江苏省仪征第二高级中学校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）

江苏省仪征市第二中学2020至2021学年度高二第一学期期中试卷
英语
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．What is the man’s grandmother doing?
A．Having a swim. B．Reading an e?mail. C．Taking a bath.
2．When will the woman’s friend arrive?
A．At 11：05. B．At 10：45. C．At 10：20.
3．What will the speakers do first?
A．Have a cup of tea. B．See the elephants. C．Watch the dolphin show.
4．What are the speakers talking about?
A．Which play to see.
B．Where to buy a family ticket.
C．How to celebrate their mother’s birthday.
5．What is the man going to buy on Tuesday?
A．A book. B．A magazine. C．A newspaper.
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 is the man’s problem?
A．He got a broken DVD.
B．He couldn’t play the DVD.
C．He bought a wrong DVD.
7．What does the man want to do?
A．Have his money back.
B．Get a better copy of the same film.
C．Exchange his DVD for something else.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What do we know about the woman?
A．She often eats out with her family.
B．She works in a pizza restaurant.
C．She likes going to cafes.
9．Why does the man want to go to the cafe in the town center?
A．To drink coffee there.
B．To taste the ice cream there.
C．To enjoy the great service there.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．What relation is the man to Linda?
A．Her son. B．Her husband. C．Her neighbor.
11．Where does Linda work?
A．At a hospital. B．At a restaurant. C．At a bank.
12．What does the man do on Saturday?
A．He does some cleaning. B．He washes clothes. C．He goes shopping.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．What does the man think of Flower Arranging?
A．Boring. B．Challenging. C．Practical.
14．Why doesn’t the man want to take Photography?
A．It lasts too long. B．It’s too expensive. C．It started last week.
15．What course do the speakers decide to take in the end?
A．Indian Cooking. B．Web Design for Beginners. C．Italian Wine.
16．What will the speakers do tomorrow morning?
A．Go to the course centre.
B．Make a telephone call.
C．Attend an Indian party.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What do we know about the film?
A．It’s about nature.
B．It’s a children’s film.
C．It has won an international prize.
18．When does the museum close?
A．At 5 pm. B．At 6 pm. C．At 7 pm.
19．What can children do at the basement?
A．Draw pictures on computers.
B．Watch a working steam engine.
C．See a life?sized model of a spaceship.
20．How will the listeners get in touch with the program to get free tickets?
A．By letter. B．By e?mail. C．By phone.
第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节　(共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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
I used to be crazy about the hunting season. The excitement of waiting for a prey(猎物) and the pride of showing off the kill fascinated me. However, everything changed after that cold morning.
Early on that day of the late fall, I set off alone for the woods, packing a gun, a bottle of hot coffee and three thick sandwiches. After finding the fresh deer’s tracks in the snow, I settled down behind a little bush.
I sat there for about an hour. It was then that I saw him. A deer, a big beautiful deer! There was no cover nearer to him than 30 yards. Surely I couldn’t miss! I waited for him to realize I was there. I waited for him to be shocked and run away. But he fooled me completely. He came to towards me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid - how else can you explain it?
He was not quite young, but a deer in his prime. He must have known about men and guns. But he came closer, putting one foot before the other, slowly and purposefully. His big eyes never moved from my face. Well, that deer walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me!
What happened next is hard to believe, but it’s true. And it all seemed quite natural. Just as when a friendly young deer comes near you, I reached up and scratched(挠) his head. And he liked to be scratched. In fact, he practically asked for more. Then, I fed him my sandwich! Yes, I know what a deer eats, but that deer ate my sandwich. Well, he finally went his way, down the hill and up the deer trail. Shoot him? Not me. You wouldn’t have either, not after that. I just watched him go.
When I was about half way back, I heard two shots, followed by a dull slam(撞击) a few seconds later.Those two shots usually mean a kill. I had forgotten there were other hunters that day.
Those hunters would never know they could have scratched his head.
