安徽省淮南市第一中學2020-2021學年高二英語下學期3月第一次段考試題

1、安徽省淮南市第一中學2020-2021學年高二英語下學期3月第一次段考試題安徽省淮南市第一中學2020-2021學年高二英語下學期3月第一次段考試題年級：姓名：19安徽省淮南市第一中學2020-2021學年高二英語下學期3月第一次段考試題考試時間，120分鐘分值：150分第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié) （共5小題：每小題1. 5分，滿分7. 5分）聽下面5段對話.每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的a、b, c三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題.每段對話僅讀一遍.1. what is the woman reading?a. a

2、magazine. b. a novel.c. a newspaper.2. what can the speakers do with their library cards?a. borrow books of any kind.b. check out reference books.c. borrow an unlimited numbers of books3. where does the conversation probably take place?a. at a supermarket. b. at a restaurant. c. at a theater.4. what

3、 is the woman unclear about?a. when to hand in her report.b. what to write about m her report.c. how to write a brief and clear report.5. why didnt the man finish his science homework?a. he forgot it completely.b. it was too difficult for him.c. he didnt have enough time.第二節(jié)（共15小題：每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽卡

4、面5段對話。每段對話后有幾個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳 選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽 完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6. what is wrong with the shower?a. it has no hot water.b. it cant be turned on at all.c. it cant be turned off completely.7. what is the man good at repairing?a. washers.b. tvs.

5、c. shower heads.聽第7段材料，回答第8.9題。8. when did the man get a reply to his application?a. last month.b. last week. c. this friday.9. what might the man s manager think of him?a. ambitious. b. considerate. c. selfish.聽第8段材料,回答到10至12題 10 what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. losing weight.b keeping

6、 bouse c handling stressii. how does the woman feel about what she has done?a. disappointed b. confident. c interested12 what does the man advise the woman to do?a. keep her lifestyle,b. care more about healthc. take some medicine聽第9段材料，回答年12至16題。13. what relation is julie to the woman?a. her school

7、mate. b. her colleague. c. her relative14. why didnt the woman want to do magic tricks at the party?a. she didnt bring what she needed.b. she didnt know how to do it at all.c. she hasnt practised it for a long time.15. how did the woman feel at the party?a tired.b. embarrassedc. excited16. what does

8、 the woman plan to do?a. avoid meeting julie again.b. practice magic ticks at times.c. give up playing magic tricks. 聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17. how long does the whole journey take?a.40 seconds.b.50 seconds. c.60 seconds.18. in which year can the listeners see the first person m space ?a. in 1880.b. in l

9、903.c. in l961.19. what can the listeners see on the screens in the year 1450?a. the first books.b. the first sailing ship.c. the first electric light bulb.20. what will the listeners do next?a. enjoy the first plane flight.b. see the first olympic games.c. visit the people 40 centuries ago.第二部分閱讀理解

10、（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出最佳選項，amuseums allow visitors to learn about a variety of subjects, including art, history; science, animals, nature, and more. there are great museums around the world worth exploring.solomon r. guggenheim museum, new york city, usathe bui

11、lding itself was designed by admirable architect frank lloyd wright the exhibits inside constantly change, so you could experience impressionist, post-impressionist, modem or contemporary art. and the exhibition of this year is about contemporary art and china.mus6e du louvre, paris, francenot only

12、is the louvre an art museum, but it is also a royal palace, and includes parts of a medieval castle hidden in its basement. inside the louvre, you can find classical sculptures, egyptian relics and mesopotamian cultural relics, as well as italian renaissance （文藝復 興）paintings.design museum, london, e

13、nglandthis museum opened november 2016 and is dedicated to contemporary design in every form. british architectural designer john pawson remodeled the former commonwealth institute in kensington. it has three times the amount of space of its original location in shad thames, and can offer a wider ra

14、nge of exhibitions.galleria degli uffizl, florence, italygalleria degli uffizi is italys richest and most celebrated art gallery. it was the governing dynastys administrative center. it is home to famous art pieces like gentile da fabrianos adoration of the magi, botticellis primavera and the birth

15、of venus, piero della francescas twin portraits of the duke and duchess of urbino, and michelangelos doni tondo.21 .where can you enjoy chinese art?a. design museum.b. muse du louvre.c. galleria degli uffizi.d. solomon r. guggenheim museum.22. what can you appreciate in musee du louvre?a. ancient re

16、lics.b. contemporary art.c. michelangelos works.d. contemporary design.23. whose art is shown in galleria degli uffizi?a. john pawson.b. frank lloyd wright.c. piero della francesca.d. the duke and duchess of urbino.bin the 1960s and 1970s, the greatest fear was that the human race, and possibly all

