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郧阳中学、恩施高中、随州二中、高二下第一次考试
英语试卷
命题学校: 命题教师：陈俊文 审题教师：李艺 陈蓓
考试时间:2020 年 6 月 21 日 14:30-16:30 试卷满分:150 分
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. What will the weather be like tomorrow afternoon？
A. Cloudy B. Rainy C. Sunny
2. When does the train usually arrive in Rome?
A. At 10:15 B. At 9:30 C.At 8:15
3. Where are the speakers?
A.At a movie theatre B. In the car C.In a restaurant
4. What does the man decide to do next?
A. Go to the cafe B. Watch a different movie C. Continue watching the movie
5. How does the man probably feel?
A. Relaxed B.Nervous C. Satisfied
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. What did the man like doing?
A.Hiking B. Swimming C. Taking photographs
7. What doses the woman suggest in the end?
A. The man should go more camping.
B. Family activities are very important.
C. Life could be fun without social media.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Ideas on friendship
B. The woman and her friend
C. How the woman helped a friend
9. What is true about Dorothy?第 2 页 共 10 页
A. She is from New York.
B. She is good at telling stories.
C. She met the woman at the age of sixteen.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. What does the woman want to teach?
A. Math. B. Science C. Art history
11. When will the woman graduate from college?
A. In three years B. In about one year C. In nearly two years
12. What does the man imply in the end?
A. He’s afraid to graduate
B. He’s going to miss school
C. He wants to begin his social life
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and secretary B. mother and son C. Shopkeeper and customer
14. When will the man plan to walk his dog?
A In a few hours B. In a few days C. In a few months
15. What is the dog’s name?
A. Spike B Bozo C. Bingo
16. Why does the woman ask the man so many questions?
A. She thinks he’s too young for a dog.
B. She doubts whether he can afford a dog.
C. She doesn’t think he’s responsible enough.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. When is a laundry place usually closed?
A. On Sundays. B. At six a.m. C. At seven p.m.
18. How many washers might a larger laundry place have?
A. 48 B.24 C.12
19. According to the talk, what do people often do while waiting in the laundry?
A. Eat some food
B. Chat with the employee
C. Put their clothes out in the sun
20. What happen to the speaker’s sister at a laundry place?
A. She met her husband.
B. She came across an accident.
C. She put her clothes in a wrong basket.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）第 3 页 共 10 页
第一节（共10 小题; 每小题 2.5 分，满分25 分）
A
The story of chocolate begins with the discovery of America in 1492. Columbus was the first
European to come into contact with cacao. Columbus was struck by how much value the Indians
placed on them as he did not know the beans were used by currency. It is unlikely that Columbus
brought any of these beans back to Spain and it was not until about 25 years later that Cortez
grasped the commercial possibilities when he found the Aztecs using the beans to make the royal
drink “chocolatl”.
The Spanish, in general, were not fond of the bitter drink so Cortez and his followers made it
more palatable by adding sugar and later cinnamon(肉桂) and vanilla(香草) were added. Spanish
monks(僧侣) let the secret out back home and, although the Spanish hid it from their neighbors
for a hundred years, finally chocolate’s popularity grew until it was their fashionable drink at the
French court(宫廷) and the wise choice of customers at London meeting houses.
The cacao tree is strictly a tropical plant only in hot, rainy climates. Thus, its cultivation (培
育) is limited to countries not more than 20 degrees north or south of the equator (赤道). The
cacao tree is very delicate and sensitive. It needs protection from the wind and requires a fair
amount of shade under most conditions. This is true especially in its first two or three years of
growth. A newly planted young cacao tree is often sheltered by a different type of trees. It is
normal to plant food crops for shade such as bananas, or coconuts. Rubber trees(橡胶树) and
forest trees are also used for shade. Once established, however, cacao trees can grow in full
sunlight, provided there are fertile soil conditions and intensive farming. With cutting and careful
cultivation, the trees of strains will begin bearing fruit in the fifth year. With extreme care, some
strains can be stimulated to produce good crops in the third and fourth year.
