安徽省桐城市2019-2020学年高二下学期英语期中教学检测试题

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    Hillcrest Museum

    Enjoy an experience of digging up the past. Handle pieces of ancient tools and other objects from many countries. Learn to date them and see what they tell us about how people lived then. School groups should book in advance.

    Open daily July 1 until Labour Day weekend.

    Admission fees are ﹩5.00 per adult. ﹩3.00 per student; children under 5 are free.

    Red House

    Travel back to the time of the novelist Charlotte Bronte and find out about her friends and local connections. Discover the comforts and discomforts of the 1830s country home where Charlotte sometimes stayed as a guest of Joshua Taylor's family and got ideas for her novel Shirley.

    Admission by guided tour only at 11 am. Last admission 45 minutes before closing.

    Admission fees are ﹩8.00 per adult. ﹩4.00 per child.

    Castle Museum

    The castle was built looking down on the valley of the River Dean. It is now a museum. where you can learn how the valley has changed over millions of years. There is a collection of interesting rocks found in the area. and pictures showing how the valley probably looked in prehistoric times.

    Hours & Admission

    Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am-4:30 pm

    Adults: ﹩1

    Children: 50 cents

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    The text from my friend Lorraine said simply: Fancy a family picnic this weekend? My hands began to sweat; my heart beat hard. I wanted to yell, "No! Why would you suggest that? I thought we were friends!"

    I hated picnics. My hatred of them began as a child. I always got car-sick and it was hot all the way. Air conditioning in vehicles was pretty much unheard of in 1980s Birmingham, and my mother insisted on having all the windows closed because of the unpleasant smell of gas. We would arrive at some faraway destination, usually a car park with a field attached next to a plant, and unpack tasteless sandwiches, nearly cold sausage rolls and disgusting salads. There were never any toilets, so we had to "go" behind a bush; the memory of being discovered by a random dog-walker still embarrasses me from time to time. My mother sat in a relaxed way on a rug (小毯子) while we girls were playing nearby or maybe lying next to her. But for me this was a time when I suffered a lot. It was frightening to be attacked by ants or spot a dead rabbit in the grass.

    As an adult I'd avoided all picnics, but this time I couldn't. I just said yes, without letting Lorraine sense my true feeling about them. She is my best friend and sometimes you must make sacrifices for people you like a lot. "I'll bring the food, and you bring the drink," she said.

    My ridiculously enthusiastic family and I arrived at the picnic site. My expectations were low. Lorraine and her husband Dave unloaded folding tables, chairs, a table cloth and …a cool box of delicious food mostly purchased from a local deli (熟食店), which does all manner of pre-prepared salads and cold cuts. There was fresh bread, olives, even candles to keep away insects, music, and wine. It was completely delightful. There may have been children playing around too, even if one of them did find a dead bird (told you!).

    I am now a picnic enthusiast and we're planning another. I'm even reading up on picnic recipes for it!

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    Does it make sense for countries to invest billions of dollars in space programs when millions of people in their country are living below the poverty line? Many people ask this question and I almost tire of answering it.

    Let's talk about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) first. This is a terrible disease in which the victims progressively lose the ability to control their body. It affects almost only boys and shows itself when the boys are around age 5. They're wheelchair-bound by age 12 and will be dead before their 30th birthday. There is no cure. However there are treatments. They're based on crystalline (晶体) protein structures. whose formation is adversely (不利地)affected by the presence of Earth's constant unidirectional (单一方向的) gravitational field. However according to a study conducted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the International Space Station (ISS). crystalline protein structures form regularly in microgravity conditions. which allows for targeted drugs designed to "double these boys' life spans (寿命)".

    And you want to talk about feeding the hungry? We have space lettuce (生菜).And it's structurally and nutritionally equivalent to Earth lettuce. Space is pretty much everything there is which means you can make a lot of lettuce in space. In fact. one of the potential growth markets in lunar colonization(月球殖民)is food trade. Food can be mass produced and sent to Earth to feed the hungry. By the way as far as I am concerned as for feeding the hungry food distribution is the issue rather than food supply.

    Space exploration is one of the best things that humanity has ever done.

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    Nola (August 21, 1974 -November 22, 2015) was a northern white rhino who lived at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near Escondido, California. At her death, she was one of only four remaining northern white rhinos in the world. The other three lived in Kenya. World Rhino Day, held on September 22, is to raise awareness of the less than 30,000 other rhinos left on Earth.

    "Rhinos need our help today, not tomorrow, Nola's lead keeper Jane Kennedy said. "Last year we lost over 1,200 rhinos just in South Africa. If we continue to lose more than 1,000 rhinos a year, in 10 to 20 years all the rhinos on the planet will be gone."

    Unfortunately, most animals are in danger of dying out because of humans, Kennedy says. "Humans have either poached (偷猎) animals, or because there are over seven billion of us, we've taken up too much of the world's resources." Poachers illegally hunt rhinos for their horns (角) .They sell the horns for thousands of dollars per pound, to be used for art, jewelry, and decorations. Experts believe that one rhino is poached every eight hours.

    In 1975, the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research started the Frozen Zoo, a pro- gram through which researchers have collected cell samples from more than 8,000 different types of animals, including the northern white rhino. Scientists hope that by studying the rhino cells, they will get greater understanding of it, and will find ways to increase its numbers.

    Jane Kennedy describes World Rhino Day as "a celebration of rhinos along with an awareness campaign for everybody across the world to know that rhinos need our help." At the San Diego Zoo, children and adults are welcome to visit and speak with zookeepers to learn about rhinos. But you don't have to live in San Diego to celebrate World Rhino Day. It is observed around the world, with zoos and wildlife parks holding special events and programs to teach people about rhinos, and enable them to see the animals up close. For more information, go to www.worldrhinoday.org.

