上海市致远高级中学2020-2021学年高二下学期5月阶段评估英语试题含解析

1、致远高中2020学年第二学期5月阶段评估高二英语LListening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections:】!！ Section Agyou will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once

2、.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,read the four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.A.5115.B.6:15.C.7:15.D.8:15.A.There is no need to review the letter agam.She hasnt got any tune to go over the letter.C.Ifs vei

3、y miportaiit to leain the letter by heaits.D.The man should spare some time to revise the letter.A.He missed the Super Bowl.C.He disliked the Super Bowl.A.She lost her money.C.She asked for a uew textbook.B.He watched die Super BowlD.He would see the Super Bowl agam.B.She bought a wrong book.D.She f

4、ound die last edition of the book.5.A.She eiyoyed the movie very much.B.The mail should have told her about the movie.C.The mail didnt know what the movie was about.D.She didnt sleep well last night because of tlie movie.A.A holiday.B.Luck.A.Go on smoking.C.Cairy on with exercise.A.Boss and shop ass

5、istantC.Internewer and interviewee.A.Stay up late toiught.C. Listen more carefiilly in class.C.Woik. D.Health conditions.B.Talk witli the doctor.D.Have a physical examination.B.House agent and client.D.Manager and customer.B.Get more sleep at night.D.Impiove her grades giaduallylO.A.The man only fil

6、led his tank half fiill B.The car is breaking down on the wav. JJC.The mail cant read the mstiumentD.The car has run out of gasoline.Section BDirections: In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation.and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the

7、conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.VVhen you hear a question,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the fo

8、llowing passage,ll.A.They are not as serious as expected. B.They are often ignored by the public.C.They liave been generally accepted.A.Dog owners used to go dieie.C.Children used to play there.A.Allowing the plaiitmg of trees.C.Building nests fbr buds.D.They have been dealt with properlyB. People u

9、sed to leave lubbish tlieicD. Residents used to suffer from it.B.Protecting it from visitors.D.Lettmg it go wild.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passageB.A radio programme.A.The National Museum.C. Artis tic events.D. Interviews with artists.A.The exlubits are made by student artis

10、ts. JBit is mtended fbr fiiial-yeai ait students.C.K is held m a famous museum in London.D.The exlubits aie made from lecycled materials. J.A.There are 200 exlubits m total.B.It remauis open until 7:30 every night.C.Theie is no entrance fee fbi student visitors.D.It shows the application of teclmolo

11、gy in art.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.Alt was difficult to get used to the instructions.B.She had contacted the TV company earlier.C.Slie had long been looknig fbnvaid to it.D. Her previous experience was usehil.IS.A.She knew that Maddy had talent.BShe saw that

12、 Maddy liked an audience.C.She wanted Maddy to practice more.D.She woudeied whethei Maddy loved it.19.A.Seemg herself on TV.B.Going to shops alone.C.Readmg about herself.D.Being recognised by tlie public.20.A.You should tiy and ignore it.B.Ydu should accept its drawbacksC.Ydu should eiijoy it while

13、it lasts.D.Ydu should ucasuic it as it may disappeai.LGrammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make tlie passage coherent and graiimiatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of tlie given word;fbi

14、 the other blanks.use one word that best fits each blank.Be Careful on the InternetPaients of boys at a Sydney private school liave been urged to monitor then sons* use of social networkuig websitejvith a waiiuiig any mistakes made in teenage years could be peimaiiently recoided on the Internet and

15、catch up with them later in life.The headmastei,Timothy Wnght.wrote to parents on Thursday,2 (explam)tliat younger boys were toommianire to fully understand the possible consequences of disclosmg private information on social networkuig sites. Wb now know that those parts of the brain 3 deal with de

16、cision-niaking are still developmg in a man in his 20s.lie said. (But mistakes4 (conimit)at fifteen may be still accessible to ail employer ten yeais later.Modem teclmology means that a careless word, an ill-willed comment or an inappropriate photograph, are on permanent record and freely available

