江苏省扬州中学高二年级期中考试
英 语 试 题 2020.5
(考试用时：120分钟 满分：150分)
第I卷（共 100分）[
第一部分：听力（共两节，20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What is the woman doing now? A. Watching TV. B. Taking part in an activity. C. Preparing for an exam. 2. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In an office. B. In a store. C. In a hotel. 3. When will the speakers meet? A. At 6:20. B. At 6:10. C. At 5:40. 4. In which country does Jane want to spend her holiday? A. America. B. Korea. C. Japan. 5. What do we know about the woman? A. She is fired.
B. She didn’t work hard.
C. She can take a day off tomorrow.
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What could the man be? A. A taxi driver. B. A policeman. 7. Where does the woman think she lost her cell phone? A. In a park. B. In a supermarket. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where will The Magic Flute be on this weekend?
A. At the Orpheum theatre. B. At the Caldonion theatre. 9. What will the man do tonight? A. Invite Joan to dinner. B. Give Joan a call. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is Isabel’s?
A. A restaurant. B. A toy shop. 11. Who bought an evening dress? A. Cindy. B. Wendy. 12. What will the speakers do first? A. Refuel the car. B. Go to a party. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the man?
C. A hotel clerk.
C. On her way to the hotel.
C. At the Poseidon theatre. C. Buy tickets.
C. A clothing shop. C. Mrs. Miles. C. Have lunch.
A. A salesman. B. A teacher. C. A student. 14. What is the second point being talked about?
A. The man’s education. B. The man’s marriage. C. The man’s demand. 15. How does the man find the job?
A. Challenging. B. Relaxing. C. Interesting. 16. What will the man do? A. Have another interview. B. Wait for the reply. C. Think about the business trips. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did the speaker like best? A. Big Ben. B. Tower Bridge. C. The Tower of London. 18. Where did the speaker take a photo? A. At Trafalgar Square. B. At Madame Tussauds.
C. At the Royal Shakespeare Theater. 19. How old are the houses in Stratford? A. About 500 years old. B. About 1,000 years old. C. About 2,000 years old. 20. Why does the speaker give the message? A. To introduce his blog.
B. To tell about his trip in England.
C. To recommend people to visit London. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 （共10小题，每小题2.5分, 满分25分）
阅读下面3篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Bruny Island and the D' Entrecasteaux Channel
*Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
*From AU$1, 200.00 per person
Sail aboard Yukon on “the channel”, a favorite cruising ground for the Tasmanian sailor. This partially sheltered water way between the Tasmanian mainland and Bruny Island has a lot of anchorages (锚地) and beaches. An ideal passage for a short break, this 3-night voyage is a good introduction to coastal cruising aboard Yukon.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a comfortable low-impact holiday and feel the amazing experience of a wooden ship under sail at sea. Indicative Itinerary (旅行路线)
*Waterloo Bay
*Egg and Bacon Bay
*Mickeys Bay (Bruny Island) *Partridge Island *The Quarries
*Great Taylors Bay
Possible Wildlife Encounters (相遇)
Seals, dolphins, whales and birdlife.[]
All destinations are considered with regard to weather and an individual’s capacity. The prime objective of the voyages is to enjoy “the channel” and Bruny Island’s coastal surrounds, whilst taking advantage of Yukon’s roomy comfort. A series of short guided/unguided walks will be a part of the daily program.
Please contact us for availability. Includes:
All meals from Lunch on day 1 to Lunch on day 4 All accommodation on board the Yukon The return trip to Franklin Phone:
0447 972342or 0498 578535 Address:
Franklin Marina
3333 Huon Highway Franklin
The Yukon is at the jetty (码头) near the Franklin Wooden Boat Centre. 21. What will the tourists probably do during the travel?
A. Learn to sail. B. Enjoy Yukon’s large space. C. Go downtown Tasmania. D. Watch whale hunting. 22. What can we learn about the cost of the trip?
A. It is fairly high. B. It offers only a one-way ticket. C. It includes daily three meals. D. It is flexible.
B
Summer brings flowers and dirt and barbeque smoke. In the most wintery places, there isn’t much outside on cold days except snow, strong wind and cars warming up. Pine needles, wood smoke and snow---these are the smells of winter, and for people who live with different seasons, wintry weather brings its own set of olfactory(嗅觉的) experiences. But why does the cold of winter smell different from the heat of summer?
One reason is that odor (气味) molecules move much more slowly as the air temperature drops, said Pamela Dalton, an olfactory scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. That means that there are simply fewer smells to smell on a cold, crisp day than there are on a hot and humid one. It’s the same reason why hot soup smells more than cold soup does and why the garbage truck leaves behind the strongest smells on steamy summer days.
