高二英语试题
（时间 90 分钟 满分 100 分）
注意事项：
1. 答题时间：15:00-16:30
2. 交卷截止时间：17:00
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 12 小题；每小题 2. 5 分，满分 30 分）
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 将该选项涂黑。
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When we walked into the cafe, we were greeted by a waitress who smiled, held out a menu, and pointed to a table. It's only when we asked for a table for six that we realized something was a bit different. The waitress glanced at our group and held up six fingers. That's because all the staff are deaf.
Last month, the Huffington Post visited Smiles Cafe in Granada. The business only employs people who are deaf, from the waiters to the cooks. “My goal is for this cafe to be a mirror for other businesses to lose their fear of hiring people with disabilities,\who is from Spain, told HufPost. “It's also for the people who work here to lose their own fear of getting into the work force,\d, “So they can fly.”
In the city, about 1 person in 15 has a disability. But around 99 percent of people with a disability are unemployed. While the law requires companies to employ two people with disabilities for every 50 employees, many businesses don't. “Smiles Cafe was born out of a provocation. 99 percent of people with disabilities here are jobless. That was wrong!\“So I decided to open a cafe where all of the employees were deaf to show that it works.
At the cafe, customers order by pointing to items on the menu, which have special symbols to indicate substitutions. For instance, if you're ordering fruit parfait, and you don't want yogurt on
it, you just point to the illustration（图示）of the parfait, and then to the image of yogurt with a big red “X\covered with letters, words and phrases, from “Thank you\to “Welcome\with illustrations that show the corresponding translation. The cafe, now five years old, is a project of the non-profit Centro Social Tio Antonio. “We've opened a small window,\the founder said, “If it serves to create awareness, then that's a start.
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1. Why did the waitress hold up her fingers when the author ordered?
A. All workers were deaf. C. She was suffering a throat ache.
B. She didn't want to say anything. D. It was a special greeting. B. Become well-known in the city. D. Overcome their fears to work.
2. What did the founder of the cafe expect his employees to do?
A. Make a big fortune. C. Recover from their illnesses.
3. What does the underlined sentence mean about Smiles Cafe in Paragraph 3?
A. People expected to keep a good volunteering tradition.
B. It was founded to take a challenge of employing the disabled. C. Founders reached an agreement after discussions. D. The disabled were worried about their work at first.
4. What is helpful to the customers in the cafe?
A. The deafness of the employees.
B. Special symbols on the menu. D. The awareness of the employer. B
C. The non-profit model of the cafe.
Whether paired with a bottle of nice red wine or a burger, cheese can be a delicious treat. But it is not perhaps, the ideal material to use in printing—unless you are a team of nutritional scientists. One group of researchers used 3D printing to create a cheese. And the cheese could provide a valuable insight for engineers who are still developing materials for 3D printing.
A team from the school of food and nutritional sciences at University College Cork (UCC)
conducted a series of tests evaluating the 3D-printed cheese. 3D printing materials need to be fluid(液态) enough to flow but also capable of setting into a definite shape or structure.
After melting the cheese at 75°C (167°F) for 12 minutes, the UCC team then ran it through a modified commercial 3D printer. The machine, which usually prints with plastic, was fitted with a syringe(注射器) to allow it to print with the melted cheese.
The UCC team used several techniques to examine the effects of the 3D printing process on their cheese. They compared the 3D-printed results to processed cheese that had been melted and then cooled, as well as another sample that was left untouched. Cheese that was 3D printed was 45% to 49% softer than the processed cheese, the researchers said. They also discovered that 3D-printed cheese was a little darker in colour and more fluid when melted, though it melted at about the same temperature as processed cheese.
Dr Kelly and his colleagues are now testing other types of dairy products which can be
3D-printed. Dr Kelly said, “We are using mixtures of milk proteins at present to build a product,
perhaps a high-protein snack, and designing recipes which might work best for a 3D printer. ”
5. What problems are the engineers facing in 3D printing a cheese?
A. They don't have proper material.
B. They can't find a bottle of nice red wine or a burger. C. They can't make the cheese very delicious. D. They know much less than nutritional scientists.
