江苏省金陵中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

江苏省金陵中学2020至2021学年第二学期高二期中考试高二英语试卷第一部分听力（共两节20小题，每小题分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题分，满分分）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，并标在试 卷的相应位置。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. How will the woman deal with the machine?A. She will repair it herself.B. She will ask the man to repair it.C. She will find a repairman to repair it.2. Where is the man going next?A. To his dormitory.B. To the library.C. To the lecture room.3. How long is the girl's father business trip?A. Five weeks.B. Three weeks.C. Two weeks.4. What did the boy do yesterday evening?C. He talked on the phone.A. He watched a tennis match. B. He did his homework.5. Where are the speakers?B. At a police station.C. In a garage.A. On the road.第二节（共15小题；每小题分，满分分）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。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who will go to see the movie with the woman?A. Her son.B. Her husband.C. Her friend.7. What kind of movie is the woman going to see?A. A thriller.B. A edy.C. A disaster movie.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why doesn't the man like his new neighbors?A. Their dogs bark loudly.B. They've destroyed his yard.C. They like to watch him through the window.9. What does the man think of dogs?A. They are lovely.B. They are frightening. C. They are in danger.10. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Talk with his neighbors.B. Say hello to his neighbors.C. Call the police as soon as possible.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the evidence of a mental problem?A. One thinks life is difficult.B. One's daily life is disordered.C. One gets the blues now and again.12. What caused the man's problem?A. The pressure of work. B. The overuse of drugs. C. His family history of mental illness. 13. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Think positively.B. Have regular meals. C. Do some exercises and activities.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What does the man say about Trade Me?A. It offers some rare records.B. He often buys books and CDs on it.C. He can buy things from other users on it.15. What did the man buy for his mother as a Christmas present?A. A golf bag.B. A coat.C. A sofa.16. What is the man's opinion about online shopping?A. The delivery is a bit too slow.B. Returning goods is difficult.C. It is quite convenient.17. What is the man concerned in the end?A. When the sofa will arrive.B. How the sofa will be delivered.C. How much the delivery will cost.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Living conditions in Massachusetts in the 1800s.B. The difference between sheep and cattle feeding.C. Animal raising on early American farms.19. What activity did the settlers consider the least important in the early 1800s?A. Planting crops.B. Caring for animals.C. Building houses.20. What did the 19th-century farmers do with most of their farm products?A. They consumed them themselves.B. They sold them to people in cities.C. They traded them with neighboring farms.第二部分阅读理解(共两小节，满分50分)第一节：(共15题，每题分，满分分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(A)We are Idea International Education. As a prehensive education service institute, our mission is to assist native English Speaking Teachers in their quest of getting teaching positions which best suit them. We have school locations in small towns and big cities all over Guangdong. China and we would be happy to speak with those who are interested in the teaching opportunities we can provide! Below is a list of basic details about our positions:Key Responsibilities Involved:Our average work schedule being Monday through FridayTeachers being given 40 working hours per week with 2day weekend off per weekTeaching periods from September through January and March through July, with the provided option of teaching during semester breaksThe Treatments:Salaries range from 10, 000 to 18, 000 RMB and is based on qualification, degree, teaching experience, & teaching certification5000 RMB contract finish bonus (Generally, a contract lasts 1 year)Private Furnished Independent Apartment providedTwo free meals offered by the school per work dayAirport pickupMedical insurance and accident insuranceRequired Documentation:A current resume or onesheet, indicating your nationalityA copy of your passport / IDA copy of your highest degree and / or other certificationCurrent PhotoReferences with contact informationPlease contact us for more details:21. What's the job description of the teaching positions?A. Teachers only work on Monday and Friday.B. Teachers should work more than 10 hours every day.C. Teachers are required to work 11 months per year.D. Teachers can choose to work during school holidays.22. How will you be treated if you get the teaching position?A. You will be paid at least 18,000 RMB monthly.B. You will get extra 5,000 yuan after a year's teaching.C. You need to live in a shared dormitory with others.D. You are free to choose your insurance types.23. Which is unnecessary when you apply for the positions?A. A proof of previous working experience. B. A copy of your IDC.A copy of your certification.D. Your recent photo.(B)We all love animals, but animals don't feel the same way about us. When we enter their wild world, we are nunnaturaln invaders into their homes.There was a video many of you may have seen on the internet recently of a bear and its cub(幼崽)climbing up a steep, snowcovered hill in Russia. The mama bear makes it to the top without too much trouble, but the baby bear keeps sliding back down. It takes three attempts to reach the top and, no doubt, many cheered at the cub*s nevergiveup spirit. But nature scientists who saw the video didn't cheer.Instead, the scientists were upset that the two bears had been frightened into making a dangerous, unnecessary climb by the drone(无人机)that was filming them. Sophie Gilbert of the University of Idaho said, nIt showed a plete lack of understanding from the drone operator of the effects his actions were having on the bears." Other scientists have found that when a drone is hovering near, a bear's heart rate can increase from 41 beats per minute to 162 beats per minute-a high enough rate to cause a heart attack.Human disturbance has actually been having a farreaching influence on wildlife. Researchers at the University of Berkeley recently found that many mammals are turning into "night owls'1 again to avoid contact with humans. Such a shift might not only affect those species themselves, but also have numerous chain effects.We human beings find ourselves in a strange position in nature. We are part of it but also separate from it, now more than ever, since most of us live in cities. So, when we go off hiking into wild areas to "reconnect" with nature, we should go softly and considerately. It's OK to get close to our animal friends, just not too close-we wouldn't want to scare them, would we?24. What does the video feature?A. The mama bear's care.B. The baby bear*s climbing.C. The dangerous environment.D. The experiment by scientists.25. Why didn't nature scientists cheer?A. They knew the bear's family well.B. They were against other scientists.C. They lacked understanding of the drone operator.D. They knew the cause of the bears* climbing.26. Which of the following is not the effect of human disturbance on wildlife?A. Food shortage.B. Ecological imbalance.C. Changing habits.D. Less contact with humans.27. What does the author seem to agree with?A. Respect the humananimal distance.B. Tighten the bond with wild animals.C. Lose connection with nature.D. Shoot more videos on animals for study.