17、advanced life forms on the planet, could be wiped out by nuclear missiles. today, however, environmental problems have taken over as the greatest risk to life on earth. scientists are thinking of ways to lower this risk, such as replacing coal and oil with forms of renewable energy. but they are als

18、o preparing for the worst: what can we do if the terrifying scenes in films such as the day after tomorrow happen in real life? what is our plan b for earth?one option is to explore other planets to see if we could live on them. the most likely choice is mars, which is relatively close to earth and

19、has an environment less hostile than that of other planets. mars has fascinated people since ancient times, and today our interest in martian exploration is greater than ever before. besides, more governments are making efforts to educate the public on the red planet.there is no doubt that humankind

20、 is drawn towards mars. however, sending people there will require all the skill, courage and intelligence. while the moon can be reached within days, it would take months to reach mars, travelling through dangerous solar radiation. and even if the first settlers do reach mars safely, they may not b

21、e able to return to earth ever. staying alive will be a daily challenge, but as proved by the biosphere 2 experiment, not impossible. as early as the 1980s, scientists were building biosphere 2 in the arizona desert, consisting of a closed space in which people, animals and plants could live togethe

22、r. although the two-year experiment was not a success, it did provide us with a better understanding of how humans might be able to live on another planet.for now, human settlement of mars is still decades away. until we are finally able to live on another planet, we need to take much better care of

23、 our own. right now, its the only one we have! 24. what was the biggest threat to humans in the 1960s and 1970s?a. human race themselves.b. all advanced life forms.c. nuclear missiles.d. environmental problems.25. why is mars so attractive to scientists?a. its closest to the earth.b. it has relative

24、ly proper living conditions.c. it has drawn the publics attention in recent years.d. it has a more hostile environment26. what can be inferred from the passage?a. humans have visited marsb. the biosphere 2 experiment proved to be valuelessc. humans will have to go and live on another planet.d. our p

25、lan a includes developing renewable energy resources.27. from which magazine would the passage probably be taken?a. the traveler. b environmental concerns.c. au about space. d. biology for fun.csince i became a teenager, i have thought a lot about my own future job and set goal for it its very neces

26、sary and important for me now to decide what i want to become in the past, i used to want to be an engineer because im good at drawing and building stuffy but my thought has changed through time. i end up all of my choices as a manager who manages the whole system in the service hotel. i have planne

27、d that i will study hard in high school, then finish igcse and ib with a high score. after that, i will move to a good school in usa to learn about business and the economy in my country.during my life in university, i properly will apply to work for some small stores and hotels to have the feeling

28、of bow things work in the real life”. firstly, the reason 1 like to be a hotel manager is i find it interesting to use techniques to persuade more people to stay at the hotel. secondly, i see that the development in business is the fastest growing in sectors of industry besides the primary and the s

29、econdary, so i can make a lot of money. thirdly, its the range of community; it has a very high range to meet different people with different nationalities.fourthly, i want to have more confidence and become a good leader with skill, for example, i still cant control and persuade people to listen to

30、 me sometimes when im in charge of pes lesson. the last reason why i strongly chose to be a hotel manager is because of my pressure from my family. they are the second generation of successful 3 stars hotels managers. they like me to become what im going to do when i become a manager.28 .why did the

31、 author want to be an engineer at first?a. because he wanted to follow his parents expectation.b. because he was good at science subjects at school.c. because he thought being an engineer was respected.d. because he did very well in drawing and building staff29.the advantages in a hotel business are

32、 many excepta. earning a lot of moneyb. coining across different peoplec. learning the special culture in the usad. using techniques to persuade more people to stay30. what can we know about the authors family from the third paragraph?a. his family experienced a lot of success.b. the family never co

33、nsider the authors interest.c. the family can support him to be a hotel manager. d. his family have operated the hotels for many generations.31. what does the text mainly talk about?a. my future job.b. my college life.c. my family business.d. my experience in a hotel.dfrom mozart to metallica, tons

34、of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. many believe that music helps to boost creativity, but an international study conducted by english and swedish researchers is challenging that notion， psychologists from lancaster university, the university of gavl

35、e, and the university of central lancashire say that their findings indicate music actually stops creativity.to come to their conclusions, researchers made participants complete verbal（語言的）insight problems designed to inspire their creativity while in a quiet room, and then again while music played

36、in the background. they found that background music damaged the participants ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.the research team also tested background noises such as those often heard m a library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects, creativity. the tasks

37、were simple word games. for example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower. then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. the single word, in this case, would be sun （sundress, sunflower, e

38、tc）. participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to three different types of music: music with unfamiliar lyrics, instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.they found strong evidence of damaging performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet ba

39、ckground conditions. also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the studys authors believe that was the case because library noises create a “steady state” environment that doesnt disrupt concentration.its worth mentioning that even familiar music with well-known lyric

