2019-2020学年合肥168中学、铜陵一中等四校高二上学期开学联考

英语试卷

第Ⅰ卷

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。

1.What does the man order in the end?

A. A drink. B. A pizza C. A ham

2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. How to dress for summer.

B. Where to buy warm clothes.

C. What the weather has been like

3. What time should Emily come back home?

A. At 4:00. B. At 5:00. C. At 6:00.

4. What will the woman do next?

A. See a dentist. B. Make ice cream. C. Go to another shop.

5. Where might the speakers be?

A. At an office. B. At a stadium. C. At a theater.

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，各小题将给出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. What is Career Day?

A. A day when workers talk to students.

B. A day when students visit different jobs.

C. A day when students choose their careers.

7. Who are the speakers?

A. High school students. B. High school teachers C. College students.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is in the man's new place now?

A. A sofa. B. A bed. C. A bookshelf.

9. What is the man going to do this afternoon?

A. Buy some food. B. Pick up a friend. C. Get some furniture.

10. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Roommates. B. Mother and son. C. House agent and customer.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does the man suggest the woman do at first?

A. Get a new pillow. B. Go to the hospital. C. Take a shower before bed

12. When does the man have trouble sleeping?

A. When he's sick. B. When he's tired. C. When he's stressed.

13. What does the woman usually do before going to sleep?

A. She watches TV. B. She uses a phone. C. She reads a book

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What kind of books does John write?

A. Crime novels. B. Fairy stories. C. Science fiction.

15. How many books has John sold?

A. Almost ten million. B. Almost forty million C. Almost three hundred million.

16. What job did John do before being a writer?

A. He was a policeman. B. He was a lawyer. C. He was a teacher.

17. How does the woman feel about John?

A. She is interested in working with him

B. She seems impressed with his writing.

C. She is inspired by his stories

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why is the work needed?

A. The equipment is poor.

B. Education is not good enough.

C. The number of students will increase.

19. What will happen to the school?

A. It will be moved. B. It will be knocked down. C. It will become larger in size.

20. Which laboratory will remain open?

A. The chemistry laboratory. B. The biology laboratory. C. The physics laboratory.

第二部分 阅读理(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

Uber

Uber is available in over 70 cities throughout 40 countries worldwide. You can either choose a typical Uber unmarked car or a regular taxi. The app can show you where drivers are, so you know how long you'll be waiting. You can also get fare quotes(报价)in advance. Your payment source is linked to the app and is automatically charged, so no physical money is ever needed.

Lyft

Lyft is a service available in many large cities in the US. However, it offers something different, one of which is Lyft Line. With this service, you can find people that take the same route on a daily basis as you and split the fare with them. Lyft's regular service lets you easily see where rides are, catch one, and easily pay right within the app.

Easy Taxi

Easy Taxi is available in 86 cities across 26 countries and lets you quickly browse through maps and find locations you'd like to be picked up at. From there, just make sure there are taxis in your area. Confirm your ride and then pay for it within the Easy Taxi app. Once you book a ride, you should see the taxi's plate number and phone number appear on the map, making it easy for you to pick out both the car and the driver.

Curb

Curb, formerly Taxi Magic, is currently available in around 60 cities across the United States as well as select cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico. It ties in with taxi companies and their drivers. As your taxi makes its way to your location, you'll be able to track its progress inside the app. You can link a payment account to Curb to pay your fare through the app. You can also pay in cash.

21. Which app is available in the most countries?

A. Uber B. Lyft C. Easy Taxi D. Curb

22. What is the special service of Lyft?

A. You can pay the fare in cash. B. You can see where the ride is.

C. You can get fare quotes in advance. D. You can find someone to share the fare.

23. What do the four apps have in common?

A. They are available worldwide B. They are tied to taxi companies.

C. They allow users to pay via app. D. They can identify your location.

B

In 2012, Kim Stemple, a special-education teacher was in a Boston hospital being treated for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed with, including lupus and lymphoma. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very depressed. And then a friend gave her a medal.

Before she got too sick to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing partner who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the keepsake(纪念品) would act as a kind of inspiration.

After Stemple hung the medal from her friend, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple thinking. "A medal is a simple way to give a positive message," she told Pilotonline. And so was born her charity, We Finish Together, which collects medals from strangers-runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners-and donates them to all sorts of people in need. It is about meaningful acts of kindness that don't cost a cent.

Recipients(接受者)have included hospital patients, residents of homeless shelters, and veterans. Part of the process involves the donor writing a note on the ribbon. "This gives them a connection to someone," says Stemple. "If they receive a medal, they know someone cares”

Can a simple medal really make a difference? "Yes", says Joan Musarra, who suffers from pulmonary fibrosis. "I opened my package containing my new medal and the notes of positive, warm thoughts. I was overwhelmed," she wrote to Stemple. "At that moment, I was sitting on my couch breathing through an oxygen cannula because my lungs have become worse so badly. It means so much to me to feel that I am not alone."

