成都市2017级高中毕业班第二次诊断性检测
英语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。第I卷(选择题)1至8页,第II卷(非选择题)9至10页,共10页;满分150分,考试时间120分钟。 注意事项:
1.答题前,务必将自己的姓名、考籍号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2.答选择题时,必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦擦干净后,再选涂其它答案标号。
3.答非选择题时,必须使用0. 5毫米黑色签字笔,将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。 4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答,在试题卷上答题无效。 5.考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。
第I卷(100分)
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. For what reason will the man choose to travel by train?
A. The lower price. B. The comfortable seats. C. The beautiful scenery. 2. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Be polite. B. Take it easy. C. Keep away from David. 3. How does the woman feel about Tom' s job change?
A. Calm. B. Happy. C. Confused. 4. Why does the woman call the man?
A. To repair her computer. B. To inquire the process. C. To buy a computer. 5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. A book. B. TV series. C. Ways of relaxation. 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， 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料.回答第6、7题。
6. What type of movie does the man usually watch? A Comely. B. Action. C. Drama. 7. What does the woman want to do?
A. Go jogging. B. Watch a movie. C. Play computer games. 听第7段材料,回答第8至0题。
8.When will the meeting be held next Tuesday?
A.At9:00am. B. At 10:00 atm. C. At 11: 00 am, 9. Who will inform Steven about the time change?
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A. Duke. B. Patrick. C. Anna. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10. How often does the cleaner work for the man?
A. Twice a week. B. Three times a week. C. Four times a week. 11. Where did the man find his cleaner?
A. Om the Internet. B. On the newspaper. C. Through an agency. 12, What docs the woman think of hiring n cleaner?
A. Deserving. B. Costly. C. Easy. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. What's the possible relationship between the speakers?
A. Relatives. B. Classmates. C. Colleagues. 14. Where does the man want lo travel?
A. In France. B. In China. C. In Singapore. 15. Why doesn't the man want to travel in Japan?
A He has been there before. B. The travelling time is too long. C. He has to prepare for the paper.
16. What will the man do for the woman?
A. Introduce a partner to her. B. Make a travel plan for her. C. Recommend a tourist attraction. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。 17. What' s the deadline for the essay?
A. October 18th. B. October 19th. C. October 28th. 18. w hat docs the speaker advise the audience to do if they don't get a reply?
A. Bring the paper to His office. B. Call him immediately. C. Send another email. 19. Which of the following is not acceptable for the speaker?
A. Arial. B. Times New Roman. C. Comic Sans. 20. How docs the man sound?
A. Strict and patient. B. Strict and humorous. C. Humorous and patient. 第二部分阅读理解(共两节 ,满分40分) 第-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A.B.C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Castle Rock, Colorado, is in the Front Range between Denver and Colorado Springs. The town was first settled in the 1870s and named for the rock formation on its western edge. More than 5,400 acres o[ open space, 250 acres of parks and 57 miles of trails surround the town. Castle Rock offers many activities throughout the year. Douglas County Fairgrounds
The Douglas County holds a rodeo every August. Many activities are held in the city during the rodeo, including 4-H exhibits, animal shows and the farm yard, a hands-on educational area providing information about animals and agriculture. Local singing and dancing acts perform on the Community Stage. Carnival rides and games ensure that children have fun. Town Recreation
Activities Castle Rock Recreation Center features 84. 000 square feet of fun, including a leisure pool complete with water slides, spa and lazy river. Rent one of the meeting rooms and host your child' s birthday party. Introduce your child to cooking basics through classes such as Little Chefs, Holiday Cooking Arts, Just Desserts and Iron Chefs. Discounts with membership cards. Metzler Ranch Park
Metzler Ranch Park features many outdoor activities for children. Kids can join a youth baseball or softball league, ride a bike along the paved path or swing and climb on the playground equipment. Bring your child's
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in-line skates and glide along one of two in-line hockey rinks or try out skills at the lighted skate park. Discounts book online.
Theatre of Dreams
Theatre of Dreams is a 72-scat theater that presents magic and illusion entertainment. Two professional magicians founded the theater. Children especially enjoy the family-oriented shows. The facility can be rented for special events such as birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. Reserve in advance. 21. Which of the following offers ice sport?
