泰州市2020-2021學年度第一學期期末調研測試

高二英語試題

（考試時間：120分鐘；總分：150分）

第一節（共12小題;每小題2.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

A

WinterClasses

WinterTerm:December7,2020一January29,2021

WhetheryouareacurrentSUNYComingCommunityCollegestudentorattendinganothercollegeor

university,youcantakewinterclassesthatcanhelpyougetaheadandstayontrack,incollege.

AvailableClasses:

FinancialAccounting?IntroductiontoHumanBiology?BusinessCommunications?PrinciplesofBusiness

?Professionalism?BusinessApplications&Solution?EnvironmentalChemistry?MathfbrNursingII?College

CompositionI?CollegeCompositionII?TheSolarSystem?AmericanHistoryI?AmericanHistoryII?

Issues/PerspectivesinNursing?WalkingClickhere:Viewthescheduleofclasses

ScheduleanappointmenttomeetwithAdmissions:

607-962-9151,admissiun§G）coniiiiw?nc?edu

CurrentSUNYCCCStudents

ScheduleanappointmentwithanEnrollmentSpecialistifyouwouldlikeassistancewithschedulingclasses.

Non-CCCStudents

Ifyouareavisitingstudentwhoplanstotransfer（轉移）creditstoanothercollegeoruniversity,check

withthatinstitutiontomakesurethecreditsyoutakeatSUNYCCCsatisfyrequirementsthere.

Clickhere:Tuitionandfees

WhytakewinterclassesatSUNYCCC?

?SUNYCCCtuitionandfeesarelow

?Transfer-friendlycourses

?Onlinecoursesofferflexibility

?Takejustonecourseandfocusyourattentiononit

?Experiencesomethingnewthiswinter

Applyonlinetoday!

21.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A.NursingstudentscanchoosetolearnMathorIssues.

B.Takingwinterclassestendstohelpyoutakeastepahead.

C.Thewinterclassesareexpectedtolastmorethan50days.

D.ThecreditstakenatSUNYCCCwillsurelymeetyourdemands.

22.Whichofthefollowingisthebestslogan（口號）forthewinterclasses?

A.Don'tPutCollegeOnIce!

B.Let'sTransfertheCreditsAtWill!

C.SignUpForWinterTermForFun!

D.It'sTimeToScheduleClassesAtEase!

23.Whatisthepurposeofthistext?

A.Tointroducethewinterclassesofthecollege.

B.TopromotethewintercoursesofSUNYCCC.

C.Toinformstudentsofdifferentcollegeenrollmentchoices.

D.ToexplainthereasonsfortakingwinterclassesatSUNYCCC.

B

MichaelMcFarlen,oneMichiganchefandtheVicePresidentofFoodandBeverageatFireKeepersCasinoHotel,

couldn'tstandthrowingawayperfectlygoodfoodanymoresinceheknewhowmanypeopleinhiscommunity

facedfoodinsecurity.Sohedecidedtodosomething.

Atonepoint,McFarlendecidedtogetinvolvedwiththeSouthCentralFoodBankofMichiganInc.tohelpgive

backtothoseinneed.Afterthat,heknewhehadtodomoretohelphiscommunityandreducehisfoodwaste.

McFarlencameupwithaplantoopenarestaurantinthecommunitythatwouldalsohelpsupportafoodpantry

（儲藏室）.AfterpresentingtheideatoFireKeepersleadership,theyimmediatelyapprovedtheplanandagreedto

helpMcFarlenrealizehisdream.

InAprilof2016,theownersoftheFireKeepersCasinoHotelboughtFireStationNo.4,ahistoricfirehousenear

downtownthathadbeenclosedforyearsandwasduetobepulleddown.Thegroupstartedtransformingthefire

stationintoarestaurantandfoodpantrytohelppeoplestrugglingfortheirnextmeal.

OnApril19,2017,therestaurantopenedtothepublicforthefirsttime.Atthesametime,thefoodpantryopened

itsdoorinthebackofthebuilding.

