from their agreement?A.They respect each other.B.They change a lot for each other.C.They learn from ea
24、ch other.D.They fail to fit in with each other.27.What topic is the text mainly about?A.Good manners.B.Human relations.C.Culture shock.D.Mixedmarriages.C CA four-wheeled pod shaped like a space capsule on riverside roads trundles slowlyamong people who run,walk,cycle and lead dogs.At a maximum speed
25、 of 10 mph,thecar beeps as it moves regularly between the Inter Continental Hotel in the west ofthe peninsula and apartment blocks in the east.The biggest surprise about the vehicle is not its futuristic appearance but howit is controlled.While current safety rules require a human to monitor the veh
26、icles performance and step in to avoid crashes,the pod largely drives itself.It isone of several experiments worldwide aimed at exploring how autonomous vehiclesmight mesh with city transport systems.All are looking at how a technology beingdeveloped mainly for US highways can work in the more confi
27、ned,chaotic space ofcity streets.At the heart of these efforts is an attempt to work out whether driverless vehicleswill ease or worsen the impact that private car travel has had on many citiesfollowing the highway-building craze of the mid-20th century.Some fear the technology could prompt more jou
28、rneys by private motor vehiclesrather than more space-efficient public transport.If the technology providescomfortable,stress-free,private journeys,it might also prompt people to commutedaily from further afield,generating yet more traffic.Experts concerned about such impacts on behaviour argue it i
29、s vital that theroll-out of autonomous vehicle technology goes hand-in-hand with a rethink of howit is used.David Begg,a former chairman of the UKs Commission for Integrated Transport,accepts that autonomous vehicles will use road space more efficiently but says theproblem remains that cars take up
30、too much space for the people they carry.On average,most vehicles contain little more than one personthe driver.“Theres no doubt autonomous vehicles can allow us to squeeze more vehicles intoa given amount of capacity because theyre bumper-to-bumper and side-by-side,”profBegg says.“Unless we can inc
31、rease vehicle occupancy up from 1.1,weremoving too much fresh air and not enough people.”528.What do we know about driverless vehicles?A.Driverless vehicle travels at an average speed of 10 mph.B.Driverless vehicle drives itself to a great degree.C.Driverless vehiclesappearance is the same as common
32、 cars.D.Most driverless vehicles contain more than one person.29.What does the underlined word confined in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.DesertedB.tidy.C.straight.D.narrow.30.What is the David Beggs attitude to the future of driverless vehicles?A.Disapproving.B.concernedC.Positive.D.Sympathetic.31.In
33、which section of a newspaper may this text appear?A.Entertainment.B.Health.C.Education.D.Science.DAn era in which an Alzheimers diagnosis can begin in a doctors office is nowarriving.Advances in technologies to detect early signs of disease from a bloodsample are helping doctors to identify the memo
34、ry-robbing disorder more accuratelyand to screen participants more quickly for trials of potential treatments for themore than five million people in the U.S.afflicted with Alzheimers.Estimatespredict that,by 2030,there will be 76 million people worldwide who will receivea diagnosis of Alzheimers or
35、 other dementias(痴呆).Last fall,a blood test developed by C2N Diagnostics in St.Louis,became availableto most of the U.S.as a routine lab testregulated under the CMS Clinical LaboratoryImprovement Amendments(CLIA)program.It has also received a CE mark as a diagnosticmedical device in the European Uni
36、onindicating it has met safety,health andenvironmental protection standards for the region.“The development of a blood-based test for Alzheimers disease is just amazing,”says Michelle Mielke,a neuroscientist and epidemiologist at the Mayo Clinic.“Thefield has been thinking about this for a very long
37、 time.Its really been in thelast couple of years that the possibility has come to fruition.”The C2N test,called PrecivityAD,uses an analytic technique known as massspectrometry to detect specific types of beta-amyloid(-淀粉样蛋白),a proteinfragmentthatisapathological-hallmarkofdisease.Beta-amyloidprotein
38、saccumulate and form plaques visible on brain scans two decades before a patientnotices memory problems.As plaques build up in the brain,levels of beta-amyloiddecline in the surrounding fluid.Such changes can be measured in spinal fluid samplesand now in blood,wherebeta-amyloid concentrations are si
39、gnificantly lower.PrecivityAD is the first bloodtest for Alzheimers to be cleared for widespread use and one of a new generationof such assays that could enable early detection of the leading neurodegenerativediseaseperhaps decades before the onset of the first symptoms.32.What can we know about Alz
40、heimers diagnosis from the text?A.It has been used widely by doctors.B.It may have a brilliant market.C.It cannot be used in the futureD.It is hard for doctors to accept.33.According to the text,which description about the blood test developed by C2Nis false?6A.It is difficult to be applied in the f
41、uture.B.Its development to thedisease is remarkable.C.It has been approved by EU.D.Ithasachievedthegoaloftestingrecently.34.What does the underlined word“such changes”in the last paragraph refer to?A.Decrease in plaques of the brainB.Vanishment of a proteinfragment.C.Reduction in the levels of beta-
42、amyloid.D.Plaquesvisibleonbrainscans.35.What would be the best title for this text?A.A creative test for detecting AlzheimersB.Research on the test about detecting Alzheimers.C.Development of the C2N test.D.The development of a blood-based test.第二节第二节(共共 5 5 小题，小题，每小题每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1010 分分)根据短文内容，
43、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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。What are the chances?When we flip(掷)a coin,the odds(几率)are 1 in 2:it has an equal chance oflanding on heads(正面)”or“tails(反面).”But if you flip the coin 10 times,andthe results may be 8 heads and only 2 tails._36_The answer is that the coin has an equal c
44、hance of landing on either heads or tailson every flip-no matter what the last result was._ 37_ But as we keep flippinga coin,the result totals will get closer and closer to half heads and half tails._38_ The odds of winning money are very small.In one simple lottery(彩票)game,players pick three numbe
45、rs,from 0 to 9.They may use the same numbers more thanonce,so choices range from 000 to 999.Whatre the odds of winning?1 in 1,000.Thats the same as hitting a Coke placed in a tennis court by throwing a coin withyour eyes closed.In another lottery game,the player chooses five different numbers from 1
46、 through70,using each number only once.Then the player picks an additional number from 1through 25.Here is an example:7,15,23,44,68+15.If the lottery system comes up withall six of the same numbers,the player wins._39_ 1 in 302,575,350.You wouldhave the same chance dropping a coin from a helicopter,
47、with your eyes closed,andhaving it hit a Coke placed in a football field.So,save your money.What can you count on,then?_40_.A.What are the odds?B.Why arent there 5 heads and 5 tails?C.Only adults are allowed to play most lotteries?D.We cant predict how any one coin flip will land.E.Your best bet is
48、on your own talents,intelligence,and hard work.F.Some mathematicians say that no one should ever play the lottery,except forfun.7G.Thats why mathematicians hold that people should not spend money on thelottery.第三部分第三部分 英语知识运用英语知识运用(共两节共两节,满分满分 4545 分分)第一节第一节 完形填空完形填空(共共 2020 小题小题;每小题每小题 1.51.5 分分,满分
49、满分 3030 分分)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。Finally,I entered the institution.Because of my careful_21_,I did nothave to work during the school year.Then,summer came and it was time to workharder than ever.I continued working as a _22_ at night,instructed tennis campsseveral mornings
50、a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons.Being a little more _23_,I also decided to give lessons at a community college.These lessons at the community college helped me gain$650.It was an exhaustingsummer and made me _24_ to return to my _25_ easy life at college.During my