湖北省应城市第一高级中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

湖北省应城市第一高级中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

应城一中2019——2020学年度下学期期中考试 高二英语试卷　‎ 考试时间：2020年 ‎4月21日下午 试卷满分：150分 本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。‎ 第I卷 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) ‎ 第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) ‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10称钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. Where are the two speakers talking?‎ A. In a bookshop.  B. In a reading room.  C. In a library.‎ ‎2.  What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Buy a cheap car.  B. Buy a new car.  C. Buy a second-hand car.‎ ‎3. What do we know about the woman? A. She had a photo shop of her own. B. She developed part of her own film.‎ C. She developed all her photos by herself.‎ ‎4. How will the woman go to New York? A. By plane.  B. By train.  C. By car.‎ ‎5. How much should the woman pay for the two chairs? A. 45 dollars.  B. 80 dollars.  C. 90 dollars.‎ 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分) ‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后， 各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 ‎ 听第6段材料, 回答第6.7题。 6. What happened to John? A. He had an accident.  B. His health suddenly failed.  C. He failed a test. 7. What does the man think is the most important?  A. Much money.  B. Great honors. C. Good health. 听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。 8. What kind of people don’t the speakers need? A. Those who have no experience in office work. B. Those who want to work 30 hours a week. C. Those who know no foreign language. 9. What is the name of the man?  A. Dave.  B. Davy. C. David. 10. Who will get a higher pay according to the woman? A. Those who are well educated. ‎ B. Those who have much experience. C. Those who can speak a second language.‎ 听第8 段材料, 回答第11至13题。 ‎ ‎11. Why does the man look pale? A. He has been ill. ‎ B. He stayed up too late last night. C. He has had little exercise.‎ ‎12. What sport does the man prefer? ‎ A. Swimming.  B. Tennis. C. Skating. 13. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Watch a tennis match.  B. Do some running.  C. Watch TV. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What will the girl do during summer holidays? A. Study English at home. B. Go boating on the Nile. C. Visit the Aswan Dam. 15. Where does the boy’s sister work? A. At a travel agency.  B. On a plane. C. At a school.  16. Why does the girl want to leave? A. She was feeling sorry for the boy’s sister. B. She may have been hurt by the boy’s words. C. She has to go back to learn English. 17. What do we know about the girl? A. Her oral English is poor. B. She knows nothing about Egypt.‎ C. Her parents are strict with her.‎ 听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。 18. Whom did Dorothy train German dogs for in the beginning? A. Movie stars.  B. Police.  C. The blind. 19. How did Morris first learn about guide dogs? A. From Dorothy’s article.  B. From a TV program.  C. From Dorothy’s letter. 20. What does the speaker say about Buddy? A. Buddy came from Switzerland. B. Buddy was trained by Morris. C. Buddy came from Germany.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，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 YOUR ADVENTURES START HERE!‎ Discover Bangladesh We are specialists in tours of Bangladesh, a beautiful country still relatively untouched by tourism. Our27-day tour visits the best attractions in the country for just £ 2,130 per person. There is a maximum of six people in each group. Read travelers' recent comments on our website and discover how good we are!‎ Nijhoom Tours （T： 008801758897959）‎ ‎ Explore Japan Explore Tokyo with its energetic city life and relax in peaceful Kyoto surrounded by temples. In spring, gaze upon graceful Mt. Fuji or find yourself held by breath-taking gold landscape on an ‎ autumn adventure. 