1、江苏省泰州中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中模拟检测试题（考试时间：120分钟；试卷满分：150分）本试卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。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. Where does the man want to go?A. To a cinema. B. To
2、a candy shop. C. To a bookstore.2. What is probably the man?A. A milkman. B. A postman. C. A cleaner.3. What will probably happen next?A. The man will leave.B. The man will wash the dishes again.C. The woman will get a job at a store.4. How much will the woman pay?A. $147. B. $22. C. $35.5. Why did
3、the man lose the match?A. His coach didnt help him enough.B. He had no chance of winning.C. He didnt follow his coachs advice.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。6. What do we know about the mans wife?A.
4、 She likes reading very much.B. Shes counting the days.C. She will visit some old friends.7. Where did the woman probably go last summer?A. Hawaii. B. Europe. C. Egypt.听第7段材料,回答第8.9题。8. What will the man do on Tuesday?A. Go swimming with Anna.B. Go to the cinema with the woman.C. Go to have a dinner
5、 with the woman.9. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The woman went to Fire Palace last week.B. They will eat at Fire Palace.C. The man is not free on Thursday.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What do you think Discoveries is?A. It is the name of a book.B. It is the name of a newspaper.C. It is the nam
6、e of a magazine.11. Why did the man spend ten days in prison?A. Because he was caught stealing.B. Because he reported on prisons.C. Because he wrote adventure reports.12. Whats the result of the mans articles about the adventure in prison?A. People got excited and angry with prisons.B. He learnt a g
7、ood lesson.C. Prisoners are now better treated.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. Where will the speakers probably stay in the Grand Canyon?A. In a tent. B. In a hotel. C. In a village house.14. What will the speakers do in Lake Yellowstone?A. Do some walking. B. Ride a horse. C. Go boating.15. What does the woma
8、n think of going to some remote parts of the Yellowstone National Park?A. Frightening. B. Exciting. C. Boring.16. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers. B. Husband and wife. C. Classmates.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. How long does it take to fly to New York?A.6 hours. B.7 hours. C.8 h
9、ours.18. What may some tourists do around 6:30 a. m. on the 2nd day?A. Take a bus. B. Have breakfast. C. Go jogging.19. What place will the tourists go to after breakfast on the 2nd day?A. Central Park. B. Liberty Island. C. The Empire State Building.20. What will the tourists have for supper on the
10、 2nd day?A. Italian food. . B. American food. C. Chinese food.第二部分：阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AShana, Robyn, and I stood on the high platform near the tops of the rainforest trees. We were wearing heavy helmets on our heads and had thick leather straps
11、around our waists, which made seats that hung from a thick wire overhead. The wire was hung between the platform we stood on and another platform far in the distance.This was the zip line, an adventure I had vowed I would not do on our family trip to Costa Rica. I was afraid of heights, afraid of fa
12、lling, and afraid of zipping through the air above the rainforest at 30 miles per hour. Yet here I was, fastened in and ready to go.“Who goes first?” our guide asked. My sisters exchanged a glanceneither of them stepped forward. Id been teased for being a “scary cat” ever since I was four when I tri
13、pped (绊倒) and fell on an escalator. Even my parents, while relieved by my cautious ways, were worried that ld miss out on enjoyable activities. No longer willing to let life pass me by, I stepped to the edge of the platform, sat back in the leather seat, and pushed off. Absolute terror filled me as
14、I screamed and zoomed through the trees with my eyes squeezed shut. Before I could totally process what was happening, I landed safely on the second platform.As my sisters flew in behind me, the guide attached me to the next wire, and I was off again. This time, fear was replaced with excitement, an
15、d I was able to look around me as I zipped. Therea toucan (犀鸟)! And was that a sloth (树懒) right at eye level?By the time we had finished all the zip line journeys, I was shouting not with terror but with joy. And to think how close Id come to missing it all!21. Why had the writer vowed not to go on
16、the zip lines?A. She thought she would not be able to see anything.B. She was afraid of the rainforest animals.C. She had a fear of heights.D. She hated wearing the helmet and straps. 22. What made the writer decide to go on the zip lines?A. The support of his parents. B. The tease of his sisters.C.
