甘肃省镇原县镇原中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

2019-2020年高二英语第一学期期中试卷一．听力部分：听下面五段对话，回答1~5小题1.What is the woman going to do this evening ?A. Go dancingB. Go to see a playC. Go to see a film2. How long will it probably take the man to get to the station ?A. 45 minutesB. 15 minutesC. 2 hours3. How did Mrs. Wilson respond ?A. She was annoyedB. She was apologeticC. She was careless4. What most probably is the man ?A. A librarianB. A salesmanC. A bookseller5. What does the man mean ?A. He went to meet an administrator at 10 o’clock.B. He went to the administration building to change a class.C. He went to his puter class instead of administration building.听下面五段对话或独白，回答问题。

听第六段材料，回答6、7题6.What is the man going to do ?A. Paint the wallB. Plant treesC. Empty the rubbish can7. What can we learn about the man ?A. He is talkativeB. He is helpfulC. He is confident听第七段材料，回答8~10题8. What does the man want to do at the post office ?A. To send a postcard to his friendB. To post a letter to his fatherC. To buy some stamps9. When will the man probably get up the next morning ?A. At 6:00B. At 6:30C. At 6:4510. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers ?A. Brother and sisterB. ClassmatesC. Cousins听第八段材料，回答11~13题11. For how many days did Mary have to stay in bed ?A. Two daysB. Three daysC. Four days12. Why have so many people caught cold ?A. Because it’s too cold in winterB. Because it’s getting warmer and warmerC. Because the weather often changes suddenly.13. Where did Mary buy her sweater ?A. She bought it in a shopB. She bought it in a supermarketC. She got it at a sale听第九段对话，回答14~17题14. Why did the woman want to change jobs ?A. Because she needed more time to studyB. Because Park Hotel was too far away from her homeC. Because she was not satisfied with the pay15. Where did the woman get the information of applying the job ?A. From the sign in the restaurant windowB. From a friend of hersC. From the want ad in the newspaper16. What days did the interviewer say they needed help ?A. On weekdaysB. At weekendsC. Late in the week17. What was the result of the interview ?A. She signed a contractB. She got the jobC. She would be given a pay rise听第十段材料，回答18~20题18. What used to happen in the past ?A. Children could learn themselvesB. Children were made to sit still for hoursC. Children liked to sit in the classroom19. What do these teachers wonder today ?A. If they can make children learnB. Why children leave the classroom earlyC. If they can make children memorize all sorts of things20. Why can’t some of the children find jobs ?A. Their parents won’t allow them to do soB. The teachers won’t allow them to do soC. They are too young二、单项选择题(15分)：21. He is going to Canada to ________ his fortune next month.A. seekB. searchC. experienceD. predict22. In a way I can see what you mean, even though I don’t _______ your point of view.A. recognizeB. shareC. agreeD. permit23. There are many beautiful islands _______ the coast of the country.A. alongB. fromC. onD. off24. Watching TV can help us get to know the _______ which happen at home and abroad.A. factsB. newsC. affairsD. things25. In no country _______ Britain, as has been said, can one experience four seasons in the courseof a single day.26. Do you have any idea _______ is actually going on in the classroom ?A. thatB. whatC. asD. which27. Danby left word with my secretary _______he would call again in the afternoon.A. whoB. thatC. asD. which28. Luckily, we’d brought a road map without_______ we would have lost our way.A. itB. thatC. thisD. which29. The reason ______ he was late again was ______ he overslept.A. why, becauseB. why, thatC. that, becauseD. because, that30.In the classroom, I found her _______ at a desk, with her eyes ______ on a magazine.A. seated, fixedB. sit, fixC. sitting, fixingD. seated, fixing31. Michael looks very surprised when _______ by a stranger.A. scoldingB. to scoldC. having scoldedD. scolded32. The set of stamps, once _______ , will be very popular with stamp—collectors.A. to be printedB. printedC. to printD. printing33. Bear in mind that, ______ you go, don’t forget your hometown.A. no matter howB. howeverC. nowhereD. no matter where34. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you can’t have time to _______ before the party.A. get changedB. get changeC. get changingD. get to change35. When I went out, it happened _______.A. to rainB. rainC. to be rainingD. raining三、完型填空题(30分)：Washoe is a young chimpanzee(黑猩猩). She is no 36 chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research 37 her. They want to see how civilized(驯化)she can 38. Already she does many things a human being can do.For example, she has been learning how to exchange 39 with people. The scientists are teaching her 40 language. When she wants to be picked 41, Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs her teeth with her finger 42 she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.Washoe has also been 43 to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a 44 with food hanging from the ceiling. It was too high to 45 . After she considered the 46, she got a tall box to stand 47. The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a 48 pole. Then she climbed onto the 49, grasped the pole, and 50 down the food with the pole.Washoe 51 like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully furnished(家具齐全的)house. After a hard 52 in the laboratory, she goes home, 53 she plays with her toys. She 54 enjoys watching television before going to bed.Scientists hope to 55 more about people by studying our closest,relative(亲属)—chimpanzee.36.A.foolish B. ordinary C. special D. simple37.A.for B. by C. to D. on38.A.experience B. change C. develop D. bee39.A.actions B. views C. messages D. feelings40.A. sign B. human C. spoken D. foreign41.A.out B. at C. on D. up42.A.when B. until C. since D. while43.A.raised B. trained C. ordered D. led44.A.cave B. zoo C .room D. museum45.A.pull B. see C. eat D. reach46.A.problem B. position C. food D. ceiling47.A.by B. on C. up D. with48.A.straight B. strong C. long D. big49.A.wall B. box C. ceiling D. pole50.A.knocked B. picked C. took D. shook51.A.lives B. acts C. thinks D. plays52.A.task B. lesson C. day D. time53.A.Here B. There C. So D. Then54.A.quite B. already C. even D. still55.A.observe B. discover C. gain D. learn四．阅读理解(40分)：(A)It seems that beauty and women are twins. You are joking? No, I’m not. Observe for yourself. Ads on fashion flood TV screens, radio programs, magazines, newspapers, and the streets. Whether they have realized it or not, women are besieged by a sea of fashion. They are taught to think that without beautiful clothes they will grow old and lose their charm. So who dares to neglect dressing up at the cost of their appearance and youth ?But I do not agree with the opinion that women have to show their beauty through their looks. The richness of their minds proves to be more beautiful and attractive than their looks. A woman who has experienced with many troubles and may be called “aunt” or “granny” can still maintain her beauty if she has such excellent qualities as knowledge, ability, a kind heart, great courage , concern for others, etc.In addition, old and young, beautiful and ugly are relative concept. People who keep a young mind will never feel old. Curious about new things and eager to learn more, they keep up with the tide. Plainly dressed women may have a type of beauty that is pure and real. Reading and learning is the best way to keep one youthful. Good looks are fertile soil which can feed the flower of one’s heart and looks.56. According to the first paragraph, why are women caught by a sea of fashion ?A. Because they are rich.B. Because they are taught to follow any fashion.C. Because they don’t dare to look attractive.D. Because they think that they will look youthful and charming with beautiful clothes.57. Which is more important to a woman in the author’s opinion ?A. Richness of one’s mindB. LooksC. Following the fashionD. Wealth58. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage ?A. The richness of women’s minds proves to be more beautiful than their looksB. A woman who may be called “aunt” is no longer beautifulC. A woman who has experienced many troubles may still maintain her beautyD. It is not necessary for women to show their beauty through their beautiful clothes59. What is the best way for a woman to appear young according to the writer ?A. Dressing upB. Reading and learningC. Feeding the flowerD. Making up(B)It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives only three to five minutes. Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself. More often the doctors can’t fix the hurt. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help. It is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain.Dr. Robert J. White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for thirty minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain.Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys’ brains. When the brain temperature was 50 degrees. Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back. He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.Dr. White’s idea works well on the monkeys. Are there other problems on human beings? Dr. White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings. He thinks it will help people who have heart problems, too. A person doesn’t have to die when his heart stops. Doctors can start it again. The problems e when the brain is without blood for three to five minutes, the person has a living body, but a dead brain. Maybe in the future , doctors will try Dr. White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops, the doctors will quickly try to cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem with the brain.60.The passage mainly discusses _______.A. the importance of the brainB. Dr. White’s test on some monkeysC. the cause of brain deathD. Dr. White’s idea on operating the brain61. The main idea of the first paragraph is that _______.A. blood is very important to the brainB. doctors have much trouble in curing a patient of a hurt brainC. at present there is no way to fix the hurt brainD. doctors are not willing to operate on a patient with a hurt brain62. According to the last paragraph, it could be inferred that when a heart attack happens,_______.A. the patient will die in three to five minutesB. doctors will cool the patient’s brain in no timeC. blood will stop flowing in three to five minutes in the patient’s bodyD. doctors will start the patient’s heart again in thirty minutes63. It seems that the writer believes _______.A. the brain is more easily hurt than any other part of