"It'sreallyunique,KathyGeorge,anOfficerofFireKeepers,toldSecondWaveMedia.HAnumberofcasinosdo

outreach,butwe'renotawareofanyonewhoactuallycreatedarestaurantandfoodpantrydirectIy.^^

Thefirstyearofoperationwentbeyondtheirexpectations.Notonlydidtherestaurantattractcustomers,butthe

foodpantryhelpedmorepeoplethantheyeverimagined.

Apartfromprovidingthetypicalpantrygoods,McFarlenwantedtofigureoutawaytolowerfoodwasteatthe

CasinoHotel.MWeflash-freezefoodfromthebuffet（自助餐）andmakefamilytraysoutofthem.Oncepackaged,

thefoodisdeliveredtofoodpantriesinthearea.^^Georgeexplained.

24.Mcfarlencreatedarestaurantandfoodpantry.

A.toexpandthebusinessofFireKeepersCasinoHotel

B.torealizehisdreamofcreatinghisownrestaurantindustry

C.toassistthecountryinfightingpovertytogetherwithotherfoodpantries

D.tohelppeoplewithfoodinsecurityinhiscommunityandcutfoodwaste25.Whichwordscanbeusedto

describeMcfarlen?

A.Smartandoutgoing.B.Modestandwarm-hearted.

C.Caringandthoughtful.D.Cautiousandquick-minded.

26.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.FireStationNo.4waspulleddownandrebuiltasarestaurant.

B.Therestaurantandthepantrywentmoresuccessfullythanexpected.

C.TheSouthCentralFoodBankonlydealswithfoodleftinrestaurants.

D.SomeleadersatFireKeepersCasinoHoteldisapprovedMcFarlen'splan.

27.WhatcanbeconcludedfromMcfarlen'sstory?

A.Actionsspeaklouderthanwords.

B.Achievemanythingsatonestroke.

C.Theoryshouldbecombinedwithpractice.

D.Allthingsaredifficultbeforetheyareeasy.

C

Astemperaturesdrop,leavesbegintoturnforustoenjoygloriousautumnalcolors.Whentemperaturesrise

againinspring,thegrowingseasonfortreesstartsagain.Throughoutthewarmermonths,treestakecarbondioxide

fromtheatmosphereandstoreit,releasingoxygenasabyproduct.Thisistheprocessofphotosynthesis（光合作

用）.Themorephotosynthesis,themorecarbonislockedaway.

Carbondioxideisamajordriverofclimatechange,sothemoreistakenoutoftheatmospherebyplants,the

better.Withthewarmerclimateleadingtoalongergrowingseason,someresearchershavesuggestedmorecarbon

dioxidewouldbeabsorbedbytreesandotherplantsthaninprevioustimes.Butanewstudyhasturnedthistheory

onitshead.

Theresearchers,ledbyDeborahZaniattheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology,studiedthedegreetowhich

thetimingofcolourchangesinautumntreeleaveswasdeterminedbythegrowthoftheplantinspringandsummer.

Traditionally,temperatureanddaylengthwereacceptedasthemainfactordeterminingwhenleaveschanged

colourandfell,leadingsomescientiststoassumethatwarmingtemperatureswoulddelaythisprocessuntillaterin

theseason.However,inanewstudyaboutdeciduous（落葉的）Europeantreespecies,researchersrecordedhow

muchcarboneachtreeabsorbedperseasonandhowthatfinallyaffectedwhentheleavesfell.Theyfoundthatas

therateofphotosynthesisincreased,leaveschangedcolourandfellearlierintheyear.

Inaworldwithincreasinglevelsofcarbonintheatmosphere,thesenewfindingsimplythatwarmerweather

andlongergrowingseasonswillnotallowdeciduoustreestotakeinmorecarbondioxide.Thestudy'spredictive

modelsuggeststhatby2100,whentreegrowingseasonsareexpectedtobebetween22and34dayslonger,leaves

willfallfromtreesbetweenthreeandsixdaysearlierthantheydonow.