40、s would damage participants creativity, regardless of whether or not it inspired a positive reaction, or whether participants typically studied or created while listening to music.32. what does the underlined word notion mean in the first paragraph?a. conceptb. mistakec. methodd. design33. what effe

41、ct does the background music have on the creativity of the participants?a. it is bad for the creativity.b. it is good for the creativity.c. it improves the creativity.d. it destroys the creativity.34. what background music has nothing to do with creativity?a. instrumental music.b. music with familia

42、r lyrics.c. music with unfamiliar lyrics.d. common noise in the library.35. what should we do in the future according to the study?a. never listen to music.b. listen to some strong music.c. dont listen to music while studying. d. only listen to mozart while studying.第二節(jié)（共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的

43、選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選 項.how to realize your true potentialevery human being, regardless of race, sex, or any other characteristic, e has the incredible capacity to realize their potential. 36._ ,there are several steps you can make on your path to this realization.determine your core （ 核心的）val

44、ues. in order to realize your full potential, you must know and live according to your core values. 37 . studies suggest that you will find your life moremeaningful, and feel a deeper sense of happiness, if you live a life that is in line with whats the most important to you.38. once you have a good

45、 idea of your core values and what areas of your life could be,take some time to decide your true potential. is it personal improvement? more success in your career?be patient and kind to yourself, 39._ . more importantly, it will take self-compassion. acknowledge your strengths and skills as well a

46、s the areas in which you need to grow, honor theefforts you make each day toward realizing your true potential.find areas that do not agree with your values. if you dont feel like youre living up to your true potential, it could be because parts of your life are currently not up to your core values.

47、 40. .a. if you lake il for granted.b. though it will be no easy taskc. decide what your true potential looks like.d. determine whether you have set up your final goals.e. achieving your true potential will take time and effortf. so see whether these are areas in which youd like to changeg. these ar

48、e the things that shape how you view yourself others, and the world around you.第三部分 語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共2。小題；每小題l 5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳之 項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑ebringing home a dog was the furthest thing from my mind. my daughter emily had other _41_, however. so on a hot day, w

49、hen i _42_ that i still had absolutely no _43_ to bring home a dog, i found myself with emily and my wife betsy driving to the animal 44 to look at puppies, and we named the one we chose “sophie”.two months after her45_ , my mother was killed in a car accident, and i felt 46 by her death. in the mor

50、nings, after betsy and emily left, instead of _47_ on my writing, all i could do was to 48_ into space. that feeling seemed as though it was going to _49_ the rest of my life.sophie, however, was not interested in 50 my looking into space. she would 51 _ me to take her out. once we were at the park，

51、 she would 52 me until i played with her. i learned from her 53that life can be good again.emily54with sophie, and so did betsy and i in our own55 .when emily was twenty and about to leave home, she moved to georgia. it was another difficult 56 as betsy and i frequently57empty-nest symptom during th

52、at time, but sophie was there for us. she was older now and not as 58 about racing around. when she left us finally, it was difficult, but i could only be 59 for the many years wed had together.life is60changing. no matter what knocks you down, you need to get up, firmly believing that it can be won

53、derful again, even if it can never be the same41. a. discoveriesb. plansc. targetsd. dreams42. a. pretendedb. negotiatedc. insistedd. screamed43. a. abilityb. potentialc. opportunityd. desire44. a. shelterb. hospitalc. farmd. camp45. a. performanceb. injuryc. arrivald. sickness46. a. destroyedb. tom

54、c. frightenedd. defeated47. a. commentingb. relyingc. concentratingd. waiting48. a. rushb. starec. breakd. skip49. a. lastb. guaranteec. markd. contain50. a. comprehendingb. forbiddingc. toleratingd. observing51. a. urgeb. forcec. persuaded. warn52. a. defendb. annoyc. attackd. accompany53. a. innoc

55、enceb. barkc. statementd. struggle54. a. moved aroundb. kept upc. grew upd. ate out55. a. houseb. mindc. opiniond. way56. a. situationb. periodc. assignmentd. campaign57. a. experiencedb. ignoredc. misunderstoodd. emphasized58. a. anxiousb. particularc. seriousd. enthusiastic59. a. responsibleb. des

56、peratec. regretfuld. grateful60. a. currentlyb. merelyc. constantlyd. consistently第二節(jié) (共10小即；每小題1. 5分，滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當?shù)膯卧~或括號內單詞的正確形式?！皌here is a long, long story61 tai chi and me,“ says jose gago, 61 , a spanish man who has taught tai chi in his hometown for almost 36 years.although the first martial arts school62(found) in 1982 in ourense, spain, jose did not make the trip to yongnian, china until 199463(further) his study of tai chi. since then, he 64 (travel) to china over 20 times. for jose, tai chi is not 65(simple) a sport.66at