江苏省海安高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题
考生须知：
1．本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟；
2．答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写学校、班级、姓名、试场号、座位号及准考证号。 3．所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效； 4．考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题部分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，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。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
1. What does the man offer to do? A. Go to 7th street.
branch.
B. Show another shirt.
C. Call another
2. What is the cause of the woman's quietness?
A. The violent film. theater.
B. Her tiredness.
C. The crowded
3. How does the man know about animals?
A. From books Internet.
B. On TV.
C. Through the
4. Where are the speakers?
A. At a shop.
B. In a restaurant.
C. At home
5. What does the woman do?
A. A nurse.
B. A waitress.
C. A saleswoman.
第二节供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. When was the woman promoted last time?
A. Three years ago.
B. Four years ago.
C. Five years ago.
7. What can we learn from the conversation?
A.The woman will keep this job.
B.The man will raise the woman's salary. C.The woman would like to work with the man. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What was the worst thing for the man after the operation? A. He had a great pain.
medicine.
B. He couldn't eat anything. C. He had to take the
9. What docs the woman ask the man to do? A. Eat out with her.
favorite food.
听笫8段材料.回符第10至12题。
B. Stop eating some food. C. Make a list of his
10. What does the woman think of the visit at first? A. Tiring.
B. Unworthy.
C. Amazing.
11. What animal did the man fail to see?
A. Sharks.
B. Tree frogs.
C. Butterflies.
12. What does the man suggest doing in the end? A. Visiting some birds.
B. Taking a rest at the basement. C. Learning more about wild animals.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. How does the man feel about joining the association?
A. Uninterested.
B. Relaxed.
C. Worried.
14. How much is the one-year membership fee?
A. ￡5.
B. ￡10.
C. ￡35.
15. How often do guest speakers meet?
A. Once a month.
B. Twice a month.
C. Once a week.
16. What is peer coaching about?
A. Students doing sports after study.
B. Senior students helping other students out. C. Students making speeches on various topics.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the talk mainly about?
A. A town.
B. A hospital.
C. An organization.
18. What does the speaker say about the project this year?
A. It is interesting.
B. It is successful.
C. It is difficult.
19. What is required to become a volunteer for MSF? A. The ability to handle pressure. B. The ability to get along with others. C. The ability to cope with emergency incidents. 20. What kind of volunteers are in urgent need?
A. Doctors.
B. Building engineers.
C. Food experts.
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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups.
They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure, traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, “The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing combines both.”
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is part of a trend among people who want to get back to the “real” and not the virtual(虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred thirty-five countries.
21. Why does the author mention book groups in the first paragraph? A. To explain what they are. B. To introduce BookCrossing.
C. To stress the importance of reading. D. To encourage readers to share their ideas.
22. What will a BookCrosser do with a book after reading it? A. Meet other readers to discuss it. C. Pass it on to another reader. 23. What is the best title for the text? A. Online Reading: A Virtual Tour C. A Book Group Brings Tradition Back Books
B. Electronic Books: A new Trend D. A Website Links People through B. Keep it safe in his bookcase. D. Mail it back to its owner.
B
What exactly is intelligence? There aren’t any easy answers. Despite the progress that has been made in genetics and psychology, human intelligence has remained one of the most controversial areas of modern science，until now, that is, for the discovery of a gene(基因) linked to intelligence has made the experts think again.
Robert Plomin of the Institute of Psychiatry in London and his colleagues in the US have been looking into genetic make-up. From their research,they have discovered
that a slightly different gene is more common in those with a high IQ. Plomin analyzed DNA from two groups of 51 children aged between 6 and 15. What he found was that the first group had an IQ of 136, putting them in the top 5% of the population, while the other group had an average IQ of 103. An analysis of their genes showed that 32% of children in the higher group had the gene in question, while only 16% in the second group did. However, there is a lot more research to be done, and Plomin himself is cautious at this early stage. He suggests that there are probably many genes that contribute to intelligence, rather than just one.
Several studies have shown a strong link between IQ and career success, although some psychologists remain unconvinced about this. Professor Michael Rowe, who has written a book called Genius Explained, is one of these. “The people with the highest IQs are not usually the ones who do best in their careers.”
Many psychologists now believe that when it comes to intelligence, IQ isn’t everything. Many alternative views have been put forward recently. One example is the idea of multiple intelligences, which was developed in the 1980s by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner. This offers a much broader view than the IQ theory, including creativity and communication skills as relevant factors(因素) in intelligence.
Tony Buzan, brain expert and author of Master your Memory, is enthusiastic about this belief, arguing that true geniuses(天才) do indeed appear to combine high levels of each type of intelligence. He lists Alexander the Great, Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein as examples. At the same time, Buzan believes that everyone can develop their intelligence, only if they take the trouble to exercise their brain. Perhaps there’s
江苏省海安高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题
