山西省晋城市高平一中、阳城一中、高平一中实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题.doc

山西省晋城市高平一中、阳城一中、高平一中实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题

山西省晋城市高平一中、阳城一中、高平一中实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题

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山西省晋城市高平一中、阳城一中、高平一中实验学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题
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1.本试卷共150分。考试时间120分钟。
2.请将各题答案填写在答题卡上。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Online Bachelor's Degrees and Programs
The overview
Colleges offer online degrees in a range of fields. Click on a degree program to explore what courses you take, how long the program takes to complete, career options and average salary. For example, to earn an online health science bachelor's degree, you would take courses in public health, health communications and epidemiology（流行病学）.
The benefits
Pursuing an accredited（官方认可的）online bachelor's degree can help you take the next step in your career. Through your program, you'll attend online lectures, study from home manage a busy schedule and interact virtually with professors and classmates.
The applicants
An online college degree may appeal to those who want more flexibility in completing their education, or who want to take classes while working full time or parenting. Choosing where to register online will likely be challenging, but below you'll find tools, advice and other resources to make your search easier.
Best online bachelor's programs
U. S. News evaluated several factors to rank the best online bachelor's degree programs, including graduation rates and support services available remotely.
School name
Tuition per credit
Application deadline
Financial aid available
University of Georgia
$ 326
May 1
Yes
Georgia Washington University
$ 615
June 10
No
University of Arizona
$ 525
July 12
Yes
North Carolina University
$ 900
February 15
Yes
To see the full ranking list, please click here.
（ ）21. What will you do after attending online degree programs?
A. Get a degree for free. B. Attend lectures in a hall.
C. Take some related courses D. Talk with teachers face to face.
（ ）22. Which university is the last one to end the application?
A. Georgia Washington University. B. University of Georgia.
C. North Carolina University. D. University of Arizona.
（ ）23. Where are you likely to read the text?
A. On the Internet. B. In a magazine.
C. In a textbook. D. In a newspaper.
B
Kemira Boyd had just jumped in the shower when she heard her stepmother, Tammy Boyd, knocking on the door. Kemira's 12-day-old daughter Ryleigh was choking. Kemira tried everything, but she still couldn't breathe. Kemira knew Ryleigh needed to get to the hospital fast.
They had barely driven out of their neighborhood when a police car appeared behind them. Deputy Will Kimbro figured that the speeding driver was either too distracted to notice him or unconcerned. Kimbro soon found out it was a frightening combination of the two.
Once she'd pulled over, Kemira handed the baby to Kimbro. He put a hand on her little chest. Ryleigh's heart was barely beating. Kimbro radioed for an ambulance. At that time Ryleigh's lips were already blue.
The fact that Kimbro was there was a miracle. He had recently completed a CPR（心肺复苏）class and knew how to treat a child.
"Although I was shocked, my training kicked in, and I went to work to keep that child alive," said Kimbro. Then he began tapping（轻拍）Ryleigh's chest, hoping to press her heart back into action. Thanks to the CPR class, Kimbro knew the choking child didn't have a chance if there was a blockage, and he used one finger to clear her airway（气道）. That was a magic touch. 20 seconds later, Ryleigh began to cry. "If she's crying like that, she's breathing," said Kimbro.
But they still had five more minutes until the ambulance would arrive, and Kimbro worried that Ryleigh would choke again. He continued with delicate chest compression and clearing her airway.
After transferring Ryleigh to the ambulance, Kimbro drove away. At the hospital, Ryleigh recovered quickly thanks to a determined police officer who was in the right place at the right time.
（ ）24. Why did Kemira stop her car outside her neighborhood?
A. She wanted to ask for help. B. She had broken traffic rules
C. She needed to care for the child. D. She planned to talk with Kimbro
（ ）25. What was Kimbro like when he dealt with the emergency?
A. Nervous. B. Frightened. C. Calm. D. Curious.
（ ）26. What made Ryleigh come back to life?
