新蔡县评估测评考试
高二英语试题
（考试时间：100 分钟 试卷满分：120 分）
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第一部分 听力（ 略）
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，共 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
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高二英语试题housemates (all college students). Available from 28th June to end of August.
￡80 a week.
Call David on 0770 9885 301
New Modern Apartment to Rent near Colney Hatch Lane
10 minutes by bike from the city centre and only five minutes away from supermarket. Lovely, large room with new furniture. Bathroom with shower and bath. Share with 2 other college students.
￡80 per week.
Ready to move in from the beginning of August? Prepared to stay for a year at least?
Call 0897 2670 428
21. How much should you pay for half a year if you are prepared to rent Emily’s house? A. ￡350.
B. ￡700.
C. ￡1,050.
D. ￡2,100.
22. Which place is good for somebody who need a room only for the summer? A. The house in Victoria Street. B. The 4-bedroom house in Shurley. C. The 3-bedroom Oxford apartment.
D. The modem apartment near Colney Hatch Lane.
23. If you want to rent a room near Colney Hatch Lane, which number should you call? A. 7344 5967 533. B. 0771 8551 334. C. 0897 2670 428.
D. 0770 9885 301.
B
Sam thought he'd never be able to get a job as a barista（咖啡师）. The Toronto teen has autism(自闭症）with a movement disorder, and feared he wouldn’t be able to work behind a coffee counter because of the sudden movements he sometimes makes.
But the manager at a local Starbucks believed in him and gave him a chance. Sam is now enjoying his new job thanks to an unexpected way: dance.
In a video posted on YouTube this week by Carly Fleischmann, Sam is seen dancing while preparing Starbucks drinks. According to Fleischmann, who herself has autism and likes to share her experiences on her social page, the Starbucks manager was the person who encouraged Sam to “turn his movements into dance”.
The store manager, Chris Ali, told CTV News this week that they’d discovered Sam’s talent for dancing while the pair listened to music at work.
“It was something that kind of came along. Sam loves to dance,” he said. “Bringing dance to his work really helped him control some of the movement disabilities he’s had.”
Ali added that the- dancing has also helped build Sam’s self-confidence.
“When he was offered a job to work at Starbucks, Sam told his parents that for the first time ... his life had real meaning,” wrote Fleischmann in a Facebook post. “It has taken Sam and Chris a lot of hours to get
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Sam to do what he is doing in the video… If it wasn’ t for Chris believing in Sam, he would have never believed in himself. More people like Sam need to be seen and heard.”
Sam, Fleischmann noted, has come to be known as the “dancing barista.” Ali told CTV News that customers love the teen’s dancing，and that many visit the store just to see him dance.
24. Chris Ali found Sam’s talent for dancing .
A. while drinking coffee B. while working with Sam C. from a YouTube video D. from a local newspaper
25. What do we know about Sam before he worked at Starbucks? A. He often talked to himself. B. He always danced to the music. C. He shared dance videos on YouTube. D. He had no confidence in himself. 26. What can dancing provide Sam with? A. More time with his boss. B. More praise from his parents. C. More control over his movements. D. More chances of getting new jobs.
27. What did Fleischmann think of Sam’s dancing while working? A. It was out of style. B. It was unacceptable. C. It was easy to copy. D. It was video-worthy.
C
A study of a prehistoric dog that was buried with two people shows that the animal had
experienced several bouts（ 发作） of a possibly deadly illness. The fact it survived them suggests its owners cared for their dog as a pet.
The Bonn-Oberkassel dog was discovered a century ago in Germany. It was buried alongside the remains of a man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s. All are about 14,200 years old.
A common idea is that prehistoric humans trained dogs to put them to work.
However, Janssens and other researchers at Ghent University in Belgium say there is a possibility that we trained dogs simply because we liked having them as pets.
Their study of the dog shows it was in terrible health. Although only about 7 months old when it died，the dog had experienced three periods of serious illness when it was between 19 and 23 weeks old.
“The first bout would have been enough to be deadly to most dogs in the wild,” says Janssens. \
高二英语试题came two other bouts，and the possibility that the animal would have survived without human help is very, very low.”
The researchers argue that the sick dog would have been unable to do any useful work. In fact, keeping it alive was probably an unpleasant task for its owners.
Its survival suggests that its owners felt friendship, just like a modern dog owner. “This is the first time we have found evidence to suggest that dogs were treated without expectation of any usefulness,” says Janssens.