17、to 5 has access. Stupidities that 6 (forget) immediately before now last, spread and damage in ways unknown before tlus decade.Dr Wright said tliatwords spoken in the playground could be more easily forgotten, tliose capturedon the Liternet 01 on mobile phone text messages could have far more lastin

18、g and more huitfiil consequences.He urged parents to set ground mles tor use of mobile phones and the Internet and in particular to set boundaries on taking and sending ullages that 8 be used to bully(新凌)others. Parents who are payuig for the hitemetsendee have an unquestionable right 9(insist) they

19、 aie a fiiend on social networkuig websites.I wouldcertainly insist on this 10 at least the end of 16 if not later.rhe wrote.【答案】Lthatexplanungthat#whichcommittedwhoever 6. were forgottenthough#althougli#xvlulemay 9. to insist10.【解析】【分析】本文是说明文。文章讲述了悉尼一所私立学校的男孩的父母被敦促监控儿子使用社交网站的情况。 校长认为十几岁时犯的任何错误都可以永久

20、记录在互联网上，井在以后的生活中最终尝到苦果，并分析了 原因。【1题详解】考查名词性从句。句意：悉尼一所私立学校的男孩的父母被敦促监控儿子使用社交网站的情况，并警告说, 十几岁时犯的任何错误可以永久记录在互联网上，并在以后的生活中最终尝到苦果。分析句子可知，4anv mistakes made in teenage years could be permanently lecorded on the Iiiteinet and catch up with them later in life. 0 为同位语从句，解释说明a warning,从句句意完整，成分齐全，连词d向引导同位语从句，无词义

21、，不作 成分，仅起引导作用，故填that。【2题详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：校长蒂莫西赖特周四写信给家长，解释说，年幼的男孩太不成熟，无法完全理解 在社交网站上披露私人信息可能造成的后果。分析句子可知，句子谓语动词是wrote,故explain用非谓语 动词形式作状语，expkrni 9逻辑主语The headmastet是主动关系，用现在分词，故填explaining。【3题详解】考查定语从句。句意：我们现在知道，对于一个20多岁的男性，大脑中处理决策的那些部分仍在发展中。 分析句子可知，空格处引导定语从句，修饰pans,从句中缺少主语，指物，用关系代词that或者which,故 填 tha

22、t winch o【4题详解】考代非谓语动词。句意：但是十五岁犯的错误十年后雇主可能仍然可以知道。分析句子可知，句子谓语动 词是may be accessible,故commit用非谓语动词形式作定语，commit与mistakes是被动关系，故用过去分 词作定语，故填committed。【5题详解】考查宾语从句。句意：现代技术意味着，一句粗心的话、一个恶意的评论或一张不恰当的照片都被永久记 录下来，任何可以访问的人都可以免费使用。分析句子可知，空格处引导宾语从句，作介词t。的宾语，根 据句意，whoever “无论谁”符合句意，引导宾语从句，从句中作主语，故填whoever【6题详解】考查动

23、词时态语态。句意：以前马上被遗忘的愚蠢现在以一种十年前未知的方式持续，传播并且破坏。分 析句子可知,that引导定语从句，修饰stupidities,由时间副词befbre可知,用一般过去时,that在从句中作 主语，指代先行词sapidities,是或数,与谓语动词forget是被动关系，故填were forgotten。【7题详解】考查连闻。句意：赖特博士说，尽管在操场上说的话可能更容易被遗忘，那些在互联网或手机上捕捉到的 短信可能会产生更持久、更伤人的后果。that引导宾语从句，从句中是两个句子，故空格处是连词，根据句 意，用though或者althougli以及while引导的让步状语

