1、江苏省2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期末考试模拟试卷04（无答案）总分：120分；考试时间100分钟一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWe understand that in light of the latest government CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL ADVICE, your travel plans will be changing. To reflect this, some terms & conditions for refun
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10、her Train Companys Service In areas where there is cancellation, train companies may agree acceptance of tickets routed via another company For more details, please contact your rail service provider.1Passengers are entitled to their money back on_.AAnytime tickets completely free of chargeBOil-Peak
11、 tickets with no restrictionsCAdvance tickets for their train not runningDSuper Off-Peaks that went invalid for half a year2A Season ticket holds more refundable value only when_.Atrain companies refuse to calculate the value that is left on itByou formally apply to cease using the ticket and hand i
12、t backCyou use the Season Ticket Refund Calculator on the websiteDthe proof is given that you were unable to travel due to illness3We can learn from the passage that _ .AAdvance tickets purchased after Jan. 4th can also be rescheduledBpassengers with a fixed timetable are advised to buy Anytime tick
13、etsCsafer approaches to refund have been introduced to limit physical contactDservice from another train company is not available if your train get cancelledBA 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence (AI) and created apps to address polluted
14、drinking water, drug addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazines first-ever “Kid of the Year”. Rao told The Associated Press in an interview from her home that the prize is nothing that I could have ever imagined. And Im so grateful and just so excited that were really taking a
15、 look at the upcoming generation and our generation, since the future is in our hands.Time said Rao stood out for creating a global community of young innovators and inspiring them to pursue their goals. Rao insisted that starting out small doesnt matter, as long as youre passionate about it.She tol
16、d Time contributing editor Angelina Jolie in an interview that her science pursuits started early as a way to improve social conditions. The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, inspired her work to develop a way to detect pollutants and send those results to a mobile phone, she said. “I was li
17、ke 10 when I told my parents that I wanted to research carbon nanotube (纳米管) sensor technology at the Denver Water quality research lab, and my mum was like, A what?” Rao told Jolie. She said that work is going to be in our generations hands pretty soon. “So if no one else is gonna do it, Im gonna d
18、o it.”In a world where science is increasingly questioned or challenged, Rao insisted that its pursuit is an act of kindness, the best way that a younger generation can better the world. “We have science in everything were involved in, and I think thats the biggest thing to put out there, that scien
19、ce is cool, innovating is cool, and anybody can be an innovator.” Rao said, “Anybody can do science.”4What did Rao think of the award she received?AIt was a mark of social progress.BIt was a recognition of her work.CIt was an inspiration to the youth.DIt was a title beyond her expectation5Why would
20、Rao start to pursue science?ATo encourage people to aim high.BTo pursue her passion for research.CTo change the society for the better.DTo stop science from being questioned.6Which word can best describe Rao?ACool.BKind.CIndependent.DCreative.7Whats the purpose of the text?ATo report a young genius.
21、BTo introduce new inventions.CTo improve social conditions.DTo present artificial intelligence.CMiddle school is challenging for so many reasons academics become more difficult, schedules fill up with activities, and, in what might be the most challenging region for kids and parents alike, friendshi
22、ps change. Friendships change over time, not just because our children evolve, but because the very nature of friendship evolves with them. The best parents should learn to let go so that their children can succeed in their tween friendships.Early in childhood, our childrens friendships arise out of
23、 closeness and habit. We throw our kids into the sandbox with our friends kids, and this arrangement works for everyone. As kids get older, however, they begin to build emotional connections with friends based on similarity. Their shared interests, dreams, and goals begin to edge out mere convenienc
24、e. When they become tweens, friendships become much more complex, and for good reason. Tweens use friendships as a way to try on an identity. They begin to build friendships based on new priorities.All too often, the shifting sands of tween friendship result in broken hearts. Tweens feel abandoned a
25、nd betrayed as friends move back and forth between comfortable old relationships and exciting new ones. As any parent knows, our own personal heartache hurts, but the secondhand heartbreak we experience through our children is much more painful, mainly because its out of our control. The urge to med
26、dle, to save and heal, is powerful, and while meddling around in tween social contact may make us feel better, we must stay out of it.Tweens move from relationship to relationship, adopting this detail of a friends personality,abandoning that characteristic of another, until they have collected the
27、essential elements of their identity. Some relationships will survive this process, and some will not, but everyone is an important phase of the journey. We may not love every outfit our tweens try on, but its our job to be there when they emerge from the dressing room, when they do a little twirl a
