江苏省淮安市涟水县第一中学2020_2021学年高二英语下学期第一次阶段检测试题202104210268.doc

江苏省淮安市涟水县第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期第一次阶段检测试题考试时间：120分钟 总分：150 命题人：考生注意：1.本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。2.答题前,考生务必用直径0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。3.考生作答时.请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号 涂黑；非选择题请用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答.超出答题区域书写 的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。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. Why does the man need a map?A. To tour Manchester.B. To find a restaurant. C. To learn about China.2. What does the woman want to do for vacation?A. Go to the beach.B. Travel to Colorado.C. Learn to snowboard.3. What will the man probably do?A. Take the job.B. Refuse the offer.C. Change the working hours.4. What does the woman say about John?A. He wont wait for her.B. He wont come home today.C. He wont be on time for dinner.5. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Order some boxes.B. Go home and rest.C. Continue working.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How does the woman usually go to work?A. By car.B. By bus.C. By train.7. What do the speakers agree about taking the train?A. It is safer.B. It is faster.C. It is cheaper听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Save up for the car.B. Go to another car dealer.C. Ask someone to check the car.9. What is the salesman going to do?A. Give a discount.B. Stick to a high priceC. Ask for cash payment.10. How will the man help the woman?A. Lend money to her.B. Drive her car home.C. Take care of her car.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What does the woman think of the living expenses in the city?A. Fairly low.B. Just Okay.C. Very high.12. What does the woman spend most on?A. Meals.B. Trains.C. Clothes.13. What does the woman do in her free time?A. See films.B. Travel around.C. Go for a drink.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What will Rebecca do on June 12?A. Go on a business trip.B. Organize a trade exhibition.C. Meet the people from Head Office.15. What is John preparing for the meeting?A. A report.B. A timetable.C. A speech.16. When do the speakers decide to have the meeting?A. On June 3.B. On June 10.C. On June 17.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speaker decide to do after lunch that day?A. Stay to help her friend.B. Drive home in the rain.C. Wait for the rain to stop18. What can we learn about the speaker then?A. She worked at a hotel.B. She had bought a new car.C. She was having a baby soon.19. Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger?A. At a crossroads.B. In front of a hotel.C. Beside a car park.20. What does the speaker talk about?A. An exciting lunch party.B. A well-known short story.C. An unforgettable experience第二部分 阅读理解（共20题，每题2分，满分40分）AA glimpse at Spring Festival Chinese film releasesThe clock is ticking down to 2021! Weve handpicked some films to help you get in the spirit of the season.Hi, MomThe film is widely regarded as the top dark horse thanks to its tear-jerking narration of mother-daughter affection, which is directed by Jia Ling.Time： Feb. 1214 9：30 a. m.11 ：30 a.m.Place： Room 1Treats： Popcorn, Ice creamPrice： ¥80Detective Chinatown 3Directed by Chen Sicheng, this movie topped the list of the most-anticipated holiday films sent by movie ticketing platform Maoyan.Time： Feb. 14-161 ：0。p. m.3：00P.m.Place ： Room 2Treats： Popcorn, Ice cream （for free）Price： ¥75A Writer OdysseyDirector Lu Yang showed a boldly imaginative visualization of a horrible fantasy world, taking the third seat with 410 million yuan.Time： Feb. 1317 9 ：30 a. m. 11 ：30 a. m.Place： Room 3Price： ¥65EndgameThe film illustrates a comical up and down fate between an unsuccessful theater actor and a famous professional assassin（刺客）who loses his memory accidentally.Time： Feb. 15 18 3：30 p. m.5：30 p. m.Place： Room 4Price： ¥60Welcome to book through the WeChat account!21. Which room will show a film about family love?A. Room 1.B. Room 2.C. Room 3.D. Room 4.22. What time can you get free treats?A. Feb. 16 3：00 a. m. B. Feb. 18 2：00 p. m.C. Feb. 15 2：00 p. m. D. Feb. 14 11 ：00 a. m.23. Where is the text probably from?A. A report.B. A guidebookC. A journal.D. A poster.BCharvi Goyal is a high school student from Dallas, Texas, who helps out other classmates by tutoring them between classes. A tutor is someone who teaches one person or a very small group of students.When Goyal's high school moved online last spring because of COVID-19, she decided to also take her teaching online. The 17-year-old junior and three of her fellow students created TutorScope, a program that offers free tutoring services to other children, including younger ones. It started with a small number of tutors who helped young people in their city. But it has grown