四川省三台中学实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题.doc

四川省三台中学实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题

四川省三台中学实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题

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四川省三台中学实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题
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）
1. What is the woman going to do this afternoon?
A. Eat out. B. See a doctor. C. Go shopping.
2. How does Henry feel now?
A. Proud. B. Tired. C. Grateful.
3. What did Fred do?
A. He travelled to Italy. B. He offered Kate a ride. C. He bought a new car.
4. What does the woman do?
A. She’s a salesperson. B. She’s a librarian. C. She’s a bank clerk.
5. What did Patrick do last Friday?
A. He moved to another place.
B. He sold his old apartment.
C. He went out with a friend.
第二节
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Strangers. B. Classmates. C. Co-workers.
7. Why is Sara worried?
A. She has problem preparing for a speech.
B. She knows nothing about British history.
C. She fails to finish her homework on time.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。
8. Who are the speakers?
A. Students. B. Secretaries. C. Teachers.
9. When will Ms. Kelly probably give the lecture?
A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday.
10. What will the man probably do next?
A. Go on a trip. B. Talk to Dr. Lee. C. Start a research project.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。
11. What is the man doing?
A. Asking for directions. B. Touring the city centre. C. Talking to a friend.
12. What does the man decide to do?
A. Keep walking. B. Get a taxi. C. Wait for the bus.
13. How does the man feel at the end of the conversation?
A. Annoyed. B. Excited. C. Surprised.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。
14. What is “People You Meet”?
A. An office party. B. A training course. C. A radio program.
15. How many people does Mark’s office receive every year?
A. 100,000. B. 200,000. C. 500,000.
16. What do we know about Mark?
A. He is a team leader.
B. He was born in London.
C. He speaks thirteen languages.
17. What do Mark and his co-workers usually do to help people?
A. Show them around. B. Plan tours for them. C. Teach them English.
听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。
18. How long did the speaker and his family live in the downtown apartment?
A. 8 years. B. 10 years. C. 30 years.
19. What was the reason for the speaker’s unpleasant childhood?
A. Strict family rules.
B. Little chance to play outside.
C. Too much school work.
20. What does the speaker think of outdoor activities?
A. Colorless. B. Dangerous. C. Enjoyable.