—I'm sorry I made a mistake!

—              , Nobody is perfect．

—You couldn't have chosen any present better for me.

—______.

Between the two streets ______a modem building where you can see many famous brands of clothes．

The manager ______a suggestion that we should have an assistant．

Thank you for keeping me ______of what happened in time．

Their child is at the stage _______she can say individual words but not full sentences.

I ________to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I couldn't manage it.

The headmaster wanted to know ______at the entrance of the school.

What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we ______a good time together.

The doctor shares his phone number with the patients ________ they need medical assistance.

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    Say you're out for a walk in the woods.. Nor can you tell the direction from which you've come. You're lost. How can you survive? Here's the good news: You don't need to be a survival expert to find your way back to civilization. Just stay calm and remember these tips. Pinpoint (定位)your location.

    Take a good look around. What do you see?pinpointing your location will be difficult. If possible, find higher ground, giving yourself a better view of the surroundings. Otherwise, you may end up walking directionless and possibly in circles.

    .

    While traveling through the wilderness, be observant. Look for old campsites, fishing line, food bags, cigarette ends, plastic water bottles, or any other kind of litter. If you find any such evidence, examine your surroundings to determine which way they went.

    If possible, stick to open country.

    .This type of terrain (地带)is often a result of farming or logging (伐木),which may put you closer to other people. Plus, being out in the open makes it easier for you to be spotted by a low flying aircraft. Be sure to have something ready to signal with in case a rescue plane flies nearby. Travel downhill.

    If you are lost in hilly terrain, your best choice is almost always to travel downhill. People tend to settle in valleys, usually close to water., head down and out of the mountains. Besides, you can cover more terrain and conserve energy traveling downhill.

A. Find your way out

B. Look for signs of people

C. If the answer is a thick forest

D. Sometimes, it's not easy to find open country

E. Suddenly, you don't recognize your surroundings

F. Unless you have seen signs of people at higher places

G. Traveling in open country is a good way to find signs of civilization

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    When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say" sorry,1number!" and move on. But when Dennis Williams2a text that clearly wasn't intended for him, he did something3.

    On March 19, Dennis got a group text4him that a couple he didn′t know were at the hospital, waiting for the5of a baby.

    "Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken," Dennis6. The baby was born and update texts were7quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her8, she didn′t seem to realized that she was9the baby′s photos with a complete stranger. "Well, I don't10you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby," replied Dennis before asking which room the new11were in. Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his12! He turned up at the hospital13gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey′s husband was totally14by the unexpected visit. "I don't think we would have randomly invited him over but we15it and the gifts."

    Teresa16a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website17by the touching words:" What a18this young man was to our family! He was so19and kind to do this." The post has since gained the20of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61, 500 likes in just three days.

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    There are several reasons  school uniforms are a good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody has to worry about fashion. Everybody wears the same style of clothes. Uniforms can be  (benefit) in unexpected ways. Recently, a school in Ireland  (introduce) an interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth  gives off light in the dark. When the children  (walk) or cycling to school on dark mornings, car drivers can  (easy) see them.

    But can uniforms help improve school standards? The answer  this question is not clear. Only study in America found that students' grades improved a little after the school introduced uniforms. But some students didn't want  (wear) the uniform. Other American studied showed no  (connect) between uniforms and school performance.

    School uniforms are traditional in Britain, but some schools are starting to get rid  them. Some very good schools don't have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are still popular. Pupils at about 90% of British Secondary schools wear uniforms.

He has made an important (贡献) to the company's success．

There is little (评估)of the damage to the natural environment．

A questionnaire answered by 500 people can't be (有代表性的) of national opinion．

The police have given a detailed (描述) of the missing woman．

All the students (装备) themselves with food and water and then set off．

If you can't accept its (后果), you must stop doing it again．

(沉迷于) to computer games, the boy couldn't graduate from his college．

The scientists were surprised to find the female of the species is more (好斗) than male．

Reading (理解) is very important in the exams so you must try you best to improve it．

The student (专注于) in working out the maths problem always gets the first place in exams．

With his suggestion , he felt upset.

因为他的建议被拒绝，他感到很沮丧。

What was that made her transform from an ordinary woman into a successful lady?

究竟是什么使她从一个普通的妇女变成一个成功的女士？

Not only does the teacher himself to his work, but also his students study hard to make progress in study.

不仅老师对工作敬业，而且他的学生也努力学习争取在学习上取得进步。

I was about to fall asleep the door bell rang.

我刚要入睡突然门铃响了。

Yesterday, he remind you to take medicine after the meal.

昨天，他的确有提醒你饭后要吃药。

When she came to herself she found herself with a blanket.

当她苏醒过来时，她发现自己盖着毛毯。

Body language is said to up 55% of a first impression while what you say just 7%.

据说身体语言占第一印象的55%而你却说只有7%。

After three hours' discussion, the plan was finally .

经过三小时的讨论，这项计划终于被采纳了。

I to speak but was told to keep quiet.

我试图说话，但是被告知要保持安静。

You really should on your study a bit more.

你真应该更专注于你的学习。

假定你是李华，美籍交换生Lily在发给你的邮件中说她对你校流行的“阅读经典好书” （Reading Classic Books）活动很感兴趣．请你给她回邮件介绍此次活动．内容包括：

1）阅读经典好书的意义；

2）活动的内容与安排；

3）期待她的参与．

注意：1）词数100词左右；

2）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数．

Dear Lily，

……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua