【英语】内蒙古集宁一中西校区2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试

【英语】内蒙古集宁一中西校区2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试

内蒙古集宁一中西校区2019-2020学年高二下学期 期中考试 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。第I卷70分，第II卷50分，共120分。‎ 考试时间：100分钟。‎ 第I卷（选择题 共70分）‎ I. 阅读理解（共二节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 ‎（共15小题；每小题2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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A This Tiny Box Will Help You Relax In Terrible Summer Heat!‎ Traditional Air Conditioners (AC) are outdated.They cost a lot to install and even more to run. They are huge, noisy, and dangerous to clean.You can't move them around the house with you or take them outside! Thousands of people are now using a much cheaper alternative to cool themselves in the heat and clean their personal air. With over million units sold worldwide, this device is becoming one of the most successful gadgets of 2019. EVERYONE wants this awesome looking box for summer!‎ What Are We Talking About?‎ Meet the new AirFreez, an innovative alternative to AC that cools you just the same! lt's a perfect solution for those very hot days and nights! The AirFreez was designed by two Swiss engineers who were fed up suffering the hot summers.They realized that AC units are super inefficient and cost a lot of money to use.The engineers also discovered that none of the traditional AC units were made to travel with.‎ So, they designed this light-weight, portable Air Cooling box. It uses a very small amount of electricity and all without sacrificing any of the main benefits of a top AC model! It's tiny, easy to use and it can cool you in seconds!‎ What Is So Special About This Little Box?‎ The main benefits of AirFreez are its portability and price.‎ It is no larger than a lunchbox. Besides, it can be powered by a pocket solar panel or battery pack and you probably have the world's most portable AC unit.‎ And There Is One More Thing. The price is just amazing. Most AC units cost at least $300+ AND you have to pay for installation PLUS cover the expensive electricity bills each month.‎ AirFreez costs less than $100 (Actually $53 for each if you buy more than one here). No messy installation, no expensive electricity bills. Far a Cooling unit of this quality, this must be the single best price-quality AC unit there is!‎ How Can You Get An AirFreez?‎ Now that you are aware of this amazing new invention, here is how to get one — order it from the Official Website for BEST PRICE.‎ ‎1. Which of the following words can best describe AirFreez?‎ ‎ A.Smart but fragile. ‎ ‎ B.Costly but multi-functional.‎ ‎ C. Foldable and durable. ‎ ‎ D. Handy and energy-saving.‎ ‎2. What can we learn about AirFreez?‎ ‎ A. lt costs less than $53. ‎ ‎ B. It requires no complex installation.‎ ‎ C. It doesn't consume electricity. ‎ ‎ D.It is a little larger than a lunch box.‎ ‎3. What is the purpose of this passage?‎ ‎ A. To advertise Airfreez. ‎ ‎ B. To explain the functions of AirFreez.‎ ‎ C. To introduce the inventors of AirFreez. ‎ ‎ D.To compare AirFreez with traditional AC.‎ B I got married just after I graduated from college and found a job to support our family at the nearby Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT). It was in the laboratory of Prof. Edward Lorenz that I learned what a computer was and how to develop software. ‎ One day my husband saw a newspaper advertisement. The MIT Instrumentation Laboratory ‎ was looking for people to develop software to “send man to the moon”. Deeply attracted both by the idea and the fact that it had never been done before, I became the first programmer to join and the first woman the lab hired. ‎ At the beginning, nobody thought software was such a big deal. But then they began to realize how much they were relying on it. Our software needed to be very reliable and able to detect an error and recover from it at any time during the mission.‎ My daughter, Lauren, liked to intimate me—playing astronaut. One day, she was with me when I was doing a simulation (模拟) of a mission to the moon. She started hitting keys and all of a sudden, she selected a program which was supposed to be run before launch. The computer had so little space that it wiped the navigation data taking her to the moon. I thought: my God—this could happen by accident in a real mission. I suggested a program change to prevent a prelaunch program being selected during flight. But the higher-ups at MIT and NASA said the astronauts were too well trained to make such a mistake.‎ On the very next mission, Apollo 8, one of the astronauts on board accidentally did exactly what Lauren had done. The Lauren bug! It created destruction and required the mission to be rearranged. After that, they let me put the program change in. It was the program change that had a crucial influence on the success of the mission of Apollo 11.