1、 廣元市川師大萬達中學 20202021 學年度第二學期期末仿真考試高二年級英語試題第一部分 聽力(共兩節，滿分 30 分)第一節 (共 5 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 7.5 分)聽下面 5 段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的 A、B、C 三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽完每段對話后，你都有 10 秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. What does John find difficult in learning German?APronunciation.B. Vocabulary.CGrammar.2. What is the probable rel

2、ationship between the speakers?AColleagues.BBrother and sister.CTeacher and student.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?AIn a bank.BAt a ticket office.COn a train.4. What are the speakers talking about?AA restaurant.BA street.CA dish. 5What does the woman think of her interview?A. It

3、was tough.BIt was interesting.CIt was successful.第二節(共 15 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 22.5 分)聽下面 5 段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的 A、B、C 三個選項中選出最佳選項。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5 秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 題。6. When will Judy go to a party?AOn Monday.BOn Tuesday.COn Wednesday.7. What will Max

4、 do next?AFly a kite.BRead a magazine.CDo his homework.聽第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 題。8. What does the man suggest doing at first?AGoing to a concert.BWatching a movie.CPlaying a computer game.9. What do the speakers decide to do?AVisit Mike.BGo boating.CTake a walk.聽第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 題。10. Which color do cat

5、s see better than humans?ARed.BGreen. CBlue.11. Why do cats bring dead birds home?A. To eat them in a safe place.B. To show off their hunting skills.C. To make their owners happy.12. How does the man sound at the end of the conversation?AGrateful.BHumorous.CCurious.聽第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 題。13. Who is

6、Macy?AEds mother.BEds teacher.CEds friend.14. How does Ed usually go to kindergarten?ABy car.BOn foot.CBy bus.15. What does Ed enjoy doing at the kindergarten?ATelling stories.BSinging songs.CPlaying with others.16. What do the teachers say about Ed?AHes clever.BHes quiet.CHes brave.聽第 10 段材料，回答第 17

7、 至 20 題。17. At what age did Emily start learning ballet?AFive.BSix.CNine.18. Why did Emily move to Toronto? ATo work for a dance school.B. To perform at a dance theater.C. To learn contemporary dance.19. Why did Emily quit dancing? AShe was too old to dance.B. She failed to get a scholarship.C. She

8、lost interest in it.20. How does Emily feel about stopping training?AShes pleased.BShes regretful.CShes upset.第二部分閱讀理解 (共兩節，滿分 40 分)第一節（共 15 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分）AArtificial intelligence (AI) is practically everywhere today. There are so many products out there which use AI. Some are being developed,

9、some are already in use, and some failed and are being improved, so its very difficult to name a few of them and regard them as the best.ViIt is an AI personal trainer which is mainly concerned with fitness and coaching. It, however, requires the use of bio-sensing earphones and other fitness tracki

10、ng equipment! It can play your favourite music while you work out and all you have to worry about is the exercise youre doing.Deep TextDo you ever wonder how an ad appears suddenly just when you are looking for something similar? This is because of Deep Text. It uses real-time consumer ( 消 費 者 ) inf

11、ormation to produce data which in turn is used to target consumers. Thus, if you search online for flight tickets from Bangalore to Delhi, it is very likely that an ad relating to hotels in Delhi will soon follow.Hello EggIf you live alone and miss your mother because you always miss your breakfast

12、or dont know what to eat for dinner, then Hello Egg is exactly what you are looking for. A very healthy choice of the 2-minute noodles and oats, Hello Egg provides you with a detailed weekly meal plan about the needs of your body. It is truly a modern AI-powered home cooking tool for the young.Words

13、mithYou can put Mr. Smith into your Microsoft Excel using their free API, and let it write up detailed analysis of the stories behind your numbers. It can produce detailed reports on thousands of pages of spreadsheets in seconds.21. What can we learn about Vi from the text?A. It is an AI music playe

14、r.B. It is a bio-sensing earphone.C. It doesnt work without bio-sensing earphones.D. It can make you more energetic while you work out.22. Which can help you improve cooking skill?A. Hello Egg.B. Deep Text.C. Vi.D. Wordsmith.23. What can Wordsmith do for us?A. Produce a detailed report.B. Book a tic

15、ket ahead of time.C. Provide us with a detailed meal plan.D. Offer us information on hotels for traveling.BA British friend told me he couldnt understand why Chinese people love eating sunflower seeds(嗑瓜子) as a snack so much. Ive met a lot of older Chinese and many have a crack in their front teeth;

16、 I believe thats from cracking the seeds, he said.I had never noticed the habit, but once he mentioned it, I suddenly became more aware. I realized that whenever Im watching TV or typing a report, I always start mindlessly cracking sunflower seeds. My friend doesnt like sunflower seeds, and, to him,

17、 it seems unnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.When we were young, the whole family would usually get together for Chinese New Year. Then, we all lived close to one another, usually in a small city, and sometimes even neighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Years Eve to chec

18、k out what every household was making.I remember my parents would be in the kitchen cooking. Out in the living room, a large table would already be laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, and dishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds. Some of the dishes were to