17、 The encouragement of his own. D. The order of his guide.23. How did the writer find the zip line journey in the end?A. Risky but rewarding.B. Nothing but frightening.C. Tiresome and unhappy. D. Joyful but fruitless.BThis is the biggest education provider youve never heard of. Until now.The Alison p
18、roject Advanced Learning Interactive Systems Online has already signed up more than two million students to more than 500 online courses. Its adding another 200,000 each month and founder Mike Feerick is confident this expansion could grow even more rapidly and reach a billion students towards the e
19、nd of the decade.So how has it stayed below the radar? While the new wave of online courses so-called Moocs, such as Coursera and edX, have become darlings of the digital media, why has Alison not had the same attention?Mr. Feerick says the big difference is who they are trying to reach. Its the aca
20、demic versus vocational (职业的) divide being played out in the digital market.“The people were helping do not have a huge voice,” says Mr. Feerick. While the Moocs are associated with high-status universities, Alisons focus is on the great numbers of people around the world needing to improve their vo
21、cational skills and training.There are courses in subjects such as computer skills, learning English, basic accountancy, building a website, food safety, introductions to legal studies. Within the coming months, India is expected to become the biggest source of learners, overtaking the UK and US. Ni
22、geria and the Philippines are rapidly growing markets.Mr. Feerick wants to use online technology to offer free lessons in the most important basic skills that people need. As he puts it, 99% of the people are learning the same 1% of information, again and again.His other challenge to the established
23、 order is to question the necessity of exam certificates. If people are studying for a specific skill, such as learning to touchtype or a language, he argues the key question is whether they can put the lessons into practice.24.What does the underlined phrase “below the radar” in Paragraph3 probably
24、 mean?A. Trying to catch up. B. Failing to attract notice.C. Failing to meet demands. D. Trying to become successful.25.The Alison project is different from Coursera and edX in that_.A. it has more subjectsB. it offers free coursesC. it doesnt make moneyD. it focuses on basic skills26.What do we lea
25、rn about the Alison project?A. It aims to improve the learners academic scores.B. It is mainly supported by high-status universities.C. It will attract many learners in developing countries.D. Most of its learners are from Asia at the present time.27.Which word can best describe Mike Feerick accordi
26、ng to the last paragraph?A. Practical.B. Creative. C. Diligent. D. Generous.CThe argument over a Philadelphia school district accused of secretly spying on pupils through laptop cameras became fiercer today after it acknowledged obtaining more than 56,000 images of its students, many of them in thei
27、r homes. When the scandal(丑闻）first broke, it was believed that only a few pictures had been taken of one pupil, Blake Robbins. But court papers released this week showed that thousands of images were taken of Robbins and other students. Robbins and his parents have filed an action against the school
28、 district. Court papers from the Robbinss lawyers said that at first it was thought that the laptops technology had produced a few images but they found more than 400 of Robbins, including images “showing him partially undressed and sleeping”. Robbins said he did not know why the spying device was a
29、ctivated as his laptop had not been reported stolen or missing. Other students whose pictures were taken said their laptops had not been reported stolen or missing either.An administrator at the school, one of the few with authority to track the laptops, remained silent, refusing to answer questions
30、.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 38,500 of the images came from six laptops that had been reported missing from the Harriton gym in September 2008. These apparently helped the police catch a suspect. Another set of images were from cameras in laptops which employees responsible for tracking
31、failed or forgot to turn off.The court papers, filed by Robbins lawyers, said that the technology was activated between 20 October and 4 November last year, with most of the 400 shots of him while he was in his home, and included his family. “There were additional webcam pictures and screen shots ta
32、ken of Blake Robbins which, up to now, have not been recovered because the evidence was deleted by the IT department,” the court papers say.One of Robbins lawyers is trying to obtain access to the administrators home computer to confirm whether she downloaded any of the pictures. The court papers in
33、dicate she may be a voyeur (窥隐私者) though it has not been proved. 28. We can learn from the passage that _.A. Robbins parents remained calm over the scandal B. Robbins had his laptop stolen before the scandalC. the laptops technology produced some imagesD. the private rights of the students were offe
34、nded29. What did The Philadelphia Inquirer say about the case? A. The police had found some evidence. B. Most of the laptops in Harriton gym were missing. C. Employees in charge of tracking deliberately left the laptops on. D. There was obviously more than one suspect related to the case. 30. Accord
35、ing to the court papers, the administrator _.A. may have spied her students on purposeB. may have broken into Robbins houseC. has downloaded many students pictures D. has removed evidence from computers31. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Modern technology has negative effects on our lives
36、. B. Students in Philadelphia are accustomed to being spied on secretly.C. A Philadelphia school is charged with spying students through laptop cameras.D. The American government should take measures to improve teachers qualities.DThis is my world now; its all I have left. You see, Im old. And, Im n
37、ot as healthy as I used to be. Im not necessarily happy with it, but I accept it. Occasionally, a member of my family will stop in to see me. He or she will bring me some flowers or a little present, maybe a set of slippersIve got eight pairs. And then they will return to the outside world and Ill b
38、e alone again. Oh, there are other people here in the nursing home. Residents, were called. The majority are about my age. Im 84. Many are in wheelchairs. The lucky ones are passing througha broken hip, a diseased heart, something has brought them here for rehabilitation(康复). When theyre well theyll
39、 be going home.The help here is basically pretty good, although theres a large turnover of staff. Just when I get comfortable with someone he or she moves on to another job. I understand that. This is not the best job to have. I dont much like some of the physical things that happen to us. I dont ca
