江苏省无锡市江阴市高级中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

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江苏省无锡市江阴市高级中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

江苏省无锡市江阴市高级中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

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一、阅读选择

BetterknownbyhisstagenameKUN,CaiXukunisaphenomenon,openingupthemusicindustryinChina.

Lastyear,afterparticipatingintherealityTVshowIdolProducer,receivingthemostvotesfromfans,thesinger-songwriterrosetofameovernight.Atjust21yearsold,CaihastoppedChinesemusicchartswithmultiplesingles.

OnJuly26,KUNreleasedhisnewestsingleYoung.Withinjust20seconds,itreachedamillionsales.

KUNwrotethesongtosharehisunderstandingofyouth.HemixedR&Bandelectronicbeats（节拍）tomakeitmorecheerful.AreviewerwroteonQQMusic,“Whenyoulistentothesong,youjustseemtogobacktoyouthagain.”

ThesongwasanearlybirthdaypresenttohimselfwhichhecelebratedonAug2.KUNalsohopesthathealwayshasthecouragetopursue（追求）hisloveofmusic,nomatterwhatpeoplethink.“MyworksarelikemychildrenandIhaveputmybesteffortintothem.”hetoldtheGlobalTimes.

Indeed,KUNhaswrittenandproducedmostofhissongsonhisown.“Iwanteverypieceofmyworktohavemyownspiritinit,”hetoldmusicwebsiteSoundigest,“IfeelmoreenjoymentwhenI'mperformingmyownwork.”

AlthoughKUNlovesperformingonstage,whenthelightsgodown,hepreferstofallbackintohisownworldanddarknessatnight.“Ialwaysgetinspiredwhenit'squiet,lateatnight/'hetoldI-Dmagazine,“It'sagreatmomentformetocreatenewthings.Sometimes,Icanwritesongswithamelody（旋律）Iheardinadream.”

Todevelophisintrospection（反思）andfindnewinspiration,KUNattendsdifferentkindsofmusicalperformances—fromfestivalstooperahouses.“Ijustliketodoeverything,allformymusic,allformyart,”hetoldI-D．

Withsuchtalentanddedicationtomusic,itseemsthatKUNwillcontinuetomakehismarkinthecompetitiveChinesemusicindustry.

1．WhatdoweknowaboutKUN'snewestsingle?

A．Itearnshimabirthdaypresent.

B．Itmakespeoplefeelhappyandenergetic.

C．Itshowshowhepursueshisdream.

D．Itcombinesjazzandelectronicmusic.

2．WhatdoesKUNusuallydotogetinspirationformusic?

A．Hegoestomusicshows.

B．Hetalkstofamoussingers.

C．Heattendsmusicclasses.

D．Hefindsmelodiesinhisdreams.

3．WhichwouldbestdescribeKUN?

A．Courageousandpatient.

B．Talentedandhumorous.

C．Hardworkingandcreative.

D．Optimisticandoutgoing.

Alongtimeago,andstillinsomecountriestoday,thedollarandpennydidnotevenexist.Actually,tradingacowfortwopigsisstillthenorm（常态）formanycultures.Sohowisitthatwegettousepaperandcoins?

Thebiggestchallengeforancientcultureswastohaveasystemthatwouldallowpeopletoexchangeproductswitheachother.However,theproblemcameupwhenonepersonwasinneedofsomethingimmediatelythattheydidn’thaveaproducttotrade.Forexample,afarmerthatneededwheatonlyhadfruittoexchangebutthefruitwasn’treadytohandoverforanothertwomonths.Thisiswhatstartedtheideaofa“commoncurrency”.Thefarmercouldbuywhatheneededwith“currency”andjustasimportant,thevalueofthegoodshewasexchangingwasstandardized.Hedidnothavetoworryaboutgivinganythinginreturnnoworlater;hisdealwascomplete.Thus“money”wasborn.

Overtime,eachcountryhasdevelopeditsowncurrencyandsomethingthatmightcost1,000,000lireinonecountrymightbe1dollarintheUScurrency.Mostcountriesalsofrequentlyusepowerfulpoliticalpeopleasthe“face”oftheircurrency.TheUScurrencyisthebestexampleofthis.Canyounameallthepresidentsthatcurrentlyappearonnotonlypapermoneybutalsocoins?

Therealexcitement,however,isthefutureofhowwebuythings.Peoplehavestartedtousedebitcards（借记卡）thatallowyoutopayusingyourbankaccountratherthancash.ThathasgivenwaytosomethingcalledMondex.Mondexallowsyouto“wave”yourcardpastanyspecialdevicethatcanreadthesecards.Younolongerhavetoinsert,swipe（刷）andthenpunchinnumbers,whichcouldcausesecurityproblems.

4．What’sthepurposeofParagraph1?

A．Tointroducethetopicofthetext.

B．Toexplainwhatmoneywaslikeinhistory.

C．Totellusthattherewasnomoneylongago.

D．Tocomparethedifferencebetweenacowandtwopigs.

5．Thefarmerhadanideaofusingcurrencywhen________.

A．hehadaproducttoexchangeB．hehadmadealotofmoney

C．hehadnothingtotradeforwhatheneededD．hewouldharvesthisfruit

6．Mondexisakindofcardwhichcan________.

A．keepyousafeifyouareintrouble

B．saveyoualargeamountofmoney

C．helpyoutradesafelyandconveniently

D．makeyouhappywheneveryouarebored

7．Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?

