1、宁波市2020学年第二学期高考适应性考试英语试卷选择题部分第一部分 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.Whats wrong with the blue shirt?A. Its dirty.B. Theres a hole in it.C. The sleeves are too long.2. How many seats are available in the last row
2、?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.3.What does Gina tell Sam to do?A. Scratch his arm a little.B. Buy some special medicine.C. Sleep with the windows shut.4.Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Policeman and driver.B. Co-workers.C. Boss and employee.5.What does the man mean?A. It is going to rain.B.
3、 He wants to get home earlier.C. They should wait until the game is over.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。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7题。6.Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. At a hotel.C. At a restaurant.7.When wi
4、ll the speakers leave?A. Around 9:30.B. Around 10:00.C. Around 11:00.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。8.What does Bob think of motorcycle racing after the accident?A. Its still attractive.B. Its too dangerous.C. Its violent.9.In how many weeks will Bob get fully recovered?A. In about two weeks.B. In about three wee
5、ks.C. In about five weeks.10. What did the woman give to the man?A. Some magazines.B. Some flowers.C. Some medicine.听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。11.Why did Teresa raise her hand the first time?A. She had a question.B. She needed to relax her arm.C. She wanted to use the bathroom.12. What did Mr. Johnson ask th
6、e class to do?A. Ask questions later on.B. Take down some notes.C. See a famous painting.13. When will the film be shown?A. Next class.B. After Teresa gets back.C. At the end of class.听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。14.What happened to the woman when she went into the woods?A. She lost her sunglasses.B. She found
7、 new sunglasses.C. She broke her old sunglasses.15. When did the man last lose his sunglasses?A. Earlier today.B. Yesterday.C. Two weeks ago.16.What does the man say about Sunglass Hut?A. It has a good reputation.B. The price there is too high.C. He usually gets his glasses there.17. What will the s
8、peakers do next?A. Get something to eat.B. Get some new sunglasses.C. Call an insurance company.听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。18. What does the Golden Rule ask people to do?A. Develop personal rules.B. Respect their families and ancestors.C. Treat others as they wish to be treated.19. Which of the following is
9、the teaching of Confucius?A. Governments should be moral.B. Husbands should respect wives.C. People should memorize rules of behavior.20.What does the speaker say about Confuciusinfluence?A. He has influenced many cultures.B. He has little effect on people today.C. He used to be even more important.
10、第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10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，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is one of the best books I have read in years. This is a page turner with complex characters and situations that will make you think hard about friendship, good and evil, betr
11、ayal, etc. It is intense and a great book by many measures. On one level, The Kite Runner is the story of two boys in Afghanistan and Afghan immigrants in America. It is a story set in a culture that has become of increasing interest to Americans since the September 11, 2001 attacks. It also explore
12、s the history of the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan. On this level, it provides a good way for people to learn more about Afghan history and culture in the context of the story.Looking at The Kite Runner as a story about culture, however, misses what the book is really about. This is a novel abo
13、ut humanity. This is a story about friendship, loyalty, cruelty, longing for acceptance, redemption (救赎）， and survival. The core story could be set in any culture because it deals with issues that are universal.The Kite Runner looks at how the main character, Amir, deals with a secret in his past an
14、d how that secret shaped who he became. It tells of Amirs childhood friendship with Hassan, his relationship with his father and growing up in a privileged place in society. I was drawn in by Amirs voice. I sympathized with him, cheered for him and felt angry with him at different points. Similarly,
15、 I became attracted by Hassan and his father. The characters became real to me, and it was difficult for me to put the book down and leave their world.I highly recommend this book, especially for book clubs. For those of you who are not in a reading group, read it and then loan it to a friend. You a
16、re going to want to talk about it when you finish.21. The underlined words “a page turner” probably mean that the book is_A. abstractB. difficultC. ridiculousD. exciting22.The greatest charm of The Kite Runner lies in_A. the beauty of languageB. the history of the TalibanC. the culture of immigrants