21. Why didn’t the author kill the deer?
A. He was fooled by the tricky deer.
B. He preferred to shoot a shy deer.
C. He was too shocked to shoot the deer.
D. He was touched by the deer’s closeness.
22. What most probably happened to the deer in the end?
A. It was taken home by the author.
B. It managed to escape being shot.
C. It was shot to death by someone else.
D. It formed a friendship with another hunter.
23. What’s the best title of this text?
A. Why is man so cruel?
B. Why did I quit hunting?
C. How can we protect deer?
D. When will man stop hunting?
B
We love the sea. We swim into it, live near it, build beside it, and even imagine living under the sea. But we’re terrified of it, too. For much of our history, we have turned to “hard engineering” to control the marine environment and manage its influence on us. We build dams, sea walls and channels. But all these efforts seem to fail. The sea has a habit of taking back its own. And we suffer.
Johnston, a marine ecologist, is advocating for “blue engineering” — the marine version of the “green engineering” movement on land that has seen nations like Singapore building the walls and roofs of the concrete jungle with plant life.
We are expanding further into the marine environment. This practice does harm to marine ecosystems. We’re loving the sea to death, but we’ve not been thinking about design of structures (建筑物) with respect to ecology. Some coastal structures create shade, which reduces the growth of seaweed. Bright lights at night contuse species such as turtles. That’s why blue engineering comes in.
Throughout the world people are starting to turn things around. Researchers with the World Harbour Project are creating tiles (瓦片) similar to the natural structures found on rocky shores with 3D printing technology. These make more attractive homes for marine creatures. Researchers are also actively seeding these tiles with local seaweeds and creatures such as the Sydney rock oyster, which is particularly good at improving water quality. Twelve harbors around the world are taking part in this marine tile experiment, each working with their own unique marine life.
It’s a far cry from the days when huge number of old tyres were thrown, into the sea to build “artificial reef” (人工礁石). Those clumsy early attempts are now costing millions to remove, showing just how far we have yet to go in understanding how best to co-habit with the underwater world.
24. What do we know about “hard engineering”?
A. It can control the influence of sea.
B. It has improved sea environment.
C. It forces sea creatures to settle down.
D. It has not achieved its original purpose.
25. Paragraph 3 focuses on the ______ of “blue engineering”.
A. disadvantages B. definition C. necessity D. measures
26. Which of the following belongs to “blue engineering”?
A. Designing structures using sea creatures.
B. Expanding further into the marine environment.
C. Building homes for sea creatures with plant life.
D. Creating an artificial reef off shore with old tyres
C
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua have made medical history as the first cloned primates (灵长目动物),with the efforts of a team of Chinese scientists.
According to the journal Cell , it is a milestone for biomedical research. It could potentially lead to the development of new treatments for human disease. But it also makes ethicists (伦理学者) about where this all might lead. Do Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua suggest the coming of human cloning?
Born in 1996, Dolly the sheep was the first cloned mammal, and was followed by many more, including dogs, rabbits and pigs. But researchers were unable to
clone primates because the genes involved didn’t react well to the procedure. Over the years, a handful of research institutions have tried and failed to birth a live monkey clone.
The successful team, at Shanghai’s Chinese Academy of Sciences, used the same basic method that created Dolly but had failed in subsequent(随后的) primate cloning attempts. It’s called somatic（躯体）cell nuclear transfer and involves transferring DNA from adult cells into eggs that have had their own DNA removed. Without the addition of sperm(精子), the eggs are stimulated （刺激）chemically to develop into an embryo that’s a clone of the DNA donor(提供者). The embryo is then placed into a substitue(替代) for gestation（妊娠）.
The researchers modified the approach in two important ways, however. Rather than use adult cells in the DNA transfer, they used fetal (胎儿)cells, which react better to chemical stimuli（刺激）for embryo development, says Mu-ming Poo, director of the academy’s Institute of Neuroscience and a co-autho of the paper. They also fine-tuned the cell transfer process to minimize damage to the eggs.
