江苏省镇江市学年高二上学期期末英语试题.docx

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江苏省镇江市学年高二上学期期末英语试题

【市级联考】江苏省镇江市2020-2021学年高二上学期期末英语试题

学校:

___________姓名：

___________班级：

___________考号：

___________

一、单项选择

1．Onehundredpercent_______toyourstudies，thoughitcanbelonelyandnofunatall，willleavepreciousmarksonyouryouth．

A．responseB．offence

C．commitmentD．reaction

2．InThailandandotherpartsofSouth-eastAsia，thenormalgreetingisaslightbowwithpalms_____together．

A．beingpressedB．havingpressed

C．tobepressedD．pressed

3．Normally，aforestfireandthedamage_______causescanbeveryextensive，especiallywhenyouconsiderthefinancialandphysicallosses．

A．whichB．that

C．whatD．it

4．-Whowillbeofferedthepositionofmanagerwhenitbecomes________？

-Adedicatedpersonwithrichworkexperience．

A．freeB．vacant

C．realisticD．accessible

5．Ineedacopyoftoday'sChinaDailybadly，onlywonderingwhereIcan_______one．

A．catchsightofB．getholdof

C．takechargeofD．takecontrolof

6．Toensurethatchildrenfrompoorareascanreceiveabettereducation，thegovernmenthasplannedto_______moremoneytoimprovetheconditionsoflocalschools．

A．announceB．allocate

C．advocateD．approve

7．-WhereisJerry？

-HeisatthelibrarystudyingforhisJapanesetest．Infact，he__________forthetesteverydayoverthepastweek．

A．hasreviewedB．wasreviewing

C．hasbeenreviewingD．hadbeenreviewing

8．SimonputupapictureofMichaelJordanbesidethebedtokeephimself_______ofhisowndreams．

A．remindingB．toremind

C．remindedD．remind

9．IwillthinkabouthowStephenHawkingmanagedtoliveanormallifeandmadegreatachievements_______mylifefeelsunbearable．

A．wheneverB．however

C．whicheverD．wherever

10．-IhearthatJeanisplanningtobuyacar．

-Iknow．Bynextmonth，she_______enoughforausedone．

A．willhavesavedB．willbesaving

C．hassavedD．saves

11．-Whereismysuitcase？

-Somebody_______itawaybymistake．

A．musthavetakenB．couldtake

C．shouldtakeD．musttake

12．Difficultasrumoursonsocialmediaare_______，thegovernmentwillstepupsupervision（监管）sothatpeoplewillnotbeeasilymisled．

A．preventingB．tobeprevented

C．topreventD．beingprevented

13．-Ican'tbelieveit．Tomfailedthetestagain!

-Hewouldnotbesoupsetnowyouradvice．

A．wouldhefollowB．shouldhefollow

C．didhefollowD．hadhefollowed

14．Janemovedaimlesslydownthetree-linedstreet,notknowing________shewasheading.

A．whyB．where

C．howD．when

15．Whenhisbelovedgirlfriendlefthim，hewas_______foracoupleofweeks．

A．overthemoonB．asslyasafox

C．downinthedumpsD．oncloudnine

二、阅读选择

Monkeys!

Aprimatestory

Until28January2019Gobananasfortheworldofprimates（灵长类动物）atQueenslandMuseum'slatestexhibition，Monkeys!

APrimateStory．

SPECIALOFFER：

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APrimateStory．

DiscountedticketsareavailablefromMondaytoFridayonly．Ticketmustbeusedondayofpurchaseanditcannotbeusedwithanyotheroffer，AnnualPassupgradenotincluded．

Monkeys!

isauniquechancetodiscoveracollectionthat'sbeenovertwocenturiesinthemaking．Manyprimateanimalsarebecomingendangeredduetohumanactivity，soit'sthemostimportantthatweunderstandhowamodern，changingworldimpactsontheirenvironments．Howcanwemakesurethesurvivalofthesecreatures？

Andinturn，howhavetheysucceededinlivinginurbanenvironmentsandfacingnewchallenges？

TicketPrices

Adult：

﹩12

Child（5-15years）：

﹩12Family（2A+2C）：

﹩40AnnualPassholder：

﹩10.80

Opentime

Thisexhibitionisatimedticketedexperience，andisopendailyfrom9：

40amto5：

00pm．Entrytimesbeginat9：

40amdaily，thenat20-minuteintervals（间隔）throughtothelastentryat4：

00pm．

SeasonPassforAnnualPassholders

DoyouhaveanAnnualPass？

WhenyoubuyaMonkeys!

ticket，youcangetaSeasonPasstoMonkeys!

APrimateStory．Thismeansunlimitedre-entrytoMonkeys!

duringtheexhibitionperiod（29September2018to28January2019）．

Itisimportanttopointoutthatnomonkeyswereharmedforthisexhibition．Theprimatescamefromzoos．Protectingendangeredprimatesisastrongthemethroughoutandakeyvisitortakeaway．

16．Ifacouplewithtwo8-year-oldchildrengotoMonkeys!

on26January2019，howmuchshouldtheypayaltogetheratleast？

______

A．﹩43.2B．﹩48

C．﹩40D．﹩20

17．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue？

______

A．Theentrytimeisfrom9：

40amto5：

00pmeveryday．

B．ASeasonPasstoMonkeys!

meansunlimitedre-entrytoitduringtheexhibitionperiod．

C．Theexhibitionfocusesontheprotectionofendangeredprimateanimals．

D．Monkeys!

