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1、西南大学附属中学校高2021级第二次月考英 语 试题（满分：150分，考试时间：120分钟）2020年10月注意事项：来源:zzst#e*%1答卷前考生务必把自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2回答选择题时用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，用0.5毫米黑色墨迹签字笔将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡交回（试题卷自己保管好，以备评讲）。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小

2、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 does the woman feel now?A. Apologetic.B. Angry.C. Surprised.2 How much does the woman pay for the tickets?来源:中#%教*网A.11.B.10.C.9.3 Whatis the man forbidden to do?A. Drink in a bar.B.Take a bottle in.C. Open his bag.4

3、 What are the speakers doing?A. Watching a concert.B. Enjoying a program.C.Waiting for a bus.5 What does Michael do every Friday evening?A.He does a part-time job.B.He looks after his children. C.He attends a school activity.www.#zzst&*e第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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

4、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。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6 Whatrelation is Joe to the woman?A. Her husband.B. Her son. C. Her student.7 Whatare the speakers mainly talking about?A. How Joe has changed.来源:z#zstep&.%comB. How the woman dealt with her troubles.C.

5、How the womans family celebrated a festival.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8 Whatwas the weather like during Roberts last trip to Argentina?A. Colder than he had expected.B. Suitable for sightseeing.来源:中国#教育%出版网C. Different from what the forecast had said.9 Where did Robert go in Argentina?A.To the museum.B.To a th

6、eater.C.To a shop.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10 What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Teacher and student. C. Employer and employee.来源:z&zste%#11 What is the woman expected to do at the beginning of the presentation?A.Talk about her goal.B.Make out an outline.C. Provide a summary.12 W

7、hat will the speakers talk about next?A. How to end a presentation.B. How to score a presentation.C. How to organize a presentation.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13 Why did Linda like her first boss?A. He paid her well.B. He was very kind to her.C. He sent her to a training course.14 What does Linda say about he

8、r first boss?A. He was knowledgeable.B. He was strict.C. He was smart.15 What did Linda do in the shop?A. She baked bread.B. She displayed cakes. C. She made sandwiches.16 What does Linda think of the full-time shop assistants?A. They were friendly to her.B. They didnt work as hard as her.C. They ha

9、dnt got the same skill as her.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17 What can students do if they attend the second course?A. Visit the best galleries.B. See the citys most famous buildings.C. Learn about 20th-century writers and poets.18 When can students have a rest?A. On Sundays.B. On Saturdays. C. On Fridays.19 W

10、hat do students need to pay extra money for?A. Books.B. Transport.C. Meals.20 What requirements do students need to meet to attend the course?A. A good command of English.B. Great ability to get along with others.C. Some previous knowledge of the subject.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）来源:

11、中%#国教育出版&网阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。来源:zzs*tep.co&mAMultiple Tour Dates in 2020 & 2021This is the most exciting tour to Egypt ever offered! Led by the worlds most famous archaeologist, Dr. Zahi Hawass, The Royal Tour to Egypt provides unparalleled access to the wonders of Ancient Egypt. Unlik

12、e conventional tours，only the Royal Tour offers its participants VIP entry to areas of the ancient sites closed to the general public. Visit the Giza Pyramids and Luxor Temple outside of regular opening hours for a more intimate and crowd-free experience. Have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to stand be

13、tween the paws of the Great Sphinx (狮身人面像) instead of seeing it from the viewing platform. You will hear secrets never told before and spend time in the esteemed company of Dr. Mostafa Waziri，Egypts Head of Antiquities. Former First Lady，Mrs. Jehan Sadat，will host you in the living place of Egypts l

14、ate president Anwar Sadat-an experience normally reserved for royalty and heads of state.www.&zz*%#Travel like a Pharaoh (法老) with first-class service from start to finish! Tour dates and moreinformation: contact US phone: 917-719-197421 Why is The Royal Tour to Egypt the most exciting tour? 中国教育出%&

15、版#网*A. It offers a chance to have close contact with the Great Sphinx.B. Its participants have access to the wonders open to the public.www.zzstep%.#comC. Its participants can travel with a Pharaoh all through the tour.D. It is free of charge to visit the Giza Pyramids and Luxor Temple. 22 What make

16、s the tour like a privilege of royalty? A. Being led by a famous archaeologist. B. Being told the stories by the current president. C. Being accompanied by Egypts Head of Antiquities.D. Being received by the former First Lady in her house. 23 How can you get the further information about the tour?A.

17、 By text-messaging. B. By reading the guidebook.C. By visiting the website. D. By calling the agent in Egypt.来源:%中*#国教育出版网BWhen public health officials started telling Americans that hand washing is one of the mostpowerful weapons against the spread of the coronavirus, Terence Lester wondered, “What

18、 about the homeless?” Lester had been homeless himself for a time as a teenager,and today he runs a nonprofit in Atlanta called Love Beyond Walls that helps raise money for and awareness of homeless people. He knows all too well that in the best of times they are lucky to find a public bathroom that

19、 will let them in to wash up occasionally,not to mention several times a day.Lesters experience of creating temporary shelters with his nonprofit led him to another idea: temporary handwashing stations, the kind you see at outdoor music festivals. He mentioned the idea to his friend Lecrae Moore, a

20、Grammy-winning Christian rapper, who eagerly donated enough money to buy 15 of the $ 150 washing stations. They called their project Love Sinks In. “If leaders in this country are asking people to wash their hands,we also have to provide the tools to people living on the margins of society who are m

21、ore likely to catch and spread the coronavirus,” Lester says.After its success in Atlanta, the group sent sinks to Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas, where a partner organization installed the sinks in parks and other public spaces, thanks to a $ 13,000 dona

22、tion from Google. (In addition to the startup funds, it costs about $ 500 a month to keep each sink stocked with soap and clean water.) One Atlanta hand washer, Sam, left a note on a sink that said, “God bless you! The hand washing the others!”24 What makes Lester know the homeless well? A. His rese

23、arch into the homeless. B. His personal experience.C. The public health warming.D. The nonprofit organization.25 How did Lester help the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak? 来源:*zzstep.co&mA. He fixed handwashing stations at musical festivals.B. He installed the sink for hand washing in person.

