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考试范围：高二年级；考试时间：100分钟；总分：100分  命题人：程志国

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You can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Here are four books we recommend that you take on your trip.

1. On the Road, 1957, by Jack Kerouac

The book is a popular spiritual guide book about youth. The character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life.

2. Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan Kundera

Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”. The book describes a young artist’s romantic but miserable life, about how he reads, dreams and has a relationship during his trip to Central Europe. The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life and to honor Kundera, a Czech-born writer and who went into exile in France in 1975.

3. My Name is Red, 1998, by Orhan Pamuk

The book, featuring a peak masterpiece of the Nobel Prize winner for Literature Orhan Pamuk, has been translated into more than 50 languages and published around the world. It tells a story of a young man, who has been away from home for 12 years, coming back to his hometown in Istanbul. What embraces him is not only love, but a series of murder cases as well.

4. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, 2013, by Rachel Joyce

The novel tells a story of a 60-year-old man who lives a boring and unhappy life, until one day, he received his old friend’s letter who got cancer. In deep shock and sorrow, he went out to send his reply letter. 627 miles in 87 days, he walks depending on one belief that “his friend can survive as long as he walks”.

1. Which hook can make you think of your own life?

A. On die Road. B. Life is Elsewhere.

C. My Name is Red. D. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

2. Who wrote a book sold globally?

A. Jack Kerouac. B. Milan Kundera.

C. Orhan Pamuk. D. Rachel Joyce.

3. When was the instructive book to the youth published?

A. In 1957. B. In 1975.

C. In 1998. D. In 2013.

4. Why did the old man walk so many miles to send a letter?

A. He was in deep sorrow. B. He walked to keep healthy.

C. He witnessed a series of murder. D. He expected his friend to live longer.

B THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020

In our efforts to increase and spread knowledge, we highly recommend these titles issued this year.

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Treating the first president’s masculinity (刚毅) as a ‘‘previous conclusion”, historian Alexis Coe explores lesser-known aspects of Washington’s life, from his interest in animal husbandry (畜牧业) to his role as a father figure.

All We Can Save: Truth Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Johnson, a marine biologist and the founder of Ocean Collective, and Wilkinson, the editor in chief of Project Drawdown edited appealing pieces on climate change crafted by 60 women. The collection, All We Can Save, showcases a diverse range of experts, all working to tackle climate issues in powerful ways.

Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food

Gina Rae La Cerva travels the globe in search of some of the planet’s last truly wild foods. Her journey takes her to a place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she investigates the “bush meat" trade that is common in the region’s rainforest and results in the illegal hunting of wild animals.

The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard

James Beard Award-winning author, John Birdsall writes this book to show a more complete picture of Beard’s life, examining the cook’s use of coded language in early cookbooks. The language itself is as rich as Beard’s fried chicken.

5. What can we learn from You Never Forget Your First?

A. Some unfamiliar aspects of Washington’s life. B. Washington’s masculinity as a father.

C. Some popular aspects of Washington’s life.   D. Washington’s wide interests.

6. Which book should you read if you want to know the topic about climate problems?

A. You Never Forget Your First. B. Feasting Wild.

C. All We Can Save.                        D. The Man Who Ate Too Much.

7. What is the similarity between Feasting Wild and The Man Who Ate Too Much?

A. Their languages are vivid.                 B. Both are about traveling.

C. Their authors are famous.                 D. Foods are both mentioned.

                               C

The Internet plays a big part in human life. We use it for work and entertainment. We can find new recipes(食谱) on the Interact or advice on staying healthy. We can even use it to learn a new language. We use the Internet to keep in contact with family and friends and stay in touch with issues we care about. The list goes on and on.

Well, there may be no going back to an Internet-free life. But can using the Internet too much be bad for our health? It might be, say researchers. A new study finds that heavy Internet use may be connected to high blood pressure in an unlikely group---teenagers. So, try to be a responsible guardian for your children.

The study results show that teens who spend at least 14 hours a week online are more likely to have high blood pressure. High blood pressure makes your heart and blood vessels(血管) work too hard. Over time, this extra strain（压力） increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke（中风）. High blood pressure can also cause heart, kidney and brain diseases.