40、re much for a diaper(尿布). I seem to have lost the control acquired so diligently as a child. The difference is that Im aware and embarrassed, but I cant do anything about it. Ive had three children, and I know it isnt pleasant to clean anothers diaper. My husband used to wear a gas mask when he chan
41、ged the kids. I wish I had one now.Why do you think the staff insists on talking baby talk when speaking to me? I understand English. I have a degree in music and am a certified teacher. Now I hear a lot of words that end in “y”. There is little need for anyone to position their face directly in fro
42、nt of mine and raise their voice with those “y” words. Sometimes it takes longer for a meaning to sink in; sometimes my mind wanders when I am bored. But theres no need to shout. Id love to go out for a meal or travel again. Id love to go to my own church, sing with my own choir. Id love to visit my
43、 friends. Most of them are gone now or else they are in different “homes” of their childrens choosing. Id love to play a good game of bridge, but no one here seems to concentrate very well. My children put me here for my own good. They said they would be able to visit me frequently. But they have th
44、eir own lives to lead. That sounds normal. I dont want to be a burden. They know that. But I would like to see them more. One of them is here in town. He visits as much as he can.Something else Ive learned to accept is loss of privacy. Quite often Ill close my door when my roommateimagine having a r
45、oommate at my ageis in the TV room. I do appreciate some time to myself and believe that I have earned at least that courtesy(礼貌). As I sit thinking or writing, one of the aides invariably opens the door unannounced and walks in as if Im not there. Sometimes she even opens my drawers and begins sear
46、ching around. Am I invisible? Have I lost my right to respect and dignity? I am still a human being. I would like to be treated as one.Back to my semiprivate room for a little semi-privacy or a nap(午睡). I do need my beauty rest; company may come today. What is today, again? The afternoon drags into
47、early evening. This used to be my favorite time of the day. Things would wind down. I would kick off my shoes. Put my feet up on the coffee table. Pop open a bottle of Chablis and enjoy the fruits of my days labor with my husband. Hes gone. So is my health. This is my world.32. Which of the followin
48、g statements can be inferred from the passage?A. The staff at the nursing home mistreated the elderly people.B. Nursing home workers sometimes stole items from her drawers.C. Her children did not often visit because they felt guilty for having put her in the nursinghome.D. The staff used baby talk w
49、ith her because they assumed her mind had aged as her body had.33. The author concluded her essay with a tone of _.A. dignity B. sadnessC. disappointmentD. confusion34. How will the authors son most probably feel after he reads this essay?A. Sympathetic.B. Regretful. C. Angry.D. Relieved.35. The bes
50、t title for the passage would be _.A. The Disadvantages of Growing OldB. If Only I could be getting betterC. The Elderly: A Forgotten GenerationD. The Place That Changed My Life第二节 七选五阅读 （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。Much of the work in todays world is accomplished(
51、完成) in teams.Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals._36. _ Companies spend millions hiring top business people.Is their money well spent?_37. _ They focused on football，basketball and baseball.The results are mixed.For football an
52、d basketball，adding talented players to a team proves a good method，but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent；above that level，the teams performance begins to decline.Interestingly，this trend isnt evident in baseball，where additional individual talent keeps improving the teams
53、 performance.To explain this phenomenon，the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions._38. _ In baseball，the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates.They conclude that when task interdependence
54、is high，team performance will suffer when there is too much talent，while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.If a basketball star is，for example，trying to gain a high personal point total，he may take a shot himself when it would be bett
55、er to pass the ball to a teammate，affecting the teams performance.Young children learning to play team sports are often told，“There is no I in TEAM.”_39. _Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team，some players may make less effort.Just as in a game of tugofwar(拔河比赛)，wheneve
56、r a person is added，everyone else pulls the rope with less force._40. _ An Ateam may require a balancenot just A players，but a few generous B players as well.AIts not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.BSports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.CThe group inte
57、raction and its effect drew the researchers attention.DStars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.ESeveral recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.FBuilding up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.GThis task interdependence
58、distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空（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。Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to 41 our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry,
59、 bless or curse . Its our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in 42 or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to 43 the positive and skip right over the negative.An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; its a(n) 44 . The way you look at life
60、will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. 45 , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations 46 themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.Years ago, I drove into a service
61、 station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) 47 question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You dont look well,” he replied. This 48 me completely by surp
62、rise. A little 49 confidently, I told him that I had never felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little 50 . About a block away, I pulled over to the side of the road to look
63、at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I 51 some rare disease?On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling fine ag
64、ain, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful 52 , and the light reflecting 53 the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a to
65、tal 54 change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single 55 observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an u
66、pward look, incredible things can be accomplished.41. A. shape B. decideC. preview D. transform 42. A. vainB. angerC. action D. hope 43. A. highlightB. analyzeC. evaluate D. introduce44. A. necessity B. opportunity C. quality D. identity 45. A. ActuallyB. ConsequentlyC. Accordingly D. Contrarily46.
