安徽省黄山市屯溪区第一高中2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案（无听力音频无文字材料）

屯溪区第一高中2020-2021年度高二上学期期中试卷 2020.11
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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 will the man do next?
A. Take a walk. B. Write a report. C. Read some articles.
2. Who does the woman wait for?
A. Her sister. B. The man. C. Her parents.
3. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At a post office. B. At a travel agency. C. At an airport.
4. How much should the woman pay if she buys two skirts?
A. ? 10. B. ? 20. C. ? 30.
5. Why does the woman talk to the man?
A. To ask for a favor. B. To get her dress back. C. To buy a present.
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。听完每段对话或独白前，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. How will Jake help George?
A. Getting him to cheer up.
B. Breaking his addiction to TV.
C. Taking him to the hospital.
7. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers?
A. Sister and brother. B. Neighbors. C. Wife and husband.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What Geinness record does the man decide to break?
A. Push ups. B. Skiing. C. Running.
9. What’s the woman’s final attitude towards Chris’ decision?
A. Disappointing. B. Ambiguous. C. Understanding.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。
10. What does the man prefer to eat now?
A. Greek cuisine. B. Heavier meals. C. His mom’s cooking.
11. What do we know about the man?
A. He often eats big meals. B. He is very busy. C. He lives a regular life.
12. Why does the man think of all famous chefs are men?
A. They are creative. B. They are adventurous. C. They are hard-working.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。
13. When did Adam get his first job?
A. At 15. B. At 16. C. At 17.
14. What did the woman mainly do at the radio station?
A. She hosted a talk show. B. She broadcast the news. C. She operated the board.
15. Where did the man work when he was a college student?
A. At a gas station. B. At an airport. C. At a car company.
16. What did the man think of his job?
A. Responsible. B. Risky. C. Exciting.
听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。
17. What are most of the rooms named after?
A. Film stars. B. Scitentist. C. Writers.
18. What can you find in Marilyn Monroe’s room?
A. Socks. B. White dresses. C. A skipping rope.
19. What would Einstein eat for his meal?
A. Pancakes. B. Strawberry ice cream. C. Cabbage soup.
20. What is the speaker talking about?
A. The Fame Hotel in California.
B. The famous hotels near Hollywood.
C. The famous stars outside Los Angeles.
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，并在答题 卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Book Reviews
Backward Science
Author: Clive Gifford
Publisher: QED Publishing
Price:?12
Immersed in our current surroundings, technology and way of life, it can be easy to take all this for granted. But what would.life be like without the comfort we are provided with through healthcare or the transport we depend on daily? From complex gadgets to simplistic items such as a toilet to use or paper to write on, all the technology in this book will leave you both thankful for a different aspect of your life and equipped with the historical stories of the people behind them.


Anatomicum Activity Book
Author:Jennifer Z Paxton
Publisher: Big Picture Press
Price:?10
The human body and its complicated composition can be hard to wrap your head around sometimes. However, this activity book combines the educational information of a textbook and the fun of a puzzle book. From labelling parts of the lungs to matching up internal systems, this book is a great way to bring fun into human biology. Filled with interesting facts about he human body and how it functions, this activity book is great for the whole family to enjoy.
Apollo 13 Owners\' Workshop Manual
Author:David Baker
Publisher: Haynes
Price:?22
You couldn\' t find a more qualified person to write this Haynes manual:author David Baker isn\'t just any old physicist or engineer; he was actually here in NASA\'s mission control room in 1970, working on getting the crew of Apollo 13 safely back to Earth. He’'s also an award-winning journalist who's written well over 100 books on all facets of space science and exploration.
The World\'s Most Amazing Dinosaurs
Author:Various
Publisher:Sona Books
Price:?18
Providing an insight into the varied species that inhabited our planet over 65 million years ago,every page brings these long-extinct characters back to life. The illustrations not only show you what they might have looked like,but are filled with interesting annotations to explain the purpose of the dinosaurs' every feature. Surprising details of their colour, texture, internal organs and skeletal structure are presented through cutaway graphics alongside educated opinions from expert palaeontologists.
