江西省赣州市十五县市学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题.docx

1、江西省赣州市十五县市学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题江西省赣州市十五县（市）2020-2021学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择 If youre single this Valentines Day, dont settle for another night of being alone. Single ladies and dudes can celebrate, too. Below, five holidays from around the world to celebrate instead of Valentines Day this ye

2、ar.Singles Awareness DayIn the U.S., we have “Singles Awareness Day”-a humorous anti-Valentines Day celebrated on February 14 or 15, depending on your preference. On these days, singles toast their uncoupled status.Ystvnpiv or Friendship DayFinland has a more ideal take on Valentines Day: February 1

3、4 is considered Ystvnpiv or “Friendship Day”, which is marketed as a celebration of friends. (Wed recommend adopting this holiday if youre looking for an occasion to hang out with your best friends.)Black DayApril 14 in Korea is known as Black Day, a holiday where singles gather in local restaurants

4、 and drown their sorrows in cheap, but delicious bowls of jajangmyeon- a Chinese-Korean noodle dish swimming in chunky black bean sauce, and topped with pork and veggies. The holiday has been popular over the last decade, and we cant say were surprised. Its hard to be sad about being single when you

5、re dipping into a bowl of something that delicious.Singles DayNovember II marks Singles Day in China, an unofficial holiday that started in the 1990s as a protest Valentines Day and thats now a day where singles buy stuff-a lot of stuff- for themselves. In 2013, Chinas biggest online shopping compan

6、y took in more than $5.75 billion in online payments on Singles Day-two and a half times the total American retailers（零售商） netted on Cyber Monday the same year.International Quirkyalone DayAnother option for singles looking to get in on the celebratory action on February 14? International Quirkyalon

7、e Day, a “do-it-yourself celebration of romance, friendship, and independent spirit, according to the official site. The founder of the event swears her holiday is not an anti- Valentines Day; instead, its a celebration of all kinds of love: romantic, platonic, familial, and yes, self-love. In other

8、 words, its a day to do whatever you want, with whoever you want. We can get behind that and have a great time.1Which of the following holidays would you like to celebrate if you like delicious food?ASingles Awareness Day. BYstvnpiv.CBlack Day. DSingles Day.2What would Chinese people like to do on S

9、ingles Day?AShopping online. BWhatever they like.CHanging out with families. DGathering in local restaurants.3In which part of a website will the text be?ABusiness BOpinion CLifestyle DCulture Addyson Moffitt is an 8-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, Maurine Chelagat is a 9-year-old from a villag

10、e in Kenya called Bartabwa. It might not seem as if the girls have much in common, but when they met at a dinner two years ago, in Kansas City, they instantly hit it off. We had this one little red ball to play with, Addyson told others. We didnt have any electronics or phones, no iPads or TV. It wa

11、s just us playing.The dinner was hosted by the nonprofit group World Vision International. In some parts of the world people must walk several miles each day to collect water from a stream or another water source. Often, the water is polluted, World Vision builds wells, pipelines, and rain catchers

12、in these communities. Addyson was at the dinner because her family supports World Vision. Maurine was there because her village been without clean water. World Vision fixed that by building a water station there. Addyson was inspired by Maurine. People helped Maurine so she could have clean water, a

13、nd kids are dying because they dont have. Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a have it, she says. I want to help.Races are one way World Vision raises money to pay for its water projects. Runners pledge to run a race, often a 26-mile mara

14、thon or 13-mile half marathon. They ask people to support them by donating to World Vision. Addyson decided to run the 2017 Kansas City Half Marathon for World Vision. At age 7, she was one of the youngest-ever runners in the race, and had to get special permission to participate.Addyson spent four

15、months training with her parents, waking up before 6 a.m. to run. Meanwhile, she started fundraising. She carried a jug of water around her neighborhood, to park conversation about World Visions work, She bused tables at a restaurant for tips. She asked friends to make donations as birthday presents

