江西省南昌二2020-2021学年中高二上学期开学考试 英语（含答案）.doc

1、南昌二中20202021学年度上学期高二开学考试英 语 试 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。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题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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. What time does the museum close on Sundays?A. At 3:00 pm. B. At 4:00 pm. C. At 5:00 pm. 2. W

2、hat does the man mean?A. Hes willing to help out. B. He has his hands full. C. He almost loses the suitcase. 3. What is the man persuading the woman to do?A. Have less meat. B. Buy him a burger. C. Eat out with him. 4. How will the woman probably go to the gallery?A. By bus. B. By subway. C. By car.

3、 5. In what aspect is the man weak in Chinese?A. Reading. B. Writing. C. Speaking. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What does the man think of horror movies?A. Excitin

4、g. B. Frightening. C. Boring. 7. What new hobby will the woman start?A. Skiing. B. Reading. C. Playing music. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What is the man allowed to make for Thanksgiving?A. The sauces. B. The salad. C. The desserts. 9. What does the woman say about Thanksgiving in her family?A. No one ta

5、kes it very seriously. B. Her parents try to do everything. C. Everyone shares the preparation work. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. Where are the speakers?A. In Sydney. B. In Toronto. C. In Los Angeles. 11. What does Simon plan to do after graduation?A. Study further. B. Run a hotel. C. Work in a company

6、. 12. What does Lucy major in?A. Law. B. Business. C. Management. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. Why are the speakers excited in the beginning?A. They park near the shopping mall. B. They are lucky to take the umbrella. C. They find the shopping mall easily. 14. What would the man like to have for lunch?

7、A. Fries. B. Chicken sandwiches. C. The lamb burger. 15. What will the speakers do right after lunch?A. Learn Spanish. B. Do some shopping. C. Go to the museum. 16. How will the speakers go to the museum probably?A. By car. B. By bike. C. On foot. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. How long have Earth Boxes

8、been in market?A. About 15 years. B. About 25 years. C. About 30 years. 18. What can Earth Boxes be used to do in poor countries?A. Solve hunger problems. B. Improve soil conditions. C. Teach students science. 19. What is the advantage of Earth Boxes?A. Saving much space. B. Purifying much water. C.

9、 Making crops grow fast. 20. Why are Earth Boxes used in middle school?A. To learn math well. B. To grow vegetables. C. To do some experiments.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEvery summer, we invite young writers to join our team for our six

10、-week summer program. Think of yourself as an extension of our team where you will be writing main Youngzine articles.We will work with you and after the first 1-2 articles, most of our young writers are up and running on their own. We will be selecting 4-6 young writers to join our team this year a

11、nd will guide you through the experience. Does this sound like a challenge you are up to? First, lets answer some questions that you might have.How Old Should I Be?Most of our Young Editors are typically 13-17 years of age. You will be writing on politics, science, environment and other current even

12、ts which will require you to read and understand the background material. If you have strong writing skills, are part of your school newspaper or see yourself as a future journalist, this is for you!How Long Is the Program?It is a six-week program from July to mid-August, where you will be writing o

13、ne article a week. We understand summer is also a time for vacations, and we are flexible as long as you inform us in advance.What Do We Expect from a Young Editor?Good writing skills and the ability to communicate your thoughts clearly are most important since you are writing for other young reader

14、s. We use current events to explain the underlying context or a concept, so you will need to do some research. It is important that articles be unprejudiced and state all points of view of an issue. And of course, your articles have to be originalno copying! We will send you guidelines if you are se

15、lected. A few benefits of being a summer writer: Your work will be seen by young readers all over the world. Your knowledge of topics deepens, broadens and widens as you research and write articles.Is that reason enough to want to join? Send us an email to . Please contact us by J

16、une 10 if you are interested.21. What do we know about the summer program?A. It is a vacation-free program. B. It lasts for almost three months.C. It is mainly designed for college students.D. It asks participants to finish one article per week.22. The summer program expects the editors who .A. unde

17、rstand all points of a concept B. express their thoughts effectivelyC. are curious about research methods D. have broad knowledge of many topics23. The passage intends to .A. hold a writing activityB. help sharpen writing skillsC. call for summer young writersD. clarify the qualities of editorsB Stu

18、ttering(口吃) has nothing to do with intelligence. I know this because I stutter. If it takes me a while longer to say a word, its not because I cant remember the word; its because the neural(神经的) pathway that transforms words in my head into sounds in my mouth is wired differently. And differences, o