into a group of 22 tutors from Texas, Arizona and Ohio. They have helped more than 300 students, some from as far away as South Korea.TutorScope aims to give the one-on-one help that teachers have traditionally given while walking around their classrooms. But now, many teachers cannot provide that one-on-one support because they lack time or have issues with technology.Sarah Newman said her children, 7-year-old twins, have had helpful TutorScope experiences. The service has freed up her and her 17-year-old son in pay attention to their work. "With these tutors, I realize they have time,“ she said, “I think they are very patient with these younger kids， which I do not even have as a mother. I have patience in other things, but I don't have patience for teaching.What makes the TutorScope effort special is the connection between the teenage volunteers and the other students they are helping. Although the pandemic（疫情）has forced many students to look inward, Goyal said that working with others on a big project has permitted her to look outward. "My confidence level has increased," Goyal said. She added that she has made friends with other students from her school. She said one of the best things about running a growing non-profit is that it does help with the boredom of being stuck at home. 24. What did Goyal do last spring?A. She offered online classes to studentsB. She got active in fighting COVID-19.C.She helped her classmates at school.D. She went to South Korea for help.25. What's the purpose of TutorScope?A. .To make profitsB. .To give online help C. To make friends.D.Tochoose volunteers.26. What's Sarah Newman's attitude towards the program?A.Tolerant.B. Favorable. C. Skeptical.D. Critical.27. What can we learn from Goyal's success?A. Putting the cart before the horse.B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. No man can do two things at once.D. Helping others will benefit oneself.CChildren learn to construct language from those around them. Until about the age of three, children tend to learn to develop their language by modeling the speech of their parents, but from that time on, peers have a growing influence as models for language development in children. It is easy to observe that, when adults and old children interact with younger children, they tend to change their language to improve communication with younger children, and this changed language is called caretaker speech.When speaking to young children most people will, without thinking, find ways to simplify their language. A caretaker will speak in one way with adults and in a very different way with young children. Caretaker speech tends to be slower speech with short simple words which are said in a high-pitched (高嗓音)voice with strong inflections (音调变化) and many repetitions of essential information.Caretaker speech serves the very important function of allowing young children to acquire (学得) language more easily. The simplified words and sentences make it easier for the small child to begin to comprehend, and the repetitions strengthen the childs developing understanding. Then, as a childs speech develops, caretakers tend to adjust their language to a level that is slightly above that of a younger child. Without recognition of what they are doing, these caretakers will speak in one way to a one-year-old and in a more complex (复杂的) way as the child reaches the age of two or three.There are debates among experts about whether caretaker speech is a natural function or a learned one. Those who believe that caretaker speech is a natural function in humans believe that it is human nature for children to acquire language and for those around them to encourage children to learn language naturally; the presence of a child is itself a natural stimulus (刺激) that increases the rate of caretaker speech among those present.However, other experts believe that caretaker speech develops through nurturing (教育) rather than nature. They argue that people will try out different ways to communicate with a child and according to the childs responses, choose the most effective speech; a parent might, for example, learn to use speech with strong inflections with a small child because the strong inflections do a better job attracting the childs attention than do more small inflections.28. According to the text, children over the age of three _.A. learn little language from those around themB. are no longer influenced by the language of their parentsC stop using caretaker speech in communication.D. are influenced more by those closer to their own age29. Which of the following is TRUE about caretaker speech?A. Most people are not familiar with the use of caretaker speech.B.Young children use caretaker speech to express themselves C. .People generally speak louder to young children without realizing it.D. Caretaker speech cannot be understood