2021苏州高二下学期期末学业质量阳光指标调研英语试题含答案

苏州市2020~2021学年第二学期学业质量阳光指标调研卷

   高二英语   2021.6

注意事项：

1.本调研卷分为第1卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），满分150分。答题时间120分钟。

2.请将第1卷的答案填涂在答题卡上，第11卷请直接在答题卡上规定的地方作答。答题前，务必将自己的学校、姓名、调研序列号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。

第I卷 选择题（共95分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在调研卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。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 is the man's name?

A.Peter.                                        B.Pratt.                                     C.Right.

2. What will the woman do?

A.Wait for that car.                   B.Stay in the house.                 C.Drive by herself.

3. What does the man mean?

A. He makes an excuse.          B.He makes an apology.            C.He makes a promise.

4. What made the woman miss practice?

A.Conducting a wedding.         B.Visiting her relatives.            C.Taking a trip home.

5.What does the woman think of her new teacher?

A.Poorly-organized.             B.Uninspiring.                            C.Inexperienced.

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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。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.Where is the manager's office?

A.On the second floor.                      B.Next to the cash desk.        C.Opposite the changing rooms.

7.What is on the lower ground floor?

A.The household goods department.  B.The staff kitchen.            C.The restaurant.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.Who are the two speakers?

A. A salesman and his boss.        B.A customer and her friend.  C. A customer and a salesman.

9. What will the woman buy?

A.A top.                                   B.A pair of jeans.                          C.Nothing.

10.What can we know about the jeans?

A.They are on sale.               B.They are small for her.                C.They are old-fashioned.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.How long does the man want to stay at the hotel?

A.3rd-8th April.                B.8th-11th April.                               C.3rd-11th April.

12.What is the problem?

A. There are only double rooms in the hotel.

B.Large groups of people are not welcome.

C. The hotel is busy at that time.

13.What is the man going to find out?

A. If the rooms are too expensive for them.

B.If some of his friends will share a room.

C. If some friends will stay at a different hotel.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why do they take the bus?

A. It is cheap to travel by bus.

B.They want to travel together.

C.The bus is comparatively safe.

15.Where does the woman want to go?

A.Texas.                                 B.Las Vegas.                              C.Chicago.

16. What kind of person is the man?

A.Generous.                          B.Cautious.                               C.Talkative.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What is Good Living?

A.A program.                      B.A magazine.                           C.A cooking article.

18. What can you get for free if you buy the first edition?

A.Summer salads.             B.Some recipes.                           C.A DVD.

19. What does the speaker say about the second edition?

A. It fits different age groups.

B. It shows how to cook fish.

C. It tells people when to drink tea.

20.How much is the first edition?

A.$1.50.                         B.$2.49.                                          C.$3.99.

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

HEN PARTY HOUSES

When deciding what to do for your or your friend's hen party, there are so many options (选择）out there that it can be hard to choose. Do you opt for an expensive weekend abroad or something a little closer to home and more affordable? One option that is becoming ever more popular is to rent luxury (奢侈） group accommodation in the UK.

Hen parties don't have to end with a group of girls wandering around the UK or foreign city. They can be spent in luxury and comfort at one of our hen party houses, where you can say farewell to your free single days with the company of those closest to you.

Our hen party houses are available in city centre locations, as well as rural spots where

outdoor lovers can spend the days absorbing the countryside before relaxing in luxury with food, drinks and games in the evenings. We offer hen party houses with hot bathtubs as well as with swimming pools.

Book your hen weekend with confidence. You can cancel your reservation between 60 to 2 days before your arrival and get a full refund, whatever the reason.

Whichever house you choose, hen weekends in the UK can give you lasting memories and the perfect preparation for your wedding day.

21.What are hen party houses?

A.Places built to raise hens.

B.Locations forbidden to visitors.

C.Rooms available for rent.

D.Houses bought by the newlyweds.

22.What are the common features of the most selected houses?

A. They are all in England.

B.They are located in the countryside.

C. They equip all rooms with bathtubs.

D.They accommodate over ten people.

23. What may you do after you reserve a hen party house?

A. Invite as many friends as you can.

B. Enjoy your stay with your friends.

C.Cancel the reservation at any time.

