上海市致远高中2020_2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题含解析

1、上海市致远高中2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）第i卷（共100分）i. listening comprehension (25)section adirections: in section a, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. the conversations and the questions will be spoken

2、only once. after you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. a. excited. b. dissatisfied. c. bored. d. exhausted.2. a. 7:00. b. 7:10. c. 9:00. d. 9:10.3. a. a cook. b. a sho

3、p assistant. c. a saleswoman. d.a waitress.4. a. at a gas station. b. in a work shop.c. at an art gallery. d. in a department store.5. a. he hasnt had a chance to meet kathy yet.b. kathy had already told him the news.c. he didnt know that kathy was being moved.d. his new office will be located in ne

4、w york.6. a. the woman wants to go to toronto. b. the man wants to go to vancouver.c. there are no flights to toronto. d. there are two direct flights to toronto.7. a. she should do more careful work.b. she is not concerned about georges remarks.c. george does not care about her.d. george shouldnt h

5、ave said much about her.8. a. she cant afford that much for a trip.b. she is fortunate to have made a lot of money.c. she doesnt think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.d. she considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.9. a. playing tennis. b. writing a term paper.c. gathering materials.

6、 d. holding a meeting.10. a. the man was seriously injured in the car accident.b. the man had poor imagination because of the car accident.c. the man wasnt wearing the seat belt when the accident happened.d. the mans daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home.section bdirections:

7、 in section b, you will hear two short passages and one conversation. you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and four questions for the conversation. the passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. when you hear a question, read the fo

8、ur possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. a. future researchers. b. college students.c. company employees. d. successful artists.12. a. to teach the listeners how to wo

9、rk hard.b to enable the listeners to get better salaries.c. to prepare the listeners to get better jobs.d. to encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.13. a. kindness. b. diligence. c. willingness. d. interest.questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. a. the benefits of wa

10、lking. b. the importance of keeping fit.c. the way of forming a habit. d. the possibility of excising regularly.15. a. because it needs much thinking. b. because people can improve their memory.c. because it is suitable for everyone. d. because people neednt concentrate on it.16. a. it is the easies

11、t way to lose weight. b. it can be made part of peoples life.c. it can make peoples hearts stronger. d. it prevents people suffering from cancers.questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. a. he has just been back from south america.b. he has been burnt for a few hours.c. he

12、 has been surfing the internet for long.d. he has been doing school work all night.18. a. to look for something interesting for pleasure.b. to meet new friends in the net chatroom.c. to release pressure from heavy work.d. to look for information for his project.19. a. quite a few sites are just old

13、event calendars.b. its a waste of time to surf the internet.c. a lot of information can be found.d. a lot of friends can be made on the internet.20. a. people spend much time talking about other interests.b. it takes long to find things because of many useless sites.c. it is hard to start chatting w

14、ith others in the chatroom.d. its hardly the best source of information available. grammar and vocabularysection adirections: after reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. for the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the prop

15、er form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. can indoor plants really purify the air?plants are very important to human life. through photosynthesis(光合作用), they transform carbon dioxide into fresh oxygen. they _1_ (assume) to remove toxins from the air we

16、breathe - but is this true?one famous nasa experiment published in 1989 has found indoor plants can clean the air by removing pollutants _2_ cause cancer. later research has found soil micro - organisms in the potted plant also _3_ (play) a part in cleaning indoor air. based on this research, some s

17、cientists say house plants are effective natural air purifiers, and the bigger and leafier the plant, the better. the amount of leaf surface area influences the rate of air purification. _4_ , however, say the evidence that plants can effectively accomplish this feat(功绩)is far from conclusive. “ther

18、e are no definitive studies to show that _5_ (have) indoor plants can significantly increase the air quality in your home,” according to luz claudio, a professor of environmental medicine and public health. “theres no question _6_ plants are capable of removing volatile(易挥发的)chemical toxins from the

19、 air under laboratory conditions,” says claudio. but in your home or office space, the notion that putting a few plants together can purify your air doesnt have much hard science _7_ (back) it up. most research efforts to date, including the nasa study, placed indoor plants in small, _8_ (seal) envi

