太原师院附中 师苑中学18级高二2020年4月27日网上考试
英语试题
出题人：高超
（考试时间120分钟；试卷满分：150分）
第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Scientific Books
Amazon offers a wide range of books for readers to choose from. Here are some splendid books for lovely kids.
How to be a Scientist Steve Mould Price: $8.81
This book is for the child who is forever asking questions. It encourages young readers to hug those questions, seek out answers, and try out some fun experiments that will entertain the whole family. We can't wait to get our hands on this one!
LEGO Women of NASA: Space Heroes DK
Price: $11.72
Not only is this splendid book filled with many LEGO characters, but it's also filled with educational facts! Your little one will love learning about ladies like Mae Jemison, Sally Ride, Margaret Hamilton, and Nancy Grace Roman through this fun-to-read book.
Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Price: $12.75
You've likely seen the Academy Award-winning film Hidden Figures, but now you can introduce these amazing women to your kids as role models. This picture book explores the story of these amazing mathematicians and the barriers they overcame to have extraordinary careers with NASA．
If I Built a Car Chris Van Dusen Price: $ 6. 39
It' s a fact—kids love things that move. They are cars, planes, trains, and all you name it! This fun story describes little Jack's dream about designing a perfect car, including a pool, a fireplace, and much more. The young engineer in your family will be begging you to read If I Built a Car each night before bedtime.
1．For whom is the book How to be a Scientist most suitable? A．Parents admiring famous scientists. B．Parents loving entertainment.
C．Kids with a preference for Chinese characters.
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D．Kids with curiosity about science.
2．Which of the following books was made into a film? A．How to be a Scientist B．Hidden Figures.
C．LEGO Women of NASA : Space Heroes. D．If I Built a Car.
3．Who wrote the book about a young designer?
A．Steve Mould. B．DK. C．Chris Van Dusen. D．Margot Lee Shetterly.
B
Gong Linna, renowned Chinese musician and founder of Chinese New Art Music, put her music teaching methods to practice for the first time at the Tracing Roots practice concert and music festival of the Affiliated High School of Peking University on May 23.
The first song of the concert, Search High and Low, is an allusion （暗指）to the classical poem Li Sao, \road ahead will be long. I shall search high and low.\we should all search high and low for our roots,\
To explore the education and the popularization of Chinese music, in 2017, Gong established a research and development team, which includes ethnomusicologist, Du Yaxiong, and music historian, Zhao Zhongming, to deliberate her music teaching methods and summarize the vocal skills of Chinese music.
Gong believed that the popularization of Chinese music should rely on primary and secondary schools rather than music academies. The children's passion for music and their outstanding performance amazed Gong, \singing, they are completely immersed in the music. Music brings light and richness to one's spiritual world. So, learning to sing is never about passing examinations, but about enjoying the music.\
Lu Yueming, instructor of the school's art center, said, \Gong's instructions. Seeing their performance, I know that they truly fell in love with traditional Chinese music.\
\husband said proudly. “It's a great encouragement for me to see how much they like the songs, and they really need content related to Chinese culture.” With an international vision, Gong will continue to write songs based on Chinese folk music or ancient poems.
Gong said children should learn about the beauty of Chinese music. Only when you know about your own sounds, can you have cultural confidence.
4．Why is the song Search High and Low arranged at the concert? A．Because Gong is a renowned Chinese musician. B．Because Gong's music teaching method is practical. C．Because people are expected to search their roots.
D．Because Gong wants to deliberate her music teaching method.
5．What should the popularization of Chinese music depend on according to Gong? A．Music academies. B．The support of the government. C．Famous musicians across the country. D．Primary and secondary schools. 6．What is Gong's future plan in music?
A．She will train more children to study abroad.
B．She will write more songs based on Chinese folk music or ancient poems. C．She will help children learn about the beauty of various types of music. D．She will perform more concerts to promote Chinese music.
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7．What's the best title of the passage? A．Music Education Gets New Voice B．Gong Linna — My Dramatist
C．Chinese Music: Development, Instruments D．Creating Music Helps Cultural Confidence
C
The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire has been put out, but its wooden roof have been largely damaged. The terrible accident causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world, “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”
But the good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely via a video game called Assassin's Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. In addition, with VR technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect architectural cultural heritage (建筑文化遗产).
The idea of digitizing ancient buildings, making digital models of them so their data can be saved, dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with hundreds of images, as well as measuring (测量) everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as “same” as the real one.
As computers and smartphones are hugely popular，the digital replica or digital copy has great pratical value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics (文物) without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness about them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting it in the following years. Above all, it preserves all the information of the cultural relics. Even if the original ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a replica if desired.
Time is the biggest problem to architectural heritage. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to preserve architectural cultural heritage at the moment.
8．What can we see about Notre Dame in the video game? A．The big fire. B．The damaged parts. C．Its original look. D．Its wooden shape.