The process of turning cacao into chocolate hasn’t changed much since the late 1800s, when
the Swiss learned to make fine unsweetened chocolate. Mixed with cocoa butter and other
ingredients and then “purified”, the finished result is shaped, cooled, packaged by machine,
distributed, sold and of course, eaten!
21 .Why didn’t Columbus bring beans back to Spain at once when he found cacao?
A.Because he couldn’t afford to buy the cacao bean.
B.Because he didn’t know how to turn cacao bean into chocolate.
C.Because he was not aware of the commercial value of cacao bean then.
D.Because Spaniards then didn’t favour the chocolate that the Aztecs originally drank.
22.The underlined word “palatable” in paragraph 2 probably means ____________________.
A. affordable B. agreeable C. patent D. portable
23.Which of the following is correct about cacao tree?
A.Cacao trees require hot, rainy climates and adequate sunlight.
B.Cacao trees need a lot of looking after to be used commercially.第 4 页 共 10 页
C.Cacao trees won’t produce fruit until the fifth year.
D.Cacao trees can grow well in all continents.
B
Definition of adult learning vary, but according to the European Commission, it is defined as
all forms of learning undertaken by adults after having left initial education and training, however
far this process may have gone.
Education and training are important factors in achieving the strategic goal of raising
economic growth, competitiveness and social inclusion. However, with some expectations,
implementation(实现，履行) remains weak. Most education and training system still largely focus
on the education and training of young people and limited progress has been made in changing
systems to mirror the need for learning throughout the life span. An additional 4 million adults
would need to participate in lifelong learning. Recent research confirms the importance of
investing in adult learning. Research on older adults indicates that those who engage in learning
are healthier, with a consequent decrease in health care costs.
Europe’s key economic challenge is to raise its growth and employment performance while
preserving social cohesion(凝聚力). Rapid progress in other regions(地区) of the world shows the
importance of innovative (创新的), advanced and quality education and training as a key factor in
economic competitiveness. General levels of competence must increase, both to meet the needs of
the employment market and to allow citizens to function well in society.
Europe is facing unheard-of demographic changes that will have a major impact on society
and on the economy and consequently on education and training provision and needs. The
European population is aging: over the next 30 years the number of younger Europeans(up to 24
years old)will fall by 15%. One in three Europeans will be over 60 years old, and about one in
then will be over 80.
Raising the overall level of skills of the adult population by offering more and better learning
opportunities throughout adult life is important for both efficiency and equity reasons given the
challenges identified above. Not only does adult learning help make adults more efficient workers
and, better-informed and more active citizens, it also contributes to their personal well-being.
24. What dose the author say about adult learning?
A. It reduces health care costs greatly.
B. The young need take it seriously.
C. It hasn’t been given enough attentions.
D. More adults have realized its importance.
25.What must we do to do well in today’s society ?
A.Upgrade(提高) general levels of our abilities
B. Face various challenges bravely.
C.Copy what other regions have done.
D. Be sensitive to the labour market.第 5 页 共 10 页
26. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Change in the education system B. Changes in the job market
C. Changes in the population D. Changed in society
C
American writer A.N.DEVERS was at a rare-book fair(市场) in New York City in 2015 when
she noticed a Joan Didion title selling for just $25. Then she saw the price of a novel by the
equally famous Cormac McCarthy: about $600." I realized we don't value women's work the same
way we do men's," Devers says." It's depressing. But it's also exciting, because I can do something
about it."
Three years later, after moving to London and joining the U.K.'s booming rare-book trade(贸
易 ), Devers opened the red doors of her new bookstore, the Second Shelf. Located in a quiet
courtyard off the busy streets of London's Soho, the store almost exclusively(专门地) collects rare
books by women (alongside a handful of male-authored books about women). The focus is
modern fiction: Elizabeth Bowen novels, romances by Rosamunde Pilcher, poetry by Ntozake
Shange.
Devers' skill for finding overlooked jewels was polished during a childhood of Visits to yard
sales in towns across the U.S., a result of her family's following her father's Air Force job. Some
of her most sought-after recent finds were works by Miriam Tlali, the first black woman to publish
a novel in South Africa. Devers hit on her 1975 debut(首次亮相) in a charity store and quickly
sourced and sold 15 more Tlali books.