19、f course, are the best way to get negative attention in our society. Taking extra time to get my words out can surely be frustrating, but thats nothing compared to the misery of dealing with peoples reactions. Almost all children who stutter are discouraged from speaking in one way or another. Its u

20、sually not as direct as someone walking up to them and saying, “Hey, stuttering kid! Keep your mouth shut!” But when your voice causes adults and peers to snicker(窃笑)or roll their eyes, its pretty discouraging. Growing up, I learned to avoid speaking whenever possible. I hated what came out of my mo

21、uth, full of awkward breaks and pauses. I figured whatever future I had, it probably involved a vow of silence. Today Im a touring author and comedian. It took me 30-something years to get over stuttering. Did I stop stuttering? No! I couldnt stop if I wanted to. But I stopped wanting to stop. Inste

22、ad of wasting all my time and energy trying to meet unattainable standards, I learned that its OK to stutter. And I learned by example. I attended the National Stuttering Association conference and met all kinds of people who stutter-people who didnt hate themselves, who didnt silence themselves. Th

23、ey stuttered, and they were OK with it! I remember watching them and thinking, “Thats who I want to be!”Theres a popular saying in comedy: Your weakness is your strength.” When I first entered my local open-mic scene, I was quickly met with some “smart” guys looking to score a cheap laugh at my expe

24、nse. I remember introducing myself to one comedian and stuttering on my name, as I usually do. Eager to demonstrate his smartness, he replied, “Is that Nina with five Ns” “No,” I said, “its Nina with two Ns!” Just like that, I had created a joke as the result of someone making fun of my stutter. To

25、this day, whenever I need inspiration for a new joke, I just think about all the ridiculous comments I get from non-stuttering people. Its a comedy gold mine!24. It takes the author longer to say a word because she has.A. a comparatively low IQB. trouble in organizing ideasC. a relatively small brai

26、nD. problems in her neural system25. What annoys the author most about her stuttering is.A. the unfriendly reactions of othersB. the difficulty in memorising wordsC. her unpromising future as a stuttererD. her embarrassing pauses during talks26. The author got over stuttering by .A. getting help fro

27、m non-stutterers B. adjusting her attitude towards itC. telling herself constantly to stop itD. silencing herself whenever possible27. Paragraph 5 is mainly about the authors .A. success as a comedianB. respect for other comediansC. resistance to others strengthD. acceptance of her imperfectionCMore

28、 than half the young children and teenagers in China are nearsighted, according to a survey by top government agencies, which called for intensified efforts to prevent and control the condition.The survey, which was conducted last year, found that 8 of 10 senior middle school students were nearsight

29、ed, compared with 71.6 percent in junior middle school, 36 percent in primary school and 14 percent of 6-year-olds in kindergarten. Overall, 53.6 percent were nearsighted. The prevalence(流行程度) of a high degree of myopia(近视) also became alarming as the percentage of senior students in high school, wh

30、o wear glasses stronger than six diopters (屈光度), has increased to 21.9 percent. Up to 80 percent of the countrys young adults suffer from nearsightedness, according to a report in the medical journal Lancet. In contrast, the overall rate of myopia in the UK is about 20-30 percent. If you walk the st

31、reets of China today, youll quickly notice that most young people wear glasses. In Shanghai, for instance, 86 percent of high school students suffer from myopia, or nearsightedness, according to Xinhua News Agency.The growing prevalence of myopia is not only a Chinese problem, but it is an especiall

32、y East Asian one. According to a study published in The Lancet medical journal in 2012, by Ian Morgan, of the Australian National University, South Korea leads the pack, with 96 percent of young adults (below the age 20) having myopia; and the rate for Seoul is even higher. In Singapore, the figure

33、is 82 percent. To say that Asia is having an eye problem is an understatement.Several factors are associated with the high rate of nearsightedness in Chinas children and teenagers, including lack of outdoor physical activity, lack of adequate sleep due to heavy work and excessive use of electronics

34、products. And some biologists compared Singaporeans living in Singapore to those living in Australia. They found that 29 percent of the Singaporean students had myopia compared with just 3 percent in Sydney. The main correlation was once again, time spent outside.“The big difference was the Chinese

35、children in Australia were outdoors a lot more than their matched peers in Singapore,” says Ian Morgan, a retired biologist at Australian National University, who coauthored the 2008 study. “This was the only thing that fit with the huge difference in prevalence.”28. From paragraph 2, according to t

36、he survey we can know that _.A. the rate of myopia in Shanghai is the highestB. the rate of myopia in the UK is higher than that in ChinaC. the rate of junior middle school students who suffer from myopia is the highestD. the rate of senior middle school students who suffer from myopia is the highes