24、从句符合语境。故填though although/while。【8题详解】考杳情态动词：句意：他敦促父母们为手机和互联网的使用制定基本规则，特别是为拍摄和发送图片设置 界限，那些可能会被用来武凌其他人。分析句子可知，that引导定语从句，修饰先行词images,从句中that 作主语，指代images, images与use是被动关系，故be used是被动语态，根据句意，空格处用情态动词may 表示M能性，故填may。【9题详解】考查不定式c句意：为互联网服务付费的父母亳无疑问有权坚持认为在社交网站上他们是朋友。right to do sth. “做某事的权利，口ght后接不定式作定语，结合

25、句意，故填touisist。【10题详解】考查介词。句意：我当然坚持这一点直到至少16岁末，如果不是更晚。根据上文提到的“mteenageyeais” 和“ten years Het.”可推断，此处说的是直到16岁末或者更晚这些上网记录会对青少年造成不好的结果之 前，作者会坚持这一点。until或者till符合句意，故填untiLuntil。Section BDirections:Complete the fbllowmg sentences by usmg the propel form of the words or expressions given in the frame.Each

26、one can only be used once.A. capable B. effectiveness C. employingD.exposureE.famouslyF. joiningG lunitation H. minimal I.precisely J.iecogmzing KwortliwhileClean Air ActThe air in modem homes and offices is pretty clean,but not as clean as it might be.Often it contains small amounts of volatile（挥发性

27、的）,poisonous,oigamc compouiids.Long-teim=ll= to these is a bad tluiig.so clearing them out of the air people breathe is widely accepted as 2Findmg an effective way to do so has proved difficult.But Stuart Strand Long Zhang and Ryan Routsong, of tlie Umveisity of Washington,in Seattlejlnnk they have

28、succeeded,As they report in Envuomnental Science and Teclinology. thea method mvolves 13 a gene from a rabbit into a popular mdoor plant nicknamed DeviFs vinea type of ivy hat is so called because it is 14 difficult to kill.The idea of 15 plants to de- pollute the atmospheie inside bmldmgs has been

29、aiound for decades-but has met with only qualified success. One expemnent involvmg uiunodified spider plants.fbr example,showed that they arc indeed 16 of removing fbmialdliyde （甲 醛）fiom die au.Theis that to make much ofa difference in a space as large as a house would requue turning most of the roo

30、ms mto spider-plant forests.Di Strand, Dr Zhang and Mi Routsong thus sought sometlung suitably transgeiuc （转基 因 的）,but tliat does not flower mdoois. The plant they settled on was Devils vine,8because of its touglmess.With the help ofa bactenumjhey were able to ferry the rabbit version of the gene in

31、to the plants chromosomes（染色 体）.and thus to,engineer a type of Devils vine able to produce an aH-cleaning substance. To test the 9 of their idea, the researchers put their modified ivy to work mside greeiiliouses filled with air containmg high levels of harmful substaiices.The plants peiibnned wellj

32、educing the haimfiil substances in au to _20_.【答案】11.D 12. K TOC o 1-5 h z 13. F14.115. C16. A17. G18.E19. B20. H【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。现代家庭和办公室里的空气相当干净，但并没有想象中那么干净。它通常含有 少量的挥发性、有毒的有机化合物。长期接触这些有害物质是有害健康的。研究人员将他们改造过的常春 藤放在充满有害物质的空气的温室里。这些植物表现良好，将空包中的有害物质减少到最低限度。【11题详解】考查名词。句意：长期接触这些有害物质是件坏事，所以将它们从人们呼吸的空气中清除

33、出去被广泛认为 是 ffl 得的。Long-term 为形容词后接名词，根据Otten it contams small amounts of volatile（挥发性 的），poisonous,orgamc compounds.” 可知，空处填名词 exposure “暴露”。故选 D 项。【12题详解】考查形容词。句意：长期接触这些有害物质是件坏事，所以将它们从人们呼吸的空气中清除出去被广泛认 为是值得的, woithwhile ”值得的”符合句意。故选K项。【13题详解】考查动词。句意：但是西雅图华盛顿大学的Stuart Strand、龙张和Ryan Routsong认为他们已经成功了,