As for creating human clones, Poo says the research shows it can be done, but he and his team have no interest. “Besides many technical dificulties that remain to be overcome, we see no justifiable reason to do human cloning,” says Poo, “nor would the societies around the world permit such an attempt.”
While human cells may be cloned experimentally, for example to research tissue regeneration, the cloning of an entire human is illegal in more than 70 countries, according to the Center for Genetics and Society. U.S. law does not ban it, but over a dozen states do.
(Discover 2019J&F,P60.)
27. About somatic cell nuclear transfer, which of the following statements is true?
A. It needs the combination of sperm and eggs.
B. The eggs keep their own DNA in the process.
C. The embryo has the DNA of the adult donor.
D. The embryo gestates in the eggs donor’s body.
28. What does the underlined word “justifiable” mean in paragraph 6 ?
A. acceptable B. incredible C. valuable D. reliable
29. Which does not contribute to the success of the primate cloning?
A.The right donor cells B. The fine-tuned transfer process
C.The united team D. The reduced damage to the eggs
30. Where can this passage be found?
A.Nature Exploration B. Science Magazine
C. Medicine World D. World Wonders
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。
Our world is more connected than ever before thanks to technology. 31 . Indeed，it is becoming increasingly important that we all learn how to deal with this painful feeling.
You should be determined to actively end your loneliness. We often end up passively waiting for someone else to make us feel less lonely. You may feel that your loneliness indicates that nobody is willing to connect with you. And there is nothing you can do about it. But that is far from the truth. 32 .
You should find reasons why you are lonely. We all feel lonely for different reasons. Some of us have no one to interact with on a consistent basis and that’s why we feel lonely. You may feel that the people in your life don’t share your thoughts and ideas. 33 you need to identify it. And you know exactly how to handle your loneliness.
34 . People who are lonely tend to fall into destructive mental habits. They try to avoid the pain of not being understood and being disconnected by not giving people an opportunity to understand and connect with them. So the solution is to share your thoughts and feelings with others and to do so openly and fearlessly.
You should find people who share your interests. 35 everybody is interested in something. And just as there are many interests，there are many people who share those interests. Find what interests you and connect with others on that basis.
A．Whatever the reason is
B．When you feel really lonely
C．If you want to make friends with them
D．Whether it’s coin collecting or video games
E．You should be open about your thoughts，ideas and desires
F．Ending loneliness is something that you can and should pursue actively
G．However，more and more of us find ourselves having to stand loneliness
第三部分　语言运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节　(共15小题；每小题2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。
Behind?our?house?there?was?a?patch?of?land.?“It?would?be?a?pity?to?let?it?go?36 ,”?said?Mother.?“I?suggest?that 37 you?are?all?so?fond?of?peanuts?you?should?grow?some?there.”?
We?children?and?the?little?maidservants?were?all?delighted.?Some?of?us?bought?seeds,?some?38 ?the?plot?and?others?watered?it.?In?just?a?few?months?we?had?a?harvest.?
Mother?said,?“Let’s?have?a?harvest?festival?tonight?and?invite?your?father?to?have a 39 ?of our?fresh?peanuts.”?
We?all?agreed.?Mother?made?a?variety?of?dishes?using?our?peanuts?and?40 ?that?the?festival?should?be?held?in?the?thatched?pavilion?in?the?garden.?
The?weather?was?not?very?good?that?evening,?yet?,?to?our?great?joy,?father?came, ?41 . “Do?you?all?like?peanuts?”?asked?Father.?“Yes!”?we?all?clamoured?to?reply.?
“Who?can?tell?me?what’s?good?about?peanuts?”?“They?taste?good,”?said?older?sister.?
“They?can?be?made?into?oil,”?said?older?brother.?
“Everybody?can 42 to?buy?them,?whoever?they?might?be,?and?everyone?likes?them.?That’s?what’s?good?about?peanuts,”?said?I.?
