【英语】江苏省昆山市2021-2021学年高二下学期期中教学质量调研测试英语

1、江苏省昆山市 2021-2021 学年高二下学期期中教学质量调研测试英语试题高二英语2021.05本试卷分第1 卷（挑选题）和第1 卷（非挑选题）两大部分，满分150 分，考试时间 120分钟；第 i 卷（挑选题，共 90 分） 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20 分）留意：做题时，请先将答案标在试卷上；录音内容终止后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卷上；第一节（共 5 小题；每道题 1 分，满分 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 三个选项中选出正确选项，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

2、；每段对话仅读一遍；1.how will the woman go to work today.a. by car.b. by bus.c. on foot. 2.when does the woman want to leave.a. at1:40.b. at l:50.c. at 2:15.3.what kind of stories does the man like now.a.actions stories.b.entertaining stories.c.detective stories. 4.what will the man probably do this afternoo

3、n.a.attend a wedding. b.visit his cousin.c.work in the office. 5.what are the speakers talking about.a. the enlargement of office space.b. an increase in staff members.c. the move of the market department.其次节（共 15 小题；每道题 1 分，满分 15 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 三个选项中选出正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置；听每段

4、对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小时间段对话独白题，每道题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 on the right hand side of the hallway.a.the staff kitchen.b.the cash desk.c.the manager's office. 7.where are the speakers probably now.a.on the first floor.b.on the second floor.c.on the third floor.听第

5、 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题；8.what does the woman order for lunch.a.the fried rice.b. the hot dog.c.the tomato sandwich.9.how much does the woman give the man.a. two dollars.b. three dollars.c.five dollars.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题；10.what did the man do yesterday.a. he read a book about oceans.b. he watched the

6、news.c. he wrote a report about water pollution. 11.what is the woman planning to do.a. eat less.b.get around town by bike.c.travel abroad more, 12.what is the relationship between the speakers.a. colleagues.b.classmates.c.family members.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题；13.what does the woman think matters le

7、ast for wind-surfing beginners.a.related experience.b.great effort.c.expensive equipment. 14.how did the woman learn wind-surfing.a.she taught herself.b.she joined a course.c.she learned from a friend. 15.what does the woman like best about wind-surfing.a.she can release pressure.b. she has become h

8、ealthier.c. she can try new things.16. what does the woman like to do in the future.a. be a coach.b. enter some races.c.do some land based sports.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题；17. what percentage of the sponsorship money goes to the charity.a. 35%.b.50%.c. 65%.18. to whom will each walker's sponsorshi

9、p money be donated.a. a student.b.a teacher.c. a doctor. 19.what will the listeners do on day six.a.walk in the mountains.b.see a temple.c. visit a school. 20.when will the holiday end.a. on november the 13th.b. on november the 14th.c.on november the 15th.其次部分：阅读懂得（共20 小题；每道题2 分，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15 小题

10、；每道题 2 分，满分 30 分）请阅读以下短文，从短文后各题所给的a 、b 、c、d 四个选项中，选出正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑；student activities assistantbluegrass community and technical college s10 an hour duties:this position will support the student activities coordinator.the student activities office serves as co-advisor and promotes student life at

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15、s:this individualwillwork from december to march at approximately20 hours per week.in busy periods,more hours may be available,and the assistant may be asked to work evening hours if needed.the assistant willcreate variousreports on examinations,assist in exam administrationand printcourse evaluatio

16、ns to help assure the department runs smoothly and efficiently during this period.qualifications:high level of accuracy with repeated tasks. ability to work independently as needed.minimum of 2 years of previous office experience required.21. as a registrar assistant,you need to a.deal with general

17、office workb. write a variety of exam reportsc. give instructions on course evaluationsd. work 20 hours a week for a whole year22. which ob doesn't require previous working experience. a.student activities assistantb. weekend english teacher c.reading/math tutor d.registrar assistant23. we can p

18、robably read this passage froma. a textbookb.a school websitec.a travel guided.a science magazinebin real life.max levy is a happy 5-year-old boy who battles hemophilia血友病）； however,in the pages of marvelcomics,he is “ ironmax,fightingcrime and helpingothers.both of the are superheroes."since h

19、e was a baby he's been told what he can't do and now it's kind of delighted to seewhat he can do,and he can be anything-he can be a superhero,his father,dan levy,told nbc news."that's just the coolest thing."max's transformation to"iron max"began when he was 3

20、 years old and had to go to the hospital to have a metal disk put into his chest to facilitate his hemophilia.his father told him he wasjust like iron man,who had the same thing in his chest that gives him new abilities to go along withthe ones from his special armored suit.dan levy then used the ha

