安徽省安庆桐城市第八中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次段考试题.doc

安徽省安庆桐城市第八中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次段考试题

安徽省安庆桐城市第八中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次段考试题

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安徽省安庆桐城市第八中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第一次段考试题
第一部分 听力
第一节
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。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. What does the woman think of the movie?
A. It's funny. B. It's interesting. C. It's thrilling.
2. How much is the value of sales mentioned in the dialogue?
A. 26.84 billion yuan. B.268. 4 billion yuan. C.2684 billion yuan.
3. Who does the woman like most?
A. Wang Zhelin. B. Zhou Qi. C. Yi Jianlian.
4. How long did the China International Import Expo last according to the man？
A.5 days. B. 6 days. C. 7 days.
5. Which team won the game?
A. England. B. German. C. Neither.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6. Why we’d better not use plastic bags in our daily life？
A. It’s difficult to break up. B. It’s difficult to break down.
C. It is harmful to wax worms.
7. How may we solve problems caused by plastics according to the man？
A. By breaking plastics down. B. By not using plastic bags.
C. By depending on a kind of worms.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the man think of the Mars vehicle？
A. Helpful. B. Exciting. C. Unbelievable
9. What does the woman think we should do to deal with the pollution of the earth？
A. Launching another Mars vehicle. B. Moving onto the Mars one day.
C. Making ourselves fully prepared.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s wrong with the man？
A. He coughs a lot at night. B. He is tired of his work.
C. He can’t fall asleep at night.
11. How long has the man been feeling bad？
A. For one day. B. For two days. C. For three days.
12. What’s the woman’s advice？
A. Changing a job. B. Getting more exercise.
C. Drinking some milk at night.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What has the woman already done？
A. She has mailed the invitations out. B. She has hired someone to provide the food.
C. She has found someone to take pictures.
14. When will the woman get married？
A. In October. B. In March. C. In January.
15. What does the man tell the woman？
A. The time before the wedding goes quickly. B. She needs a wedding planner.
C. She still has lot of time to plan.
16. What can be inferred from the conversation？
A. The man is a wedding planner. B. The woman is quite nervous.
C. The man is married.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What are the moon trips for？
A. An adventure. B. Scientific projects. C. Entertainment.
18. What is the cost of a moon trip？
A.10，000. B.f20，000. C.f40，000
19. What is reminded about the moon trip at last？
A. When the trip is available. B. Whether the trip is dangerous
C. What the age limit is for the trip.
20. What is the purpose of the speech？
A. To introduce the future of science fiction. B. To advertise the moon trips.
C. To plan a moon trip.
第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节（共15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。
A
Things to Do in Atlanta
   Need a run-down of the top things to do this weekend? Here is what's on in Atlanta.
   In the Mood
   Date: May 22 through May 26, 2018
   Time: 2:00 pm—5:30
   Phone: [phone]
   If you love the music of the 1940s, then here's what you need to do this Sunday. Go to a 1940s musical show at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The music of Glenn Millet has a distinctive sound. No need to ask me twice. Are you "In the Mood"?
   Party With the Penguins(企鹅)
   Date: May 20 through May 25, 2018
   Time: 11:30 am—2:00 pm
   Phone: [phone]
   Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day at Georgia Aquarium's annual Party with the Penguins. The party will feature fun activities, including the chance to see an African penguin up close and team how to help protect this in-danger species.
   Callanwolde Arts Festival
   Date: May 21 to May 22, 2018
   Time: 10:30am—5:30pm
   Phone: [phone]
   Located at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, this event is a festival for artists and by artists, letting them have a voice in the creation and operations of the festival. If you are of the artistic persuasion or enjoy a creative scene, don't miss out.
   Foollio's Hoodilly Storytime
   Date: May 21 through May 27, 2018
   Time: 1:00 pm—4:30 pm
   Phone: [phone]
   We make up a brand-new story every week. Come and enjoy a new story each title at Dad's Garage Theatre. Little ones will get to help provide key parts of the story and even add in their own jokes. Interactive and out-of-the-ordinary fun for kids and parents!
21Where should you go if you are a music fan?
A.Georgia Aquarium.
B.Dad's Garage Theatre.
C.Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
D.Callanwolde Fine Arts Centre.
22.Which number helps sign up for an opportunity if you are crazy about painting?
A.770-916-2800.
B.404-581-4000.
C.404-523-3141.
D.404-872-5338.
23.In what way is Foollio's Hoodilly Storytime unique from the other events?
A.It provides books as gifts.
B.It is a charge-free event.
C.It is very child-friendly.
D.It runs the shortest hours.