21.Which book explores the inventions we encounter every day?
A.The World's Most Amazing Dinosaurs.
B.Apollo 13 Owners\' Workshop Manual.
C.Anatomicum Activity Book.
D.Backward Science.
22.Anatomicum Activity Book may appeal to those who
A. are wondering what life was like in the past
B. are doing research on space science
C.are confused about the human body
D.are curious about animals
23.What can be learned about David Baker?
A. He was one of the crew of Apollo 13.
B.He knew the precise details of Apollo 13.
C.He designed NASA\'s mission control room.
D.He worked as an engineer until the year of 1970.

B
Born on May 27,1907 in Springdale,Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson became an avid explorer as well as reader, and took an interest in writing stories.By age 10, she had published her first story in St. Nicholas. She would often read this magazine, as well as many others that concerned the natural world. In 1925, she finished at the top of her class in high school in a class of 45 students.
Carson would go on to attend the Pennsylvania College for Women,which is known as Chatham University now. This is where she would end up pursuing the sciences,in this case biology. She would eventually attend Johns Hopkins University in 1929, continuing her studies in zoology and genetics.
Carson completed her Master\' s in zoology in June of 1932, and went to work at a local radio station. Here she would write educational broadcasts for a weekly radio show called Romance Under the Waters. This led her to her job at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and she became just the second woman to be employed by the bureau.
In 1951, Carson had her book The Sea Around Us published,which explains the complexity of the ocean to non-scientists. Carson wrote the book with poetry and science, and she intended to spark in her readers a sense of the fragility of the world\' s ecosystem. The Sea Around Us made Carson the voice of public science in America, an internationally recognized authority on the oceans,and established her reputation as a nature writer of the first rank.
In 1962,Carson became well-known when her most famous book Silent Spring was published. This book described the negative effects of pesticides on the environment. Her concern with pesticides dated back to the 1940s,but no one would take her seriously until this book was finally published. On April 14th,1964,Carson passed away due to a heart attack but her work towards preserving the environment has continued to this day. Silent Spring was even republished in 1994 with an introduction from then vice-president Al Gore.
24.What do we know about Carson's early life?
A.She was a great fan of St. Nicholas.
B.She worked part-time at a radio station.
C.She pursued the sciences in high school.
D. She moved to Springdale at the age of 10.
25. According to the text, The Sea Around Us
A.is a science book for professionals
B.was published after Carson passed away
C.aimed to raise public environmental awareness
D.has made Carson a fiction writer of international significance
26.What might be Al Gore' s attitude toward Silent Spring?
A.Critical.
B.Ambiguous.
C.Skeptical.
D.Approving.
27.Which words can best describe Carson?
A. Talented and responsible.
B.Independent but serious.
C.Reliable and courageous.
D.Determined but proud.
C
As reporters and editors find themselves the victims of layoffs at digital publishers and traditional newspaper chains alike, journalism generated by machine is on the rise. Roughly a third of the content published by Bloomberg News uses some form of automated technology. The system used by the company, Cyborg, is able to assist reporters in creating thousands of articles on company earnings reports each quarter. The program can analyze a financial report the moment it appears and spit out an immediate news story that includes the most important facts and figures.
In addition to covering company earnings for Bloomberg,robot reporters have been productive producers of articles on Minor League Baseball for The Associated Press (AP),high school football for The Washington Post and earthquakes for Los Angeles Times. Last week, The Guardian's Australia edition published its first machine-assisted article. And Forbes recently announced that it was testing a tool called Bertie to provide reporters with rough drafts and story templates. The New York Times has experimented with using AI to personalize newsletters.