if it is said only once.30. It can be learned that parents tend to _.A. speak in the same way to a one-year-old and a three-year-oldB. use language that is far above the language level of a childC. speak in a progressively less complex way as a child grows upD. change their speech according to the language development of a child31. It can be inferred that someone who believes in nurture over nature _.A. doesnt believe children have a born ability to learn languageB. prefers to communicate with children in adults languageC. encourages parents to adjust their speech to childrens needsD. has a better understanding of childrens language learningDIf Mars were the popular kid in school，Venus （金星）would be the unwelcome one sitting in the corner，largely ignored. Venus has nearly the same mass and size as Earth，but being closer to the sun，it gets nearly twice as much heat from the sun.However，instead of having a climate that is just a warmer version of Earths，Venus's surface and atmosphere are unbearable：clouds of sulphuric acid blanket the planet，while at ground level，it is hot enough to melt lead. Despite this，there is now a sign that Venus may harbour life.Jane Greaves at Cardiff University，UK，and her colleagues recently detected phosphine （磷化氢）in Venus's atmosphere，with one potential explanation that it is the by-product of biology. That is because the only way this gas is made on Earth is in laboratories or by microbes（微生物）.Though this doesn't mean it was produced by life on Venus，attempts to find nonbiological explanations for its presence have so far failed.Our best way of confirming or rejecting the possibility of life on Venus is to go and have a proper look. While Mars has been the focus of interplanetary exploration efforts lately，the phosphine discovery lets people look at Venus in a new light. As NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted：“It's time to prioritize Venus.”In the months and years to come，computer simulations will be used to further study the possible chemistries of the atmosphere on Venus. More laboratory experiments will be conducted to try to identify other ways the phosphine there could be produced. However， there is no guarantee that these efforts will reveal the true nature of this substance on Venus. A newly-proposed strategy is to directly sample the atmosphere and surface of Venus. By doing so，we would be able to take direct measurements of phosphine.The discovery of phosphine in Venus's atmosphere is a great accomplishment. The scientific efforts may be just what we need to finally refocus on this neglected world. Possibly， the quiet kid in the corner may get the last laugh.32. In theory，what's Venus expected to be like?A. It is almost as large as Earth.B. It has nearly the same mass as Earth.C. It has the unbearable surface and atmosphere.D. It has a warmer Earth-like climate.33. What can the discovery of phosphine on Venus indicate?A. There might exist signs of life.B. This kind of gas is very common.C. Many products can be made with it.D. Experiments were once conducted there.34. What is paragraph 5 mainly about?A.The approaches to exploring phosphine.B. The power of computer simulations.C The importance of observations. D. The necessity to analyse phosphine.35. Which can best describe the author's attitude to the exploration of Venus?A. Casual.B. Doubtful. C. Cautious.D. Supportive. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。One of the most basic core values is honesty. It impacts our entire life: our jobs,our relationships, our own feelings about ourselves and the actions we take. It sets an example for our children and it influences the people around us. 36 .“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” “Have the Courage to Say No” 37 .When a good friend or a family member forces us to do something that we know is dishonest, it takes courage to say no. “Have the Courage to Face the Truth” Sometimes the truth hurts and we want to deny it or not believe it. 38 ,There are those who would prefer to take the easy way out and just ignore it. And sometimes by accepting the truth we are showing courage. “Do the Right Thing Because It Is Right”We all know in our hearts what the right thing to do is, 39 .Stick to what you think is right.40 When I was in a Wal-Mart store, there was a teenage girl ahead of me. She paid for her items and left. As the cashier was ringing in my items, the teenage girl came to return the extra $5 the cashier had mistakenly given to her. This was a true example of “doing the right thing”.A. Importance of HonestyB. Honesty in ActionC. W. Clement Stones quote is a perfect example of honestyD. Honesty plays a significant part in all aspects of our lifeE. But we have a responsibility to face it and accept it.F. But sometimes it is peer pressure, or the easy way out that stops us doing the right thing.G.Sayi