A. The CPR class. B. The doctors' help.
C. Kemira's reaction. D. Kimbro's first aid.
（ ）27. What may be the best title for the text?
A. An encounter saved a life B. A CPR class is important
C. A clever and brave mother D. A policeman's experience
C
Children's average daily time spent watching television or using mobile device increased from 53 minutes at 12 months old to more than 150 minutes at 3 years old, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Children aged 7 were more likely to spend the highest amount of screen time if they had been in bad home-based childcare or were born to first-time mothers
"Our results indicate that screen habits begin early," said Edwina Yeung, an investigator in National Institute of Child Health and Human Development（NICHD）, "This finding suggests that interventions to reduce screen time could have a better chance of success if introduced early.”
In the research, mothers of 4,000 children responded to questions on their kids' media habits when they were 12, 18 24, 30, and 36 months of age.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends avoiding digital media exposure for children under 18 months of age, introducing children 18 to 24 months of age to screen media slowly, and limiting screen time to an hour a day for children from 2 to 5 years of age. In the current study, researchers found that 87% of the children had screen time exceeding（超过）these recommendations. However, while screen time increased throughout infancy（幼儿期）, after 8 years of age, screen time fell to under 1. 5 hours per day. The researchers believe this decrease relates to time consumed by school-related activities.
The study authors classified the children into two groups based on how much their aver- age daily screen time increased from age 1 to age 3. The first group, 73% of the total, had the lower increase, from an average of nearly 51 minutes a day to nearly an hour and 47 minutes a day. The second group, 27% of the total, had the higher increase, from nearly 37 minutes of screen time a day to about 4 hours a day. Higher levels of parental education were associated with the lower odds of inclusion in the second group.
（ ）28. Which of the following is a reason for children's addiction to the media?
A. Low economic level. B. Poor family education
C. The media's attraction. D. The shortage of parents' love.
（ ）29. What's Edwina's advice?
A. To stop children using the media.
B. To help parents care for children well

C. To reduce children's screen time earlier
D. To increase intervention to children
（ ）30. How did the author develop the main body of the text?
A. By giving some examples. B. By showing some data.
C. By analyzing some reasons. D. By concluding some results.
（ 31. What does the underlined word "odds" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Probability. B. Price. C. Cost. D. Income.
D
In times of stress, particularly when the water gets too warm, the coral（珊瑚）erupts the algae（海藻）, and the coral turns white, causing a state called coral bleaching（漂白）. Just a few degrees of heat can lead to coral bleaching, putting the coral on a path to starvation and death.
Driven by climate change, marine heat waves are becoming one of the greatest threats to the existence of coral, which is important to the ocean ecology. But in some rare good news researchers have discovered coral can recover from bleaching even before a heat wave ends, suggesting it has the potential to survive long heat waves. Coral was thought to survive only if a heat wave lasted just a few weeks.
But no one had studied this process during a longer heat wave. Then in 2015, Julia Baum, a marine ecologist at the University of Victoria, began a survey of two common species: brain and star coral around Kiritimati in the central Pacific Ocean. They checked the condition of the coral as the heat wave struck and disappeared.
Starting in May 2015, the temperature rose about 1 ℃ within 2 months. As expected, coral that housed heat-sensitive algae bleached sooner than those housing the heat-tolerant kind of algae. As the water continued to warm, even heat-tolerant algae erupted.
Many brain and star coral on Kiritimati recovered from bleaching while the water was still unusually warm. Baum said, "The unexpected recovery provides new hope, because it means that even under lasting heat waves, there's a path forward for some of them."
An unusual feature of the recovery is that brain coral that started out with heat-sensitive algae had a higher survival rate（82%）than coral that began with heat-tolerant algae（25%）. "That finding is surprising," said Baum, expecting that heat-tolerant algae would be better suited for helping coral survive a heat wave. But during a longer heat wave, it might be more advantageous to start with a heat-sensitive algae.
）32. What results in coral bleaching?
A. The white algae. B. The coral's death.
C. An attack of waves. D. A rise in ocean temperature.
（ ）33. Why did Baum begin the survey?