In collecting these works, the Second Shelf is correcting a historical imbalance that has
allowed women' s literary achievements to be eclipsed by men’s. Book dealers(商人) have tended
to be men; much of the trade's early material was collected by "country gentlemen who ran
estates(地产) and collected libraries of books to show their wealth and intelligence," Devers says.
She argues that the situation has been much the same as in other male-led creative
industries--including television, film and the news media--in that＂they focus on themselves."
That past contributes to a common absence of women's work among the books considered to
be valuable cultural objects. In January, the Second Shelf went viral ( 走 红 ) on Twitter after
Devers pointed out that only nine books by women appeared in a list, produced by a trade website,
of the 500 biggest sales at auction(拍卖) in the books-and-paper field last year. Even among more
recently published works, a 2018 study found, titles by women are on average priced 45% lower
than books by men.
In recent years, calls have gone out to read only books by women for a year and for
universities to expand their curriculums(课程).The celebration of Women's History Month in the
U.S.has also made March a time for publishers to suggest fitting reading lists. Devers' shop is the
physical site of that movement challenging the current situation." We've been taught to find value第 6 页 共 10 页
in something really narrow," she says. "It's time to explore something different."
27. The first paragraph tells the readers___________________________.
A .what motivated Devers to open the Second Shelf
B. how Devers was exposed to rare book trade
C. why Devers named her shop the Second Shelf
D. where Devers first came across women's literary works
28. The underlined word "eclipse"in the fourth paragraph means__________.
A. fully exposed B. seriously treated
C.partially overshadowed D. roughly explained
29. Which may explain the absence of the great literary works by women?
A.The majority of male readers don't read modern fiction.
B. Women writers' ideas conflict with the bookdealers'.
C. Males tend to be productive in the creative industry.
D. The trade used to be ruled by men.
30. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. In recent years, university curriculums have emphasized books by women.
B. The Second Shelf is helping turn a page for women in literature.
C. More physical bookstores like Devers' are needed to change the situation.
D. Women's History Month has pushed women writers to be more productive.
第二节：七选五（共5 个小题；每小题 2 分，满分10 分）
Though technology has considerable wonderful benefits, it is becoming increasingly obvious
that our addiction to technology and overall cell phone addiction is becoming too common.
However powerful it is, it does have a power-off (关机) button. 31._______________________
•Powering-down prevents the fear of missing out.
Scientifically speaking, the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) has been recognized as a recently
rising psychological disorder (失调) brought on by the huge increase in technology addiction.
32.__________________________Within this constant stream of information, our fear of being
left out continues to grow. Turning off social media and learning how to live in the moment are
both important skills in this modem world.
•Powering-down promotes creation over consumption.
Essentially, most of our time is spent in one of the two categories: consuming or creating.
Certainly, technology can contribute to creating. For example, this article was written (created) on
a computer. But most of the time we spend in front of technology is spent consuming (playing
video games, surfing the Internet, watching movies, listening to music). 33._______________ It
needs more creating. It needs your passion, your solution, and your unique contribution. Power
down and begin contributing to a better world because of it.
•34.___________________第 7 页 共 10 页
If we power down for a while, we can learn something about ourselves. We will learn we are
far more addicted to technology than we would have guessed. But that is the nature of addiction,
isn't it? We can never fully realize our level of addiction until the item is out of sight. The only
way to truly discover technology's controlling influence on our life is to turn it off, walk away, and
sense how strong the pull is to turn it back on.
• Life, at its best, is happening right in front of you.
Our world may be changing, but the true nature of life is not. Life, at its best, is happening
right in front of you. 35._____________ The conversations are natural and authentic. And the love
is real. But if we are too busy staring down at our screen, we're going to miss all of it.