9．What will engineers do to create a digital replica of the ancient buildings? A．Measure all the parts precisely. B．Build 3D models of full size. C．Scan the photos of the buildings. D．Improve the technology needed. 10．How does the author prove the digital copy has great practical value? A．By comparison. B．By giving examples. C．By listing data. D．By classification.
11．What is the author’s attitude towards the application of digital technology? A．Supportive B．Doubtful C．Conservative D．Delighted
D
Clothing rental (租赁) is a hot new industry and businessmen are trying their best to attract shoppers. This past summer alone, Urban Outfitters, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and American Eagle have all announced rental
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subscription services — a sure sign of changing times.
But is renting fashion actually more environmentally-friendly than buying it, and if so, how much more? Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline researched this question in an article for Elle, and she concluded that it’s not as green as it seems.
Take shipping, for example, which has to go two ways if an item is rented — receiving and returning. Cline writes that consumer transportation has the second largest footprint of our fashion habit after producing.
She writes, “An item ordered online and then returned can send out 20 kilograms of carbon each way, and increases to 50 kilograms for rush shipping. However, the carbon effect of a pair of jeans bought in a store and washed and worn at home is 33.4 kilograms, according to a 2015 study.”
Then there’s the burden of washing, which has to happen for every item when it’s returned, regardless of whether or not it was worn. For most rental services, this usually means dry-cleaning is a high-effect and polluting process, which can produce dangerous waste and air pollution if not dealt with correctly.
Lastly, Cline fears that rental services will increase our, desire for fast fashion, simply because it’s so easy to get. There’s something called ‘share-washing’ that leads to more wasteful behaviors mainly because a product or service is shared and thus is regarded as more eco-friendly. Uber is one example of this, advertised as “a way to share rides and limit car ownership,” and yet “it has been proven to discourage walking, bicycling, and public transportation use.”
Renting clothes is still preferable to buying them cheap and throwing them in the waste after a few wears, but we shouldn’t let the convenience of these services make us satisfied. There’s an even better step—and that’s wearing what is already in the closet (衣柜).
12．How much carbon will be produced when an item is normally ordered online and then returned? A．10 kilograms. B. 20 kilograms. C. 50 kilograms. D. 40 kilograms. 13．What does Elizabeth Cline think of clothing rental? A．It is considered fashioned.
B．It can leave large carbon footprint. C．It can reduce transport burden. D．It is popular to young people.
14．The example of Uber is used to show the rental services ________. A．replace the public transport B．satisfy our desire for fashion C．help protect the environment D．cause more wasteful behaviors
15．What does the author actually want to express in the last paragraph? A．The request for throwing cheap clothes. B．The disadvantage of clothing rental. C．The advice on wearing what we own. D．The call for renting clothes.
第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
What started as a mystery virus in January in Wuhan, China, has now killed at least 17 people and infected hundreds more around the world.
In the US, the first case of novel-coronavirus was confirmed Tuesday in Washington state -- stoking fears of
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an outbreak in this country.
So what are officials doing in the US, and how can you minimize your risk? 16.____________________
Passengers from Wuhan to the United States -- either on direct or indirect flights -- will soon only be allowed to land at one of the five US airports.
Three of those US airports -- John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport -- are already checking those incoming passengers for symptoms such as fever, cough and trouble breathing. 17._______________________---- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
But these airport screenings might not catch everyone infected. That's because the incubation period can last a week -- meaning it can take a week after getting infected before showing any。
What scientists are doing
Across the US, scientists are trying to create a vaccine for the new virus. But don't expect it anytime soon. 18.____________________________, but it will take at least a few months before clinical trials start and more than a year until a vaccine might actually become available.
Separately, scientists in Texas, New York and China are also trying to create on a vaccine, Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine scientist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
But the challenge is daunting. “The lesson we've learned is coronavirus infections are serious and one of the newest and biggest global health threats.”
What you can do yourself
Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness, such as coughing and sneezing, the World Health Organization says. 19._______________________________. Severe cases can lead to pneumonia, kidney failure and even death.
Scientists believe this coronavirus started in another animal and then spread to humans. Health officials recommend cooking meat and eggs thoroughly and washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
If you're the one feeling sick, cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, and disinfect the objects and surfaces you touch. 20.___________________________________, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises wearing a surgical mask.
What could happen next
The World Health Organization is having an emergency meeting Wednesday to decide whether any global recommendations should be made.
Such recommendations could include cross-border screening, increased surveillance or even quarantine measures for those affected, similar to quarantine rules already in place in China.
A．What airports are doing
B．If you or your doctor suspect you might have the coronavirus C．Cover your coughs and sneeze with tissue
D．The National Institutes of Health is working on one E．What governments are doing
F．Other symptoms of this coronavirus include fever and shortness of breath G．By the end of this week, two more airports will screen passengers
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太原师院附中 师苑中学2019-2020学年高二第二学期