34、正 如他们在环境科学和技术方面的报道一样。他们的方法是将兔子的一个基因与一种很受欢迎的室内植物 一一魔鬼藤种常春藤帽子一一连接起来，因为它很难杀死。involve doing sth ”涉及做某事”，根据“ into a populai indoor plain nicknamed ”可知，空处填动名词 jouirng ”联系，连接”故选 F 项。【14题详解】考查副词。句意：但是西雅图华盛顿大学的斯图尔特斯特兰德，龙张和瑞安劳特松认为他们已 经成功了，正如他们在环境科学和技术方面的报告中所说，他们的方法是将兔子的基因与一种流行的室内 植物结合，这种植物被称为魔鬼藤种常春藤帽子之所以这么叫是因

35、为它很难被杀死。据DeviFsvine”可知，空处填precisely （用以加强同意的语气）的确如此”。故选I项。【15题详解】考查动名词。句意：使用植物去除建筑物内空气污染的想法己经存在了几十年，但只取得了有限的成功。 of 后接动名词，根据 * o de- pollute the atmosphere inside buildings , 可知，emlpoy ”利用，使用”符合句意。 故选C项。【16题详解】考查形容词。句意：例如，一项涉及未经改良的蜘蛛植物的实验表明，它们确实能够从空气中去除甲醛。are后接形容词，capable 能够的”符合句意。故选A项。【17题详解】考查名词。句意

36、：其局限性在于，要想在一个像房子一样大的空间里发挥很大的作用，就需要把大部分房 间变成蜘蛛植物的森林。The后接名词做主语。根据to make much of a difference in a space as large as a house would requne turning most of the rooms mto spider-plaut forests.M nf 知，指局限性。故选 G 项。【18题详解】考查副词。句意：他们选定的植物是魔鬼藤，因其韧性而闻名。副词作状语，根据because of its toughness” 可知，魔鬼藤因其韧性而闻名。famously “

37、有名地”。故选E项。【19题详解】考查名词。句意：为了测试他们的想法的行效性，研窕人员将他们改造过的常春藤放在充满有害物质的空 ,I的温室里 c test 后接名词作宾语，根据 * the researchers put their modified ivy to work inside gieenliouses tilled witli au containing high levels of liaiinful substances. ” 可知，effectiveness 44 有效性”符合句意。故选 B 项。20题详解】考查形容词c句意：这些植物表现良好，将空气中的有害物质减少到最低限度

38、。根据The plants performed well nf知，minimal “最低限度的”符合句意。故选H项。IILReading Comprehension Section ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Many scientists now believe that dea

39、th is not biologically inevitable and could be avoided if there were cures for all life-tlueatenmg diseases.However,perhaps the real question is not whether eternal（永 恒的）life will one day be possible,but whetlier the itself is misdirected. In his short story,The Iimnortaljlie Argentinean writer Jorg

40、e Luis Borges wiites of a man who goes in search of a liver which lids people of22 The people there witheternal life,he finds,are 23 and apparently nuserable.Suice they will live fbr an unrestricted number of yeais,they reason tliat everything that can liappen to them will do at some pomt. 24 they c

41、an liaidly brrngthemselves to move.Tins raises the question: wliat 25 would tliere be to do aiiytlung if we knew that we had an endless number of days ahead of us m which to accomplish all our goals?26, would oui lives have any meaiuiig atalPAs humans.we only seem able to understand our feelings whe

42、n they are balanced agarnst 27 emotions. When we feel happy； it is _28_ being sad; When we feel at peace,it is an escape from being aiixious.How then could we feel glad to be alive,to eiijoy oui existence day to day; if there was no possibility that it might one day be29 us? All our emotions would b

43、ecome inmiatenal.And what about die fiustiations of our memones which often 30 us, even m the short lives we cunently have? It is frustrating enough to 31 that we have forgotten tluiigs wluch happened ten,twenty or thirty yeai s ago. Iiiiagme then （lie frustration of hundreds of years worth of memon