(C)When I was a young girl back in Canada, I was sitting and watching a baseball game on TV with my father andwe started to debate the importance of sports. Different from my father, I argued with all the overconfidence of a teenager that sports is more than just a hobby to keep us physically healthy and went as far as claiming that "There would be more wars if we didn't have sports !nAs an adult, my teenage tendencies of exaggeration （夸张）may have faded but I still firmly believe that sports is more than just a hobby for both participants and audience. The challenging times we are all living through right now with coronavirus is proof to this. The effect of cancelling all sports from professional leagues right down to amateur budding athletic programs, can be felt by millions of people worldwide. To many the social emotional impact is stronger than the physical. The loss of the sense of munity, of belonging, and of an extended family is real for many girls, boys, men and women everywhere. Others are feeling physical challenges as well as they are struggling to stay active during these times.But the human race is unbelievable and adaptable in tough situations and sports once again is playing a role. Sports teams are staying in touch online and are a source of much needed support, love and laughter in these times. So many professional athletes are playing vital roles through this crisis by sharing their messages of support and at times, making valuable monetary donations to the cause. Even in areas of isolation（隔离），people are ing out on their balconies and leading their neighbours through a workout programme to help them stay active. Others are turning to online workout programmes to follow. Once again, sports is finding its way.So, in challenging times such as now, people are still empowered to continue their sports journey and stay strong and healthy.28. What may the author's father agree about sports?A. It helps avoid wars.B. It boosts confidence.C. It affects social relations.D. It is a personal hobby.29. How does life without sports affect people?A. They lack family connection.B. They have lost their hobbies.C. They suffer both in body and mind.D. They feel bored more than lonely.30. How do isolated people respond to the tough situations?A. Struggle to be athletes.B. Make donations to good causes.C. Try to stay physically active.D. Design new sports programmes.31. What is the best title?A. Sports continues to offer strengthB. Sports reduces risks in our livesC. Sports makes the impossible possibleD. Sports has new functions in the pandemic（D）While human achievements in mathematics continue to reach new levels of plexity, many of us who aren*t mathematicians at heart （or engineers） may struggle to remember the last time we used calculus （微积分）.It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the reallife needs of students. Should we change the way math is taught in schools, or eliminate some courses entirely?Andrew Hacker, Queens College political science professor, thinks that advanced algebra and other higherlevel math should be cut from curricula in favor of courses with more routine usefulness, like statistics.“We hear on all sides that we're not teaching enough mathematics, and the Chinese are way ahead of us,” Hacker says. nI'm suggesting we're teaching too much mathematics to too many people. Not everybody has to know calculus. If you're going to bee an aeronautical （航空的）engineer, fine. But most of us aren't.1'Instead, Hacker is pushing for more courses like the one he teaches at Queens College: Numeracy 101. There, his students of "citizen statistics" learn to analyze public information like the federal budget and corporate reports. Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have pleted highlevel math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.Hackefs argument has met with opposition from other math educators who say what's needed is to help students develop a better relationship with math earlier, rather than teaching them less math altogether.Maria Droujkova is a founder of Natural Math, and has taught basic calculus concepts to 5yearolds. For Droujkova, highlevel math is important, and what it could use in American classrooms is an injection of childlike wonder.“Make mathematics more available,'1 Droujkova says. "Redesign it so it's more accessible to more kinds of people: young children, adults who worry about it, adults who may have had bad experiences.'1Pamela Harris, a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, has a similar perspective. Harris says that American education is suffering from an epidemic of nfake mathnan emphasis on rote memorization （死记硬背）of formulas and steps, rather than an understanding of how math can influence the ways we see the world.Andrew Hacker, for the record, remains skeptical.“Pm going to leave it to those who are in mathematics to work out the ways to make their subject interesting and exciting so students want to take it," Hacker says. nAlI that I ask is that alternatives be offered instead of putting all of us on the road to calculus.n32. What is the general plaint about America's math education according to Hacker?A. America is not doing as well as China.B. Math professors are not doing a good job.C. It doesn*t help students develop their literacy.D. There has hardly been any innovation for years.33. What does Andrew Hackefs Numeracy 101 aim to do?A. Allow students to learn highlevel math step by step.B. Enable students to make practical use of basic math.C. Lay a solid foundation for advanced math studies.D. Help students to develop their analytical abilities.34. What does Maria Droujkova suggest math teachers do in class?A. Make plex concepts easy to understand.B. Start teaching children math at an early age.C. Help children work wonders with calculus.D. Try to arouse students1 curiosity in math.35. What does Pamela Harris think should be the goal of math education?A. To enable learners to understand the world better.B. To help learners to tell fake math from real math.C. To broaden Americans* perspectives on math.D. To exert influence on world development.第二节（共5小题；每小题分，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。In summer, teenagers are out of school and often looking for money to spend to go out with their friends. 36 Summer jobs for teenagers take advantage of the nice weather, long days, simple services and hard work teenagers are capable of.Always popular among the list of summer jobs for teenagers is the doityourself lawn cutting service. Involving little more than lawn cutting equipment, some fliers and an active participation, the lawn cutting service can make up to $15 $20 an hour. Depending on rates, a teenager can cut for neighbors and relatives. 37 Another new and effective approach is looking through Internet advertisements.Many supermarkets and grocery stores offer teenagers jobs 一 pushing shopping carts, w