D. Hold a grand wedding in the house.

B

For much of history, reading was a fairly noisy activity. In ancient Iraq and Syria some

4,000 years ago, the commonly used words for “to read” literally meant “to cry out” or “to listen". But today, silent reading is the norm. The majority of us bottle the words in our heads as if sitting in a quiet library. Reading out loud is largely kept for bedtime stories and performances.

However, a growing body of research suggests that we may be missing out by reading only with the voices inside our minds. The ancient art of reading aloud has a number of benefits for adults, from helping improve our memories and understand complex texts, to strengthening emotional bonds between people. Colin MacLeod, a psychologist at the University of Waterloo in Canada, has researched the impact of reading aloud on memory. He and his colleagues have shown that people consistently remember words and texts better if they read them aloud than if they read them silently. The effect of reading aloud is particularly strong in children, but it works for older people, too.MacLeod has named this phenomenon the “production effect”. It means that producing written words-that's to say, reading them out loud-improves our memory of them.

The production effect has been replicated in numerous studies for more than a decade. In

one study in Australia, a group of seven- to- ten- year- olds were presented with a list of words and asked to read some silently, and others aloud. Afterwards, they correctly recognised 87% of the words they'd read aloud, but only 70% of the silent ones.

In another study, adults aged 67 to 88 were given the same task-reading words either silently or aloud-before then writing down all those they could remember. They were able to recall 27% of the words they had read aloud, but only 10% of those they'd read silently. When asked which ones they recognised, they were able to correctly identify 80% of the words they had read aloud, but only 60% of the silent ones. MacLeod and his team have found the effect can last up to a week after the reading task.

24. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?

A. Reading aloud started in ancient Iraq and Syria.

B. People remember words better in a quiet library.

C.Reading aloud is beneficial to people of all ages.

D. Silent reading results in missing out some words.

25. What does the underlined word “replicated" in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Challenged.

B.Repeated.

C.Ignored.

D.Improved.

26.What are the two studies in the last two paragraphs intended to prove?

A. There is no production effect at all.

B. Reading aloud improves memory.

C. Silent reading has an instant effect.

D.Children remember more words.

27.What can be a suitable title for the passage?.

A. Reading aloud-an art from the past.

B. Reading silently-a new trend

C.Reading aloud-a blessing for memory.

D.Reading silently-a complex skill

C

You may not have noticed it as you shop online, but the experience is changing. Clicking through a navigation(航行） bar of a website to find an item has become outdated. A search bar that allows you to look up a specific product is faster. In some cases, chatting with a bot (robot)

may be even more efficient.

We have experimented with chatbots for years. Facebook has offered tools for businessmen to make bots that deal with customers. Retailers (零售商）like Amazon have used chatbots to answer customers' questions, and when the bots can't help, a person can take over. “Now that visiting a physical retail store has largely become impractical in the pandemic, we can expect such conversational technologies to gain popularity.” said Julie Ask, a technology analyst for Forrester Research.“There are already plenty of examples. Recently, I shopped for a pair of shoes at Beckett Simonon, an online fashion brand, and asked an employee via a chat box about the correct shoe size for my feet.” she added.

More companies are also using augmented reality to help people with online shopping, Ms. Ask said. Jins Eyewear, which sells glasses, lets you take a photo of your face to virtually try on glasses before deciding whether to buy them. Snap, the parent company for Snapchat, has teamed up with luxury brands like Gucci and Dior to offer virtual try-ons.

Augmented reality is ready to become especially popular this year because the technology keeps improving. New high-end Apple and Android smartphones include sensors(传感器）for detecting depth, which makes it easier for augmented reality apps to place objects like virtual furniture in physical spaces.

It is expected to see a wave of new ads that take advantage of the format. This year, advertisers are expected to spend about S2.4 billion on augmented reality advertising, up 71 percent from $1.4 billion last year, according to the research firm eMarketer.

28. Which of the following best describes chatbots?

A.Brand new.

B.Convenient.

C.Impractical.

D.Primitive.

