1、高安中学2021届高二上学期第一次段考英语试题第一部分听力（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，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 does the woman think of the journey? A. Too long.B. Very exciting.C. Quite dangerous.2. How does the man get to work every day? A. By
2、 bus.B. By car.C. On foot.3. What can the speakers see on the train? A. Some horses.B. A rice field.C. A farm.4. What time is it now? A. 8:00 a.m.B. 8:30 a.m.C. 8:50 a.m.5. Where does the dialogue take place? A. In a hotel.B. In a restaurant.C. In a supermarket.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
3、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 made Cathy cry? A. A failure of a contest.B. A family letter.C. A friends call.7. What do the speakers agree to do? A. Visit Cathys homeB. Talk to CathyC. Call Cathys fami
4、ly.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the man say about the restaurant? A. Its the biggest one around.B. It offers many tasty dishes.C. Its famous for its seafood.9. What will the woman order? A. Fried fish.B. Roast chickenC. Beef steak.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How often does the woman go to the fitness club n
5、ow? A. Every day.B. Every other day.C. Every three days.11. What seems to interest the man most? A. Boxing.B. Ball games.C. Weight lifting.12. When will the speakers go to the fitness club together? A. Tonight.B. Tomorrow nightC. The night after tomorrow.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is Tina doing? A. R
6、eading some books.B. Having a holiday.C. Surfing the Internet.14. Who dislikes eating chocolate? A. Tina.B. Sandy.C. Jimmy15. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Buy a cake and ice cream.B. Help Sandy with her work.C. Attend the birthday party.16. Which store will the woman go shopping at? A.
7、The one on Abbey Road.B. The one on Olive Avenue.C. The one on Downing Street.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where is Costa Rica located? A. In North America.B. In South America.C. In Central America.18. What language do Costa Rican people speak most commonly? A. English.B. Spanish.C. French.19. What can tra
8、velers discover in Costa Rica? A. Fish farms.B. Precious volcanic rocks.C. White sand beaches.20. How much does an ocean-side hotel cost one night? A. $80.B. $185.C. $265.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。AImportant work has been done to safeguard Chinas cul
9、tural treasures and more responsibilities are being placed on the governments shoulders.Last year, a pair of stone candelabras（枝状大烛台）found in a Ming Dynasty emperors tomb was stolen, but local officials covered up the theft for months. After the artifacts were traced, 17 administrators were discipli
10、ned for the incident. Twelve officials in Hebei Province were also held responsible in 2016 after an illegal real estate development had been started near the Eastern Qing Tombs. Fires resulting in damage to six key cultural heritage sites under protection also led to 23 officials receiving punishme
11、nts in 2017.China has recently established an accountability（问责）system to clarify who is responsible for protecting each of the countrys 767,000 registered “unmovable” cultural heritage sites, such as structures and monuments. Several major crimes involving cultural relics have been prevented. The M
12、inistry of Public Security released most-wanted lists twice last year specifically to strike at such crimes. It led to the capture of 16 of the 20 suspects in the list. “Protection of cultural relics has many more legal references now,” said Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture.“However, to carry out th
13、e laws that safeguard cultural relics, it is essential to conduct an archaeological investigation before any major infrastructure construction begins,” he added.Having a clear understanding of cultural resources is one way to better protect the nations heritage. Consequently, the Ministry of Culture
14、 has organized several nationwide surveys in the past five years. The surveys found that 108 million cultural relics are housed in public museums and other state-owned institutions. More than 870,000 untouchable cultural heritage items have also been registered.21. What does the passage mainly talk
15、about? A. How to protect cultural relics.B. Why government officials are held accountable.C. Importance of protecting cultural heritages.D. Governments efforts to protect cultural treasures.22. What does the second paragraph intend to tell us? A. Chinas cultural treasures are well safeguarded.B. Som
16、e cultural relics have been damaged due to the misconduct of some officials.C. The government has had the related officials hold responsible for the damage or loss of cultural relics.D. It is the administrators duty to protect the countrys cultural treasures.23. The underlined part “most-wanted list
17、s” probably refers to _. A. those who are thought to be guilty of doing damage to cultural relics.B. government officials responsible for crimes involving cultural relics.C. cultural relics that have been lost.D. crimes related to cultural heritage sites.24. Why is it important to carry out archaeol
18、ogical investigations? A. To have legal references for protecting cultural resources.B. To avoid destroying possible cultural heritage sites.C. To better understand our countrys cultural relics.D. To register and house the cultural heritage items.BGoogles new camera, called Clips, is a small, smart
19、device. It comes with a case that has a clip, but its not designed to be worn on your clothing. Most interestingly, it uses artificial intelligence to take photography out of your hands so it can capture moments on its own.This roughly 2-inch by 2-inch camera, with a three-hour battery life and Gori
20、lla Glass for toughness, is intended for candid moments, like when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone.Onboard the Clips device, it uses machine learning algorithms（计算程序）to help capture scenes. Those algorithms include face recognition. “Once i
