江苏省宿迁市2020-2021学年下学期高二期末调研测试英语试题(解析版）

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1、 江苏省宿迁市 2020-2021 学年下学期高二期末调研测试英语试题 注意事项 考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上. 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请 用橡皮 擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一定交回。 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

2、，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. How much was the dress in the Chinese store? A. 240 yuan. B. 200 yuan. C. 160 yuan. 2 What is the man going to do? A. Sell something. B. Leave his company. C. Have a job interview. 3. What does

3、the man imply? A. He cant pick Mr. Atkinson up. B. He has to get a new car. C. He will miss his flight. 4. What is Renee doing now? A. Correcting the spelling. B. Writing a letter. C. Heading for the post office. 5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Bus driver and passenger.

4、 B. Taxi driver and passenger. C. Fellow workers. 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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7题。 6. What did the woman lose? A. Her ticket. B. Her purse. C. Her money. 7.

5、 Where did the woman probably lose it? A. In the bank. B. In the gym. C. In the shop. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9题。 8. What will Mary do tomorrow? A. Stay at home. B. Climb a mountain. C. See a movie. 9. What discount is available on Sunday at the cinema? A. 50%. B. 30%. C. 20%. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10至 12 题。 10. Whic

6、h part of the girls body got hurt? A. Her leg. B. Her hand. C. Her foot. 11. Why did the girl try to ride a bike? A. To have fun. B. To join her neighbors. C. To go to school faster. 12. What will the man probably do? A. Teach the girl how to ride a bike. B. Go to school on foot with the girl. C. St

7、op the girl from playing with Johnny. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13至 16 题。 13. What is the mans daytime telephone number? A.626195. B. 646195. C. 626159. 14. What is the mans main job? A. An engineer. B. A project manager. C. A bank clerk. 15. How often will the man receive his statements? A. Daily. B. Weekly. C.

8、 Monthly. 16. What does the woman offer to do in the end? A. Set up the mans Internet service. B. Give the man some additional information. C. Send the man to the Internet company. 听第 10段材料，回答第 17 至 20题。 17. Why is the speaker giving the speech? A. To divide the listeners into groups. B. To inform t

9、he listeners of the plans. C. To persuade the listeners to attend the programs. 18. What can the listeners do in the mornings? A. Do physical training. B. Have a swimming lesson. C. Choose their favorite activities. 19. When will the listeners see a movie? A. On Friday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Tuesda

10、y. 20. What does the speaker warn the listeners not to do? A. Buy drinks. B. Eat too much. C. Run too fast. 第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分 50分) 第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California since 1881. It is dist

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17、B. Informative. C. Educational. D. Instructive. B Before Avatar was reissued in China in March, Cameron was interviewed by China Daily. Cameron says that he has felt “truly incredible about what has happened in China”. He adds he feels impressive about Chinese film authorities effort to promote loca

18、l cinemas and bring people back to theaters. “You guys (Chinese people) are leading the charge. Thats fantastic. I love it that youve got the virus under control enough and youve got the economy recovering as well as cinema recovering.” China took decisive action shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak

19、earlier last year, enforcing a six-month-long closure of more than 75,000 screens in around 12,000 cinemas until it became safe again for moviegoers to return. Driven by a bunch of Chinese films ranging from the patriotic anthology My People, My Homeland to the recent Spring Festival hit Hi, Mom, th

20、e country has seen an inspiring revival from the impact of the pandemic, becoming the worlds largest movie market in terms of yearly box office gross since October last year. “The Chinese film industry is growing in strength and ability to tell these Chinese stories at a world-class level,” says Cam

21、eron. “Im honored that they (referring to the China Film Administration and Chinese distributors) chose Avatar to be one of the films to sort of remind people what the cinematic experience is,” he adds. He says the actual production of the four Avatar sequels started around three years ago with a ye

22、ar and a half for performance capture, followed by the live action filming of the human characters. “But theres no cameras involved in the performance capture process. Were capturing data of the performances. Thats how we bring those beautiful, big, blue Navi people to life,” says Cameron. But he re

23、veals that he has also seen the project delayed for four months due to the pandemic, and the good news is that the first Avatar sequel will be released in December 2022. 4. Which of the following is NOT the reason of the recovering of Chinese film industry? A. Chinese film authorities spare no effor

24、t to promote it. B. Chinese people are fond of watching films. C. Chinese people have controlled the virus well enough. D. China took instant action to prevent the virus. 5. What can we learn about Avatar? A. The Avatar sequels started 4.5 years ago. B. The live action filming is shot before perform

25、ance capture. C. The performance capture is finished vividly. D. The project Avatar was never stopped even during the pandemic. 6. The attitude of Cameron towards the film industry of China is _. A. humorous B. indifferent C. positive D. neutral 7. The passage is mainly about _. A. the reasons for A

26、vatar being released smoothly in China B. the view of Cameron on Chinese film industry C. the present situation of Chinese film industry D. the introduction to the release of Avatar C “The comic waist challenge”, in which netizens try to imitate a comic characters pose with their legs on a chair and

27、 the upper body dropping to the ground, almost bending the waist in half, has become the latest craze to hit Chinas social media. The topic has obtained hundreds of millions views on Weibo with many net users posting photos of the challenging pose to show how sexy and flexible they are. Meanwhile so