28.Inwhichcolumnofanewspaperisthepassagelikelytoappear?

A.Education.B.Economy.C.Nature.D.Tourism.

29.Theunderlinedpart“turnedthistheoryonitshead"inParagraph2canbereplacedby

A.changedthetheorycompletely

B.raisedquestionsaboutthistheory

C.stressedthesignificanceofthetheory

D.providedsomeevidenceforthetheory

30.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thereisalimittotheamountofcarbondioxidetreescantakein.

B.Withtherateofphotosynthesisincreasing,lessoxygenisproduced.

C.Bytheyear2100,treeswilltakeinmorecarbondioxidetogrowstronger.

D.Thelongerthespringandsummerare,thelaterleaveschangecolorandfall.

31.Thefourthparagraphisorganizedby.

A.givingexamplesB.listingsomedata

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C.analyzingthecausesD.makingacomparison

32.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Carbondioxidetendstohelpplantsgrowfasterandstronger.

B.Thelongergrowingseasonsare,thebettereffectstreesbring.

C.Warmerclimateismakingautumnleaveschangecolorearlier.

D.Photosynthesisplaysanimportantpartinleaveschangingcolor.

第二節（共5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Everybodyeats,andwhatyoueatisgettingmoreexpensiveallthetime.Foodpriceshaverisen15percentin

thepast3years—toabout$240aweek.Canyoureallycutagrocerybillthatsizeinhalf?33.

It'snosurprisethatcookingathomeisahugestepintherightdirection,anditmayrequirelesstimethanyou

think.34Itsomewhatmakessense,whetheryouaregrowingagardenorinvestingsomevolunteertimewitha

communitygarden.

35Ifyousaveyourreceipts（收據）fromgroceriesandeatingoutforafewweeks,you'llhaveallthedata

youneedtostartmakingplans.Makenotesonyourbuyingpatterns,whichisgoodforyourwallet.When

researchersfromtheUniversityofUtahanalyzedthefoodbuyingpatternsof10,000Americans,theyfoundmany

folkswerespendingnearlyhalfoftheirfooddollarsonrestaurantsandfastfood.36About7percentspentover

athirdoftheirfoodbudgetonalcohol.

Onceyouhaveknownwhereyoustand,youcanstartchangesinyourdietstoreducefoodcosts.37There

arethreepathstofollow:developafood-efficientdiet,keepafood-efficientkitchen,andspendyourfooddollars

aswiselyaspossible.Andevenbetter,youmayfindyoutrulyenjoysomeofthesestrategies,whicharenotonly

goodforyourwallet,butmaximizeflavorandnutrition.

A.Growingsomeofyourownfoodisabighelp,too.

B.Youcangetproductsdirectlyfromafarmatalowprice.

C.Rememberthatyoudon'tneedtochangeeverythingatonce.

D.Theyaregoodforyourhealth,andcansaveyoualotofmoney.

E.Youmustalsotakeanhonestlookatwhereyourfooddollarsaregoing.

F.Youbetyoucan,andyouwillalsoimprovethequalityofyourfoodsupply.

G.Onlyabout30percentofthepeopletendedtobuyfreshfoodtocookandeatathome.

第三部分語言運用（共三節，滿分37.5分）第一節完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

Iwasaten-year-oldgirlwholovedtosportsandbuildtreehousesinthewoods.Iwouldspendtimewith

friends-justasIdidonthenightmylife38.Mymotherand1weredrivinghomefromaparty.39afterskating

allnight,Ifellasleep.

I40tofindmyselfinthehospital.Ihadaspinalcord（脊髓）injury,whichmeantI'dspendtherestofmy

lifeinawheelchair.Momhadsomebrokenbones,butthatwas41comparedwithwhatwouldhappentoher.

Havingbeendrivingdrunk,shewas42tothreeyearsinprisonandlosther43rightstome.

