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2020 年春季鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟学校期中联考高二英语试卷考试时间：2020 年 06 月 06 日晚上 19:00—21:00 试卷满分：150 分第I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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，从每题所给的 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。What will the man probably drink?A. Real coffee. B. Instant coffee. C. Hot chocolate.What will the man do first?A. Pick up lunch. B. Visit the bank. C. Go to the post office.What did the woman fail to see?A. A disabled person. B. A sign. C. A parking lot.Why does the boy like sharks?A. They are great swimmers. B. They make funny sounds. C. They are very smart.What is the time?A. 6:00 p.m. B. 9:00 p.m. C. 10:00 p.m.第二节（共 15 小题；毎小题 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。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，各小题将给岀 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段対话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至第 7 题。What kind of coffee does the man usually have?A. Italian. B. Brazilian. C. French.Where are the speakers?A In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a coffee shop.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至第 10 题。What was the girl's most recent purchase?A. A dog toy. B. Some clothes. C. An ice cream maker.What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Shopkeeper and customer.Which word can describe the girl's attitude to money?A. Unreasonable. B. Wise. C. Greedy.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至第 13 题。Where does the woman's mother live?A. In Spain. B. In Mexico. C. In America.What do the speakers plan to do on November 2nd?A. Travel to Madrid. B. Visit some friends. C. Attend a holiday event.When will the speakers leave New York?A. On October 22nd. B. On October 28th. C. On November 22nd.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至第 17 题。Where will the speakers most likely go swimming?A. In the pool. B. In the ocean. C. In the lake.Why can't the speakers meet up this coming Sunday?A. There will be a football game. B. There will be a family party.C. There will be bad weather.What will the speakers most likely watch?A. An action movie. B. A comedy. C. A history movie.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Teammates. C. Family members.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至第 20 题。How did Whittle first learn about engineering?A. From school. B. From work. C. From his father.What did Whittle do after having his idea for an engine?A. He joined the Air Force. B. He gained the legal right of ownership.C. He decided to study further in college.Where was Whittle's last home?A. Maryland. B. Coventry. C. Cambridge.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节（共 10 个小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选岀最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。ACathy Rolin, 29, has three children — two stepchildren and one biological son. However, that’s one less child than she’d hoped for. When she was six months pregnant with a baby who would be named Evie Louise, the baby was diagnosed( 诊 断 ) with some severe abnormalities that led the couple to have an abortion. Ten weeks later, Cathy says she’s “feeling extremely sad”. The extra weight she gained during her first six months of pregnancy is a constant reminder of what she lost.It was the most difficult decision to make. Cathy was 23 weeks and five days pregnant when she checked into the Illinois clinic for the operation. Once there, the medical staff directed her and her husband into a private room. “They were very sensitive and thoughtful. They knew we were mournful,” she said. The pain continued. In theemotional weeks that followed her operation, Cathy gained much weight. She didn’t have love for her body. “It’s too hard and it hurts too much.”In Cathy’s belly baring Instagram, she explains that her hormones are making it difficult to lose the extra weight. Jessica isn’t speaking out for sympathy, but to clarify her situation and show others who had an abortion that they are not alone. Too often, she says, abortion is misunderstood. “Ending a wanted pregnancy is such a different thing than a miscarriage(流产),” she wrote in Instagram. “People aren’t as kind and accepting.”When talking about sharing her story, she says, “Knowing I am helping other moms in my situation is veryhealing for me. I feel like the more I share, the more people know Evie existed, the better I feel. Her life meant something.”Why was Cathy feeling extremely sad ten weeks after the abortion?She gained too much weight and was out of shape.She was diagnosed with some severe abnormalities.She ended the pregnancy and often thought of Evie.She couldn’t be pregnant any more in the future.What was the main purpose of Cathy’s speaking out in Instagram?To explain why it’s difficult to lose weight.To help other moms with the same experience.To distinguish abortion from miscarriage.To earn sympathy and understanding.What can be learned from the last paragraph?A. Misunderstanding of abortion will change. B. Fewer people will know Evie’s existence.C. Cathy will forget Evie and move forward. D. Cathy is recovering from the loss of Evie.BIn the winter of 1664, an extreme cold fell upon London in the days before Christmas. Above the city, an unusually bright comet shot across the sky, exciting much prediction of a snow storm. Outside the city wall, a woman was announced dead of a disease that was spreading in that area. Her house was locked up and the phrase “Lord Have Mercy On Us” was painted on the door in red.By the following Christmas, the virus that had killed the woman would go on to kill nearly 100,000 people living in and around London — almost a third of those who did not flee.In The Great Plague (瘟疫), historian A. Lloyd Moote and microbiologist Dorothy C. Moote provide a deeplyinformed account of this plague year. Reading the book, readers are taken from the palaces of the city’s wealthiest citizens to the poor areas where the vast majority of Londoners were living, and to the surrounding countryside with those who fled. The Mootes point out that, even at the height of the plague, the city did not fall into chaos. Doctors, nurses and the