‎ During the early days of Apollo, software was not taken as seriously as other engineering disciplines (学科).It was out of desperation I came up with the term “software engineering”. Then one day in a meeting, one of the most respected hardware experts explained to everyone that he agreed with me that the process of building software should also be considered an engineering discipline, just like with hardware. It was a memorable moment.‎ ‎4. What do we know about the author?‎ ‎ A. She taught Lauren to write software.‎ ‎ B. She got her master's degree from MIT.‎ ‎ C. She is the first woman ever hired by MIT.‎ ‎ D. She created the term “software engineering”.‎ ‎5. “The Lauren bug” in Para.5 refers to ______.‎ ‎ A. a pet to accompany Lauren ‎ B. a mission to land on the moon ‎ C. a mistake causing data loss ‎ D. a software ending prelaunch ‎6. What greatly contributed to Apollo 11's success according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. The in-time upload of data.‎ ‎ B. The program change.‎ ‎ C. Astronauts' rich experience.‎ ‎ D. Experts' new attitude.‎ ‎7. What can we learn from Margaret's story?‎ ‎ A. Honesty is the best policy.‎ ‎ B. A good beginning is half done.‎ ‎ C. Two heads are better than one.‎ ‎ D. Chances favor the prepared mind.‎ C Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children. ‎ During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport. ‎ He reported the case to the police and then sat there，lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one. ‎ Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath. ‎ My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend. ‎ That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our ‎ faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way. ‎ ‎8. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?‎ A. Go shopping B. Find a house C. Join his family D. Take a vacation ‎9. The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_______. ‎ A. a friend of his family B. a Sydney policeman C. a letter in his papers D. a stranger in Sydney ‎10. What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?‎ A. Showed B. Sent out C. Delivered D. Gave back ‎11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?‎ A. From India to Australia. B. Living in a New Country. ‎ C. Turning Trash to Treasure. D. In Search of New Friends. ‎ D Love to sink into your chairs and relax when you get to school?Then you will not be happy to hear that schools all over the world are seriously considering exchanging traditional desks for ones with no seats at all — yes,that means you will be encouraged to stand through those already too long math and science lessons!Why would anyone even think of putting kids to such cruelty?Experts say it improves their health and helps fight obesity.While that may seem a little far-fetched (牵强的) ,the officials at the few schools around the world seem to agree.‎ Among them are educators from the College Station Independent School District in Texas,who recently completed a week-long experiment involving 480 students across three elementary schools.The 374 kids that agreed to participate in the study were provided with a device that helped record the step count and calorie consumption over the entire period.‎ All 25 teachers involved in the study reported that students appeared to be more alert and concentrate better,when allowed to stand.The one thing that did surprise the researchers was that younger kids were more willing to stay standing than kids in higher grades.They believe this may have something to do with the fact that after years of being asked to “sit still”,older kids have a harder time adjusting to this unexpected freedom.‎ American schools are not the only ones reporting success with stand-up desks.Four Catholic schools in Perth,Australia, which have been testing them since October 2013,have seen similar ‎ results.In May 2014,Grove House Primary School in Bradford,West Yorkshire,became Europe’s first test one,with a seven-week trial that involved the use of desks made by Ergotron in their fifth-grade classrooms.While official results are not out yet,early reactions from both teachers and students have been extremely encouraging.‎ The findings of these studies and others done previously all seem to mean that allowing kids to move around in classrooms is a win-win for students and teachers—it helps kids get healthier and provides educators with a more engaged audience.