2020-2021學(xué)年廣東省廣州市黃埔區(qū)玉巖中學(xué)高二（上）期中英語(yǔ)試卷
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第一部分：聽(tīng)力（共兩節(jié)，滿分5分）第一節(jié)（共5小題：每小題1分，滿分5分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有1秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。
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1．What will the man do for the woman？
A.Repair the car.
B.Give her a ride.
C.Pick up her aunt.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
2．How is today？
A.Cloudy and a little windy.
B.Clear and a little windy.
C.Rainy and cool.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
3．Who might Mr.Peterson be？
A.A new professor.
B.A department head.
C.Gordon's best friend.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
4．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers？
A.Classmates.
B.Teachers and students.
C.Jobseeker and interviewer.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
5．Where is the man now？
A.In hospital.
B.At home.
C.In the library.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分15分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題。從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘：聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間，每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。
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6．聽(tīng)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
（1）Where was the cat when the man came in？
A.On the desk.
B.Beside the window.
C.In the kitchen.
（2）What will the speakers do？
A.Go to Jane's garden.
B.Report to the police.
C.Telephone Jane.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
7．聽(tīng)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
（1）Why does the man think a small plant is a bad gift for Nelly？
A.She doesn't like any plant.
B.She has received that kind of gift.
C.She isn't good at growing plants.
（2）What will the woman buy for Nelly's birthday？
A.A bunch of flowers.
B.A flower card.
C.A computer.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
8．聽(tīng)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
（1）When does the conversation take place？
A.At about the noon.
B.In the evening.
C.At night.
（2）How will the man go to New Zealand？
A.By ship.
B.By train.
C.By plane.
（3）What does the woman suggest the man do？
A.Go to visit other places.
B.Book his ticket as soon as possible.
C.Buy the ticket right before he leaves.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
9．聽(tīng)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
（1）Why did Bruce come to China six years ago？
A.To do business.
B.To further his study.
C.To see some places of interest.
（2）When will the woman fly to Beijing for the job interview？
A.Next Friday.
B.Next Thursday.
C.Next Monday.
（3）What does the woman ask the man to do？
A.Give her some advice on the job interview.
B.Accompany her to the job interview.
C.Recommend some places of interest.
（4）What is Diana going to do？
A.Go abroad on business.
B.Fly to Beijing with Tracy.
C.Go to visit their parents in Brazil.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5 -
10．聽(tīng)材料，回答問(wèn)題。
（1）What was Catherine two years ago？
A.A housewife.
B.A sales manager.
C.An office clerk.
（2）What does Catherine think of being a stay-at-home mom？
A.Tiring.
B.Worthless.
C.Rewarding.
（3）What does Sassy realize？
A.Women should be independent.
B.Parents both should take care of their kids.
C.Women should balance the job and family life.
（4）Where does Cynthia come from？
A.China.
B.Canada.
C.The US.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分37.5分）第一節(jié)（共4小題；每小題2. 5分，滿分37. 5分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
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11．Here are some of the top writing contests for those who are interested in writing.
Young Lions Fiction Award
Award amount（金額）： ﹩5，000
Deadline：Usually in September
Fee：Free
The Young Lions Fiction Award was created for the next generation of fiction writers.Five finalists are recognized，with one taking home the grand prize of S 5，000.To qualify，the author must be35 or younger and submit（提交）a novel or a collection of short stories.
Ocean Awareness Contest
Award amount：Scholarships tip to ﹩10，000
Deadline：December 15.2020
Fee：Free
The Ocean Awareness Contest aims to recognize writers while raising awareness about the climate crisis.You can submit visual art，film，music.jye.ai，or multimedia pieces.You can even submit as a club，class or group if you want
Lewis Center Play Contest
Award amount： ﹩100 to S500
Deadline：March 31 each year
Fee：Free
Anyone can submit a 10-minute play in the Lewis Center Ten-Minute Play Contest.The play can be at most 10 pages and can be of any topic.The plays will be judged by Princeton.University faculty members.
53-Word Story Contest
Award amount.S1，000 to be used towards your higher education
Deadline：21st of each month
Fee：Free
In the contest hosted by Prime Number Magazine and Press 53，writers are put to the test and have to respond to a prompt （提示） with a 53-word story.The responses must be 53 words exactly-no more and no less.Only stories--i.e.jye.ai poems-are permitted，and only one submission per writer is allowed.
（1）What's special about the Young Lions Fiction Award？
A．It's free of charge.
C．r takes place on a yearly basis.
B．It offers the biggest prize.
D．It sets a limit on the authors' age.
（2）What challenges the writers at the 53-Word Story Contest？
A．Time length.
B．Speed.
C．Memory.
D．Word number.
（3）Which event directs our attention to climate change？
A．53-Word Story Contest.
B．Young Lions Fiction Award.
C．Ocean Awareness Contest.
D．Lewis Center Play Contest.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.3 -
12．Bumblebees（大黃蜂）aren't simply dancing around our gardens.Now，a new study suggests that bumblebees force plants to flower by making small bites in their leaves.
Consuelo De Moraes，a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich，noticed bumblebees making tiny bites in the leaves of their greenhouse plants.The insects didn't seem to be carrying off the bits of leaves to their nests or eating them.
Supposing the bees were causing the plants to flower，Consuelo De Moraes and his team set up a series of experiments.They placed flowerless tomato plants and two kinds of worker bees in cages.The bees fed with enough pollen（花粉）seldom damaged the plants，while the ones without having pollen for three days busily did so.Scientists then removed the plants after the bees made five to ten holes in their leaves.The small holes caused the tomato plants to flower a month sooner than usual.
"In a sense，the bees are signaling，'Hey，we need food.Please speed up your flowering，and we'll pollinate（授粉）you.'" said Lars Chittka，a behavioral scientist at Queen Mary University of London.
To make sure that their discoveries didn't result from the man-made conditions in the lab，the scientists placed bumblebees and a variety of flowerless plant species on their Zurich rooftop in late March 2018.The bees were free to fly as far as they could.Yet they set to work damaging the leaves on all the non-flowering plants nearest to their nests.The bees lost interest in this activity toward the end of April as more flowers came out，according to the study.
The research is of great value，for it can increase the human food supply.However，some questions remain to be answered，like "Why do the bites cause the plants to flower？"and "Does flowering early lead to higher fitness for the plants？"
（1）Why did the bumblebees bite the leaves？
A．Because they wanted to eat the leaves.
B．Because they were to get pollen to eat.
C．Because they were exercising to be stronger.
D．Because they would carry the leaves to the nests.
（2）What does the underlined "this activity" in Paragraph 5 refer to？
A．Dancing on the leaves.
B．Flying as far as they could.
C．Making small holes in the leaves.
D．Damaging the flowers near their nests.
（3）What's the possible benefit of the research？
A．Humans may produce more food.
B．Bumblebees can have more to eat.
C．Some plants can have more flowers.
D．Some plants will gain higher fitness.
（4）What's the main idea of the passage？
A．Bumblebees speed up plants flowering by biting leaves.
B．Human food supply will largely depend on bumblebees.
C．Bumblebees like to damage the plants nearest their nests.
D．Rooftop plants flower more than the ones in greenhouses.組卷：5引用：5難度：0.5 -
13．People and other great apes are known for their willingness to help others in need，even strangers.Now，researchers have shown for the first time that some birds-specifically African grey parrots-are similarly helpful.
"We found that African grey parrots voluntarily help familiar parrots to achieve a goal，without obvious immediate benefit to themselves. "says Desiree Brucks of the Max Planck Institute for Birds Study，Germany.
Parrots and crows are known for having large brains relative to the size of their bodies and problem-solving skills to match.For that reason，they are sometimes considered to be "feathered apes， "explains Brucks.However，earlier studies showed that，despite（盡管）their impressive social intelligence，crows don't help other crows.In their new study，Brucks and his fellows wondered：what about parrots？
To find out，they placed pairs of grey parrots and blue-headed parrots in boxes alongside each other with a transfer（轉(zhuǎn)移）hole between the two，and a hole facing a human experimenter that was either kept open or closed.Both parrot species quickly learned that they could exchange tokens（籌碼）with the experimenter for a nut treat，but only the grey parrots helped their neighbors when their own hole facing the scientist was closed，preventing them from gaining any personal reward.
In the very first round，seven out of eight grey parrots were willing to transfer tokens in their possession to their neighbors so that their friends could feast when they could not.The fact that they did so without knowing they would later be tested in the other role showed that those giving were not expecting the favor to be rewarded，said Brucks.
