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1、学年江苏省盐城市伍佑镇高级中学高一下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案伍佑镇高级中学2020/2021学年度第二学期高一年级期终考试英语试题第一部分听力（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。 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. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In

2、 a publishing house. B. In a library. C. In a classroom.2. How does the woman keep fit?A. She eats less. B. She does some walking. C. She exercises in the gym.3. Who does the woman need to phone?A. Her mother. B. Her friend. C. Her classmate.4. When does the man plan to sign up for the conference?A.

3、 This Friday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Thursday.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A famous college. B. An oil company. C. A science competition.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。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 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

4、答第6、7题。6. Where does the man get the information about the restaurants?A. From an advertisement. B. From a guide. C. From his friend.7. What makes the woman not choose Albas?A. Its price. B. Its service. C. Its location.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why does the woman call the man?A. To tell him about her pet.

5、 B. To ask him how to feed a pet.C. To invite him to buy pet food.9. What does the man think of raising pet rabbits?A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Relaxing.10. What will the speakers do for the rabbit next?A. Give it a name. B. Prepare some food. C. Build a house.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What docs the wo

6、man plan to do this weekend?A. Take classes. B. Attend a wedding. C. Work in the shop.12. What is Tina probably?A. A student. B. A shop owner. C. A market manager.13. How does the man feel about his job?A. Exciting. B. Stressful. C. Well-paid.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. How should the woman get to the hote

7、l according to the man?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway.15. Why did the man go to Jakarta ten years ago?A. To travel. B. To study. C. To work.16. What season was it probably when the man arrived in Jakarta?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speaker do first after h

8、e got to Lane Cove?A. He made a rescue plan. B. He had a talk with Sam. C. He called in more local people.18. How many people are there in the speakers team?A. Four. B. Twenty. C. Thirty.19. What are the speakers team careful about when they put the cloths on the whale?A. Its strength. B. Its wound.

9、 C. Its breath.20. How does the speaker feel in the end?A. A bit disappointed. B. Terribly concerned. C. Fully satisfied.第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节供15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ABest Careers in AustraliaIf youre attempting to take your first steps on the career ladder, this country

10、 is certainly rich with opportunity. In this article, well be looking at 4 of the best careers in Australia and why theyre considered rewarding.Wildlife BiologistIf you love working with animals, and enjoy seeing our fantastic wildlife in their natural habitat, the life of a wildlife biologist may b

11、e for you. Some of your daily duties may involve taking animal population studies, marking animals, and developing habitat management plans.Average Salary: AU$58,014 per yearTeacherYoull be able to teach subjects that youre knowledgeable and enthusiastic about and inspire that same enthusiasm in you

12、r students. Youll be able to make a positive contribution and help to shape the future of Australia. Although teachers may have a set time table every day, no two days will ever be the same.Average Salary: AU$67,694 per yearAged Care WorkerWorking with the elderly is a fantastic job that affords you

13、 an enormous variety and job satisfaction. As Australias population gets older, more and more skilled and enthusiastic care workers are needed. Whats more, the care of the elderly is so different that no matter where your skills lie, its easy to find a promising career.Average Salary: AU$40,605 per

14、yearApp DeveloperYoull work with all kinds of businesses to create custom-made applications that either help make their businesses more efficient or bring value to their customers. Its a rewarding and increasingly in-demand profession.Average Salary: AU$74,492 per year21. If you like working outdoor

15、s, which career will you apply for?A. Wildlife Biologist. B. Teacher. C. Aged Care Worker. D. App Developer.22. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. An aged care worker may find the job is easy.B. A teacher needs to be knowledgeable about all subjects.C. A wildlife biologist cams

16、AU$67,694 per year.D. An App developer will create apps at the request of customers.23. Who will most probably take an interest in this text?A. A researcher. B. An educator. C. A job hunter. D. A student volunteer.BAs our boat moves quickly up and down in a windy ice-filled small bay, I try to judge