A. To prove that coral can stop climate change.
B. To study how coral bleaching comes about.
C. To figure out whether coral survives long heat waves
D. To explain why coral bleaching is a big threat to coral
（ ）34. How did Baum feel about the finding?
A. Ashamed. B. Confused C. Worried. D. Astonished.
（ ）35. What can the finding be used to do?
A. Protect the ocean environment. B. Reduce coral bleaching.
C. Grow more different algae. D. Regulate the heat wave.
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。
I know you probably don't realize it," Booth told her mother, "but you spend the first 20 to 30 minutes of every conversation complaining. " When her mother objected, the two agreed to start keeping a running timer. "When we sit down to talk, I'll bring a notebook," Booth says. "When she starts complaining, she will see me writing, catch herself, then stop. " 36 . But before long, it was clear that Booth's intervention not only helped her
mother, it also helped their relationship. So, how do you get a chronic（长期的）complainer to realize the problem for the sake of your health and his?
Change the subject. 37 , some complainers will change their mood. If your neighbor is complaining about the phone company, tell him about an unexpected call you received from an old friend. If your coworker is complaining about your boss, ask whether he met the new employee.
38 . When a chronic complainer tells you about his latest problem, ask nicely what he has done to improve it.
Summarize the complaint. If your complainer keeps repeating himself, he may stop if you show that you're listening. 39 .
Be honest. When you have things to do, tell the complainer that you must cut the conversation short. 40 . Rather than pointing a finger at the other person, focus on the effect it's having on you.
A. Tell the complainer to stop
B. Challenge the person to act
C. Ask the complainer what the problem is
D. You may not be brave and confident like Booth
E. You can simply tell the truth and talk about the topic gently
F. If you shift the conversation in a direction that interests them
G. You can tell him what you have heard to show the main points
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5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。
Nobody has a perfect life and you never know what's going on behind closed doors. The first person I told about feeling 41 was my best friend from school. We haven't lived in the 42 place since we were 17, but we have 43 a deep friendship by the phone and a 44 app for over ten years. Maybe it is her being removed from my everyday life that makes it feel 45 to tell. I first experienced depression in the 46 and my friend, who was in the same grade with me, brought it up to me after I 47 an exam due to spending week in bed. When she first said "depression" to me, I felt that I was 48 , because I had always thought of myself as a positive person. 49 health seemed a bit of a grey area to me too, as my Mum 50 when I was 16. So the line between sadness and depression had become 51 .
Last year, I felt separate from everyone, and after a（n） 52 bad work trip, I felt more isolated（孤独的）than ever. Having looked up "depression symptoms" on the Internet, I felt 53 and immediately screen-shot it and 54 it over to the same friend. Only she and my boyfriend knew my state for months.
Shortly after, I decided to 55 something about my mental health on Instagram. I was so moved by the response. Besides public 56 , I was also getting private 57 from friends, friends-of-friends and even some 58 . A lot of the messages were about people saying how much it resonated（共鸣）with them, which looked like 59 a doctor weekly. They offered me time and space to feel all I was feeling, and 60 I went outside every day and slept well at night.
（ ）41. A. excited B. difficult C. depressed D. strange
（ ）42. A. same B. varied C. similar D. deserted
（ ）43. A. demanded B. maintained C. announced D. supported
（ ）44. A. communication B. music C. flight D. travel
（ ）45. A. closer B. rarer C. plainer D. safer
（ ）46. A. factory B. workshop C. university D. hospital
（ ）47. A. declined B. passed C. took D. missed
（ ）48. A. abused B. shocked C. accused D. released
（ ）49. A. Physical B. Public C. Adult D. Mental
（ ）50. A. passed away B. came back C. hid away D. broke down
（ ）51. A confusing B. abstract C. straight D. interesting
（ ）52. A. anxiously B. appropriately C. particularly D. gradually
（ ）53. A. puzzled B. scared C. curious D. sharp
（ ）54. A. sent B.