The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan did the study. It involved 335 young people, from 14 to 17 years old. One hundred and thirty-four of the teens were described as “heavy Internet users”. Researchers found that out of these 134 teens, 26 had high blood pressure. The researchers say the study is the first one to connect heavy web use with high blood pressure. Another research has connected that heavy Internet use with health problems including anxiety, depression and obesity（肥胖症）.

The lead researcher of the study is Andrea Cassidy-Bushrow. For the purpose of the study, she explains, teens considered heavy Internet users were online on average “25 hours a week”. In a statement she said, “Using the Internet is part of our daily but it shouldn’t consume us.”

Ms. Gassidy-Bushrow adds that it is important for teens to take regular breaks from their computers or smart phones and to do some kinds of physical activities. She also suggests that parents limit their children’s use of the Internet to two hours a day, five days a week.

8．The author mainly wants to tell us       .

A．how to prevent high blood pressure.

B．heavy Internet use will worsen teenagers’ memory.

C．it’s necessary for teenagers to avoid the Internet.

D．too much Internet use may be bad for teenagers.

9．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．People shouldn’t buy goods through the Internet.

B．People should control the time length of using the Internet

C．People shouldn’t fall in love with the Internet.

D．People shouldn’t waste too much time on the Internet.

10.According to Casssidy-Bushrow, teenagers’ use of the Internet should be limited to __.

A．ten hours a week      B．fourteen hours a week

C．25 hours a week      D．five hours a week

11．The text is mainly intended for       .

A．  teachers       B．parents      C．web-designers     D．students

                                 D

Most rain forests lie to the equator(赤道), where the climate is often mild and there are long hours of sunshine. The warmth of the land heats the air above, causing it to rise and tiny drops of water to fall as rain. The rainfall can reach at least 98 inches a year. This wet, warm world with plenty of sunlight is perfect for plants to grow, so the trees grow fast with green leaves all the year round. The trees themselves also have an effect on the climate. They gather water from the soil and pass it out into the air through their leaves. The wet air then forms clouds, which hang over the treetops like smoke. These clouds protect the forest from the daytime heat and night-time cold of nearby deserts, keeping temperatures fit for plant growth.

Rain forests slightly farther away from the equator remain just as warm, but they have a dry season of three months or more when little rain falls. Tree leaves fall during this dry season and new leaves grow when the wet season or monsoon(雨季) begins. Thus these areas are known as the "monsoon forest".

Another type of rain forest grows on tropical mountains. It is often called the "cloud forest" because clouds often hang over the trees like fog.

The rain forest is the ideal place for the growth of many different trees. Most of them depend on animals to eat their fruits and spread their seeds. When the fruits are eaten, the seeds inside them go undamaged through animals' stomachs and are passed out in their droppings. The seeds lying on the forest floor then grow into new trees.

12. The climate of the rain forests near the equator is ______.

A. mild, wet and windy                B. hot, rainy and foggy

C. hot, wet and cloudy                 D. warm, wet and sunny

13. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. tree leaves are green all the time in the monsoon forest

B. there is a dry season in the cloud forest on tropical mountains

C. clouds help the plants in the rain forests near the deserts to grow

D. the formation of climate in the rain forest has little to do with the trees

14. According to the passage, ______ play the most important role in the spreading of seeds.

A. animals      B. droppings   C. fruits    D. winds

15. This passage is most likely to be found in _______.

A. a travel guide                         B. a story book

C. a technical report                      D. a geographical book  

The only way we can really successfully deal with the unpleasant or unknown situations is to stay open minded. 16．. Here is what they say worth trying.

Stay calm. One of the fastest ways to close your mind is to feel annoyed.17．. So try taking a deep breath and calming down a lite to help fight the feelings of defensiveness or annoyance that might pop up when you find something that doesn't quite match how you see the world.

