湖南省雅礼教育集团2020年下高二学期期中考试试卷英语.docx

雅礼教育集团2020下学期期中考试试卷
高二英语
时量：120分钟 总分：150分
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling, just like reading, is a refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel.
On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac
The book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.
Life Is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera
JeanJacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” The book tells a young artist’s romantic but miserable life, about how he reads, dreams, and has a relationship. Experience the artist’s passionate life in the book during a trip to Central Europe. The, book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life
The Stories of Sahara, 1967, by Sanmao
The book narrates the author’s simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a desolate and dull place. The fancy natural scenery and life there, along with the author’s romantic and intensive emotion, will inspire you to explore the mysterious land. Reading the book is like participating in a dialogue with the author, who is sincere and humorous.
Lotus, 2006, by Annbaby
This novel set in Tibet, tells three people’s stories, each with their unique characteristics. It reveals modem people’s emotions and inner life, their confusion about love, and exploration of Buddhism. The book is a good partner to bring you to the sacred land Tibet.
21. Which bock is about the exploration of life value through a journey?
A. On the Road. B. Life Is Elsewhere.
C. The Stories of Sahara. D. Lotus
22. Whose book could be the most suitable for your trip to Germany?
A. Jack Kerouac’s. B. Sanmao’s
C. Annbaby’s. D. Milan Kundera’s.
23. What can we learn from the text?
A. Lotus is a religious book exploring Tibetan Buddhist culture.
B. On the Road advises a classic route for driving across the US.
C. The Stories of Sahara records its ambers own life in the desert.
D. Life Is Elsewhere demonstrates JeanJacques Rousseau’s own life.
B
Rodney Smith is a man with a task. The Bermuda native is in the midst of a trip that will take him to every state in the nation, mowing lawns (修理草坪)
Five years ago, Smith came across a senior men mowing his lawn and stopped to help. “When I came across the elderly man, my life changed” he said. After that, Smith went on to create the Raising Men Lawn Care Service (RMLCS) to mow 1awns for the elderly, disabled single moms and former soldiers free of charge. As part of providing free yard work, the organization teaches children about serving their communities and lawn mower safety.
A key component of RMLCS is its 50-yard challenge. which sets a goal for children nationwide to mow 50 lawns for free in their community. When a kid signs up for the challenge the group sends them a white shirt with the Raising Men logo (标识), shades and ear protection. The participants receive a different colored shirt after every 10th lawn they mow. When they have completed the task for 50 yards, they receive a special visit from Smith or someone with RMLCS. They give the volunteer a new lawnmower, free of charge and cut other lawns with them.
Since this challenge started in 2016, 12 kids have already completed the challenge. And both boys and girls are part of it. At present they have 130 kids nationwide taking part in this challenge, including 7 in Bermuda and the U. K and one in Canada. So it’s spreading worldwide Even the Queen of England to notice— the governor of Bermuda presented Smith with an award late last year on behalf of her.
It was also last year that Smith came up with the 50 Sates 50 Lawns campaign. Now, in 2020, he’s on the road again.
24. What is the purpose of the Raising Men Laws Care Service?
A. Educate children to work har&
B. Offer free lawn cutting service.
C. Make lawnmowers of high quality.
D. Train professional lawn mowing workers
25. What indicates a child completing the 50-yard challenge?
A. A visit to RMLCS. B. The Raising Men logo.
C. A white shirt and ear protection. D. A new lawnmower from RMLCS.
26. Why is the Queen of England mentioned?
A. To praise the queen for her care.
B. To prove Smith is respected by everyone.
C. To show Smith’s behavior got recognized
D. To introduce where Smith’s motivation came from.
27. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Mow Lawns in Order to Travel
B. Lawn Mowing — a New Trend
C. Choose Mowing Lawns to Help
D. Rodney Smith — a Man Loving Mowing Lawns
C
It you have a dog, you’ve probably tried to train it. There are some basics, such as sitting, staving not going to the bathroom on your rugs. And if your dog learns things quickly, you might start to think it’s really smart. But if you really want to know about dog intelligence, you have to look at non-dogs as well to understand what’s special to dogs and what is just typical of groups they belong to.
