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2020 学年下学期南师附中高二期中考试
第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分 35 分)
第一节(共 10 小题；每题 2.5 分，满分 25 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Even as Google plans to test its fleet (车队) of self-driving cars on public
roads this summer, its business model remains a bit of a mystery. By 2025, as
many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally,
according to a study by an industry research firm.
“Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions
of people,” said Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car project. For now, Google has no plans
to sell any of its self-driving cars. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer
near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. Previous testing has taken place only on closed
courses.
The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal. “Our software and
sensors do all the work,” Urmson said. “the vehicles will be very basic --- we want to learn from them and
adapt them as quickly as possible --- but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button.”
The prototype (雏形) are the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.
In the long run, Urmson sees a future of safer roads --- the majority of auto accidents are caused by
human error --- and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can’t drive because of age
or illness.
Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of
vehicles they don’t own. The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets,
including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department
of Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.
The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, including Delphi, Mercedes-Benz,
Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan. The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have
removable steering wheels, accelerators and brake pedals to allow “safety drivers ” to take control if needed.
Google says the cars are safe. The vehicles have sensors that “can detect objects out to a distance of
more than two football fields in all directions, which is especially helpful on busy streets with lots of
intersections,” Urmson said. “We’re looking forward to learning how the community understands and
interacts with the vehicles, and to uncovering challenges that are unique to a fully self-driving vehicle,”
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21. The passage informs us that self-driving cars .
A. have already passed necessary tests
B. will probably decrease traffic jams
C. have been purchased by some companies
D. will keep the drivers in good sprits
22. According to Chris Urmson .
A. software and sensors are vital for self-driving cars
B. self-driving cars can give driving orders to humans
C. self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderly
D. ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars
23. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Self-driving Car Avoids Human Errors
B. Self-driving Car Meets New Challenges
C. Google’s Self-driving Car Graduates to City Streets
D. Google’s Self-driving Car Enjoys Global Popularity
B
The clock always seems to be ticking rather too fast in the doctor’s office and the queue of patients
outside the door seems to be pressing rather too hard. Some say it’s high time for the model of short, sharp
one-to-one appointments to give way to shared medical appointments (SMAs).
SMAs are doctor-patient visits in which a group of patients receive patient education and counseling
(咨询), physical examination and medical support in a group setting. Typically, SMAs are designed to have
one or more doctors attend to a group of patients who share a common illness or medical condition. In contrast
to one-to-one visits, SMAs provide a longer appointment time-frame as well as the opportunity for patients
to have improved access to their physicians and meanwhile pick up additional information and support from
peers.
However, doctors who have pioneered the shared appointment approach report that there are significant
challenges involved. Dr. Sumego, director of shared medical appointments, Cleveland Clinic, identifies
culture change as the most significant challenge. Physicians and nurses are trained in a model of personal
service and privacy; the SMA approach is a fundamental challenge to those fixed ideas. They need shared
goals and a way of testing the innovation against agreed standards. Dr. Sumego says, “The physicians may
be worried about the possible chaos and efficiencies that are marketed. They also have to make the patients
understand what their appointment is, and what the expectation is.”
“So, if an organization was looking to start shared medical appointments, I would advise them to start
the buy-in from a few champion physicians, develop the work-flow and develop some experience. Provide- 3 -
some support behind what that best practice should look like. Create some standards so that, as the concept
spreads, you can employ that experience to start the next shared medical appointments and the next.”
24. What is the purpose of the SMA approach?
A. To conduct medical research. B. To promote doctor’s reputation.
C. To improve medical service. D. To meet patients’ expectation.
25. According to Dr. Sumego, what prevents the SMA approach from being widely adopted?
A. Personal service B. Fixed ideas
C. Inadequate equipment. D. Shared goals
26. What can be learned about the SMA approach in the last paragraph?
A. It is currently being questioned.
B. It is impractical in some areas.
C. It will enjoy wide popularity soon.
D. It should be carried out step by step.
C
It’s true that high-school coding (编程) classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college.
Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses, said Tom Cortina, a professor at
Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.
However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they
learn that it's not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers but a tool to build apps, or create
artwork, or test hypotheses (假说). It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for
older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks (块) and using code to solve them becomes
normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and
help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said.
Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where
introductory computer science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-
determined students away.
The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, has become popular for adults looking
for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but “we try to adjust lessons based on things
they’re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are
developing suggests movies based on your mood.
The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook.
Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails” language they learned may not even
be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn --- how to think logically through
a problem and organize the results --- apply to any coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education
consultant for the state of North Carolina.
Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the
only purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers --- in their pockets, in their
offices, in their homes --- for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, how to
coax the machine into producing what they want --- the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that
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27. Cortina believes early exposure to computer science makes it easier to .
A. make good use of apps
B. change the way of thinking
C. deal with problems in daily lite
D. complete future job training
28. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills leaned at Flatiron will .