67、A. rely on B. feed on C. go on D. take on47. A. familiar B. ordinary C. odd D. easy48. A. got B. took C. stopped D. made49. A. more B. less C. quite D. too50. A. uneasy B. unconcerned C. unsatisfied D. unaffected51. A. come up B. brought up C. picked up D. put up52. A. gray B. blue C. yellow D. red5
68、3. A. in B. over C. off D. through54. A. liar B. onlooker C. attendant D. stranger55. A. positive B. negative C. careful D. rigid第二节 短文填空（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正确形式。For more than six million American children, coming home after school means 56 (come) to an empty house. They
69、have many different ways to deal with the situation like watching TV, hanging out, and playing computer games. 57 one thing is in common. They spend part of each day alone. They 58 (call) latchkey children they are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad situation
70、has become a subject of concern.A headmaster of an elementary school said that there was a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys 59 (attach). He was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys, 60 he slowly learned w
71、ere house keys.He began talking to the children who had them. Then he learned the influence working couples and single parents were having 61 their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own 62 (safe)The most common way
72、 latchkey children deal with this is by hiding. It might be in a bathroom, under a bed 63 in a closet. The second is TV. Theyll watch it with the volume turned up high. Most parents dont realize 64 (it) effect on their children and most parents are slow to admit the fact 65 they leave their children
73、 alone.第四部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）假如你是李华。上周，外教Shelley外出度假之前给你留言，让你为她喜欢的茉莉花浇水。你因故忘记为茉莉花浇水，导致茉莉花干死。你决定给Shelley写一封信，内容包括：1.表示歉意；2.解释原因和补偿措施；3.请求原谅。注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：茉莉jasmine 第二节：读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。A wealthy man and his son liked to colle
74、ct rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire these great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. Unfortunately he died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was in deep
75、sorrow for his only son. About a month later, just before Christmas, there was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands. He said, Sir, you dont know me, I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me
76、to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and killed him instantly. He often talked about you, and your love of art. The young man held out this package. I know this isnt much. Im not a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this. The father opened the package. It was
77、 a picture of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in surprise at the way the soldier captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay for the painting. Oh, no sir, I coul
78、d never repay what your son did for me. Its a gift. The father hung the picture on the hall. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected. The man died a few months later. There was to be a great
79、auction(拍卖) of his art collection. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having the opportunity to purchase one for their collection.注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；Paragraph 1： On the platform sat the painting of the son. _ Paragraph 2：Finally a
80、voice came from the back of the room. _ 高二英语期中模拟试卷参考答案第一部分 听力（每题1.5分，满分30分）1-5 BBACC 6-10 ABABC 11-15 ACABA 16-20 CBCBA 第二部分阅读理解（每题2.5分，满分50分）2135 CCA BDCA DAAC DBBC36-40 BEGDF第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)41-45. ADAAD 46-50. BCBBA 51-55. CCCDB第二节 短文填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)56. comin
81、g 57. But 58. are called 59. attached 60. which61. on 62. safety 63. or 64. its65. that第四部分 写作Dear Shelley,Im writing to apologize for not watering your jasmine, which caused its death, while you were away. Now let me explain what happened to me and my family.I was so busy preparing for the coming e
82、xam that I had no time for other things. Whats more, my mother had her ankle injured while she was walking, so I had to take good care of her, who stayed at home alone. That was why I failed to water your favorite plant. I would like to buy a new one as a compensation for your loss. Please forgive m
83、e.I sincerely hope you can accept my apologies.Yours,Li HuaOne possible version:Paragraph 1:On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer banged his hammer. We will start the bidding with the picture of the son. Who will bid for this painting? There was silence. Then a voice in the bac
84、k of the room angrily shouted, We didnt come to see this picture. We want to see his great works of art. But the auctioneer continued. Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will take the son? (67)Paragraph 2:Finally a voice came from the back of the room. “Ill give $10.00 for the painting. It was
85、 the gardener of the father and his son. Being a poor man it was all he could afford. We have $10, who will bid $20? No response. Going once, twice, SOLD for $10! Now the auction is over! The auctioneer laid down his hammer and explained, When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told that on
86、ly the painting of the son would be auctioned. And whoever purchased the picture of the son would receive all the fathers possessions, including the paintings. (92) (续写词数：159)答题纸设置说明选择题部分听力120，每题1.5分 三个选项阅读2135，每题2.5分 四个选项 3640，每题2.5分 七个选项完形4155，每题1分，四个选项短文填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)书面表达25分 On the platform sat the painting of the son. 下设10行Finally a voice came from the back of the room.下设10行