A. It has a negative effect on our creativity.
B. Our world doesn't need more consuming.
C. Technology addiction can only be understood when the object is taken away.
D. The following are some important reasons to unplug(拔掉电源插头).
E. Our social media are filled with everything happening all around us.
F. Powering-down helps remove unhealthy feelings of envy and loneliness.
G. The experiences in life will never repeat themselves.
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 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)
I was going to see my grandma Ruthy.
Approaching her apartment, I was suddenly seized with the ___36____ that I was going to
die one day. I walked in to see my grandmother sitting on the sofa, ___37___ and pale. Once she
would have ___38___me in her huge bear hug, but now it seemed like the sofa was going to have
her ___39___ alive.
I knew I was supposed to hug her but I wanted to ___40____. I didn't want to even make eye
contact with this woman that I had loved so ___41____ , because if I did, maybe death would
___42____ from over her shoulder and touch me too.
My grandmother, dying of cancer, ____43___ pulled herself to the edge of the sofa and
____44____ herself up and said, "So where are we going for dinner?” I turned to my mom
____45____I didn't know what food went with dying.
The next minute, we ended up ____46____her off the sofa, down the steps, into the car, and
driving to the closest ____47____. She hadn't managed solid food in weeks, and could
____48____ do a sip(一小口) of water due to the pain. But she ordered a large cup of beer. We ate
and she drank. ____49____, there was no death. There was no cancer. There was a moment like
that in every ____50____.
Then we said ____51____. I was waiting for the icy cold hand of ____52____on my heart.
But I didn’t feel it, because she had ____53____ a shield（防护物）around me ---the meal.
The last ____54____my grandma Ruthy taught me is that one day, I'm supposed to look over第 8 页 共 10 页
my shoulder and say, "Hello, Death. Before we go, I’m going to have one more____55____.
36. A.depression B.terror C.surprise D.anger
37. A.clumsy B.hungry C.tiring D.weak
38. A.wrapped B.packed C.contacted D.comforted
39. A.locked B.split C.swallowed D.bitten
40. A.check B.scream C.stand D.flee
41. A.slightly B.deliberately C.dearly D.secretly
42. A.reach out B.run away C.look away D.set out
43. A.smoothly B.unwillingly C.casually D.slowly
44. A.dressed B.straightened C.gave D.fastened
45. A.when B.although C.because D.unless
46. A.dragging B.rushing C.carrying D.inviting
47. A.restaurant . B.park . C.supermarket D.clinic
48. A.carefully B.barely C.freely D.easily
49. A.From time to time B.From then on C.For a long while D.For a moment
50. A.meal B.conversation C.party D.celebration
51. A.sorry B.goodbye C.hello D.thanks
52. A.fate B.God C.death D.life
53. A built B.remove C.bought D.refused
54. A.skill B.concept C.story D.lesson
55. A.hug B.beer C.talk D.trip
第二节语法填空(共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分)
Kenya signed an 56. __________ (agree) with China in 2013 to construct a new standard
railway from Nairobi to Mombasa, part of 57.________ will run through the Tsavo National Park.
The section of the railway that passes through the park is being built at a raised level 58.
__________(allow) space for underpasses(地下通道) for the animals.
The Tsavo National Park is home to Kenya’s 59.__________ (large) elephant group,
according to non-profit organization the Tsavo Trust. It says there were over 12,000 elephants in
the Tsavo National Park in 2011.
Robert O’brien is Assistant Director of the Tsavo National Park at the Kenya Wildlife Service.
He says monitoring the elephants’ movements will help also to reduce the conflict 60.__________
wildlife and humans, which has been 61.___________ key issue in this area.
Sospeter Kiambi, an office worker of the Kenya Wildlife Service elephant programme,
62._________ (say) the project is 63.____________ (potential) dangerous for both elephants and
people, but he also says that 64.____________ (authority) will make full use of this exercise and
avoid 65.___________ (make) silly decisions to damage the relation to wildlife.
In all, projects like this one could help elephants and humans live together a little more第 9 页 共 10 页
harmoniously.
