1、江苏省泰州中学20202021学年度第二学期期末考试高一年级英语试题第一部分 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卡上。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，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。1. Where is the woman?A. In Paris. B. In Beijing. C. In New York.2 What will the sp
2、eakers probably do?A. Buy a map. B. Drive home. C. Ask for help. 3. Whats the cost for the reservation?A. $1. B. $2. C. $15.4. What color window does the man prefer?A. Green. B. Yellow. C. Dark blue.5. What do we know about the man?A. He ate all the food. B. He is still hungry. C. He will clean the
3、fridge. 第二节（共15小题；每小题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，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 sport does the woman like best?A. Soccer. B. Basketball. C. Tennis. 7. What are the speakers going to do next?A. Watch
4、 a game. B. Play tennis. C. Play basketball. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Which subject does the boy do well in?A. English. B. History. C. Music. 9. What is the relationship between the speakers?A Mother and son. B. Teacher and student. C. Classmates. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What are the speakers mainly
5、 talking about?A Family relationships. B. Childrens education. C. Weekend plans. 11. What do the speakers say about their children?A. They often help them at home. B. They are busy with their schoolwork. C. They prefer to stay with their friends. 12. What does the woman suggest doing next weekend?A.
6、 Having a barbecue. B. Going to the movies. C. Swimming in a pool. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. When does the conversation take place?A. Around 10:00. B. Around 10:30. C. Around 12:00. 14. What is the woman?A. An editor. B. A teacher. C. A typist. 15. What is the woman writing about?A. The beautiful Am
7、azon rainforests. B. Some newly discovered scenic spot. C. Big changes in the Amazon valley. 16. Where did the womans articles usually appear?A. In News Weekly B. In newspapers Sunday editions. C. In a local evening paper. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. Which choice is especially for children?A. The Zoo.
8、 B. Films at the Museum. C. Captain Good-fellow. 18. When will people meet to tour the town?A. At 9:30 am. B. At 10:00 am. C. At 1:30 pm. 19. Where can the listeners eat many different food?A. At the City Theater. B. In the Central Park. C. At Rose Hall. 20. How many choices does the speaker provide
9、?A. 4. B. 5. C. 6第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分42.5分）第一节（共12小题；每小题2. 5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AMary Engle Pennington was the greatest authority on refrigeration in the early twentieth century. Over the course of a 40-year career, Pennington changed the way Americans transported and stored food. P
10、ennington was born on October 8, 1872. At age 12, her interest in science began when she read a library book on medical chemistry. In 1890, she enrolled in (登记入学) Towne Scientific School. In two years, she completed the requirements for a bachelors degree. Pennington received her PhD in chemistry fr
11、om the University of Pennsylvania in 1895. Then she spent two more years at the University of Pennsylvania studying chemical botany. In 1901, she founded the Philadelphia Clinical Laboratory, where she conducted bacteriological and chemical research. In 1904, Pennington headed the lab for the Philad
12、elphia Department of Health and Charities. She examined all phases (阶段) of milk production. Because of public demand for safer products, the US government passed the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), sought to f
13、ill the new position of first chief of USDAs new Food Research Laboratory. Wiley knew who he wanted for the job. He persuaded Pennington to take a civil service exam. After receiving the highest score, Pennington was hired. While working at the lab as a bacteriological chemist, Pennington developed
14、standards for inspecting milk and preserving dairy products. She invented new methods for transporting eggs. The Food Research Laboratory set standards for federal laws in the cold-storage industry. In 1917, the United States entered World War I. The War Food Administration transported food to troop
15、s by railroad cars and needed help keeping the food fresh. They asked Pennington for help. She measured temperatures and investigated the construction of the crude (简陋的) refrigeration methods on hundreds of train cars. After crossing the United States over 500 times, Pennington was able to improve t
16、he design and efficiency of refrigerated railway boxcar. For her service during the war, Pennington received a Notable Service Medal in 1919.1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?A. Penningtons educational background.B. Penningtons pioneering research.C. Penningtons working conditions.D.