Stephen Lea. a retired professor of psychology from the University of Exeter, and his team looked at hundreds of published studies to compare dog cognition (认知) with that of other animals. They found that dogs are good at picking up on social commands.
Lea explained, “They are good, for example, at using human pointing or following human gaze, looking at what you’re looking at. We’re not saying dogs aren’t good at those tasks, they are. What we were saying is that there are some other animals that are just as good at them, like bottle-nose dolphins and gray seals.”
Lea also said, “It’s not something that’s unique to dogs or indeed very unexpected in dogs, given the sorts of animals dogs are. In other words, they’re domesticated (驯化的). They’re original from social hunters. And importantly, they’re carnivores (食肉动物). They belong to a big group of mammals that also includes cats, hyenas, otters, bears, and also the seals and sea lions, which we sometimes forget about, but which, of course, are also very easy to train despite not being domesticated.”
And while dog cognition may not actually be exceptional, their noses definitely are. Their sense of smell—they can tell the extraordinary things, like which of two identical twins they’re looking at or sniffing (嗅) at. Lea also points out there are some tasks that dogs apparently cannot do, such as using tools or exhibiting self-awareness. However, he said, “There’s always the possibility that someone, somewhere is at this moment trying to prove that a dog can do something that we said it couldn’t. But if you can find it, we will happily change our minds.”
28. Which of the following statements does Lea agree with in the passage?
A. Dogs can use tools and exhibit self-awareness.
B. Dogs are also thought to be clever even if knowing few basic commands.
C. Dogs are better at comprehending human pointing than bottle-nose dolphins.
D. Dogs can tell similar things like which of two identical twins they’re looking at.
29. How do dogs get the ability of picking up on social commands?
A. Dogs are born with the ability.
B. Dogs copy other animals’ behavior.
C. Dogs are domesticated by human beings.
D. Dogs are taught the ability by their parents.
30. What is Lea’s attitude towards the opinions which are different from his?
A. Neutral. B Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Negative.
31. What is the appropriate title for the passage?
A. The way to evaluate a dog’s IQ.
B. The way to domesticate a smart dog.
C. The way to improve a dog’s cognition.
D. The way to study a dog’s small.
D
A decade-long study, also the first major research into air pollution and disease has shown that living near a main road increases the risk of dementia (痴呆). The study of 6.6 million people found that one in 10 dementia deaths in people living within 50 meters of a busy road was due to waste gas and noise.
Air pollution is already known to contribute to the deaths of around 40,000 people in Britain each year by worsening breathing and heart conditions, while previous research showed emissions (排放物)can cause brain shrinkage. But the new study by Canadian public health scientists is the first to find a link between living close to heavy traffic and the increasing of dementia, a discovery described as “believable” and “impressive” by British experts.
Dr Hong Chen said, “Our study suggests that busy roads could be a source of environmental stressors that could give rise to the onset (发生) of dementia. Population growth and urbanization has placed many people close to heavy traffic, and with widespread exposure to heavy traffic and growing rates of dementia, even a modest effect from near-road exposure could cause a large public health burden. More research to understanding this link is needed, particularly into the effects of different aspects of traffic, such as air pollutants and noise.”
In the new study, the team tracked all adults aged between 20 and 85 living in Ontario for more than a decade from 2001 to 2012. They used postcodes to determine how close people lived to a main road and analyzed medical records to see if they went on to develop dementia, Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化).
While there was no correlation between living near a road and Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis, dementia risk reduced as people lived further from a main road, with a 7 percent higher risk in developing dementia among those living within 50 metres: a 4 percent higher risk at 50-100 metres and a 2 percent higher risk at 101-200 metres After 200 metres there was no increase. Researchers believe that noise of traffic may also play a role in the raised risk as well as other urban pollution, which is often present near busy roads.