Friendship may have helped drive dog training, says Mietje Germonpre at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. “Baby wolves could have been kept to provide company,” she says. \raising of baby wolves as pets could have been a stepping stone on the way to the training of the dog.”
It is important that the dog was buried, says Pat Shipman at Pennsylvania State University. “When you start burying animals, it means a special relationship of some kind.”
28. What do we know about the buried prehistoric dog? A. It was raised as a pet. B. It was good at hunting. C. It was kept to guard houses.
D. It could communicate well with humans. 29. What did the study of the dog show? A. It died of an injury. B. It was strictly trained. C. It was quite old when it died. D. It possibly received human help.
30. What did Janssens think of the Bonn-Oberkassel dog’s owners? , A. Strong-minded.
B. Hard-working. C. Cheerful.
D. Caring.
31. What did prehistoric humans’ burying dogs suggest according to Pat Shipman? A. They had deep feelings for dogs.
B. They followed special cultural traditions. C. They placed importance on animal deaths. D. They raised dogs differently from other animals.
D
Does a grasshopper taco(墨西哥蚂蚱卷饼）sound delicious? If you were living in another part of the world — say, Mexico or Thailand or Kenya — the idea of eating insects might not seem strange to you at all. For thousands of years, insect-eating has been common practice among many of the world’s people. According to insect-eaters around the world, insects are tasty. “When I traveled in Mexico, I tried grasshoppers and found them really delicious,” Arnold van Huis, an insect scientist from Wageningen University in the Netherlands told TFK.
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Insect fans say insects are not only tasty, they are also nutritious. Arnold van Huis is working with other scientists to encourage insect-eating in areas where it is already common, as well as in Europe and North America, where people are more likely to kill an insect than eat it.
According to the United Nations, the planet's population is now almost 7 billion. It is expected to reach 9 billion before 2050. By that time, people’s need for meat is expected to double. Raising animals requires large areas of farmland, and feeding the animals can be expensive. “We have to find something else to take the place of meat,” Arnold van Huis says. \ insects.
Raising insects would require less land, says Arnold van Huis. Insects would also be cheaper to feed. “We throw away one-third of our food,” he says. “Insects could feed on that.”
For insect-eating to become popular in the U.S., Brian Fisher, an insect scientist at the California Academy of Sciences, says people must be careful with ready-to-eat insects. There are more than 1,700 types of insects that are safe to eat. But do not even think of eating insects from your backyard, since there is no way of knowing if they are dangerous! If you really want to eat insects, it is possible to order insect cuisine (烹任) at a handful of U.S. restaurants.
Arnold van Huis is working with chefs in the Netherlands to develop delicious insect recipes. For one experiment, his team prepared two types of meatballs: some made with meat and others made with mealworms and meat. In a blind taste test, nine out of 10 people preferred the mealworm meatballs. 丨
In the future, will eating insects be common practice for people in Europe and North America? “I’m completely sure it will, ”says Arnold van Huis.
32. What can we learn about insect-eating in Thailand or Kenya? A. It is not allowed. C. It is very popular.
A. It would save more livestock.
B. It would solve environmental problems. C. It would provide more nutrition for people. D. It would help feed the world’s growing population.
34. Why does Brian Fisher advise people to go to restaurants to eat insects? A. Insect cuisine ordered there is delicious. B. Insects cooked there taste more like meat. C. Insects cooked there are safe enough to eat, D. Different insect cuisine can be chosen there.
35. How might Arnold van Huis feel about the experimental result mentioned in Paragraph 6? A. Fearful.
B. Satisfied
C. Doubtful.
D. Surprised.
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。 Keeping the memory in shape is important at any age, but it requires a bit more work as we grow. There
高二英语试题
are some simple activities that can improve your memory. 36 Awaken your senses.
Use your senses to help your memory store needed information. 37 You can ask yourself like this: Is the sky a light blue or deep purple? The more involved you can be in the information, the easier it is for your brain to store it.
Use imagination and relation.
Trying to remember names? Let’s say you meet a man named Frank Parker. 38 Tie the two together by picturing Frank dressed up in a piece of hot dog clothing parking his car in the parking lot. Now each time you see Frank, you should easily recall his name.
Breathe deeply and relax.
39 Relax, breathe deeply and slowly and let your mind ease up for a minute. Being relaxed makes it easier for information to be both stored and remembered.
40 When you come upon something you need to remember, say to yourself, “Hey, pay attention and remember this!” You are giving yourself a wake-up call as well as giving your mind a marker that it can use to help in storing the new information.