What’s more, our noses don’t work quite well when the surrounding air is cold, Dalton said. In experiments that require biopsies(活组织检查) of olfactory receptors that lie deep inside the nose, researchers at Monell have discovered that the receptors “bury themselves a little more
deeply in the nose in winter,” she said, “possibly as a protective response against cold, dry air.” There is a strong psychological factor in our sense of smell, Hirsch added, and what we expect to smell has a big influence on what we actually smell. In The Invalid’s Story by Mark Twain, for example, a man is stuck on a train next to what he thinks is a rotting dead body but is actually a box of cheese that smells extremely unpleasant. So strongly affected by the smell, he spends too long looking for fresh air on the freezing platform and develops a fever that ends up killing him. “What you think of a smell have powerful effects on you whether you like it and whatever you think it to be,” Hirsch said. “So, if you go outside in winter and you are used to smelling snow or nuts in the fire or whatever you happen to smell outside, that’s what you will interpret smells to be.”
To cope with lack of smells in winter, many people try to burn more candles with pleasant smell, cook more sweet stews(炖菜) and bake more cookies, which creates a greater contrast between the indoor and outdoor environments. “You’re probably fond of indoor smells in the winter,” Dalton said. “Homes are closed up, and windows are closed. We concentrate on the smells of cooking and living.”
23. According to the second paragraph, Pamela Dalton will probably agree that _________. A. air temperature affects smells’ spreading direction greatly B. hot soup is more popular with people in winter than cold soup C. there are not many smells available to be smelled in winter D. a garbage truck is easier to break down in cold winter
24. The author used the story written by Mark Twain to show that _________. A. one can easily feel terrible smell in a small space
B. one’s mind and thoughts can affect the sense of smell C. no one can survive when there is lack of fresh air D. one’s opinion on smell is quite different from others
25. Which of the following is NOT the measure people take to deal with lack of smells in winter?
A. Closing doors and windows B. Cooking stews C. Burning candles D. Baking cookies
C
He looked like a pirate.
With his handkerchief tied in a knot behind his little nine-year-old head, he looked like a pirate, a sad pirate. The first time little David came to our camp, he was hairless and worn out from medical treatments. He was also very angry.
Paul Newman's camp counselors (指导老师) were hoping to fill David's days with fun and laughter. But David stayed inside himself, wanting to be alone, or in a corner of the cabin. At this camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, we had seen some pretty tough children worn out by cancer recover full of energy despite their illness. But we saw little progress in David no matter what we tried with him. Five days into the eight-day session saw a quiet, sad little pirate.
Then something happened on that fifth night. Something at camp that we would call \It was cabin night. That's the time when campers and counselors spend time together in each individual cabin instead of an all-camp activity. Campers love cabin nights because there's always a bedtime snack. On the cabin table that night were bags of potato chips.
David slowly walked over to the table, leaving his comer to join the rest of us. He took one of the bags of the potato chips and started smashing(弄碎) it with his little fists, as all the other campers looked on in disbelief, I wondered what the cabin counselor would do.
The college-age volunteer counselor positioned a bag of chips on die table in front of
himself, and he, too, started smashing it with his fist. The campers went crazy as everyone ran to the table to get in on the fun of smashing potato chips with their fists.
Somehow everyone knew, everyone sensed, that anger within him was now being released. For the last couple days of the session, David was a different kid. He was a little
nine-year-old boy again, trying to fill the hours of each remaining day at camp with as much fun as could be possible.
Several days after the session, David came back again. This time, there wasn't anything he wouldn't try to fit in to his day. He sure was having a great time at camp. David asked me if I needed an altar(祭坛)boy when I celebrated Mass in the woods. Sure enough, he was my altar boy. I remembered how carefully he listened to me when I talked about death. 1 said it's only a doorway. You walk through the door and there's the Lord God and behind God a whole line of people waiting to hug you.
After Mass, he said to me, \
A couple more days of fun passed and tonight was the talent show. The tradition is that campers and counselors dress up in costumes, and everyone gets a standing applause for singing and dancing or simply just acting like fools on stage.
The show had begun: lights, camera, action.
Unfortunately, the only action taking place in our row of seats was little David making his way from counselor to counselor to say an early good-bye to camp. He had become quite ill and had to go to the hospital because of this new crisis.
When this little nine-year-old pirate stood in front of me, he gave me a hug and a big wet kiss on my cheek. 1 was crying. He was crying. A whole row of counselors was in tears. After the hug and kiss, he put his hands on my shoulders, and tears still in his eyes, said: \the other side of the door, Fatha.\
26. The camp counselors failed to fill David's beginning days with fun and laughter, mainly because David_____.
A. remained in a bad mood B. behaved like a pirate
C. was left alone at the camp D. was teased by other campers
27. Seeing David smashing the potato chips, the counselor did the same thing in response
江苏省扬州中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语期中考试试题2020.5
