湖南省娄底市双峰县双峰一中2020_2021学年高二英语9月入学考试试题

1、湖南省娄底市双峰县双峰一中2020-2021学年高二英语9月入学考试试题第一节（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. which color will the man choose?a. blue. b. brown. c. green.2. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the woman thought the tickets would

2、be available soon. b. the woman thought there were no tickets left. c. the audience were deeply impressed by the concert. 3. what kind of tea does the woman want?a. tea with milk. b. tea with sugar. c. tea with milk and sugar.4. what day is it today?a. sunday. b. saturday. c. thursday. 5. what did t

3、he woman think of the movie?a. terrible. b. average. c. fantastic. 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6-7题。 6. what is the probable relationship between the two speakers?a. sales

4、man and customer. b. husband and wife. c. teacher and student.7. what kind of dress does the woman finally buy?a. a light silk dress. b. a dark cotton dress.c. a light cotton dress.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what can we infer about the woman?a. she often gets up early in the morning. b. she feels nervous abo

5、ut her exams. c. she cannot sleep at night. 9. what did the doctor advise the woman to do?a. take some medicine. b. get enough sleep. c. go to another hospital. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what can we learn about the man?a. he is quiet.b. he is active. c. he is boring.11. what does the woman want the man t

6、o do?a. teach her chinese. b. write an article for a magazine. c. tell her what he saw and heard in london. 12. in what language will the man write the article?a. japanese. b. chinese. c. english. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. in which field does the man have a masters degree?a. chemistry. b. nuclear physics

7、. c. literature. 14. what does the woman think of chemistry?a. difficult.b. interesting.c. popular.15. what can we learn about the man?a. he prefers physics to chemistry. b. he just graduated from high school. c. he has years of hard study ahead of him. 16. what does the woman want to be?a. a doctor

8、. b. a writer. c. a teacher. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the man most probably?a. a teacher. b. a student. c. a movie critic（评论员）. 18. what is the movie mainly about?a. al gore.b. global warming. c. speeches. 19. what does the man think of the movie?a. its very perfect. b. its a good educational f

9、ilm. c. its not for the general public. 20. which is the mans least favorite part of the movie?a. the diagrams in the speeches. b. the facts about climate change.c. the parts about al gore himself.第二部分、阅读理解第一节（每题2.5分，共37.5分）a independence is something that can be difficult to achieve. but dont worry

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12、m failing many times. this book is your on-the-go fun read with pictures and drawings of helbig, and worksheets (作记录) to practice. price: $7.95 the oh she glows cookbook by angela liddon having suffered from eating disorder and living on diet, angela liddon promised to eat healthily forever. she thr

13、ew out her fat-free butter spray (黄油喷雾) and low-calorie frozen dinners after learning how to properly cook. this book contains more than 100 recipes (食谱) covering breakfast, salads, soups, power snacks and the main dishes for a healthy meal at any time of the day. we all know that healthy eating is

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16、about how to grow up healthily.b.it is mainly about how to work better.c.it is based on its authors life experience.d.it teaches readers to learn from others life stories.23. which book should you choose for someone who is bad at getting along with others? a.graces guide. b.tiny beautiful things.c.t

17、he total money makeover. d.the oh she glows cookbook.bfresh off the biggest win of her short gymnastics career, 16-year-old morgan hurd and her coach, siava glazunov, landed at philadelphia international airport, headed to baggage claim and prepared for the hour-long drive home to middletown, delawa

18、re. it was a dull drill theyd performed hundreds of times before. she is that gymnast who competes wearing glasses. she is so petite (娇小) that she looks tiny standing next to other gymnasts. no one is born perfect, hurd says. you will have imperfections. i hope more people see me and try to do sport

19、s or gymnastics with glasses. nothing should stop you from doing something you are passionate about. hurd was 11 months old when her mom, sherri, adopted her from wenzhou, china, and brought her to middletown. when morgan was 3, sherri began signing her up for various sportsgymnastics, soccer, t-bal

20、l, dance. because of her size, most sports were tough. but at gymnastics class, being tiny and flexible was a gift. by the fifth grade, her talent had outgrown her classes, so sherri brought her to first state. she stood out from the start, glazounov says. she exhibited that desire. she loves to imp

21、ress and she wanted it always. no one ever had to tell her to work hard. a single mom, sherri worked as a dental hygienist for 30 years until retiring and taking a job for discover bank that allowed her to work from home, support her daughters home-schooling and help her daughters gymnastics career.