21、shtag标签） ironmax on the social media to update family and friends on his condition after the operation.a charitable act by max's sister zoe,8,who was selling calendars with pictures of max to support kids with hemophilia being treated at children's hospital of philadelphia,soon came to the a

22、ttention of marvel.the creators of iron man then decided officially to make max a superhero by putting him in one of their comics right alongside iron man himself. i'm not a crier,i'm not-it was really the first time,i just came into the room,and i just cried,"hisfather told nbc news.&q

23、uot;it's been a year and a half.honestly not great,this kid shouldgain a win.” in the marvel comic,iron man's friend,tony stark,meets mar during a visit to a children's hospital andcreates a special armored suit just for him.the two then prepare to fight against doctor doom. i think it&#

24、39;s pretty cool being in a comic book,"max told nbc news."like it's really cool. i'mmaking other children not scared because there's a kid who's a superhero and they would like to be that i guess."by putting"iron max"in a well-known comic,the hope is also th

25、at it brings more attentionto other kids with hemophilia,a disorder that prevents blood from clotting凝聚结块） properly.“ thiscan help other kids with hemophiliaand people with other diseases or just to raise awareness and money,levy said,"i really honestly think this is just the beginning of somet

26、hing amazing for him."24. what does the underlined word"facilitate"in paragraph 2 mean. a.transform.b.improve.c. watch.d. start.25. what made max known and become a hero of marvel comics. a.his experience which was just needed.b. his name which is similar to iron man.c.his spirit of f

27、ighting against the disease. d.zoe's selling calendars made by herself. 26.we can learn from the fourth paragraph that a.max levy has experienced a difficult timeb. max levy fought with iron man's friend,tony starkc. dan levy didn't want his son to know his sad feelingd. dan levy has bee

28、n in the children's hospital for three years27.for max,iron max put into marvel comies could a.praise his courage during treatment b.encourage kids with hemophilia to be strong c.bring attention to adults with hemophiliad.raise awareness and money for homeless kidscthe problem of robocalls 自动语言电

29、话） has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don't know.by next year,half of the calls we receive will be scams（欺诈）； we are finally waking up to the seriousness of the problem by supporting and developinga group of tools,apps and approaches intended to prev

30、ent scammers from getting through.unfortunately,it s too little,too late.by the time these"solutions"become widely available, scammerswill have moved into cleverer means.in the near future,it's not just going to be number you see on your screen that will be in doubt.soon you will also

31、question whether the voice you're hearing is actually real.that's because there are a number of powerful voice processing and automation technologies that are about to become widelyavailable foranyone to use.at this year's i/o conference,a company showed a new voice technology able to pr

32、oduce such a persuasive human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without being found.these developments are likelyto make our current problems with robocalls much worse.the reason why robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than accurateness

33、.a decade of data violation of personal information has led to a solution where scammers can easily learn your mother's name,and farmore.armedwiththisknowledge,they'reabletocarryoutindividuallytargeted campaigns to cheat people.this means,for example,that a scammer could call you from what l

34、ooks tobe a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank teller's, trickingyouinto"confirming"youraddress,mother's name,and cardnumber.scammers followmoney,so companies will be the worst hit.a lot of business is still done over the phone,and much

35、 of it is basedon trust and existing relationships.voice processing technologies may weaken that gradually.we need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks.phone consumers need to work together to findways ofdeterminingand communicatingwhat is real.thatmightmean either developing a u

36、niform way to mark videos and images,showing when and who they were made by,or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications-usingapps like facetime or whatsapp,which can be lied to your identity.reliability is hard to earn but easy to lose,and the problem is only go

37、ing harder from now on. 28.how does the author feel about the solutions to the problem of robocalls.a. panicked.b.confused.c.embarrassed.d.disappointed.29. taking advantage of the new technologies,scammers can a.aim at victims accuratelyb. damage databases easilyc. start campaigns rapidlyd. spread i

38、nformation widely30. what does the passage want to say a.honesty is the best quality.b.technologies can be double-edged. c.there are more solutions than problems. d.reliability holds the key to development.31. which of the following would be the best title for the passage. a.where the problem of rob

39、ocalls is rootedb. who is to blame for the problem of robocallsc. why robocalls are about to get more dangerousd. how robocalls are affecting the world of technologydthere willbe days when you do not have much to do.perhaps because you are waitingfor someone else in a different department.or a diffe

40、rent company.to respond to a request. as the clock ticks past 5 pm,there may be no purpose in staving at your desk.but you can see you hard at work and,more important.they can see you.so you make an effort to look busy.some of this may he a self-perpetuating 白生自存） cycle.ifbosses do not liketo go hom