17、Penningtons happy childhood.2. What did Wiley think of Pennington?A. She was the best chemistB. She was a good cooperator.C. She was good at taking exams.D. She was qualified as the head of a lab.3. What did Pennington mainly do when she worked at the Food Research Laboratory?A. She drew up an impor
18、tant act.B. She designed the first refrigerated boxcar.C. She examined all phases of milk production.D. She set standards for the food storage industry.4. What made Pennington get a Notable Service Medal?A. Her contribution during the war.B. Her discovery of rare bacteria.C. Her invention of refrige
19、rators.D. Her donation to charities.【答案】1. A 2. D 3. D 4. ABSay “Sit” to your dog, and hell likely sit on the floor. But would he respond correctly if the word were spoken by a stranger, or someone with a thick accent? A new study shows he will, suggesting dogs understand spoken words in a clever an
20、d complicated way long thought unique to humans. Holly Root-Gutteridge, a biologist, and her colleagues ran a test. The researchers filmed 42 dogs of different breeds as they sat with their owners near an audio speaker that played noncommand words with similar sounds, such as “had”, “hid”, and “whod
21、”. The words were spoken-not by the dogs owner-but by several strangers, men and women of different ages and with different accents. In the video above, the dog Max turns quickly and listens seriously when he hears a woman say “had” for the first time. But as other women with different accents repea
22、t the word, he loses interest, indicating he knows they are all saying the same word. When a speaker says a new word, like “whod”, Max cheers up again, but his attention flags when a new voice returns to saying “had”. Together, these reactions suggest dogs recognize words regardless of the speaker-a
23、nd that they dont need any training to do it, the team reports today in Biology Letters. “Its wonderfuland novelto see research looking at dogs reactions to words that are not commands or requests,” says Alexandra Horowitz, a researcher at Barnard College in New York City. Because of the nature of t
24、he test, however, the scientists cannot show that the dogs “understood” what the words meant, Horowitz points out. “But the work clearly demonstrates that dogs are listening to us,” she says, even when our speech is not about them.5. What can we learn from this study?A. Dogs can hear some simple wor
25、ds.B. Dogs can hear words like humans.C. Dogs cannot understand a stranger.D. Dogs know their owners meaning.6. What do the researchers do for the dogs in the study?A. Record their sounds.B. Record their reactions.C. Train their hearing ability.D. Train their learning ability.7. What is the third pa
26、ragraph mainly about?A. The result of the study.B. A dog filmed in the study.C. An example of the research.D. Different reactions of the dogs.8. What is Horowitzs attitude towards the study?A. Objective.B. Favorable.C. Opposed.D. Unclear.【答案】5. B 6. B 7. C 8. ACBack in the 20th century, “the future”
27、 meant flying cars and food pills. Now, the future is al about brain uploads. The idea is that, one day, we will be able to change all our memories and thoughts into advanced software programs. Once the human brain can run on a computer, we will live forever. Sounds cooler than a flying car, right?
28、Wrong. If they ever exist, uploads will be hell (地狱). In recent decades, scientists and philosophers have started to take a serious interest in the idea of digital versions of brains. Massive research undertakings like the Human Brain Project aim to “simulate (模拟) the human brain in software. There
29、are plenty of medical applications for a brain simulation. Doctors could use it to model diseases or to test treatments. Neurologists could study it to understand how the human brain works. This isnt what people like Googles director of engineering Ray Kurzweil want, though. As he has said in a lot
30、of places, he is looking for upload tech that will make him immortal (不朽). Lets take Kurzweil seriously and assume that someday, a personlets call him Boriswill change his own brain into a format suitable for running in devices such as a computer or a robot. Now Boriss brain can live forever inside
31、some kind of virtual world like Minecraft, which looks and feels to him like reality. That means his entire universe is dependent on people or companies who run or manage servers, such as Amazon Web Services, to survive. Boris is going to be subjected to software updates that could change his though
32、ts. That isnt the only possible danger. Many other things could also happen if Boriss brain got stuck inside a robot. He could be reprogrammed as a street cleaner, forced to mop Liverpools gutters for weeks, or turned into assembly line arms for a factory that builds Tesla cars. After all that, is B
