吉林省松原市乾安七高2020-2021年高二下学期6月第七次质量检测英语试卷

Music

Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs from June to August, with additional performances in March and September. The opera  honours Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone:241-2742. //www. cityopera. com.

Chamber Orchestra: The orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March to June. Call 723-1182 for more information. //www. chamberorch. com.

Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. The regular season runs from September to may at Music Hall and in summer at Riverbend. //www. symphony. org/ home. asp.

College Conservatory of Music (CCM):Performances are on the main campus of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theatre. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known La Salle. Quartet, CCM's Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians present Baroque through modern music. Students with ID cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. //www. ccm. uc. edu/events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theatre: 6295 Kellogg Ave. A large outdoor theatre with the closest seats under cover (price differences). Big name show all summer long! Phone: 232-6220. //www. riverbendmusic. com.

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving and never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family

moves, I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got accustomed to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to"the hard times".

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles go away at last! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

Cloning is suggested as a means of bringing back a relative, usually a child, killed unfortunately. Some parents can understand that wish, but it must first be recognized that the copy would be a new baby and not the lost child. Here lies the difficulty, for the sad parents are seeking not a new baby but a return of the dead one. Since the original would be fondly remembered as having particular talents and interests, would not the parents expect the copy to be the same? It is possible, however, that the copy would develop quite differently. Is it fair to the new child to be placed in a family with such unnatural expectations?

Copying is also suggested as a means by which parents can have the child of their dreams. Couples might choose to have a copy of a film star, baseball player or scientist, depending on their interests. But because personality is only partly the result of genetic inheritance, conflicts would be sure to arise if the cloned child failed to develop the same interests as the original. What if the copy of Einstein shows no interest in science? Or the baseball player turns to acting? Success also depends on fortune. What if the child does not live up to the hopes and dreams of their parents simply because of bad luck?

Every child should be wanted for itself, as a person. In making a copy of oneself or some famous person, a parent is purposely specifying(指定) the way he or she wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the US, much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. So I suggest there should be a greater need to consider the interests of the child and to reject these suggested uses of cloning.

The cost of living in the United States is going up, notes writer Alissa Quart. As reported in The New York Post, Quart points to"the costs of housing, education, health care and child care in particular. "At the same time, a new study found that half of Americans born in the 1980s are falling behind their parents economically. Together, these findings show that many younger adults are experiencing"downward mobility. "In other words, they are not doing as well, either socially or economically, as their parents were at the same age.

In a study, researchers found that 90 percent of Americans born in the 1940s grew up to earn more than their parents. That percentage is so high, say the researchers, partly because of historical events. In the 1930s, the U. S. economy was in a severe depression, and most people's earnings went down. But in the 1950s, the economy expanded, and most people's incomes went up. As a result, almost all Americans born in the 1940s experienced upward mobility.

But among members of this generation, only about 60 percent of their children earned more money than they did. And only 50 percent of children born in the following 10 years were earning more than their parents at the same age. In other words, life is becoming less easy for Americans.

Quart and the economists who studied these issues say many things have led to lower incomes and downward mobility. The economic recession(衰退)of 2007 to 2009 is partly to blame, they say. Modern technology also plays a part. Quart says robots threaten to reduce the earnings of health care workers, truckers, reporters and people who work at supermarkets, drug stores and tax preparation services. In The Washington Post, Robert Samuelson noted that poor schools, a weak housing industry and too many government rules also are to blame.

Americans use many expressions with the word"dog". People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. However, dogs without

owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.

Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

 This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

 People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dogs days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard.

A. Still, people say every dog has its day.

B. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

C. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.

D. Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.

E. There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.

F. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.

G. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.

It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note-taking really wasn't

all that funny.

Walking over to the offender, I asked for the 1. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 2 between teacher and student. When she finally3it over she whispered, "Okay, but I didn't draw it".

It was a hand-drawn 4 of me, teeth blackened and the words "I'm stupid" coming out of my mouth. I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,     5 , was working angrily as I struggled not to 6. I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some7to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!

Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 8.

When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all9as I told them how hurtful this was for me. I told them there must be a reason10and now it was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.

As I11 the notes later, many of them said something like, "I've got nothing against you, " or "I'm sorry you were 12. " Some kids said, "We're afraid of you. " But two notes, from the girls who I13 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too 14, too strict…

Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of15my students, I had begun commanding them to 16. Where I thought I was driving them to success I was  17driving them away.

I had some apologies to make. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one 18by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for 19.

This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 20.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：①每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

②只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

By the time Tom graduated from Yale University, he has undertaken a part-time job for 3 years, from that he accumulated abundant experience. However, he was much cast down by his failure to find a satisfying job. It occur to him that he should apply to the position provide by that large company. A great many applicant participated in the interview. Apparent , the competition was  fierce. The advantage was which he had a good command of English. He owed to his first English teacher that he had a good pronunciation. Fortunately, all his efforts were not in the vain and he succeeded in finding his ideal job.

假设你是李华，你校学生学习压力大，缺乏体育锻炼。请你代表学生会，围绕"Sports and Study"这一主题，在校英文报上发出倡议。内容如下：

①倡议的原因和目的；

②倡议的具体内容

【注意】①词数：100—120； ②可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