21、t learns that theres a face you see frequently, itll try to get nice photos of those faces,” said Juston Payne, the devices product manager. And they also wanted it to recognize facial expressions, which involved “training it to know what happiness looks like.” The Google team also trained it to rec
22、ognize what not to shootlike when a childs hand is over the lens, or if it is tossed in a dark purse.The only way to see the images is by connecting the camera with your phone, as it has no screen for viewing or editing.Were people concerned it could seem strange? Yes, Payne admitted. But they said
23、they addressed that by making it obvious what it is. A green light on the front signals that it is on. Besides, unlike a camera meant to monitor your home, it is not connected to the Internet.“This product is only possible because of the way that silicon has advanced,” Payne said, noting that it was
24、 only in the past year or so that they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, were likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets.25. What is the most outstanding feature of Clips? A. It is equipped with tough glass.
25、B. It enables easy Internet access.C. It allows of hands-free photography.D. It can be worn on your clothing.26. What makes Clips a reality according to Juston Payne? A. The popularity of the Internet.B. The advance in technology.C. The rise of the smartphone industry.D. The reduction in the price o
26、f algorithms.27. What is the best title for the text? A. A different way to photographB. New gadgets in the age of appsC. Artificial intelligence in everyday life.D. A new digital camera from Google.CIts clear that for most people life gets better most of the time due to the new energy.However, for
27、thousands of years, people burned wood for fuel, and their lives were, by and large, short and hard. But when people started using coal, life started getting better and faster. Pretty soon we have had everything that makes up modern life.Without access to energy, the poor are stuck in the dark, deni
28、ed all of the economic, social, and health benefits that come with power. So if we really want to help the worlds poorest, we need to find a way to get them access to energy they can afford in an environment-friendly way, because the poor are suffering more from extreme weather and other climate imp
29、acts than anyone else.To produce much more cheap and clean energy, we must make better use of existing technologies, such as solar and wind. Even more importantly, we need a huge amount of research into thousands of new ideas. Today, the U.S. government is the largest funder of energy R&D, and yet w
30、ere still under investing. In fact, consumers spend more on gasoline in a week than the government spends on clean-energy research in a year!To help trigger a big increase in R&D, Bill Gates helped launch and effort by more than two dozen private citizens that complemented government research being
31、done by several countries. Some of the crazier inventions that Bill Gates is excited about are a possible way to use solar energy to produce fuel, much like plants use sunlight to make food for themselves, and batteries the size of swimming pools with huge storage capacity.Few of the crazy ideas wil
32、l pay off. But were betting that within 15 years, scientists and engineers will develop big breakthroughs that will put us on a path to zero carbon emissions and make energy more affordable for everyone.28. According to the passage, lack of clean energy resulted in _. A. a waste of coalB. serious il
33、lnessesC. serious pollution D. short life29. What do we need most to develop new and clean energy? A. New ideasB. More energy researchers.C. Enough investment.D. Governments permission.30. What can we infer about the author from the passage? A. He doesnt think much of Bill Gates.B. He is pessimistic
34、 about the future.C. He is a scientistD. He is very realistic.31. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The advantages and strategies to use new energy.B. Ways to produce more cheap and clean energy.C. The contribution of Bill Gates to new energy.D. The current condition and future of new ener
35、gy.DArtificial intelligence can predict when patients with a heart disorder will die, according to scientists.The software learned to analyze blood tests and scans of beating hearts to spot signs that the organ was about to fail. The team, from the UKs Medical Research Council, said the technology c
36、ould save lives by finding patients that need more aggressive treatment. The results were published in the Journal of Radiology.According to the researchers, high blood pressure in the lungs damages part of the heart, and about a third of patients die within five years after being diagnosed. There a
37、re treatments: drugs, injections straight into the blood vessels, a lung transplant. But doctors need to have and idea of how long patients might have left, in order to pick the right treatment.The software was given scans of 256 patients hearts, and blood test results. When this data was combined w
38、ith eight years of patient health records, the artificial intelligence predicted when patients would die.The software could look about five years into the future. It correctly predicted those who would still be alive after one year about 80% of the time. The figure for doctors is 60%.The team now wa
39、nt to test the software works in other patients in different hospitals before assessing whether it should be made widely available to doctors. The researchers also want to use the technology in other forms of heart failure, such as cardiomyopathy, to see who might need a pacemaker or other forms of
40、treatment.Dr Mike Knapton, from the British Heart Foundation, said, “This exciting use of computer software in medical practice will help doctors in the future to make sure that patients are receiving the correct treatment before the condition deteriorates and leaves them needing a lung transplant.