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑
A
Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, it has been held in more than 40 different cities. That gives Olympic fans quite a few possible travel destinations to choose!
Beijing, China
Olympic fans should consider visiting the Beijing Olympic Park to check out the special buildings of the so-called “Bird’s Nest” and “Water Cube”—the national stadium and aquatics center built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Popular historic places in Beijing include the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and Tian’anmen Square.
Innsbruck, Austria
Located in the heart of the Alps, Innsbruck is known as a great winter destination—which explains why it has hosted not one but two Winter Olympics. Known for its mountainous views, Innsbruck is the perfect stop for outdoor adventurers.
Mexico City, Mexico
This wonderful travel destination offers a wide number of popular museums, historic buildings, and public parks. People will love shopping for fresh meat and produce at the markets, taking a cooking class, and generally eating their way through Mexico City, which is especially known for its culinary (烹饪的) experiences that include both globally well-known restaurants and locally favored street carts.
Melbourne, Australia
Nearly half a century before Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics, Melbourne became the first Australian host city in 1956. Head to the “cultural capital of Australia”, located in Victoria on the southeastern coast, for an energetic cafe culture and art scene, Melbourne offers something for every type of traveler and everyone can enjoy an evening at one of the city’s many rooftop bars or a day of wine tasting.
21. Where will you go if you are fond of adventure?
A. Beijing, China. B. Mexico City, Mexico.
C. Innsbruck, Austria. D. Melbourne, Australia.
22. What can visitors do in Mexico City?
A. Enjoy wonderful culinary classes.
B. Buy beautiful clothes and shoes.
C. Admire beautiful mountainous views.
D. Visit special stadiums for the Olympics.
23. What can we know about Melbourne?
A. It is famous for all kinds of wine.
B. It has many world-famous hotels.
C. It hosted the Summer Olympics twice.
D. It can satisfy different travelers’ needs.
B
Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated (提名）for an Academy Award ,or Oscar.
Labaki directed the film Capernaum ,a film about a Syrian refugee (难民)boy and a Kenyan baby who live without parents on the streets of Beirut. She was nominated for best foreign language film.
Labaki wil1 be one of the few female directors to compete for an Oscar this year. She told the Associated press "I wish there were a lot more women filmmakers this year represented,nominated in the Oscars. But I am sure in a few years we won't be having this problem anymore.”
Unlike in the West, women filmmakers are industry leaders in Lebanon.
Capernaum received a 15-minute standing ovation (热烈欢迎）at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It won the Jury Prize—the third-highest award given at Cannes.
The United Nations has publicly praised the film. Lebanon's Foreign Minister said
Capernaum put a Lebanese touch on the international film industry.
The Oscar nomination of Capernaum is the second for Lebanon in two years in the film group. It demonstrates the country's rising star power.
Labaki called making the movie a life-changing experience. She said Capernaum helps humanize the real struggles of refugees only briefly talked about in the news.
We can’ t help but acknowledge that there is a fear of refugees in general around the world and there are these walls we are building, and this fear that keeps growing," Labaki said.
Capernaum will compete against four other films for the Oscar, including awards season favorite Roma. Directed by Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron, it earned 10 Oscar nominations, including for best picture.
24. Where does Labaki come from?
A. Syria. B. Kenya. C. Lebanon. D. Mexico.
25.What do we know from Labaki's words in Paragraph 3?
A. Few women directors have been nominated in the Oscars.
B. She was the first female artist to compete for an Oscar.
C More women directors will enter for Oscar this year.
D. Female directors have problems with their films.
26.Which of the following best describes Capernaum ?
A. It is the best foreign language film. B. It shows the rising power of women.
C. It has won the first prize at Cannes. D. It is highly thought of.
27. What does the underlined ‘it’ in the last paragraph refer to?
A Capernaum. B. The Oscar. C. Roma. D. Best picture.
C
The new garbage sorting regulation has taken effect in Shanghai starting July 1. Many citizens are still confused about the classification of the four different types of trash. Thankfully, authorities have released an official guideline to clarify the new rules.
The guideline, published by the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau, provides a rather clear definition on the four kinds of waste: recyclable waste, hazardous (有害的) waste, household food waste and residual (剩余的) waste.
Hazardous waste, as the name suggests, includes assorted poisonous materials like used batteries, light bulbs, out-of-date medicines, paint and pesticides.
Household food waste, which is translated to “wet trash” in Chinese，refers to food leftovers, rotten food, pet food, fruit peels, remains of TCM herbs (中药) and flowers.
Paper, plastic, glass, metal and textiles (纺织品) are counted as recyclable waste.
The definition of residual waste is a little confusing. Anything that is not listed above belongs in this category.
As specific as the new guideline is, residents still have a hard time sorting trash correctly and are finding it challenging to memorize them all. For instance, both plastic bottles and bubble tea or coffee cups are plastic materials. However, the former falls to the category of recyclable waste and the latter belongs to residual waste. To save the hassle, some netizens have come up with their own ways to sort trash.
“We should do this from a pig’s angle,” commented one netizen. “Those edible (可食用的) for pigs are household food waste. Those even pigs don’t want to eat are residual waste. If a pig consumes something and dies of it, then something must be hazardous waste. Those which can be sold and the money we gain can be used to purchase pigs are recyclable waste.” The new regulation has gone into effect on July 1. Those who do not sort their trash properly will be fined RMB200.
28. What do the old thrown-away sweaters belong to?
A. Residual waste. B. Hazardous waste.
C. Recyclable waste. D. Household food waste.
29. What does “wet trash” have in common?
A. They are completely wet. B. They all come from plants.
C. They can give off bad smell. D. They can break up easily.
30. What is the tone of the netizen?
A. Humorous. B. Serious.
C. Delightful. D. Uncertain.
31. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Shanghai bans four sorts of garbage.
B. Shanghai launches garbage sorting rules.
C. Citizens in Shanghai still question garbage sorting.
D. Citizens in Shanghai welcome the garbage sorting policy.
D
As they reach school age, about 90 percent of children will have experienced a condition in which fluid (液体) fills the middle ear, muffling (使模糊) sound and sometimes causing infection. The fluid usually clears on its own, but if not, it can lead to a painful ear infection called acute otitis (中耳炎) media. In some cases the fluid can persist for more than a year, causing hearing loss during this period, and slowing down their development of language and social skills.
Diagnosis usually requires a visit to a specialist—but researchers have now developed an app that detects this fluid just as accurately, with only a smartphone and a paper funnel (漏斗).
Doctors typically detect the problem by peering into the ear for a visual assessment. Yet, this method has only a 50 percent accuracy rate. “Right now, if you bring your child to a pediatrician, or to any urgent care family doctor, the way they look at whether or not there’s fluid in the middle ear is by looking at the eardrum,” says Sharat Raju, a surgeon in the department of head and neck surgery at the University of Washington.
For a cheaper and more accessible alternative, researchers at the University of Washington turned to smartphones. First the user follows a template to cut and tape a piece of paper into a funnel, which can be placed between a smartphone and the patient’s ear. Next the app plays a chirping sound through the phone’s speaker; the sound waves bounce off the eardrum and hit the phone’s microphone, where they register and are analyzed by the app. An eardrum with fluid behind it will vibrate (振动) differently than if the middle ear is full of air, as it normally is.
To develop the app, the researchers first played chirps for patients with and without fluid in their ears. They recorded the echoes (回音), which indicate the eardrum’s mobility. Then they used a machine learning model to classify the returning sound waves, determining which audio characteristics indicated a normal ear and which suggested the presence of fluid. Once they tested the app on 98 children, ranging from 18 months to 17 years old, at Seattle Children’s Hospital. It correctly detected fluid in 85 percent of cases, and correctly identified fluid-free ears in 82 percent.
The researchers are currently trying to get FDA approval for the app, and have founded a company to commercialize it. They hope to make it available by the end of the year, to help parents track children’s ear health at home.
32. What do we know about the fluid from the first paragraph?
A. It is mostly part of children’s growth. B. It is unavoidable for any child.
C. It is a permanent physical condition. D. It is beyond any medical means.
33. What does the underlined word “pediatrician” refer to in Paragraph 3?
A. A hospital. B. A specialist. C. A relative. D. An app.

34. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?
A. The application of the app. B. The causes of the kid’s ear problem.
C. The purpose of developing the app. D. The experiment of the smartphone.
35. What do the researchers expect of the app?
A. It will upgrade the medical technology.
B. It will hit the market in the near future.
C. It will help children do better academically.
D. It will save doctors medical operations.
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。
What does it mean to be intelligent?
It seems that everyone goes to college now, whether or not they find themselves interested in studying something long term. Even though I know there are different ways to be intelligent, I struggle due to society’s influence, which maintains that intelligence is quantifiable (可量化的) and that academic intelligence is one and the only.
Where do IQ tests come into play when one considers intelligence? Do they fall closest to priority when considering this unquantifiable concept? Intelligence simply cannot be reduced to an IQ test, which are not effective. While designed to measure “intelligence,” all they measure are biological developments that can change as one grows. 36
There are many factors that can indicate an intelligent being, such as academic intelligence, emotional intelligence, and worldly intelligence. For instance, if a student realizes that they haven’t studied appropriately for an exam, he or she would have the ability to acknowledge that, and then make revisions to his or her study habits accordingly. 37 Emotional intelligence is the intelligence that fosters self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-improvement.
38 We cannot function without forming relationships and communication. This proves that being aware of oneself and reflecting in order to further better communication skills is an evidence to intelligence. Where would you be if you were a terrible communicator, unaware, and unwilling to improve, but academically thriving?
Emotional intelligence is what surpasses (超越) those who are hard-headed. Those who maintain academic intelligence may still be a bit dull and unaware of themselves. 39 Even as a college student, there are certain