1、 江苏省南通市 2020-2021 学年下学期期末考试高二英语试题 注意事项 考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改 动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写 在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂 到答题卡上。 第一节 (共 5 小题；每小题 1.
2、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。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 man do probably? A. Lay a carpet. B.Clean a chair. C.Move a cupboard. 2. What is the man going to do tomorrow? A.Go for a cycle ride. B. Buy a bell for his bike. C.Meet his parent
3、s for dinner. 3. How many candy bars does Mrs, Williams want? A.Zero. B.One. C.Three. 4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A.Classmates. B.Co-workers. C.Neighbors. 5.What does the man want to buy? B. A tie. C. A shirt. A.A suit. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5分） 听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或
4、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。 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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7题。 6. Why is the girl crying? A. She has lost a toy. B. She has been hurt. C. She cant find her mother. 7.Where are the speakers probably? A. In a mall. B. In a school. C. In a pol
5、ice station. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8至 9题。 8. Who will go to a soccer match tonight? A.Laura. B.Bob. C.Mary. 9. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Their plans. B. Their jobs. C. Their favorite sports. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10至 12 题。 10. Why does the man call the woman? A. To invite her to dinner. B. To hol
6、d a party for his sister. C. To book a room for a holiday. 11. What day is it today? A. Wednesday. B.Tuesday. C.Monday. 12.What does the man choose for the main course? A. Beef. B.Fish. C.Pizza. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13至 16 题。 13. Whats so special about this art exhibition? A. It provides tea. B. It has litt
7、le notes. C.It has video introductions. 14. What does the woman dislike about museum notes? A. They use small text. B. They dont show anything about the art. C. They often spell the artists names wrong. 15. Which word best describes the man? A.Artistic. B. Athletic. C.Persuasive. 16. What will the w
8、oman probably do on Saturday? A. Go to a museum. B. Get her hair styled. C. Watch a basketball game. 听第 10段材料，回答第 17 至 20题。 17. Where was the purse found? A. Under a book. B. At a museum gate. C. By a park entrance. 18. What color was the purse? A. Green. B. Brown. C.Red. 19 How much money was there
9、 in the purse? A.About $420. B.Around $840. C. Over $1,000. 20. What is the purpose of the talk? A. To advertise a book. B. To praise an honest man. C. To find the owner of the purse. 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The Best Seaside Campsites
10、Nicolas This region is a perfect example of ancient Greece, a fancy mix of ruins, myths and classic tales. Nicolas campsite is close to the town of Tiryns, which hosts an annual classic Greek theatre festival. So you might be sharing the site with actors practicing their lines. The camp is just a st
11、ones throw from the waters of the bay. Glavotok It is right by the waters edge and offers great diving and local seafood specialities. When the campsite lights go off at 11pm, all thats left is the sound of lapping water. Glavotok gets busy in high season with hosts of regular visitors, so booking a
12、head is essential. Zakynthos Zakynthos, once known as the Venice of the east, is one of the most breathtaking islands in the Ionian Sea and has one of the most dramatic campsites. The clifftop areas of Zakynthos give you clear views across the sea. Cala Llevado You get five beaches for the price of
13、one at this site on the Costa Brava coastline. Theres everything from a comfortable little pirate cove to a sweeping bay. The site is enormous but some of the areas are so far from it that its like camping wild. Others are on top of one of the beaches, giving you a birds eye view. 1. What might a vi
14、sitor do in Nicolas? A. Skip stones. B. Host a theatre festival. C. Explore ancient Greece. D. Practice lines with actors. 2. Which of the following needs an advance booking? A. Nicolas. B. Glavotok. C. Zakynthos. D. Cala Llevado. 3. Which of the following highlights the Cala Llevado? A. A calm bay.
