湖北省襄阳市四校2019~2020学年高二上学期期中考试
英语试题
题号 得分 一 二 三 四 五 六 总分 注意事项：
1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息； 2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上。
第I卷（选择题）
评卷人 得分 一、阅读理解
Better known by his stage name Kun, Cai Xukun is, without a doubt, one of the most popular stars in China.
On July 26, the 21-year-old dropped his new single Young. Within just 20 seconds, it reached 1 million views and in only 3 days topped the music charts of Tencent’s QQ music.
Cai wrote the song by himself to share his understanding of modern-day youth. The singer has mixed R&B with electronic music to make his new beat cheerful. One reviewer wrote on QQ Music: “When you listen to the song, you just seem to go back to youth again.”
August 2 is Cai’s birthday, and the song was a gift to himself. The singer hopes that he can always have the courage to follow his love of music, ignoring what anyone says. “My works are like my children and I have put my best effort into them. I want every piece of my work to have my own spirit in it. I feel more enjoyment when I am performing my own work.” He told the Global Times.
To find new inspiration, Kun attends different kinds of musical performances－from festivals to opera houses. “I just like to do everything, all for my music, all for my art,” he told i-D．
With talent and dedication(专注) to music, Cai is expected by many to make his mark in the competitive Chinese music industry.
1．What do we know about KUN’s newest single? A．It has earned two million sales. B．It makes people feel energetic. C．It is a birthday gift to a friend of his.
英语试卷 第1页，共8页
D．It combines jazz and electronic music. 2．What can we learn from KUN’s words? A．He gains great satisfaction from creating music. B．He prefers singing songs to writing them.
C．He wants his every piece of work liked by everyone. D．He is preparing another new single.
3．Which of the following would best describe KUN? A．Courageous and patient C．Hardworking and creative
It’s difficult to know the exact answer to whether babies dream and what they dream about. However, sleep experts have shown that newborns dream the most in the first two weeks after birth. Babies spend most of their sleeping time in REM(rapid eye movement) stage. As dreaming takes place in a light state of sleep, newborns tend to wake up due to noises, movements and other factors. When dreaming, newborns make a few noises and their eyes move. They may move around the sides or up and down. They may laugh, scream, or cry during the REM sleep. Also, their facial muscles, hands, and legs move, due to which they may wake up. So wrapping a baby in swaddling(裹紧的) clothes can keep the baby’s body from moving and help them sleep better. As babies grow, their body movement decreases when dreaming.
Studies say that the brain activity associated with dreaming is essential for the babies’ mental development. During the REM stage, the flow of blood to the brain increases. As a result, certain nerve proteins are produced, which are the building units of the brain. Babies get stimulation from what they see, hear, or feel. The brain processes the information acquired while awake, and stores what is essential to the individual. A study concludes that babies learned while they were dreaming.
What’s the time for babies to start dreaming? Researchers say that before birth, babies start experiencing REM sleep around week 25, and so they may start dreaming at the point. On the contrary, some psychologists believe that children start having dreams when they are about 5 years old. At that age, they start becoming aware of themselves and begin to understand the things around them, which is what dreams are actually made of. 4．What may babies do in the REM stage?
英语试卷 第2页，共8页
B．Talented and humorous D．Optimistic and generous
A．make faces C．burst into laughter
5．What’s the second paragraph mainly about? A．benefits of baby-dreaming C．when babies start dreaming
B．stay awake
D．make eye contact with others
B．reasons for baby-dreaming D．how babies dream while sleeping
6．Which word has the closest meaning to the underlined word “stimulation”? A．messages C．conclusions
The big fire in April that tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris(巴黎圣母院) is still fresh in people’s minds. The 800-year-old landmark suffered great damage to its top, but thankfully the most valuable religious relics and cultural treasures were undamaged.
So a US publishing company GoArchitect organized the People’s Design Competition to invite designers, worldwide to share their ideas of rebuilding the French landmark. The open call attracted more than 200 proposals from 56 countries and regions. In the end, Chinese architects Cai Zeyu and Li Sibei won the competition with their striking design. They are both the post-90s generation.
Named “Paris Heartbeat”, the design replaces the old top with a kaleidoscope( 万花筒) of multifaceted mirrors, which is combined with a mirror roof, reflecting the ever–changing urban environment.
The kaleidoscope is the floating “time capsule”, at the top using magnetic levitation(磁悬浮) technology, which is meant to open every half century. The “time capsule” moves up and down, breathing and beating together with the city.
“I believe that the ‘time capsule’ can be achieved with present technology,” Cai told the Global Times.
The pair hoped that their design, Paris Heartbeat, could meet people’s high expectations for the rebuilding. As Cai and Li told GoArchitect, “Notre Dame witnessed Parisian history. It burns, survives and co-breathes with the ever-changing world…The 2019 fire will mark a new era.”
Though people still don’t know what kind of design the French government will choose, it’s clear that people around the world hope that the lost beauty of Notre Dame will come back. Once rebuilt, it will certainly become a permanent part of history and the Parisian
英语试卷 第3页，共8页
B．possibilities D．descriptions
skyline again.
7．What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．A open call for the recovery of Dame Cathedral. B．The design of Paris Heartbeat by two Chinese architects . C．A big fire which destroyed Dame Cathedral. D．A French government’s decision. 8．How are Paragraphs 3 and 4 developed? A．list figures C．make a comparison
B．give examples D．make an explanation
9．Which of the following is true according to the text?
A．Two thirds of the Notre Dame Cathedral was damaged in the big fire. B．The French government organized the People’s Design Competition. C．The kaleidoscope is designed using traditional architecture technology. D．It remains to be seen whether “Paris Heartbeat” will be adopted. 10．Where is the passage possibly taken from? A．an entertainment magazine C．a geography textbook 评卷人 B．a newspaper D．a guide book
得分 二、完形填空
From a young age, Micheal Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He set down statistics about income inequality and childhood hunger. But he also 11 afternoons at his computer in his home, astonished by YouTube bakers who changed eggs, flour and water 12 edible(可食用的) works of art.
Michael saw a way to 13 his two passions. At age 11, he founded a bakery. For every cupcake, cake or cookie Micheal 14 , he donates another to the homeless and 15 . Micheal, now 13, said he 16 enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.
Sometimes Micheal bakes to get money for hunger-fighting groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to 17 money for Nokid Hungry.
He can keep up with his baking partly because he is homeschooled by his mother, who 18 her job to take care of Micheal full time. Micheal 19 of public school after his epilepsy(癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too 英语试卷 第4页，共8页