B
The invention of robots is a striking amaze to mankind.There are robots all around us.Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains.And some do one simple job.But in all，they bring great convenience to all of us.
When an automatic washing machine is switched on，water pours in.The machine waits until the water is hot before washing the clothes.It does this by “feedback” into the robot to tell it what to do next.
Our eyes，ears and other senses are our feedback.They tell us what is going on around us.So robots are like people in two ways.They work and they have feedback.
But very few robots look like people.Many are hidden away.Robots control the temperature of our houses，our cookers，and our hot water systems.We can set the controls to the temperature we want.The robot does the rest.Its feedback usually comes from a thermostat(恒温器)．
In some ways robots are better than people.They work quickly，but do not make mistakes.They do not get bored doing the same job over and over again.And they never get tired.
So robots are very useful in factories.They can be taught to do many different jobs.First their electronic brains must be shown how the job is done.
When the robot is needed for a new job，its electronic memory is “wiped clean”．Then it is taught how to do its new task.
If the robot's hand stops working，or if something gets in the way，it cannot do the next part of the job.So it stops and signals for help，then a human engineer attends to the fault.
Robots are also used for doing jobs which are dangerous.They can move objects which are too hot or too heavy for people to handle.They can work in places which are too hot or too cold for people.And they are not affected by poisonous gases.
The most “intelligent” robots can move and see.Their eyes are cameras.Their metal fingers can feel shapes and even find out how hot and cold objects are.These robots have computer brains，linked to their eyes and fingers，which control their actions.But of course，robots can never be more intelligent than us.
The expensive robots are used in scientific research.They do such jobs as handling radioactive materials and all other such things.They are extremely useful to scientific researches.In a word，the invention of robots is really useful to all of us.
24．In this story the author tells us that ________.
A．there are very few robots
B．robots are all around us
C．we see robots only at certain times
D．robots are only in factories
25．The author says that in factories robots ________.
A．only get in the way
B．break down a lot
C．are very useful
D．are hard to deal with
26．In the story we are told that ________.
A．we get feedback through our eyes and ears
B．we get feedback through the robots
C．only robots get feedback
D．robots get feedback through their fingers
27．The fact that a robot never gets bored doing the same job over and over again probably means that ________.
A．it will do some jobs better than people
B．it will not do much better than people
C．it is very much like people
D．people should be changed
C
The amount of time that people spend on travel is 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies. The average distance traveled is 7，400 miles (12，000 km) per year. In total, the world population travels more than 16.6 trillion miles (23 trillion km) per year, 53% of which is by car, 26% by bus, 9% by rail, 9% by high­speed transport such as airplanes, and 3% by bicycle, boat and other means.
It is estimated (估计) that, due to developments in high­speed public transport, travel time will drop to only 12 minutes per person per day by 2050. Of the global traffic volume, 35% will be by car, 20% by bus, 41% by high­speed transport, and 4% by rail.
At present, traffic congestion (拥塞) has a huge negative (消极的) economic and environmental impact (影响) across the world. Road congestion in the UK costs the UK economy ￡15 billion a year. It costs the US $100 billion a year. In Seattle, Washington for instance, a driver spends an average (平均) of 59 hours stuck in traffic each year. In the greater Seattle area there are more cars than people; each household makes an average of 10 motorcar trips a day. According to Sierra Club, “American cars and trucks account for 20 percent of the world's petroleum consumption (石油消耗)．”
The US has the most highways, but European roads are busier. In Europe, cars travel more than 600 miles (1，000 km) per road per year, compared to an average of 500 km per road in the US. The world's worst traffic jam usually occurs during the summer on the road from Paris to Toulouse, France.
So take a hike. You can use Google's public transport trip planner. Or, in the least, find a job closer to home.
28．According to the figures given in Paragraph 1, what is the main means of transport at present?
A．The car.　　　　　　B．The bus.
C．The train. D．The airplane.
29．Compared to today, we know in 2050, ________．
A．more people will choose to travel by train
B．more people will have a car of their own
C．a lot more people will choose the bus to go out
D．a lot more people will choose high­speed transport
30．What does Paragraph 3 suggest?
A．Traffic congestion is a major problem for some countries.
B．Traffic congestion will be more serious in the following years.
C．Traffic congestion is a problem for global economic development.
D．America has more cars than any other country around the world.
31．From the passage, we learn that in the greater Seattle area, ________．
A．people are not encouraged to go out by bus
B．few people travel by train
C．every person owns a car
D．the traffic is very bad

