As Miss Denman began reading — “The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossomingfreely and the grass was richly green” — （开花）we were calmed into “the square between the post office and the bank” of a small American town, where all 300 citizens are met. They’ve come to draw lotsfor the lottery of each year that ends before noon. （抽签）The person holding the paper with a black mark is then led to a clearing and stoned to death by all the town’s citizens.
When The Lottery first appeared in The New Yorker in 1948, the magazine was flooded with letters from angry readers demanding to know what it was about. Unlike those confused The New Yorker readers, Miss Denman’s students weren’t confused by a story in which foolish violence was passed down through the generations. Ours was a Gothic world and Shirley Jackson seemed to our ears like Flannery O’Connor without the Georgia accent.
Forty years passed before I read anything else by Shirley Jackson. Then I happened upon her final novel — We Have Always Lived in the Castle, published in 1962, three years before her death in 1965 — a true excellent work whose young main female character, Merricat Blackwood, is as precocious（早熟的）and worth remembering as any young people in the 20th-century American novels. She describes: “I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and my uncle Julian, and the poisonous mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead.” Six years ago Blackwood’s parents, an aunt, and a younger brother were murdered — poisoned with arsenic（砒霜）.
Fifty years after her untimely death, Let Me Tell You, a new reminder of how excellent a writer Shirley Jackson came out. The stories, essays, and lectures in this brilliant new collection include some published before and some able to the public for the first time. The title comes from the book’s only unfinished story, about two 14-year-old friends, the spoiled daughters of rich fathers. Their snobbery（势利）performances counteract beliefs of classlessness in American: “My father is a lawyer. It’s important what your father is. Also it’s important to have a swimming pool, only not the biggest swimming pool of all and of course no one would dream of going near it.” The reader is eager to know what happens but even Jackson’s finished stories are rarely tied up with appropriate endings. She counted on the reader to make an effort.
Let Me Tell You feels like a direct communication from beyond the tomb with the writer. This is especially true of her essays on the skill of writing. With the publication of Let Me Tell You, Shirley Jackson can now enjoy a peace with a new world of readers. The woman of Gothic psychological novel can truly rest in peace.
32. Miss Denman chose to read her students The Lottery mainly because ______. A. it’s one of her favorite novels
B. it’s a good example to explain the features of novels C. it has skillfully-arranged plots and beautiful statements
D. it’s a masterpiece of an American literary writer, Shirley Jackson 33. What can we learn about The Lottery?
A. It has a beautiful beginning but a sad ending.
B. Whoever got the lottery in the story was a lucky dog. C. Living in the Gothic world, its writer was good Gothic novels. D. It confused The New Yorker readers as well as Denman’s students. 34. According to Shirley Jackson’s final novel, ______. A. Merricat was a quiet girl full of love for everything B. only Merricat and her two sisters survived the murder C. Merricat became as mature as her peers after the murder D. altogether four people in the family died from being poisoned
35. What does the underlined word “counteract” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean? A. Act against.B. Make stronger. C. Make clear. 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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The factors that cause youth unemployment often differ among regions and labor systems. 36 Since firing full-time workers is so complicated and expensive, employers are unwilling to take on new staff, while people who are already employed, mainly older workers, often keep their jobs for life. In developing countries with high birthrates and very young populations, like the Philippines, growth isn’t strong enough to absorb the wave of youngsters entering the workforce each year. 37 Young people entering the workforce are often the most vulnerable（易受伤害的）in economic downturns — new employees are often the first to get sacked, while college graduates find few employers willing to hire. 38 In Spain, Italy and Japan, for instance, companies looking to gain flexibility in regulated labor markets often offer new, young staffers only short-term contracts. These contracts, which sometimes last for only a few days, usually come with low salaries and few benefits. Since such staff is temporary, employers have little intention to invest in training.
Facing such obstacles, young people everywhere are finding that traditional route to success — education — isn’t paying off as much as in the past. 39 They will often be offered low-skilled jobs from waiters to supermarket clerks. A March report form the UK’s Office for National Statistics showed that the share of recent college graduates in Britain working in lower-skilled jobs rose to nearly 35% in 2011 form less than 27% a decade earlier. 40 Typical is Cairo’s Ahmed Said. He graduated from college with a business degree, and after performing the obligatory（义务的）year of military service, he applied for jobs in accounting and data entry. But Said, 24, had no luck, and today he works as a waiter at a cafe near Tahrir Square. “This was my last choice,” he says, “and this is the job that I got.” A. Young graduates often find themselves competing with more-experienced workers. B. More and more college graduates are forced to take jobs below their skill level. C. They started applying for any positions they could find in other countries. D. In some parts of the world, such jobs are all that is available to college graduates. E. Yet youth unemployment also has common roots throughout the world.
F. Those young workers who do find employment are often trapped in awful contracts.
D. Throw doubt on
G. In much of Western Europe overemphasized labor protection makes it more difficult for youths to land good jobs.
第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节，满分40分)
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
People have been saying great things about my dad lately. They keep telling me that my dad is a hero because of his 41 .