A. Town Recreation. B. Metzler Ranch Park.
C Theatre of Dreams. D. Douglas County Fairgrounds.
22. What do Town Recreation and Theatre of Dreams have in common?
A They have various classes for kids. B. They offer discounts for the members. C. They provide service for special events. D. They are not open to kids unaccompanied. 23. Who would most probably be interested in Castle Rock? A. College graduates. B. Retired citizens. C. Newly- married couples. D. Parents with kids.
B
People often ask how I decide where lo go, and I usually get hesitated with my response, as I don' t actually have an answer to that. For more than three years, I have been making movements with the universe, traveling from location to location at seemingly random intervals.
A friend of mine posted a Facebook status asking if anybody was interested in a job teaching English in China. So I jumped on a coming plane. Walking into my first class, I was bombed by 16 strange children who couldn't understand a single word out of my mouth. When I walked out of my last class, six months later, I had made a personal connection with them. Some of my students could barely speak Chinese or English. But somehow, through determination and force, we connected.
Every class was not only a lesson in English, but in good fellowship, being a role model, being a parent, and being a friend. I became a father to some, an older brother to others. I was loved and adored, feared and hated. I had to learn discipline, and not only how to deal it out, but how to discipline and conduct myself as a role model. But in between the discipline, I had to make learning a fun experience. And they forgave me when I yelled or got upset. And when they threw temper or bruised their knee or missed their mommy, I forgave them, kissed their bruises better, and gave them a shoulder to cry on.
Teaching English in China is, by far, the most emotionally rewarding and fulfilling thing I've ever challenged myself to do. I have walked away from this job with a softened heart, knowing that I have made a difference in so many lives. I want that. I want my teachings to be reciprocal because they taught me how to unconditionally open my heart and how lo be a more 1oving and patient person.
24. What can we learn about the writer before he came to China?
A. He didn't have a fixed job. B. He was a professional writer.
C He worked in a travel agency. D. He taught in a language school. 25. What was the situation like when the author met his students for the first time? A. Hard. B. Exciting. C. Touching. D. Inspiring. 26. What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3? A. He was casual and patient.
B. He was responsible but sensitive. C. He was cautious but bad-tempered. D. He was self-reflective and considerate.
27, What does the underlined word “reciprocal” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A. Beneficial. B. Interacted. C Encouraging. D. Acceptable,
C
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African penguins ( Spheniscus demersus) bear the unfortunate nickname “ jackass penguins” because they communicate through honking, donkey-like sounds. Laugh at them if you like, but a new study suggests that their jackass language act actually follows the same basic rules as ours.
In the study published in the journal Biology Letters, researchers recorded nearly 600 vocalizations (发声) from 28 adult male penguins living in Italian zoos. (Males tend to vocalize 8 lot during the mating period, which is why the researchers turned to this population). The scientists knew from previous research that African penguins bonk using three distinct types of sound, similar to human syllables (音节), when greeting one another, mating，or defending territory. But the researchers wanted to know whether those “syllables” followed two common linguistic (语言学的) rules.
One of those rules, called Zipf's law in short, was proposed in 1945 by the linguist George Zipf. The law states that the more frequently a word is used in any language, the shorter it tends to be (think of words like “the,” “to” and “of” in English). Previous studies have analyzed more than 1. 000 world languages for evidence of Zipf’s 1aw. and the rule holds up in all of then.
The other rule, known as the Menzerath-Altmann law, says that the longer a word or phrase is, the shorter its comtuponen1 syllables are, while shorter words are more likely to have longer syllables. The word “onomatopoeia,” for example, is made of six very short syllables, while “couch” is made of one longer one. Previous studies have shown that nonhuman primates (灵长类动物) follow both these rules when they communicate with each other. but what about jackass penguins?
The researchers in the new study found that, yes, the songs of the male jackass penguin conform to both Zipf's and Menzerath- Altmann? s laws; The shortest calls tended to be the most common, and the longest phrases were made up of the shortest syllables. This jackass study provided the first nonprimate evidence that these common linguistic pal1erns extend into the animal kingdom, the authors wrote, and that' s nothing to hem and haw at.
