安徽省蚌埠田家炳中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期开学学业检测试题[含答案].doc

安徽省蚌埠田家炳中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期开学学业检测试题时长：120分钟分值：150分第一部分听力(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，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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 does the man suggest the woman do?A.Close her eyes to relax for a while.B.Make an appointment at once.C.Get a calendar soon.2. What is Tim doing?A.Locking the door.B. Walking a dog.C. Knocking at the door.3. What's the man's favorite subject?A. English.B. Math.C. Both English and math4. What has the woman been doing?A.Doing the garden.B. Working at her office.C. Taking a long shower.5. Where did the woman finally put her desk?A. Behind the door.B. Under the big window.C. Under the little window opposite the door.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What does the woman want to do?A. Borrow a map.B. Find the restaurant.C. Visit the campus.7. Why did the woman get lost?A. She wend in the wrong direction.B. She didn't have a map.C. She couldn't read road signs.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10个小题。

8. How did the woman sound on the phone?A. Rude.B.Happy.C.Peaceful.9. What is the woman waiting for?A. Her coffee.B. A call from her friend.C.The result of an interview.10. What w川the woman do next?A.Wait patiently.B. Call back.C. Make a decision.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11.According to the woman, what are summers in Norway like recently?A.Warm.B.Cold.C. Very hot.12. What do most people in Norway do in the summers?A. Stay at home.B.Travel abroad.C.Go to the coast.13. What does the man think of Norway?A. Interesting.B. Surprising.C. Unpleasant.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14. Where will the woman go next week?A. The Great Britain.B.The United States.C. Australia.15. What does the woman like most about her job?A.Meeting different people.B.Travelling around the world.Q.Experiencing the big news event.16. Who can the woman see in Sydney?A. Her sister.B. Her boyfriend.C. Her classmate.17. How does the woman relax?A. Cook for herself.B. Go for a sailC. Go fishing听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. What happened to the speaker?A. She transferred to another city.B. She just found a well-paid job.C. Her hard work got paid off19. What contribution did the speaker make for the company?A. Increasing the sales.B. Building a branch company.C. Making new products.20. What do we know about the speaker?A. Her co-workers approve her abilities.B. Her pay rose to$15,000 per year.C. She is in the HR department.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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AScience on Sundays is a new series of informal, drop-in plant science talks at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden suitable for 12+.27 Mar. A trick(花招) of the light? How flower surfaces attract pollinators(授粉昆虫) Professor Beverley Glover, Director of the CUBG (Cambridge University Botanic. Garden) and Head of Group, Plant Evolution and Development Research, Department ofPlant Sciences24 Apr. The shapes that feed us: a pleasing journey into grass leaf shape Dr Devin O'Connor, the Leyser Group, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University29 May Nature's geometry (几何学): the interesting world of plant patterns(图案) Dr Siobhan Braybrook, Plant Growth Mechanics Group, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University26 Jun. A bird's-eye view of the natural world: learning about forests from aircraft Dr David Coomes, Head of Group, Forest Ecology and Conservation, Department of Plant Sciences24 Jul. Extreme green: plant adaptations(适应) to the world's most difficult environmentsDr Sam Brockington, Head of Group, Molecular Systematics & Evolution, Department of Plant SciencesScience on Sunday talks last 30 minutes and are free (as long as you have paid to get into the Garden); there is no need to book; just drop in to the Classroom at the Brookside Gate at 11 am (each talk repeated at 2 pm).21. Who is the director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden?A. Devin O'Connor.B. Beverley Glover.C. David Coomes.D. Siobhan Braybrook.22. What is the talk about in April?A. Tricky light.B. Leaf shape.C. Plant patterns.D. Plant adaptations.23. Where is the text probably taken from?A. A monthly review.B. A science report.C. A gardening guide.D. A local notice.BThe search engine Google celebrated on Thursday the 110th birthday of the first Native American woman engineer.Google honored Mary Ross with a special Google Doodle on its homepage.Ross was born on August 9，1908，in the state of Oklahoma.She was thegreat-granddaughter of John Ross，the longest—serving chief of the Cherokee Nation.Her work is considered important to the early stages of the age of space travel.Ross showed special abilities in math and science from an early age.As a student，she developed an interest in aviation，or the practice of flying aircraft.She went on to earn a master’s degree in mathematics from Colorado State Teachers College，now called the University of Northern Colorado.During World War II，Ross began working for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as a mathematician.She earned a special certification in the field from the University of California in1949.Ross was later chosen to join Lockheed’s top—secret Skunk Works team that worked on aircraft designs.The name refers to a group that is permitted to work independently on advanced projects.She was the only female engineer among the team’s 40 members.Early on，she researched defense systems.By the late 1950s，her work centered on satellites and a series of space rockets called Agenda.The rockets were extremelyimportant in the 1960s during the Apollo moon program.Ross also helped develop early design ideas for space travel between planets，including flyby space flights to study Venus and Mars.Ross retired from Lockheed in 1973.But she continued to give talks at high schools and colleges to encourage more women and Native Americans to study engineering.She died in 2008，a few months before her 100th birthday.Many celebrated Ross’life on social media.Twitter user Aaron Perez，for example，wrote:“Mary Ross was an engineer who pioneered in the field of satellites.I never would have known if it wasn’t for the doodle.Women engineers deserve more recognition.”24. Why did Google celebrate Mary Ross’110th birthday?A. She invented a new flying aircraft.B. She had been a great designer ever.C. She contributed a lot to space travel.D. She got a master’s degree in mathematics.25. What did Mary Ross do in the middle of20th century?A. She worked on Agenda.B. She gave talks at high schools.C. She helped women study engineering.D. She planned the Apollo moon program.26. Which of the following can best describe Mary Ross?A. Caring and cautious.B. Talented and creative.C. Generous and patient.D. Courageous and optimistic.27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Social media is very popular in the world.B. Every Twitter user thinks highly of Mary Ross.C. More attention should be paid to women engineers.D. Man has made greater progress in