41、The next step is to test this technology in more hospitals with heart disease.”32. What can artificial intelligence do according to the passage? A. Helping doctors diagnose people with heart disease.B. Predicting how long a person with heart disease can survive.C. Obeying orders and reminding heart
42、disease patients to take pills.D. Producing medicine without side effects for heart disease patients.33. What can we know about the software from the passage? A. It has not yet been widely put into use.B. It can make accurate long-term predictions.C. It can prevent high blood pressure in the lungs d
43、amaging part of the heart.D. It can help doctors make sure that patients are receiving the correct treatment.34. The underlined word “deteriorates” in the last paragraph probably means “_.” A. continuesB. existsC. worsensD. improves35. The authors purpose of writing the text is most likely to _. A.
44、advertiseB. informC. persuadeD. entertain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。Nobody can avoid challenges, regular visitors in our life. You can either lose hope, or you can use these challenges to make positive changes in your life. The following may help you approach challe
45、nges effectively.Develop your passion Having a passion for something will motivate you towards achieving your goals. When setting your goals, you always want to be passionate about those goals, because if you live what you do, you will be driven by the desire to achieve success 36 Believe in yoursel
46、fTo believe in yourself is a prerequisite for success. 37 Instead, you ought to see yourself as a winner, and believe in yourself. Feeding your mind with positives will reinforce your beliefs, and sweep any doubt out of your system. 38 It is important that you take note of every improvement you make
47、. 39 Every step forward will give you an improvement, and accelerate your efforts to the achievement of your ultimate goal. 40 It is important that you use your emotional intelligence when you are faced with problems in your life. You are a product of your thoughts and feelings, and any negative emo
48、tion that arises all at once can negate the positive forward movement you enjoyed earlier. So to speak, approaching any challenge with a positive outlook will help toward a quick and positive resolution. You have all the tools you need in order to make positive changes in your life.A. When you have
49、doubts about yourself, you are preventing your progress.B. When you are in trouble, youd better find a way out as soon as possible.C. This will go a long way towards reaching your dreams.D. Learn how to control your emotions.E. Know about others achievements.F. Track your progress.G. This will motiv
50、ate you to work even harder.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（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。Even at nine I knew that I was overweight and unhealthy and I wanted to fight against it. I shared my 41 with my parents who worked to help encourage me. I was a sensitive child, so m
51、y parents would 42 saying something rude regarding my 43 to me.But outside the walls of my home, no one paid much 44 to my weight. When waiting for the late bus after school one day, I jokingly stated that I was going to 45 the school winter track team. One of my classmates announced loudly that I s
52、houldnt participate in any school sports because I wouldnt be as 46 if I werent fat.On the bus ride home that afternoon, I couldnt help but 47 whether it was my weight or my personality that made me 48 . I had become a professional at using humor to 49 myself. The last time I had checked, being fat
53、wasnt equal to being funny. My fat keeps me warm in the winter, which is its only advantage, but this came so unexpectedly, so 50 , that I was unable to laugh the 51 away. Finally I 52 that I was going to lose weight. After countless hours of diet After countless hours of diet 53 , I settled upon th
54、e Atkins diet. I was 54 to abandon carbohydrates（碳水化合物）, for as long as it took to lose a considerable amount of 55 .From January to April of 2014, the Atkins guidelines were my Bible and the gym was my favorite. I live by my highly 56 diet and exercise schedule, and it 57 . In four months, I lost 6
55、0 pounds. As I received many 58 about my appearance, no one seemed to think that I was less humorous than before. I 59 to walk through the halls with my 60 smile and moving laugh.41. A. experienceB. foodC. struggleD. emotion42. A. avoidB. forgetC. practiceD. try43. A. spiritsB. wordsC. characterD. a
56、ppearance44. A. attitudeB. informationC. attentionD. planning45. A. joinB. findC. organizeD. ignore46. A. healthyB. strangeC. commonD. funny47. A. wonderB. insistC. acceptD. expect48. A. generousB. proudC. humorousD. considerate49. A. enjoyB. comfortC. improveD. teach50. A. finallyB. naturallyC. sud
57、denlyD. gradually51. A. angerB. painC. fearD. shame52. A. admittedB. believedC. agreedD. decided53. A. balanceB. researchC. designD. decoration54. A. likelyB. afraidC. surprisedD. willing55. A. moneyB. energyC. weightD. patience56. A. strictB. formalC. localD. poor57. A. neededB. changedC. turnedD.