the bodyB. in fact Dr. White’s test on the monkeys is not so successfulC. the heart disease means deathD. at present Dr. White’s idea can’t be used on human beings(C)Without proper training, dogs will behave like wild animals. They will soil your house, destroy your belongs, fight other dogs and even bite you. Nearly all behavior problems are perfectly normal dog activities that occur at the wrong time or place.One of the best things you can do for your dog and yourself is to train it. Obedience training doesn’t solve all behavior problems . But it is the foundation for solving just about any problem. Training opens up a line of munication between you and your dog. Effective munication is necessary to instruct your dog in what you want it to do.Training is also an easy way to establish the social order. When your dog obeys a simple request of “e here! Sit” it is showing obedience and respect for you. It is not necessary to establish yourself as top dog or leader of the dog pack by using extreme measures. You can teach you’re your dog its subordinate role by teaching it to show obedience to you. Most dogs love performing tricks for you to accept that you are in charge.Training should be fun and rewarding for you and your dog. A well –trained dog is more confident and can more safely be allowed a greater amount of freedom than an untrained animal.64. Behavior problems of dogs are believed to _______.A. get worse in modern societyB. occur only when they go wildC. be just part of their natureD. present a threat to society65. The primary purpose of obedience training is to _______.A. teach the dog to perform tricksB. teach the dog to serve its ownerC. make the dog aware of its owner’s powerD. enable the dog to regain its normal behavior66. Effective munication between a dog and its owner is _______.A. a good way to teach a dog new tricksB. the foundation for dogs to perform tasksC. an extreme measure in obedience trainingD. essential to solve a dog’s behavior problems67. Why pet dogs love performing tricks for their master ?A. To avoid being punishedB. To win leadership of the dog packC. To show their willingness to obeyD. To show their affection for their masters68. When a dog has received effective obedience training, its owner _______.A. will enjoy a family lifeB. can give the dog more freedomC. can give the dog more rewardsD. will have more confidence in himself(D)THEATRECity VarietiesThe Headrow, Leeds, Tel. 430808Oct 10 –11 only A Night at the Varieties. All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryez, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the Tony Harrison Trio. Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs.Performances: 8 pm nightly.Admission: ￡5; under 16 or over 60 ￡4 .York Theatre RoyalSt Leonard’s Place, York. Tel. 223568Sept 23- Oct 17 Groping for Words – a edy by Sue Townsend. Best known for her Adrian Mole Diaries. Townsend now writes about an evening class which two men and a woman attend. A gentle edy.Admission: First night, Mon; ￡2; Tues- Fri: ￡3.25-5.50; Sat: ￡3.50-5.75.Halifax PlayhouseKing’s Cross Street, Halifax. Tel. 365998Oct 10- 17 On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. This is a magical edy about real people. A beautifully produced, well-seted play for everyone. Don’t miss it.Performances: 7:30 p.m.Admission: ￡2. Mon; 2 seats for the price of one.Grand TheatreOxford Street, Leeds. Tel. 502116Restaurant and Café.Oct 1-17 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13, Sue Townsend’s musical play, based on her best-selling book.Performances; Evenings 7:45 October 10-17, at 2:30 p.m. No Monday performances. Admission: Tues- Thurs; ￡2-5; Fri & Sat; ￡2-6.69. Which theatre offers the cheapest seat?A. Halifax Playhouse.B. City Varieties.C. Grand TheatreD. York Theatre Royal70.If you want to see a play with old jokes and songs, which phone number will you ring to book a seat?A. 502116B. 223568C. 365998D. 43080871. We may learn from the text that Sue Townsend is .A. a writerB. an actressC. a musicianD. a director（E）Excused from recycling(回收利用) because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute(垃圾道)? You won't be for long . Miami's Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too .In Shantzis' Hi-Rise Recycling System , a chute leads to a pie-shaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated . The system , which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use , enables glass , plastic , paper , metal , and other rubbish to go into separate boxes .The system is controlled from a board next to the chute door . The board has a button for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button , a microputer locks all other floors' chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box es under the chute . The puter also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full . And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclablesSorting(分类) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting . Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive , so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted . Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials bee more cost-effective.72. The purpose in writing this text is _________.A．to encourage people to recycle their rubbishB．to introduce a recycling system for high risesC．