1、河北省石家庄市第二中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期寒假作业（第6天）I. 听力第一节 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 probably do?A. Attend a meeting.B. Give Craig a call.C. Wait in the office.2. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. S
2、trangers.B. Co-workers.C. Schoolmates.3. What is David doing this year?A. Traveling around the world.B. Teaching Chinese at school.C. Learning a foreign language.4. How does the man want to travel? A. By car.B. By train.C. By plane.5. What is the woman going to do tomorrow evening? A. Visit Bob at h
3、is home.B. Go shopping with Bob.C. Expect a call from Bob.第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. On the train.B. At the ticket office.C. At the information
4、desk.7. What time is the train going to arrive in Sydney?A. At 2:00.B. At 9:28.C. At 11:34.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。8. Where are the speakers?A. In Manchester.B. In Milan.C. In Florence.9. What is Martha doing? A. Having a holiday.B. Entertaining a friend.C. Traveling on business.10. What does Roger do?A.
5、Hes a train driver.B. Hes a shop manager.C. Hes a hotel receptionist.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。11. Who are the speakers?A. A doctor and a patient.B. A teacher and a student.C. A salesman and a customer.12. What is probably the cause of the mans problems?A. He often overeats.B. He works too hard.C. He smoke
6、s heavily.13. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Stop working and go on a vacation.B. Give up smoking as soon as possible.C. Change his diet and get some exercise.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16题。14. Why does Kevin say life on Frenchboro is different? A. Its very simple.B. Its quite exciting.C. Its rather h
7、opeless.15. What is the school on Frenchboro like? A. It has no teachers.B. It has small classes.C. It has fifty students.16. What will the people on Frenchboro do when they need medical care? A. They go to the mainland.B. They visit the local hospital.C. They ask the visitors for help.听下面一段独白，回答第17
8、至第20题。17. To whom is the speaker talking? A. New employees.B. Foreign tourists.C. International students.18. What are girls advised to do in a caf? A. Take care of their bags.B. Dont talk to strangers.C. Leave the place quickly.19. What is the best place to park a car? A. Beside a house.B. On a quie
9、t road.C. In a public car park.20. What should one do when walking home alone at night? A. Stop a police car for help.B. Walk in well-lighted areas.C. Take a knife for self-defense.II. 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThough I know that I can do little to help the animals, I often c
10、heck dog rehoming websites. Looking through page upon page of pitiful faces looking up, you might be thinking that the only dogs to be abandoned in this country are fierce-looking or large and unruly dogs.Recently, it seems there are some new additions in dog homes. Dogs Trustthe countrys largest do
11、g welfare charitysays that in the past year over 400 “toy dogs” were handed in, a 44% increase on the year before.“Toy dog” is the traditional term for all little dogs, but in recent years theyve increasingly been referred to as “handbag dogs” after the ridiculous manner in which famous people like
12、Paris Hilton carry them around in their $ 1,000 handbags, making these dogs the most wanted for impressionable teens. As the popularity of Hilton has waned, however, these dogs are being rudely tipped out of the handbags and given up to charity.In spite of the sad ending that this trend brings for s
13、ome of these dogs, it can only be a good thing if people become aware that the toy types are still dogs, not dolls to be carried around. If you really are prepared to stick with them, a small dog is just as capable of bringing joy without the need to dress him or her up. A large dog wont sit on your
14、 lap while you read the papers or travel happily on the train with you. And a park full of pugs (哈巴狗) would be a happier and safer place than one full of teenage boys and badly trained large dogs. As Edith Wharton said, “My little doga heartbeat at my feet.”1. What is the authors new finding in the
15、dog rehoming websites?A. More “handbag dogs” are given up.B. Some dogs in Dogs Trust are large dogs.C. Teens are likely to play with their “toy dogs”.D. The number of abandoned dogs is increasing.2. What does the underlined word “waned” in the third paragraph most probably mean?A. grown.B. weakened.
16、C. begun.D. worked.3. What might be the authors attitude towards dogs ?A. Large dogs and children make a good park.B. “Handbag dogs” should be forbidden in public places.C. It is good to dress dogs up before carrying them around.D. Keeping small dogs can bring joys in a way.BOne day, when I was work
17、ing as a psychologist (心理学家) in England, an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad an
18、d refuses to talk to others, and Im very worried about him. Can you help?”I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesnt have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathet
19、ically.The first two times we met, David didnt say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the childrens drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoonin complete silence and without looking at me.
