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2020-2021学年江苏省常州市市统考高一下学期期中考试英语试卷第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。A

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cificcategory.BlueMoonClubBlueMoonisWhitmanCollege'sannualartandliterarymagazine.Itisentirelystudent-staffedandfeaturesoutstandin

gart,poetry,anddigitalmediafromtheWhitmancommunity.TheColumbiaScholasticPressAssociationawardedBlueMoonvol.25（2012）theGoldMedalandtheC

ollegeMagazineSilverCrown.Wewelcomestudentsofalllevelsofexperiencetoapplyforstaffpositions,aswellastosubmittheirworksinthesecondsemester.C

ontactPeople:EliCohen(cohenea@whitman.edu),andJillianBriglia(briglijb@whitman.edu)DramaClubDramaClubhel

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riptoAshlandandDramaBanquet.ContactPeople:DonovanOlsen(olsenmda@whitman.edu),DaniSchlenker（schlendm@whitman.edu),andHaileyHunte

r(hunterhc@whitman.edu)PokerClubTheWhitmanCollegePokerClubisaneworganization,establishedwiththepurposeofcreatingafunan

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therstyles,Wealsohostcampus-widedanceslikeSpringSwing,andtellstudentsaboutotherlocalswingdancegroups.ContactPeople:SandyHattan(hat

tans@whitman.edu),andZaynabBrown(brownz@whitman.edu)1.WhatistheadvantageoftheBlueMoonClub？A.It'seasytojointh

eclub.B.Ithelpsitsmemberswinawards.C.Allofitsmembersareexperienced.D.Itsmagazineisanoutstandingone.2.Whoshouldyoucontactifyouareinterestedinthethea

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itieseveryday.C.Itmainlyfocusesonswingdance.D.Itcompeteswithotherdancegroups.B“Ohboys,don’tthrowstonesatthepoorbird,”saidanoldgrey

-headedman.“Sir,”saidalittlefellow,“shemakessuchaloudnoisethatwecan’tsufferfromher.”“Yes,butsheusesthevoicewhichn

aturegaveher,andIamafraidthestonewillrebound（弹回）,andhurtyouaslongasyoulive!”“Rebound!Wedon’tunderstandyou,sir!”“Well,comeandIwilltellyo

uastory.”“Isitatruestory?”“Yes,everywordistrue.”“Fiftyyearsago,Iwasaboylikeyou.Iusedtothrowstonesveryaccurately.”“

OnedayIwenttoworkforanoldcouple.Theywereverykindtoeverybodyandeverything.Fewhadsomanybirdsmakingtheirnestsundertheroofsoft

heirhouses.Thebirdsseemedtolovethecouple.Forsevenyearsabirdhadcome,afterthelongwinterwasover,andbuilthernestinthesameplace,andraisedheryoungchicks

there.SheandhermatehadjustreturnedwhenIwenttheretowork,andthecouplewelcomedthemheartily.”“Duringtheday,Itho

ughtIwouldtrymyskilluponher.Shesatonapoleandlookedatmetrustfully.Ifoundanicestone,andIthrewitwithmyutmostskill.Itstruckthebirdon

theheadandshedroppeddead!”“Isaidnothingtotheoldcoupleaboutit.ButoneoftheirgrandchildrentoldthemwhatIhaddone.Icouldn

everlookattheminthefaceafterwards.Oh,thatIshouldhavetoldthemhowsorryIwas!”“Theyhavebeendeadmanyyears,andso

hasthepoorbird;butdon’tyouseehowthatstonerebounded,andhitme?Howmuchthememoryofithashurtme!Mydearboys,IwouldpayagreatdealtodayifIcouldundowh

atIdid!“ForfiftyyearsIhaverememberedit.Ihaveneverspokenofitbefore,butifwhatmywordswillpreventyoufromthrowing

astonethatmayrebound,Iwillbehappy.”Theboysatoncedroppedthestonestheyhadintheirhands,andthebirdhadnomoretr

oublefromthem.1.Whydidtheboythrowstonesatthebird?A.Becauseshewastoonoisytotheboy.B.Becauseshehadavoicenaturegaveher.C.Becausethestonealwaysrebounded

totheboy.D.Becausetheboywantedtheoldmantotellhimastory.2.Formanyyearsaftertheoldmankilledthebird,hefelt_______________.A.proudB.uneasyC.rel

axedD.excited3.Theoldmantoldtheboyhisstoryinorderto_______________.A.makefunofhimB.educatehimwithalifelessonC.drivehimawayfrombirdsD.remind

himnottoplaywithstones4.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage？A.Thestonethatrebounds.B.Theboythatthrowsstones.C.Thebirdsthatsingwell.D.Theoldmanthattel

lsstories.CForsomepeople,there’snobettercompanionthanman’sbestfriend–adog.Thisfour-leggedcaninecanbringcomfortandjoy

andprovidemuch-neededexerciseforyouwhenitneedswalkies!Thisprobablyexplainswhydogownershipincreasedlastyearbecausepeoplespentmoretimeathom

eduringthecoronaviruspandemiclockdown.Itwasdemandforpuppiesinparticularthatsawthebiggestincrease.Whocouldn’tresisttheirplayfulper

sonalities,adorableeyes,andsuper-softcoats?However,asdemandforanewpoochincreased,sodidthepricetag.Popularbreeds,sucha

sCockapoosandCockerSpaniels,sawevensharperpriceincreases,andpuppieshavebeensellingfor£3,000ormore.Anima

lwelfarecharitiesfearthathighpricescouldencouragepuppyfarming,smuggling(贩卖)ordogtheft.AndaBBCinvestigationfoundsomebreedershavebeensellingpuppies(幼犬)

andkittensonsocialmediasites–somethingcharitieshavecalled“extremelyirresponsible”.Butdespitesomenewownerspurchasingadoglegally,maybefro

marescuecentreorregisteredbreeder,they’veprovedtobeill-preparedforlifewithanewpet,andthepetitselfhasfoundithardtoc

ometotermswithlifeinanewhome.AnimalbehaviouristsintheUKhavereportedasurgeinrequeststohelpdogssufferingfromfear-aggression(害怕攻击)afte

rtheirliveshavebeenturnedupsidedown.Lookingtothefuture,thereareconcernsaboutthewelfare(幸福安康)ofthesemuch-lov

edpets.IanAtkin,manageroftheOxfordshireAnimalSanctuaryintheUK,toldtheBBC:“Atthemoment,thedogsarehavingagreat

time,butseparationanxietycouldstillsurfacewhenpeoplegobacktowork.”AndClaireCalderfromtheUK’sDogsTrustrescuecharitysays“theeconomicsituationalsomea

nsthatsomepeoplemayfindtheycan’taffordtolookafteradog.”Themessageisnottobuyapuppyinhasteandtopickonethat

fitsintoyourlifestyle.1.Whydiddogownershipincreaseduringthecoronaviruspandemic？A.Becausepeoplewerelookingforcompanionshipan

dexercise.B.Becausedogswerealsolockeddowntogetherwithpeople.C.Becausedogsbecamemoreplayful,lovelyandlikeable.D.Becausethepriceofdogs

increasedatthesametime.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“cometotermswith”mostprobablymean？A.rescueB.regretC.accessD.accept3.Howmightgoin

gbacktoworkaffectthelifeofadog？A.ItspricewouldbeincreasedsharplyB.ItmightbesoldonsocialmediaC.ItcanbesmuggledandstolenD.