24. How did Stemple feel after being diagnosed?

A. Excited. B. Upset. C. Confused. D. Bored

25. Why did Stemple's friend give her a medal?

A. To inspire her to win the marathon.

B. To have her remember their relationship.

C. To encourage her to defeat the diseases.

D. To make her keep the memorial.

26. We Finish Together is set up by Stemple to

A. donate money to the patients B. record acts of kindness

C. spread positive messages to others D. collect medals online

27. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The medal is a lifesaver to dying people.

B. The medal has positive influences on receivers.

C. The medal accompanies the patients like a friend.

D. The medal makes a big difference to patients' health.

C

Coffee comes in many forms. There is steamed, iced, cold brew, and drip-and don't even get us started on mochas, cappuccinos, and lattes. Some of us brew it at home, while others stop by the nearest coffee chain for a quick yet delicious cuppa. But w勿is it called "a cup of Joe"?

It may sound silly, but the nickname, "a cup of Joe", has several fascinating origin stories. As one legend goes, it all started with Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy during World War I. Josephus Daniel's biography explains that in 1914, he banned alcohol consumption on all U.S. Navy ships. Since coffee was the next strongest substitute(替代品)and Josephus Daniel had a hand in expanding its popularity, American sailors ironically called it、cup of Josephus”一一“a cup of Joe" for short.

While it's an amusing idea, this "a cup of Joe" creation story probably isn't true. The term "a cup of Joe" only appears in writing for the first time in 1930-long after the Navy's alcohol ban. So, where did this nickname really come from? Truthfully, no one knows for sure.

Still, a far more likely theory claims that "Joe" is the simplified form of the nickname, "jamoke," which combines the words `lava" and "mocha." "A cup of jamoke" might have eventually been shortened down to "a cup of Joe." Others say that "Joe" refers to the average man and is often used as slang for "Yellow or guy". As a result, "a cup of Joe" could be another way of saying "the common man's drink."

No matter what you call it (or how you take it), one thing is certain: we can all always count on a cup of Joe to help us function like normal humans in the morning. We coffee lovers have these things in common, too.

28. What does the underlined phrase "had a hand in" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A Suffered from. B. Benefitted from. C. Got involved in D. Struggled against

29. What is the purpose of Paragraph 4?

A. To prove the popularity of "a cup of Joe".

B. To tell the creation story of "a cup of Joe"

C. To list the different writing of "a cup of Joe".

D. To present more explanations of "a cup of Joe".

30. What does the author convey at last?

A. We should rely less on coffee.

B. We should drink coffee more often.

C. Coffee lovers have nothing in common.

D. Coffee helps us keep awake in the morning.

31. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Why Is Coffee Called "a Cup of Joe"? B. How Was Coffee Called in the Past?

C. The Popularity of "a Cup of Joe" D. The Different Nicknames of Coffee

D

It's already challenging enough for environmentalists to keep beaches clear of washed up trash and plastic debris(残骸)一一but the most difficult problem lies in cleaning up all of the millions of tiny microplastics that are impossible to pick up and separate from the sand.

Fortunately, a group of engineering students succeeded in developing a massive new vacuum cleaner that can collect microplastics without removing any of the sand from the beach. The 12 Canadian students from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built their Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner as a class project.

"We did some research and we realized there was no machine around the world to do this kind of job," Hoola One co-founder Sam Duval told Hawaii Public Radio. "So we told each other, 'We will invent it,' and we did it."

As a means of testing their machine's efficiency, they recently used it on the sands of Hawaii's Kamilo Beach一一which is also notorious for being one of the dirtiest beaches in the world. Though their first prototype(原型)experienced a number of technical issues, the students managed to fix the problems and tidy up the beach.

Using a handheld tube, the machine sucks(吸入)up plastic and sand and dumps them all into a massive tank of water. Since rocks and sand are heavier than plastic, they sink to the bottom of the tank so they can be dumped back onto the beach. The plastic, on the other hand, floats to the top of the tank.

According to Hawaii Public Radio, the team left the Hoola One vacuum on the island as a donation to the state department- They are now researching the ecological effects of the vacuum on the beach while they search for funding and sponsorships(赞助)to produce more Hoola One vacuums.

32. What is the hardest problem of keeping the beach clean?

A. Picking up plastic debris. B. Removing trash on the sea.

C. Separating plastics from the sand. D. Clearing up all the microplastics.

33. What do we know about the Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner?

A. It can collect plastics勿removing sand from the beach.

B. It has been used widely on the beaches around the world.

C. The students tested its efficiency on Hawaii's Kamilo Beach.

D. The students gave up the first prototype due to several failures.

34. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A. The working procedure of the vacuum cleaner.

B. The invention process of the vacuum cleaner.

C. The ecological impacts of the vacuum cleaner.

D. The special materials of the vacuum cleaner.

35. What words can best describe the 12 Canadian students?

A. Generous and stubborn. B. Confident and persistent.

C. Devoted and wealthy. D. Admirable and humorous.

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。

Earth is home to around 7,000 languages, around half of which are expected to disappear by 2100.

Languages disappear for many reasons. Sometimes younger generations stop teaming a language because parents .want children to fit in. 36 Native American children of the late-19th century were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking their native languages.