A. Give yourself an order. B. Get a good night’s sleep.
C. Here are four of them to get you started. D. Picture a hot dog for Frank and a car for Parker.
E. For example, note the colors of a picture you want to remember. F. When we try hard to remember something we often become nervous.
G. The way you live influences not only your physical health but also your memory. 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项。
I have suffered from depression from a young age, and it heavily influenced my teenage years. After a long struggle, I found 41 and it changed my life. My depression really started after my family 42 to the UK when I was about eleven years old. Getting used to life in a foreign country was very 43 . Friends I knew were gone, and the change in environment, school and family life 44 my depression. I had a lot of 45 in life. This made it feel impossible for me to 46 . For years I woke up a lot in the middle of the nights, 47 and unable to deal with my depression. At the time, I didn’t understand it was a(n) 48 . I remember one day I was coming back home after playing in the park, I couldn’t 49 strength (力气）to get myself home. I leaned (倚靠）against a wall and 50 . It felt like I was carrying the world on my shoulders. I never really turned to anyone either, 51 I felt there wasn’t anyone who could help with my 52. Looking back now I know I was 53 and I could have dealt with 第 3 页 共 4 页
B. It is not common. D. It is rather strange.
33. According to Arnold van Huis, what would be an advantage of eating more insects?
things better.
What turned around my life was 54 street dancing. I was encouraged by a friend, and I 55 taking classes at a studio in London. I then went out and 56 a lot of other dancers to practice and train with. It gave me a 57, and the happiness I got from it helped me 58 my depression. The dancing helped change my life and my studies.
My 59 to anyone who might go through something like this is reach out for help. 60 myself up means that I can get help when I need it. My friends have offered me their support when I need someone to talk with.
41 . A. work 42. A. traveled 43. A. difficult 44. A. treated 45. A. interests 46. A. give in 47. A. sad 48. A. failure 49. A. lose 50. A. showed off 51. A. as 52. A. studies 53. A. wrong 54. A. giving up 55. A. continued 56. A. called 57. A. lesson 58. A. manage 59. A. promise 60. A. Holding
B. dance B. drove B. exciting B. caused B. choices B. show up B. pleased B. exercise B. increase B. got off B. but B. situation B. strange B. watching B. started B. allowed B. purpose B. develop B. support B. Picking
C. love C. moved C. boring C. stopped C. surprises C. carry on C. comfortable C. fear C. find C. turned down C. unless C. research C. smart C. getting into C. regretted C. expected C. reason C. experience C. reply C. Opening
D. music D. rushed D. easy D. hid D. troubles D. stand out D. surprised D. illness D. test D. fell down D. though D. stories D. fine D. teaching D. suggested D. met D. feeling D. know D. advice D. Warming
palaces 66 had been hidden before the Germans came could now be used to rebuild the city. It was not easy. Painters and workers had to be very 67 (care) when they were trying to bring the city back to life. It was difficult to save the palaces and buildings without 68 (destroy) their old beauty. Now, after years of hard work, parts of statues have been put back together and missing pieces have been replaced. Old 69 (painting) have been recreated, and the old palaces have been made as wonderful as they were in 70 past.
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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，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。
My best friend is called Ann. She’s American and she moved to here with her parents five years before. She’s a really nice person; whenever I had a problem she’s always ready to helping me. Sometimes we go out to the cinema and watch a film at home and we have great time together. Sometimes I invite her to eat dinner with me and introduce her to as much people as possible. Last night I made dumplings for her. The dumplings were so deliciously that she ate a lot! I really enjoy spend time with her. Next month she will go back to her countries, but hopefully we can keep in touch by email.
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友 Peter 将于 1 月来中国旅游，请你用英语给他写封信。内容包括： 1. 写信的目的；
2. 来中国前请做些准备，如看一些有关中国文化的书，学会使用筷子等。 注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Peter,
How is everything with you?
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 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。
St Petersburg, 61 (found) by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. In 1941, the Germans tried to destroy the city. They burned many of the palaces. St Petersburg was almost 62 ruins: Buildings were destroyed, and statues lay in pieces on the ground. Rebuilding the city and 63 (it) cultural relics seemed impossible, but the people of this great city would not give up, “We will not let our city be destroyed, and we will do everything we can 64 (save) our city!”
When the Germans had gone, the people of St Petersburg 65 (begin) rebuilding the city. Pieces of the
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