2019-2020学年高二英语下学期返校考试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期返校考试题一、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.Where does the woman work now?A. In a pany. B. In a school. C. In a hospital.2.What lesson will the boy have in the afternoon?A.Math. B.Music. C.Geography.3.What will the man do before seven this evening?A.Visit Mr.Green. B.Go to a concert. C.Stay at home.4.Where are the two speakers?A.At a store. B. At a zoo. C. At a restaurant.5.What are the speakers discussing?A. When to visit the park. B.Whether to go to the park. C.what to do on Sunday.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话获独白。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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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 does the man want the woman to do? A. Make a schedule. B. Organize a dinner. C.Book a hotel.7.What will the woman probably do next? A. Arrange buses. B. Pick up visitors. C.Send e-mails.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Why doesnt the woman want to eat in the pizza restaurant? A.Shes not hungry. B. She thinks it expensive. C. She doesnt like pizzas.9.What will the speakers probably eat?A.Some sandwiches. B.A pizza without onions. C.An ice-cream.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.what does the man say about hot deserts?A.They are hot all the time. B.They are dangerous to live in. C. The temperature is changeable.11.what do deserts have in mon?A.Theyre dry. B.Theyre sandy. C.Theyre large.12.what do we know about the desert animals?A They live in groups. B.They live at the edges of deserts. C They sleep in the day and e out at night.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What is the man doing?A.Interviewing the woman. B. Planning for next term. C. Looking for a part-time job.14.which place is in need of cleaners?A.A business building. B. A middle school. C. A market.15.What does the man think of the job in the Center Zoo?A.The pay is good. B.The working hours are long. C. The task is challenging.16.What does the man plan to do next term?A.Work part-time. B. Bee a guide in a zoo. C. Focus on his schoolwork.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker?A.A teacher. B. A hostess. C.A tour guide.18.When does Hina Matsuri take place?A. On March Ist. B. On March 3rd. C. On May 3rd19.What is the idea of giving dolls to girls when they are born?A. Offering them toys to play with. B. Teaching them to take care of dolls.C. Telling them about traditional values.20.Why do some Japanese put dolls into boats and send them to the sea?A. To have a doll sale. B. To get rid of bad luck. C. To attract more tourists.二、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） At first sight, Alma Deutscher, a twelve-year-old girl from England appears to be like any other typical pre-teen. She loves to skip rope, read and play with her younger sister. But this modest youngster, who posed her first musical work at age six, first short opera at age seven, and first full-length opera based on Cinderella at age ten, is anything but average. Though her parents downplay her extraordinary talent, young Alma is being described as “little Mozart” by the music worldAlmas operatic take on the classic fairy tale, which she began writing at age eight, has a slight twist. Her Cinderella is a musician who meets her Prince Charming through a song. “In my Cinderella, she sings the beginning of a ballad - but at midnight she flees. Eventually, the prince finds her after asking all the maidens of the land to sing the end of the ballad.”The opera was first performed in Vienna, Australia on December 29, xx, where the then eleven-year-old skillfully switched between the piano and the violin and receives enthusiastic reviews. The young genius has since performed two new piano works, once in Australia and the other in China.While this may appear to be a lot for someone so young, Alma is not worried. She says, “of course I have to work hard. But all children have to work hard for exams, and at least when I work hard, I work hard for something incredibly exciting, like seeing my whole opera put on stage.Almas musical talent first came to light before she could even talk. Her parents recall that as an 18-month-old toddler, she was able to hum a pitch perfect version of the childrens rhymeTwinkle Twinkle Little Star.However, Almas abilities only gained international attention in xx, after a family friend posted a video online paring her to Mozart. The family was suddenly swamped with media requested and Alma became an overnight star, dubbed “little Mozart”. This nickname makes her parents unhappy because they believe it puts added pressure on the young girl. They would instead prefer her to be called “a poser and musician”.Alma does not want to be pared to the famous artist either, saying, “There was only one Mozart, and I prefer to be little Alma.” Regardless of what she calls herself, the twelve-year-old is changing the world of music forever!21. What do we know about Alma Deutscher?A. She has shown great musical talent from a young age.B. She es from a famous musical family.C. She regularly performs the classical music of Mozart.D. She has adapted some famous works of classical music.22. How did Alma get to be widely known?A. By performing on television B. Through an online videoC. By putting on an opera D. Through her parents promotion23. What is Almas attitude towards her success?A. She is still unsatisfied with her performance.B. She is modest about her musical achievementsC. She is unfortable with so much pressure.D. She is proud to have bee a professional musician.24. What can we infer about Almas parents?A. They are very well-educated people. B. They have made a good life plan for Alma.C. They have pushed Alma to take up music. D. They are protective of their daughter.BMy 17-year-old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watching Peter Pan when she was little. In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs. Darling puts her children into bed. As she turns off the last of the night light, she takes one last look at the bedroom and says, “Dear night lights, protect my sleeping children.” As a mother, I know how much she loves her children.It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjusting well after a short period of homesickness. For us, though, its another story. Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night. But now shes gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest. I miss her most at night.In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college are dealing with similar melancholy. My husband is filled with anxiety. One friend talked about getting this sick feeling in her stomach as she prepared for the college drop-off. We plained that many of us were too busy to truly enjoy being with our children while we had them.For us moms, seeing Toy Story 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college. And its not just “first-time” parents like me. Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didnt get any easier. “You feel like something has been taken away from inside you” said one of them.I imagine things will get easier with time, especially as I see my daughter adjust to college life. Meanwhile, as I keep my cell phone close to me in bed and text my daughter goodnight and sweet dreams every night, I like to think that messages serve as a night light that keeps her safe.25. After her daughter went to college, the writer _.A. realized she hadnt done enough for her daughterB. often cried as she missed her daughter so muchC. failed to have a good sleep every night D. didnt get used to the change for a long time26. What is the underlined word “melancholy” in Paragraph 3 similar in meaning to?A. Happiness. B. Sadness. C. Excitement. D. Anger.27. According to the last paragraph, why did the writer keep her cell phone close to her in bed?A. To say good night to her daughter. B. To wait for her daughters calls.C. To wait for her daughters messages. D. To call her daughter any time.CThe worlds most plex biological puter, made from a group of engineered cells, could one day be implanted into the body to detect diseases and deliver treatments. In an early research in xx, Martin Fussenegger at ETH Zurish in Switzerland and his colleagues engineered two kidney cells to bee a biological circuit capable of simple mathematics. One of the cells was able to calculate addition: the presence or absence of each of two chemicals would switch on a reaction inside the cell that would make it shine different colours. The other cell worked in the same way but could subtract amounts. This kind of biological circuit resembles a simple logic circuit in a puter. In theory, it could be used to indicate the presence of an infectious substance while in fact it failed. Most biological reactions in the body arent that simple, though. They rarely rely on “one input and one output” instead, multiple inputs lead to different outputs. For instance, a high level of calcium in the body in the presence of a specific hormone may suggest one disease, but a high level of calcium along with another hormone might indicate a pletely different condition. To be more practical, biological puters need to be able to perform more plex mathematics. However, it is hard to pack multiple calculations into a single cell. To get around this, Fussenegger and his team have engineered a multicellular system, in which different cells each perform a separate calculation and pass on the results to each other. The system has nine cells, each containing a biochemical reaction that responds to three chemical inputs similar to an AND, NOT and OR system in a traditional electronic circuit. These cells coordinate their activities by releasing chemicals that pass from one cell to the other. Together, they form a fully biological circuit that can respond to multiple inputs. “Although it is not at a stage yet where we can test on animals, we believe it is the most plex biological puter ever assembled,” says Fussenegger. “This work addresses one of the major limitations in synthetic biology (合成生物学) a lack of programmable devices,” says ngel Goni-Moreno, a synthetic biologist at Newcastle University, UK. He says that Fusseneggers multicellular approach enables you to programme the circuit and achieve different calculations just by connecting the nine cells in different configurations (设置). In the future, a biological puter like this could be used to monitor more plex medical conditions. For example, it could respond to a rise in calcium, a drop in a hormone and an increase in a biomarker, which together would signal the presence of a specific type of cancer, help diagnose it and alert the user to seek appropriate treatment. 28. The underlined word “subtract” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _. A. add upB. take awayC. split up D. give away29. What was the progress made in Fusseneggers early research? A. A biological circuit was implanted in one of kidney cells.B. The indication of infectious substances became a reality.C. Engineered kidney cells could switch on biological reactions.D. Certain cells were made capable of performing mathematics. 