The AP was an early adopter when it struck a deal in 2014 with Automated Insights, a technology company specializing in language generation software that produces billions of machine-generated stories a year. In addition to leaning on the software to generate minor league and college game stories, The AP has also used it to strengthen its coverage of company earnings reports. It has gone from producing 300 articles on earnings reports per quarter to 3,700.
As the use of AI has become a part of the industry's toolbox,journalism executives say it is not a threat to humans. Rather, the idea is to allow journalists to spend more time on substantive work."The work of journalism is creative, it' s about curiosity, it' s about storytelling, i?' s about digging, it' s critical thinking, it's judgment - and that is where we want our journalists to spend their energy,"says Lisa Gibbs, the director of news partnerships for The AP.
“AI was once a new shiny technology used by high tech companies,but now it' s actually becoming a necessity," says Francesco Marconi,the head of research and development at The Journal. He likened the addition of AI in newsrooms to the introduction of the telephone. “It gives you more access, and you get more information quicker," he says. “I think a lot of the tools in journalism will soon be powered by AI.”
28.What do Bloomberg and The AP have in common?
A. Both are developing language generation software.
B. Both use AI to produce company earnings reports.
C. Both work with the same AI technology company.
D.Both have laid off a large number of their employees.
29. What do the facts provided in Paragraph 2 show?
A. AI is being widely applied in journalism.
B. Robot reporters are likely to cause problems.
C.Reporters and editors are facing unemployment.
D.Traditional media resist machine-assisted articles.
30. What does Lisa Gibbs think of AI?
A. It is a well-matched substitute for journalists.
B.It challenges reporters to think more critically.
C.It liberates journalists from time-consuming tasks.
D. It guarantees reporters focus more on important work:
31. Why does Francesco Marconi compare AI with the telephone?
A. To present the weakness of telephones.
B.To predict journalism' s bright future.
C.To discuss changes in AI technology.
D.To show how big a step forward AI is.
D
A review of 100 years of fossil evidence reveals that 100 million years ago part of the Sahara Desert was arguably the riskiest place on our planet,wih a concentration of large predatory(食肉的）dinosaurs unmatched in any comparable modern ecosystem on land. The analysis of fossils from theso-called Kem Kem beds shows the presence in the area of large-scale predatory dinosaurs,reptiles and other hunters, all living together in what was at the time a river system full of very large fish, rather than a desert.
Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim, lead author of the study, said that the Kem Kem ecosystem was a highly enigmatic place,ecologically speaking, since typically ecosystems present a larger number of plant-eating animals than predators, and predators themselves will come in a variety of sizes,with one larger predator
being dominant. In the Kem Kem beds,fossils of predators outnumber those of plant-eating dinosaurs, and several of the predators living together in the area, such as the Carcharodontosaurus, the Spinosaurus,the
Abelisaur and the Deltadromeus, were as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) - one of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived. This is strange “even by dinosaur standards,” according to Ibrahim, since the T. rex, which was present in North America tens of millions of years later, was “the unarguable ruler of its ancient ecosystem.”
It is unlikely that the large predators in the Kem Kem ecosystem ate one another. What's more realistic, according to Ibrahim, is that they ate the abundant and supersized fish present in the area - fish like coelacanths"the size of a car” and sawfish that could reach 25 feet in length.
The study of the Kem Kem beds carried out by Ibrahim and a group of international researchers across the U.S., Europe and Africa draws attention to the importance of learning more about Africa,which remains paleontology's forgotten continent.It shows that African ecosystems"do not simply copy the ones we know from North America,Europe or other better-known places,"and it also reveals clues about what happens to life when dramatic changes in climate come into play.
32.What does the underlined word “enigmatic" in Paragraph 2 probably
mean?
A.Dangerous.
B. Peaceful.
C.Puzzling.
D.Remote.
33.What can be learned about the Kem Kem ecosystem?
A. The T.rex was the real ruler of the ecosystem.
B.There once lived dangerous supersized dinosaurs.