to describe the use of puter technology in recyclingD．to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises73. When he says "You won't be for long" the writer means that _______.A．you'll soon be living in a cleaner buildingB．rubbish chutes will bee out of date before longC．you won't wait long for your turn to recycle rubbishD．it won't be long before you'll have to recycle your rubbish74. Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to ___________A．lock the other floors' chute doors B．check if the container is fullC．press the correct button D．break up the rubbish75. The biggest advantage of this new system is that _________A．it reduces the cost of recycling B．it saves time and spaceC．it saves money for people living in high risesD．it makes better use of the existing recovery equipment四、短文改错(10分)：We got up early this morning and took long walk after 76__________breakfast. We walked through the business section of the 77__________city. I told you yesterday when the city was larger than I 78___________thought it would be. I suppose that’s why Washington 79___________is a special kind city. As you may know, most of the people 80___________in Washington working for the government. At about 9:30 81__________we went to the White House . It’s open to the public since 82_________10 till 12, and there was a long line of people waited 83_________to get in. We didn’t have to wait for very long, because 84_________the line moved pretty quick. 85_________五、书面表达（25分）：请根据以下提示用英语写一篇日记，词数100左右。

2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（总分：150分考试时间：120分钟）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. What will the man do during the vacation?A. Work in a clothes store.B. Travel around with Sam.C. Go to the countryside.2. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Customer and waitress.C. Workm ates.3. How does the woman sound?A. Excited.B. Confused.C. Annoyed.4. What does the woman think Tom needs?A. Punishment.B. Suggestions.C. Encouragement.5. Where does the woman find her mobile phone?A. On the table.B. On the chair.C. In her bag.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。

2020—2021学年度第一学期期中考试试题高二英语第Ⅰ卷第一部分阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AYou may need to give first aid. First aid is defined as the emergency care given to a sick or injured person. The goals of first aid are to prevent death and to prevent injuries from becoming worse.Each emergency condition is different. However, the following rules apply to any kind of emergency.☆Be aware of your limitations. Do not try to do more than you are able to. Nor should you do things if you are unfamiliar with them. Do what you can under the conditions at the time.☆ Stay calm. Acting calmly will help the victim feel safe.☆ Take a quick look to see if the victim is bleeding, and if there is a pulse.☆ Keep the victim lying down and do not move him or her. You could make an injury worse if you move the victim.☆ Take necessary emergency steps.☆ Call for help or ask someone to make the EMS system(急救系统) start.☆ Do not remove clothing unless you have to. If clothing must be removed, tear theclothes along the seams(线缝).☆Keep the victim warm. Cover the victim with a blanket. Coats and sweaters can be used if a blanket cannot be found.☆ Reassure the victim. Explain what is happening and that help has been called.☆ Do not give the victim any food or fruits.☆Keep the bystanders away from the victim. Bystanders want to have a look, offer advice, and say something about the victim’s condition. The victim may believe that the condition is worse than it really is.1. When a person is badly injured on the road, you should .A. act worriedly and hurriedlyB. do whatever you want to freelyC. not move him or herD. make the injured person stand up2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. You should help an injured person in any condition.B. Don’t remove the clothing of the injured person whatever happens.C. It is necessary to cover the victim with a blanket.D. If the injured person feels hungry, you should give him or her some food.3. Why should bystanders be kept away from the victim?A. Because bystanders can prevent the victim from receiving first aid.B. Because what they say can make the victim think the condition is very bad.C. Because the victim doesn’t want to accept the advice of bystanders.D. Because the victim hates being surrounded by bystanders.BI was attending a party one night given in Sir Ross’s honor. During the dinner, the man sitting next to me told a humorous story and spoke of the quotation: “There’s a divinity(神) that shapes our ends. Rough-hew them how we will.”The storyteller mentioned that the quotation was from the Bible. He was wrong. I knew that; I knew it positively. There couldn’t be the slightest doubt about it. And so, to get a feeling of importance and show my high quality, I chose myself as an unwelcome person to correct him. He stuck to his guns. “What? From Shakespeare? Impossible! Absurd ! That quotation was from the Bible. ”The storyteller was sitting at my right hand, and Frank Gammond, an old friend of mine, was seated at my left hand. Mr. Gammond had devoted years to the study of Shakespeare, so the storyteller and I agreed to leave the question to Mr. Gammond. Mr. Gammond listened, kicked me under the table, and then said, “Dale, you are wrong. The gentleman is right. It is from the Bible.”On our way home that night, I said to Mr. Gammond, “Frank, you knew that quotation was from Shakespeare.”