20、 Its not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look
21、at me?“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought. “Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.“Its your turn,” he said.After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined
22、a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times, about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that onewithout any wordscan reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug,
23、a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.4. When he first met the author, David _.A. felt a little excitedB. looked a little nervousC. walked energeticallyD. showed up with his teacher5. David enjoyed being with the author because he _.A. wanted to ask the author for adviceB.
24、liked the childrens drawings in the officeC. beat the author many times in the chess gameD. needed to share sorrow with the author6. What can be inferred about David?A. He liked biking before he lost his family.B. He recovered after months of treatment.C. He went into university soon after starting
25、to talk.D. He got friends in school before he met the author.7. What made David change?A. The authors silent communication with him.B. His teachers help.C. The authors friendship.D His exchange of letters with the author.C A very close friend phoned me this weekend and asked a specific question abou
26、t earning a few extra dollars each month online. For the benefit of keeping her name and details secret, I will call her Annie in this article. You see Annie suffers from a severe form of inaction syndrome (综合症); she is full of great ideas that never materialize into cash and she is having a problem
27、 finding the link that will achieve this.Somebody once said that knowledge is power, yet we constantly find from readers of our website that they have knowledge to burn and still do not have power. Just look at the academics in universities all around the world; they have so much knowledge that they
28、 should control the wealth of the world. In truth they work for peanuts and very few of them ever achieve the power of independence. So knowledge certainly isnt power. Therefore, we should change that “wise” statement to “Power is the ability to use knowledge to your own benefit.”Annie is a typical
29、academicstrong on talk and plans but weaker on actions. In the period of a twentyminute conversation, she stated a whole list of plans and ideas to make the extra few hundred dollars each month she was seeking. Any one of her many ideas was a potential money maker, but she had taken action on none o
30、f them. At one time she said，“Im lost as to what to do next.”That was my clue to get involved. “Take action,” I advised.All that is wrong is that Annie was inactive without knowing it. In five minutes we drew up a plan of action and agreed to talk again in a month to review progress. When we finishe
31、d the conversation, she sounded much happier and more motivated than when we started. Annie just needs a little encouragement into beneficial action.8. Whats the problem with Annie?A. She has too many great ideas.B. She seldom puts her ideas into practice.C. She suffers from a strange illnessD. She
32、knows little about making money online.9. What is the most important according to the author?A. A good understanding of oneself.B. The ability to acquire knowledge.C. A great deal of knowledge.D. The ability to use ones knowledge.10. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A. Ann
33、ie is inactive to take actions.B. Annie is good at talk and plans.C. Annie is the real name of the authors friend.D. Annie feels more confident after the talk with the author.11. What might the passage continue to talk about?A. What the author suggests to Annie.B. Why Annie should take actions on he
34、r ideas.C. How Annie takes actions on her ideas.D. What Annies problem is.DLets face it. No one drinks diet sodas for the taste. People drink diet sodas in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it. Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according t
35、o a new study.Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didnt drink diet sodas. “What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain,” sa
36、id Sharon Fowler.The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations.Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients
37、in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet sodas, they dont lose weight at all. “We werent seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us,” said Rogers.So why would diet soda cause weight gain? No one knows for sure yet, but it could be that people thin
38、k they can eat more if they drink diet sodas, and so over-compensate (补偿) for the missing calories.A related study found some sweeteners (甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice. “Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be
39、 risky,” said Helen P. Hazuda, professor at the University of Texass school of medicine. “They may be free of calories, but not of consequences.”12. People drink diet sodas to _.A. enjoy its tasteB. achieve weight lossC. stay in fashionD. gain more energy13. The new study suggests that drinking diet
40、 sodas _.A. causes people to become heavierB. helps people to be healthierC. makes people much thinnerD. offers people more calories14. We can learn from the passage that _.A. regular sodas make people lose more weightB. diet soda drinkers tend to eat more foodC. diet sodas do help reduce caloriesD.