The United Nations ranks endangered languages according to their risk level. For example, a

"critically endangered" language is one that even grandparents don't speak often. New York's Onondaga language is an example with only 50 speakers left. An "extinct" language has no speakers. It is gone forever. Alaska's Eyak language is one example. 37

38 In the same way, different languages contribute to cultural diversity. Saving these languages benefits our understanding of other cultures. Languages can show how a society looks at the world and what it values. A language may describe something in a way that is funny, too. In Welsh, it rains not cats and dogs, but old wives and walking sticks

The Endangered Language Alliance wants to save languages from disappearing. 39 However, its efforts are limited. If an endangered language is going to make a real comeback, it'll probably get its start in schools. For nearly 100 years, public schools in Hawaii did not teach the Hawaiian language. Now students can keep learning in Hawaiian from elementary schools to college and beyond.

40 At least one did. In 1881, a Jewish linguist named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda brought the 3,000-year-old language Hebrew back to life. Today it is one of the official languages of the country of Israel, with more than 4 million speakers.

A. The last person who spoke it died in 2008.

B. Why should we save endangered languages?

C. Various animals and plants benefit our environment.

D. With just 5 speakers left, it is absolutely endangered.

E. Can a language with zero native speakers come back to life?

F. Sometimes societies force minorities to give up their language.

G. The nonprofit group finds native speakers and records their stories

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中。选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. 'They reached the top 41 ，but on their way back conditions were very 42 Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 43 alone, he would probably get back 44 . But Simon decided to risk his 45 and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.

As they 46 down, the weather got worse. Then another 47 occurred. They couldn't see or hear each other and, 48 , Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁).It was 49 for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe's 50 was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. 51 , after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to 52 . In tears, he cut the rope. Joe 53 into a huge crevasse(裂缝)in the ice below. He had no food or water and he“ in terrible pain. He couldn't walk, but he 54 to get out of the crevasse and started to 55 towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers 56 .

Simon had 57 the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be 58 , but he didn't want to leave 59 . Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe's voice. He couldn't 60 it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

41. A. hurriedly B. carefully C. instantly D. successfully

42. A. difficult B. stable C. special D. normal

43. A. climbed B. continued C. worked D. rested

44. A. unwillingly B. safely C. slowly D. regretfully

45. A. fortune B. time C. health D. life

46. A. lay B. settled C. went D. looked

47. A. damage B. change C. trouble D. storm

48. A. bymistake B. bychance C. bychoice D. bydesign

49. A. unnecessary B. practical C. important D. impossible

50. A. height B. weight C. strength D. equipment

51. A. Casually B. Patiently C. FinallyD D. Quickly

52. A. makeadecision B. standback C. takearest D. holdon

53. A. jumped B. fell C. escaped D. backed

54. A. waited B. planned C. managed D. hoped

55. A. move B. run C. skate D. march

56. A. around B. abovc C. along D. away

57. A. headedfor B. travelledto C. leftfor D. returnedto

58. A. dead B. hurt C. weak D. late

59. A. secretly B. immediately C. tiredly D. desperately

60. A. find B. make C. believe D. accept

第Ⅱ卷

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

When it comes to Anhui province, the first thing that 61. (come) to mind might be the Yellow Mountain. In fact, this mountainous province is the birthplace of Anhui cuisine(徽菜)，or Hui cuisine.

Hui cuisine is known 62. its "wild" flavor and unique cooking techniques. The most common ingredients in Hui cuisine include stone frogs, pigeons, shrimp, mushrooms, herbs(药草), bamboo shoots, and chestnuts, all of which 63. (pick) or caught in mountainous areas.

To Chinese people, food is like medicine. Fluff cuisine is not an exception to this 64

(believe). To achieve this, local people use herbs(药草)65. (frequent), whether wild 66. grown妙people, and add them to their dishes, 67. (make) them healthy and delicious.

Anhui people value celebrations very much- These celebrations require difTerent dishes,

68 have greatly promoted the development of Hui cuisine. It is said that Huizhou traders liked to show their respect to their business 69. (partner) or friends with a big table of Hui dishes. And wherever they went, they 70. (prefer) to build Hui cuisine restaurants.

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文。请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误。每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)。并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In recent years, the volunteering spirit had spread among Chinese youngsters. And the number of people becoming volunteers are increasing every year since volunteering is of great benefit from both those in need and the society. For example, there were about 1,700, 000 volunteer who played important role in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As students, we'd better to get actively involved in volunteering activities. By participating, not only do we learn how to work well in a team, and how to improve your interpersonal skills and organizing ability. Undoubted, all of these are critical to our personal grow. So we can't afford to miss the chance.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

假如你是李华。刚刚结束暑假生活。请给你的英国朋友Peter写封信，结合自身经历从学习生活、旅游、参加公益活动等一个或几个方面分享一下你的暑假生活以及感悟和收获。

往意：1.词数100左右(开头已写好。不计入总词数)；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.文中不要提及真实的校名和姓名。

Dear Peter,

How are you these days?

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hun

2019-2020学年合肥168中学、铜陵一中等四校高二上学期开学联考英语答案

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2019-2020学年合肥168中学、铜陵一中等四校高二上学期开学联考英语试卷