2019～2020学年度高二年级第二学期教学质量调研（二）
英 语 试 题
第一部分 听力(共两节20题，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. What is the man going to do? A. To see Lucy.
B. To go to the theatre.
C. To join in Jane’s party.
2. Why does the woman want to buy the clock? A. Because it is very cheap.
B. Because she is often late for work recently. C. Because she wants to give it to someone as a gift. 3. What subject does the woman dislike most? A. Physics.
B. Chemistry.
C. Mathematics.
4. What did the man promise to do? A. To return some magazines for Alice. B. To buy some magazines for his office. C. To give some magazines back to Alice. 5. What does the man plan to do first? A. To borrow a CD.
B. To go to the bank.
C. To return home.
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 are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A festival.
B. A birthday party.
C. A class reunion.
7. What does the girl decide to do?
A. To stay with her family. B. To go to a party with the man. C. To go on vacation. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What does the man think of the news? A. Exciting.
B. Sad.
C. Unbelievable.
9. What do the speakers plan to do next? A. To go to the store.
B. To attend the wedding. C. To buy some flowers.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How does the man feel about the coming exam? A. Confident. A. English.
B. Peaceful.
B. History.
C. Anxious.
C. Geography.
C. To be relaxed.
11. Which subject is the man good at?
12. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. To work harder.
B. To talk with others.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Who is a good cook? A. The man.
B. Mrs Black.
C. The woman.
C. Mother and son.
14. What is the relationship between Mrs Black and the man? A. Hostess and guest. A. Terrible.
B. Teacher and student. B. Lovely.
15. What was the weather like when they had the picnic?
C. Rainy.
16. Where did the man have the picnic? A. In a boat.
B. In a house.
C. On an island.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the weather like in the city now? A. Sunny and hot. A. The coast. A. The high 30s. A. On the radio.
B. Cool and cloudy.
C. Warm and windy.
18. Where would be a good place to go hiking this afternoon?
B. The central valley.
C. The city. C. The high 40s. C. On the Internet.
19. What will the temperature drop down to tonight?
B. The low 40s. B. On TV.
20. Where might this talk be heard?
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (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。
A
The Docklands Light Railway(DLR) took just three years to build at a cost of ￡77 million. It is London’s first Light Rail System, but its route follows that of a number of older lines, which carried the nineteenth century railways through the crowded districts of the East End.
The section of the line from the Tower Gateway Station to Poplar follows the line of one of London’s earliest railways, the London & Blackwell(1840), a cable-drawn railway(later converted to steam) which carried passengers to steam ships at Blackwell Pier, and provided transport for the messengers and clerks who went backwards and forwards between the docks and the city every day.
From Poplar to Island Gardens, a new line crosses high above the dock waters, and then joins the old track of the Millwall Extension Railway, built to service the Millwall Docks(1868) and to provide transport for workers in the local factories. This line was horse-drawn for part of its route, until the 1880s.
The Poplar to Stratford section of the DLR route was first developed by the North London Railway, built in the 1850s to link the West and East India Docks with the manufacturing districts of the Midlands and North of England. There were major railway works and sidings(岔线) at Bow until recently.
The trains are automatically controlled from a central computer, which deals with all signaling and other safety factors, as well as adjusting speeds to keep within the timetable; on board each vehicle, Train Captains, who are also fully qualified drivers, are equipped with two-way radios to maintain contact with central control. There are passenger lifts, and self-service ticket machines, at every station. 21. The history of the railway tells us that the DLR ______.
A. was begun in the nineteen century B. follows some of the original line C. will be finished in three years’ time
D. took three years longer than expected to complete
22. It appears that the Poplar to Stratford section of the DLR route was originally developed to ____. A. make the transport of goods easier C. promote the transport in England A. drivers on the trains themselves C. a computer on board the train
B. encourage trade abroad D. create employment at home
23. The trains on the DLR are controlled by ______.
B. two-way radios operated by the drivers D. a computer based elsewhere
B
California’s attack on second-hand smoke reached its historic high this New Year, when even indoor areas in bars and casinos became smoke-free by force of law. The rules on smoke exposure have taken a 180-degree turn in less than a generation. In the United States of my youth, every citizen was hostage（人质）to other people’s cigarettes in airplanes, in offices and in almost every other public place. Now the indoor areas of public life are all nonsmoking zones — an inconvenience for the 25% of adults who smoke, but a benefit of large proportions to the breathing system of the 75% who do not.
In the cold and flu, the greatest risk of appearing in public is not tobacco smoke, but rather contagiousdisease. And strangers who would not dream of blowing smoke in your face seem （接触传染的）happy enough about coughing and sneezing whenever they see you coming.
Isn’t there a double standard here, when the same folks prohibited from smoking in my office building can sneeze me home for a week of hell with the ruling bacterium of the season? Why don’t the contagious among us stay home or wear those cut little paper nose and mouth covers or at least feel bad about putting the rest of us at risk of sharing their misery?