“Yes, of course,” he replied. “Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2. But we were guests on a festive occasion, my dear Dale. Why prove to a man he is wrong? Is that going to make him like you? Why not let him save his face? He didn’t ask for your opinion. He didn’t want it. Why argue with h im?”The man who said that taught me a lesson I would never forget. I not only had made the storyteller uncomfortable, but had put my friend in an embarrassing situation. How much better it would have been if I hadn’t become argumentative.Nine times out of ten, an argument ends with each of the contestants(竞争者) more firmly convinced than ever that he is absolutely right. You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.4. At the party, the author tried to get a feeling of importance by ___________ .A. telling a humorous storyB. showing off his rich knowledgeC. teaching the storyteller a lessonD. correcting the storyteller’s mistake5. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means that ___________ .A. he realized he was wrongB. he didn’t change his mindC. he felt sorry for what he saidD. he wanted to fight with the author6. What do we learn about Frank Gammond?A. He was very humorous.B. He was very thoughtful.C. He knew much about the Bible.D. He didn’t know much about Shakespeare.7. What does the author learn from his friend Gammond?A. Having an open mind.B. Respecting others opinion.C. Never getting into an argument.D. Avoiding making mistakes in public.CAsk someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. Th is is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.8. What does the underlined word “over-consumption” refer to?A. Using too much packaging.B. Recycling too much waste.C. Making more products than necessary.D. Having more material than is needed.9. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show .A. the tendency of cutting household wasteB. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of supermarketsD. the fact of packaging overuse10. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D. Other products are better packaged than food.11. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recyclable waste.D. The author is proud of his consumer culture.DIt’s 8 a. m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2028, and you are head ing for a business appointment 300 miles away. You step into your circle, a two-passenger air-cushion car, press a series of buttons and the national traffic computer notes your destination, figures out the current traffic situation and signals your car to slide out of the garage. Hands free, you sit back and begin to read the morning paper — which is mashed on a flat TV screen over the car’s dashboard. Tapping a button changes the page.The car speeds up to 150 mph in the city’s countryside, and then hits 250 mph in less built-up areas, driving over the smooth plastic road. You fly past a string of cities, many of them covered by the newdomes(圆屋顶) that keep them evenly climatized all year round. Traffic is heavy, typically, but there’s no need to worry. The traffic computer, which sends and receives signals to and from all cars on the road between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds apart. There hasn’t been an accident since the system began.Suddenly your TV phone buzzes. A business partner wants a sketch of a new kind of impeller your firm is producing for sports boats. You reach for your case and draw the diagram with a pencil-thin infrared flashlight(红外线手电筒) on what looks like a TV screen lining the back of the case. The diagram is sent to a similar s creen in your partner’s office, 200 miles way. He presses a button and a fixed copy of the sketch rolls out of the machine. He wishes you good luck at the coming meeting and signs off.Ninety minutes after leaving your home, you slide beneath the dome of your destination city. Your car slows down and heads for an outer-core office building where you’ll meet your colleagues. After you get out, the vehicle parks itself in a garage to await your return. Private cars aren’t allowed inside most city cores. Moving sidewalks and trams(有轨电车) carry the public from one location to another.12. The traffic computer in your car can .A. keep your car at a safe distance from other carsB. keep your car at the same speed in different situationsC. keep your car receiving signals of TV programsD. keep your car driving while avoiding heavy traffic13. Why are the cities covered by the new domes?A. To prevent people from being wet in the rain.B. To stop the climate of the cities changing violently all year.C. To protect the travelers against the strong sunshine.D. To make the city have the same weather all year.14. What will the city be like in the future?A. No accidents will happen because of heavy traffic.B. The sidewalk can move itself up and downC. The road will be built with the plastic material.D. The car can park itself on a dome to wait for your return.15. The passage is most probably taken from .A. a popular science magazineB. a short story collectionC. a research paperD. a personal diary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。