17、 the health condition of the polar bear （北极熊）in front of me. We are in Franz Josef Land, a remote part of Russia between the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.While offshore bears follow the sea ice, hunting seals （海豹）on ice all year round, bears that live by the sea spend their summers on land and a

18、re forced to search for whatever they can find. Relying on low-calorie meals such as the eggs of nesting seabirds, it is harder for these bears to pack on the pounds. Researchers recently found that offshore bears around the Barents Sea are some of the most polluted animals on Earth. This is a direc

19、t consequence of the seals they feed on.Over a period of 14 years study, Heli Routti from the Norwegian Polar Institute found that offshore female bears were in a better health, having greater body weight, than female bears by the sea, but on average their levels of pollutants called PFASs are 33 pe

20、rcent higher.PFASs are used to make industrial products which are poisonous and degrade （降解）very slowly. These pollutants find their way to the Arctic through air, where they fall in snow and gradually add up in the ice. As the ice melts every summer, the PFASs go into the water, where they enter th

21、e food chain. They eventually make their way into the fat that keeps seals warm and from there into the bears that eat them.During my 15 days in Franz Josef Land, I saw five bears, all living by the sea. Each looked relatively healthy. There are signs that these bears are dealing with the global-war

22、ming-caused ice loss relatively well. “The bears, so far, seem to be handling the sea ice loss, says Andrew Derocher at the University of Alberta, who worked with Routti on the study, But Im sure thats going to change if the speed of ice loss increases sharply in the area.24. From the text we can le

23、arn polar bears living by the sea .A. eat seals on ice all year roundB. look for food on land in summerC. become the most polluted animals on EarthD. stay on the ice in summer to avoid hot weather25. What does the underlined part “pack on the pounds in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Put on weight. B. Move arou

24、nd.C. Fight against pollution. D. Live alone.26. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The rate of PFASs degradation. B. The effects of PFASs on the environment.C. The process of PFASs entering polar bears. D. The application of PFASs in modem industry. 27. According to Andrew Derocher, what will happ

25、en if the sea ice loss increases?A. More pollutants may go into the air. B. It will make no difference to bears.C. The death rate of seals may increase. D. Bears might fail to adapt to the change.CIf you want to learn a language, try sleeping on it. This is the advice from researchers at Swansea Uni

26、versity who are studying the interaction between sleep patterns, dreaming and memory consolidation （记忆巩固）the process for laying down memories in the brain more securely.In a study to be published in Journal of Sleep Research, the scientists looked at how sleep and the value attached to pieces of inf

27、ormation a fleet their memorability. Participants in the study slept in a specially designed lab, while their brain activity was being monitored.Native English speakers who had recently arrived in Wales had to memorize Welsh words and were tested on them 12 hours later. One group had to remember the

28、 information during the daytime, while the other slept on it in the lab.The sleepers performed much better in a test of their newly acquired vocabularyand caring about the Welsh language further improved performance.Related work in the sleep lab, presented at the British Science Festival, aims to un

29、derstand whether they are a byproduct of other events occurring during sleep. To understand the timing and content of dreams, the team analyzed the dreams participants reported in their own words, immediately on being woken.This research found that the likelihood of experiencing a dream is particula

30、rly highabout 80 per cent during REM sleep. This part of the sleep cycle, characterized by rapid eye movements, is thought to play an important role in memory consolidation.Electrical activity in the brain varies significantly at different stages of sleep. This helped researchers to monitor the leng

31、th and quality of sleep, and to wake participants at particular points in the sleep cycle.The research found daytime events were more likely to be formed into dreams with a one-day delay and to happen again and again after another five to seven nights. This is called the dream-lag effect.28. What is

32、 the study mentioned in the text mainly about?A. The way to learn a language. B. The effect sleep has on memory.C. The experiment in a specially designed lab. D. The phenomenon of dream-lag effect.29. What does the underlined word them in the 3rd paragraph refer to?A. The sleepers. B. The Welsh words.C. The researchers. D. The native English speakers.30. What do we know about REM sleep?A. It always comes with a dream. B. It i