17、D. the reflection of humanity23. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. The story is set in the September 11, 2001 attacks in America.B. The author always feels sympathy for the main character, Amir.C. The story can provide inspiration for readers of various cultures.D. The secr
18、et helped Amir to grow up in a privileged place in society.24. What type of writing is the passage?A. A review of a book.B. An introduction to a book.C. A summary of a book.D. An advertisement of a book.BAristotle believed the face was a window onto a persons mind. Today, facial expressions are stil
19、l commonly thought to be a universally valid way to judge other peoples feelings. A smile suggests happiness. A frown indicates sadness. However, an analysis of hundreds of research papers has uncovered a surprising conclusion: there is no good scientific evidence to suggest that there are such thin
20、gs as recognisable facial expressions for basic emotions which are universal across cultures. Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and her colleagues found that, on average, adults in urban cultures scowled when they were angry 30% of the time. Th
21、is meant that some 70% of the time they did not scowl when angry. A scowl, the researchers concluded, seemed valid for all six of the emotional categories: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise.All raise questions about the efforts of information-technology companies to develop artif
22、icial intelligence algorithms (计算程序） which can recognise facial expressions and work out a persons emotional state. Aleix Martinez, a computer engineer at Ohio State University, said that companies attempting to extract emotions from images of faces have failed to understand the importance of contex
23、t.Dr Martinez cited an experiment in which participants were shown a close-up picture of a mans face, which was bright red with his mouth open in a scream. Based on this alone, most participants said the man was extremely angry. Then the view zoomed out to show a football player with his arms outstr
24、etched, celebrating a goal. His angry-looking face was, in fact, a show of pure joy.Given that people cannot guess each others emotional states most of the time, Dr Martinez sees no reason computers would be able to. “There are companies right now claiming to be able to do that and apply this to pla
25、ces I find really scary and dangerous, for example, in hiring people,” he says. Some companies require you to submit a video CV, and then this is analysed by a machine-learning system. And depending on your facial expressions, they hire you or not, which I find really shocking and not only based on
26、the wrong hypothesis (假设），but a dangeroushypothesis.”25.The main purpose of the passage is toA. present the mistake associated with artificial intelligenceB. report the problem caused by misreading facial expressionsC. describe the relationship between facial expressions and emotionsD. introduce a d
27、anger experienced by information-technology companies26.Dr.Martinez cited the experiment in order to_A. reveal the mystery of the pictureB. emphasize the importance of contextC. show the significance of facial expressionsD. demonstrate the professionalism of his experiment27.What is Dr Martinezs att
28、itude towards hiring people depending on their facial expressions?A. Critical.B. Indifferent.C. Neutral.D. Favorable.CTansel Ali used to curse (咒骂）his terrible memory. He struggled to remember phone numbers. But now he has won the Australian Memory Championships four times and has represented Austra
29、lia at the World Memory Championships, where he was able to memorise 80 words in 15 minutes and 41 names and faces in five minutes.So how did Tansels memory improve so much? The key,he says, is in encoding information into an image. Tansel also creates images when remembering numbers. That involves
30、a lot of “pre-work”， he explains. “Ive got images already pre-memorised from 0 to 99. So, for example, 17 is a dog and 71 is a cat, so if I get the number 1771, Im going to picture a dog chasing a cat.And it works.If you want to strengthen your own recall skills, Tansel suggests reading something in
31、credibly dry and boring, such as a “terms and conditions” page. While doing so, create a story in your mind. “If you can make a story out of what youre trying to remember, you can essentially memorise anything.Psychologist Sharon Draper says there are other ways to boost your memory, including doing
32、 brain challenges such as puzzles, crosswords and Sudoku at least once a day.“ Being physically active, avoiding smoking, reducing alcohol intake and aiming for a solid nights sleep can also help protect your memory from going through the sieve(筛网）”，Draper adds. And dietitian Kathryn Hawkins notes t
