江西省高安中學2020_2021學年高二英語上學期第一次段考試題A

1、江西省高安中學2020-2021學年高二英語上學期第一次段考試題（a）注意事項：1. 答卷前，考生務必將自己的姓名、準考證號填寫在答題卡上。2. 回答選擇題時，選出每小題答案后，用鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標號。回答非選擇題時，將答案寫在答題卡上，寫在本試卷上無效。3. 考試結(jié)束后，將本試卷和答題卡一并交回。第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）做題時，先將答案標在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三

2、個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. what does the woman need to do?a. order some red wine. b. buy some wool pants. c. have her clothes cleaned. 2. what row are the speakers in?a. row 23. b. row 13. c. row 11. 3. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. a restaura

3、nt. b. a job. c. fast food. 4. how many students are there in the speakers class?a. 21. b. 20. c. 18. 5. which place impressed the man most in beijing?a. the great wall. b. the forbidden city. c. the national grand theater. 第二節(jié)聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時

4、間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽下面一段對話，回答第6和第7兩個小題。6. where is the womans scarf?a. on the bed. b. on the sofa. c. in the bag. 7. what did the woman forget to pack?a. her gloves. b. her hat. c. her coat. 聽下面一段對話，回答第8和第9兩個小題。8. why does the woman want to replace the sofa?a. it is really

5、old. b. it is uncomfortable. c. it doesnt match the table. 9. what do the speakers agree to do?a. change the table. b. buy a reading lamp. c. move a lamp onto the table. 聽下面一段對話，回答第10至第12三個小題。10. why does the woman make the call?a. she was charged twice. b. her bill has not yet arrived. c. her telev

6、ision doesnt work properly. 11. what is wrong with the shop?a. it doesnt accept credit cards. b. the shop assistants are always careless. c. there is something wrong with the computer system.12. what will the woman do next?a. get a written apology. b. offer her receipt number. c. have her television

7、 fixed. 聽下面一段對話，回答第13至第16四個小題。13. how does the man find his job?a. boring. b. tiring. c. satisfactory. 14. what does the man do now?a. he writes articles for the magazine. b. he takes photographs of the models. c. he carries the photographic equipment. 15. where does the woman work now?a. in a hotel

8、. b. in a bookshop. c. in a restaurant. 16. what does the woman ask the man to do?a. help her with photography. b. get her a job in spring street. c. recommend her to his company. 聽下面一段獨白，回答第17至第20四個小題。17. what made t-shirts popular?a. hollywood films. b. a newspaper. c. american soldiers. 18. when

9、did big companies use t-shirts as “walking advertisements”?a. in the 1950s. b. in the mid-1960s. c. in the 1970s. 19. for whom did people wear t-shirts in 1970?a. angela davis. b. yves saint laurent. c. jean seberg. 20. what color t-shirt did yves saint laurent design?a. white. b. black. c. blue.第二部

10、分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出最佳選項。apanama city, panama for beach vacations that get you out of town and invite you and your family to dive into culture, consider a trip to panama city. here, you will enjoy beaches and city exploring. book your stay at the westin

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14、asters who are growing bored with their background, fly to the island of hawaii. stay at the aston at the maui banyan, with a charge of $ 179 a night for a family of four. here, youll witness some of the best sunsets of your life while your kids play in the pacific. and if you set about cooking a fa

15、ncy meal, youll enjoy suites that come with a full kitchen.21. which of the following charges you least a night?a.the westin playa bonita. b. jupiter beach resort & spa.c. the kona kai resort & spa d. the aston at the maui banyan22. what can you do at the aston at the maui banyan? a. admire beautifu

16、l sunsets.b. visit a world-famous zoo. c. observe fantastic stars.d. play some beach sports.23. what is the common feature of the four destinations? a. they all offer rooms with a full kitchen. b. they are all intended for family trips.c. they all pick up visitors from the airport.d. they all provid

17、e bike riding on the beach.bask 9-year-old annie what the worst thing that ever happened in her house last year was, and she wont tell you that it was her parents divorcing, although they did. no, what annie remembers most are the horrible fights leading up to the announcement about the divorce whic

18、h was, as turned out, despite her parents anxiety about telling her, “not that big of a deal”. “i already knew they were not getting along well,” annie says. “ every night after i went to bed, i would hear my parents fighting. it made me really unhappy. when they finally decided to get a divorce, al

