江苏省南京市学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、江苏省南京市学年高二英语上学期期中试题江苏省南京市2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题选择题部分第一部分 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1.5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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 are they talking about?A. Tiananmen Square. B. A newly bought

2、 TV. C. The National Day celebration.2. How many people will have dinner here?A. One. B. Three. C. Six.3. What does the woman enjoy doing?A. Playing Mah-Jong. B. Listening to music. C. Staying up working.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a hospital. B. In a supermarket. C. In

3、a restaurant.5. When will the man probably leave?A. On December 25. B. On December 26. C. On December 27.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 does the man want to change t

4、he channel?A. He wants to watch the TV drama.B. He wants to watch advertisements.C. He wants to watch a basketball match.7. What does the man think of TV advertisements?A. Annoying. B. Useful. C. Interesting.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why does the woman interview the man?A. To promote new books.B. To work f

5、or her project.C. To encourage reading online.9. How does the man usually get books?A. Borrow books from friends.B. Get books from bookstores.C. Buy books on the Internet.10. Why does the man prefer paper books to e-books?A. He can borrow paper books from libraries.B. He can always take paper books

6、with him.C. He enjoys the sound of turning pages.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why does the man make the call?A. To ask the way. B. To buy an apartment. C. To make an appointment.12. What similarity do the two apartments share?A. Both lie in the same neighborhood.B. Both have French windows.C. Both have big

7、living rooms.13. What does the man mean at the end of the call?A. The apartment is badly-equipped.B. The apartment is much better.C. The apartment is too far away.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What are they talking about?A. The school radio club. B. The job application. C. The Apex Company.15. What advantage

8、 does the woman have for the job?A. Having won three scholarships.B. Having run the radio club.C. Being a computer science expert.16. Why does the woman think the job is perfect for her?A. She can go on business trips.B. She can improve telephone skills.C. She can meet famous IT figures.17. How does

9、 the man feel when knowing the womans decision?A. Cheerful. B. Doubtful. C. Respectful.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What does the speaker want to tell the audience?A. Americans spend less on health care.B. Americans lack good health care.C. Americans are getting overweight.19. How many children are overwei

10、ght in America now?A. About 40%. B. About 20%. C. About 15%.20. What is making Americans fat?A. Eating more at restaurants. B. Exercising too much. C. Buying more groceries.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AThe new wave of plant-based “meat” is

11、 going mainstream and straight into one of Americas most iconic chain fast-food burgers, the White Castle Slider. White Castle announced Thursday it is introducing a vegetarian fake-meat version of its famous mini-burgers. The burger is one of several scientifically engineered products made to make

12、plant ingredients (成分) taste just like beef. Called the Impossible Slider, it will be first sold in the New York, New Jersey and greater Chicago areas with the potential for a nationwide promotion.The White Castle Impossible Slidermade with cheese, pickles, onions and a bunfeatures a 2-ounce patty a

13、nd costs $1. 99, while the traditional 0.9-ounce mini-cheeseburger costs 94 cents. “Plant-based proteins are growing. We felt it was a good opportunity to test it with our customers,” CEO Lisa Ingram said. “We think it will appeal to a broad range of customersthose that are meat eaters who want to t

14、ry something different and non-meat eaters who want this.” She also said the new sliders might bring in new customers, too.The Impossible Slider represents what few in the traditional beef industry thought possiblethat cowless meat would be a hit in a country known for its meat-and-potatoes diet and

15、 love of burgers. Plant-based meat alternatives are growing at a rate of about 11% a year, according to research firm Acosta. The market isnt just vegetarians: some 71% of people who buy plant-based meat also eat the real thing.“Interest in meat alternatives seems to be driven by consumers at large,

16、 not just those looking for vegetarian life-styles, but looking for diversification (多样化) of tastes and health benefits,” said Billy Roberts, senior food and drink analyst at global market research firm Mintel. “Our business is a growth business. Therell be increased demands for products like the Im