Be curious. This sounds easy, but it's not. It requires an active choice when you meet something you didn't know. You have to keep asking yourself. “Do I just assure this is something I already knew? Or do I want to be curious?” 18．.

Surround yourself with the right people. Open-mindedness is often thought of as a one way street. 19．. But the truth is that you can go both ways if you are surrounded by right people.

20．. Being around different people day to day can actually change your brain and you are more likely to see the world in a new way. And that's what real open mindedness is about: the willingness to consider, even briefly, another point of view.

A．Many of us consider ourselves open minded

B．However, experts say it's easier said than done for most of us

C．So it's possible that a little bit of help could be the push we need

D．Either you're open minded to the world around you, or you're not

E.Answering these questions is a big step toward being open minded

F.When you're angry the last thing you want to do is to adjust yourself

G.The best condition for open mindedness is to diversify the people in your life

  Carly's eyes filled with tears as the dusty bus drove down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. The 14-year-old girl and her    21    had traveled by plane from Canton, Ohio, to Ho Chi Minh City and then by bus deep into the Mekong Delta. Now, as they reached the village, hundreds of cheering    22    lined the entrance to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had    23    money for.

When Carly was eight, she started    24    others by giving Thanksgiving baskets in the church to families in need. It was a snowy day,    25    she saw that one girl was wearing only a shirt and that others didn’t have    26    coats. The next November, she went door to door    27    used coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, and then    28    them out with the baskets.

But Carly wanted to do    29    -she wanted to “change their lives”. She    30    that her grandmother’s Rotary club had, years, earlier, collected money to build a    31    in Vietnam. That was it, she decided. She’d build a school too.

She tried to let people    32    more about Vietnam and the    33    there. She gave speeches. She    34    with enthusiasm. “The kids in rural Vietnam don’t have beautiful schools,” she told a room of 200 Rotarians. “That’s not    35   . I want to give them a    36    to make their lives better.” That summer, Carly set off with her family across Ohio,    37    three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We traveled like crazy people to all these    38    ,” recalled her mother, Kris.

In two year, Carly had collected $50,000. At the dedication ceremony(落成典礼)in Hoa Lac, the school principal was    39    with the girl. “How wonderful it was that a girl of her age wanted to do something for kids so  40    ,” he said through a translator.

21．A．classmates   B．friends       C．family       D．team

22．A．villagers       B．farmers   C．workers   D．schoolchildren

23．A．raised       B．earned       C．spent       D．borrowed

24．A．encouraging   B．teaching   C．Helping      D．engaging

25．A．and           B．before       C．though       D．because

26．A．beautiful       B．warm       C．big       D．thin

27．A．buying       B．asking for   C．booking   D．consulting about

28．A．took           B．left       C．handed       D．put

29．A．more       B．a lot       C．once       D．both

30．A．considered   B．thought       C．believed   D．remembered

31．A．school       B．hospital   C．factory       D．building

32．A．feel           B．save       C．know       D．study

33．A．culture       B．economy   C．scenery       D．children

34．A．spoke       B．played       C．laughed   D．traveled

35．A．true           B．exciting   C．careful       D．fair

36．A．place       B．room       C．house       D．playground

37．A．passing       B．visiting   C．watching   D．scanning

38．A．discussions   B．topics       C．meetings   D．suggestions

39．A．pleased       B．satisfied   C．shocked     D．impressed

40．A．far away       B．lovely       C．good-looking D．lonely

China's first artificial intelligence (Al) theme park opened to the public in early November,  after 10 months repair of a municipal (市政的)park in northern Beijing. Driver-less shuttle buses, smart lamp posts that can record exer­cise data, ___41__intelligent speakers that can _____42   (instant) respond to human instruc­tions have been installed in Haidian Park, _43_   covers about 34 hectares near the Fourth Ring Road.

The district government o￡ Haidian and Internet company Baidu signed 44   agreement in January to jointly explore “smart city" __45   (build). Haidian Park, which received about 1. 2 million tourists last year, was chosen__46    (run) the pilot program. "A total of 10 government 47 (department) and companies have participated in the rebuilding __48  the park over the past 10 months," said Che Jianguo from the district's park administration office.