32. What can we know about Canadian’s new study?
A. it puzzles British experts.
B. It brings benefits to dementia patients.
C. It shows that air pollution can lead to dementia.
D. It shows that air pollution can cause brain shrinaage.
33. What Dr Hong Chen said shows that ________.
A. people suffer dementia mainly due to air pollution
B. widespread exposure to traffic reduces the nsk of having dementia
C. the link between living near roads and having dementia is not obvious
D. busy roads could be a source of environmental stressors that cause dementia
34. What does the underlined word “correlation” in the last paragraph mean?
A. change. B. association. C. improvement. D. secret.
35. From the last paragraph we can know that ________.
A. living within 200 metres of a main road is safe for people
B. noise of traffic is not a risk of people developing dementia
C. living near a main road adds to the risk of suffering Parkinson’s disease
D. the further away from heavy traffic, the smaller the risk of having dementia
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。
Do you think you’ve lost your inspiration? Maybe the ups and downs of life and work have affected you You’re not alone. The majority of people across the world are trying newer and easier ways to get inspired. ____36____ They start thinking to themselves that they are no good. And only a handful of people can stay inspired for life.
You can get inspired for life anytime you want. That’s the potential of being human.
Alone time is just as important as socializing time. It is important to stay alone for you to understand your thoughts and emotions at a deeper level. ____37____ It’s always inside of you, waiting to be used.
Do you have goals? If you don’t, now is the time to write them down. A person without goals has no direction. .And he or she can never know if he or she is making progress or not. Create your life goals and then break them down to yearly goals, monthly goals, weekly goals and daily goals. You can even go deeper to hourly goals.
When socializing, listen to the stones of other people. You’ll be happy to realize how fortunate you really are. Most of the people around you have gone through things you might never imagine. ____39____ Listen to their stories and how they settled their problems. You can also read an inspiring book or watch a movie to get the inspiration you need to move forward.
____40____ if you’ve lost your inspiration, you can put to practice these tips any time. It’s time to start living with passion.
A. Inspiration comes from inside.
B. But they keep their experiences a secret.
C. And there they are standing in front of you.
D. But they give up along the way gradually.
E. Inspiration also comes from your success.
F. Everyone needs inspiration ro succeed in life.
G. Having sense of direction will keep you inspired.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
Juan Manuel Ballestero was a 47-year-old sailing enthusiast, who currently lived in Porto Santo, Portugal. When the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病) outbreak started to take its hold, Ballestero began to ____41____ across the Atlantic 10 reach his 90-year-old dad in the middle of March.
“I didn’t want to ____42____ like a coward (懦弱的人) on an island where there were no ____43____, Ballestero said. “My father is 90 years old and I’m ____44____ his health, especially during the pandemic.”
The journey wasn’t without any trouble. Although he’d ____45____ necessities and fuel before leaving the Portuguese island in his boat, he ____46____ to make a stop at Cape Verde in mid-April to pick up more supplies and fuel. ____47____, authorities in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean refused his request to dock (停靠). So, the ____48____ sailor carried on his journey in hopes that he’d get to see his dad, unsure of what to ____49____ as the world battled with the pandemic. He said, “The love for my father kept me ____50____ in these situations. I learned about myself; this voyage gave me lots of ____51____ He finally reached the port of his ____52____ Mar del Plata and was able to ____53____ his 90-year-old father after his COVID-19 test ____54____ came back negative (阴性的)—just in time for Father’s Day.
Ballestero proves how the love for his father has no ____55____ even in such a difficult time.
44. A. travel B. swim C. fly D. run
42. A. escape B. leave C. stay D. relax
43. A. resources B. comforts C. reasons D. cases
44. A. aware of B. certain of C. concerned about D. satisfied with
45. A. ordered B. prepared C. produced D. consumed
46. A. managed B. failed C. referred D. intended
47. A. Otherwise B. Anyhow C. However D. Therefore
48. A. honest B. courageous C. generous D. stubborn
49. A. expect B- pay C. predict D. brin