‎ ‎12.The students may be unhappy because_______. ‎ A.they have to exchange desks with each other B.the officials show no sympathy to them at all C.there are no seats for them to sit in class D.they have to exchange traditional desks for ones with no seats ‎13.Older students may not like stand-up desks because_______. ‎ A.they are cleverer than younger students B.they are easily tired of standing long C.they have formed the habit of sitting D.they do badly in class while standing ‎14.What is most likely to be the result of the seven-week trial?‎ A.The standing desks can’t be used at all.‎ B.It is good for students to use stand-up desks.‎ C.More tests should be done in other schools.‎ D.The students are different in personality.‎ ‎15.Why do the teachers like the standing desks?‎ A.Because the educators can draw the students’ attention.‎ B.Because the teachers can keep the students healthy.‎ C.Because the students can have a walk in the classroom.‎ D.Because the standing desks can keep the students concentrated.‎ 第一节 阅读七选五（共5小题， 每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白出的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ ‎　16　However,it is possible to prevent stress as well as reducing its effect when it can’t be avoided.The following are ways to deal with stress. ‎ ‎　17　 Running,walking,playing tennis,and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. ‎ You should make every effort to get enough rest and eat well.If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough,or if you’re not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations.　 18 ‎ Schedule time for both work and entertainment.Don’t forget play can be just as important to your health as work.　19　 Go window-shopping or work on a hobby.Allow yourself at least half an hour each day to do something you enjoy. ‎ Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do,and not enough time”.Make a list of everything you have to do. 　20　 Remember:do one thing at a time,and check off each task as it is completed. ‎ A.If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping,you should see a doctor.‎ B.You’d better get into good living habits.‎ C.You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.‎ D.It is impossible to live completely free of stress.‎ E.Set out to do the most important task first.‎ F.Trying releasing the pressure through exercise is probably a good choice.‎ G.Stress can influence people’s thoughts and feelings. ‎ II.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ I had been concerned about Simon's mother coming to see me. I was a new 　21　, and I gave an honest description of the students' work. In Simon's case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn't read his own handwriting.　22　he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult understanding. His work in no way reflected his 　23　. ‎ So when Simon's mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心)were sweating(出汗). I was completely 　24　for her kisses on both my cheeks. "I came to thank you," she said, surprising me beyond speech.　25　me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he 　26　‎ me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had 　27　spent an afternoon at a friend's house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the 　28　I had nurtured(培养)in her son. She kissed me again and left. ‎ I sat, stunned(惊呆), for about half an hour, 　29　what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without 　30　knowing it? What I finally came to 　31　was one day, several months before, when some students were 　32　reports in the front of the class. Jeanne spoke 　33　, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, "Speak up. Simon's the expert on this. He is the 　34　one you have to convince, and he can't hear you in the 　35　of the room. "That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, 　36　more, and became happy. And it was all because he 　37　to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed 　38　was the one who took the last seat that day. ‎ It taught me the most 　39　lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I'm thankful that it came 　40　and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference. ‎ ‎21.A. cleaner B. reporter C. monitor D. teacher ‎22.A. Or B. And C. But D. So ‎23.A. courage B. abilities C. feelings D. dream ‎24.A.disappointed B. responsible C. unprepared D. unsuitable ‎25.A. Because of B. In spite of C. Apart from D. As for ‎26.A. loved B. envied C. pleased D. criticized ‎27.A. gradually B. constantly C. recently D. obviously ‎28.A. self-respect B. self-doubt C. self-pity D. selfish ‎29.A. imagining B. observing C. wondering D. regretting ‎30.A. also B. even C. always D. still ‎31.A. expect B. remember C. believe D. accept ‎32.A. writing B. reviewing C. editing D. giving ‎33.A. quietly B. repeatedly C. quickly D. firmly ‎34.A. lucky B. lonely C. only D. likely ‎35.A. entrance B. middle C. front D. back ‎36.A. slept B. smiled C. shouted D. quarreled ‎37.A. intended B. pretended C. refused D. happened ‎38.A. change B. praise C. thanks D. visits ‎39.A. difficult B. painful C. valuable D. enjoyable ‎40.A. early B. slowly C. frequently D. occasionally 第II卷（非选择题 共50分）‎ 注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。