41、 most blood diseases come from diet sodas15. The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph probably refers to _.A. sweetenersB. diet soda drinkers and sweetener takersC. sodasD. diet sodas and artificial sweetenersIII. 七选五 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。（一）Its Time to Put I
42、t AwayYour smart phone may have hurt you before you realize it. Dont be addicted to it. Put your phone away, OK?1. Cyber SicknessCyber sickness, also called “digital motion sickness”, symptoms that range from headaches to sick feelings can occur when you quickly scroll on your smart phone or watch a
43、ction-packed videos on your screen. 1 Your sense of balance is different from other senses in that it has lots of inputs. When those inputs dont agree, thats when you feel dizziness and sickness.2. Text ClawText claw is the unofficial term for pains and muscle contraction felt in the fingers, wrist
44、and forearm after heavy smart phone use. 2 So if youre always on your phone, it makes sense to feel discomfort in your hands and forearms.3. Eye TirednessDo you stare at a screen for hours on end？If youre doing this, you very well might suffer eye strain. 3 Staring at your digital devices for a long
45、 time can lead to dry eyes, headaches and tiredness, which can decrease your productivity. Experts suggest taking screen breaks every 20 minutes.4. Text SpineSimilar to the text claw, text spinediscomfort in the neck and spinehappens when you spend a long time looking down at your smart phone. 4 Bei
46、ng mindful of how far your spine bends when youre on your phoneand bending it back to an upright positioncan help reduce the risk of text neck.5. Pedestrian SafetyPedestrian deaths are on the rise because too many smart phone users even when crossing the road. While focused on the cyber world, many
47、of us ignore the potential dangers of the traffic, and the risks are scary. 5 A. We should take breaks for a while.B. Traffic rules are more important than smart phones.C. The sensation results from a mismatch between sensory inputs.D. The habit may lead to people requiring medical spine care at a y
48、ounger age.E. Any specific motor activity can cause pain in the muscles when done repeatedly.F. To avoid injury or worse, put your phone away until youve reached a safe spot.G. Any activity that requires active use of your eyesdriving and reading includedcan cause eye tiredness.（二）Imagine a child st
49、anding on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: “Should I jump?” This is what motivation or the lack of it can do. Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of the same coin. 6 Like the child on the diving board, you will stay undecided. 7 More than that, how should you
50、stay motivated to achieve the goal? First, you need to evaluate yourself, your values your strengths, your weaknesses, your achievements, your desires, etc. Only then should you set your goals.You also need to judge the quality and depth of your motivation. This is quite important, because it is dir
51、ectly related to your commitment. There are times when your heart is not in your work. 8 So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment. Clarity of thoughts can help you move forward.Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping
52、in mind your beliefs, values and strengths. Remember that goals are flexible. 9 They also need to be measurable. You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.Your personal circumstances are equally important. For example, you may want to be a Pilot but cant become one because your eye
53、sight is not good enough. 10 You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal. You will surely need to overcome some difficulties, some planned, but most unplanned. You cannot overcome them without ample motivation. Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time
54、of setting your goals.A. This can affect your work.B. So how should you motivate yourself?C. However, this should not discourage you.D. So why should we try to set specific goals?E. They can change according to circumstances.F. Motivation is what you need most to do a good job.G. Without motivation,
55、 you can neither set a goal nor reach it.IV. 语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify those of 1 (great) and less importance. Then, handle the most important tasks first so youll feel a real sense of 2 (achieve
56、). Leaving the less important things until tomorrow 3 (be) often acceptable.Most of us are more focused 4 our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive as possible before lunch. This will give you the confidence you need to get you through
57、the afternoon and go home 5 (feel) accomplished.Recent 6 (study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 7 (regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for 8 while, exercising, or doing something you enjoy.If you find something you love doing outside of
58、 the office, youll be less likely 9 (bring) your work home. It could be anythinggardening, cooking, music or sports. 10 whatever it is, make sure its a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.英语作业第6天I. 听力1-5 BABCA6-10 CCBAB11-15 ABCAB16-20 ACACBII. 阅读理解1-3 ABD4-7 BDBA8-11 BDCC12-15 BACDIII. 七选五1-5 CEGDF6-10 GBAECIV. 语法填空1. greater2. achievement3. is4. on 5. feeling 6. studies 7. regularly 8. a9. to bring10. But