19、l that stopped.”annies experience is more common than you might think, and there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that “ staying together for the sake of the children” is not what should be encouraged, and may do more harm than good. according to psychologist lynn martingdale, hearing their pa

20、rents arguing is often more stressful for children than separation and divorce, and if you think that your children dont know that theres trouble in family, then youre kidding yourself. the home life children whose parents have an unhappy marriage is often far from ideal, and whats worse, parents wi

21、ll compound(惡化) the problem by taking their unhappiness out on the children.the center for moving forward conducted a study in 2014 in which they followed 25 families whose parents had been in marriage counseling. after tracking these families for 5 years , they found that the children of the parent

22、s who eventually got divorced were not worse off than the children of those who remained together, and in some cases fared better. the study took the social and the childrens general sense of well-being into consideration.24. why was annie really unhappy according to paragraph 1? a. because her pare

23、nts fought every night.b. because her parents finally got divorced.c. because her parents decided to abandon her.d. because her parents got along badly with her.25. which statement may psychologist lynn martingdale agree with?a. separation and divorce will hurt the children most.b. keeping an unhapp

24、y marriage hurts children more.c. children cant understand their parents marriage well.d. children cant feel the unhappiness from their parents.26. whats the function of the last paragraph in the passage?a. to give an example of divorce. b. to support annies correct answer.c. to further clear the au

25、thors viewpoint.d. to highlight the importance of the study.27. what is the best title for the passage?a. divorce is good for children.b. divorce is not the worst thing.c. fighting is often stressful.d. staying together is for children only.cthomas cheatham had planned to study latin during his time

26、 at hebron high school in texas. but when he learned that the school district was going to offer a mandarin(普通話）class, he quickly changed his mind.“i thought mandarin would be more beneficial than latin,” said cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language.he speaks mandarin to ord

27、er food at chinese restaurants and can read social media posts from his chinese-speaking friends. while its a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study computer engineering, thinks it will be important for his career. “chinese is a good language to know, especially wit

28、h china becoming a growing power,” he said.many experts agree that proficiency(熟練) in a language spoken by a billion people worldwide will give american students an edge in the global economy.“people are looking at china as our next economic competitor, and interest in mandarin is growing fast,” sai

29、d marty abbott, director of the american council on the teaching of foreign languages. “were seeing it in all parts of the country.” abbott predicts that as many as 100,000 students are now studying mandarin in public and private schools throughout the us. she said the us government has designated（指

30、定）mandarin as an “important need” language and provides professional development programs for teachers. “ our government wants to increase our language ability for economic competitiveness,” abbott added.at the same time, the chinese government is spreading knowledge of the chinese language and cult

31、ure through confucius institutes set up in many us states. for example, the confucius institute at the university of texas at dallas has been the home of a confucius institute for 10 years. it sponsors confucius classrooms at 21 local public and private schools, where tens of thousands of students a

32、re learning mandarin.28. why did thomas cheatham decide to study mandarin instead of latin? a. mandarin was easier to learn than latin.b. mandarin could be helpful to his future career.c. mandarin might help him learn more about china.d. mandarin could enable him to study computer engineering.29. th

33、e underlined word “edge” in paragraph 4 probably means “_”.a. a slight advantage b. the outside limitc.a sharp tone of voice d. an exciting quality30. which of the following statements might marty abbott agree with? a. mandarin should be taught in classrooms throughout the us. b. those skilled at ch

34、inese will be the most competitive in the future. c. the us governments policy has helped popularize mandarin in the us. d. americans learn mandarin because they worry about their economic security. 31. what does the author mainly talk about in this passage? a. the rising popularity of mandarin amon

35、g american students. b. the great benefits of learning mandarin for american students. c. the influence of chinas growing power on american education. d. the effect of confucius institutes in promoting mandarin in the us.dalmost all calligraphy(書法）lovers agree that writing characters with a brush an

36、d ink on straw paper offers a way to communicate with not only history and culture, but also oneself. but now chinese character handwriting is under threat form computers and mobile phones.a college graduate looking for a job was reportedly turned down by a company because he wrote 24 characters inc

37、orrectly in a 400-character handwritten resume. a survey by horizonkey, covering people from 12 major cities in china, found that nearly one third of those interviewed often experience “character amnesia(遺忘）”, with 94 percent saying this is a problem for them.the main reason is that most chinese rel