29. Why does Julie Ask mention her recent experience of buying shoes?

A. To prove a trend in online shopping.

B. To promote an online fashion brand.

C. To show the unrealistic way of shopping.

D. To introduce a chat box that she used.

30. What is augmented reality?

A. A website widely used in advertisements.

B. An app newly developed to sell glasses.

C.A software deciding the future of online shopping.

D. A technology bettering online shopping experience.

31. What is the passage mainly about?

A. New technology is changing our shopping habits.

B.Conversational technologies are well received.

C. A navigation bar has become a thing of past.

D. Augmented reality will be used in advertising.

D

Over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, more people are increasingly familiar with “Zoom fatigue,” the tiredness caused by overuse of videoconferencing tools such as Zoom. Zoom fatigue, however, can hit people differently depending on their personality.

The videoconferences seem smart and fun, but to many extroverts(性格外向者），the experience has proved to be less satisfying. Zoom does not provide the same heartfelt feedback as a live conversation, so it is not rewarding as expected. In a videoconference, the body language and other visual actions that are so often part of in-person conversation aren't fully there. And that can weigh especially on extroverts.

Extroverts can also become impatient at some of the structure and controls that videoconferencing platforms place on conversations. Functions such as muting(禁言），for example, control the conversation in a way that does not happen with in-person conversations.

For introverts, video calls cause their own special challenges. For one thing, in most virtual meetings, with multiple participants observing one another, introverts feel like being constantly watched. That is quite tiring. They prefer to control who is in their personal space and for how long, or rather, to connect with people one-on-one or in small groups.

What's more, in-person conversation offers pauses that can give a speaker, especially an

introvert, time to consider a new thought. Pauses while on-screen, however, can be confusing. Has a person finished speaking? Or has the Internet connection caused the screen to freeze? Pauses or silence between thoughts or topics feels more unbearable and difficult to interpret due to the video.

Each individual has to find the right balance to create more satisfying Zoom experiences. It is suggested that extroverts improve their videoconferencing experiences by making their calls with larger screens, louder audio and shared activities. For introverts, a good first step is to avoid optional video calls. Setting boundaries beforehand can also help. This could take the form of telling others at the beginning of a call when you need to leave.

32. Who may experience “Zoom fatigue”？

A. Extroverts.

B.Introverts.

C. Neither extroverts nor introverts.

D.Both extroverts and introverts.

33. Why are extroverts unsatisfied with videoconferencing?

A.They get less reward than introverts.

B. They fail to control their body language.

C.They are not free to express their opinions.

D. They are asked to express their true feelings.

34.What do introverts prefer?

A.Videoconferencing platforms.

B.Pauses in video conversation.

C. Silent observation from others.

D.One-on-one communication.

35.Which of the following might be the solution to “Zoom fatigue”？

A.Balance extroverts and introverts.

B.Ask for a leave whenever necessary.

C.Use videoconferencing tools properly.

D. Invite more people to videoconferences.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

You have to write a movie review for school and now what? Where to start? How to make it look more “academic”？36

Watch the movie twice and take notes of both major and minor events and characters.37 There is always something we overlook or forget.

Carry out a complete research. _38 Research is equally important. Look for details, such as the name of filmmaker and his/her motivation to make that film, locations, plot, historic events that served as an inspiration for the movie. Basically, your research should serve to collect information that provides more depth to the review.

39 Don't start working on the review if you aren't sure that you understand the film. Evaluate the movie from beginning to an end. Re-watch it if you find some parts confusing. Only when you understand events that happened on the screen will you find it easier to create the review.

Draft an outline that you will follow to write the review in a brief fashion. Include examples for claims you make about the movie. 40 If a character is poorly developed, name examples too. Also, provide examples when commenting dialogues, locations, plot  and everything.

A.Watching the movie isn't enough.

B.Analyze the movie after you watching it.

C.Here are some useful tips to kick-start the movie review writing process.

D. A movie review is a detailed analysis of a film or a documentary.

E. Here we offer a step-by-step process of how to write a good film review.

F. It's a mistake to rely on the power of your memory only.

G. If the plot has holes, then mention an example of a scene when that was evident.

第三部分：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并

在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I hated travelling by plane.Whenever I was on board, I could see the other passengers'41:“God, Please.Don't let that fat guy sit next to me!” After I  42 squeezed (挤） into my seat,the seat belt wasn't 43 enough to fit around my waist. I once wished my life would just44.