20、ronments to assess how much air-purifying power they have. “but those studies arent really applicable to what happens in house. in many cases, the air in your home completely turns over - that is, exchanges places with outdoor air - once every hour. in most instances, air exchange with the outside h

21、as a _9_ (great) effect on indoor air quality than plants.” says stanley kays, a professor of horticulture(园艺学).disappointed _10_ many people may be by what kays said, the professor also made it clear that he believes house plants are beneficial. studies have shown plants can knock out stress and ma

22、ke people feel happier. more research shows spending time around nature has a positive effect on a persons mood and energy levels.【答案】1. are assumed 2. which / that 3. play 4. others 5. having 6. that 7. to back 8. sealed 9. greater 10. as【解析】这是一篇议论文。室内植物真的能净化空气吗?对于此问题，有的研究表明，室内植物可以通过去除致癌污染物来净化空气。而有

23、的人认为，目前还没有明确的研究表明室内种植植物能显著提高家中的空气质量，但是认为室内植物是有益的，这是无疑的。【1题详解】考查一般现在时的被动语态。句意：它们被认为可以清除我们呼吸的空气中的毒素但这是真的吗?分析句子可知，设空处是句子谓语动词，本句陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语they与assume之间是被动关系，应用一边现在时的被动语态，且主语是复数，be动词用are。故填are assumed。【2题详解】考查定语从句。句意：nasa在1989年发表的一项著名实验发现，室内植物可以通过去除致癌污染物来净化空气。分析句子可知，设空处引导定语从句，关系词代替先行词pollutants在从句

24、中充当主语，应用关系代词which/that。故填which/that。【3题详解】考查一般现在时。句意：后来的研究发现盆栽植物中的土壤微生物也在净化室内空气中发挥着作用。分析句子可知，设空处是宾语从句的谓语动词，结合语境可知本句陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语为soil micro-organisms，所以谓语用复数形式。故填play。【4题详解】考查代词。句意：然而，其他人认为，植物能够有效地完成这一壮举的证据还远没有定论。由前文的“some scientists”可知，本空为others，some.others“一些另一些”，该词位于句首，首字母应大写。故填others。【5题详解】考

25、查动名词。句意：luz claudio，一个环境医学和公共健康教授说：“没有确切的研究表明在室内种植植物可以显著提高你家里的空气质量。”分析句子可知，设空处是宾语从句的主语，此处应用have的动名词having作为句子主语，故填having。【6题详解】考查连接代词。句意：claudio说：“毫无疑问，在实验室条件下，植物能够清除空气中的挥发性化学毒素。”分析句子可知，设空处引导同位语从句，从句成分完整，句意完整，所以用连接词that。故填that。【7题详解】考查动词不定式。句意：但在你的家里或办公室里，把一些植物放在一起可以净化空气的想法并没有多少支持的科学依据。分析句子可知，此处应用动词

26、不定式作名词hard science的后置定语。故填to back。【8题详解】考查形容词。句意：到目前为止，包括nasa研究在内的大多数研究工作，都是将室内植物置于小型密封环境中，以评估它们的空气净化能力。分析句子可知，设空处应填形容词作名词environment的定语，形容词sealed “密封的”符合语境。故填sealed。【9题详解】考查形容词比较级。句意：在大多数情况下，与外界空气交换对室内空气质量的影响比植物对室内空气质量的影响大。由“than”可知，设空处应填形容词的比较级greater修饰名词effect。故填greater。【10题详解】考查部分倒装句。句意：尽管许多人可能对

27、kays所说的话感到失望，但这位教授也明确表示，他相信室内植物是有益处的。分析句子可知，本句为as“尽管”引导的部分倒装句。其形式为：形容词+as +主语+动词。故填 as。section bdirections: fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. each word can be used only once. note that there is one word more than you need.smart homes around the cornerinternet-connected light

28、s, locks and laundry machines are close to becoming everyday household items, thanks in part to voice-activated speakers such as amazons echo and google home.the market has witnessed increasing sales of lights that turn off when you say “good night,” smart locks that let in your friends before you g