24、 C. He launched the project Love Sinks In.D. He created temporary shelters.26 What can we infer from the passage? A. The homeless are unlikely to develop coronavirus.B. The project involves individual and collective efforts.C. The homeless have good public health consciousness.来源:中国教育%*出&版网D. Handwa

25、shing is the most effective way to cure coronavirus.27 What is Sams attitude towards Lester?A. Grateful. B. Negative.C. Concerned D. DoubtfulCNew molecules (分子) engineered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers can enable rapid, direct “editing” of genes in a wide range of cell types, creating an ser

26、ies of research and therapeutic possibilities.The molecules, known as base editors, can attach to a target DNA sequence and chemically alter a single DNA letter. Base editing technology, just two years old, developed from the better known CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology. CRISPR/Cas9 molecules al

27、low scientists to cut almost any piece of DNA in a cell and in this way disable or remove a gene. By contrast, a base editor molecule, using essentially the same DNA-targeting mechanism, chemically modifies a gene rather than cutting it out.Base editing is better suited for making or correcting sing

28、le-base “point mutations (基因突变)” in DNAthe cause of many inherited diseases and cancersand in principle involves less risk of having collateral impact on other normal DNA. However, first-generation base editors operate efficiently in relatively few cell types. Together, the team systematically re-en

29、gineered the principal existing set of base editors, known as BE3, BE4Gam and xBE3, to boost their production in cellslow production had been a problem in many cell types. The optimized editors, unlike the first-generation version, work efficiently in a wide variety of cell types and model systems,

30、including mouse and human cell lines, and even liver cells in live mice.“These new base editors allow us to model and study diseases such as cancer in new ways, but they really have applications all the way across biomedical research,” said senior study author Dr. Lukas Dow, an assistant professor o

31、f biochemistry in medicine and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine.The Weill Cornell Medicine scientists now plan to use the new editors for several research applications, including the investigation of mutations associated with cancers to find suitable ta

32、rgets for therapies. “There is a huge list of cancer-linked mutations whose precise roles in cancer are unknown, and now with these optimized tools we can study them affordably and in a feasible time frame,” Dr. Dow said.The optimized editors are also being studied by researchers working on other ap

33、plications, including potential therapies for genetic diseases.来%&源:中教网28 How many types of molecules are mentioned in the first two paragraphs?来源:中国教育出%#版&网A. 1B. 2.C. 3D. 4www.z%*29 Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “collateral” in paragraph 3?A. positiveB. im

34、mediateC. connected D. healing30 According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Scientists think its better to remove a gene than to edit it.B. The first-generation base editors fail to work in a few cells.C. Base editing technology is of great value only in biomedical resear

35、ch.D. It remains unknown why mutations cause cancer.31 Which is the best title for this passage?A. Say Goodbye to Genetic DiseaseB. DNA Editing Just Got EasierC. The Birth of a New Technology: Base EditingD. Mutations in DNADThe newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, ob

36、jectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more: it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is a very important assignment facing American journaliststo make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news understandable as

37、community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing as “local” news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in the financial market, political circles, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start an

38、 interpretation, you are entering dangerous waters, the rushing tides of opinion. This is nonsense.来源:zz*s#te%The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall limit themselves to the “facts”. This insistence raises two questions: What are the facts? Are the bare facts enou

39、gh?As for the first question, consider how a so-called “factual” story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides wh

40、ich of these ten facts shall make up the beginning of the article, which is an important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large inf

41、luence, or on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.来%源#:中国教育出版网Thus in the presentation of a so-called “factual” or “objective” story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporters and edit

42、ors, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and their “news neutralism”, arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective and subjective processes. If an editor is determ

43、ined to give a prejudiced view of the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that support his particular viewpoint. Or he can do it by the place he gives a story-promoting it to page one or dragging it to page thirty

44、.32 According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?AFor reporters, interpretation of facts is no less important than presentation of the facts.w*ww.zzste&BJournalists must select facts objectively to make current events clear to the readers.CThe most important task of re

45、porters is to provide unprejudiced facts for the readers.DIf a reporter makes clear the facts he writes, he will no doubt get into trouble.33 The beginning of the article should present the most important fact because _.Ait will influence the reader to continue来源%#:中教网Bmany readers read only the fir

46、st paragraphCit details the general attitude of the writerDits the best way to write according to the schools of journalism34 Where a story is presented in a newspaper shows_.Athe editors prejudiceBthe reporters backgroundCthe storys factual matterDthe storys effect on the readers来%源:#中教*网&35 Which

47、of the following can best express the authors attitude toward objectiveness?AObjectiveness is controlled by editors rather than writers.BProperly choosing facts prepares a solid ground for objectiveness.CHe doesnt think there exists complete objectiveness in news writing.DTo make clear the news is a way to be objective and responsible for the readers.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）来源:中国&*教#育出版网根据短文内容，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。Is there a link between