30. What has made Fusseneggers current multicellular system so special? A. It has all the functions of a traditional electronic circuit.B. It is programmable and able to perform different mathematics.C. It has successfully packed multiple calculations into a single cell. D. It has been tested through a series of experiments on animals. 31. What is the best title for the passage? A. Smart cells indicating various cancersB. Electronic circuit made from multi-cellsC. Programmable cells implanted in human bodiesD. Biological puter made from human cellsD“Two centuries ago, Lewis and Clark left St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase,” George W. Bush said, announcing his desire for a program to send men and women to Mars. They made that journey in the spirit of discovery. America has ventured forth into space for the same reasons.”Yet there are vital differences between Lewis and Clarks expedition and a Mars mission. First, they were headed to a place where hundreds of thousands of people were already living. Second, they were certain to discover places and things of immediate value to the new nation. Third, their venture cost next to nothing by todays standards. A Mars mission may be the single most expensive non-wartime undertaking in U.S. history.Appealing as the thought of travel to Mars is, it does not mean the journey makes sense, even considering the human calling to explore. And Mars as a destination for people makes absolutely no sense with current technology.Present systems for getting from Earths surface to low-Earth orbit are so fantastically expensive that merely launching the 1,000 tons or so of spacecraft and equipment a Mars mission would require could be acplished only by cutting health-care benefits, education spending, or other important programsor by raising taxes. Absent some remarkable discovery, astronauts, geologists, and biologists once on Mars could do little more than analyze rocks and feel awestruck(敬畏的) staring into the sky of another world. Yet rocks can be analyzed by automated probes without risk to human life, and at a tiny fraction of the cost of sending people.It is interesting to note that when President Bush unveiled his proposal, he listed these recent major achievements of space exploration pictures of evidence of water on Mars, discovery of more than 100 planets outside our solar system, and study of the soil of Mars. All these acplishments came from automated probes or automated space telescopes. Bushs proposal, which calls for reprogramming some of NASAs present budget into the Mars effort, might actually lead to a reduction in such unmanned sciencethe one aspect of space exploration thats working really well.Rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars to hurl tons toward Mars using current technology, why not take a decade or two or however much time is required researching new launch systems and advanced propulsion (推进力)? lf new launch systems could put weight into orbit affordably, and advanced propulsion could speed up that long, slow transit to Mars, the dream of stepping onto the red planet might bee reality. Mars will still be there when the technology is ready.32. What do Lewis and Clarks expedition and a Mars mission have in mon?A. Instant value. B. Human inhabitance.C. Venture cost. D. Exploring spirit.33. Bushs proposal is challenged for the following reasons except that .A. its expenditure is too huge for the government to afford.B. American peoples well-being will suffer a lot if it is implementedC. great achievements have already been made in Mars exploration in AmericaD. unmanned Mars exploration sounds more practical and economical for the moment34. Which cannot be concluded from the passage?A. Going to Mars using current technology is quite unrealistic.B. A Mars mission will in turn promote the development of unmanned program.C. Bushs proposal is based on three recent great achievements of space explorationD. The achievements in space exploration show how well unmanned science has developed.35. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Risky as it is, a Mars mission helps to retain Americas position as a technological leader.B. A Mars mission is so costly that it may lead to an economic disaster in America.C. Someday people may go to Mars but not until it makes technological sense.D. A Mars mission is unnecessary since the scientists once there wont make great discoveries.第二节（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Are you afraid of math？You are not aloneA dislike of math can begin as early as first grade，and then be with you for life36 Actually，more and more people get uninterested in math at schoolIf you suffer from math anxiety，it is not because youjust have no ability to study well，but because，at some point，someone or something destroyed your confidence 37 However，if you work hard to gain confidence again，you will have the ability to understand as much math as you need to 38 For this，you can learn differentlyFor example，check out books from the library or study on the Internet to master the fundamental principlesDo some exercises to build up your confidenceIt is also very important to understand what the formula （公式） is doing，and why you are using that formula instead of another oneThough you may feel it difficult to study math well，yet dont give up so easilyYou can begin by preparing for math classes in advance 39 Take excellent notes carefully and read them again after classDo all the required homework and remended exercises at the remended timesTurn to your classmates who study math very well 40In short，the ability to be good at math isnt born and you have to try hard，start early and give yourself permission to failAAsk questions during classBIt is mon at all a