2019～2020学年度高二年级第一学期期中质量调研
英语试题
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，从题中所给的并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What kind of pet does the woman suggest? A. A dog. B. A fish. C. A cat. 2. Which place is the woman looking for?
A. A grocery store. B. A movie theater. C. The railway station. 3. What did the man buy for the woman
’s birthday?
A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，
10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一
A. A fruit cake. B. Some apple pies. C. A bunch of flowers. 4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Parent and child. C. Teacher and student. 5. Where is the woman?
A. In a car. B. In an elevator. C. In a bookstore.
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，从题中所给的选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the man offer to do for the woman? A. Stay home with her. B. Make her some food. C. Drive her to a friend
’s house.
A、B、C三个选项中
7. How did the woman probably get sick?
A. From John. B. From the man. C. From her colleague.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman probably do for a living? A. She owns a restaurant. B. She runs a clothing shop. C. She works in a shoe store.
9. What does the man want the woman to do? A. Lend him some money. B. Talk to his father for him. C. Buy him some new T-shirts.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What day is it today?
A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Sunday. 11. What is the woman planning to do tomorrow?
A. See her dentist. B. Attend a meeting. C. Join the book club. 12. How many kinds of membership cards are mentioned by the man? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where was probably the man when he lost Milo? A. In a park. 14. What does Milo look like? A. He has short hair. B. He’s about 14 pounds.C. He’s black with white spots.
15. Where does the woman tell the man to look first?
A. Farther out. B. To the left. C. To the right. 16. What do the speakers decide to do in the end? A. Call the police for help. B. Drive around to look for Milo. C. Run for a couple of blocks.
B. In a caf
é． C. In a car.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who is the speaker?
A. Ellen. B. Jenny. C. Maria. 18. When is the rain expected to stop? A. On Sunday afternoon. B. On Tuesday afternoon. C. On Thursday night.
19. What was today’s temperatur
e?
A. In the low 70s. B. Around 50 degrees. C. Around 45 degrees. 20. What time of year is it?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Fall.
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
Below are the four most famous bridges in the world. Ponte Vecchio Bridge The Ponte Vecchio (literally
“old bridge”) is a bridge built in the Middle Ages over the
Ⅱ. The bridge
Arno River in Florence, Italy, the only Florentine bridge to survive World War is unique for still originally
having shops built
along it,
as was common in the days of the Medici. Butchers
occupied souvenir sellers. It is said that the economic concept of bankruptcy originated
here: when a merchant could not pay his debts, the table on which he sold his goods was physically broken by soldiers, and this practice was called
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait between San Francisco and Marin County to the north. It is the masterwork of architect
Joseph B. Strauss,
“bancorotto (broken table)
”．
whose statue graces the southern observation deck. The bridge took seven years to build, and was completed in 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge used to be the longest suspension bridge span in the world. And today it has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by
eight other
bridges.
The
famous red-orange color of the bridge was specifically through the thick fog that frequently covers the bridge.
Millau Bridge
chosen to make the bridge more easily visible
Started in 1998 and opened to traffic in 2005, the Millau Viaduct is a huge cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. It is the tallest highway bridge in the world, with the highest pylontaller than the Eiffel Tower. The speed limit on the because of traffic
slowing down, due to tourists
’s summit at 34bridge was reduced taking pictures
3 meters—slightly
from 130 km/h to 110 km/h
of the bridge from the vehicles.
and
Shortly after the bridge opened the bridge itself.
Charles Bridge
to traffic, passengers were stopping to admire the landscape
The Charles Bridge is a famous stone Gothic bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction
started in 1357 under the support of King Charles IV, and finished
As the only means of crossing the river Vltava, the Charles
in the beginning of the 15th century.
Bridge was the most important connection between the Old Town and the area around Prague Castle. Connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe. Today it is one of the most visited sights in Prague with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge.
1. Of the four bridges, which one has the shortest history? A. Ponte VecchioC. Millau Bridge.
B. Golden Gate Bridge. D. Charles Bridge.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Golden Gate Bridge? A. The span length ranks the 8th in the world.
B. Its color enables travelers to see it easily on foggy days. C. It is the most popular tourist attraction in America. D. It took Joseph B. Strauss 7 years to design the bridge.
3. The Charles Bridge played an important role in Prague, Czech Republic because ________A. it attracted many famous painters there B. it was supported by King Charles IV
．
.
C. it was the only stone Gothic bridge crossing the Vltava River D. it promoted the trade between Eastern and Western Europe
B
The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful area. Nauru’s heartbreaking from its mistakes.
For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the
place. Now it is an ecological
countries
disaster
story could have one good consequence---other might learn
Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.
communication with Europeans at first.
However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little
Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. which reduced the population from l, 400 to 900.
Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when
a British mining company discovered phosphate(
磷
A ten-year civil
war started,
酸盐) on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine(
strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip-mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem---their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was almost financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen. 4. What might be the author
’s purpose in writing the text?
露天矿). When a company
江苏省南通市2019-2020学年高二上学期期中英语试题(学生版)
