重庆南开中学高二上期期末英语试题（原卷版）

重庆市南开中学高级高二（上）期末考试2020英语试题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分考试时间120分钟第I卷供100分）第一部分:听力（共两节，满分30分）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）请阅读下列短文，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Pop CultureHappy HourFromthe radioand podcastinggiants atNPR,Pop CultureHappy Houris ajoyous celebrationof popularculture thatdivesinto moviesand TVshows,Enthusiastically presented,its fullof thoughtfuland intelligentcriticism.Episodes areshortand standalone,each with a singulartopic.This meansyou candip in and out.Above all,its funwhile beinginformative.Literary FrictionRunningfor fiveyears,Literary Frictionis amonthly podcasthosted byCarrie Pittand OctaviaBright.The friends-one from the US,one from the UKinterview authorsabout theirlives,work and inspirations,as wellas discussingwiderliterary topicsand givingout bookremendations.Literary Frictionis athoughtful podcast,which callsfor activelisteningand Plittand Brightask intelligentand profoundquestions.You willdiscover greatthings toread andfeel smarterafteryouve listenedto this.Awaye!Aboriginal cultureis in the spotlightfor thisAustralian podcastfrom ABCRadio National,which ispresented bysmoothvoicedbroadcaster DanielBrowning.While itfocuses onthe experienceof nativeAustralians,Awaye!also hasinterviewswith,and documentariesabout nativepeople and their artsand culturefrom around the world.A thoughtfulpodcast,Awaye!s interviewssuccessfully binethe criticalarts interview with indepthdiscussions abouttradition andhistory.Audio Poemof theDayFrom thePoetry Foundation,this isa dailydose ofpoetry deliveredby some of thebestplaced people to doit.Each day,classic andcontemporary poemsare readaloud by actors orthe poets themselves anddelivered towhereveryou listento podcasts.Perfect forwhen youmay needa quietmoment,or justa distractionfrom modernlife.Thepoems aresimply presented,with nobackground musicjust thevoice and the words,Try listeningto oneor twobeforebed.

1.Which podcastrequires activelistening oflistenersA.Pop CultureHappy HourB.Literary FrictionC.Awaye!D.Audio Poemof theDay

2.Which ismost likely to betalked aboutin DanielBrownings podcastA.The declineof theaboriginal languages.B.The exhibitionof nativeAmerican artistsC.Puzzles ofmodern AustralianadolescentsD.His recentinterviewwitha UKsinger.

3.What isthe puiposeof thistextA.To remendgood podcastsB.To stressthe importanceof literatureC.To raisefund for the podcastsD.To inviteaudience toparticipate.BMy kidssit inGees livingroom andexcitedly litold New Year decorationsout of a welllovedcardboard box.Shetells methat sheand Tombuilt theirdecoration collectionpiece bypiece duringeach yearsafterNew Yearsale.She smilesaswe leavewith theboxWe firstmet Tom and Geein theearly daysof ourmarriage,someone had been returningour garbage cans to thegarage eachgarbage day,and Jimand Ihad wonderedwho.Then oneday wespotted him:an elderlyman wholived acrossthestreet.I bakedcookies andleft themon abench outsidethe garbagewithathankyou note.When wegot homefrom workthatday,a typedletter hadreplaced thegift.The letterwas fromTomandexplained howhe hadetowalk theneighborhoodon garbageday,retuning cans for peoplehe barelyknew.Back where hed beenfighting awar,his youngwife,Gee,had foundherself livingalone.Neighbors hadtaken thetime tohandle hergarbage cansso shedidn,t haveto,and henever forgot.Now hepaid itforward bydoing thesame forall ofus.Unfortunately afew yearsafter wedmoved in,Tom died.These days,were pilingup boxesof ourown.We*re planninga move.The housethat seemedso hugesix yearsagois filledto capacitywith furnitureand booksand toysand,of course,people,We knowits timeto go,and yetwe cantseemto stickthe ForSale signup onthe grassland.Gaining a third bedroomand maybe an officesometimes seemslike alousytrade forall westand tolose.Its notjust Gee and Tom.Its theman wholets ourkids pickpeaches of the treein hisfront yard.Its theladies whocallJim whentheir poolfilter breaksand leaveoverflowing basketsfor ourkids onEaster.It*stheofficer whosmiles andwavesand makesme feela littlesafer whenJim isaway.It isthey whoteach uswhat itmeans to be aneighbor.

4.What dowe knowabout theNewYeardecorations accordingto paragraph1A.The kidsdont likethem.B.Gee iswilling togive themto us.C.Gee seesthem asuseless now.,D.GeeandTom madethem bythemselves.

5.How didthe authorget toknow TomA.Tom livedacross thestreet.B.Tom likedthe cookiesthe authorbaked.C.Tom returnedthe garbagecansfor the author.D.Tom sharedtheir decorationswith theauthor.