28. Why did the researchers choose adult male jackass penguins? A. They can vocalize different kinds of sounds. B. They are more accessible than other penguins.
C. They communicate with each other through honking. D). They make sounds frequently during the mating period.
29. What does the author try to express by mentioning the words “the”, “to” and “of” in English? A. George Zipf's idea is reasonable. B. These words are extremely simple. C. Previous studies ate very meaningful.
D. English is quite similar to other languages.
30. Which of the following fully explains what the Menzerath- Altmann law means? A. Egg and food. B. Contradictory and shout.
C. Learn and earn. D. Discrimination and prescription. 31. What conclusion has the new study made?
A. Many languages follow the same linguistic rules. B. How Jackass penguins communicate wi1h each other.
C. Jackass penguins obey linguistic rules similar to those of humans. D. ZipF's law and Menzerath Alumann law are commonly applied rules.
D
Much of the information that is sent back from space is useless. Pictures taken by satellites orbiting the Earth might take days to download, only to show lots of cloud hiding the area of interest. The subject matter may also be surrounded by irrelevant information.
Processing data in space before sending back would reduce unnecessary information, but this can be tricky. Rays in the universe randomly flip the ones and zeroes that computers operate on, introducing unpredictable errors.
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High levels of radiation can also damage electronic circuits (电子电路). KP Labs, based in Poland, is building a satellite to overcome some of these problems. Their device, called Inuition-1. is controlled by a neural network, a form of artificial intelligence modeled on the human brain.
Intuition- l will be equipped with a hyperspectral imager (超光谱成像仪), which takes 150 pictures of every scene it looks at. Each picture is at a different frequency, so contains different information. The neural network pieces these together using powerful graphics chips (芯片) hardened against radiation. The developers have also built error correction into their software. But instead of sending back every bit of image data, the satellite will summarize what the user requests as useful information. This might, for instance, be a heat map showing areas o[ weeds in a field or the location of a forest fire. Reducing the data loud means that. some of the information can be sent live.
The satellite will be used to prove that a hardened neural network can survive in space. This could pave the way for other space applications. For example, the Curiosity rover (探测器) on Mars was successfully upgraded in 2016 with a set of algorithms to detect “interesting” rocks for investigation, instead of picking them randomly. A neural network could provide future rovers and deep-space probes with a better ability to make decisions.
The neural network and hyperspectral imager have already been built and tested by KP labs. They will go into a satellite body being constructed by Clyde Space. After that there will be more intelligence in space. 32. Why docs the author say processing data in the universe can be very tricky? A Rays and radiation disturbs data processing. B. The pictures taken by satellites are not so clear. C. The data to be processed are not accurate enough. D. Processing data in the universe is time-consuming. 33. What do we learn about Intuition-l? A. ]t can take pictures much faster. B. It can survive much longer in space.
C. It can correct mistakes from users’ request. D. It can improve the stability of data processing.
34. What does the underlined phrase “pave the way” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. Set an example. B. Remove barriers.
C. Reduce the cost. D. Increase the efficiency. 35. What's the text mainly about? A. The ways of dealing with data. B. The importance of collecting data.
C The upgrade of processing space images.
D. The potential influence of Al in the universe. . 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最住选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
In ay survey of self-made millionaires, you' re likely to notice the key to their success is that they never stop learning. So how does one build al lifelong learning mindset?
36 Seek out information that. may be contrary to what you believe. Expand your horizons. Challenge yourself to find a better way. You will find a way around barriers!
Turn mistakes in1o opportunities. The practice of learning from mistakes is one of the best lifelong learning skills anyone can master. 37 They show us better way to think and work. They also provide insights into hidden knowledge and awareness.
Adopt a growth mindset. A mindset that is in line with how our brains really works really helps. Individuals with a fixed mindset believe their intelligence and talents arc fixed. 38 People with a growth mindset believe they can improve themselves through practice.
Establish goals. What do you want to learn? When do you want to learn it? Every year set goals for yourself on
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2020届四川省成都市高三下学期第二次诊断考试 英语