28、nd wait for us to tell them how grown up they have become.8Whats the main idea of the second paragraph?AFriendship become complex in every period of time.BReasons for friendship building vary in different phases.CTweens begin to build friendships based on the new priorities.DImportant elements of fr
29、iendship are needed in childrens life.9What does the underlined words in paragraph 3 mean?AFriendships are out of control.BTweens feel abandoned and betrayed.CFriends move to exciting new relationships.DFriendships change from one to another among tweens.10What should parents do when tweens feel pai
30、nful about their social contact?AThey should blame them.BThey should help to bring their children under control.CThey should be there and support them.DThey should meddle around in tween social contact.11Which is the best title of the passage?AChange of relationships among tweensBParenting in friend
31、ships among tweensCHow to build friendships among tweensDThe nature of friendships among tweensDIt is one of the greatest mysteries of nature. In case you havent noticed, all living things follow very definite, individual rhythms, all as regular as a clock, but what makes them regular?Though many sc
32、ientists maintain that these rhythms are the result of some outside force like gravity or radiation or both, the results of most scientific researches agree with other scientists who believe that each living thing has its own built-in biological “time clock.”Take the mystery of migration for example
33、. Scientists cant really explain why many species of birds migrate in the autumn even though the temperature is still summery. The birds just seem to snub the comfortable weather that they are having. When a certain time comes, they travel south by the thousand. In spring time, they migrate northwar
34、ds when though there probably is snow still covering the ground when they finally arrive. Something said “go”, and they did.Animals that hibernate are obeying individual time clock, too. When their clock indicates the time to take a winters nap, they do, and nothing can stop them. At a certain time
35、in the spring, they wake up and come out regardless of the weather outside.Plants appear to have yearly rhythms, such as the sprouting(发芽)of seeds, and they also have daily rhythms. Notice sometimes that plants raise their leaves in daylight and lower them at night.If you live along the California c
36、oast, you can easily observe a demonstration of this mysterious clock functioning regularly. There, from February to September, the highest tides occur exactly every fourteen and four-fifths days, and during these high tides, but at no other time, small silvery fish called grunions surf-ride a wave
37、to the beach. There the female deposits her eggs in the sand and the male, fertilize them; then both hitch a wave-ride back to the sea. Exactly fourteen and four-fifths days later, never before or after, the tiny eggs hatch, and the high tide carries the new habits out to sea.12According to the pass
38、age, the mysterious rhythms result from _.Athe influence of gravity on living speciesBthe effect of radiation on living speciesCthe influence of a mysterious outer force on living speciesDthe internal mechanism inside the living species13The underlined word “snub” in the third paragraph probably mea
39、ns _.AfightBignoreCsymbolizeDcriticize14Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?AHibernating animals are obeying an internal time clock.BThe positioning of the leaves of some plants is due to the daily rhythms.CThe internal clock functioning is demonstrated in the reproducing habits of grunion
40、s.DThe yearly hibernation is more because of the weather influence than the biological functioning.15The passage is mainly about _.Athe rhythms of lifeBthe reasons of mysterious hibermationCstrange behaviors of speciesDthe timing for different events in the world of species二、七选五（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分
41、）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。Habits can be slow to form. 16 When workers headed home during the first lockdown of March 2020, they probably thought the break would last for a month or so. Had that been true, old routines would soon have restarted.It is now ten months since many employee
42、s have made a regular commute(通勤) into the office. New routines have taken root and those will be much harder to break. 17Research suggests that managers may spend 23 hours a week in meetings. 18 The pandemic could provide a wake-up call on meeting uselessness. 19 The convention of the daily commute
43、 and the standard working day has been abandoned. Self-isolating(自我隔离) workers have shown they will happily get on with their work，even when not under the eye of their boss. And if they decide to work at home on Fridays，they will no longer feel as guilty as they might have done before the pandemic.H
44、andling a combination of remote workers will require managers to acquire new habits. Ms Moschini says the key will be to develop empathic(共情) leadership that understands the varied working conditions of team members. 20At the start of the lockdown, she sent slippers to her team so they could feel co
45、mfortable working from home.AThis bad news has a silver lining.BBut not all new habits are welcome.CThis might involve sending small gifts.DBut when they do, they can become rooted.E.Permitting this flexibility makes perfect sense.F.The best habit developed during the pandemic is becoming flexible.G