Could it be that the similarity passing a law that requires germ-free public spaces. But two smaller lessons do come from the contrasting treatment of germs and cigarettes. The first lesson is that what we
accept in public is much more a matter of particular social expectation than scientific studies. The French read scientific journals just as diligently as do Americans, yet the average French cafe contains more smoke than a forest fire. You are more likely to encounter a face full of tobacco smoke if you go to Japan this year than you would in Los Aneles. But you will also notice hundreds of people on the subway in Japan who wear paper mask to avoid spreading contagious disease that they carry. Which culture is more considerate depends on the particular subject of the inquiry. The standard for what is polite in public varies tremendously from one social setting to another. 24. The first paragraph tells us ________.
A. the rules on smoke exposure have become less strict
B. in the past people exposed to other people’s cigarettes complained a lot C. in California, smoke-free zones in public places have existed for a long time D. most people can benefit from banning indoor smoking in public places 25. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. People think coughing and sneezing are less harmful than smoking in public. B. Sick people should live alone and stay home wearing paper masks all winter. C. Strangers will feel bad when they cough and sneeze in front of other people. D. Those with contagious diseases feel bad sharing their misery with others. 26. The tone of the passage is best described as ______. A. encouraging
B. worrying
C. carefree
D. suspicious
27. What does the author want to express in this passage? A. Learn from Japan.
B. Don’t smoke indoors.
D. Stay home all winter. C
Google “information overload” and you are immediately overloaded with information: more than 7m hits in 0.05 seconds. Some of this information is interesting: for example, the phrase “information overload” was popularised by Alvin Toffler in 1970. Some of it is mere noise: obscure companies promoting their services and even more obscure bloggers sounding off. The overall impression is at once overwhelming and confusing.
“Information overload” is one of the biggest irritations in modern life. There are e-mails to answer, YouTube videos to watch and, back in the physical world, meetings to attend and papers to shuffle. （翻动）A survey by Reuters once found that two-thirds of managers believe that the data deluge（泛滥）had made their jobs less satisfying or hurt their personal relationships. One-third thought that it had damaged their health. Another survey suggests that most managers think most of the information they receive is useless. Some researchers raise three big worries. First, information overload can make people feel anxious and powerless: scientists have discovered that multitaskers produce more stress hormones. Second, overload can discourage creativity. Teresa Amabile of Harvard Business School has spent more than a decade studying the work habits of 238 people. She finds that focus and creativity are connected. People are more likely to be creative if they are allowed to focus on something for some time without interruptions. C. Pay attention to environmental germs.
If constantly interrupted or forced to attend meetings, they are less likely to be creative. Third, overload can also make workers less productive. David Meyer of the University of Michigan has shown that people who complete certain tasks in parallel take much longer and make many more errors than people who complete the same tasks in sequence.
What can be done about information overload? One answer is technological: rely on the people who created the fog to invent filters（过滤器）that will clean it up. Xerox promises to restore “information purity” by developing better filtering and managing devices. A second answer involves willpower. Turn off your mobile phone and WiFi from time to time.
Most companies are better at giving employees access to the information superhighway than at teaching them how to drive. This is starting to change. Management consultants have spotted an opportunity. Derek Dean and Caroline Webb of McKinsey urge businesses to apply three principles to deal with data overload: find time to focus, filter out noise and forget about work when you can. Business leaders are chipping in. David Novak of Yum! Brands urges people to ask themselves whether what they are doing is constructive or a mere “activity”. Cristobal Conde of SunGard, an IT firm, preserves “thinking time” in his schedule when he cannot be disturbed. This might sound like common sense. But common sense is rare amid the cacophony（不和谐的声音）of corporate life.
28. According to the survey conducted by Reuters, most managers believe ______. A. the data deluge does harm to their health. B. most information they receive is of great use.
C. information overload destroys their personal relationship.
D. their jobs are satisfying thanks to the rich information on the Internet. 29. Which of the following is NOT a damaging effect of information overload? A. Making people unproductive.
B. Causing people to lack creativity.
C. Arousing people’s negative feelings. D. Leaving people bad at multitasking. 30. The technological way to deal with information overload is to ______.
A. improve the technique for filtering data B. limit the uploading of information C. provide limited access to the Internet D. develop better search engines 31. Which of the following action may Derek Dean and Caroline Webb approve of?
A. Listening to music while working. B. Finishing several tasks at the same time. C. Taking your mind off work occasionally. D. Avoiding using your common sense in your work.
D
In my high school English class in a small Mississippi town, Miss Denman tried to insert our sleepy heads that every novel had to do one of the three things: tell something; show something; prove something. She then read us one she considered a piece of perfect writing because it achieved all the three things: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, whose remaining stories and essays have now been published.
江苏省如皋市2019-2020学年高二下学期教学质量调研（二）英语试题 Word版含答案