19、 be offered to our ancestors later, while others were for neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast. I must have learned how to crack sunflower seeds back then.I dont think its right to criticize ones choice in food or eating habits, no matter how strange they may seem.Its not only in C

20、hina. When I went abroad, I found people had all sorts of strange habits when it came to food. In Denmark, they put salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner, no matter howmuch it ruins your breath. They think its a delicacy(美味佳肴), and its connected to their certain culture. I think its a wonde

21、rful tradition.24. What did the writer become aware of?A. She had ever typed a report about seeds.B. She had various snacks while watching TV.C. She damaged her teeth by eating sunflower seeds.D. She had a habit of cracking sunflower seeds.25. What does the writer prove by mentioning Chinese New Yea

22、r?A. The traditions of celebrating it disappear.B. Eating sunflower seeds is related to it.C. The families get together for it.D. Children can eat delicious food on that day.26. The writers attitude to Denmarks way of eating bread is .A. neutralB. criticalC. acceptableD. doubtful27. What lesson can

23、we learn from the story?A. One kind of food doesnt necessarily suit everyone.B. It is good to form healthy eating habits.C. Eating habits come from a certain culture.D. Changing your eating habits will change your life.CRecently, many e-commerce platforms, including Didi Taxi, Ctrip, Fliggy, JD ad T

24、aobao, have been uncovered that they are cheating their frequent customers. Their ways are pretty clever. When there are new users or conservative old users, they will give a quite appealing price to attract them into registering and buying goods. However, their big data is not that friendly to the

25、stable users and frequent visitors. The system always offers them higher price for the same products or service. How does this happen? According to the data analysis, the system knows clearly that although they feel the price is high, they will finally pay the bill. By collecting and analyzing users

26、 profiles, buying habits and other information, big data recommends the same products to different users with different prices.Companies also try other ways to make money, making online consumption far more worrying. For example, video websites always offer 120 seconds advertisements, which drives p

27、eople crazy. And even if you pay for the membership to get rid of the ads, you have to enjoy 15-second private ads. By broadcasting them, companies make huge profitssecond to the membership fees. Also, owning 100 Mbps network, you still put up with the slow speed when you are downloading a song. You

28、 have no choice but to become a VIP when you seek high quality services. Users seem to be lambs ( 羊 羔 ) among wolves. Even though they say, Since you have money, Ill charge you more, we cant do anything about it.It pains us that we havent figured out a way to deal with the problem. The only thing we

29、 can do is replacing our iPhones with Android phones if we want to buy a membership card, and applying for new accounts if we want cheaper hotels. Not finding a way to fight back, we cant do anything but accept them passively.28. How does big data serve companies according to the text?A. By being ki

30、nd to all users.B. By giving a discount to stable users.C. By attracting new users by analyzing their shopping habits.D. By recommending the same products with higher prices to regular users.29. What do we know from the second paragraph?A. Membership can rid you of all the ads.B. Only by being a VIP

31、 can you get a better service.C. The slow download speed is due to your poor network.D. Advertising income is the biggest income for video websites.30. What is the authors attitude towards the chances of finding a way to fight back?A. Uncertain.B. Casual.C. Negative.D. Positive.31. What is the main

32、idea of the text?A. The big data provides helpful information to users.B. We have to accept online consumption as it is.C. There exist many online consumption traps.D. Regular customers are richer.DIt may sound a bit Dr. Doolittle, but it turns out kangaroos can communicate with humans. Researchers

33、found that kangaroos communicated with humans on purpose-a behavior that was thought to only belong to domesticated（馴養的）animals, like dogs, horses or goats.Experts from Londons University of Roehampton and the University of Sydney set up a task. This task was known as the unsolvable problem task. Du

34、ring the task, they presented kangaroos with food trapped inside a plastic container.After trying, and failing, to open the boxes, the kangaroos turned their gaze（注視）on a nearbyhuman - and sometimes even pushed or scratched them to ask for help, researchers said.Their gaze was pretty powerful, co-au

35、thor Alexandra Green said. Weve previously thought only domesticated animals try to ask for help with a problem. But kangaroos do it too. If they cant open the box, they look at the human and back to the container. Some of them use their nose to push the human and some get close to the human and sta

36、rt scratching at him asking for assistance.Based on these new findings, the team believe kangaroos - considered social animals, like dogs and goats -may be able to change their behavior to interact with humans.Through this study, we are able to see that communication between animals can be learnt an

37、d that the behaviour of gazing at humans to get food is not related to domestication. lead author Alan McElligott said.Indeed, kangaroos showed a very similar pattern of behaviour we have seen in dogs, horses and even goats when put to the same test, McElligott added.32. What have the researchers fo

38、und about kangaroos？A. Kangaroos can become domestic animals.B. Kangaroos can communicate with humans.C. Kangaroos can learn from domestic animals.D. Kangaroos have the same habits as domestic animals.33. What does the underlined word trapped mean in Paragraph 2？A. Removed.B. Hidden.C. Kept.D. Saved