providespeoplewithauniquechancetodiscoveracollection．

Whenweseeapersonindeepsorrow，ourimmediatereactionistolendahand．Nottodosowouldbeamoralfailure．Butwhatifweseeananimalindeepsorrow，doesthesamelogicapply？

Thisquestionwasraisedfollowingthe"rescue"ofagroupofpenguinsfromanicygullyinAntarctica．ItwasfilmedfortheBBCwildlifeseriesDynasties．

Thefilmcrewwasalarmedwhentheysawthatagroupofpenguinshadfallenintoagullyandbeentrappedwiththeiryoung．Thecrewdugashallowrampsothatafewofthepenguinscouldsavethemselves．

Thecasehastakentheinternationalmediabystorm．Viewerswatchingthisepisodeletoutasighofreliefonsocialmedia．"I'msoglad．Iunderstandnotgettingdirectlyinvolved，butahelpinghandisn'tinterveningright？

"viewerKathrynShawtweeted．

However，othersthinkthathumaninterventionisunnatural．It'sanunwrittenruleamongdocumentaryfilmmakersthattheyaretheretoobserve，nottointervene，accordingtoCBSNews．Forexample，inanotherepisodeofDynasties，Davidthechimpanzee，waslefttodieafterhewasfilmedbeingbeatenupbyotherchimps．

"Tragedyisapartoflife．Youcan'thavesunshinethroughoutyourlife．Tohavedoneanythingelsewouldonlymakemattersworseanddistort（扭曲）thetruth，"saidtheshow'screatorDavidAttenborough，accordingtoTheTimes．

Inthiscase，however，MikeGunton，theexecutiveproduceroftheseries，saidthatthiswasaone-offsituation．"Therewerenoanimalsgoingtosufferbyintervening．Itwasn'tdangerous．Youweren'ttouchingtheanimalsanditwasjustfeltbydoingthis…theyhadtheopportunitytonothavetokeepslippingdowntheslope，"hetoldtheBBC．

SuchcasesarefamiliartoPaulNicklen，wildlifephotographerforNationalGeographic．

"Ihaveapracticalviewwhenitcomestothenaturalrhythm（节律）oflife，"hetoldMetro．"Ifit'severadangeroussituation，nomatterhowgut-wrenching，youstayoutoftheway．Evenwhenyouarewatchingamalepolarbeareattheyoung．"

Buthesaidthathewouldhelpanimalsifhesawnorealgainordisruption（扰乱）totheecosystem．

Indeed，therewillalwaysbetwosidestothecoin，andhumanbeingswillforeverbeconflictedinsuchcircumstances．"There'snorulebookinthosesituations．Youcanonlyrespondtothefactsthatarerightthereinfrontofyou，"WillLawson，theshow'sdirector，toldDailyMail．

18．Thecasehastakentheinternationalmediabystormbecause______．

A．peopleallovertheworldpreferdocumentariesofAntarctica

B．peoplewereverycuriousabouthowthepenguinsdied

C．whatthefilmcrewdidupsetpeopleallovertheworld

D．ithascausedaheateddiscussiononhumaninterventioninwildlife

19．Theunderlinedword"gut-wrenching"inParagraph9probablymeans______．

A．highlyembarrassingB．slightlyworrying

C．verycomfortingD．extremelyupsetting

20．Fromthisessay，wecanlearnthathumanintervention______．

A．isatopicrarelymentionedbyinternationalmedia

B．onceresultedinchimpanzee'sdeathdirectly

C．isusuallynotexpectedinmakingdocumentaryfilms

D．surelybreaksthenaturalrhythmoflife

Peopleaskedtoimaginehowfloodingordroughtswouldaffectparticularpeopleorplacesweremorelikelytoengageinenvironmentallyfriendlyactions．

Manypeopleviewclimatechangeasadistantthreat．Buthavingthemimaginethetangible（有形的）consequencesofresultingdroughtsorfloodsmayhelpchangethisideaandencourageproenvironmentalbehavior，anewstudysuggests．

Researchersasked93collegestudentstoreadareportontemperatureanomalies（异常），floodsandotherclimatechange-relatedeventsthathaveaffectedtheisland．Thescientiststhenasked62oftheparticipantstowritedownthreewaysinwhichsuchphenomenamightimpacttheirfuturelives．Halfthepeopleinthatgroupwereinstructedtoimaginesuchsituationsindetail．Theremaining31studentsdidnotcompleteeitherthewritingorimaginingsteps，actingasacontrolgroup．

Alltheparticipantsthenratedtheirideasofclimatechangerisksbyrespondingtoquestionssuchas"Howlikelydoyouthinkitisthatclimatechangeishavingseriousimpactsontheworld？

"Theyusedascalefrom1（"veryunlikely"）to7（"verylikely"）．Theaveragescorewashigheramongsubjectswhohadbeenaskedtoenvisiondetailedsituationsthanamongthosewhohadnot．Theresultswerelaterconfirmedinasecondexperimentinvolving102participants．

Participantsinthefirstexperimentwhohadimaginedtheeffectsofclimatechangeweremorelikelytosaytheywoulduseairconditioninginanenergy-savingmanner．Inthesecondexperiment，nearlytwothirdsofpeopleinthevisualizing（想象）groupsigneduptohelpcleanabeach，comparedwith43percentinthenonvisualizingone．Andwhenofferedachoiceofavegetarian（素食主义的）ornonvegetarianlunchbox，nearlyhalfthevisualizersselectedtheenvironmentallyfriendliermeatlesschoice-comparedwithabout28percentofthenonvisualizers．

Theresearchersdidnott