Itcouldsufferfromseparationanxiety4.Theauthorwritesthisarticlemainlytotalkabout_______________.A.someconcernsaboutth

ewelfareofpetdogs.B.somebadbehaviorspeopledotopetdogs.C.whypeopleshouldraiseapetdogathome.D.whydogsarebecomingmoreandmoreexpensiveDThi

snewForeverstampfromtheU.S.PostalServicehonorsDr.Chien-ShiungWu(1912-1997),oneofthemostinfluentialnuclearphysicistsofthe20thcentu

ry.ThestampartfeaturesadetailedportraitofWu,wearingablack-and-whitetraditionalChinesedressknownasqipao.The

backgroundwaspaintedwithanancient,highlyvaluedcolorhistoricallyusedinartisticdepictionsofangelsandnobleness.Du

ringacareerofmorethan40yearsinafielddominated(主宰)bymen,Wuprovedherselfastheexpertonmarkingresearchtotestfundamental

(基础的)theoriesofphysics.In1944,WuacceptedapositionundertheDivisionofWarResearchatColumbiaUniversityworkingfortheManhattanproject.Carryingouthighlysec

retresearchfortheproductionoftheworld'sfirstatomicbomb,Wumadeinvaluablecontributionstotheexperimentalprocessofusingtheuraniumato

m(铀原子).Afterthewarended,WustayedonatColumbiaasaresearchprofessor,focusingherexperimentationonbetadeca

y(β衰变).Withimaginationandcarefulresearch,shecreatedamoreprecisespectrometer(分光器)tofinallyexplaintheproblemofbetadecay,onethathadtroubledp

hysicistsinAmericaandacrossEuropeformanyyears.In1956,theoreticalphysicistsTsung-DaoLeeandChen-NingYangapproachedWuforhelpindevelopingat

heorythatchallengedthefoundationallawofconservationofparity(宇称守恒定律).Wucreatedathoughtfulanddifficulte

xperimenttotestthetheory.Sheobservedthat,inweakinteractions(弱相互作用),parityisnotconserved-afindingthathelpedthetwoleadphysicistsearnth

eNobelPrizeinPhysics.ArtdirectorEthelKesslerdesignedthestampwithoriginalartbyKamMak.TheChien-ShiungWustampisbeingissued(发行)asaForev

erstamp.ThisForeverstampwillalwaysbeequalinvaluetothecurrentFirst-ClassMailone-ounceprice.1.WhatdoweknowaboutChien-

ShiungWufromthisarticle？A.ShelikedwearingChineseclothes.B.Sheworkedforthefirstatomicbomb.C.ShewontheNobelPrize

inPhysics.D.Shewasthebestfemalescientistinphysics.2.HowcanwedescribeChien-ShiungWu'sresearch?A.FocusedB.Independent.C.RoughD.Part-time3.Whydoes

thenewstamphonorDrChien-ShiungWu？A.ShewasaChineseAmerican.B.Shealwayshelpedotherphysicists.C.Shewasafemalescientistinth

eman-dominatedfield.D.Shecontributedmuchtomanytheoriesofphysics.4.Whatisthepurposeofthisarticle？A.Topraiseascientist.B.Tointroduce

anewstamp.C.Totalkaboutascienceresearch.D.Todiscusstheartofstamps.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项

中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Haveyoueverbeenonsocialmediaandseenyourfavouritesuperstarstalkingaboutaproduct?Theseendorsements(代言)mightnotbetotal

lyaccidental,andareactuallyseenasaimportantpartofthemarketingprocess.(1)____________.Humandesireformakingfriends,combi

nedwithourneedtobelongtoagroup,makeuseasytobe‘sociallyinfluenced’.(2)____________.So,whatdotheseendorsementsactuallydo

?Firstly,theycanbeusedtobuildbrand(品牌)awareness.Asocialmediainfluencershouldhaveastrongunderstandingoftheplatformtheyoperateon,andthereforecancr

eateengagingcontentthatnotonlycontributestothebrandimage,butsparkstheirfollowers’interestsinaproducttheymightneverhaveseenbefore.Seco

ndly,influencerscanimproveacompanyorproduct’srelationshipwiththeircustomerbase.AccordingtoInMoment’s2018USRetailCXTrendsReportoncus

tomerloyalty,77%ofbuyershavebeenbrandloyalformorethantenyears.(3)____________.Apopularstarcantalkorblogaboutaproduct,whichcanc

