白塔中学高二下入学考试
英 语 试 题
注意事项:
1. 答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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3. 考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分:听力
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 is the weather like?
A. It’s raining. B. It’ s cloudy. C. It’s windy.
2.Who will go to China next month?
A. Lucy. B. Alice. C. Richard.
3.What are the speakers talking about?
A. An actor . B. A film. C. The man’s sister.
4.Where will the speakers meet?
A. In Room 314 . B. In Room223 . C. In Room 340.
5.Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At home B. In a restaurant. C. In an office.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 l 分,满分 15 分)
听下面 4 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。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第 6 至 8 三个小题。
6.What did the two speakers do before the conversation?
A. Attended a party. B. Watched a movie. C. Went to the concert.
7.Which programme would the woman like to choose?
A. A music video. B. A TV series. C. A reality show.
8.Who does the man like?
A. Norah Jones. B. Celine Dion. C. Jay Chou
听下面一段对话,回答 9 至 10 题。
9.What happened according to the conversation?
A. The woman was robbed. B. A store was stolen. C. Greg was ill.
10.What does the man think of Amber?
A. She is strange. B. She is lazy. C. She is dishonest.
听下面一段对话,回答第 11 至第 13 三个小题。
11.Where will the two speakers go?
A. The seaside. B. Los Angeles. C. Florida.
12.How many people will probably go together?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5.13.What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Teacher and student. C. Brother and sister.
听下面一段对话,回答第 14 至第 16 三个小题。
14.What will the woman probably do if she’s caught in a thunderstorm?
A. Stand on the ground. B. Put herself in water. C.Try to find a house.
15.What does the man think of taking a bath during a thunderstorm?
A. It is acceptable. B. It is dangerous. C. It is unbelievable.
16.What does the woman think about the man’s action?
A. It is very practical. B. It is unnecessary. C. It is unusual.
听下面一段独白,回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。
17.Who is the speaker?
A. A park manager. B. A tourist guide. C. A restaurant host.
18.What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. A historic tree. B. A well-known park. C. A famous commander.
19.What do we know about the Washington Elm?
A. It was less than one hundred years old.
B. It was much older than people had thought.
C. Washington couldn’t have commanded under it.
20.What can we learn from what the speaker said?
A. Some historical stories are untrue.
B. Washington commanded the army on his knees.C. The Washington Elm was destroyed in 1864.
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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
The Visitor Oyster card
A Visitor Oyster card is the cheapest way to pay for a single adult journey in London. It’s a
plastic smart card. You can use it on the bus, tube, tram, DLR,London Overground and most National
Rail services. It’s much cheaper than buying individual tickets, in some cases costing 50% less than
the price of a regular paper ticket.
How to get a Visitor Oyster card
You can buy a Visitor Oyster card online. Your card will be delivered by post.The card costs £5
and you choose how much money you want to add to the card.This means you can start using the card
the moment you arrive in Central London.
How does the Visitor Oyster card work?
The Oyster card works on a pay-as-you-go system. You start by adding money to the card. Then
you travel, the cost of the fare will automatically be deducted from your Visitor Oyster card. For
example, if you add £20 to the card and make a tube journey of £2.30, you will have £17.70 left on the
card.
A few more points:
·A child under the age of 11 travels free when accompanied by an adult.
·You’ll save more money if you use the tube several times. The Visitor Oyster card is “capped
(给……定上限)” at £6.80 per day.
·You’ll pay more during peak times. Peak fares apply from Monday to Friday (6:30am—9:30
am; 4:00 pm —7:00 pm), except for public holidays.
·Reuse the Oyster card by adding credit at a tube station, Oyster ticket shop or Visitor Centre.
·Receive a discount on the Thames Clippers River Bus services.
21. What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?A. You can’t use it during public holidays.
B. You can have it mailed directly to your home.
C. You can get a free Oyster card if you order online.
D. You can receive a 50% discount at any shop in London.
22. How much money will be deducted if you take the tube four times in a day with a Visitor Oyster
card?