I knew I needed to 45.A doctor recommended I adopt a dog to 46 for exercise. So there he was: a black-and-white dog with a big round body. He looked up at me and then dropped his head with a clear look of  47 , as if saying “Really? This loser?” I looked at him, 48 him in silence. Poor thing like me. I named him Peety.

We walked together every day and it  49 __. I could roll out of bed_50_.He appeared thinner too. Then he looked up at me and smiled.

I started taking Peety to different parks. He kept 51 himself at the end of the rope, trying to run ahead. Maybe it was time to let him experience what 52 really felt like. I removed his rope.Peety 53 like a racer at the Olympics,beaming(笑）with 54 and excitement.

At that moment, I realized I loved him. He looked up at me like I was the greatest guy in the world. He'd come into my life, and he 55 me.

“Want to keep walking?"I asked him.

41.A.care  B.faith   C.anger   D.fear

42.A.easily  B.finally  C.suddenly  D.deliberately

43.A.wide  B.long   C.tight   D.loose

44.A.end  B.start   C.repeat  D.continue

45.A.win  B.rest   C.laugh   D.change

46.A.feed  B.ride   C.walk   D.bark

47.A.excitement B.agreement  C.disappointment D.amazement

48.A.petting  B.pressing  C.pushing  D.punishing

49.A.failed  B.worked  C.depended  D.suffered

50.A.by accident B.with pleasure  C.by intention  D.with ease

51.A.biting  B.hiding  C.choking  D.holding

52.A.danger  B.boredom  C.departure  D.freedom

53.A.passed away B.took off  C.broke up  D.sat down

54.A.pride  B.pressure  C.politeness  D.tiredness

55.A.replaced  B.missed  C.rescued  D.pitied

第II卷 非选择题（共55分）

第四部分：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

It has long been a belief that Spain is a great place to live but a terrible country to work. And over the last five years many of those lucky enough to have a job are finding  56______ (they) working harder.The Spanish sleep fewer hours and work longer days than their European neighbours,but are 57___(productive). In one of the most popular advertisements on the social networks this year,children _58_ (call) on to write a letter to their parents asking for something. 59_______ (surprise), they don't ask for toys or sweets. Instead, they ask to spend more time with their parents: time to play, to read stories... in short, time 60_______ loving.Surveys show the important effect  61________our working timetables have on the quality of life in our country.Spanish 62_ (work) women are the most stressed out in Europe. They sleep less and have too many family and professional_63_____ (commit) to deal with. Figures also show that, as a result of our timetablc, not only  64 ____ (child) performance at school suffers, but their overall development is damaged by lack of sleep as well. We must have the courage to take steps to introduce 65 ______more balanced and sustainable approach to working similar to that of other European countries. Future generations will appreciate this and children will hopefully no longer have to write asking their parents to spend more time with them.

第五部分：词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列各小题，并根据上下文语境和所给首字母或中文的提示，写出下列各句空格中的单词，注意保持语义和形式的一致。请将答案的完整形式写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

66. Which is your p Δ_______________,tea or coffee?

67. Marathon is a physically d _________________ sport, which requires a lot of training.

68.His voice c____________his real feelings more truly than his words when he read the letter to his wife.

69.Chinese Sci-Fi The Wandering Earth has been a hit g_________, because it appeals to people all over the world.

70.Cindy had her dress l___________out on the bed and pictured herself as the queen of the party.

71. Yuan Longping was a Chinese scientist and________________（教育家）known as the father of hybrid rice.

72. Life is much more rewarding and enjoyable when you quit __________（抵抗）it.

73.His story_________________(相符） to what I knew, so I was happy he didn't lie.

74.Nancy looked_________________(绝望）from one to the other, knowing that it was the last chance for her to find someone to speak in defense of her.

75.The journey of learning is like a_______________（蜿蜒的） path surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and delicious fruit.