reateaninstantandlastingbondwiththeconsumer.(4)____________.Wearemorelikelytorespondto‘peerrecommendation’thantraditionalads,meaningthefact

weseeaninfluencerasa‘friend’canmakeuslesslikelytobescepticalaboutwhatweareseeing.So,thenexttimeyouseeacelebritytalkingaboutaproduc

t,youmightwanttoconsiderit.(5)____________.Ifyoufindyourselfperusing(细看)aproductyou’veseenonsocialmedia,you

maywellhavebeeninfluenced.A.Finally,it’seasiersaidthandone.B.Thisisalsotrueof60%ofmillennials(千禧一代).C

.Thequestionis:wherecanwefindtheinformationofit?D.Sohowdosocialmediainfluencers‘influence’whatyoubuy?E.Lastly,influen

cerscanimprovecustomerbuyinghabitswithseemingly‘fairopinion’.F.Itcouldbeacarefullycraftedmarketingstrategydesignedtotargetyourcoreneeds.G.C

ompaniesoftenusethatdesiretohaveasimilarlifestyletoacelebrityweadmiretohawkorlaunchaproduct.第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从

每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。ThisoneAntarctic1glacier(冰川)isthesizeoftheUKandisalready(1)____________fo

rfivepercentofworldsealevelrise.AndtheratetheThwaitesGlacierismeltinghas(2)____________fivetimesinthelast30yea

rs.Lastyear,ateamofBritishandAmericanscientists(3)____________campontheglacier.Itisoneofthemost(4)____________placesonEarth.Bymeasuringthegravitati

onal(重力)pulloftheseabedundertheice,theydiscoveredanetworkofdeepchannels,a(5)____________stepinunderstandingwhy

theglacierischangingsorapidly.Thisiswhatthey(6)____________ishappening.Aseriesofhugechannels-somealmostakilometr

e(7)____________theice-allowthewarmer,deepoceanwatertoflowuptothefrontoftheglacier,(8)____________itincreasinglyrapidly.Anotherteamofscie

ntistsworkedfromanicebreakershipatthefrontoftheglacier.Exceptional5seaicebreak-uplastyear,meanttheycould(9)____________over2,000s

quarekilometresoftheseafloorinfrontoftheThwaitesiceshelf.It'ssoimportanttounderstandwhat'sgoingoninA

ntarcticatoday,(10)____________thesebigglaciers6likeThwaites,becausetheyarechangingreallyquicklyastheclimatewarmsandastheymelt,theyare

(11)____________moreandmorewatertoourglobaloceans,whichisincreasingthe(12)____________ofseawater.Thereisupto

threeandahalfmetresofsealevelriselockedupintheicehereinWestAntarctica.That'senoughto(13)____________themapoftheEarth,(14)____________ma

nyoftheworld'sgreatestcities.Understandingwhythisremoteareaischangingandhowquicklyitwilldoso,is(15)________

____iftheworldistopreparefortherisingwaterstocome.1.A.responsibleB.readyC.famousD.suitable2.A.develop

edB.stoppedC.addedD.risen3.A.setoffB.setupC.setoutD.setin4.A.beautifulB.reasonableC.remoteD.popular5.A.plainB.keyC.complexD.speci

fic6.A.thinkB.hopeC.forgetD.prefer7.A.aboveB.uponC.beyondD.below8.A.meltingB.freezingC.coveringD.moving9.A.protectB.studyC.shake

D.design10.A.finallyB.surprisinglyC.fortunatelyD.especially11.A.forbiddingB.boilingC.feedingD.applying12.A.w

idthB.timeC.temperatureD.level13.A.reshapeB.reviewC.recoverD.repeat14.A.cleaningB.floodingC.surroundingD.balancing15.A.difficultB.commonC.beneficia

lD.impossible第二节（共10小题；每小题1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TheNewYorkTimespublishedanarticlerecentlythats

howsgreatregretforthe"deathofconversation".Itsuggeststhat(1)____________technologysuchascellphones,e-mails,andInternetp