space technology.CEvery country has certain cultural patterns making it unique. Of course, habits and customs between cultures and countries tend to overlap(重叠). The popularity of social media, for instance, ignores borders and breaks down cultural differences. Technology has made the world a much smaller and culturally similar place. However, when looking at a foreign country, we will always find differences between our traditions and theirs. Young Italians and young Americans, for example, though alike in many respects, have also some pronounced differences, especially when it comes to work, pastimes and sports.Most American teens have part-time jobs through high school and college. Youths in Italy tend not to. The reasons behind this are multifaceted. It is, to begin with, rather hard in Italy to find the type of part-time jobs students usually take up. Moreover, there is also a different cultural attitude to take into consideration, especially when thinking of certain parts of Italy. Young Italians like to enjoy life to the full and feel there will be time to work once they become adults, hence the lack of interest in finding odd jobs while still in school. Like the old saying goes,some Italians work to Live, while some Americans often live to work.In a lot of ways, young Italians and Americans spend their free time in a similar fashion. Listening to music, watching movies, hanging out, practicing sports and surfing the Internet are all common ways to pass some free time. Italians, especially, make a point of going out and being social, often choosing between pizzeria or birrerie (place for pizza or beer), which stay open late. Italians often pile into a couple of cars and go out in a big group. In general, American teens participate in a lot of extracurricular(课外的) activities, many often through school, while Italians may not take part in so many.When going out, Italian teens tend to meet and gather on the streets of their cities or towns, something not as common in the United States, especially in highly populated areas. This very Italian habit can be linked to the urban arrangement of Italian towns. Many of them date back thousands of years and feature central piazzas(广场) and areas built around historical sites that have now become gathering places for the young. If you’re in Italy, don’t be surprised by the sight of hundreds gathered in a piazza or on the street, laughing and drinking the night away.28. The passage is mainly about ________.A. the unique lifestyles shared by American and Italian teensB. the relationship between young people of America and ItalyC. some customs and habits of the Americans and ItaliansD. some differences in tradition between young Americans and Italians29. By saying “some Italians work to live, while some Americans often live to work”, the author most probably wants to tell us that ________.A. Italians have a better life attitude toward workingB. Americans are more diligent and thus live a better lifeC. Americans and Italians both find it hard to locate a satisfying jobD. Italians and Americans have different choices regarding work30. According to paragraph 3, which of the following statements is true?A. American teens practice sports and surf the Internet to pass time.B. Italian youth take an active part in extracurricular activities.C. American teens like to drive out and social together in big groups.D. Italian youth enjoy pizza and beer because they are cheap.31. If there is one more paragraph in this passage, what will it most probably be about?A. The working conditions of the young Americans and Italians.B. The differences in practicing sports between teens of the two nations.C. The central piazzas and areas built around historical sites in Italy.D. The urban arrangement of the highly populated American cities.DLet us all raise a glass to AlphaGo and the advance of artificial intelligence. AlphaGo，DeepMind’s Go-playing AI，just defeated the best Go-playing human，Lee Sedol. But as we drink to its success. we should also begin trying to understand what it means for the future.The number of possible moves in a game of Go is so huge that. in order to win against a player like Lee. AlphaGo was designed to adopt a human—like style of gameplay by using a relatively recent development--deep learning. Deep learning uses large data sets，“machine learning”algorithms （计算程序） and deep neural networks to teach the AI how to perform a particular set of tasks. Rather than programming complex Go rules and strategies into AlphaGo，DeepMind designers taught AlphaGo to play the game by feeding it data based on typical Go moves. Then，AlphaGo played against itself, tirelessly learning from its own mistakes and improving its gameplay over time. The results speak for themselves.Deep learning represents a shift in the relationship humans have with their technological creations. It results in AI that displays surprising and unpredictable behaviour. Commenting after his first loss，Lee described being shocked by an unconventional move he claimed no human would ever have made. Demis Hassabis. one of DeepMind's founders，echoed this comment：“We're very pleased that AlphaGo played some quite surprising and beautiful moves. ”Unpredictability and surprises are—or can be—a good thing. They can indicate that a system is working well，perhaps better than the humans that came before it. Such is the case with AlphaGo. However，unpredictability also indicates a loss of human control. That Hassabis is surprised at his creation's behaviour suggests a lack of control in the design. And though some loss of control might be fine in the context of a game such as Go，it raises urgent questions elsewhere.How much and what kind of control should we give up to AI machines? How should we design appropriate human control into AI that requires us to give up some of that very control? Is there some AI that we should just not develop if it means any loss of human control? How much of a say should corporations，governments，experts or citizens have in these matters? These important questions, and many others like them，have emerged in response，but remain unanswered. They require human，not human - like，solutions.So as we drink to the milestone in AI, let's also drink to the understanding that the time to answer deeply human questions about deep learning and AI is now.32. What contributes most to the unconventional move of AlphaGo in the game?A. The capability of self-improvement.B. The constant input of large data sets.C. The installation of deep neutral networks.D. The knowledge of Go rules and strategies. 33. A potential danger of Al is _____. A. the loss of human control B. the friendly relationship C. the fierce competition D. the lack of challenge 34. How should we deal with the unpredictability of AI? A. We should stop AI machines from developing even further. B. We should call on the government to solve these problems for us. C. We should rely on ourselves and come up with effective solutions.D. We should invent even more intelligent machines to solve everything.35. What's the author’s attitude towards this remarkable advance in AI?A. Supportive.B. Optimistic.C. Doubtful.D. Cautious.第二节(共5小题;每题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。