38、y too much on the pinyin-based chinese language input method,which is replacing the tradition of writing character stroke(筆畫) by stroke. the software will conveniently choose the right characters according to the context or word frequency, as there are dozens of characters with the same pronunciatio

39、n in chinese.education is another problem. in college, most homework and papers are printed out, instead of handwritten. and few teachers use chalk and blackboards, with microsofts powerpoint the most-often used software to teach knowledge to students.the number of electronic devices in the classroo

40、m is thought to be another reason why students are easily satisfied with just a poor knowledge of the chinese language and characters. it is quicker to look up a character in an electronic dictionary, but traditional printed dictionaries offer more detailed information on the usage meaning of the ch

41、aracters. students pay more attention to remembering a characters pronunciation, but not the other knowledge related to it, which e-dictionaries rarely provide.another worry is the “pollution” of chinese characters by internet language. young people regard using internet language as cool and fashion

42、able. after they learn to use these expressions, they automatically include them in their writing.32. with the example of a college graduate, the author shows _.a. that practicing can improve writingb. why certain people are poor writersc. that there are difference in students writingd. why chinese

43、character handwriting is in great danger33. by saying “. those interviewed often experience character amnesia”, the writer means those interviewed _.a.are not good at handwriting b. cant write characters accuratelyc.show no interest in handwriting d. find jobs much more difficultly34. what phenomeno

44、n is described in paragraph 5?a. dependence on electronic devices. b. advantages of electronic dictionaries.c.mastery of knowledge of the characters. d. disadvantages of published dictionaries.35. whats the writers attitude towards the internet language? a. favorable. b. uncaring. c. disapproving. d

45、. friendly.第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 every family goes through its ups and downs. most often, the root cause of this situation is the lack of communication. 36 lack of patience can be one of the biggest factors. if people are not patient with their parents or chi

46、ldren or other members, the levels of closeness will be weakened. and it can be quite difficult for a bad-tempered child, or even a bad-tempered parent to deal with the problems. lack of time for family members is always a reason leading to the problems. 37 in order to survive, everyone must focus a

47、ll their attention on the work, so they do not have enough time to have a good talk with others. lack of discipline is the worst problem in terms of children. 38 it is known that most parents want to control the children, even when their children get older, which can lead to constantly disharmonious

48、 atmosphere within the family. if the solution to the problems are ok, all these problems can be easily solved. if lack of patience is one of the problems, obviously the solution is to develop the virtue of patience. youd better hear out what the children have to say on a certain matter, or even con

49、sult them about their significant ideas. 39 it would be natural to see childish behavior of the younger members of a family but it is up to the elders to control the atmosphere and keep it calm. 40 the above are some of the most common problems that most families face. it is important to maintain th

50、e best relation with your family, because family is the strongest support system for you.a. everyone has a say（發(fā)言權(quán)）in each family meeting.b. by doing this, you can avoid a coming quarrel.c. a badly behaved child can ruin the peace of a family.d. the elders should talk things out instead of keeping s

51、ilent.e. dont discuss the family problems when youre still feeling upset.f. with the development of society, all people face fierce challenge and competition.g. there are some common factors that lead to communication problems in the family.第三部分 語言知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題

52、所給的a、b、c和d四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school. i made an effort to keep up the little bit of french that i learned in school, but eventually realized that was 41 . i was well aware that new languages are best learned when 42 , and that

53、our abilities in that regard decline with age, 43 , just before my 50th birthday, i 44 for french classes. after i was 45 to see which group i belonged in, i was 46 at almost the introductory(初步的）level. i found that it really was true that certain linguistic(語言的) abilities 47 with age. while id alwa

54、ys thought of myself as a(n） 48 learner, that was no longer the case. i absorbed new vocabulary very 49 . what i learned one week ago seemed to 50 as soon as i learned the next skill. now, a couple of years later, i can listen to the news in french and 51 90 percent of it on the first try and read a

55、 novel if its not too difficult. who knows what i might still 52 ? ive learned so much 53 grammar and vocabulary. ive met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the 54 to make fool of themselves in order to 55 something new. ive been taught by patient and inspirational teachers

56、from many 56 of the world, including france, eastern europe, the caribbean and africa. listening to the news as it is 57 to the people of france, i have a renewed 58 of how something can look completely different from another 59 . ive learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of 60 . but most of al