A. £2.30. B. £3.40. C. £6.80. D. £9.20.
23. Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?
A. On the Internet. B. At a bus station.
C. At a tube station. D. In convenience stores.
B
On January 27, in order to win the new pneumonia Resistance War (抗击新型肺炎战), the
Ministry of Education issued (公布) a notice on putting off the start time of school in spring 2020. It
was said that school should not start before February 17. The exact start time of school will depend
on situations and further notices.
However, many parents are difficult to disguise their anxiety that putting off the start of school
may have an effect on children's studies. If they have such a long winter vacation, children will not
learn any knowledge, read books or study at all. They may forget what they have learned before.
Staying at home for a long time will make them keep eating, sleeping and playing, which seriously
affect their physical and mental health.
In short, the close of school influences learning and develops bad habits, so how should we
avoid these problems? Local education departments have also issued a notice, that is, to organize
online teaching and create a network platform (平台) , where necessary courses will be shown every
day, and online teaching will be given by excellent teachers of the subject, and students can learn at
home through computer or mobile network.
It should be said that such a method is very good. It can not only keep students indoors and not
worry about the infection (感染) of the disease, but also make them study at home, improve their
learning ability, and truly achieve“no suspension of classes”. Both the platform itself and the
recorded lesson resources are more useful, and are welcomed by parents and teachers.Of course, except for learning at home, it is also necessary to teach children about health
knowledge, especially how to keep away from touching virus and other knowledge popularization; at
the same time, it is also necessary for children to do some physical exercises or some games, which
is good for physical health at home.
24. Parents worried about putting off the start time of school because _________.
A. children may be infected by virus B. they don't like the idea of online learning
C. children's study may be affected D. parents have no time to look after children
25. Except for learning at home, what is also necessary according to the writer?
A. To keep playing online games
B. To keep touching different people.
C. To do some physical exercises outside
D. To get children prepared for virus by teaching them health knowledge
26. The underlined word"suspension"in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. plan B. stop C.waste D.beginning
27. What's the best title for this passage
A. A Special Way to Learn at Home B. A New War with a New Chance
C. A Way to Keep Mentally Healthy D. A Method to Make Parents Worried
C
I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don't kill the next spider you see in your
home.
Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem—as well as
being fellow organisms(生物) in their own right.
People like to think of their living places as safely isolated from the outside world, but many
types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term
visitors. Some species even enjoy the great indoors, where they happily live out their lives and make
more spiders. These spiders are usually secretive, and almost all you meet are neither aggressive nor
dangerous. And they may be providing services like eating pests——some even eat other spiders.
My colleagues and I conducted a visual survey of 50 North Carolina homes and found that
every single house we visited was home to spiders. The most common species we encountered were
cobweb spiders and cellar spiders. They simply eat anything they can catch. Spiders regularly capture annoying pests and even disease-carrying insects—for example, mosquitoes. There's even a
species of jumping spider that prefers to eat blood-filled mosquitoes in African homes. So killing a
spider doesn't just cost it its life, it may take an important predator out of your home.
Spiders are not out to get you and actually prefer to avoid humans; we are much more
dangerous to them than vice versa. Bites from spiders are extremely rare. Although there are a few
medically important species like widow spiders and recluses, even their bites are uncommon and
rarely cause serious issues.
If you truly can't stand that spider in your house, apartment, garage, or wherever, instead of
killing it, try to capture it and release it outside. It'll find somewhere else to go, and both parties will
be happier with the outcome.
But if you can stomach it, it's OK to have spiders in your home. In fact, it's normal. And
frankly, even if you don't see them, they'll still be there. So consider a live-and-let-live approach to
the next spider you encounter.
