豫南九校2020-2021学年高二上学期第二次联考
英语试题
第一部分听力(略)
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。
A
Shows, Events and Festivals for Outdoor Lovers
28 June-8 July
Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Grahamstown, EC
Undoubtedly Africa's most important arts and culture event, the National Arts Festival is the highlight (最精彩的部分)of many South African's events calendar, turning the sleepy university center of Grahamstown into a hive of activity(喧闹繁忙的场所). It's a beautiful, honest and diverse celebration of South African art, with a little international talent thrown in the mix for added variety. Don't miss out on the market, either!
www.nationalartsfestical.co.za
13-15 July
Canimambl Free Form Music & Arts Festival
Graskop, MP
Calling all free spirits: pack your tent, guitar and paintbrushes and head for Graskop. The Canimambo Festival is a celebration of art that breaks the rules-free expression is the order of the day! There will be plenty of food and activities, and young children will be kept entertained by a swimming pool, art competition and jumping castle. The event will be held at Graskop Holiday Resort, so campers of all sorts are welcome. Search for the festival on Facebook for more information.
29 June-1 July
Kirkwood Wildsfees
Port Elizabeth, EC
Taking place in the Sundays River Valley, this weekend-long festival promises three days of "born to be wild" fun to start off the school holidays. Tickets allow you access to live entertainment, the Agri Expo and plenty of
good food and尽rink. Confirmed artists include Locnville, Snotkop and Kurt Darren. Why not set up a tent in one of the nearby campsites and join the fun?
www.wildsfees.co.za
5-7 July
Ellisras Bosveldfees
Lephalale, LP
Head up north this month for the festival fun you can handle. From cattle contests and dog shows to a beer tent and traditional food, your entire weekend will be covered in Lephalale. There's even a three-day 4×4 competition for all the off-road(越野)enthusiasts!. Why not have some fun in the heart of the bushveld(南非草原)? Search for the festival on Facebook for more information.
21. What can we know from the text?
A. No international ails are on show at Grahamstown National Arts Festival
B. Kids activities are provided at Canimambl Form Music & Arts Festival
C. Many artists from around the world will attend Kirkwood Wildsfees
D. There is a beer competition at Ellisras Bosveldfees
22. Which event will you go to if you want to see live entertainment?
A. Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
B. Canimambl Free Form Music & Arts Festival.
C. Kirkwood Wildsfees.
D. Ellisras Bosveldfees.
23. When can you see an animal show in Lephalale?
A. On 28 June.
B. On 14 July.
C. On 29 June.
D. On 6 July.
B
We know that smartphone addiction is real, and that it can affect lives in negative ways. While some people have tried going cold turkey(快速戒掉坏习惯) or even punishing themselves for their mobile phones, an app is made available in the UK that rewards people for staying away from their devices.
The app, called Hold, was created by Norwegians Maths Mathisen, Florian Winder, and Vinoth Vinaya while they are studying at Copenhagen's Business school, to help break fellow students' attachments to their devices.
The three college students found that positive reinforcement(强化)was the best way of beating smartphone addiction. Hold allows students to collect points for staying off their devices between the hours of 7 am and 11 pm; they get 10 points for every 20 minutes.
Through partnerships with universities and businesses, points can be used for discounts on everything from
cinema tickets to Amazon goods to cafe food and drink. A half price cinema ticket, for example, costs 60 points, or 2 hours away from a phone. And a￡5($ 6.88)Amazon voucher (代金券) needs 1,000 points, or 33 hours off your smartphone.
Students can also use their points to buy school books and stationery(文具), which are then donated to schools partnered with children's charity Unicef.
Over 120, 000 people use the app in Scandinavia, including 40 percent of higher education students in Norway, where Hold first came onto market in February 2016. It's now available to students from over 170 universities in the UK.
A 2017 University of Texas study claimed that merely placing a smartphone in someone's line of sight slowed down their productivity, response time, and reduced their grades. An earlier study from the London School of Economics found students who didn't use smartphones on school grounds saw their test scores increase 6. 4 percent.
24. The app Hold was created mainly to .
A. promote online sales of goods
B. earn discounts on goods or services
C. find new uses of mobile phones
D. help students put down their smartphones
25. How long should a student stay off the mobile phone to get 300 points?
A. 6 hours.
B. 10 hours.
C. 15 hours.
D. 30 hours.
26. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To tell the story of Hold creation
B. To present people's opinions of Hold
C. To give a brief introduction of Hold
D. To attract potential customers to Hold
27. Where is the text most likely to appear?
A. A newspaper advertisement
B. A computer textbook
C. A science magazine
D. An official document
C
The dancer put a cardigan sweater over her leotard. Then she sat down to eat a sandwich. Cardigan, leotard, sandwich-where did these words come from? Did you know that each of them was a person's name? Words that come from proper names are called eponyms(名祖名词), and there are many eponyms in English.