Father?said,?“In?fact?the?peanut?has?many?uses,?but?the?most?valuable?thing?about?this?little?nut?is?this:?it’s?not?like?the?apple,?peach?or?pomegranate,?43?their?bright,?beautiful?fruits?on?their?branches?for?all?to?see?and?admire.?The?peanut?lies?44?in?the?soil,?waiting 45?it?is?ripe?before?letting?people?dig?it?up.?If?ever?you 46 a?shy?peanut?plant?you?cannot?immediately?tell?whether?or?not?it?has?any?nuts.?You?have?to?find?them?to?be?certain.”?
We?all?agreed?with?this?and?Mother?47 ?her?head?too.?Father?continued,?“So?you?should?all?try?to?be?like?the?peanut,?because?it?is?neither?grand?nor?beautiful,?but?useful.”?
“Does?that?mean?that?people?should?try?to?be?useful?48? famous?or?great?”?I?asked.?
“That?is?what?I?hope?of?you?all,”?Father?replied.?
We?kept?chatting?until?the?party?49?late?at?night Although?we?ate?all?the?peanuts?that?evening,?Father’s?words?still?remain ?50 in?my?mind.?
36. A. blank B. empty C. wild D. bad
37. A. Since B. For C. While D. When
38. A. roll up B. tore up C. pull up D. dug up
39. A. bite B. taste C. roast D. toast
40. A. warned B. demanded C. intructed D. commanded
41. A. still B. though C. however D. yet
42. A. afford B. offer C. addict D. allocate
43. A. arousing B. raising C. rising D. arising
44. A. buried B. covered C. surrounded D. crowded
45. A. before B. when C. until D. after
46. A. come about B. come up with C. get across D. come across
47. A. nodded B. shook C. swing D. wave
48. A. in stead of B. other than C. rather than D. in addition to
49. A. broke into B. broke in C. broke down D. broke up
50. A. obvious B. vivid C. outstanding D. cheerful
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。
The total wealth of the world’s 26 richest people is equal to the total wealth of the 3.8 billion poorest. This 51. __________ (shock) gap is in a report from the charity Oxfam. It says that since 2008, the number of billionaires 52. __________ (double). They are also getting $2.5 billion richer every day. This is in contrast to the poorest half of the planet. Their wealth is 53. __________ (gradual) shrinking as prices and rents rise and wages fall. Oxfam’s report shows the growing gap 54. __________ the world’s rich and poor and the increasing gap in wealth 55. __________ (equal).
The report says that most of the world’s wealthy people made 56. __________ (they) money from technology companies. The world’s richest person, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 57. __________ (be) worth $100 billion. This is 100 times more 58. __________ Ethiopia’s annual health budget. Oxfam says it is time 59. __________ (fix) this imbalance in wealth. It wants fairer levels of income tax, and more tax on personal earnings and company profits. It also wants an end to tax avoidance plans 60. __________ big companies and the super-rich often use. It says that in many countries, only the rich could afford quality education and healthcare.
第四部分　黑布林(61-65)阅读及词汇语法运用题(共15题，满分15分)
61. What impression of Gatsby is Mr. Wolfsheim trying to give Nick?
Dangerous and should never be trusted
On the verge of bankruptcy because of some bad investments
Interested in politics
Worthy of trusted
62. Gatsby intentionally leaves Nick’s house for the reason that .
He doesn’t have the courage to meet Daisy.
He doesn’t really want to see Daisy again.
He wants to create the impression that it is a casual meet.
He leaves something important at home and has to go back for it.
63. Which of these statements about the reactions to Myrtle's death is true?
Wilson thinks she deserved it for cheating on him.
Tom's first instinct is to protect himself. Later he cries.
Nick is not interested because he hardly knows her.
Gatsby thinks he can make up for it by paying Wilson a lot of money.
64. What does Gatsby think about Daisy's relationship with Tom?
He believes Daisy never loved Tom.
He thinks Daisy will do anything to hurt Tom because he has cheated on her.