22、 who would have known when i went to get that little girl in china what was going to happen, sherri says. this is our life now, but that is what i want for her, a life that is as fulfilling and happy as possible.24. what makes morgan hurd different from other athletes? a.she is a poor child who has

23、a single mother.b.she is an orphan who was adopted from china.c.she is the gymnast who competed wearing glasses.d.she is an athlete who first won the champion at 16.25. why did sherri take a job for discover bank? a. she enjoyed working at home. b. she didnt like the previous one.c. she needed a tho

24、rough career change. d. she could give her full support to morgan.26. which of the following best describes morgan hurd? a. tiny and perfect. b. gifted and outstanding.c. flexible but incapable. d. passionate but proud.27. in which column of a website can you most probably read this text? a.culture.

25、 b.sports. c.travel. d.job.c why is poverty so difficult to overcome? why are poorer people less likely to spend money on their own learning and ability development, but more likely to be addicted to television and video games? in the past, a poor person was normally considered to have bad virtue or

26、 have no ambition. the nobel prize winner banerjee corrects such views and explains the truth behind the poor. poor people tend to live with more worries in their lives, he said, so they need tools such as televisions, cell phones, junk food and video games to get rid of worries more than others. bu

27、t learning something often takes a lot of time and money to get rewards, while the poor are often impatient due to economic (经济的) reasons, and their life in the meantime is getting more boring.banerjees research has found that the poor often need to borrow short-term loans (贷款) thus, the poor tend t

28、o take higher financial risks - they often have unstable incomes and are unable to get money to start a business from banks, so they rely more on these high-interest loans. and these small loans put a brake on their savings against risks. how could the poor step into the middle class? maybe starting

29、 a business is a way out. but for the extremely poor, its impossible to get help from banks to start a business. in most cases, a more practical option is getting a job in government agencies because comparatively speaking, government jobs are very stable, which give the poor the opportunities to be

30、 hired for the long term, to increase the bandwidth (带宽) of their thinking, and thus making it possible for families to move from poverty to the middle class. whats the role of government then? when the market cant solve a problem, the government will solve it. and the problem behind the poor is act

31、ually the failure of the market. the poor often lack the necessary information to make the right choices and they often carry too much responsibility for their survival to make the best choices. in this sense, banerjees research provides a new perspective for governments to understand poverty, so th

32、at policies can be tailored(专门制作) to reduce poverty and eventually remove it.28. what do the poor need to improve their ability according to banerjee? a. ambition. b. money. c. guidance. d. patience.29. what will probably cause the poor to face financial risks? a. the high-interest loans. b. their s

33、mall incomes.c. the financial policies. d. their educational backgrounds.30. what may be a right choice for the poor to get out of poverty? a. setting a high goal. b. working as civil servants.c. opening their mind. d. seeking support from banks.31. what can the government do to get rid of poverty?

34、a. adjust the policy. b. control the market.c. do more research. d. offer enough information.d a company in san francisco, california, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into womens shoes. every day, millions of americans drink water and other liquids(液体)from plastic bottles. more than 60

35、million of them are thrown away each day. many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products. a san francisco start-up company called rothys, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. roth martin is the companys co-founder. he explain

36、s how they turn plastic into soft material for womens feet. they take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. then they press them through a device that makes soft fibers(纤维). those fibers are then combined together. this is done by a 3d machine. it is designed to reduce waste wh

37、ile making the shoes. the knitted stuff and the inner part of the shoe are then attached to the shoes outer part, called the sole (鞋底). this outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber(橡胶). rothys shoes are sold online. they are flat shoes, wi

38、th either a rounded or pointed toe. they come in different colors and designs. they cost either $ 125 or $ 145 per pair, depending on the design. after american actress gwyneth paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that