Iwasadoptedbyafamily-SueandChrisandtheirtwosons.Ihadto44havingtwobrothers,whichwas

differentformebecauseI'dneverhadabrother,45two.

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Sueencouragedmetotry46therapy(療法)toseeifIcouldlearntowalkagain.ThoughIstruggledas

hardaspossible,itdidn't47.That's48IrealizedIhadtomakeachoice.

Finally,Ifounda(n)49basketballteaminourarea.Itriedoutand50theteam!Weflytotournamentsin

differentstatesoverweekends.Gettinginvolvedinsomethingsofunnyandrewardingshowsmethatthingsare

possible,whateveryour51.Lifekeepschanging,butwehaveto52anyway—withorwithoutthepeoplewe

love.

38.A.worsenedB.changedC.pausedD.progressed

39.A.ExcitedB.SatisfiedC.TiredD.Amazed

40.A.cameB.happenedC.rememberedD.awoke

41.A.meaninglessB.severeC.temporaryD.mild

42.A.sentencedB.appliedC.limitedD.committed

43.A.parentalB.financialC.civilD.individual

44.A.livebyB.relyonC.adjusttoD.toywith

45.A.regardlessofB.letaloneC.farfromD.ratherthan

46.A.mentalB.physicalC.chemicalD.technical

47.A.workB.matchC.matterD.heal

48.A.whatB.howC.whenD.where

49.A.beginnerB.adolescentC.adultD.wheelchair

50.A.wonB.madeC.gotD.favored

5LA.ageB.goalC.costD.situation

52.A.goonB.standbyC.speedupD.reachout

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。

Whenshewas10yearsold,AnaMorenowatchedbusesfulloftouristspullintohervillage.Theyhadcome

toseethemonarchbutterflies,53_arriveingroupseachNovemberandstaythewinterintheSienaMadre'sforested

peaks.Atthatpoint,Ana'sgoalwas54(become)abutterflyguide,leadingtoursintotheforest.

Thisyear,55,Anawon'tbeleadingtouristsintotheCerroPelonButterflySanctuary(保護區)owingto

theeffectthattheCOVID-19hashad56ecotourismfromdomesticandinternationalvisitorsalike.Forest

communitiesarelosingtouristincome,whichhasledtothem57(return)tofarms,whileothersrestartcutting

downtrees58(legal).

Butforestcommunitiesacrossthecountryholdthe59(believe)thatunderpressure,solutionsalsotendto

becomeclear.They60(step)uptoinvitetheoutsideworldinandseeknewwaystosupport61(they).

Tokeeptheirsixforestguardiansonthemountain,Ana'sbrotherandhiswifehavedesignedvirtualtour

packages."I'mhopingitcansaveusthisyear,"saysSharp.Thesevirtualtoursoffervisitorsanexperiencethey

couldn'tgetinperson:up-close62(observe)ofthecoloniesonanongoingbasis.

第三節單詞拼寫(共15小題；每小題0.5分，滿分7.5分)

注意：請將答案寫在答題紙上相應題號的橫線上。每個空格只填1個單詞。

63.Hemighthavesaidsomethingimpolitetoyou,butFmsurehemeantnoo▲.

64.WiththeirfriendshipsAthetwocountrieshavemadecooperationinvariousfields.

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65.Whenintroducingyourproduct,youshouldgiveadetailedd▲ofitsothatcustomerscanbeinformedof

whatitislike.

66.It'swisetosetasidesometimetoa▲ourelderlyparentshoweverbusyweare.

67.Althoughsheappearedquitecoldandstrict,hersmilingeyesb▲hertruenature.

68.Withmoremoneymade,hebecameeveng▲,tryingtogainmorefromhisworkers.

69.Whenchildreno▲difficultiesontheirown,theydevelopnotonlynewskillsbutalsoconfidenceintheir

abilities.

70.1AIdisagreedwithhisproposal,butlaterIchangedmymind.