‎ III. 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式填空。‎ The Future Life on Mars Compared with the life we 41 (live) on the earth now, the future life on Mars will be 42 (total) different.‎ Firstly, without pollution on Mars, people will be able to drink cleaner water 43 breathe fresher air, so they will be 44 (health).The food on Mars will be different from 45 food now. People will just take 46 (pill) and drink man-made juice instead of eating bread and meat. Secondly, people will travel back to the earth or to other planets for sightseeing 47 spaceship. Additionally, there will be no 48 (fix) school and classrooms. Children will just fly to 49 classroom in the school spaceships. And people won’t work in factories or companies. They can stay at home, 50 ( work) with computers.‎ IV. 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 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,每句中最多有两处。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。‎ 修改:在错的词下画一横线,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。‎ Dear Ms Smith,‎ I’m writing to ask whether you could do me favor. I’ve just finished an essay naming “Differences between traditional Chinese and Western festivals”, so I’m not sure whether it is well written. To be honestly, I’m not that familiar with some traditional Western festivals. That’s ‎ because I’m turning to you for help. I’d appreciate it if you could spare some time to look into my essay for possible mistakes and polish them. Also, I’m looking forward to your valuable advices. My essay has been sending to you along with this email. I hope it won’t cause you too much more trouble.‎ Thank you in advance.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua V. 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假定你是李华,你班的美国交换生Tom结束了在你校一年的学习,即将回国。你和同学打算于7月10日下午在班上为他开一个欢送会(farewell party),特写信邀请他参加。要点包括:‎ ‎1.欢送会的时间和地点;  2.感谢Tom的帮助;    3.美好祝愿                                      ‎ 注意:1.词数100左右;‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;‎ ‎3.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。‎ Dear Tom,‎ How time flies! It's one year since you came to study Chinese in our school.‎ ‎ ‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua ‎【答案解析】‎ 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C ‎ ‎6. B 7. D 8. B 9. C 10.D ‎ ‎11.C 12.C 13.C 14.B 15.D ‎【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章给我们介绍了几种应对压力的方法。‎ ‎16. D【解析】根据空后的"However,it is possible."可知，生活得完全没有压力是不可能的，然而阻止压力并且降低它的影响是有可能的。故选D。‎ ‎17. F【解析】根据下文提到的各种锻炼和运动可知，选F。‎ ‎18. A【解析】本段的主题是你要努力地休息好和吃好，故选A。如果压力反复地让你休息不好，你就应该去看医生。‎ ‎19. C【解析】本段讲的是合理安排工作和娱乐时间，故选C。C项中的“relax and have fun与本段中entertainment呼应。‎ ‎20. E【解析】根据空前两句的内容可知，把必须做的事情列一个清单，先做最重要的事。故选E。‎ ‎21—25 DCBCA 26—30 ACACB 31—35 BDACD 36—40 BDBCA ‎41. are living【解析】考查现在进行时。句意：与我们现在地球上的生活比较，未来火星上的生活将完全不同。由“ now”可知，本句为现在进行时。故填are living。‎ ‎42. totally【解析】考查副词。句意：与我们现在地球上的生活比较，未来火星上的生活将完全不同。totally 为副词修饰形容词different。故填totally。‎ ‎43.and【解析】考查连词。句意：首先，火星上没有污染，人们将能喝更干净的水，呼吸更新鲜的空气，所以他们会更健康。分析句意可知，本句表示两个动作的并列，所以连词为and。故填and。‎ ‎44.healthier【解析】考查形容词比较级。句意：首先，火星上没有污染，人们将能喝更干净的水，呼吸更新鲜的空气，所以他们会更健康。由“ cleaner ，fresher ”可知，空处填healthy的比较级healthier。故填healthier。‎ ‎45.our【解析】考查代词。句意：火星上的食物将不同于我们现在的食物。分析句意可知，本句在说明火星上的食物将不同于我们现在的食物，所以空处应填形容词性物主代词来修饰food。故填our。‎ ‎46.pills【解析】考查名词复数。句意：人们将只吃药片，喝人造果汁，而不是吃面包和肉。take pills“吃药”，其中pill为可数名词，其前无任何修饰词，所以用pill的复数pills。故填pills 。‎ ‎47. by【解析】by +交通工具 ‎48.fixed【解析】考查形容词。句意：此外，将没有固定的学校和教室。fixed为形容词修饰名词 school and classrooms。故填fixed。‎ ‎49. the【解析】考查冠词。句意：孩子们将乘坐学校的宇宙飞船飞到教室。分析句子可知，本句特指教室，所以用定冠词the来特指教室。故填the。‎ ‎49. in【解析】考查介词。句意：孩子们将乘坐学校的宇宙飞船飞往教室。 in the school spaceships“乘宇宙飞船”。in“……内部”。故填in。‎ ‎50.working【解析】考查现在分词。句意：他们可以呆在家里，用电脑工作。分析句子可知，they与work在逻辑上是主动关系，所以用现在分词作伴随状语。故填working。‎ 短文改错：‎ 41. Do me a favor 42. naming—named 43.so—but 44.honestly—honest 45. Because—why 46.into—through 47.them—it 48.advices—advice 49. Sending—sent 50.more删掉 书面表达：‎ Dear Tom,‎ How time flies! It's one year since you came to study Chinese in our school. In the past year,you have helped us a lot, without which we couldn't have made great progress in English. During this year, we have learned lots of cultures about your country that cannot be found in the book.‎ Before you leave, many classmates and I intend to hold a farewell party for you, hoping that you can remember the wonderful time we spent together. By the way the party will be held in our classroom on the afternoon of July 10th.‎ May you have a pleasant journey home and welcome to China again.‎ We are looking forward to your coming.‎ Yours sincerely,‎ Li Hua