46、.Cut that time in half and think of how much more might be achieved.三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从所提供的四个选项中选出最佳选项.Years ago I was 21 in the Himalayas and had made the mistake of changing a large amount of money into the local currency(货币). 22 I walked through the villages of the Annapurna, it soo
47、n became clear that the people were too 23 to supply even the simplest goods. They had nothing. This meant that it was no use carrying the wad(捆) of 24 in my pack and I was a virtual(虚拟的) walking millionaire compared to the local people. I grew to 25 the money and it was embarrassing to have it in m
48、y bag. This resulted 26 a remarkable experience that 27 me deeply and its effect has never left me.On this particular day I was left behind by fellow hikers and found myself in a valley. As I made myself down, I noticed a young girl around 28 some sheep. Like so many of the children of the amazing N
49、epalese people, she was very beautiful. I couldnt 29 looking at her and she looked at me. As I approached her she suddenly rushed over to me, and without a 30 , handed me a flower. She 31 at me for a tiny moment and then she ran away. The spirit in this lovely child had responded to something she sa
50、w in me and her first idea was to find something to 32 .Because of her 33 , there was nothing she had 34 a single flower. The weight of my bag was never heavier than at this moment and I had just received one of the most valuable 35 I had ever had in my life.21AcampingBtravellingChikingDcycling22AWh
51、enBBecauseCThoughDBefore23ArichBpoorCwiseDhonest24AclothesBflowersCmoneyDbricks25AlikeBdislikeCadoreDadmire26AinBfromCtoDfor27AencouragedBhurtCpersuadedDimpressed28AhurtingBgatheringCcaringDfeeding29AwaitBhelpCbearDtolerate30ApauseBsmileCvoiceDword31ArecognizedBshoutedCstaredDignored32AeatBorganizeC
52、offerDschedule33AanxietyBpovertyCmindDkindness34Aapart fromBbesidesCrather thanDmore than35AexperiencesBpresentsCchangesDfortune四、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。(每小题1.5分，满分15分)Archaeologists have found something even more exciting in Sichuan Province, and the discovery was made at the Sanxingdui Ru
53、ins (三星堆遗址). The site36 (believe) to be the location of an ancient civilization active thousands of years ago.37 we are seeing now is one of the newly discovered sacrificial pits (祭祀坑) at the Sanxingdui Ruins. Sanxingdui, 38 (literal) meaning “three-star mounds” in Chinese, is about39 80-minute driv
54、e from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province. In the 1980s, archaeologists determined that the three mounds were once part of a city wall that defended an ancient kingdom. 40（cover）12 square kilometers, the Sanxingdui Ruins are believed to be remains of the ancient Shu Kingdom, which was act
55、ive over a period spanning 2,600 to 4,800 years ago.The first discovery here was a piece of jade (玉石) unearthed 41 accident by a farmer in 1929. In 1986, two sacrificial pits 42 (fill) with relics were discovered. On a press conference held just now, Chinese 43 (authority) announced that archaeologi
56、sts have found six more sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Ruins. The six newly-discovered pits sit next to the two discovered in 1986, 44 make up a sacred complex that would have been the site of sacrifices and prayer.Even today, many secrets are hidden in the Sanxingdui Ruins. But hopefully one da
57、y we can find out more about the 45 (mystery) ancient civilization that once lived here.五、提纲类作文(满分15分)462022年冬奥会将在北京和张家口举行。为了确保冬奥会完满成功, 组委会发起了志愿者招募活动。假如你是学生李华, 希望能成为其中一员。请用英文给组委会写一封申请信。内容包括：1个人情况；2自身优势；3服务承诺注意： 1. 词数100左右2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯；3. 开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。Dear Sir/Madam, _Yours faithfully, Li H
58、ua六、读后续写(满分25分)47阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使其构成一篇完整的短文。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。Recently divorced(离婚），I was in my 20s,had no job and was on my way downtown to the employment offices. I had no umbrella, and I could not afford another one. I sat down in the streetcar-and there agains
59、t the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle.I examined the handle and saw a name. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but somehow I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name on the u
60、mbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered.Yes, she said in surprise, that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her for a birthday present. But,she added, it had been stolen more than a year before. She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directl
61、y to her small house. She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears. We talked for a while, and I must have given her my address. I dont remember.The next six months were tough. My last job ended the day before Christmas and my thirty-dollarrent was soon due, and I had only fifteen dollars. When
62、 I walked from the streetcar to my small apartment, the air was full of the sound of Christmas merriment. But there should be no Christmas for me.Unless a miracle happened, I would be homeless in January, foodless, jobless.Peggy, my daughter, had proudly set our kitchen table for our evening meal an
63、d put pans out and three cans of food which would be our dinner. When I looked at those pans and cans, I felt broken-hearted. We would have only hamburgers for our Christmas dinner tomorrow. I stood in the cold little kitchen and the coldness in my heart was colder than ice.Paragraph 1:The doorbell suddenly rang and Peggy ran swiftly to answer it,calling that it must be Santa Claus._Paragraph 2:Our dinner that night was he most delicious I had ever eaten._