44、es slippmg away from us as we diift tluough the centuiies-constantly 32 wheie we have been and what we have done.There would be other problems too.Unless we began to explore spacejhe Earth would soon be burdened with too many people and some sort of limit on die number of childien we can have might

45、be33 - Peihaps wemight only be allowed to reproduce if we undenook to die ourselves at some future point.Given all this, it seems that longer life nught come at a 31 much heavier than many of us are willmg to pay.For most of us alive todayxtexnal life may never be an issuebut fbi those who aie at th

46、e start of their lives, or yet to be 35 it is a decision they may well have to face, and much sooner than any of us nught havemiagmed.A. lifeB. pursuitC. approachD. evidence22. A. deathB. wealthC. sufferingD. liappiness23. A. diligentB. unhealthyC. inactiveD. lelaxed24. A. In contrastB. In additionC

47、. After allD. As a result25. A. motivationB. courageC. propertyD. publicity26. A. HoweverB. SuangelyC. OtherwiseD. Indeed27. A. similarB. strongC. opposmgD. changmg28. A. ui contrast toB. m liaimony withC. ui line withD. in response to29. A. unposed onB. taken fromC. exposed toD. applied to30. A. li

48、mitB. companyC. failD. amaze31. A. publicizeB. acknowledgeC. foreseeD. command32. A. catching hold of B. keeping track ofC. losing sight ofD. coming up with33. A. unceitainB. extinctC. invisibleD. necessary34. A. timeB. distanceC. priceD. target35. A. desnedB. selectedC. treatedD. bom【答案】.B22. A 23.

49、 C 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. C28. A 29. B 30. C 31. B32. C 33. D 34. C 35. D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文。主要讨论如果生命变成永恒，那么会带来哪些问题。【题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，也许真正的问题不是有一天水生是否有可能，而是这种追求本身是否被误导了。A.life生活:B.pursuit 追求:C.approach方法;D.evidence 证据。由上文“Many scientists now believethat death is not biologically mevitable and could be

50、 avoided if there were curesfbr all life-tlireatening diseases.n （许多科学家们相信只要威胁生命的重大疾病都可以治疗的话，死亡在生物学意义上不是不可避免的）可知，这是人类在追求的一个目标，故选B项。【22题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：不朽的阿根廷作家乔尔赫路易斯博格思在书中写到了一个人去寻找一条让人长 生不老的河流。A. death 死亡；B. wealth 财富：C. suffering 痛苦：D. happiness 幸福。由上文“Manyscientists now believe that death is uot bi

51、ologically inevitable”（许多科学家现在认为死亡在生物学意义上不是不可避免 的）可知，在乔尔赫书中要写的就是有关人长生不死的故任，故选A项。【23题详解】考杳形容词词义辨析。句意：他发现那里拥有永恒生命的人都不是很活跃，而且明显很痛苦。A.dihgent勤 奋的；B. udiealthy 不健康的；C. mactive 不活跃的：D. relaxed 放松的。由 F 文“Since they will live for an umestiicted nunibei of years, tliey reason tliat everytlimg that can happen

52、 to them will do at some point, they can hardly bnng themselves to move”（因为他们可以活无数年，他们认为可能发生在他们身上的一切都会在某个 时间点发生，闪此他们很难让自己行动起来）可知，生命永恒，就会没有活力，故选C项。【24题详解】考查短语词义辨析。句意：因为他们可以活无数年，他们认为可能发生在他们身上的一切都会在某个时间 点发生，因此他们很难让自己行动起来。A.发contrast相比之下:B. In addition此外:C.Afterall毕竟:D. As a result因此，结果。分析句子意思可知后文“hey c