29、et home, and other smart-home gadgets (小配件). smart speakers and their digital assistants also have been growing in _11_. from your couch, you can ask these smart assistants to play your favorite music, check the weather, order pizza or_12_flights.while the devices are still relatively expensiveyou c

30、an get six _13_light bulbs for the price of a single smart one_14_is likely to pick up further as prices fall in the future.moreover, the more people use such speakers, it turns out, the more things they want them to do. in some cases, that leads _15_to other smart gadgets for the home. people who o

31、wn an echo are_16_more likely to install other smart gadgets, said david limp, amazons senior vice president of devices and services. “they dont start by rewiring the whole home. they start with a switch.” that switch, known as a smart plug, can make any appliance remote-controllable by cutting or_1

32、7_its powerjust ask an assistant to turn it off or on.u.s. sales of smart speakers have more than tripled (增至三倍) to nearly 25 million in 2017, as shown by a cta (commodity trading advisors) _18_. theyre expected to grow further this year, to about 36 million, as apples homepod joins the competition.

33、smart-home products such as lights and security cameras are lagging behind, but they have been catching up. “were still in the early stages,” said jeff patton, a smart-home executive at general electric. “while the gadgets arent yet _19_” he said, “average people are much more aware of them”.alex ha

34、wkinson, ceo of samsungs smart things smart-home business, said that about half of his new customers are coming because of smart speakers “_20_a lot of excitement.” once people get their first smart product, such as a smart plug, they are likely to buy more, market researchers say. they also tell fr

35、iends and neighbors about them, and might buy some as gifts.【答案】11. b 12. k 13. c 14. h 15. a 16. j 17. f 18. g 19. i 20. e【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。随着语音 ai 设备和数字助理越来越受欢迎，全球智能家居的时代即将到来。【11题详解】考查动名词。句意：语音ai设备和数字助理也越来越受欢迎。由句意可知，语音ai设备和数字助理也越来越受欢迎。in为介词，后接名词popularity“受欢迎”作宾语。故b选项正确。【12题详解】考查动词。句意：坐在沙发上，你可以让这些智能的助手

36、播放你最喜欢的音乐，查看天气信息，点披萨或搜寻航班信息。or连接的是play，check，order和track。track“搜寻”符合句意，来说明智能助手的功能之一。故k选项正确。【13题详解】考查名词。句意：尽管这些设备仍然相对昂贵你可以用一个智能灯泡的价格买到6个普通灯泡但随着未来价格的下降，需求可能会进一步上升。由“as prices fall in the future”可知，随着未来价格的下降。需求可能会进一步上升。demand“需求”为名词，作is的主语。故c选项正确。【14题详解】考查形容词。句意：尽管这些设备仍然相对昂贵你可以用一个智能灯泡的价格买到6个普通灯泡但随着未来价格

37、的下降，需求可能会进一步上升。由“while the devices are still relatively expensive”可知，这些设备很昂贵，你可以用一个智能灯泡的价格买到6个普通灯泡。regular“常规的；通常的”为形容词，修饰名词bulbs。故h选项正确。【15题详解】考查副词。句意：在某些情况下，这会直接导致家庭使用其他智能设备。directly“直接地”为副词修饰动词lead。故a选项正确。【16题详解】考查副词。句意：亚马逊负责设备和服务的高级副总裁davidlimp说，拥有echo的用户肯定更愿意安装其他智能设备。definitely“明确地，肯定”为副词，修饰形容词

38、likely，表示拥有echo的用户肯定更愿意安装其他智能设备。故j选项正确。【17题详解】考查动名词。句意：这种开关被称为智能插头，它可以通过切断或恢复电源，使任何电器都处于遥控状态只要让数字助理把它关掉或打开就行了。or连接的是cutting和restoring“恢复”，两者应该是相对的选择关系。故f选项正确。【18题详解】考查名词。句意：根据cta的估计，在2017年，美国的智能扬声器销量增长了三倍多，达到近2500万台。由“u.s. sales of smart speakers have more than tripled (增至三倍) to nearly 25 million in

