76. The serious effects of the death of languages include all except that____________.
A. people would fail to understand how languages originated. B. language diversity would become an obstacle to globalization. C. monolingualism would lead to the loss of multiculturalism. D. human brains would become less creative linguistically. 77. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To explain the reasons why languages are dying out. B. To warn people of the negative aspects of globalization.
C. To call people’s attention to the urgency of language preservation. D. To argue how important it is for people to speak more languages.
Section C （8分）
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than ten words.
Millions of personal computers across the world are running at this moment, but most are using just a fraction of their full capacity to process information. Imagine what could happen if the spare power of these millions of machines were used to solve global problems.
The organization Charity Engine attempts to do just that. It enables researchers and companies to use the extra computing power of thousands of personal computers. These companies pay a usage fee that goes to carefully selected charities.
The computers
Charity Engine offers a free app that has the user’s computer do research as a background task. The program runs automatically, without direction from the user. Each computer works on a small chunk of a larger project and sends
back its results. The results are combined to answer the researchers’ questions.
The researchers
Charity Engine mostly uses its computing power for companies doing scientific, medical or commercial research. For example, Rosetta@home attempts to help find cures for serious diseases by discovering the shapes of proteins. Another project, Einstein@Home, tests scientific theories. And another helps establishments in Africa such as universities search for ways to fight the spread of malaria.
The Charities
Charity Engine gives 50 percent of the profits from renting out computing power to various charities. Each organization it supports has a good reputation for working in an area of vital importance. Most of them seek to address the primary causes of poverty while bringing short-term relief. These include Oxfam, a network of organizations in 94 countries. Another is CARE International, one of the three largest international aid agencies, which works in 87 countries. Charity Engine also supports Doctors Without Borders, which supplies medical care, and WaterAid, which provides safe water and promotes hygiene (卫生) in developing countries. Another of its charities, Sightsavers, works to prevent and reverse blindness through medical treatments and provides training for the blind. Charity Engine helps many other organizations as well.
An added bonus
Charity Engine returns the other 50 percent of its earnings to the people who made it all possible. The app users are entered into draws. Chosen at random, the winners receive thousands of dollars in prizes!
Thanks to Charity Engine, computing power that would have gone to waste
is fighting poverty and bringing healing and hope.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
78. What does Charity Engine help companies do?
______________________________________________________________________________
79. How does Charity Engine spend its earnings?
_______________________________________________________________________________
80. The computers selected by Charity Engine help researchers and companies through
______________________________________________________________________________.
81. According to the passage, besides many organizations, Charity Engine mostly
supports
______________________________________________________________________________.
第II卷(共47分) I Translation （22分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 每天早上大声读英语对于我们学习语言很有帮助。（beneficial） 2. 我觉得把这件事简单地定义成是一起事故是不明智的。（define） 3. 这首老歌让我想起了我和我的同事们在农场上工作的日子。(remind)
4. 学生需要关注的不再是他们的考试成绩，而是实际能力。（emphasis）
5. 不可否认的是整容手术中的一个很小的错误都很可能导致灾难性的后果。(lead)
II. Guided Writing（25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
学校图书馆准备新购一批适合高中学生阅读的优秀书籍，为了更好地满足学生的阅读兴趣，图书馆准备从学生中征求建议，假设你是李敏，请你用电子邮件的方式向图书馆负责人张老师推荐一本书，内容包括： 1. 介绍你推荐的书； 2. 阐述推荐理由
金山中学2020学年度第二学期高二年级英语学科期中考试 参考答案 听力
1-5 A D D A C 11-13 C C D 17. upset;
6-10 D C D D C 14-16 C D D
19. damage;
20. apologize
18. window;
21. educational background; 23. sales promotion; 25amusing; 29. when ; 33. who/that; which;
37. has been done; staying
41-50 D K H J B F A I E G 51-55 DBDCA 66-69 BDCB
22. Singapore Airlines; 24. attend college courses
28. to take;
32. to break;
36.
26. admitted; 27. where;
30. A;
31. between
34. Having thought; 35. into;
38. they; 39. worst; 40.
56-60 ACBAD
61-65ACABA 74-77 BDBC
70-73 BDDC
78 Scientific, medical or commercial research.
79 Giving half to charities, and the rest to the earners.
80 a free app offered by Charity Engine.
81 Oxfam, CARE International, Doctors Without Borders, WaterAid and Sightsavers.
上海市金山中学2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题