39、 demand. were not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. so we have a limitless supply of material, and i think that is a good sign for our future. when the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled materials to make o

40、ther products. for now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the united states. however, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future.32. how are used plastic bottles usually dealt with? a.they are buried or burned. b.they are used to make shoes.c.they are changed

41、into soft materials. d.they arc returned to factories for reuse.33. what does the underlined word knitted in the third paragraph mean? a. attached. b. fixed. c. combined. d. repaired.34. which of the following directly helped to increase the sales of rothys shoes? a. the design and color. b. the rea

42、sonable price.c. the companys advertisement. d. the star power of gwyneth paltrow.35. what is the purpose of the text? a.to advertise a new kind of shoes.b.to describe the process of making shoes.c.to introduce a new way of recycling plastic waste.d.to stress the importance of environmental protecti

43、on.第二节：任务型阅读（每题1.5分，共12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 exam anxiety has this ever happened to you? youve been studying hard for your midterm, but when you walk into your exam, your mind goes blank, your heart races fast, you get sweaty palms and find it hard to breathe. 36_ everyone f

44、eels stressed during exams. usually, it results from a fear of failure, lack of adequate preparation time and bad experiences taking tests in the past. this is normal and often helps you work harder, think faster and generally improve your performance.37 _you may also feel that other people are mana

45、ging the exam better than you. this can cause you to feel that your mind has gone blank on information you know you have revised. 38_ some choose to ignore the problem, while others dont review because they think they will do badly anyway and even miss exams due to the anxiety. it can also be really

46、 easy to think that if you dont try and then you fail, you wont feel as bad as if you fail after trying really hard. so what can you do to fight against the negative mindset and stay calm before and during your test?39_ yes, this seems obvious, but its worth repeating. if you feel confident that you

47、ve prepared thoroughly, youll feel more confident walking into the test. the second tip is simple: just start. the blank page can maximize your anxiety. 40._ you can always go back and change things later if needed, but a few quick answers can get the ball rolling. besides, allocating(分配) your time

48、is equally important. look through the whole test before getting started. mentally allocate how much time youll spend on each section. if theres time to recheck, even better.a. the first thing you should do is to be prepared.b. people often deal with exam stress in many unhelpful ways.c. if these cl

49、assic signs of exam anxiety sound familiar, youre not alone!d. therefore, people need an appropriate amount of pressure to help deal with exams.e. realizing time is almost up and that theres still a lot of blank space will make you desperate.f. however, if you are overly anxious about the result, yo

50、u may be unable to focus on your work.g. after you get the paper, dive right in by getting some questions done to build up your confidence.三、完形填空（每题1分，共15分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中找出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 my daughter, now 20, is studying to be an opera singer. shes already 41 her way into the worlds best co

51、nservatories (音乐学院) and studios. 42 , some people disagree on her choice. they are 43 fond of telling her, ohhh, thats a really 44 career. its almost 45 to make a living. not many people 46 it. a few months ago, i was with her when a neighbour asked what she was 47 in. my daughter answered and got t

52、he usual 48 , not contrary to her expectations. she listened 49 to the prediction of her 50 and financial ruin, then said, well, if opera doesnt 51 , ill do something else. i was so proud of my 52 . truth told, i was even more proud of myself, her mid-life-career-changing mom. i was also on-my-knees

53、 53 to my mother. because of her example, id given my child the gift of 54 herself-and not in a silly usual way, like, adaptability and industry. even at her tender age, with her frankly very privileged upbringing, she understands that circumstances can change and that 55 can, too.41. a. beatenb. ea

54、rnedc. eatend. lost42. a. furthermoreb. thereforec. howeverd. thus43. a. strangelyb. excitedlyc. sadlyd. randomly44. a. excellentb. boringc. admirabled. hard45. a. necessaryb. dishonorablec. impossibled. important46. a. makeb. hitc. findd. put47. a. takingb. callingc. majoringd. joining48. a. awardb. encouragementc. judgmentd. response49. a. rudelyb. politelyc. impatientlyd. carefully50. a. dangerb. failurec. successd. luck51. a. figure outb. pick outc. work outd. pick out52. a. neighborb. motherc. teacherd. daughter53.