17、possible Burger,” Impossible Foods Chief Operating Officer David Lee said. “People are increasingly asking about what impact food has on the environment and our health.”21. What is the selling point of the Impossible Slider?A. Its low price. B. Its good taste.C. Its high technology. D. Its plant-bas

18、ed ingredients.22. According to the passage, who may be attracted by the Impossible Slider? people living a vegetarian life people looking for various tastes people valuing health people disliking fast-foodA. B. C. D. 23. What can be inferred from David Lees words?A. Curiosity drives more people to

19、buy the Impossible Slider.B. Peoples concern over the environment and health may help the new business.C. Peoples doubt about food impact may stop the Impossible Sliders popularity.D. Eco-friendly people play an important part in promoting the Impossible Slider.BYou may have heard the expression “bu

20、ying into the dip”. We usually think of this in terms of investing (投资)for example, recessions(经济萧条) offer an opportunity to take advantage of buying cheap stocks that were once expensive.But to me, “buying into the dip” is a term which covers a lot more than that. There are a few reasons that I was

21、 able to “buy into the dip” and start a business during the Great Recession: ChopD had zero upstart costs, with no need for any credit to get started. No loans, just $10 for the domain name. I picked a service that only required my own time and labor and thats basically it. Not needing credit was a

22、big deal for me, and I didnt even think about this at the time.I was also selling a service that was priced at just the right rock-bottom level to fill a need. Local small businesses badly needed more sales, since so many had cut their spending due to the recession. A website could give these busine

23、sses a new way to reach their customers, new and old.From an economic standpoint, the Great Recession was an opportunity to start if you were selling the right thing at the right cost. During recessions, the pool gets way less crowded. Potential competitors become much more unwilling to risk, but fo

24、r those who have an in-demand service, and the means to provide it, you are in business.Back in 2020, website design had not yet become a commercial service. Offering web design as a service for small businesses was a novel idea, and many mom-and-pop shops didnt know they needed it yet, which brings

25、 me to this: if you can solve a fresh-out-of-the-recession pain point at the right price, you have a chance of buying into the dip and helping a lot of people at the same time.24. What is “buying into the dip” to the author?A. Selling things at low costs.B. Buying cheap stocks in time.C. Offering he

26、lp to small businesses.D. Starting a business with the least investment.25. What does the underlined word “novel” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Familiar. B. Simple. C. Clear. D. New.26. What can be a suitable title for the passage?A. Start smallvery small. B. Keep an eye on what you may need.C. Serve right

27、quite right. D. Adapt to changes in the Internet service.CWhen I was 10 years old, I asked a neighborhood kid who was older than me, “Which city is further west: Reno, Nev., or Los Angeles?” The correct answer is Reno, Nevada. But he was convinced it was the other way around.He was so convinced that

28、 Los Angeles was west of Reno that he was willing to bet me two dollars. So I went into the house to get my Rand McNally Map. The kid looked at the map and said, “The map is drawn funny.” It wasnt. Was his argument that the map didnt preserve east, west, north and south? What kind of map would that

29、be? I showed him if you trace down the 120-degree west line of longitude (经度)which runs almost directly through Reno, Nev.you end up in the Pacific Ocean, somewhere west of Los Angeles.He replied that lines of longitude dont cross the ocean.What? I told him that the lines of longitude were there to

30、show how far west or east some location was, regardless of whether it was on land or on sea.There was one problem, however. He was bigger than me.I drew a number of conclusions from this story.There is such a thing as truth, but we often tend to ignore it. Also, its not just thinking something that

31、makes it true. Truth is not relative. Its not subjective. It may be hidden. People may wish to ignore it. But there is such a thing as truth and the pursuit (追求) of truth: trying to figure out what has really happened, trying to figure out how things really are.Almost 15 years ago, I came across a s

32、tory about an innocent man, a man who had been sentenced to death in the Huntsville, Texas, electric chair. And through hard work and luck, I was able to make the movie The Thin Blue Line and to help get him out of prison.What kept me going was the belief that there had to be answers to the questions “Did he do it?”, “Was he guilty or innocen