C. There was an underground river instead of a desert.
D. The number of plant-eating dinosaurs went beyond that of predators.
34. Which of the following would Ibrahim agree with?
A. Sawfish once completely dominated North America.
B. Coelacanths were much larger than the Deltadromeus.
C.The Carcharodontosaurus and the Spinosaurus lived on fish.
D. The Abelisaur and the T. rex became extinct at the same time.
35.What does the study of the Kem Kem beds reveal?
A. African ecosystems have their uniqueness.
B.Humans have caused great changes in climate.
C. Fossils of predators proved to be alien species.
D. The Sahara Desert was formed 100 million years 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。
If you’re feeling empty, you’re not alone. Many of us feel empty in different ways. For instance, you might feel empty because something is missing in your life. Or the emptiness might stem from slowly abandoning yourselves, not listening to your own hopes and desires. Abandoning yourselves can also spark anxiety, depression, guilt and shame, 36 . Here are several suggestions to help you out.
Acknowledge the emptiness. If you're experiencing emptiness that's more like a gaping hole, acknowledge it, and be gentle with yourself. 37. If this emptiness is because of a loved one's passing, get angry with yourself. In that case you learn to live life alongside that hole of missing that person.
Explore your feelings of emptiness. Scientists suggested exploring the below questions. We can do this while journaling, taking a walk or drinking a cup of tea.
●Do I tell myself positive things?
●What am I trying to prove or win?
●38
●Am I blaming myself for things that are out of my control?
39 Fight the urge to turn to the outside world for fulfillment. Instead of trying to fill the emptiness with drugs, alcohol, TV, computer games or anything else, look within, and spend time with yourself. It may feel uncomfortable at first, but the more you practice devoting time and energy to yourself and caring for yourself, the less present those empty feelings, will be.
40 Whether you are experiencing difficult relationships, losses, or feeling a lack of purpose or mining, you are worthy of a fulfilling and meaningful life.
A. Explore your current feelings.
B. Spend time with yourself every day.
C. How do you handle your emptiness?
D. Don’t heat yourself up for feeling this way.
E. Have I been judging myself or comparing myself to others?
F. Do you spend too much time on TV, computer games or anything else?
G. It is important to acknowledge and accept your feelings of emptiness.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen 41. They sought a university that 42 the teenager's intended major, one located near a large city and a campus where their daughter would be 43.
‘The safety issue is a big one,’ says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn't 44 in his worries. On campus 45 other parents 46 similar concerns, and the same question was 47 asked: ‘what about crime?’ But when college officials always gave the same?48- ‘That's not a problem here,’ --Mahoney began to feel 49.?
‘No crime whatsoever?’ 50 Mahoney today. ‘I just don't 51 it.’ Nor should he: in 1999 the U.S. Department of education had 52 of nearly 400,000 serious 53 on or around our campuses. That includes 754 homicides(自杀案), almost 6500 sexual assaults and 54 175,000 incidents of theft. ‘Parents?need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,’ says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. ‘Campus crime 55 the rest of the nation.’
But getting 56 information isn't easy. Colleges must report crime statistics by law, but some 57 for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking 58. ‘The truth may not?always be serious,’ warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc., the nation's leading campus?safety watchdog group.
?To help 59 parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find?out major crime issues and effective 60.