28. What is the text mainly about?
A. Varieties of spiders. B. Skills of treating spider bites.
C. Ways to avoid poisonous spiders. D. Reasons for not killing house spiders.
29. Why should we avoid killing spiders according to the author?
A. Because killing them costs much.
B. Because they do more good than harm.
C. Because most of them aren't poisonous.
D. Because they just stay in our houses temporarily.
30. What should be done to get rid of spiders from your house?
A. Trap them and starve them. B. Capture them and kill them.
C. Capture them and release them outside. D. Trap them and feed them with mosquitoes.
31. What does the underlined word "stomach" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Eat. B. Stand. C. Kill. D. Capture.
D
It’s often said of British people that they are very aware of each other’s social rank. Britons can
usually work out a fellow countryman’s background from the way they speak or dress, and may even
treat them differently based on this. But although this may have been truer in the past than it is today, visitors to Britain say that they still notice it. The comic play Pygmalion (1913), by the Irishman
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), is a famous exploration of the importance of social rank in British
society.
The main story of the play concerns a working class girl, Eliza Doolittle, a flower seller from
London. Two upper class gentlemen try to see if they can get Doolittle to appear like an upper class
lady after sending her for elocution lessons. Professor Henry Higgins, a language expert, says it can be
done; his friend Colonel Pickering says that it’s impossible. Even so, Higgins sets out to teach Eliza
how to “speak properly”.
Of course, Eliza isn’t a lump of clay; she has her own will. She can see that it’s in her best interest
to go along with Higgins’ plan to “improve herself”. She wants to be able to sell flowers in a shop
rather than on the street. After the training, Eliza proves that a flower girl can pass herself off as a lady
at a ball. She is a triumph (赢家), and Higgins has won his bet.
But what happens next? Eliza has her future to worry about. She may be able to fool the upper
class into thinking she’s one of them, but she isn’t really one of them.
Shaw seems to be telling us that social rank is about more than the way someone talks-it’s about
wealth and privilege. The whole experiment proves the idea that accents and classes are very
superficial (肤浅的). The way one speaks and dresses are only markers of class. The class system
itself, however, is something completely different.
32. What can we learn about speaking and dressing from Paragraph 1?
A. They determine Britons’ social rank. B. Britons are stricter in them nowadays.
C. Britons no longer care about them. D. They could affect others’ opinion of a person.
33. Which can replace the underlined word “elocution”?
A. dress B. manners C. speech D. dance
34. What happens to Eliza Doolittle during the experiment?
A. She is forced to give up selling flowers on the street.
B. She is unwilling to participate in the experiment.
C. She is thought of as an upper-class lady at the hall.
D. She is hopeful about her future.
35. Which of the following would Shaw probably agree with?
A. One can enter the upper class after receiving training.B. People should try their best to improve their accents.
C. The way people speak greatly affects their social status.
D. Social rank can’ t be judged by dressing or speaking.
第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,共 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,并在答题卡上将
该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need
some normal stress in our lives, after all.____36____ So challenge the following limits:
1. Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.
If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone now,
instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day picking up the phone
and make a call.____37____ But don’t stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eye
and say, “Go on. I’m not scared!”
2. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while
performing this.____38____Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby
may also give you extra income.
3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
___39___A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself.
Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about
yourself.
4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers—try to connect with the service staff. You never
know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book
your class.___40___
A. You should do it continuously.
B. Someone may hang up on you.C. You don’t need to go to the gym.
D. Running in the gym may be a better choice.
E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.
F. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on.
G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone.
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。
Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old,
she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man 41 out of a garbage
can. She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and
hungry. Hannah was very 42 .She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives
without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could 43 ,but,of course,
there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness.
Later ,when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman,
44 an old shopping trolley(购物车)which was piled with 45 . It seemed that everything
the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more 46 to do
something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people 47 they first
saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that
made her sad, she wouldn’ t 48 as bad.
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces.
She hoped to 49 her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foudation ,an
organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to 50 “Big Bosses” lunches,
where she would try to persuade local business leaders to 51 to the cause. She also organized
a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyone`s spare change during “Make
Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another 52 called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada`s 53 and
homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannah`s Place”, something that Hannah is
very 54 of. Hannah`s Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is
so cold that 55 outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her
activities, she has received a lot of 56 .For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award
recognizing the 57 of young people to change the world. But 58 all this, Hannah
still has the 59 life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to
homeless people.
Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a 60 in the world.
You can,too!
41.A.jumping B.eating C.crying D.waving
42.A.annoyed B.nervous C.ashamed D.upset
43.A.behave B.manage C.help D.work
44.A.pushing B.carrying C.buying D.holding
45.A.goods B.bottles C.foods D.bags
46.A.excited B.determined C.energetic D.grateful
47.A.since B.unless C.although D.as
48.A.sound B.get C.feel D.look
49.A.exchange B.leave C.keep D.spread
50.A.sell B.deliver C.host D.pack
51.A.contribute B.lead C.apply D.agree
52.A.campaign B.trip C.procedure D.trial53.A.elderly B.hungry C.lonely D.sick
54.A.aware B.afraid C.proud D.sure
55.A.going B.sleeping C.traveling D.playing
56.A.praises B.invitations C.replies D.appointments
57.A.needs B.interests C.dreams D.efforts
58.A.for B.through C.besides D.along
59.A.healthy B.public C.normal D.tough
60.A.choice B.profit C.judgement D.difference
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。
Antimalarial drug(抗疟药物) confirmed effective on COVID-19
Chinese experts,61. ____ (base) on the result of clinical trials(临床试验), have confirmed that
Chloroquine Phosphate (磷酸氯哇), an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel
corona-virus disease (COVID-19 新冠病毒), a Chinese official said here Monday.
The experts have unanimously suggested that the drug 62.____ (include) in the next version of
the treatment guidelines and applied in wider clinical trials as soon as possible, Sun Yanrong,deputy
head of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development under the Ministry of Science
and Technology (科技部中国生物技术发展中心), said at a press conference.
Chloroquine Phosphate, which 63._____(use)for more than 70 years, was selected from
tens of thousands of existing drugs after multiple rounds of screening, Sun said.
According to 64._____ (she), the drug has been under clinical 65._____ (trial) in over 10
hospitals in Beijing, as well as in south China’s Guangdong Province and central China’s Hunan
Province, and has shown fairly good efficacy.
In the trials, the groups of patients 66._____ had taken the drug have shown better indicators
(指标)than their parallel groups, in abatement of fever, improvement of CT images of lungs, the percentage of patients who became negative in viral nucleic acid (核酸) tests and the time they
need to do so, she said.
Patients taking the drug also take a 67._____ (short) time to recover than other patients, she
added.Sun gave 68._____ example of a 54-year-old patient in Beijing, who was admitted to hospital
four days after showing symptoms. After 69._____ (take) the drug for a week, he saw all indicators
improve and the nucleic acid turn negative.
So far, no obvious serious adverse ( 不 利 的 ) reactions related to the drug have been found
70.____ the over 100 patients enrolled in the clinical trials, she said.
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(∧) 并在该词下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,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。
Nowadays, some students would not like to live in a dormitory. Instead, they rented houses
outside the school. There are advantages for them. Living in a dormitory can increase friendship and
cooperation among classmates, but of course it is safer. Besides, a dormitory is like a society, where
makes students learn to get along with each other, thus preparing the social life later. As for renting
houses to live lonely, it is better for their study as they can feel freely in their own room without
being interrupted by others. As a result, they can have a plenty of time to devote themselves to
review their lessons wholeheartedly. But there may appear a few safety problem as we live outside
the school. Anyhow as a student, I prefer living in a dormitory.
第二节 书面表达(满分 25 分)
假定你是红星中学的学生会主席李华,当前新冠状病毒(novel Coronavirus)肆虐,请你
围绕 “从小事做起共战疫情” 这一主题,给全校学生写一封英文倡议书。
要点如下:
1. 倡议的原因和目的 2. 倡议的具体内容 3. 发出倡议注意:
1. 词数 120 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。