39、.34. What are the researchers findings based on？A. Observations.B. Previous data.C. Making comparison.D. Making a survey.35. In which part of a newspaper is this text most probably taken from？A. Travel.B. Education.C. Technology.D. Science.第二節（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分）根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有

40、兩項為多余選項。Laughter is the best medicine. It helps solve problems, improve relationships, and support both physical and emotional health. 36 Read the following suggestions and learn to make laughter part of your life.Laugh at yourself. Laughing at yourself is one of the biggest differences between happ

41、y people and unhappy people. It communicates to both you and the people around you that its no big deal. So be brave enough to share your embarrassing moments. 37 When something negative happens, try to make it a humorous story that will make you and others laugh. 38 Keep a toy on your desk or in yo

42、ur car. Put up a funny poster in your office. Choose a computer screensaver that makes you laugh. Frame photos of you and your family or friends having fun. All of these are good resources of laughter.Spend time with funny people. Even if you dont consider yourself a humorous person, you can still s

43、eek out new friends who are ready to laugh and who can make you laugh. These are people who find humor in everyday events. Their playful points of view and laughter are contagious( 傳 染的 ). 39 Dont go a day without laughing. Set aside 10 minutes each day to do something that amuses you. You can watch

44、 some humorous videos or look at some funny photos online. 40 Try thinking back to a joke you heard or read, or a comedy you watched.As long as you have a joyful heart and purposely make time to laugh, youll be amazed at how differently you will begin to view your job, your family, your relationship

45、s and yourself.A. Surround yourself with amusing reminders to lighten up.B. If you cant find any humor at hand, recall something funny.C. When you are around them, youll be more likely to laugh too.D. But not everyone is good at laughing genuinely and accurately.E. Try to schedule this right after t

46、he most stressful part of your day.F. Attempt to laugh at your awkward situations rather than regret them.G. Avoid negative people and dont hold on to things that make you unhappy.第三部分語言知識運用（共兩節，滿分 45 分）第一節 （共 20 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的 A、B、C 和 D 四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。Katie always wante

47、d to be a performer. She was 41 of Disney movies and musicals from an early age and her mum, Karen, who was also a big fan, would often 42 to watch together with her in front of TV. When she was nine, Katies happy childhood took a 43 when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. When the doctor 44 the

48、Whetsell family that Karens disease was terminal ( 晚 期 ) , they made a decision to Disney World which had been a longtime dream vacation for Karen. 45 , in November 1997, the family 46 and headed to Disney World.The Whetsells spared no 47 for their once-in-a-lifetime vacation and stayed at Disneylan

49、d for eight nights. They spent their days in the parks, seeing the sights, greeting characters, all the while, 48 Karen in her wheelchair and watching her face light up with joy. They all 49 the joy of experiencing the park for the first time with Karen though they ran out of their savings. The trip

50、 to Disney World at the height of Karens 50 with cancer allowed them to escape into a world of magic and laughter.Katie says shell never forget the 51 that changed her life on that trip: After a long day at the parks, the Whetsells decided to see one of Disney Worlds nightly light shows. While watch

51、ing, a Disney performer came up to her mom and 52 her hand on Karens shoulder. They 53 smiles and, to this day, Katie still remembers how 54 her mom looked. The whole family was touched by the performers 55 . This was the day Katie decided she wanted to work for Disney to bring smiles to every visit

52、ors face.Katie went on to pursue ( 追 求 ） 56 for a living. After she received her degree in musicaltheatre from Otterbein University, she 57 moved to New York. Katie 58 for years, trying to make it as an actress. Her hard work and determination finally 59 when she was hired to work as a(n) 60 Disney

53、performer.41. A. shortB. fondC. awareD. proud42. A. come aboutB. come acrossC. come afterD. come along43. A. turnB. riskC. breakD. chance44. A. impressedB. trickedC. informedD. complained45. A. OtherwiseB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. However46. A. packed upB. set upC. kept upD. sped up47. A. challengeB. p

54、atienceC. expenseD. courage48. A. leadingB. draggingC. leavingD. pushing49. A. sharedB. expandedC. refusedD. explained50. A. chargeB. battleC. agreementD. confusion51. A. lightB. faceC. visitorD. moment52. A. restedB. reachedC. hitD. struck53. A. offeredB. harvestedC. exchangedD. promised54. A. asha

55、medB. delightedC. cautiousD. awkward55. A. decisionB. reactionC. motivationD. behavior56. A. designingB. teachingC. performingD. engineering57. A. immediatelyB. constantlyC. typicallyD. unwillingly58. A. pausedB. hesitatedC. continuedD. struggled59. A. paid backB. paid forC. paid upD. paid attention

56、60. A. graciousB. casualC. officialD. accustomed第二節 (共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 15 分)閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入 1 個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。Yuan Longping, Chinas “father of hybrid rice” and praised 61 his contributions to the countrys food security, died on May, 22, 2021.The Chinese scientist 62 (know) for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s and regarded as a national hero for improving grain harvests and helpi