A. help students lean other computer languages
B. allow students to be admitted to better universities
C. need improving when students look for jobs
D. enable students to make a big fortune
29. The underlined word “coax” in the last paragraph is closest in the meaning to .
A. challenge B. persuade C. frighten D. trick
30. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to .
A. compete with a future army of programmers
B. stay longer in the information technology industry
C. become better prepared for the digital world
D. bring forth innovative computer technologies
第二节(共 5 小题；每题 2 分，满分 10 分)
The researchers found that people who lacked sleep ate more snacks and gained weight quickly.
(33) That could be partially due to the shifting(变化) of the biological clock and changes to certain
body hormones, especially hunger hormones. (34) So, their biological clocks shifted, which also
changed the release of hunger hormones. "The hormone leptin (瘦素) decreases appetite, while the hormone
ghrelin（饥饿素）increases appetite," explained US researcher Vsevolod Polotsky. "Sleep deprivation causes
leptin to drop and ghrelin to rise, so you’re hungry and eat more.”
And even if they tried to sleep for as long as they wanted to during weekends, according to researchers,
it was still not enough to meet standard sleep time because they found it difficult to fall asleep. Moreover,
they were more likely to show increased sensitivity to insulin(胰岛素) in both their muscles and their livers.
“ (35) ” Polotsky told CNN, because “short, insufficient sleep schedules will lead to an inability to
change blood sugar and increase the risk of metabolic(新陈代谢的) disease in the long term.”
For this reason, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends at least seven hours of sleep
each night for adults and much more for children.
A. But what negative effects does it bring about?
B. However, this wasn't the case for the first group.
C. But is it useful to have such recovery sleep?
D. Even worse, it may damage your health.
E. That effect could very well be why we don’t see benefits from weekend sleep.
F. To catch up on sleep during weekends , people in the third group would habitually eat later .
G. That helps explain why we have an increased risk for things like diabetes when lacking sleep.
第三部分：语言知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分)
第一节 完形填空 (共 10 小题；每题 2.5 分，满分 25 分)- 5 -
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
第一节 完形填空 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my
father would give each of his children $20. This was the 1970s, and $20 was quite a bit of money.
But I saw it 36 . My father trusted me to have the 37 to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave
me the means to get it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree(狂欢) every year.
But he was also giving me 38 over my own fun, trusting my ability to 39 money and making me feel
like a(n) 40 . He didn't buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore
and 41 it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.
My mother had (a)n 42 for giving me what I needed, usually 43 at the moment I needed it most.
This was when I was 25, I 44 at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my 45 job but had no
new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I 46 a good show, telling her I had started my own
company.
My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn't until she 47 that I noticed
at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with 48 . She knew how 49 I needed it. She knew that had she
just shown up with groceries, or 50 to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much 51 . The cold, hard
cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the 52 with which she gave the gift felt like she
was giving me space to 53 my life and preserve my dignity ( 尊
严). My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to make my own 54 ,
and the other was giving me a second 55 when those decisions had cost me dearly.
36. A. naturally B. negatively C. differently D. originally
37. A. privilege B. intelligence C. authority D. desire
38. A. advantage B. doubt C. charge D. concern
39. A. earn B. allocate C. manage D. raise
40. A. expert B. grown-up C. adventurer D. pioneer
41. A. read B. edit C. choose D. publish
42. A. passion B. talent C. plan D. demand
43. A. even B. merely C. roughly D. right
44. A. failed B. hesitated C. froze D. fell
45. A. routine B. creative C. challenging D. previous
46. A. put away B. put on C. put forward D. put off
47. A. arrived B. left C. fled D. returned- 6 -
48. A. credit B. loans C. receipts D. cash
49. A. badly B. reluctantly C. briefly D. temporarily
50. A. attempted B. offered C. promised D. managed
51. A. better B. more C. less D. worse
52. A. depth B. length C. distance D. range
53. A. defend B. equip C. fix D. develop
54. A. preparations B. adaptations C. contributions D. decisions
55. A. chance B. visit C. solution D. trial
第二节（共 10 小题；每题 1 分，满分 10 分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或给出括号内单词的正确形式。
Right now, most people’s attention is on the COVID-19 pandemic. In (56) way, this pandemic
is also warning us to protect our planet Earth.
World Earth Day, the international movement aiming (57) protecting and improving Earth’s
environment, is celebrating its 50th anniversary on April 22. For Earth Day 2020, the theme is climate action.
(58) (celebrate) this, the Earth Day Network organized the Great Global Clean-up event. The
network hoped that this would be the largest volunteer event in history, with people from all over the world
(59) (set) up events to remove billions of pieces of trash from green spaces, urban communities
and waterways. But due to the current ban on public gatherings and lockdown measures in many affected
countries, clean-up events (60) (postpone).