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6. How did the researchers use the 3D printer to make cheese?
A. They raised the temperature to 75°C. B. They added a syringe to the printer. C. They bought some cheese to paint it. D. They evaluated the 3D-printed cheese. 7. What is the advantage of the 3D-printed cheese?
A. It melts more easily. C. It costs less money.
B. It tastes more delicious. D. It is much softer.
8. What will Dr Kelly and his colleagues do next according to the last paragraph? A. Publish a report on their research. B. Invent a new 3D printer. C. 3D print more milk food.
D. Make more cheese with their machine.
C
How does keeping things tidy change people psychologically? You gain greater confidence in yourself. Also, you become more optimistic and calmer in the mind than before. There are several reasons for these changes: your self-image improves as you start living in tidy beautiful rooms, and you gain decision-making skills as you continue to choose between which things to throw or give away and which to keep. The way we let go of things in the Kon Mari Method plays an important role as well.
The Kon Mari Method has a step where we give thanks to the things before we throw them away. Not only would you say “thank you for sparking joy in me\that you wore till it was threadbare, you would also say to a piece of clothing you never wore once “thank you for teaching me that this color doesn't look good on me\of all the things that have come to you and experience appreciation for all of them. Through this experience, you will rediscover the truth that you have been supported by so many things and you will deepen your gratitude for things you leave behind.
To share a personal example, I have always had little confidence in myself. When I get nervous before a large speaking assignment, I think to myself that I'll be fine because
these clothes are protecting me and these shoes are supporting me, and that calms me down. Once you start feeling constant gratitude for your things and your home through tidying up, you will start feeling relief and calm as if you are always protected by something larger than you. 9. What psychological change may tidiness bring to people?
A. They will become more confident. C. They will become less optimistic.
B. Their confidence will become less. D. Their self-image will be damaged. C. out of date
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10. What does the underlined word “threadbare\
A. fashionable
B. fancy
D. worn out
11. What should people show to clothes they have never worn in the Kon Mari Method?
A. Regret.
B. Worry. C. Gratitude. D. Patience.
12. Why does the author mention his own experience in the last paragraph?
A. To show off his wonderful speaking skills.
B. To give an example of the benefit of tidiness.
C. To explain how he has become a confident person.
D. To show his special taste in choosing suitable clothes. 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。
Figuring out how to invest your money can be a difficult task. This is something that you will want to learn.
13 Things that will improve your knowledge, skills or health are all great
investments. However, before you start, you need to be clear about what you will gain out of doing all of these things.
You may think investing in yourself means investing in your education. 14 There are some other things you can do as well as buying a gym membership or learning a new skill.
So what are some specific things you can do? 15 Reading books can really expand your mind and allow you to learn different skills and gain knowledge. I 'm talking about the books where you will actually learn a new skill, not fiction books.
You can also take courses and attend seminars. These programs are taught by people with a high level of knowledge or skill. 16 Only in this way can you avoid being fooled by some sales presentation.
Moreover, investing in yourself is a safe way to keep your money. Although a savings account is seen as the most secure investment, that isn't 100% safe. Even if you never experience your bank closing down, the return is little when inflation is taken into consideration. 17 But over time, they will show up in terms of your happiness level as well as your level of success. A. This is just one way.