58、worked58. A. giftsB. praisesC. chancesD. plans59. A. attemptedB. promisedC. continuedD. forgot60. A. bigB. politeC. simpleD. slow第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Finding a good job is tough. Many applicants 61._(turn) down every day. More often than not, the truth is that you
59、may be causing your own misfortune. Actually, you can do something to avoid 62._(place) on the “no hire list.”Once you have made up your mind to apply for a job, you should start preparing 63._(you) for the interview. You never get a second chance to make a first 64._(impress). Therefore, it is most
60、 important that you dress yourself up for the interview. However, 65._is not enough to wear a new suit and have perfect hair. At the very least, you should know some information 66._the company as well as a few things about your interviewer. Usually, it only takes a few minutes 67._(look) the inform
61、ation up on the Internet. When you have made full preparations in advance, you wont get nervous when 68._(interview).Dont show up at the interview in a bad mood. Your interviewer wants to work with the very man69. _wont affect the team 70._(negative). Take it easy before walking into the view. Just
62、do your best and dont care too much about the result.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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。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。Many people
63、 believe what in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday activities. It is thinking that we wont go shopping so goods are available on the Internet. There will have no more books because of electronic libraries. The Internet will be used to book holidays, rent films and ordering food.
64、Most telephone calls will be made over in the Internet as well. Some people are excited these new developments. Other, however, do not think that computers will replace our present ways of shopping and communicating.Is Internet shopping as much fun as traditional shopping? Many think no. And many pe
65、ople prefer paper books because they are more user-friendly. Maybe, traditions wont change these habits, so will computers.第二节书面表达（满分25分）24个社会主义核心价值观是基于国家层面，社会层面，公民个人层面提出的价值观。其中在个人层面，倡导爱国、敬业、诚信、友善。请你任选上述四点中的一点，用英语写一篇短文阐述自己的观点并结合自己的经历进行论述。注意：1、不可逐条翻译 2、词数不少于100词。高安中学2021届高二上学期第一次段考英语答案听力120：AACAA，BCB
66、CB，ABCBA，ACBCB阅读2135：DCAB，CBD，DCDA，BACB七选五36-40：CAFGD完形4160：CADCA，DACBC，BDBDC，ADBCA61. are turned 62. being placed 63. yourself 64. impression 65. it 66. on/about 67. to look68. Interviewed 69. that 70. negatively短文改错Many people believe what in the future computers will be used in lots of everyday a
67、ctivities. 或改为thatIt is thinking that we wont go shopping so goods are available on the Internet. There will have no thought because bemore books because of electronic libraries. The Internet will be used to book holidays, rent films and ordering food. Most telephone calls will be made over in the I
68、nternet as well. Some people are orderexcited these new developments. Other, however, do not think that computers will replace our about Otherspresent ways of shopping and communicating.Is Internet shopping as much fun as traditional shopping? Many think no. And many people notprefer paper books bec
69、ause they are more user-friendly. Maybe, traditions wont change these habits, so will computers. neither/nor参考范文1There is no doubt that honesty is one of the best qualities any citizen should have.Whatever we do, we should always hold an honest attitude not only towards the people who are on the sam
70、e team with us but also towards the work we do. For example, cheating in exams is not an honest deed because it may lead to the misunderstanding between teachers and students, which is not beneficial for the students moral development as well as academic improvement.Therefore we should stick to the
71、idea that anything bad, although it is small, should never be done and always try to remain honest.参考范文2It goes without saying that one should love ones country and promote a positive image of the country all over the world. However, some people do not take enough notice of this. For instance, some
72、travelers to other countries do not behave well enough. They spit, smoke and make loud noises in public places, which causes an unpleasant feeling among the local people.We believe that once a person is in foreign country, he becomes a representative of his home country. Whatever he does, he leaves an impression. So by minding our manners, we protect the good image of our country, and only in this way can our country and people win the respect from the whole world