church staff remained in the city to care for the sick; city officials tried their best to fight the crisis with all the legal tools; and commerce continued even as businesses shut down.To describe life and death in and around London, the authors focus on the experiences of nine individuals. Through their letters and diaries, the Mootes offer fresh descriptions of key issues in the history of the Great Plague:how different communities understood and experienced the disease; how medical, religious, and government bodies reacted; how well the social order held together; the economic and moral dilemmas people faced when debating whether to flee the city; and the nature of the material, social, and spiritual resources supporting those who remained. Based on humanity (人 性), the authors offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants attacked by — and daringly resisting — unimaginable horror.What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A. A comet always follows a storm. B. London was under an approaching threat.C. London was prepared for the disease. D. The woman was the first case of the disease.What do the Mootes say about London during the Great Plague?A. The city remained organized. B. The plague spared the rich areas.C. The people tried a lot in vain. D. The majority fled and thus survived.What’s the purpose of this text?To report a deadly plague in history.To inform people of a misunderstanding.To introduce a new book about the plague in London.To describe how serious the disease was.CRivers are the veins of the Earth, transporting the water and nutrients (营养物) needed to support the planet’s ecosystems, including human life. While many nutrients are essential to the survival of life, there is one element transported by water in rivers that holds the key to life and to the future of our planet — carbon.Carbon is everywhere and understanding the way it moves and is either released or stored by the Earth system is a complex science in itself. Carbon starts its journey downstream when natural acid rain, which contains carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, melts minerals in rocks. This helps transform carbon dioxide to bicarbonate (碳酸氢盐) in the water that then flows in our rivers. This is a very long process, which is one of the main ways carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. Carbon is transported by rivers to oceans and once that carbon reaches the ocean, it is stored naturally in deep sea sediments (沉淀物) for millions of years.As carbon travels down a river, different processes may impact whether it continues to flow downstream or whether it is released into the atmosphere. For example, human engineering, like extensive dam construction, will result in dramatic changes to how water and sediments travel down the river. Some carbon that fails to reach the sea may return to the atmosphere in some way, which causes more warming.Earth’s climate is closely related to the carbon cycle. We all know about the essential role of plants in consuming carbon dioxide, but do we know enough about rivers? Changing the chemistry and the course of rivers may have significant impacts on how they transport carbon. Remember: wherever we live, we all live downstream.Where is the carbon in rivers originally from?A. The atmosphere. B. The rocks.C. The acid rain. D. The upstream areas.Why is human engineering mentioned in Paragraph 3?To show how important to life carbon is.To explain how necessary it is to build dams.To show how a natural process is interrupted.To explain how humans fight global warming.What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?A. We’d better move upstream to live. B. We should protect plants along rivers.C. We’d better seek more help from plants. D. We should be cautious about river management.What is the best title for the text?A. What Humans Do with Rivers B. How Rivers’ Transporting Carbon CountsC. What the Carbon Cycle Means to Us D. How Living Downstream Affects the Earth第二节（共 5 小题；每题 2 分，满分 10 分）（雅礼中学 2019 届高三月考试卷）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。Anyone in the world, big or small, fat or thin, black or white, can feel somewhat inferior(自卑的) to someone else at times during their lives. 31 But these comments are in no way based on facts. Luckily, there are lots of simple steps you can take to overcome the feeling of inferiority.Stop wanting to be like others. Inferiority is rooted in the desire to be just like someone else. If you try to be someone else, you aren’t being true to yourself. 32 That means you take some of their traits (特 色) and put them into yourself. But the important difference is that you are still you.Try not to worry about what others think. Inferiority arises from your constant concern about what others think about you. You often find problems with yourselves based on if others find you good enough. This isn’t healthy thinking. 33 It is only your own opinions that matter. 34 People with inferiority spend too much time on that. If you do that, you will come up with a never-ending list of ways people are better than you. However, it’s not fair because everything about your life and circumstances is different from the family you were born in, to your genetics, to your opportunities.Build self-confidence. As you work through your inferiority, you need to start building self-confidence. Start by fixing your mental image of yourself. Inferiority is based on false ideas about oneself. Try to remind yourself that this image is false and doesn’t reflect the reality. Remove labels you have attached to yourself. Don’t think of yourself as a stupid, ugly, unsuccessful man, a failure, or anything else. 35 Just don’t try to be someone else.But you can get inspired by people.Surround yourself with positive people.Stop comparing yourself to everyone else.Ignore what others might think about you.Avoid using them when you think about yourself.They tell themselves that they aren’t good, pretty or smart enough.第三部分：语言运用（共两节，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）（深圳一模）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36 至 55 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My daughter loved dance, until she didn’t. After an 36 first year, I noticed her interest fading week by week. Then, one day, she slowly walked to me before class and asked if she could just 37 it.My first reaction was to 38 her to “finish what you start”. 