28、me netizens argue that it is just an expansive gesture of yoga pose. So some people consult the doctors if the gesture is very dangerous. Medical experts have warned net users of the seemingly harmless yoga pose, as it may lead to damage to ones vertebrae by causing muscle strain and increasing the

29、risk of lumbar degenerative disease. The new challenge follows a series of similar controversial Chinese body image trends including the A4 waist challenge (measuring womens waists against a piece of A4 paper which is 21 centimeters wide), the belly button challenge (reaching ones belly button from

30、behind), and the coin collarbone (balancing coins on peoples collarbones for as long as they can) which faced heavy criticism worldwide on social media. Women in China have long associated being beautiful with being skinny, but a desire to be thin is often taken to the extreme, with harmful effects

31、on health and self-esteem - a situation not unique to China. Although the opinions of the issue vary, maybe the change of the attitudes towards it is just over the horizon. Rejecting body anxiety is more than just a slogan. Many workout-obsessed women are increasingly realizing that no matter how ha

32、rd they try, they wont be supermodels, and acknowledging that figures can vary due to a number of factors. This is an important step on their path to self-acceptance. Being healthy and maintaining the spiritual well-being have become the new pursuits for many. 8. According to paragraphs 1 and 2, wha

33、t do you know about the comic waist challenge? A. It leads a trend among netizens. B. Its an easy comic characters pose. C. Its a harmless yoga pose. D. Its a symbol of the beauty of body image. 9. Which of the following is NOT the Chinese body image trends according to the passage? A. The A4 waist

34、challenge. B. The belly button challenge. C. The coin collarbone. D. The finely chiseled nose. 10. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. women in China prefer following trends B. all women in China are desperate to be thin C. the pursuit of beauty has nothing to do with our health D. many w

35、omen in China care more about their health than beauty now 11. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. The body image trends a pursuit of Chinese women B. The comic waist challenge a slap in the face C. The attitudes of Chinese towards beauty D. The body anxiety nowadays D Between a quarter an

36、d one third of all marine species rely on coral reefs (珊瑚礁)at some point in their life cycle. The Great Barrier Reef, the worlds largest coral reef, covers nearly 133,000 square miles and is home to more than 1,500 species of fish, 411 species of hard coral and dozens of other species. Australians G

37、reat Barrier Reef has lost 50% of its coral populations in the last three decades, with climate change a key driver of reef disturbance, a new study has found. Researchers from the Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, in Queensland, northeastern Australia, studied coral communities and their

38、 colony size along the length of the Great Barrier Reef between 1995 and 2017, finding reduction of virtually all coral populations. “We found the number of small, medium and large coral on the Great Barrier Reef has dropped by more than 50% since the 1990s, reported co-author Terry Hughes, a profes

39、sor at the centre, in a statement. Reefs are basic to the health of marine ecosystems without them, ecosystems collapse, and marine life dies. Coral population sizes are also considered important when it comes to the corals ability to reproduce. A coral population has millions of small, baby corals,

40、 as well as many large ones,“ said Andy Dietzel, a doctoral student in a statement. Our results show the ability of the Great Barrier Reef to recover becomes weak compared to the past, he added. Population falls occurred in both shallow and deep water coral species, experts found, but branching cora

41、l and table-shaped coral which provide habitats for fish were worst affected by mass bleaching （白化）events in 2016 and 2017, caused by record-breaking temperatures. Warm ocean temperatures are the main driver of coral bleaching, when coral turns white as a stress response to water that is too warm. B

42、leaching doesnt kill coral immediately, but if temperatures remain high, eventually the coral will die, destroying a natural habitat for many species of marine life. The new study found the serious worsening of coral colonies in the Northern and Central Great Barrier Reef following the mass bleachin

43、g events in the past five years, and experts said the southern part of the reef also suffered record-breaking temperatures in early 2020. “We used to think the Great Barrier Reef is protected by its huge size but our results show that even the worlds largest and relatively well-protected reef system

44、 is increasingly dropping, Hughes said. He warned that climate change is driving an increase in the frequency of the reef disturbance like marine heat waves. There is no time to lose we must sharply reduce greenhouse gases as soon as possible, he said. 12. What can we know about coral reefs? A. They

45、 are not able to recover by themselves. B. They make up the largest ecosystem in the sea. C. They can easily be disturbed by other marine species. D. They can influence the existence of other marine species. 13. What does the underlined word “collapse in Paragraph 5 mean? A. Change. B. Disappear. C.

46、 Crash. D. Progress. 14. How does coral respond to high temperatures? A. It will die very soon. B. It will change its color. C. It will fail to reproduce. D. It will kill other species. 15. What does Terry Hughes want to say in the last paragraph? A. The Great Barrier Reef doesnt have a self-protect

47、ing mechanism. B. The Great Barrier Reef is no longer the worlds largest coral reef. C. Measures must be taken to protect coral reefs without delay. D. Climate change can increase the frequency of heat waves. 第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为 多余选项。 Many students hav

48、e difficulty keeping their things organized. What can we do to assist them? Learning Management System (LMS) is an app teachers can use to upload and present all the information students need: documents grades, the assignment calendar, etc. _16_ Track assignments and calendars. Teachers can create calendars or charts in their LMS showing the upcoming schedule for projects and readings, which allows students to see clearly what assignments are left to complete and when theyre due. _17_Instead of digging through their backpacks for homework, now,