The sandwich, for example, was named for John Montagu, the Earl(伯爵)of Sandwich. He lived from 1718-1792. He loved to play cards and did not want to stop a game even to eat. By putting cold meat between two pieces of bread, he could eat while he played.
The cardigan sweater was named for an officer in the British army. In the 1800s, James Thomas Brudenell, the Earl of Cardigan, spent his own money to buy special knitted(针织的)jackets for the men in his army. Knitted jackets with buttons soon came to be called cardigans.
Jules Leotard was a French circus performer. In 1859, at the age of twenty-one, Leotard performed the first mid-air somersault(空翻). He became known as the "daring young man on the flying trapeze(吊杠)". Leotard invented a close-fitting one-piece suit to wear when he performed. Dancers still call their close-fitting garments leotards.
Another person who gave her name to a style of clothing was Amelia Bloomer. Bloomer was the editor of a magazine called The Lily. American women in her day were expected to wear heavy skirts that dragged on the floor. In 1851, a young woman named Elizabeth Smith Miller introduced a new kind of clothing that was much easier to move around in. She wore a dress that came only to the knees. Under it she wore loose pants that fitted close at the ankles. Amelia Bloomer published a picture of the outfit(全套服装)in the Lily. She hoped women would adopt the new style. In news stories, reporters called the pants "bloomers". A hundred years later, people were still using the word.
There are many other words that come from people's names. The diesel engine was named for its inventor, Rudolf Diesel. The word boycott comes from the name of an English landlord named Charles Boycott. Where each word came from is a story in itself. Who knows, maybe your name will become a word someday.
28. Why did the Earl of Sandwich invent the "sandwich"?
A. He found it boring to play cards.
B. He preferred to eat meat and bread.
C. He wanted to create a new kind of food.
D. He could eat while playing cards without stopping the game.
29. According to the text, what do "bloomers" refer to?
A. Loose dresses
B. Loose pants worn under a dress
C. Dresses that came to the knees
D. Heavy skirts dragged on the floor
30. What do the words cardigan, leotard and sandwich have in common?
A. They are still in use today.
B. They were first used in the army.
C. They belong to the clothing category.
D. They were invented during the same period.
31. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Ways to remember words.
B. Words that come from people's names.
C. The history of garments development.
D. The unknown stories behind English words.
D
A team of researchers led by engineers from Penn State University has created the first material that heals itself in the presence of water, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The material, inspired by squid(鱿鱼)teeth, could be used to repair instruments in water-filled environments that are difficult to access, such as the human body, or the bottom of the sea.
The researchers had been studying squids' ring teeth, which are uniquely strong and can change state from liquid to solid in the presence of water. After testing ring teeth samples from several species of squid found all over the world, the researchers uncovered the genetic code for the proteins (蛋白质) that allow the teeth to heal themselves when broken. They then changed the genetic structure of bacteria to produce the proteins so they could conduct more tests.
The researchers then made the proteins into a rubbery plastic by mixing them with a solvent(溶剂)and letting the solvent change into a gas. The resulting material combines a soft, shapeless part of the protein that gives the plastic its self-healing characteristics and a more structured sheet of amino acids(氨基酸)that give it a solid structure.
To test the material's strength, the researchers cut it, and then put the two pieces back together with a drop of water. They found that the material healed best at 113 degrees Fahrenheit, a little warmer than the temperature of the human body, and with slight pressure from a metal tool. The material was just as strong, and able to hold the same amount of weight, before and after it was cut.
Material that heals itself in the presence of water could expand the usability of biomedical implants(移植). Of course, this material is nowhere near ready for that application, and the researchers didn't test whether the constant presence of water degrades(降低)the plastic's ability to heal itself. The researchers next plan to study how their technology could help heal wounds.
32. According to paragraph 3, the rubbery plastic become self-healing in combination with .
A. amino acids
B. another kind of rubber
C. a mixture of gases
D. some protein
33. In paragraph 4, the researchers carried out a test to check whether the material .
A. was fit for human body
B. would melt at high temperatures
C. could be connected with the metal
D. would recover its original strength after healing itself
34. What is the author's attitude towards the self-healing material?
A. Positive.
B. Objective.
C. Doubtful.
D. Critical.
35. What is the main idea of the text?
A. A kind of self-healing teeth was made from squids' ring teeth.
B. The genetic code of squids' special teeth has been uncovered.
C. Super-strong material inspired by squid teeth is self-healing.
D. A special rubbery plastic is used to replace squids' teeth.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
Imagine going to the doctor to get treatment for a terrible fever. 36 The robot detects(检测) the cause of your fever, travels to the appropriate system and provides medication directly to the infected area.