D
Is running a marathon in under two hours possible？Will a human ever be able to run that fast？Currently，the world record for the 42.195 km (26.219 miles) distance is held by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto.His time of 2：02：57 hours was achieved at the Berlin Marathon of 2014.
For many years，long－distance runners have been trying to get nearer and nearer to the magical mark of two hours.Studies published in the past by medical and athletic experts have come to the conclusion that running a marathon in under 2 hours can be done.They even see a time of around 1：57 as the fastest a human can ever run.However，we will have to wait at least a decade or longer for this to happen.
Many things must fit together to deliver an under two－hour marathon.An athlete would have to have the perfect body size and weight，the right running strategy and of course，the right nutrition.Today's most perfect runners come from Kenya and Ethiopia，countries that have dominated (统治) long－distance races for decades.East African athletes have long legs and lungs that can take in lots of oxygen.Training at high altitudes gives them a strong heart and a very large blood volume (容量)．
Ideal weather conditions with cool temperatures and almost no wind will also be needed to attempt such a quick time.An ultra－fast marathon would only be possible on flat city courses，like Berlin or London，with few curves (弯道)．
Since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896，athletes have tried to run long－distance races as fast as possible.In 1900，the marathon world record was around 3 hours.In the following 30 years，men were able to reach a mark of 2：30.As time went on achieving faster times became more and more difficult.In the last 15 years，for example，the world record has improved by only 3 minutes.
On the other hand，some experts think that such fast performances will only be possible with the help of illegal drugs or substances (物质)．In the past years，several East African runners have been tested positive and many of them banned.
32．For how long has the new marathon world record been held?
A．Around 6 years. B．About 15 years.
C．Around 30 years. D．Nearly 100 years.
33．What are Paragraphs 3 & 4 mainly about?
A．The benefits of running a marathon.
B．The conditions for an under two－hour marathon.
C．The development of modern long－distance races.
D．Perfect runners who can compete in a marathon.
34．What's the author's attitude towards running a marathon in under 2 hours?
A．Hopeful. B．Doubtful.
C．Uncertain. D．Uninterested.
35．What's the main purpose of the text?
A．To inform. B．To discuss.
C．To educate. D．To persuade.
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。
Traveling the world and exploring new places can change your life.__36__ The following four benefits of being a traveler show how traveling can make your life happier and healthier.
▲Improve your social skills
__37__ Whether it's chatting up your hostel roommate，making small talk with your seat－mate on a train or having a lively discussion at a local bar，you will be forced to improve your social skills.
▲Reduce stress
Taking time off is an obvious way to recharge and reduce stress levels.But while staying home and resting is a worthy use of your time off，traveling removes you from your everyday life and lets you truly escape.Traveling lets you put aside your daily responsibilities38__ When you return home，you'll feel refreshed.
▲Achieve goals
Having a travel “to－do” list and slowly crossing things off that list keeps you motivated and positive.That list can include things like visiting certain locations or completing an activity such as climbing a mountain.__39__
▲__40
Travel can involve a lot of waiting.You'll wait in lines.You'll wait for flights.You'll wait at restaurants.Learning how to deal with those waits，how to make conversation with those you're waiting with and how to stay calm in frustratingly (令人沮丧地) slow situations will teach you how to remain p