A．Theevolutionofpayment.B．Thetradeinancienttimes.

C．Theuseofmoneyintheworld.D．Newwaysofpayment.

Wecanachieveknowledgeeitheractivelyorpassively（被动地）.Weachieveitactivelybydirectexperience,bytestingandprovinganidea,orbyreasoning．

Weachieveknowledgepassivelybybeingtoldbysomeoneelse．MostofthelearningthattakesplaceintheclassroomandthekindthathappenswhenwewatchTVorreadnewspapersormagazinesispassive.Conditionedaswearetopassivelearning,it’snotsurprisingthatwedependonitinoureverydaycommunicationwithfriendsandco-workers．

Unfortunately,passivelearninghasaseriousproblem．Itmakesustendtoacceptwhatwearetoldevenwhenitislittlemorethanhearsayandrumor（谣言）．

DidyoueverplaythegameRumor?

Itbeginswhenonepersonwritesdownamessagebutdoesn’tshowittoanyone．Thenthepersonwhispersit,wordforword,toanotherperson．Thatperson,inturn,whispersittostillanother,andsoon,throughallthepeopleplayingthegame．Thelastpersonwritesdownthemessagewordforwordasheorshehearsit．Thenthetwowrittenstatementsarecompared．Typically,theoriginalmessagehaschanged．

That’swhathappensindailylife．Thesimplefactthatpeoplerepeatastoryintheirownwordschangesthestory．Then,too,mostpeoplelistenimperfectly．Andmanyenjoyaddingtheirowncreativetouchtoastory,tryingtoimproveonit,stamping（打上标记）itwiththeirownpersonalstyle．Yetthosewhohearitthinktheyknow．

Thisprocessisalsofoundamongscholarsandauthors:

Astatementofopinionbyonewritermayberestatedasafactbyanother,whomayinturnbequotedbyyetanother;andthisprocessmaycontinue,unlessitoccurstosomeonetoquestionthefactsonwhichtheoriginalwriterbasedhisopinionortochallengetheinterpretationheplaceduponthosefacts．

8．Accordingtothepassage,passivelearningmayoccurin_______．

A．doingamedicalexperimentB．solvingamathproblem

C．visitinganexhibitionD．doingscientificreasoning

9．Theunderlinedword“it”inParagraph2refersto_____．

A．activelearningB．knowledge

C．communicationD．passivelearning

10．TheauthormentionsthegameRumortoshowthat_____．

A．amessagemaybechangedwhenbeingpassedon

B．amessageshouldbedeliveredindifferentways

C．peoplemayhaveproblemswiththeirsenseofhearing

D．peopletendnottobelieveinwhattheyknowasrumor

11．Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A．Activelearningislessimportant．

B．Passivelearningmaynotbereliable．

C．Activelearningoccursmorefrequently．

D．Passivelearningisnotfoundamongscholars．

Myfatherwas44andknewhewasn'tgoingtomakeitto45.Hewrotemealetterandhopedthatsomethinginitwouldhelpmefortherestofmylife.

SincethedayIwas12andfirstreadhisletter,someofhiswordshavelivedinmyheart.Onepartalwaysstandsout.“Rightnow,youarepretendingtobeatimekiller.ButIknowthatoneday,youwilldosomethinggreatthatwillsetyouamongtheverybest.”Knowingthatmydadbelievedinmegavemepermissiontobelieveinmyself.“Youwilldosomethinggreat.”Hedidn'tknowwhatthatwouldbe,andneitherdidI,butattimesinmylifewhenI'vefeltproudofmyself,IrememberhiswordsandwishhewereheresoIcouldask,“Isthiswhatyouweretalkingabout,Dad?

ShouldIkeepgoing？

”

Alongwayfrom12now,IrealizehewouldhavebeenproudwhenImadeanyprogress.Lately,though,I'vecometobelievehe'dwantmetomoveontowhatcomesnext:

tobeproudof,andbelievein,somebodyelse.It'stimetostartwritingmyownletterstomychildren.Ourchildrenlooktouswiththesameunansweredquestionwehad.Ourkidsdon'tholdbackbecausethey'reafraidtofail.They'reonlyafraidoffailingus.Theydon'tworryaboutbeingdisappointed.Theirfear－asminewasuntilmyfather'sletter－isofbeingadisappointment.

Giveyourchildrenpermissiontosucceed.They'rewaitingforyoutobelieveinthem.

Ialwaysknewmyparentslovedme.Buttrustme:

Thatbeliefwillbemorecomplete,thatlovewillbemorereal,andtheirbeliefinthemselveswillbegreaterifyouwritethewordsontheirhearts：

“Don'tworry;you'lldosomethinggreat.”Nothavingthatblessingfromtheirparentsmaybetheonlythingholdingthemback.

12．Welearnfromthetextthattheauthor________.

A．losthisfatherwhenhewasyoung

B．workedhardbeforehereadhisfather'sletter

C．askedhisfather'spermissiontobelieveinhimself

D．knewexactlywhatgreatthinghisfatherwantedhimtodo

13．Whatdoestheauthortellusinthe3rdparagraph?

A．Childrenneedtheirparents'letters.

B．Childrenareafraidtobedisappointed.

C．Hischildren'sfearoffailureheldthemback.

D．Hisfather'sletterremovedhisfearoffailinghisparents.

14．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEoftheauthor?

A．Hegotnoaccesstosuccess.

B．Hewrotebacktohisfatherat12.

C．Hewassurehisparentsloved