致远高中 2020 学年第一学期期末教学评估高二英语
考试时间∶ 120 分钟 满分 140 分
I. Listening Comprehension
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,u one word that best fits each blank.
Living a Life Full of Wild Adventures
Helen Skelton was brought up on a remote farm, and her family wasn’t full of"runners and climbers".However,she has since travelled the world on (21) 常德博物馆__________ ries of record b
reaking adventures. The former Blue Peter prenter has kayaked（划皮划艇）down the Amazon River, cycled to the South Pole and done a tightrope walk between the chimneys of Batter-a Power Station in London. Now, Skelton (22) __________ (share) the crets of her success in a new book called Wild Girl: How to Have GL Incredible Outdoor Adventures.
(23) __________ she's got plenty of stamps in her passport, Skelton says you don't need to go to the Amazon or Antarctica in order to have an adventure—there's plenty to do here in the UK. She grew up in Cumbria, and would go bike-riding and skateboarding with her mum, as well as building rafts. She hopes to pass on the adventures to her own children.
Despite the title, Skelton says that the book isn't just for girls. She believes adventure is a leveller— an activity (24) __________诗序 men and women are equal.Adventures (25) __________ also be educational. Skelton says when you're at the mercy of the elements you have to adapt and be flexible, which is a great lesson for life.
Of all the places she (26) __________ (be) to, Skelton says the South Pole was particularly hard; "It's like living in a freezer. It's the windiest,driest,coldest place on Earth." Skelton explains,"You can’t even put up your tent, which is your only shelter, (27)鹰嘴豆 __________年会横幅 putting on huge gloves, otherwi you'll get a frostbite. (28) __________ (put) up a tent in oven gloves isn't easy."
Her advice to any aspiring adventurers would be to "not worry about (29) __________ the comments other people might make. When I said I’m going to kayak the Amazon, people told me that's madness. And, if I had listened to them, I never would have done (30) __________ of it. So just try."
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chon from the box.Each word can be ud only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
E-Scooters
A. regardless B. charged C. option D. mostly E. transformative F. powered G. connectivity H.金边富贵竹 prospects I. popular J. champions K. invasion |
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Over the past two years, electric scooters have become ever-prent in many of Europe and America's biggest cities. Britain is the last major western European country to hold out against the (31) ________. E-scooters are not allowed on public roads, though people do ride them on cycle lanes and pavements (32) ________. But where they are permitted e-scooter sharing companies have sprung up in large numbers. To their (33) ________, e-scooters are revolutionary: the "iPhone Of urban transport". To their critics, they are dangerous, anti-social and very annoying.
As with a dock less（无桩）bike, scooters are fitted with GPS trackers and wireless (34) ________. Customers download an app and scan a QR code on the scooter to unlock it. They are then (35) ________ a small amount. Bird, which launched its e-scooter in Santa Monica, California in September 2017 charges $l plus 15 cents per minute,on average,in the US-to travel where they want to go,at a maximum speed of around 15mph. At night, the scooters are rounded up, charged and returned to (36) 如同嚼蜡________ spots.
一盏心灯E-Scooters have the potential to solve some of the worlds biggest transport problems. Mo
st cities are already dangerously polluted and heavily congested, and it is simply not a(n) (37) ________ to put more cars and taxis on the streets. Scooters are efficient; one kilowatt hour of energy carries on average a car (38) ________ by petrol less than a mile, and an e-scooter 80 miles.
杰森基德Scooters are clean, cheap, and they require little new infrastructure. For a country like car dependent America, they could be genuinely (39) ________: roughly 60% of US journeys are under six miles, and most of the time drivers ride alone. Even in European cities, which (40) ________ have good public transport systems, they are very uful for travelling the "final mile". According to Bird,40% of taxi-riding journeys in London are under two miles,so e-scooters could help take a lot of cars off the streets.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phras marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phra that best fits the context
The teenage years of an individual is marked by evaluating one's values,experiencing a shift in outlooks,and a tendency to act rebellious. It can also be a time when someone becomes extremely(41)____ to negative influences,and is drawn towards dangerous situations. On the other hand,for parents, the period of their children's adolescence means regularly worrying about their safety and formation as a citizen. Thus, a method of (42)_____teenagers' curity is needed, and curfews（宵禁）are often en as such a measure，since they have proved their（43） ______the same time, certain peculiarities exist about establishing curfews for children.