53、an hardly bling themselves to move. （他们很难让自己行 动起来）是前文的结果，故选D项。【25题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这就提出了一个问题，如果我们知道自己还有无数的时间来完成我们所有的目 标，还会有什么动力去努力。A. motivation动力；B. courage勇（：C. pioperty财产；D. publicity宣传。由 上文“Since they will live fbr an unrestricted number of years, they reason that everything tliat can happen to th

54、em will do at some point. As a result, they can hardly bring themselves to move. （因为他们可以活无数年，他们认 为可能发生在他们身上的一切都会在某个时间点发生，因此他们很难让自己行动起来）可知生命永恒，会 让人失去动力。故选A项。【26题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们的生活真的会有任何意义吗？ A. However然而：B. Strangely奇怪地；C. Otherwise否则；D.Indeed实际上。结合句意分析,可知本句是在反问上文说的没有动力，故选D项。【27题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：作为人类

55、，似乎只有在相对立的情绪相平衡时，我们才能理解自己的情感。 A. similar 相似的；B. strong 强壮的；C. opposing 相反的：D. changing 变化的。由卜文“When we feel happy, it is in contrast to being sad; Wlien we feel at peace, it is an escape from being anxious.（当我们感觉快乐时，这是 在与悲伤做对比，当我们内心平静时，这是一种逃避焦虑的方式）可知，是相互对立的情绪。故选C项。【28题详解】考查短语词义辨析。句意：当我们感觉快乐时这是在与悲伤做对

56、比，当我们内心平静时这是一种逃避焦虑 的方式。A. in contrast to 对比：B. m harmony witli 和谐;C. in line with 一致;D. m response to 回应。由上文 “As humaiis, we only seem able to understand our feelings when they are balanced against opposing emotions” （作 为人类，似乎只有在于相对立的情绪相平衡时，我们才能埋解自己的情感）可知是相反的，相对的，故选A 项。【29题详解】考查短语词义辨析。句意：如果有一天这些不可能从

57、我们手里被拿走，那么我们怎么能高兴地享受活着的 每,天呢。A. imposed 0、强力口于;B. taken from 拿走;C. exposed to 接触；D. applied to 应用。由下文“All our emotions would become inunatenal （我们所有的情绪都会变得不重要）可知，说的是如果生命不会失去， 故选B项。【30题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：难么即使在如今我们短暂的生命中，也会有很多记忆被遗忘的那种沮丧呢？。A. limit 限制;B. company 公司：C. fail 没有做至lj ： D. amaze 使惊奇。由卜文“It is f

58、rustrating enough to acknowledge that we have fb唔often things which happened ten, twenty or thirty years ago ”（承认我们忘记 了 十年、二十年或 者是三十年前发生的事，是有够令人沮丧的）可知说的是记忆失效，故选C项。31题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：承认我们忘记了十年、二十年或者是三十年前发生的事，是够令人沮丧的。A. publicize 宣传；B. acknowledge 承认；C. foresee 预知；D. command 要求。由上文“And what about the f

59、rustiatioiis of our memoiies which often fail us, even in the short lives we ciinently have?”（难么即使在如今我们短暂的生命 中也会有很多记忆被遗忘的那种沮丧呢？）可知，我们不得不承认遗忘是令人沮丧的。故选B项。【32题详解】考查短语词义辨析。句意：然后想象一下，在几百年来，我们不断忘记我们去过哪里和我们做过什么，数 百年的记忆被我们忘记。A. catclung hold of抓住;B. keeping track of 解动态;C. losing sight of 忘记:D. conuiig up w

60、ith 想至lj。由上文“It is frustratmg enough to acknowledge that we have forgotten tlmigs which happened ten, twenty or thirty years ago （承认我们忘记了十年、：十年或者是三十年前发生的事）可知，这些记忆会被 忘记，故选C项。【33题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：除非我们开始探索太空，否则地球上很快就会有大量的人II,而限制儿童的 数量就变得非常仃必要。A. uncemin不确定的：B. extinct灭绝的：C. invisible 看不见的：D. necessaiy必要