In recent years, Chinese high-tech companies __49   (set) foot in the Al industry, while the central government also stressed in October that it would boost the development of the __50  (country) new generation of artificial intelligence.

51 I'm a Senior Three student.I like making friends with like-minded fellow and usually they get on well with each other.However,I overheard one of my friends speaking ill me yesterday,say she didn't want to play with me. As the matter of fact,she plays tricks on me occasional because I'm fat.I am just can't understand how she can't be friendly to me when I'm kind to her.It was hard for me to pretend to know nothing but even hard to let go of our friendship.

52 、假如你是李华，在红星中学校报上看到一则面对所有国家征集2022北京冬奥会(Winter Olympic Games)志愿者的消息，你喜爱冰雪活动，想去担任志愿者。请根据提示写一封申请信，申请信要求统一用英文书写。内容包括：1. 你的基本情况；2. 你的申请理由；3. 希望获准。

注意：1. 写作词数应为100左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Dear Sir or Madam,

_______________________________________________________________________

Yours,                                                                  Li Hua

参考答案

阅读理解

A、【答案】BCAD

B、【答案】这是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四本不同内容的书，包括历史、科学、探索和人物。
【小题1】细节理解题。由You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington部分中“historian Alexis Coe explores lesser-known aspects of Washington’s life, from his interest in animal husbandry(畜牧业) to his role as a father figure.(历史学家Alexis Coe探索华盛顿生活中鲜为人知的方方面面，从他的兴趣——畜牧业到他作为父亲的角色。)”可知，该书内容介绍的是华盛顿生活中鲜为人知的方面。故选A项。
【小题2】细节理解题。由All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis部分中“The collection, All We Can Save, showcases a diverse range of experts, all working to tackle climate issues in powerful ways.(All We Can Save一书展示了各种各样的专家，他们都以强有力的方式致力于解决气候问题。)”可知，All We Can Save是关于专家如何采用强有力的措施解决气候问题的书，如果你想了解关于气候问题的话题，可以读这本书。故选C项。
【小题3】细节理解题。由Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food部分中“Gina Rae La Cerva travels the globe in search of some of the planet’s last truly wild foods.( Gina Rae La Cerva在全球旅行，寻找一些地球上最后真正的野生食物。)”及The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard部分中“…examining the cook’s use of coded language in early cookbooks. The language itself is as rich as Beard’s fried chicken. (检查这位厨师在早期烹饪书籍中使用编码语言的情况。这本书本身就像Beard的炸鸡一样丰富。)”可知，Feasting Wild 和The Man Who Ate Too Much 两本书都提到了食物。故选D项。

C、【答案】DBAB   D、【答案】DCAD   七选五【答案】 1．B  2．F  3．E  4．D  5．G

三、完形填空【答案】

1．C    2．D    3．A    4．C    5．A    6．B     7．B    8．C    9．A   10．D

11．A  12．C  13．D   14．A  15．D   16．A   17．B   18．C   19．D   20．A

语法填空【答案】1.and   2.instantly  3.which   4.an    5.building   6.to run    7.departments  8.of    9.have set    10.country’s

五、短文改错【答案】1.fellow改为fellows. 2.they改为we. 3.me前加of. 4.say改为saying. 5.the改为a. 6.occasional改为occasionally. 7.去掉am. 8.how改为why. 9.when改为as/while. 10.but改为and.

十一、书面表达 【答案】Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m more than pleased to learn that volunteers are wanted for the Winter Olympic Games, which is to be held in Beijing. I’m writing to apply for the position.

I’m Li Hua, presently studying in Hongxing High School and I’m convinced that I’m qualified to be the required volunteer. First of all, I’m outgoing, which makes it possible for me to get along well with others. Besides, I regularly go skiing with friends, equipping me with enough knowledge to be a qualified volunteer. In addition, I normally participate in a variety of beneficial voluntary activities, which makes me more experienced than others. I’d appreciate it if you could take my application into consideration.

Looking forward to your reply.                          Yours,

                               Li Hua