33、hat sticking to a well-balanced diet - with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and fish high in omega-3 fatty acids-will promote brain health and thus memory.Theres no denying that Tansel now has a great memory. But its not the only thing to improve since he started training his brain: his confidence
34、 and self-esteem have skyrocketed, and his stress levels have fallen dramatically as a result. “The better you become at sharpening your memory, Tansel has learnt,“ the easier life becomes.”28. Which of the following was adopted by Tansel to improve his memory?A. Eating a balanced diet.B. Doing brai
35、n challenges.C. Creating a story in his mind.D. Guaranteeing a good nights sleep.29.Why does the author mention Tansels case in the last paragraph?A. To share more techniques of living an easy life.B. To introduce more benefits of training our brain.C. To illustrate the importance of having a good m
36、emory.D. To show the relationship between confidence and self-esteem.30.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?A. The Legend of Tansel.B. The Secret of Tansel.C. The Power of Memory.D. The Improvement of Memory.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。Financ
37、ial goals for the New Year usually have a place in most peoples list. 31 Here are some ways you can make sure those financial goals are achieved.You have to actually set these goals in the first place. Try to find out what matters to you. Write down everything - practical and impractical. 32 You wil
38、l also need to set a specific time limit you desire to reach these goals.33 Once you start doing so, itll shock you how the smallest expenses add up to huge amounts. After successfully keeping track of your spending for a month, categorize them into groups to properly understand which type of expens
39、es eat into your income the most. You can then use the data to cut down unnecessary expenses.If you want to reach your financial goals, youll definitely need to create a budget. 34 At the beginning of each week, you can create a budget for how much you should spend every day in that week. It is help
40、ful to constantly believe that the amount you have on your weekly budget is the only amount you own. Creating barriers that make it difficult for you to access the rest of your money till the end of the week can also help.Spending less than you earn is one of the easiest ways to get you out of debt
41、and save towards your future. One way is to always reach for the most affordable options you can find. When you go shopping, dont just reach for the first product you see. 35 Quality will still matter of course.Make sure to review your financial goals and progress regularly. This will help you evalu
42、ate mistakes and decide whether to adjust your goals or even create new ones. Theres really no shame in slacking(懈怠） a few times. You only need to carefully address the areas you slacked in and determine to do better.A. Track your expenses.B. Save like your life depends on it.C. But only a few peopl
43、e actually accomplish them.D. Try to see if you can get a cheaper brand of that same product.E. Sort them into short term, long term goals, and level of importance.F. It is also easier these days with many shopping apps that you can use.G. Budgets are useful in helping you control the amount of mone
44、y you spend.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）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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。Looking back, I always laugh when I recall one of my most embarrassing but funniest memories. When I was young, my cousin and I traveled uptown in Manhattan to Radio City Music Hall t
45、o purchase tickets for a36.After buying the tickets, we realized we had 37 money for our train ride. We stood in the station, turning to strangers for help with our 38.That day made me 39 what forces a person to assist a stranger. A story told by my teacher provides the basic framework for being a g
46、ood 40 to others. In the story, the teacher was asked by one of the classmates,“ Who is my neighbour?”As a 41 to this question, the teacher told the story of a man who was robbed,42 and left dying during travel. Even when a priest crossed the street 43 to avoid helping this man, a good Samaritan saw
47、 his condition and felt sympathy for him. He 44 the man onto his donkey and brought him to a restaurant nearby where he 45 all expenses. When the teacher 46 telling the story, he asked, “Who was a neighbor to the man?” The student replied, “The one who47 him. Then the teacher said, “Go and do48.”Ove
48、r 40 years have passed 49 my cousin and I asked strangers for help with our train fares home after we bought the film tickets, 50 the lesson we learned that day remains just as strong.I learned to become a(n) 51 Samaritan. Those who 52 us some change that day acted as our neighbors. And as I move forward in life, I look back to that day when I see others in need as a 53 to be a good neighbor.54 Martin Luther King,Jr. once said, “The time is always right to do55 is right.