39、 2017”可知，在2017年，美国的智能扬声器销量增长了三倍多，达到近2500万台。这个数据来自于cta 的估计，所以estimate“估计”符合语境。故g选项正确。【19题详解】考查名词。句意：虽然这些智能设备还没有成为主流。他说，“但是一般人对它们的了解越来越多”。while引导的让步状语从句，主句句意与从句句意表示转折关系，所以mainstream“主流”符合语境。故i选项正确。【20题详解】考查动名词。句意：三星智能家居首席执行官霍金森表示，约有一半的新客户前来是因为语音ai“激起了人们的购买欲望”。本句在说明，约有一半的新客户前来的原因，是因为语音ai“激起了人们的购买欲望”，所以

40、arousing“激起”符合语境。故e选项正确。iii. reading comprehensionsection adirections: for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.high-end taxi services are widely used in big cities across china

41、. their being well received has been fueled by the success of taxi-hailing apps like didi and kuaidi. but at present, there are no laws to _21_ the safety and legal rights of _22_ who use these services, since high-end taxis _23_ operate without a government license.this has also cast _24_ on whethe

42、r the services offered by international taxi apps like uber and other local rivals are legal according to current laws in china. a motion raised by deputy zhang yubiao at this years national peoples congress aims to address this _25_ loop-hole. high-end taxis are one category of taxis, and the only

43、difference is the lack of government _26_. we should have an open attitude towards the new service and _27_ its innovation. since it has the market demand, we should consider _28_ it.unlike traditional taxis, high-end taxis can only be _29_ using smart-phone apps. they _30_ a high-end richer market

44、that pays higher rates for more customized services. npc deputy and transportation expert cheng dehong says high-end taxis should not be _31_ as illegal black cabs run by individuals. in the past, we only saw the negative side of the high-end taxi service, since we always highlighted the safety conc

45、erns, tax evasion issues and other _32_ activities. but given the huge demand for high-end taxies, we should look at its _33_ side. we can _34_ many of the problems with new regulations and _35_ commuters a safer, more convenient taxi service.21. a. keepb. offerc. gived. guarantee22. a. operatorsb.

46、passengerc. driversd. managers23. a. extraordinarilyb. currentlyc. swiftlyd. regularly24. a. doubtsb. challengesc. conflictsd. thoughts25. a. legalb. clearc. similar d. basic26. a. assistanceb. investigationc. supervisiond. cooperation27. a. reformb. preventc. enhanced. encourage28. a. promotingb. e

47、mployingc. applyingd. legalizing29. a. rodeb. bookedc. subscriptedd. served30. a. changeb. satisfyc. demandd. threaten31. a. classifiedb. knownc. exchangedd. interpreted32. a. efficientb. high-endc. illegald. financial33. a. negativeb. influentialc. carefuld. positive34. a. ariseb. raisec. resolved.

48、 display35. a. approveb. improvec. increased. offer【答案】21. d 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. a 26. c 27. d 28. d 29. b 30. b 31. a 32. c 33. d 34. c 35. d【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了，高端出租车服务虽得到了广泛的应用，但无合法性，应该对其采取措施促进它的发展。【21题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：但目前还没有法律保障使用这些服务的乘客的安全和合法权益，因为高端出租车目前没有政府牌照。a. keep保持；b. offer提供；c. give给予；d. gua

49、rantee保障。由上文的“there are no laws”可知，没有法律保障乘客的安全和合法权益。故选d项。【22题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：但目前还没有法律保障使用这些服务的乘客的安全和合法权益，因为高端出租车目前没有政府牌照。a. operators操作员；b. passenger乘客；c. drivers司机；d. managers经理。由下文的“who use these services”可知，these services指的是high-end taxi services（高端出租车服务），用高端出租车服务的人自然是乘客。故选b项。【23题详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：但目

