2019-2020学年江西省赣州市会昌县会昌中学高二下学期开学考试英语试题(Word版) 听力

2019-2020学年江西省赣州市会昌县会昌中学高二下学期开学考试英语第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题l.5分，满分7.5分)1. How old is the man's own car?.A. One month old.B. One year old.C. Five years old.2. Who did the woman buy the shirt for?A. Herself.B. Her daughter.C. Her son.3. What did the speakers think of the movie?A. Meaningful.B. Confusing.C. Boring.4. What does the man like most about the park?A. It's clean thereB. It's relaxing there.C. It's beautiful there.5. What will the woman do tonight?A. Paint the living room.B. Visit her friend Jason.C. Have dinner at herparents'.第二节(共15小题；每小题l.5分，满分22.5分)听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What is the speakers' relationship?A. Friends.B. Neighbors.C. Renter and owner.7. Why does the woman complain about her neighbor?A. He is always rude to her.B. He always wakes her up in themorning.C. He always fixes things late at night.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How did Harriet know the time?A. From her iPhone.B. From her watch.C. From the sun.9. What does Don think about Harriet's explanation?A. It's wrong.B. It's funny.C. It's too scientific.10. Where might the conversation be taking place?A. In a field.B. In a classroom.C. At a computer lab.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does the woman say about playing basketball?A. She finds it pretty easy.B. She is good at it.C. She knows thegeneral rules.12. Where did the woman buy the basketball?A. In a store.B. On the street.C. At school.13. What will the speakers do first?A. Buy some special shoes.B. Go home to change.C. Find a basketballcourt..听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Where did the woman first meet the man?A. In high school.B. In a chemistry competition.C. In college.15. What did the man do after high school?A. He went straight to university.B. He traveled around the world.C. He worked at a small school.16. What is the school in Connecticut known for?A. Its famous teachers.B. Its foreign language department.C. Itslow cost.17. What does the woman mean in the end?A. It is enjoyable to study Chinese.B. It is her lifetime goal to speak Chinese well.C. It takes a long time to master a foreign language.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. What is the purpose of the staff meeting?A. To find ways to help Mrs. Smith.B. To announce Mrs. Smith's current situation.C. To figure out what's wrong with Mrs. Smith.19. Where did Mrs. Smith feel the pain?A. In her arm.B. In her lung.C. In hershoulder.20. How long has Mrs. Smith worked at the company?A. Less than two weeks.B. About three months.C. Over fiveyears.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)AHave trouble starting things? Don’t worry; you’re not alone. The following three geniuses procrastinated (拖延) just like you.★Composer Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart is said to have written the music for Don Giovanni in a single night —the night before the opera’s debut (首映). The 31-year-old genius could seemingly compose music in his mind and at times he didn’t put pen to paper until he’d completed the entire piece in his head first. At Don Giovanni’s debut, the ink on the sheet music was still wet from its last-minute copying, and there was no time for rehearsal (彩排).“Some notes fell under the stands,” Mozart said later, “but it went well.”★Architect Frank Lloyd WrightWright created his most famous structure at the age of 68 — in about two hours. In 1934, Pittsburgh department store manager Edgar Kaufmann Sr hired Wright to design a house. Wright visited the site and assured Kaufmann he had big plans. In truth, he hadn’t drawn a thing.Weeks became months, and on a Sunday morning, September 22, 1935, K aufmann suddenly decided to visit Wright’s studio and check his progress. He would arrive before lunch, Kaufmann explained over the phone, and he was very excited to see the designs. With Kaufmann hours from his door, Wright finished breakfast, then drew up the plans for what became Fallingwater — an icon of modern design and a US National Historic Landmark.★Novelist Victor HugoHugo began working on The Hunchback of Notre Dame in September 1830, against the deadline of February 1831. He bought an entire bottle of ink in preparation but sincerely did not feel like writing. So he got naked. Locking away his clothes to avoid the temptation of going outside, Hugo was left with nothing to wear but a large grey shawl (披肩). According to his wife, this shawl served as his uniform for many months. It worked. Using up all his ink, Hugo finished the book weeks before the deadline. He even considered titling it What Came Out of a Bottle of Ink.21. When did Mozart write the music for Don Giovanni?A. The night before the opera’s debut.B. During the rehearsal ofthe opera.C. The last minute before the opera’s debut.D. After the debut of theopera.22. What do we know about Fallingwater?A. The design came to Wright’s mind when he visited the site.B. Edgar Kaufmann was not satisfied with its design at first.C. Frank Lloyd Wright finished it during breakfast.D. It turned out to be a great success.23. Why did Hugo get naked when he wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame?A. He had more inspiration when he was naked.B. He had to stay inside to write when he was naked.C. He was so poor that he had nothing to wear.D. It was so hot that he couldn’t focus on writing with clothes on.BI believe in the power of science fiction, not just for its capacity to transform dreams into reality, but also for its power to bond together those who share a common vision of the future. For me, that’s true for my relationship with my dad. Some fathers and sons bond over sports, fishing or hunting, but my dad and I bond over Star Trek. We tried a trip to Disney World, but one of my earliest memories wasn’t Mickey, but a Kling on battle cruiser(巡洋舰)on the screen.Over the years, nearly every setting and situation has become far away for my dad and me. When it’s warm at night, we’re not driving along some dark streets in Indiana, but going at a slow speed with stars dimly shining. Both of us are thinking of them, without needing to say a word. All these visions of other universes have together created a private universe for my dad and me.Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek, once said, “Science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses( 绕过)a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects.” A lifetime of science fiction has influenced more than just my relationship with my dad, but has also helped me shape my own hopes for the future. I’m now a science writer.Y es, science fiction has made me into a “nerd” (书呆子), and it also has been a source of joy for my family, making me an optimist while enabling me to think critically about the danger of technology. Thank those authors who have shared their visions; the world and my family are better for it. Thank my dad, who is both the beststoryteller and the best man I have ever known because he helped me realize the truth of Tennyson’s words, “Since I dipped into the future, I saw the vision of the world, and all the won ders that would be.”24. What is the special bond between the author and his father?A. Their similar dreams.B. Their love for each other.C. Their common interest.D. Their hatred for science.25. What does the author mainly show in paragraph2?A. His deep impression on his dad.B. His feeling of staying withhis dad.C. His earliest memory of his dad.D. His good relationshipwith his dad.26. How does science fiction help the author at present?A. It leads him to pursue a desirable career.B. It brings him the courage to live better.C. It helps him solve the danger of technology.D. It makes him become a source of his family’s joy.27. What may be the best title for the text?A. The Wonders of ScienceB. The Power of ScienceFictionC. The Versions of Science FictionD. The Time together withMy FatherCI grew up in California but have spent about four years living in various parts of the UK. The first thing I noticed was that my West-Midlands host family did not sound like t he queen. I’ve learnt that accents change almost every five miles. As far as America goes. I ca n tell the West Coast from the East or the South, but I can’t tell you a state, much less a county (郡).The next thing I couldn’t imagine was the quiet, stare-ahead norm of public transportation- if you talk to somebody on the Tube, you’re probably a seria l killer or a lost tourist.I’ve had to deal with the Tube from Heathrow to Victoria with heavy bags more times and Victoria Station is not exactly tourist friendly. Each time I’ve had someone walk up and ask to help with my bags. Not once have they been English. In America, at least from what I’ve experienced, people will start a chat if they see you’re travelling by yourself, and I always immediately have someone taller offer to put my things in an overhead bin (行李箱).Opening hours-especially Sunday trading laws have also taken so much to get used to. In America, 24/7 fast food, grocery stores, petrol stations, etc. are the norm. In my first year in the UK, I forgot it was Easter Sunday, and went into town at 2：00 pm. Imagine my surprise when 1 found the c ity center was deserted, and there wasn’t a single car at Tesco. Approaching the building, I saw a large sign announcing opening times. I had to make do with plain bread until 9：00 am Monday, when I’d be able to pay for groceries again.Speaking of groceries, it took so many people telling me I was crazy to convinceme to eat eggs here- they’re not refrigerated, and they’ll often have bits of feather or chicken waste on the outside. 1 am now aware that they’re safe, but coming from a childhood of perfectly clean, white, la rge AAA eggs, I was convinced I’d die a terrible salmonella (沙门氏菌) death.28. What’s the author’s impression of the transportation of the UK?A. It’s very dangerous to use public transportations.B. It’s easy for a tourist 10 get lost on public transportations.C. British people willingly offer help on public transportations.D. British people don’t talk to each other on public transportations.29. What happened on Easter Sunday in the author’s first year in the UK?A. He left the city center.B. He failed to buy any food.C. A supermarket closed down.D. A restaurant opened in a tall building.30. What is a good suggestion to a foreigner in the UK?A. Try to speak like the queen.B. Avoid eating unhealthy eggs.C. Store some plain bread in the fridge.D. Pay attention to the opening hours of the shops.31. What’s the best title for the text?A. How to Get Used to Life in the UKB. What do I Find Strange about the UKC. How Difficult It Is to Travel in the UKD. What Can a Foreigner Expect in the UKDIt’s peak cold and flu season, w hich means taking a lot of preventative measures. Frequent hand-washing is a must, as is avoiding co-workers or friends who are sick. But we humans are not the only animals that change behavior to prevent diseases. So do ants.“So there are the foragers (觅食者) and the nurses —they’re two different groups.”Nathalie Stroeymeyt of the University of Lausanne and his colleagues observed ants to see their reaction to the presence of a pathogen (病原体). “With the nurses staying inside taking care of the young, the foragers are the workers outside of the nest to collect food and defend the territory.”Forager ants are at greater risk of getting exposed to diseases because they leave the safety of the nest. So the researchers sprayed a common fungus (真菌) on a small group of forager ants and then followed their movements to see the way other ants reacted. After the infection, the nurse and forager ants stayed within their cliques (小团体) and interacted less outside of their work group. The researchers also saw that forager ants spent more time outside of the nest.The researchers also measured the amount of fungus on each ant and saw that it was almost completely contained to the forager group. Some nurse ants and even the Queen did have some fungus on them but the amount was small enough that they could easily clean it off their bodies.Not only does the cliquish behavior stop the spread of the fungus, “but it allowsyou to develop immunization (免疫). Something that’s quite interesting in these ants is that when they receive a very small amount of the fungus, they don’t have an increase in death risk because it’s low enough that they can heal. It sort of boosts their immune defenses and protects them against later exposure to the same pathogen.”It seems that in their ability to avoid infecting other members of the community, ants may be more advanced than we are.32. What is the text mainly about?A. How ants distribute work.B. How ants adapt to climatechange.C. How ants communicate with each other.D. How ants preventdiseases.33. What do we know about forager ants?A. They are responsible for taking care of the young.B. They are more likely to catch diseases, compared to nurse ants.C. They live isolated from nurse ants.D. They can produce fungus when they are ill.34. When forager ants are infected with fungus, ________.A. the nurse ants will take care of themB. they will stop working and get agood restC. they will spend more time outside to avoid infecting other antsD. they will suffer a lot and die soon35. Ants’ such cliquish behavior _______.A. can be found in most insects in natureB. is good for improving their immune defensesC. is only effective for stopping the spread of certain fungiD. can be learnt by people to develop our immunization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。