71.Teachersshouldadopteffectivemethodstoincreasestudents*▲（動力）andinterestinstudy.

72.Whenthepostfinallyfell▲（空缺的），theyofferedittoFiona.

73.WiththeSpringFestivalapproaching,ourcityispreparingvarious▲（慶祝活動）.

74.Hefixedhiseyesonthebookhewasholding,A（假裝）nottohaveheardme.

75.Thefirefighterswerepraisedfortheir▲（勇敢）anddevotiontoduty.

76.Yourcompositionreadswell,butitstillneedsAup（潤色）.

77.BecarefulwithyourwordsasJennyisA（敏感的）towhatpeoplesayabouther.

第四部分寫作（共兩節，滿分40分）

第一節（滿分15分）

假如你是李華，是學校的學生會主席，你校即將開展為期一個月的“環保節”（theEnvironmental

ProtectionFestival）活動，請你在學校的英文報上對全體學生發出倡議，號召大家積極參加這個活動。內

容包括：

1.活動的目的和意義；

2.活動的主要內容；

3.發出號召。

注意：

1.寫作詞數應為80左右；

2.請在答題卡的相應位置作答。

Dearfellows,

第二節（滿分25分）

閱讀下面材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。

ItwasSaturdayandIwaslyinginbeddaydreamingaboutwhatIwantedtodotodaywhenDadjustcalledme

togetupatseveno'clock.Iwantedtostayathomeandplaymyfavouritegames.Iwantedtolistentosomemusic

andthenplayfootballwithmyfriends.Iwantedtohangoutwithmyfriendsandwatchamovie.Iwantedtoenjoy

abigmealintherestaurantandchatwithmyfriendstillmidnight.

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At7:30,Dadwasagainshoutingatmetogetup.So,Igotup,putsomecasualclothesonandlayinthesofa

inthesittingroomforalittlebit.

Mydadwalkedin,urgingmetoputonsomeniceclothesthatweresuitablefbrmetowalkaroundinonsuch

ahotday.Iasked,"WhyshouldIdothat?Iwon'tgoout.I'mjuststayingathome.Ihavealotofbusinessestodeal

with./Lookingmedirectlyintheeyes,DadtoldmesomethingabouttheplacecalledGiveKidstheWorld.Itwas

designedforthefamiliestospendavacationwiththeirchildrenwhohadaveryseriousillness.Aboutfouryears

ago,mydadbecameavolunteer,doingseveraljobsthere,includingservingfoodandgivinggifts.Ithoughtthat

wouldbeveryboring,butDadinsistedthatIshouldgowithhim,promisingthatIwouldlikeit.

ThoughIwasunwilling,Istillgotdressedandwentintothecar.Daddrovemetoavillagenotveryfarfrom

ourcommunity.Whenwearrivedatthestorehouseinthemiddleofthevillage,therewerealreadysomepeople

sortingoutthefoodandgifts.Weimmediatelyjoinedthem,

puttingthefoodintoboxesandthegiftsonthebackofacart.

注意：

1.續寫詞數應為150左右；

2.請在答題卡的相應位置作答。

Then,Dadtoldmethatweweregoingtodeliveratoytoeverychildfromdoortodoorinthevillage.

Oncebackinthatcart,Dadtoldmethattheyallhadalife-threateningillnessandthattheymightnotliveto

seetomorrow..

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2020-2021學年度第一學期期末調研測試

高二英語參考答案及聽力錄音稿

第一部分：聽力（共兩節，滿分30分）

1—5CBACB6—1OACABC11—15CABBC16—20BBCAA

第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分425分）

第一節（共12小題；每小題2.5分,滿分30分）

21—23DAB24—27DCBB28—32CAADC

第二節（共5小題；每小題2.5分，滿分12.5分）

33—37FAEGC

第三部分：語言知識運用（共兩節，滿分50分）

第一節完形填空（共15小題；每“酒2分，滿分30分）

38-42BCDDA417