37、t29. Which of the following is not the reason associated with the high rate of myopia in China?A. Time of reading books. B. Excessive use of electronics products.C. Lack of outdoor physical activity.D. Lack of adequate sleep. 30. The author writes the passage to _.A. introduce some methods to protec

38、t our eyesB. tell us why so many people have an eye problem C. compare the myopia figures of different countries D. call on everyone to pay attention to the myopia among the young people 31. Where is the passage most probably from?A. A literary essay. B. A historical novel.C. A science report. D. A

39、travel magazine.DThe Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet this year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said on Friday as they introduced the vehicle.The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the

40、 Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was given its first successful test last week.Shown to invited journalists on Friday, it is scheduled to leave Earth in July 2020 from Floridas Cape Canaveral, becoming the fifth US rover to land on Mars seven mont

41、hs later in February.“Its designed to seek the signs of life, so were carrying a number of different instruments that will help us understand the geological and chemical context on the surface of Mars, deputy mission leader Matt Wallace told AFP.Among the devices on board the rover are 23 cameras, t

42、wo ears that will allow it to listen to Martian winds, and lasers used for chemical analysis.Approximately the size of a car, the rover is equipped with six wheels like the former US rover, Curiosity, allowing it to travel along rocky land.Speed is not a priority for the vehicle, which only has to c

43、over around 200 yards (180 metres) per Martian day -approximately the same as a day on Earth.Fuelled by a tiny nuclear reactor, Mars 2020 has seven-foot-long (2 metres) articulated arms and a drill to crack open rock samples in locations scientists identify as potentially suitable for life.“We are h

44、oping to move fairly quickly. Wed like to see the next mission launched in 2026 which will get to Mars and pick up the samples, put them into a rocket and finally bring them back to the Earth,” said Wallace.NASAs Mars 2020 will remain active for at least one Martian year, which is around two years o

45、n Earth.32. What does the underlined part pave the way in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Making preparations. B. Finding suitable landing sites.C. Setting up research centers. D. Constructing roads.33. What can we know about the Mars 2020 rover?A. It looks much like a drill with six wheels.B. It is a copied on

46、e of the US rover Curiosity.C. It is solar-powered and can crack open rock samples.D. It is able to perform different tasks on Mars in search of the signs of life.34. If you search the passage on the website of China Daily, where can you probably find it?A. LifestyleB. WorldC. RegionalD. Culture35.

47、What is the main idea of the passage?A. The Mars 2020 rover has successfully passed its first driving test.B. NASA is planning a new round of space exploration.C. Future human missions on Mars are on the way.D. A new rover will be launched to carry out scientific research on Mars.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10

48、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。At one point or another, youve probably heard someone speak with confidence on a topic that they actually know almost nothing about. This phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, which refers to the finding that people who are relatively unskilled

49、 or unknowledgeable in a particular subject sometimes tend to overestimate their knowledge and abilities. In a set of studies, researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning asked participants to complete tests of their skills in a particular field. Then, participants were asked to guess how well they

50、had done on the test. 36 This effect was most pronounced among participants with the lowest scores on the test. David Dunning explains that “the knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task.” In o

51、ther words, if someone knows very little about a particular topic, they may not even know enough about the topic to realize that their knowledge is limited. Importantly, someone may be highly skilled in one area, but be influenced by the Dunning-Kruger effect in another field. 37 If people who know

52、very little about a topic think theyre experts, what do experts think of themselves? Interestingly, Dunning and Kruger found that although experts typically guessed their performance was above average, they didnt realize quite how well they had done. They often make a different mistake: 38 What can

53、people do to overcome the effect? Dunning and Kruger once had some of the participants take a logic test and then complete a short training session on logical reasoning. After the training, the participants were asked to assess how theyd done on the previous test. 39 Afterward, the participants who

54、scored in the bottom 25 percent lowered their estimate of how well they thought they had done on the initial test. In other words, one way to overcome the effect may be to learn more about a topic. The Dunning-Kruger effect suggests that we may not always know as much as we think we do. 40 However,

55、by challenging ourselves to learn more and by reading about opposing views, we can work to overcome the effect. A. Researchers found that the training made a difference. B. They assume that everyone else is knowledgeable, too. C. This happens when people dont know much about a topic. D. All of them

56、had a more accurate view of their performance.E. They found that participants tended to overestimate their abilities. F. This means that everyone can potentially be affected by the Dunning-Kruger effect.G. In some areas, we may not know enough about a topic to realize that we are unskilled.第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Dad is a liar（说谎者）, definitely. He never tells the truth