39 , sticking with something difficult can teach perseverance ( 毅 力 ), discipline and confidence. But watching my first-grader 40 herself into each ballet position, I started to question how much 41 that “blanket advice” made. Is it really in my kid’s best 42 , or even practical, to make her stick to every commitment through until she reaches a bitter 43 ? What if there are different but 44 valuable qualities, which can be gained by 45 the things that are not right for her?With the winter show approaching, I realized she needed to either 46 her class or commit herself to it. After a few days’ consideration, she 47 dance wasn’t for her — a choice I 48 . Quitting is never a black-and-white issue. Sometimes, it means 49 a barrier in your way to love something else. In my daughter’s case, ending dance made space for her new hobbies, such as horseback riding and Girl Scouts. She’s into them for now, but it is okay if that 50 changes.As adults, we are accustomed to 51 the power of saying yes, but what about saying no? The ability to recognize when something isn’t an 52 investment of our time or energy is also important. As my daughter gets older, I want her to feel confident to 53 something that’s no longer meeting her needs. She shouldn’t be held back by the thought that she must 54 something at any cost 55 because she has started.36.A. annoyedB. independentC. enthusiasticD. unbearable37.A. makeB. joinC. skipD. try38.A. recommendB. directC. pushD. insist39.A. In additionB. After allC. At mostD. By contrast40.A. cheerB. throwC. enjoyD. drag41.A. timeB. senseC. laborD. pity42.A. honorB. ideaC. behaviorD. interest43.A. endB. spaceC. sideD. direction44.A. partlyB. hardlyC. equallyD. seemingly45.A. letting go ofB. giving way toC. making up forD. putting up with46.A. teachB. takeC. enterD. drop47.A. decidedB. wonderedC. hesitatedD. argued48.A. doubtedB. requiredC. supportedD. regretted第II 卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分：语言运用（共两节,满分 45 分）第二节：（共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and 56 Oscar for play writing. Shaw never used his first name "George" 57 (person): he was "Bernard Shaw" throughout his long career. Since his death it 58 (become) a custom to use all three of his names, even in reference works. Shaw is described as the most frequently-staged playwright after William Shakespeare. 59 this may be a slight exaggeration(夸 张 ), Shaw is unquestionably the most important playwright in the English language since the Bard(吟游诗人莎翁). Influenced by Ibsen and other playwrights, Shaw 60 (introduce) a new, realistic style of drama to the English theater. 61 Ibsen, Chekhov, or even Eugene O'Neill, however, Shaw is unique among modern playwrights because of his sense of humor and 62 (believe) in a higher morality. Although his plays, like 63 of his contemporaries, dwell upon shocking and often gloomy subject-matter, Shaw is perhaps the only major playwright of his generation 64 (explore) the horrors of the first half of the twentieth century without falling into pessimism and despair. His plays, at times ironic, and at times sincere, are among the most educational, 65 (last) and moving works of high drama ever produced in the English language.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 应用文写作（满分 15 分）假定你是李华，你收到外国朋友 Peter 的邮件，他想了解你校在新冠疫情（COVID-19 epidemic）期间线上教学的情况。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：课程与时间；你的学习状态；你的期待。注意：词数 80 左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。49.A. keepingB. clearingC. studyingD. crossing50.A. evenB. stillC. onceD. yet51.A. warningB. doubtingC. stressingD. ignoring52.A. appropriateB. unfairC. extraD. informal53.A. holdB. exitC. treasureD. fix54.A. spareB. changeC. admitD. finish55.A. slightlyB. roughlyC. nearlyD. simplyDear Peter,I’m so glad to hear from you and know what you are doing these days. Best wishes,Yours, Li Hua第二节（满分 25 分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。Jessie, a 24-year-old nurse, had just finished an 8-hour night shift at a hospital. She was tired, but glad to be sailing along the highway to where she lived. Although the local government had posted a snow warning, the calm grey sky convinced Jessie the drive would be safe. “I figured I’d be in bed in an hour,” she thought to herself.Snow began when she was halfway home. Listening to the radio, Jessie learned the highway was closed because a truck had slid off the road. She texted some friends and her mom, and tried not to sleep as she waited.After a couple of hours, however, conditions worsened. Strong winds began rocking Jessie’s car. She couldn’t see anything outside, and snow was drifting up her doors. It was, she says, “a total whiteout and rows of cars and trucks.”Late in the afternoon a police officer came and asked if she was in any difficulty. She said she was fine. She asked the police officer if there was any way to get past the trucks. “No, ma’am, ” he answered. “You’re not going anywhere.”Once as it got dark, Jessie began to worry. She texted his brother Roy, telling him to drive snowmobiling buddy(雪地汽车) to get to the highway and find her.As Roy rode slowly alongside the rows of cars and trucks, people would roll down their windows and ask for help. “I was the first person they’d seen in six hours.” He explained he was picking up his sister. He told them, “Nobody’s coming and I can’t take you.”Near 10 p.m. Roy reached Jessie. He directed Jessie to pull her car onto the shoulder(紧急停车带) and askedher to get into his snowmobiling buddy.As they headed for home, the fun started. About five kilometres into the journey, Roy made a mistake. What he thought was a shallow ditch(浅沟) turned out to be a deep trough(水槽). Instead of coming out the other side, they just kept going down. They were trapped. And feathery snow was over their heads.注意：所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；续写部分分为两段，每段的开头已为你写好；续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1 :At that moment, they had to take action and get out. Paragraph 2 :When Jessie arrived home, her mother was waiting for her.