重庆市第八中学学年高二下学期第二次周考英语试题及答案.docx

1、重庆市第八中学学年高二下学期第二次周考英语试题及答案 重庆八中2020-2021学年度（下）高二年级周考 英 语 试 题（试题满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）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 will the woman do about the dress? A. Shell chan

2、ge it. B. Shell return it. C. Shell buy it. 2. What are the speakers talking about? A. Buying DVDs. B. Borrowing DVDs. C. Sharing DVDs. 3. What did the woman think of Danas speech? A. Boring. B. Important. C. Well-prepared. 4. What does the man mean? A. He is unable to give help. B. He refuses to pa

3、y for boxes. C. He will carry the boxes later.5. When is Simon supposed to arrive? A. 7:30. B. 8:00. C. 8:10.第二节听下面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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。6. Where do the speakers plan to go? A. The womans ho

4、me. B. A museum. C. A library.7. Why does the woman want to go on Saturday afternoon? A. To avoid the crowd.B. To enjoy nice weather. B. To sleep late in the morning. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。8. Why did the man borrow the womans computer last time? A. His computer was broken. B. He needed it for his paper.

5、C. He used it for his computer class.9. Why does the woman feel happy? A. The man will study better. B. The man will use his own computer. C. The man can lend her a computer now.10. What has the man been doing with his new computer? A. Doing homework. B. Watching DVDs. C. Searching for information.听

6、下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。11. Where did Tom get the idea of becoming a businessman? A. From his college friends. B. From his high school teachers. C. From the grown-ups around him.12. How much does Tom own of the company he works for? A. 60%. B. 18%. C. 6%.13. What mistake did Tom and his company make in th

7、e past? A. Producing simple things. B. Wasting lots of materials.C. Making all the products themselves. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。14. What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply? A. Writers. B. School teachers. C. Newspaper reporters.15. Where is Sharon most likely to go? A. New York. B. Boston. C. Calif

8、ornia.16. What does James plan to do if he cant find a job? A. Continue his education. B. Start a newspaper. C. Write a book.17. Who are the speakers? A. Fellow students. B. Laid-off workers. C. High school teachers.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。18. Why does the university offer the two programs? A. To help vi

9、sitors tour around the college.B. To provide better health care for students. C. To keep students safe walking late or alone. 19. When can students call Campus Safety Office? A. Anytime of the day. B. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. C. From midnight to 7 a.m.20. To whom is the speaker mainly talking? A. New t

10、eachers. B. Tourists at the college. C. Parents of students.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AMaps Special Edition, 25This book was already popular in our childrens department and has been made even better with this special edition, which incl

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19、Last summer, Katie Steller was on her way to work. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man, in his 60s,looking out of luck, was sitting alone. She rolled down her window.“Hey!” she shouted.“ Im driving around giving free haircuts. Do you want one right now?”The man missing a few teeth, paused an

20、d laughed.“Actually,”he said, “I have a funeral(葬礼)to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a haircut.”Then, Steller unloaded a red chair from the car. The man, named Edward, took a seat. As Steller was cutting his curly graying hair, he told her about growing up in Mississippi, about moving t

21、o Minnesota, and how he still talked to his mom over phone every day.To date, Steller has given 30 or so such haircuts to people around the city. They are all living on the margins, and she is aware of the power of her work.“Its more than a haircut,” she says. “I want it to be a gateway, to show val

22、ue and respect, but also to get to know people.”Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from ulcerative colitis(溃疡性结肠炎)that was so serious, her hair thinned severely. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Stellers first professional haircut.“To sit do

23、wn and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she says.After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own hair salon so she could help people feel the way shed felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology

24、school(美容学校)in 2016,she realized her dream. Two years later, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets.Steller said, “I cant fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.” Steller listens to peoples stories of loss, addict

25、ion, and struggle to get back on their feet.An offshoot of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who commit acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover(美容)at Stellers salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is t

26、hat by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to do their own.So far, its working. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give to them,” says Steller.24. Edward agreed to have a haircut by Steller because_.A. he wanted to talk with Steller about his lifeB.

27、 he wanted to look good for a special occasionC. he was too old to go to a hair salon by himselfD. he was just waiting for a free haircut on the street25. In paragraph 5, the underlined words “living on the margins” can probably be replaced by_.A. living in untidy conditionsB. living with serious il

28、lnesses C. living far from downtown areasD. living with little care and attention26. What made Steller want to set up her own salon?A. Her excellent haircut skills.B. Her mothers encouragement.C. Her experience of a formal haircut.D. Her dream to offer people free haircuts.27. Whats the purpose of S

29、teller Kindness Project?A. To make contributions to charity.B. To encourage people to spread kindness.C. To reward kind people with free makeovers.D. To collect moving stories for Stellers website.CWhen the Bayside campus of Shekou International School (SIS) are still kept shut because of the COVID-

30、19 pandemic, teaching activities at the school have been resumed online since Feb. 3rd, 2020.The school is using popular apps and software for online learning. Video conferencing and office automation are used to help teachers keep track of students conditions and communicate with their workmates ac

31、ross the world. Teaching online also offers a new experience to the teachers to update their teaching methods and to step out of their comfort zones.Staying in Phuket, Thailand, science teacher Riley Laird records videos on a 10-year-old green sea turtle named Marlin and the local turtle sanctuary a

32、s part of the online classes on ecosystems for Grade 7 students. “I want to connect our learning with the reality. The sanctuary sends us updates on the turtles health and progress. They say that Marlin is likely to be released into the sea in mid-June,” says Laird.Rebecca Wallace is a Grade 4 teacher at