My dad is a surgeon, and like many other doctors in China, he 42 to go to Wuhan to care for patients there. But the hospital where he works only asked him to make sure that 43 patients are still able to receive regular treatment. So my dad just follows his normal 44 , analyzing patients’ diseases and performing chest operations.
With all kinds of compliments toward my dad, I became 45 . My dad has been a doctor long before this COVID-19 outbreak; why has no one else praised him as a hero before? Didn’t he 46 such compliments when this disease wasn’t around?
When we talk about heroes, what kind of 47 often jumps into our minds? War leaders who conquered everything that stood 48 their way? Historic characters who 49 a strong kingdom? Or our dear movie stars: the Avengers?
Well, they are indeed heroes, and they made marvelous achievements. 50 , are the pages of heroes just prepared for these so-called “supermen” and “superwomen”?
I don’t think so. Heroes exist in our real lives. They can be seen and they are 51 just like you and I.
Now many streets of Chinese cities are almost 52 , the schools are closed and the shops are shut. But in this world, some things remain 53 .
If there’s a fire, just call 119, and you know that the firefighters will be there within minutes. If you happen to go out on the road, you’ll come across police officers waving their flags to 54 the traffic. 55 , in hospitals, from doctors to nurses, cleaners to security guards, these people still 56 their jobs, doing the same services as they 57 did. The reason why they are still dedicated is not a 58 for compliments, but out of a willingness for their 59 .
These people, who are or were 60 themselves to the job, do not need to be praised as heroes only now because they are heroes all the time. 41. A. ambition 42. A. offered 43. A. terminal 44. A. section 45. A. proud 46. A. demand
B. qualification
B. acute
C. occupation
D. intended
D. local
D. criterion
D. disappointed D. undertake
D. passion
B. claimed B. routine B. adore
C. plotted
C. stubborn
C. trend
B. confused C. content C. deserve
47. A. image 48. A. on 49. A. enlarged 50. A. Therefore 51. A. ordinary 52. A. evident 53. A. dynamic 54. A. direct 56. A. stick to 57. A. never 58. A. tendency
B. occasion
C. script
C. sought
D. scene
B. for C. in D. against
D. ruled
D. Moreover D. fragile D. abundant D. Originally
B. seized
B. However B. consistent B. holy
C. Eventually C. clumsy
D. empty
B. broad B. address B. show off B. seldom
C. diverse
C. unchanged C. Partly
C. classify C. touch on C. rarely
D. convey D. live up to D. preference
D. opportunity
55. A. Universally B. Similarly
D. ever
B. desire C. substitute
59. A. reputation B. growth C. duty
60. A. withdrawing B. exposing C. submitting D. committing
第二节 综合填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dinosaurs 61. _______ (doubt) ruled the land and sky in their time, but there was little evidence of their presence in water until now. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, 62. ______ international team of researchers uncovered a well-preserved skeleton (骨架) of a dinosaur’s tail in 63. __________ is now known as the Saharan desert – a region 64. _______ (believe) to have been an oasis (绿洲) 100 million years ago.
The remains belong to a dinosaur species named Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Through reconstruction 65. _______ the tail skeleton, scientists found that the tail had a fin-like (鳍状的) shape, 66. _______ propelled (推进) the dinosaur forward. Its bones were very dense (密实的), allowing 67. _______ to control its body position in the water. The structure of the tail bones also indicated that the animal could grow up to 15 meters long and 68. _______ (weight) up to 20 tons.
The team made a model 69. _______ (copy) Spinosaurus’ swimming movements, and the result supported the idea of a tail-propelled “river monster”. David Unwin, a scientist at the University of Leicester, UK, considered the discovery as “game changing” 70. _______ it fundamentally alters (改变) our understanding of how this dinosaur species lived and hunted. 第三节 单词拼写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） 根据句意及首字母或中文提示写出单词的完全形式。
71. His workmates demanded that he never c_________ with the boss on the issue of salary. 72. Paul is making s________ progress in English, making his parents relieved.
73. Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a s_________.
74. Take the road running ________(平行) to the main road just after the village, and you will reach your
destination soon.
75. From the point of the manager, c_______ what effect all these changes will have on the company is
really a hard job.
76. Upon hearing the news that her mother was badly injured, the girl g_______ her bag and ran out of the
classroom.
77. U________ due to unforeseen circumstances, this year's show has been cancelled.
78. The new law will ensure that habitual ________ (罪犯) receive tougher punishments than first-time
offenders.
79. To have dinner in that restaurant, you are advised to make seat _______ (预订) well in advance. 80. In this way we can train our students to speak English fluently and ________ (准确).
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，是一名不久前经历了地震的中学生。请你就一下内容向报社写一封信，反映灾后情况，并对提供各方面帮助的爱心人士表达谢意。要点如下： 1. 目睹了人们奋不顾身救人，及时运送救援物资；
2. 在众多陌生人的帮助下，找回自己的父母，正在重建家园； 3. 更加珍惜来之不易的学习机会，将来会努力学习，回报他人。 注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。 Dear editor,
I’m a senior student that has experienced a great earthquake. I’m writing to you to express my thanks to those who helped us when we suffered the disaster.
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Yours, Li Hua
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