ostingmakesusfeelmore(2)____________(connect)thanever,they’realsodrivingusawayfrompeoplearoundus.Usersgetfinalconnect

ivity(3)____________priceofface-to-faceconversation.LanGuo,19,afreshmanEnglishmajorfromChangshaUniversity,

saidthatshewouldliketohearpeople’stoneofvoiceandseetheirfacesinaconversation.Shementionsthat(4)____________(lose)our

selvesinmobiletechnologyreducesourchanceofstartingconversationswithstrangersand(5)____________(meet)people．Theconceptof“Ishare,th

ereforeIam”amongthisgeneration.Youngpeoplearesobusycreatingorpolishingtheironlinepersona(网络人格)thattheyforget(6)____________toliveareallife.

Forexample,theymaycaremoreaboutbloggingaboutattendingapartyratherthanenjoyingbeingthere.However,expertsremindusthati

t’s(7)____________(fair)toblamemobiletechnology.ChenChen,asociologyexpertatChinaYouthandChildrenResearchCenter,(8)____________(poin

t)outthatitisstillownersofmobiletechnologythatareavoidingpersonalcontact.Wetakeadvantageofthesedevices(9)____________(hide)ourselvesfro

mothers.Textingmessagesorcallingmaybeanexcusetoavoidcontactwithothers,suchashavingeyecontact.“When(10)____

________(strengthen)conversation,wecanunderstandeachother.Simplythrowingawaythemobilephonesisnotasolution.”shesaid.第四部分翻译句子（满分20分）1.你

的努力将给传统中国化注入新的生命力，相应地，你也会得到回报。Youreffortwill__________new__________intotraditionalChinesecultureand_______________

_____,youwillgetrewarded.2.她立刻意识到，哪怕自己稍微的迟疑就会引起难以想象的损失。Itimmediately____________________herthatherslightest

hesitationwould____________________tounimaginableloss.3.黑暗中，如果妻子和丈夫走散，父母和孩子分开，再见面将是毫无希望。If,inthedarkness,wifewasseparatedfromhusban

d,____________________from__________,therewasnohopeof__________meetingagain.4.四目交织着，他们沉浸于彼此的陪伴之中，任凭外面的世界纷乱嘈杂。W

itheyes__________toeachother’s,theyenjoyed______________________________,leavingtherestoftheworldinabsolutechaos.5.

不要妄想你为大自然所做的一切都会有回报！大自然是慈爱的母亲，也是冷血的屠夫。Nevertakeit____________________thateveryeffortyoumakefornaturewillalwa

ys____________________!Natureiskindofalovingmother,butalsoabutcherincoldblood.第五部分写作（满分20分）假如你是李华，你校上周行了主题是“在运用中学英语”的年度英语节活动，持续一周。请你为校英文报写

一篇报道，内容包括：1.活动目的；2.具体内容；3.活动反响。注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。EnglishFestivalgoesoffwithabang！ByLiHua21April________

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C篇：ADDAD篇：BADB七选五：DGBEF完形填空：ADBCBADABDCDABC语法填空：1.while/though/although2.connected3.at4.losing5.meeting6.how7.unfair8.po

ints9.tohide10.strengthening翻译句子：1.breathe,life,in,turn2.occurred,to,giverise3.or,parent,child,their4.glued,each,other's,company5.f

or,granted,pay,off作文EnglishFestivalgoesoffwithabang！ByLiHua28AprilOurannualschoolEnglishFestivalfinishedonFridayand

onceagainitwasamazinglyinstructive.ToenablestudentstomasterEnglishbyusingit,thisyear'sthemewas“EnglishforUse”.Everylassdecora

tedtheirclassroomwithEnglish.OnMonday,weattendedalectureentitled“AuthenticEnglish”.InThursday’sEnglishE

vening,studentsactedoutdifferentshortplays.Fridayafternoon’soralcompetitionwasthemedonEnglishinreallife.Thefestivalattr

actedandinspiredusalot.ManysaytheyhavefinallyunderstoodthebestwayofEnglishlearning.