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)
假定你是高中学生李华，代表自己班级，邀请 Dr.Frost 给班级同学做一场关于‘如何保持身
心健康’的在线讲座。请你写一封信，发出邀请。
要点如下：1. 时间，地点 2. 主题, 可简述原因 3. 期望与感谢
注意：1. 词数 80 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Frost，
__________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Jo: 15 years old, Amy’s sister, whose ambition is to be a great writer
Amy: 11 years old, Jo’s little sister, who had burned Jo’s manuscripts(手稿 ) on purpose
Laurie: 15 years old, a boy next door, the sisters’ friend
"There! Jo is a bad sister. She promised I should go skating this time, for this is the last ice
we shall have." Amy complained.
"Don't say that. You were very naughty, and it is hard for Jo to forgive you for deliberately
burning her precious little book. Don't say anything till she’s cheered up. Go and be a nice girl."
"I'll try," said Amy and after a hurry to get ready, she ran after Jo and Laurie.
Jo saw Amy coming along, but she turned her back. She heard Amy had some trouble putting
her skates( 溜 冰 鞋 ) on, but she ignored her and went slowly down the river, taking a bitter,
unhappy sort of satisfaction in her little sister’s troubles. Jo allowed her anger to grow strong and
take possession of her.
Laurie did not see Amy, for he was carefully skating along the shore, examining the ice with
his hockey stick(曲棍球球棍). As He turned the bend(转弯处), he shouted back..."Keep near the
shore(河岸). It isn't safe in the middle." Jo heard, but Amy was struggling to her feet and did not
catch a word.
"No matter whether she heard or not, let her take care of herself."Jo murmured. Laurie had
disappeared round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the
smoother(光滑的) ice in the middle of the river.第 10 页 共 10 页
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为 120 左右；
1.至少使用 5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
2.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph1：
For a minute Jo stood still with a strange feeling in her heart, then she resolved(决心) to go
on, but something held and turned her round.__________________________________________
Paragraph2:
Shivering, dripping, and crying, Jo got Amy home with Laurie’s help, and after an exciting
time of it, Amy fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire.____________________________郧阳中学、恩施高中、随州二中、高二下第一次考试
英语试卷答案
听力：1-5 AABCB 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 CBBAA
阅读理解：21-23 CBB 24-26 CAC 27-30 ACDB
七选五: 31-35 DEBCG
完形填空：36-40 BDACD 41-45 CADBC 46-50 CABDA 51-55 BCADB
语法填空：56. agreement 57.which 58.to allow 59.largest 60.between
61.a 62.says 63.potentially 64.authorities 65.making
参考例文：
作 文 一 I’m writing on behalf of my class to earnestly invite you to deliver a online lecture
concerning students’ health issues between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. next Friday.
We will owe you a great debt of gratitude if you could lecture on relevant approaches to
improving our physical and psychological well-being, especially as many of us are spread too thin
due to strenuous efforts in study as well as suffering from inadequate sleep and exercise, eating
disorders, and feeling stressed out before exams.
It’ll be our great privilege to benefit from your expertise in health care. Looking forward to
your reply.
作文二：For a minute Jo stood still with a strange feeling in her heart, then she resolved (决心) to
go on, but something held and turned her round. She was just in time to see Amy throw up her
hands and go down, with a sudden crash of rotten ice. She tried to rush forward, but her feet
seemed to have no strength in them, and for a second, she could only stand motionless, staring
with a terror-stricken face above the black water. Something rushed swiftly by her; it was Laurie,
who cried out, "Come and help, quick!" For the next few minutes Jo worked as if possessed by
madness. Lying flat, the two held Amy up by the hockey stick and together with all their might,
got the child out, more frightened than hurt.
Shivering, dripping, and crying, Jo got Amy home with Laurie’s help, and after an exciting
time of it, Amy fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire. "If it hadn’t been for Laurie, it
might have been too late! It is my dreadful temper, my anger blinds me." Jo condemned her
hardness of heart, as she leaned over her sister, softly stroking the wet hair scattering on the pillow.
As if she heard, Amy opened her eye, and held out her arms, with a smile that went straight to Jo’s
heart. Neither said a word, but they hugged one another close, in spite of the blankets, and
everything was forgiven and forgotten in one hearty kiss.
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