33、oris really himself anymore? There is a Boriseque piece of software that might “live” for a long time, but is it really a continuation of Boris the person? And what kind of rights does Boriss uploaded brain have? He might become the property (财产) of whoever owns the server that runs him. Becoming an
34、 upload wont allow Boris to live forever. Instead, Boris will die with his body, and a copy of Boriss brain will be stored on a piece of technology. And, of course, technology dies, so immortality isnt guaranteed.9. What does the author think if Ray Kurzweils expectation?A. He believes it is a worth
35、y cause.B. He is uninterested in discussing it.C. He thinks it is way too unrealistic.D. He is against it because of its high cost.10. What does the underlined phrase “be subjected to” in Paragraph 7 mean?A. Be affected by.B. Be replaced by.C. Be polished by.D. Be accompanied by.11. What will happen
36、 to Boris according to the author?A. He will be treated properlyB. He will achieve immortality.C. He will face an uncertain future.D. He will take control of technology.12. What is the best title for the text?A. Will technology die?B. What does “the future” mean?C. Store your memories forever.D. Sto
37、p trying to upload your brain.【答案】9. C 10. A 11. C 12. D第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Accidental Charitable DonationsYou know how you hold on to some stupid kitchen item for like eight years, then decide as youve used it only once to donate it to Goodwill? Then th
38、e next week, you find yourself in burning need of that garlic press (压蒜器). Now imagine that garlic press was worth $13,000. _13_ Here are three of those storiessome with happy endings, and others where people wish theyd never cleaned out their closets (柜橱). An 80-year-old Illinois man was getting ri
39、d of some clothes and decided a suit was unattractive. After he dropped it and other discarded (丢弃的) items off at Goodwill and went home to enjoy his tidy house, the man realized he had made a $13,000 mistake. Not trusting the banks, he had sewn his entire life savings into the lining of an old suit
40、, the suit he had decided to donated just hours earlier. He immediately returned to the store. _14_If youre shopping at a Goodwill store in Illinois, be sure to check the pockets of the clothes, because valuables are lift at second-hand stores in the USA quite often. In 2008, a worker at a store in
41、Glen Carbon discovered $7,500 in cash in a donated shoebox. _15_ His parents had recently died and he had thrown the box in the “to donate” pile without examining its contents. _16_ A bride-to-be in San Diego hollowed out a book to use as a hiding place for jewelry she planned to wear at her upcomin
42、g wedding. She also hid about $7,000 along with it. Perhaps on a cleaning spree to make room for wedding gifts, the bride cleared out a bunch of books and donated them to a Salvation Army store. _17_ And fortunately, she managed to get back her missing valuables.A. However, it was nowhere to be foun
43、d.B. The man was still looking for it, actually.C. She called as soon as she realized her mistake.D. Such stories happen at other charity shops, too.E. People accidentally give away valuables surprisingly often.F. Spokespeople said that finding an amount this large was quite rare.G. By examining som
44、e bits of paper left in the box, they were able to find the donor.【答案】13. E 14. A 15. G 16. D 17. C第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。Although I love baking, Im afraid of working with dough (面团). Having gained some _18_ while cooking regularly dur
45、ing lockdown, I decided to quit my _19_ and bake quiche (乳蛋糕). Usually my mother would do the job, but it was time to _20_ her apron strings (围裙带). When my spinach and mushroom quiche _21_, it looked unattractive, but its taste brought back decades-old _22_ of sneaking into the fridge to break off p
46、ieces of buttery crust, crumbs (碎屑) on the floor betraying my attempt to look _23_ the next morning. It made me realize the _24_ of cooking beyond mere survival. Cooking for _25_ is relaxing, but cook every day and you realize the organization, preparation and efficiency required. From _26_ cooking
47、one item at a time, I have advanced with varying degrees of _27_ to multitasking. I was delighted to put a bunch of fenugreek leaves in different dishes for _28_. Fenugreek is one of the most consumed vegetables in India. It made its way into a dough, a vegetable dish with potatoes and an omelet. To _29_ with our hands is deeply satisfying. Its _30_ to microwave or order in food with a click of a button. But to buy your ingredients, store them, cut and chop, knead and stireach part of the process is a(n) _31_ in patience and creativity as a recipe can only guide you so far. It