Significantly，the grey parrots appeared to understand the nature of the task，instead of acting out of playfulness.When they saw the other parrot had an opportunity for exchange，they'd pass a token over-but otherwise，they would not.And，like humans，the grey parrots appeared to favor their friends，sharing more tokens with birds they had previously closely associated with，though they still gave some to those they are familiar with.
（1）Parrots are considered "feathered apes" mainly due to.
A．their brain size
B．their body structure
C．their language skills
D．their intelligence level
（2）What's the purpose of Brucks' new study？
A．To learn how parrots take on their tasks.
B．To discover whether parrots are helpful.
C．To prove parrots are socially active birds.
D．To find out links between apes and crows.
（3）What's the use of a "transfer hole" in the experiment？
A．Parrots passed their tokens through it.
C．Researchers exchanged tokens through it.
B．Parrots got their rewards through it.
D．Researchers fed the parrots through it.
（4）What can we infer about grey parrots from the last paragraph？
A．They are naturally interested in playful tasks.
B．They rarely build friendship with their neighbors.
C．They use tokens to get favors from their neighbors.
D．They are more likely to help their friends if possible.組卷：0引用：1難度：0.3 -
14．Hardware in general，and smartphones in particular，have become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South's landfill sites（垃圾填埋場(chǎng)）.
Electronic waste（e-waste） currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste，and it is set to increase rapidly as more of us own more than one smartphone，laptop and power bank.They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on the outskirts of Ghana's capital，Accra.It is the biggest e-waste dump in the world，where 10，000 informal workers walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling process.They risk their health searching for the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones.
But Agbogbloshie should not exist.The Basel Convention，a 1989 treaty，aims to prevent developed nations from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries.The e-waste industry，however， circumvents the regulations by exporting e-waste labelled as "secondhand goods" to poor countries like Ghana，knowing full well that it is heading for a landfill site.
A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals.This is not surprising：smartphones contain chemicals like mercury（水銀），lead and even arsenic（砷）.Reportedly，one egg from a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level that's about 220 times greater than a limit set by the European Food Safety Authority（EFSA）.Most worryingly，these poisonous chemicals are free to pollute the broader soil and water system.This should concern us all，since some of Ghana's top exports are cocoa and nuts.
Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers' waste.For example，Germany has started a project that includes a sustainable（可持續(xù)的） recycling system at Agbogbloshie，along with a health clinic for workers.However，governments cannot solve the problem alone，as there is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware，especially when governments green policies are focused on issues like climate change.
Only the manufacturers can fix this.A more economically sustainable and politically possible solution is through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair，reuse and recycling of hardware profitable，or at least cost-neutral.
（1）What can we infer from Paragraph 2？
A．Electronic products need improving urgently.
B．Electronic waste is too complex to get fully recycled.
C．Electronic pollution is a burning question in Agbogbloshie.
D．Electronic waste requires more landfill sites across Ghana.
（2）What does the underlined word "circumvents" in Paragraph 3 mean？
A．Gets around.
B．Abolishes.
C．Brings in.
D．Tightens.
（3）What should be the biggest concern according to the text？
A．The damage to chicken's immune system.
B．The threat of polluted food around the world.
C．The violation of EFSA's standards.
D．The lack of diversity in Ghana's exports.
（4）What does the author think is the best solution to the e-waste problem？
A．Letting governments take on the main responsibility.
B．Reducing customers' demands for electronic products.
C．Governments' adjusting their green policies about e-waste.
D．Manufacturers' developing a sustainable hardware economy.組卷：2引用：2難度：0.5
第二節(jié) 補(bǔ)全句子（共10小題，每小題2分，共20分。）
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42．Teachers believe their students will
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第五部分 書面表達(dá)（滿分15分）
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43．假定你是李華，你的英國(guó)筆友David來(lái)信，向你訴說(shuō)體重問(wèn)題帶來(lái)的煩惱。請(qǐng)你給他寫一封回信，提出自己的建議。要點(diǎn)如下：
1.注重身體鍛煉：
2.注意健康飲食；
3.保障心理健康。
注意：
1.詞數(shù)80左右：
2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫：
3.開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)已為你寫好。
Dear David，
_________
Yours，
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