6.Tom decidedto helphis neighborsbecauseA.they hadjust movedinto themunityB.he hadbeen savedbyaneighbor duringthe warC.his wifehadbeenhelped bythe neighborsduring hisabsenceD.there wereso manygarbagecansin theneighborhood atthat time

7.What canwe inferfromtheunderlined sentenceA.Their housecouldnt besold ata highpriceB.The authordidnt wantto leavetheir neighborsC.The authorsfamily wasin badneed of athirdbedroomD.Their movingout wouldbeagreat lossfor theneighborsCLittle GeorgeAdamson rantothewindow,hoping tofind a white word.But oncehe drewthe curtains,disappointment setin.It was another yearwithout snowon Christmas.In the UK,wherehegrew up,December is not aparticularly snowymonth,yet shopssell cardswith white Christmasillustrations andrestaurants aredecorated withfake snow.This hasalways intriguedpeople likeAdamson.Where arepeople takingon theseexpectations ifthey haven*t livedthem Now,asacollege teacher,Adamsonknows whoto blamefor hismisplaced expectationsCharles Dickens,who populatedhis storieswith snowyChristmasholiday.Dickens grewup duringthe coldestdecade Englandhas seenand hisshort storiesand AChristmas Carolseem toowewe muchto hisimpressionable years”,writes anthropologistBrian Faganin hisbook.It wasso icyduring Dickenssearlyyears thatthe RiverThames frozein Februaryof

1814.For Dickens,who wasbom in

1812.Christmas musthavebeen abitterly coldexperience.Years later,when Dickenssat downto writehis novelsand shortstories,the authorpopulatedthem withhis memories of whatChristmas lookedlike backthen.But thatdoesnt meanawhiteChristmas*has beenmon in the decadessince.Our programasked the Met Officeformore informationabout Christmassnow in theUK,as trackedby theirmore than200stations acrossthe country.Mostyears,no morethan20stations reportsnow.In theUK,theMetOffice explains,it isfar morelikelytosee snowbetweenJanuary andMarch thanin December.Then howcan oneman*s writingchange ourcollective understandingofaclimatic phenomenonDickensis credited,particularly inBritain,as theman whomade Christmasfashionable again.As theIndustrial Agesetinandpeople movedaroundthecountry,traditions andcustoms werelost.In thefirst decadesof the1800s,both SirWalterScott andWashington Irvingfelt sorryfortheloss offormer festivities.When Dickenspublished AChristmasCarol in1843,Britons wereattached tothe holidayseason,as manyBritons missedthe Christmasof theiryouth.

8.The underlinedword intriguedin Paragraph2is closestin meaningtotA.bored B.interestedC.upset D.delighted

9.Adamsons expectationofawhiteChristmases from.A.literary worksB.climatic recordsC.Christmas cardsD.childhood experience

10.Why isChristmas whitein DickensswritingA.He wasinfluenced byother writersof histime,B.He intendedto meetreaders1expectationC.The RiverThames frozewhen hewrote thestories.D.The snowyChristmas inhis childhoodimpressed him.

11.What canwe learnfromthelast paragraphA.Sir WalterScout wasnot infavor ofCharles DickensB.Christmas wasnot fashionablebefore CharlesDickens wasbornC.Dickens1literary workbrought outthe ChristmasmemoriesofBritonsD.The IndustrialAge accountedforthepassion fortraditions andcustomsD（发As the railroads and the highwaysshaped the American Westinthepast centuries,a newelectrical generating电）and transmission（输送）system forthe21th centurywill leavea lastingmark onthe West,for betteror worse.Muchof thereal significanceof railroadsand highwaysisnotin theirdirect physicaleffect onthe scenery,but inthe waysthatthey affectthe suuroudingmunity.The sameis trueof bigsolar plants and thepower linesthat will be laiddowm tomoveelectricity around.The19th centurysaw landgrants（政府拨土也）offered torailroad paniesto buildthe transcontinentalrailroads,leaving publicland inbetween privatelyowned land.In muchof the West,someofthe railroadsections weredevelopedwhile othersremained undeveloped,andinboth casesthe landownershiphas presentedunique challengesto landmanagement.With thepletion ofthe interstatehighway system,many ofthe smalltowns,which sprangup asrailwaystops anddeveloped well,have losttheir lifebloodand died.Big solarplants andtheir powerlines willalso haveeffects far beyond theirdirect footprintinthewest.This isnot anargumentagainst buildingthem.We needalternative energybadly,and toreally takeadvantage ofit weneed tobe abletomove electricityaround farmore readilythan wecan now.（物种）So tradeoffswill havetobemade.Some scenicsport will be sacrificed.Some specieswillbeforced tomove,or willbe carefullymoved tospecial acmodations.Deals willbe struckto reducethe immediateeffects.The lastingeffects ofthese tradeoffsare anothermatter.The21st centurydevelopment oftheAmericanwest asanideal placefor alternativeenergy isgoing tothrow offa lot of powerand moneyintheregion.There arechances forthatpower andmoney todo alotofgood.But itis justas likelythat theywillbespent wastefullyand willleave newproblemsbehind,just liketherailroadandthehighway.一The moneyset asidein negotiatedtrade offsandtheinstitution thatcontrol itwill shapethe Westfarbeyondtheimmediate footprintof powerplantsandtransmission lines.So letsremember theeffects ofthe railroadsandthehighwaysas weconstruct thesenew powerplants inthe West.

12.What wasthe problemcaused bythe constructionoftherailwaysA.Small townsalong therailways becameabandoned.B.Some railroadstops remained.C.Land intheWestwas hardto manage.D.Land grantswent intoprivate hands.。