安徽省安庆市九一六学校学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题.docx

1、安徽省安庆市九一六学校学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题安徽省安庆市九一六学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the man do tomorrow afternoon?A. Meet the woman. B. Attend a meeting. C. Go to the hospital. 2. What does the woman need according to the man?A. A challenging job. B.

2、 A good rest. C. A new accountant. 3. Where is the woman going?A. The post office. B. The cinema. C. Her sisters home. 4. What is the man?A. A shop assistant. B. A tailor. C. A doctor. 5. Whose birthday is it today probably?A. Sues. B. Jims. C. Tracys.听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Why is Lucy still at home

3、 today?A. She is taking the day off. B. She is waiting for the man. C. She is in no hurry for work. 7. How does Lucy find taking the subway?A. Convenient. B. Cheap. C. Crowded. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What are the speakers having?A. Beef. B. Fish. C. Chicken. 9. What does the woman say about the dish

4、?A. It tastes terrible. B. It is delicious. C. It is a bit sweet. 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What is Mr. Taylor doing?A. Reading a magazine. B. Watching a film. C. Making a call. 11. Who is Kate calling?A. Jack. B. Her workmate. C. Her boyfriend. 12. Why is Paul asking so many questions?A. To improve

5、 his spoken English. B. To know more about the family. C. To get closer to the family. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What does Mary say about her flat?A. It has a big kitchen. B. It is close to her office. C. It faces a beautiful park. 14. How does Mary go to work?A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike. 15.

6、Why was Lily late for work?A. She missed the bus. B. Her train was late. C. The bus broke down. 16. What will the man do the next day?A. Go to work by train. B. Visit Mary. C. Leave home earlier. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What program will follow the weather report?A. A music program. B. Some traffi

7、c news. C. An interview with Britney Spears. 18. What does the speaker advise drivers to do?A. Take umbrellas with them. B. Drive carefully and slowly. C. Visit the Tokyo Tower tonight. 19. What will the weather be like this weekend?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Sunny. 20. Where will the speaker probably

8、go this weekend?A. The radio station. B. The park. C. The Tokyo Tower.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；拣小题2分，满分30分)AFree Theme ParksNo matter what theme park or amusement park you visit，youre going to have to open your wallet to ride a coaster. For families on a budget，free-admission parks can be great

9、 bargains.KnoebelsKnoebels is one of the few remaining free-admission parks，and one of the largest in the US.Rides are separately priced.Discounted ticket books are available.Knoebels also offers pay-one-price options.With its generous collection of classic spinning rides and dizzying colored lights

10、，Knoebels transports guests to a former time.It also takes special pride in its two popular wooden coasters，Twister and Phoenix. The park offers a campground.Coney IslandThe amusement area includes a numher of operators.Admission to the seaside parks and famed boardwalk(木板路)is still free，as is entra

11、nce to the public beach. It also offers free parking. A Nathans Famous hot dog，however，will cost you.Coney Island was the most popular in the early 18th century. Along the boardwalk there is a clear sense of Americana(美国文物).Family KingdomThe free-admission park offers individual ride tickets as well

12、 as unlimited ridet passes. The nearby Family Kingdom Water Park，however，requires a separate admission.Once coastal vacation spots，traditional seaside amusement parks are now an endangered piece of Americana. Family Kingdom is among a few survivors，which is famous for the Swamp Fox wooden coaster.Wa

13、ldameer ParkAs a classic amusement park that dates back to 1896，Waldameer is one of the few remaining trolley(有轨电车)parks in the US. In the late 1800s and early 1900s，electric trolley companies often built amusement parks at the end of their lines to get additional money. Waldameer is a free-admissio

14、n，pay-per-ride park，which is rare these days.21.What can people do in Knoebels?A.Ride coasters free of charge. B.Go there for vacation camping.C.Enjoy Nathans Famous hot dogs. D.Experience the largest coasters in the US.22.What can we know about Family Kingdom?A.It is a water park. B.It requires an

15、admission.C.It is known for a wooden coaster. D.It is only open to people with children.23.How is Waldameer Park different from the other three parks?A.It is in the US. B.It is a trolley park.C.It has the longest history. D.It is a free-admission park.BThe search engine Google celebrated on Thursday

16、 the 110th birthday of the first Native American woman engineer.Google honored Mary Ross with a special Google Doodle on its homepage.Ross was born on August 9，1908，in the state of Oklahoma.She was the great-granddaughter of John Ross，the longestserving chief of the Cherokee Nation.Her work is consi

17、dered important to the early stages of the age of space travel.Ross showed special abilities in math and science from an early age.As a student，she developed an interest in aviation，or the practice of flying aircraft.She went on to earn a masters degree in mathematics from Colorado State Teachers Co

18、llege，now called the University of Northern Colorado.During World War II，Ross began working for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as a mathematician.She earned a special certification in the field from the University of California in1949.Ross was later chosen to join Lockheeds topsecret Skunk Works

19、team that worked on aircraft designs.The name refers to a group that is permitted to work independently on advanced projects.She was the only female engineer among the teams 40 members.Early on，she researched defense systems.By the late 1950s，her work centered on satellites and a series of space roc

20、kets called Agenda.The rockets were extremely important in the 1960s during the Apollo moon program.Ross also helped develop early design ideas for space travel between planets，including flyby space flights to study Venus and Mars.Ross retired from Lockheed in 1973.But she continued to give talks at

21、 high schools and colleges to encourage more women and Native Americans to study engineering.She died in 2008，a few months before her 100th birthday.Many celebrated Rosslife on social media.Twitter user Aaron Perez，for example，wrote:“Mary Ross was an engineer who pioneered in the field of satellites

22、.I never would have known if it wasnt for the doodle.Women engineers deserve more recognition.”24. Why did Google celebrate Mary Ross110th birthday?A. She invented a new flying aircraft. B. She had been a great designer ever.C. She contributed a lot to space travel. D. She got a masters degree in ma

23、thematics.25. What did Mary Ross do in the middle of20th century?A. She worked on Agenda. B. She gave talks at high schools.C. She helped women study engineering. D. She planned the Apollo moon program.26. Which of the following can best describe Mary Ross?A. Caring and cautious. B. Talented and cre

24、ative. C. Generous and patient. D. Courageous and optimistic.27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Social media is very popular in the world. B. Every Twitter user thinks highly of Mary Ross.C. More attention should be paid to women engineers.D. Man has made greater progress in space t

25、echnology.CEvery country has certain cultural patterns making it unique. Of course, habits and customs between cultures and countries tend to overlap(重叠). The popularity of social media, for instance, ignores borders and breaks down cultural differences. Technology has made the world a much smaller

26、and culturally similar place. However, when looking at a foreign country, we will always find differences between our traditions and theirs. Young Italians and young Americans, for example, though alike in many respects, have also some pronounced differences, especially when it comes to work, pastim

27、es and sports.Most American teens have part-time jobs through high school and college. Youths in Italy tend not to. The reasons behind this are multifaceted. It is, to begin with, rather hard in Italy to find the type of part-time jobs students usually take up. Moreover, there is also a different cu

28、ltural attitude to take into consideration, especially when thinking of certain parts of Italy. Young Italians like to enjoy life to the full and feel there will be time to work once they become adults, hence the lack of interest in finding odd jobs while still in school. Like the old saying goes, s

29、ome Italians work to Live, while some Americans often live to work.In a lot of ways, young Italians and Americans spend their free time in a similar fashion. Listening to music, watching movies, hanging out, practicing sports and surfing the Internet are all common ways to pass some free time. Itali

30、ans, especially, make a point of going out and being social, often choosing between pizzeria or birrerie (place for pizza or beer), which stay open late. Italians often pile into a couple of cars and go out in a big group. In general, American teens participate in a lot of extracurricular(课外的) activ

31、ities, many often through school, while Italians may not take part in so many.When going out, Italian teens tend to meet and gather on the streets of their cities or towns, something not as common in the United States, especially in highly populated areas. This very Italian habit can be linked to th

32、e urban arrangement of Italian towns. Many of them date back thousands of years and feature central piazzas(广场) and areas built around historical sites that have now become gathering places for the young. If youre in Italy, dont be surprised by the sight of hundreds gathered in a piazza or on the street, laughing and drinking the night away.28. The passage is mainly about _