镇原县镇原中学2021-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一局部：阅读理解〔一共两节，满分是40分〕第一节〔一共15小题；每一小题2分，满分是30分〕阅读以下短文，从每一小题所给的四个选项里面，选出最正确答案。

AWhat’s On?Electric Underground－1.00am Free at the Cyclops TheatreDo you kn ow who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a succ essful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simon’s Workshop5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria StageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Gee Whizz.B. Jules Skye.C. Charlotte Stone.D. James Pickering.2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. KaleidoscopeB. The Cyclops TheatreC. Victoria StageD. Pizza World3. What do we know about Simon’s Workshop?A. It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. It is held every Wednesday.BThomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,〞 Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,〞 he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.〞He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.4. Edison thought____________.A. he could be happy if he was a geniusB. genius plays the most important part in one’s successC. genius could do better than hard workD. hard work could do better than genius5. Edison was _____________.A. interested in discovering the secrets of natureB. very much interested in natureC. interested in changing people’s ideasD. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature6. In Edison’s opi nion,______________.A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as helpB. people’s success lies mostly in geniusC. hard work is the second important thing in making people successfulD. there are few secrets for him to discover later7. The last sentence in the passage most probably implies __________ .A. Edison made 100 inventions in his lifeB. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsC. Edison was able to live and work for 100 yearsD. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ workCThe home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten years . Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were verydifficult to use . But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As a result, their popularity has been increasing as more people have been buying computers for their homes and businesses. Computers have been designed to store information and compute problems that are difficult for human beings to work out. Some have voices that speak with the operators. Stores use computers to keep records of their inventories (库存货物) and to send bills to their customers(顾客) . Offices use computers to copy letters, record business and keep in touch with other offices. People have been using computers in their homes to keep track of the money they spend. One important new use for computers is for entertainment(娱乐). Many new games have been designed to be played on the computers. People of all ages have been playing these games, People also have been buying home computers to play computer games, watch movies and listen to concerts at home. They have become very popular indeed.8. Computers used to _____.A. be large and expensiveB. work rapidlyC. be easy to useD. be used for fun9. In recent years , computers are being made ______.A. larger and more expensiveB. smaller and cheaperC. more difficult to useD. to work more slowly10. Salesmen use computers mainly to ______.A. talk with their friendsB. play games for pleasureC. A. check the list of goods and materials that are kept in the store houseD. write letters11. The best title for the passage would be _______.A. New Uses For ComputersB. The Popularity of Home ComputersC. The Home Computer IndustryD. Computers At HomeDFailure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding.We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue(疲惫) and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first.Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical(按字母顺序), never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the day’s work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works.Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can-then let the unconscious take over.When planning Encyclopaedia Britannica (?大英百科全书?), I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after dat I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable.One day, mentally exhausted, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me. Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing.Human beings, I believe must try to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.12. People with start-up fatigue are most likely toA. accept failureB. work hardC. seek helpD. delay tasks13. What does the author recommend doing to prevent start-up fatigue?A. Writing essays in strict order.B. Building up physical strength.C. Leaving out the toughest ideas.D. Dealing with the hardest task first.14. On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue?A. Before starting a difficult task.B. If the job is rather boring.C. When all the solutions fail.D. After finding a way out.15. What could be the best title for the passage?A. Success Is Built upon FailureB. How to Handle Performance FatigueC. Getting over Fatigue: A Way to SuccessD. Fatigue: An Early Sign of Health Problems第二节〔一共五小题，每一小题2分，满分是10 分〕根据短文内容，从短文后的选项里面选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。