41、e before their workers,and workers fear leaving before their bosses,everyone is trapped.staff may feelthat they willnot get a pay rise,or a promotion,ifthey are not seen to be putting in maximumeffort.this is easily confused with long hours.managers,who are often no good at judging employees 'pe

42、rformance,use time in the office as an alternative.the consequence is often wasted effort.rather than work hard,you work hard to make bosses think that you are.leaving a jacket on your office chair,walking around purposefully with a notebookor clipboard and sending out emails at odd hours are three

43、of the best-known tricks.after a while this can result in collective self-cheat that this pretence is actual work.but presenteeism 出勤） has more serious consequences.as well as reducing productivity,thiscan increase medical expenses for the employer.according to a study,these costs can be six times h

44、igher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers.to take one example,research published in the british medical journal found that japanese employees with lower-back pain werethree times more likely to turn up for work than in britain.as a result,those workers were more likelyto experi

45、ence greater pain and to suffer from depression.what could be more upset than being in pain while feeling trapped at work.none of this is to say that employers haven't the right to expect workers to be in the office for an acceptable proportion of time.unavoidably there will be a need for somepr

46、eferably shortmeetings.dealing withcolleagues face-to-face creates a feelingoftrust and friendship,allowsfora usefulexchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their needs.but modern machinery like smartphones and laptops is portable.it can be used as easily at home as in the off

47、ice.turingan office into a prison,withprisoners allowed home for the evenings, does nothingforthe creativitythat is increasinglydemanded of officeworkersas routinetasks are automated.to be productive you need presence of mind,not being present in the flesh.32. why do employees still stay at their de

48、sk after work. a.to keep their bosses company.b. to get more overtime allowance.c. to put extra efforts into their work.d. to give their bosses a good impression.33. one of the consequences of presenteeism is that a.employers will pay workers higher wages b.workers will suffer physically and mentall

49、yc.workers will perform their job more efficientlyd.the effort put in by workers will finally pay off 34.working in the office for some time can help a.build better social bondsb. bring bosses more profitsc. organize a meeting efficientlyd. satisfy workers 'material needs35.what would the author

50、 probably agree with. a.presenteeism can't help develop creativity.b.absence from work reduces productivity.c.presence at work will be more joyful. d.technology makes life puzzling.其次节（共 5 小题；每道题 2 分，满分 10 分）依据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑；选项中有两项为余外选项；when you think about a deadly anima

51、l,youmay thinkof a shark,a lion,or even an elephant.however,the truth is that the deadliest animal in the world is much smaller and more annoying. 36and it feeds on human blood,transporting numerous diseases from one person to the next. figure it out,yet.yes,it's the mosquito.the numbers don'

52、;t lie:accordingto the world health organization,morethan 725,000 people worldwideare killedby mosquito-borne diseases each year.these diseases include malaria 疟疾）dengue fever,yellow fever,and encephalitis, 37 "being able to adapt easily to new environments is oneof the reasons why mosquitoes a

53、re the most deadly,"bums blackwell,an expert in pest control said.38 mosquitoes have learned to lay eggs in as little as a few small drops of water and each female mosquito can lay between 50 and 500 eggs once.their populations also reach the highest point at differenttimes in differentareas al

54、lover the world,makingitnearly impossible toavoid being bitten.39in areas where there' re too many mosquitoes,local authoritiestry to controlthe population through routine pesticide 杀虫剂） applications."weshould protect ourselves by avoidingplaces where there is too much water,"said bern

55、ard cohen,md,a professor at the johns hopkins university school of medicine.40wear bug repellent 驱虫剂） that contains deetupto 30 percentwhen heading outdoors,and reapply it about every four hours.a. most of the diseases can be cured in a short time.b. there are more than 100 varieties of this thing o

56、n earth.c. he also stresses that a little protection will go a long way.d. and every bite increases the risk of getting a serious disease. e.mosquitoes take much interest in getting in touch with children. f.malaria is the most horrible,killing at least 600,000 people a year.g.another reason the ins

57、ects are so deadly is that they produce quickly.第三部分：完形填空（共20 小题；每道题1.5 分，满分 30 分）请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a 、b 、c、d 四个选项中，选出正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑；one morning our new neighbor saw my grandfather planting two rare tree saplings树苗） in ourgarden.and he also planted the same kind of tree saplings in his garden.mygra

58、ndfather gave 41 enough amount of water to his plants and didn't always give them full 42 while our neighbor gave alot of water to his plants and 43 them too well.my grandfather's plants were simple but looked good, 44 our neighbor's plants were much fuller and greener.normally,insummer,we have strong thunderstorms called"kalboishakhi"whichcan bring great damage to life and 45.after a"kalboishakhi",my grandparents and i came out to