41. A. schools
B. families
C. communities
D. hospitals
42. A. created
B. offered
C. developed
D. designed
43. A. safe
B. hardworking
C. favored
D. cheerful
44. A. wrong
B. interested
C. confident
D. alone
45. A. meetings
B. games
C. tours
D. admissions
46. A. announced
B. admitted
C. voiced
D. predicted
47. A. seldom
B. regularly
C. constantly
D. instantly
48. A. introduction
B. answer
C. expression
D. translation
49. A. angry
B. unsettled
C. satisfied
D. depressed
50. A. comments
B. suggests
C. considers
D. scolds
51. A. want
B. like
C. buy
D. know
52. A. letters
B. charges
C. complaints
D. reports
53. A. crimes
B. accidents
C. problems
D. stories
54. A. just
B. merely
C. some
D. relatively
55. A. mirrors
B. attacks
C. defeats
D. breaks
56. A. true
B. helpful
C. enough
D. accurate
57. A. give them up
B. hold them back
C. turn them away
D. take them in
58. A. safe
B. stupid
C. different
D. dangerous
59. A. special
B. fearful
C. experienced
D. concerned
60. A. suggestions
B. solutions
C. supports
D. explanations
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。
An experimental antiviral medication might help fight the new coronavirus
A single case study isn’t enough to prove anything. It’s not clear if the medication called remdesivir, actually helped the patient, or if his improvement was a coincidence. But it’s one of a few drugs, 61. (include) a combination of anti-HIV drugs, 62. Doctors think might help patients with the new coronavirus.
Remdesivir was developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead as a treatment 63. Ebola. It’s a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, and it blocks the activity of a protein that helps coronaviruses make copies of themselves. Research groups identified the drug as a potential candidate for the treatment of coronaviruses in the aftermath of the 2012 MERS outbreak, 64. another new coronavirus spread throughout the Middle East.
Tests on the new coronavirus show that remdesivir blocks 65. activity, too, at least in the lab. The result, 66 (couple) with the positive outcomes in the Washington patient, were enough for Gilead to launch a larger clinical trial of the drug in new coronavirus patients. The company will test it in a group of 270 patients at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing---one group will 67. (give) the drug, and one group will be given a placebo.
The drug isn’t approved by FDA or by any other regulatory body. 68. , it already went through
69. (safe)testing during the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015. That’s why Gilead is able to test it in sick patients 70. (immediate).
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My senior high school life is almost over. Although exciting about entering college, I can't help miss those good old days so much that I feel sad. I'm unwilling to say goodbye to everyone and everything I am familiar. However, I come to realize nature never stood still. Different seasons come and go. Plants and animals die and new one come to life. We, like everything in nature, has to adapt to the changes. Before knowing it, I am a kind of calm. Now I'd like to recall the most wonderful things which have happened, and accept happy whatever is to happen.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，你的外国笔友Charlie和家人打算暑假期间来中国旅游，发来邮件询问相关信息。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1.表示欢迎；
2.旅行准备；
3.你的祝愿。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
屯溪区第一高中2020-2021学年高二英语期中考试答案2020.11
第一部分听力（共两节，满分40分）
1-5 BCACA 6-10 ACACA 31-35 BABCB 16-20 CABCA
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
21-25 DCBAC 26-30 DABAD 31-35 DCBCA 36-40 CDEBG
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
41-45 ABADC 46-50 CCBBA 51-55 CDACA 56-60 DBDDB
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
61. including 62. which 63. for 64. when 65. its
66. coupled 67. be given 68. However 69. safety 70. immediately
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. exciting改为excited 2. miss改为missing 3. familiar后加with 4. stood改为stands
5. one改为ones 6. has改为have 7. Before改为After 8. a kind of 中a去掉
9. which改为that 10. happy改为happily

第二节书面表达（满分25分）
One Possible Version
Dear Charlie,
So proud and pleased am I to learn that you are coming to China with your family during the summer holiday. It's a good opportunity to experience Chinese culture. Now I'm writing to offer you some practical advice.
It is a good idea for you to make careful preparations before you travel to China. To begin with, you should know of some Chinese culture, which can help you behave properly during your stay. Secondly, you'd better learn how to use chopsticks so that you can taste different varieties of yummy Chinese food. Last but not least, if you can speak some simple Chinese, it will be easy for you to communicate with locals wherever you go.
Hopefully, you will find your trip rewarding and have a great time in China!
Yours,
Li Hua