50、前还没有法律保障使用这些服务的乘客的安全和合法权益，因为高端出租车目前没有政府牌照。a. extraordinarily异常地；b. currently当前；c. swiftly迅速地；d. regularly有规律地。由上文的“but at present”和本处的“high-end taxis _3_ operate without a government license”可知，高端出租车目前没有政府牌照。故选b项。【24题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：根据中国现行法律，这也让人怀疑uber等国际出租车应用程序和其他本土竞争对手提供的服务是否“合法”。a. doubts怀疑；b. cha

51、llenges挑战；c. conflicts冲突；d. thoughts想法。由下文的“whether the services offered by international taxi apps like uber and other local rivals are legal”可知，uber等国际出租车应用程序和其他本土竞争对手提供的服务是否“合法”，这是一种怀疑。故选a项。【25题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：张玉彪副代表在今年全国人大上提出的一项议案旨在解决这一法律漏洞。a. legal法律的；b. clear清晰的；c. similar 相似的；d. basic基本的。由上文语

52、境可知，没有法律保障使用高端出租车服务的乘客的安全和合法权益，人们也怀疑uber等国际出租车应用程序和其他本土竞争对手提供的服务是否“合法”，因此张玉彪想解决这一法律漏洞。故选a项。【26题详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：高端出租车是出租车的一类，唯一不同的是缺乏政府监管。a. assistance帮助；b. investigation调查；c. supervision监督；d. cooperation合作。由上文的“high-end taxis _3_ operate without a government license”可知，高端出租车缺乏政府许可，即缺乏政府监管。故选c项。【27题详解

53、】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们应该对新服务持开放的态度，鼓励它的创新。a. reform改革；b. prevent阻止；c. enhance加强；d. encourage鼓励。由上文的“we should have an open attitude towards the new service”可知，作者认为要对新服务持开放的态度，因此作者会鼓励它的创新。故选d项。【28题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：既然有市场需求，我们就应该考虑合法化。a. promoting促进；b. employing利用；c. applying申请；d. legalizing合法化。由上文语境可知，高端出租车服务没

54、有取得政府许可，人们对它的合法性持怀疑态度，因此作者认为有市场需求，就要考虑它的合法性。故选d项。【29题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：与传统出租车不同，高端出租车只能通过智能手机应用程序预订。a. rode骑；b. booked预定；c. subscripted下标；d. served服务。由常识可知，类似于滴滴和快滴等打车软件需要在手机上提前下单预定。故选b项。【30题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：它们满足了高端、富裕的市场，为更多的定制服务支付更高的费率。a. change改变；b. satisfy满足；c. demand需要；d. threaten威胁。由上文的“high-end ta

55、xi services are widely used in big cities across china.”和“it has the market demand”可知，高端出租车服务在中国各大城市得到广泛应用和有市场需求，说明它满足了市场需求。故选b项。【31题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：全国人大代表、交通专家程德宏说，高端出租车不应被归为个人经营的非法黑出租车。a. classified将归类；b. known知道；c. exchanged交换；d. interpreted解释。由上文语境可知，高端出租车服务没有取得政府许可，没有合法性，但它能满足市场需求，所以不应该把它归为个人经营的

56、非法黑出租车。故选a项。【32题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：过去，我们只看到高端出租车服务负面影响，因为我们总是强调安全问题、逃税问题和其他违法行为。a. efficient有效的；b. high-end高端的；c. illegal非法的；d. financial经济的。由上文的“we only saw the negative side of the high-end taxi service, since we always highlighted the safety concerns, tax evasion issues”可知，本句讲的是高端出租车服务的不好的方面，包括安全问题、

57、逃税问题和上文一直提及的不合法行为。故选c项。【33题详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但考虑到高端出租车的巨大需求，我们应该看到其积极的一面。a. negative消极的；b. influential有影响力的；c. careful认真的；d. positive积极的。本句中but表转折，由上文的“they _10_ a high-end richer market that pays higher rates for more customized services.”可知，高端出租车满足了高端、富裕的市场，为更多的定制服务支付更高的费率，所以除了上文提到的消极方面，拥有市场需求的高端出租车也有贡献，要看它积极的一面。故选d项。【34题详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们可以通过新规定解决许多问