37 They're called nanorobots(纳米机器人)and engineering teams around the world are working to design robots that will eventually be used to treat everything from fever to cancer.
In recent years researchers have been building nanorobots out of a familiar material-the same stuff that makes human life possible. 38 DNA is literally all around(and in)you-you just can't see it. If you were to look inside almost any cell inside any living creature, you would find DNA.
This might sound surprising-especially since these nanorobots don't need batteries or any power source. Instead, they work by using the natural structure of DNA. These nanorobots "crawl" on DNA. Sometimes researchers refer to these things as DNA "spiders" 39 A nanorobot could, perhaps, destroy just a cancerous cell, for example, but leave healthy cells alone.
40 But the future is bright for DNA-built nanorobots. One day, perhaps DNA-made machines will swim around in the human body, delivering medicine to diseased cells or helping doctors diagnose problems. Or maybe they'll help build the smallest computers the world has ever seen.
A. These nanorobots are made of DNA.
B. Nanorobots made from DNA aren't useful yet.
C. In other words, the DNA nanorobot destroys the track as it goes.
D. This description will give you a simple picture of the legs of a DNA nanorobot.
E. Being able to make such a tiny thing move in a certain way might be useful for health.
F. Instead of giving you a pill or a shot, the doctor puts a tiny robot into your bloodstream.
G. In fact, we're not that far off from seeing devices like this actually used in medical procedures.
第三部分语言知识运用(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)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mr. Dawson was an old grouch(坏脾气的人), and everyone in town knew it. Children dared not go into his 41 to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to 42 Dawson's house on the way to Amy's house, but as they got close Janet saw him and suggested they 43 over to the other side.
Amy told her not to 44 because he wouldn't 45 anyone. Still, Janet was growing more 46 with each step closer to his house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, 47 when he saw Amy he smiled and said, "Hello Miss Amy. You've got a little friend with you today."
Amy 48 back and told him Janet was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told that sounded fun, and 49 them each a fresh picked apple.
When they got out of Dawson's earshot(听力所及范围), Janet asked Amy why he was so 50 to them. Amy 51 when she first walked past his house he wasn't very friendly and she was 52 him, but she pretended he was wearing an 53 smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her. After some more time, he started smiling 54 smiles and then started. 55 to her. She said he always offers her an apple now and is always very kind.
If we remember everyone 56 an invisible smile, we will find most people can't 57 our smile after a while. In life we often forget how 58 it is to smile. Giving a smile away takes so little 59 and time, so let's make sure that we're not the ones that others have to 60 are wearing an invisible(无形的)smile.
41. A. shelter B. room C. office D. yard
42. A. pass B. search C. decorate D. clean
43. A. jump B. ride C. watch D. cross
44. A. complain B. worry C. disturb D. upset
45. A. cheat B. hurt C. fool D. frighten
46. A. nervous B. excited C. angry D. embarrassed
47. A. and B. so C. or D. but
48. A. smiled B. laughed C. cried D. shouted
49. A. sold B. presented C. offered D. showed
50. A. nice B. thankful C. impolite D. rude
51. A. analyzed B. explained C. expressed D. declared
52. A. curious about B. afraid of C. ashamed of D. particular about
53. A. unseen B. unusual C. unbroken. D. impossible
54. A. sad B. fixed C. real D. weak
55. A. waving B. talking C. listening D. whispering
56. A. forces B. returns C. wears D. brings
57. A. understand B. resist C. bear D. receive
58. A. important B. necessary C. simple D. practical
59. A. money B. trouble C. difficulty D. effort
60. A. recognize B. agree C. pretend D. accept
第二节语法填空(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。
Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture for people to sit on.
Couch potatoes enjoy watching television just 61. mouse potatoes enjoy working on computers. A computer mouse is the device that 62. (move) the pointer 63. a computer screen. The 64. (describe) of mouse potatoes became popular in 1993. American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who use computers a lot.
Too much time inside the house using a computer or watching television can cause someone 65. (get) cabin fever. A cabin is a simple house usually 66. (build)far away from the city. People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.
Cabin fever is not really 67. disease. However, people can feel 68. (bore)if they spend too much time inside their homes. This is 69. (especial)true during the winter when it is too cold or snowy to do things outside. Often children get cabin fever if they cannot go out to play. So do 70. (they) parents.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。
注意：
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with difficult situation. If, for example, you are taking part at a sports competition or meet someone important, you will probably be, quite nervous. And you will worry that you won't as successful as you would like to be. What we need to do are prepare yourself thoroughly by running through the whole activity over and over again in your mind, carefully going through every detail. For example, a famous pianist in the prison for seven years for political reasons can still play wonderfully when he was set free. When asking how he managed to play so well, his explanation was what he had practiced every day in his mind.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
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