That said, the occasion will still continue in a digital way. “(61) it be coronavirus or our global
climate crisis, we cannot shut down. (62) , we must shift our energies and efforts to new ways to
mobilize (动员) the world to action.” said Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers.
While the event may not reach its originally (63) (plan) grandeur (宏大) , Earth Day 2020
could play a role in helping us sustain (64) (environment) friendly changes, such as practices like
teleworking and video conferencing (65) have become more prevalent (普遍的) in this time.
第四部分 课本基础知识 (共三节，满分 30 分)
第一节 单词填空 (共 20 小题；每题 1 分，满分 20 分)
66. Einstein put it in this way: “Only a life lived for others is a life w .”
67. The number of deaths a from road accidents has gone up in the last few years.
68. If Jane had done adequate voluntary work, she wouldn’t have been r by her dream university.
69. While the weather was extremely bad, they were not allowed to delay d emergency aid among
people in the flood-hit area.
70. At this time every night, you won’t find a v seat in the bar; it’s always full.
71. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to s higher pay for the privilege
of becoming white collar workers.
72. China is a peace-loving country and under no c will China first use nuclear weapons.
73. Now the factory workers here have their temperature taken at i of 4 hours.
74. Daniel has u to keep the secret, so he won’t tell anyone even though asked to.
75. Li Ziqi’s videos are widely c on the Internet, which have aroused many Westerners’ interest in- 7 -
Chinese culture.
76. California is the third largest state in the USA and it also has the d of being the most
multicultural state in the country.
77. COVID-19 is reported to have c hundreds of thousands of lives around the globe up to now.
78. Every time he passed by my house, he greeted me with his car window w down.
79. Last Friday, the little kid swallowed a coin, almost c to death.
80. It is widely a that students should be evaluated in terms of overall quality.
81. Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. U , neither of them could swim.
82. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying has an excellent c of English.
83. Despite her great age, the goddess was every g indeed, but so far, the archaeologists have been
unable to discover her identity.
84. Whoever v traffic laws should be punished.
85. As a medical expert, he has been a television viewers for weeks on how to protect themselves
from being infected with the coronavirus.
第二节 词组填空 (共 10 小题；每题 1 分，满分 10 分)
86. Using the Wechat platform, people can (订阅……) public accounts, play games,
hail taxis, and make a doctor’s appointment.
87. Given the epidemic situation, Hubei province and Beijing can publish their own gaokao dates after
(与……磋商) the ministry.
88. Had those customers (预定) in advance, they wouldn’t be standing in line now.
89. When you set involved in sports and athletes, a lot of the racial barriers are (打
破……，消除……).
90. Due to the injury in your right foot, I’d rather you (退出……) the race next week.
91. A state in America (相当于……) a province in China.
92. The French Revolution was successful in society (使……摆脱……) inequality,
which had a great effect on many European countries.
93. Aspirin and penicillin are now still produced (大量地) and used widely
in medical treatment.
94. The cost (把……考虑进去), Mr. Blair’s proposal sounds more practical.
95. No pumas reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been
(由……拥有) a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
第五部分 读后续写 (共一节，满分 25 分)
第五部分 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。
If there’s one thing I can’t stand people saying, it’s, “I’m not good at anything. I don’t have any talent.”
I just don’t buy that at all. To me, everyone has at least one talent, and while it sometimes takes you a lifetime
to find, it does exist. There was a time when I didn’t believe that. What changed my mind was a seemingly
small event that took place in 1953.
At that time I was a high school student. I was a funny-looking skinny boy named Eugene Orowitz, who
weighed barely 100 pounds. I was a good student, but as far as I was concerned, in just about every other
aspect I was a loser. I wanted to fit in, to be someone and do something well. But I hadn’t found anything I- 8 -
was good at. One sunny afternoon, our gym class went out to the school’s running track. The teacher taught
us all various track and field events. I was a loser in all of them. Then came the javelin ( 标 枪 ). Suddenly
something inside me began saying, “Try it! Try it!” I had to wait for my turn, though, trying not to look too
eager. Finally, when everyone had had a chance to throw --- the best throw going about 30 yards --- I looked
at the teacher.
“Hey, Orowitz, you want to try?” he asked.
Embarrassed, I looked down, but managed to nod my head.
“Well, come on then,” he said impatiently, and handed me the javelin. Behind me I could hear some of
my classmates laughing. As I grasped the javelin in my hand, I was seized with a strange feeling --- a new-
found excitement. For some crazy reason, I was relaxed over what I was about to do, even though I’d never
done it before. I raised the javelin over my head, took six quick steps and let the thing go. The same voice
that had urged me to throw it, now told me it was a good throw.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 词左右；
2. 应使用 5 个以上短文标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：
I watched as the javelin took off.
Paragraph 2：
That night I took the javelin home with me. - 9 -
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