He believes that she once loved Tom but doesn't anymore.
He thinks Daisy loves Tom but Tom has never loved her.
65. Who is Henry C. Gatz?
The undertaker B.Gatsby's father.
C. The man who buys Gatsby's house.
D. The owl-eyed man who comes to the funeral.
66. --- What made Trump so annoyed?
--- ________ by Biden in the Presidential election.
To be beaten. B. Beating C.Having been beaten D.Being beaten.
67. _______in her imagination, she failed to take notice of what the teacher said in class.
Absorbing B. To absorb C. Absorbed D. Having absorbed
68. Nick phoned Daisy half an hour after they found Gatsby’s body, only _____ she and Tom had left.
to find B. having found C. found D. founding
69. Had we made a better preparation for this exam, we ______ not come across so many difficulties now.
can B. would C. will D. may
70. When _______ what is the most efficient way to protect oneself from COVID-19, the expert says no doubt it is wearing a mask.
Asking B. asked C. to ask D. having asked
71. I will invite Mike to _______ me on the piano when I sing a song at the festival joint performances.
impress B. transform C. accompany D. instruct
72. We have every reason to believe the print media are usually more ________ and reliable than the Internet.
economic B. accurate C. horrible D. illegal
73. The smart phone is under _________ , so you can get it repaired for free.
guidance B.guarantee C. responsibility D. construction
74. Bob successfully got the position he had been looking forward to and he was ______ .
over the moon B.hot under the collar
C. flying off the handle D.feeling blue
75. The secret to happiness that Sang Lan ______ is to have appreciation for good things in life.
puts up with B. catches up with
C. keeps up with D. comes up with
第五部分： 写作（25分）：阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
On a cold windy day, a poor boy tried to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door. Wandering on the street, he was not a successful seller. What’s worse, he found that he only has one dime（一角硬币）left. His empty stomach reminded him constantly that for days he hadn’t eaten anything. He had no choice but to beg for a meal at the next house. Hesitantly he knocked at the door, thinking about what to say when it opened. However he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. “What can I do for you?” asked the young woman. The boy paused for a while. “Would you please give me some…. a drink of water?” the boy dared not look directly into her eyes. She looked at the bony boy and thought he might need something to give him energy, so she brought him a glass of milk. His head rising and small hands taking the cup, he drank it up slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?” “You don’t owe me anything,” She replied with a warm smile on her face. “My mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” Deeply moved, he said sincerely, “Then I shall thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the whole human race. As a matter of fact, he was about to give up and quit before that point.
Years later, the young woman became seriously ill. However, the local doctors were unable to give the effective medical treatment. Finally they sent her to a hospital in the big city, where specialists can be called in to cure her rare disease. Among these famous specialists, Dr . Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation（会诊）. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
注意：
1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph1
Dressed in his doctor’s gown（长袍）he went in to see her.__________________________________________________________________
Paragraph2
The bill was sent to her room. _____________________________________________________________________

参考答案

1-5. CACCB 6-10. CCABB 11-15. CAABA 16-20. BACAB
21-25. DCBDC 26-30. CCABB
31.G　32.F　33. A 　34.E　35.D
36-40. CADBC 41-45. BABAC 46-50. DACDB
51. shocking 52. has doubled 53. gradually 54. between 55. inequality
56. their 57. is 58. than 59. to fix 60. that/ which
61-65. DCBAB 66-70. DCABB 71-75. CBBAD
作文
Paragraph1
Dressed in his doctor’s gown, he went in to see her. He saw her lie on the bed and recognized her at once. Her lovely face looked pale. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special attention to her case. Luckily, after a long struggle the battle was won. Doctor Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side.
Paragraph2
The bill was sent to her room. Hesitantly she took it. She was afraid to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally, she opened the bill, on the other side of which a note caught her attention. She read these words, “Paid in full with a glass of milk.” signed Dr. Howard Kelly. Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, “Thank you, God!”