B. The benefits will stay with you.
C. If you aren't a reader, you should start right now.
D. The more you do this, the more valuable you will be.
E. Of course, you need to do some research before investing.
F. The best way to invest your money is to invest it in yourself.
G. When you invest in yourself, you may not see gains right away. 第二部分 语言知识运用（共三节，满分 40 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。
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In Poland, the ever closer economic relati onship with China has aroused people's interest in the country more than 6,600 kilometers away. Many of them often turn to a popular 18 named Chinytolubie, Polish for “China, I like it\
Chodak had never been to China before. Nor had he worked in a China-related field. When he was a little boy, he was interested in martial arts and 19 by Bruce Lee. But he didn't try to 20 a martial arts star himself. His interest 21 to other areas of the Chinese culture. While gaining more knowledge about China himself, Chodak noticed that more of his fellow Poles were taking interest in China but found it 22 to gather relevant information, and thus decided to help them 23 launching the website. He started by publishing information carried on the website of the Chinese embassy in Warsaw, and soon extended the range to a variety of 24 in different fields such as business, culture, education, travel, technology and China-Poland relations.
Later, Chodak tried to 25 something himself. When there were important political events, he tried to explain them in a(n) 26 way. Someone learning Chinese or planning a business trip to China would 27 find some useful information on his website.
In the beginning he had 250 fans. The number seems tiny today 28 he cherishes the memory of those days. Chinytolubie is now also present on social media, with over 12 , 000 followers. They are supportive and some are often 29 that Chodak is not living in China yet.
As the website's scale (规模) 30
and popularity increases, sometimes publicists come to him with news stories, but Chodak still 31 on following China-related topics around the clock and writing most of the content himself. For the future, he has an ambitious goal. His 32 is to make Chinytolubie a recognizable platform worldwide, where everyone can read about China.
18. A. party B. website C. book D. company 19. A. fascinated
B. taught
C. discovered D. liked
20. A. fight B. train C. report D. become 21. A. shifted B. stuck C. attempted D. adopted 22. A. strange B. convenient 23. A. to 24. A. cities
B. in B. countries
B. traditional
C. difficult D. incredible
D. by D. sources
D. academic
C. chances
C. under
25. A. make up B. write about 26. A. mysterious 28. A. or
C. look for D. pick out C. understandable
27. A. definitely B. sincerely C. generally D. secretly
B. and C. but
B. decreases
C. lifts
D. duty
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D. for D. expands
29. A. frightened B. worried C. regretted D. surprised 30. A. disappears 32. A. trial
31. A. insists B. depends
B. dream
C. moves C. schedule
D. carries
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当
的内容（每空一词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Around the world, malnutrition（营养不良）has become a problem that costs $ 3. 5 trillion per year, according to the latest Global Nutrition Report.
Although most countries have fallen short in their efforts 33 (deal) with poor nutrition and food insecurity, the report found, the US appears to be badly off track, 34 has more than a million overweight children. \is more responsible for ill-health 35
any other cause. The health consequences of overweight and obesity lead to four million (die) globally,\37 (write) in the report. According to the study, most countries have at least two issues 38 （relate） to
36 malnutrition. The most serious issues are children who either are overweight 39 suffer from undeveloped growth. Those 40 （serious） affected may not be able to get 41 good job as they expect when they grow up. It also prevents them from 42 (contribute) to society as well as they would have in a healthier environment. 第三节 单词拼写（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 根据下列句子所给汉语注释
或词首字母，写出空缺处单词的正确形式，每空一词。
43. The children are finding it hard to a
to their new school.
to health and the environment.
44. Friends came to c
him when he passed the examination. 45. Cycling is highly b
46. Students must have easy a to good resources. 47. He (辞职) from the company after eight years. 48. It took her ten years to achieve her （抱负）. 49. Mr. Davies was (烦恼的) that the books were missing. 50. The sport has a strict standard of (行为). 51. The house is not really (适合的) for a large family.
52. Children need a amounts of nutritious foods to grow up strong and healthy. 第三部分 应用文写作（满分 20 分）
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友 Jim 对中文名字非常感兴趣，并且很想拥有一个中文名字。 现请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，包括以下内容： 1. 介绍中文名字的特点；
2. 帮他起一个中文名字，并给出理由； 3. 询问他的意见。 注意：
1. 词数 80 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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山东2020届高二英语人教版选修七第二单元测试题