15、 B. Bird watching. C. Camping in the wild. D. Good value for the money. B Tufa grew up in Australia so she couldnt understand why her father insisted on teaching her Oromo, a language spoken in Ethiopia. “Dad never spoke about his life back in Ethiopia and yet he insisted on teaching us this languag
16、e Tufa said. “There were so many resources at my fingertips for the other languages I was learning and so many people that speak them. But when Dad was teaching us Oromo, there were no textbooks or learning materials at all. And that struck me as really strange. But as Tufa got older and began doing
17、 her own research, she discovered why speaking about Oromo was so painful for her father. The Oromo are the largest racial group of Ethiopia. But since their land was seized in the 1880s, the people have suffered a lot. The Oromo language was banned, including from political life and schools. Oromo
18、texts were destroyed. Tufas father, an Oromo, fled to Egypt and, in the late 1970s, he was given asylum（庇护）in Australia. By the time the Oromo ban was lifted, Tufas father had established a small, private Oromo school in Melbourne to teach the language to the children of asylum seekers. As she helpe
19、d to teach the students, Tufa realised the teaching resources were awful. She decided to create posters and worksheets for her fathers students, using her own money to get them printed. Three other Oromo schools that had opened in Victoria by then heard about the materials and all of them wanted cop
20、ies. Tufa realised that if there was a demand for Oromo child education materials in Australia, there must be other communities around the world where resources were also needed. She launched a crowdfunding campaign so she could print more Oromo learning materials. By the end of 2014, in just six we
21、eks, she had raised almost $125,000. Word of her project spread. Her resources have also found their way to Ethiopia, with people sending copies to family members who still live there. This year, she plans to launch an online store for her publishing company. 4. What did Tufa feel strange about when
22、 learning Oromo? A. Her fathers life in Ethiopia. B. Her fathers way of teaching. C. The lack of learning materials. D. The appearance of other languages. 5. What is the purpose of the third paragraph? A. To explain a reason. B. To give an example. C. To present an argument. D. To clear a misunderst
23、anding 6. How did Tufa meet the increasing demand for Oromo learning materials? A. She crowdfunded. B. She turned to his father. C. She dipped into her own pocket. D. She created posters and worksheets. 7. What is the passage mainly about? A. Why the Oromo suffered in Ethiopia. B. Where the Oromo la
24、nguage is taught. C. How a girl helps to keep Oromo alive. D. What schools need in teaching Oromo. C Global heating appears to be making trees drop their leaves earlier, according to new research, contradicting the idea that warmer temperatures delay the beginning of autumn. The finding is important
25、 because trees draw huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and therefore play a key role in managing the climate. The rising temperatures also mean that spring is arriving earlier and,overall, the growing season for trees in the planets temperate zones(温带地区） is getting longer. However, the earl
26、ier autumns mean that significantly less carbon can be stored in trees than previously thought, providing less of a brake on global heating. The new research is based on a huge dataset of observations of European trees, experiments that varied light and CO2 levels, and mathematical models. It showed
27、 that as well as temperature and day length, the amount of carbon a tree has absorbed in a season is a key factor in determining when it no longer needs its leaves and drops them. The scientists liken the effect to a person becoming full after a heavy meal and being unable to eat more food. Earlier
28、models that did not include the amount of carbon a tree absorbs during a season indicated that autumn could be two to three weeks later by the end of the century on current emissions (排放） trends. But the scientists new model indicates autumn may actually come up to six days earlier. Christine Rollin
29、son, an ecologist at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, USA, said the earlier models were known to be simplifications but were the best available. “The big challenge is that autumn has always been a bit of a mess,” she said. “Depending on where you are and which species youre looking at, theres some
30、evidence that leaf fall is happening earlier and some that its happening later. But understanding how well a tree grows during the season really helps explain that tree-to-tree variation.” Rollinson said that we cant put all of the responsibility on to growing trees. We can cut emissions from fossil
31、 fuel burning and deforestation to address the climate emergency. 8. What is the result of rising temperature? A. Later spring. B. More carbon storage. C. Shorter growth season. D. Earlier autumn leaf-off. 9. What does the underlined word “liken” mean in the fourth paragraph? A. Compare. B. Owe. C.
32、Expose. D. Reduce. 10. What is Christine Rollinsons attitude towards the earlier models? A. Disapproving. B. Supportive. C. Sceptical. D. Unclear. 11. What is the last paragraph meant to do? A. Offer a solution. B. Voice dissatisfaction. C. Show a new finding. D. Present more evidence. D Chimpanzees
33、 (黑猩猩）enjoy watching movies together, scientists have discovered, in research that suggests social bonding through shared experience has deep evolutionary roots. It is widely known that humans can bond over group activities such as watching a movie or playing board games. But it has been unclear whe
34、ther the underlying psychology behind this effect is present in other species. In the research, chimpanzees were placed in pairs and shown a short video. The researchers then measured how long it took them to approach their partners, how close they got and how long they remained in proximity (靠近）two
35、 measures of social bonding. Chimpanzees who had viewed the video with either another of their own species or a human approached their partner faster or spent longer in proximity to them, compared with those who had watched the video on their own, the scientists found. The finding indicates that soc
36、ial bonding created by shared experience may have deeper evolutionary roots than previously thought. “Animals can stand together and watch a waterfall, but they dont seem to seek out those kinds of experiences, said Wolf, an author on the study. “So for a long time we thought they werent capable of
37、processing that way or they werent feeling any psychological consequences from doing so. “Its exciting that at least some parts of the psychology that we need to connect through shared experiences may actually have a slightly older evolutionary history than previously suspected.” The animals were tr
38、acked for only three minutes after they had watched the film, so it is not clear whether shared experiences strengthen social bonds in the long term. The research used animals in captivity (圈养） ，and scientists said it was not known whether the same effects would be observed in the wild. 12. What doe
39、s the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Experiencing social bonds. B. Sharing evolutionary roots. C. Humans bonding over group activities. D. Chimpanzees watching movies together. 13. How did the researchers get the findings? A. By making a comparison. B. By introducing a concept. C. By using
40、an experts words. D. By referring to another study. 14. What did Wolf think of the research findings? A. Imperfect. B. Encouraging. C. Groundless. D. Doubtful. 15. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. Approaches to future studies. B. New perceptions of other scientists. C. The aspects
41、which need further tests. D. The application of the research findings. 第二节 (共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5分） 阅读下面短文， 从短文后的选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选 项。 Having takeout lunches can leave you sleepy, tired and unable to focus on your work. _16_Have too many things lined up in the second half of the day an
42、d cant afford to feel sleepy? This is what you can do to fight sleepiness before it starts. _17_ Smaller meals through the days can help prevent sleepiness. While eating right is important, how you eat is just as critical. Stay away from any distractions while eating. Concentrating on what your food
43、 well allows a stronger connection between your brain and gut, thus aiding in proper digestion and making you feel light and comfortable post meals. Order right. If youre ordering food in, its easy to reach for the quickest, cheapest and easiest option on the takeout menu._18_So look for express lun
44、ch meals as they are designed to be quick and light. If it includes a non-creamy soup or a salad with some kind of protein, you are on the right track. Snack smart. _19_ But they will leave you unable to focus in no time. Try to maintain blood sugar levels through the day by reaching for proteins, h
45、ealthy fats, and fruits instead. Protein-rich snacks like nuts or nut butters with a piece of dark chocolate is an ideal combination. Drink the right kind of caffeine. While coffee can help when youre too tired to function, its fast-release caffeine causes the unavoidable crash. It can also generate
46、 a quicker heart rate, which definitely doesnt help you focus. _20_.It contains an amino acid (氨基酸) that reduces heart rate and blood pressure, resulting in a quiet, slow-release energy that can support you through the day. A. Eat smaller meals. B. Green tea is a good choice. C. It can be massive hi
47、t to productivity. D. Avoid drinks that contain caffeine after lunch. E. Sugary foods can provide a short burst of energy. F. To save time, we often turn to takeout and convenience food. G. However, this could be full of oil and salt, making you sleepier. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 30分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 1分，满分
48、15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I once read about a Frenchman who spent weeks alone in a cave to see what would happen to his body rhythm. The idea of living without the structure of time became a _21_ for me,and when lockdown came, I saw a reason to _22_ the experiment. So, I found
49、a cave where I could go with other volunteers. The aim was to see how living down there for 40 days and nights would affect our sense of_23_ Its a strange feeling to _24_ and not have a watch to tell you if youve slept enough. But soon it felt _25_. I slept really well. After a while, we got familiar with the _