第六部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

76.第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

每年，交通事故会导致许多伤亡。请你以学生会的名义写一封有关交通安全的倡议书，

内容包括：

1.倡议的目的；

2.倡议的具体内容；

3.提出呼吁。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Proposal

Dear fellow students,

Traffic accidents cause many deaths and injuries every year.In order to

Students' Union

77.第二节 读后续写（满分20分）

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使其构成一篇完整的短文。

【注意】

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

My parents were deaf, so I grew up living in two worlds, our private world and the “hearing" world outside. Unlike my mother, my father was deaf because of the fever when he was at school age. Even so, Daddy Ben was undefeated. He transformed pain into humor. “It is better to laugh at life,” he'd say. “It makes easier a hard time.” I began to understand what he meant one evening when my mother signaled to me to phone a message to my father at the shop where he worked. I went to a pay phone nearby and dialed the number.

“I have a message for a man called Ben. He is my father," I told the man who answered.

“I don't know any Ben here.” The man was impatient.

“He's deaf”I explained.

“Oh, you mean the Dummy(哑；蠢）。Why didn't you say that before?”

I don't remember the rest of that conversation. All I remember is the word dummy. I had heard my parents described as deaf-and-dumb all through my childhood. I always took pains to explain that although they were deaf, they were not dumb.

“Why do you let your boss call you Dummy?" I asked my father the next day.

He shrugged (耸肩）。 “It is easier for them. They remember me.”

I was angry. “You are not a dummy. You arc a smart man. Tell them your name is Benjamin.”

He smiled. “It is all right. I know I am not dummy. I listen with my eyes and that is enough.” Locked in stillness, he was pleased with himself. But I was not.

Dummy. I wrote the hateful word many times in my notebook, tore out the page and crumpled (弄皱） it into a ball. My father saw my anger. “Don't worry,” he said in a harsh (不悦

耳的） voice. “I will improve my speaking every day. I will learn new words, and you, Ruth, are

my teacher. You are my dictionary. And don't waste your sweet voice. Ask your teachers if you have questions."I hugged him.

Paragraph 1:

From that moment on, I was determined that no one would call my father by that name again..

Paragraph 2:

My job of teaching my father also paid me back generously.

苏州市2020~2021学年第二学期学业质量阳光指标调研卷

高二英语参考答案  2021.6

第一部分：听力理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

1-5 BACCA   6-10 ACBAB  11-15 BCBAC  16-20 CBCAB

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）

第一节：21-23 CDB  24-27 CBBC  28-31 BADA  32-35 DCDC

第二节：36-40 CFABG

第三部分：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

41-45 DBBAD  46-50 CCABD  51-55 CDBAC

第四部分：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

56.themselves 57.less productive  58.are called  59.Surprisingly  60.for 61.that/which 62.working

63.commitments  64.children's  65.a

第五部分：词汇检测（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

66.preference 67.demanding  68.conveyed/communicated 69.globally 70.laid 71.educator

72.resisting 73.corresponded 74.desperately 75.winding

第六部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

Possible version:

Proposal

Dear fellow students.

Traffic accidents cause many deaths and injuries every year. In order to protect ourselves.

we should raise our sense of responsibility and road safety awareness.

One major reason for traffic accidents is ignoring traffic rules. Therefore, it is suggested

that we students obey traffic lights and always cross the road on a crossing. Besides,we should

avoid playing on the road or riding a bike carrying a passenger.

In a word, it is up to all road users to make sure that we pay attention to road safety. Le's

do our part.

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第二节 读后续写（满分20分）

Possible version:

From that moment on, I was determined that no one would call my father by that name again. I listened to every class attentively for fear that I would miss any important detail. Every night, I would read the dictionary, absorbing language, and then I taught all the knowledge to my father. Both of us were thirsty for language because we shared the same purpose. With our minds combined in study, we unlocked our intelligence. My father earned respect for his rich knowledge. No one called him the Dummy again.

My job of teaching my father also paid me back generously. Through my had work,1 overcame all the study obstacles, making huge academic progress in my senior high school. Finally, I was accepted by my ideal university of language. It was only then that I realized I did not teach my father. Instead, he taught me. It was he who told me to listen with my eyes and ask with my mouth. In his unique way, my father taught me the true power of speech.