16、. By October 2017, when Addyson ran the race, shed raised more than $20,000. Shes the youngest person in World Vision history to raise more than $10,000. In 2018, she ran again-and raised $36, 000. But Addysons work is not finished. My goal is for every kid to have clean water, she says.4What does t

17、he underlined phrase hit it off in the first paragraph mean?Ahad a quarrel Bdid homework togetherCplayed jokes on each other Dgot along well with each other5Why could Addyson and Maurine meet at a dinner?AThey met each other only by chance.BBoth of their villages are in need of clean water.CThey bot

18、h were invited by World Vision International.DAddyson wanted to help Maurine through World Vision.6What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?AAddyson tried her best to raise money.BAddyson trained hard to run Half Marathon.CWorld Vision held many races to raise money.DAddyson had donated lots of m

19、oney to World Vision.7Which word can best describe Addyson?Abrave Bcaring Cunderstanding Dgrateful “What kind of rubbish are you?” This question might normally cause anger, but in Shanghai it has brought about complains over the past week. On July 1st, the city introduced strict trash-sorting regula

20、tions(垃圾分类制度) that are expected to be used as a model for our country. Residents must divide their waste into four separate categories and throw it into specific public bins at scheduled times.Violators(违规者) face the possibility of fines and worse. They could be hit with fines of up to 200 yuan($29)

21、。 For repeat violators, the city can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to obtain bank loans or even buy train tickets.Shanghai authorities are responding to an obvious environmental problem. It generates 9 million tons of garbage a year, more than Londons annual outp

22、ut and rising quickly. But like other cities in China, it lacks a recycling system. Instead, it has relied on trash pickers to examine carefully through the waste, plucking out whatever can be reused. This has limits. As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work. The waste, mean

23、while, just keeps piling up.Many residents appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are frustrated by the details Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or hazardous, which can be confusing, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complain

24、ed about the rules surrounding food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bin, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and throw it by hand. Most annoying are the short windows for dumping trash, typically a couple of hours, morning and evening. Along with the monitors(监控) at the bi

25、ns, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out. After all, no one wants to look bad.8Why does the author mention the question “What kind of rubbish are you?” in the first paragraph?ATo blame the new rules.BTo advocate a good rule.CTo lead in the

26、 topic of the text.DTo tell us peoples complains in Shanghai.9What is the main direct environmental problem in Shanghai?AThe massive traffic. BThe increasing garbage.CLack of a recycling system. DLack of trash pickers10What makes the residents upset most about the rules?AShort scheduled time for thr

27、owing the trash.BBeing fined when blamed due to improper behavior.CBeing observed by monitors when throwing the garbage.DComplex distinction among the four categories of trash.11What is the best title for the text?AHow To Sort Out Trash In Our Life.BPeople In Shanghai Meet New Challenge.CShanghai Au

28、thorities Solved An Environmental Problem.DDifferent Attitudes Towards The Trash-sorting Regulations. Fever, coughing, sore throat most of us at one time or another have had these symptoms. What causes them? In fact, many diseases are caused by viruses, including some deadly ones like AIDS, SARS and

29、 COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus pneumonia, outbreak in China.What are viruses? How can viruses cause so much trouble? Viruses are very small particles (颗粒) which are about one millionth of an inch long. Unlike human cells or bacteria, viruses arent living organisms- they cant reproduc

30、e on their own. Instead, they invade the cells of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over.Virus can infect every living thing- from plants and animal down to the smallest bacteria. For this reason, they are always a potential danger to humans. Viruses lie around our environment all of th

31、e time, waiting for a host cell to come along. They can enter our bodies by the nose, mouth, eyes or breaks in the skin. Once inside, they try to find a host cell to infect. For example, HIV, which causes AIDS, attacks the T-cells of the immune system.But the basic question is, where did viruses fir

32、st come from? Until now, no clear explanation for their origin exists. Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult, Ed Rybicki, a scientist at the university of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, because viruses don t leave fossils and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells theyve invaded.”However, there are three main theories to expla