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For three years she had gone all out to act, dance and sing, fancying that she could be another Dolly Patton. ‎ However, at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing. They suggested she think about another career. She took their words to heart. After all, why shouldn’t she believe the professionals? ‎ But back at home in Nashville, her mother--a funny, happy, optimistic woman--wouldn’t let her feel depressed. Her father, a physician, encouraged her to achieve in school. So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University. ‎ And at 19, she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway, which prepared for her role in the movie Pleasantville. But her big break came with Legally Blonde. ‎ ‎“If you can’t sing and you aren’t charming, play to your strengths. If you’re going to make it in this business, better focus on what you’re good at,” she told the interviewer later. ‎ And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville-playing the wife of a country star Johnny Cash, a singing role. All of a sudden the old fears learned on that summer stage were back. She was so nervous on the stage. But she didn’t give up on the movie or herself. She spent 6‎ ‎ months taking singing lessons again. She learned to play the Autoharp. And the hard work built up her confidence. ‎ Last March, Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage, the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking, heartwarming singing role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line.‎ ‎24. Why was Reese Witherspoon sad at the end of the camp?‎ ‎ A. She was described foolish. B. She had to go back home.‎ ‎ C .She failed to be famous. D. She was told to give up singing.‎ ‎25. What was Reese’s parents’ response after her coaches suggested her giving up singing?‎ ‎ A. They agreed with her coaches. B. They encouraged her.‎ ‎ C. They ignored her frustration. D. They only focused on her study.‎ ‎26. How did Reese succeed in playing the singing role?‎ ‎ A. By practicing autoharp for over 6 months.‎ ‎ B. By regaining her confidence through hard work.‎ ‎ C. By making herself leggy and attractive.‎ ‎ D. By forgetting that summer stage.‎ ‎27. Which is the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. A successful actress B. Reese Witherspoon ‎ C. Fortune is important D. Never give up C Food experts say washing could spread the germs on your turkey in the kitchen sink or nearby food. But it’s been a challenge trying to convince cooks to stop rinsing(冲洗) off raw poultry. Germs that can make people sick are common in the guts of healthy poultry and are legally allowed to be on raw turkey and chicken. The assumption is that nobody eats their poultry raw, and that thorough cooking will kill the bacteria.‎ The do-not-wash raw poultry advice from the USDA is relatively new and perhaps hasn’t caught on because it goes against the common belief that washing makes things clean, said Chapman. Benjamin Chapman, a study author and food safety expert at North Carolina State University, said the instinct to wash raw poultry goes back at least decades when people relied more on visual clues to spot problems with poultry. Meanwhile, washing hands and surfaces are also important.‎ But food preparation is a complicated act, and germs from poultry can be spread even if it’s not washed, especially when birds are removed from packaging.‎ The USDA-funded study stresses that point. Researchers sprayed raw chicken with a harmless strain of E. coli(大肠杆菌) and watched volunteer cooks at test kitchens. Among those who washed their raw chicken, about a quarter ended up spreading the bacteria to their lettuce. But even some of those who did not rinse the chicken got germs on the lettuce. And there are other opportunities for germs to survive on turkeys: melting and cooking.‎ To ensure a bird is thoroughly cooked, they say to use a thermometer to check that the deepest and thickest parts of it have reached 165 degrees. Even after the meal is cooked, you aren’t out of the danger zone. To keep turkeys and other leftovers safe, experts say they should be refrigerated after two hours.‎ ‎28. People don’t accept USDA’s advice because _______.‎ ‎ A. the advice is relatively new.‎ ‎ B. cooks clean the turkey before cooking it.‎ ‎ C. cleaning seems more trustworthy.‎ ‎ D. heat can kill most germs and no one eats raw food.‎ ‎29. What can be concluded from Paragraph 4?‎ ‎ A. Food packages carry germs.‎ ‎ B. Germs from a turkey can be spread whether it is washed or not.‎ ‎ C. Hands and surfaces are easy to get E. coli.‎ ‎ D. Multiple methods should be applied to food to get rid of germs.‎ ‎30. Which way may help to cook a turkey safely?‎ ‎ A. Rinse off the turkey before it is heated.‎ ‎ B. Keep the turkey away from the lettuce and refrigerator.‎ ‎ C. Wash hands and packages before taking out the turkey.‎ ‎ D. Use a thermometer to check the temperature of the turkey.‎ ‎31. From which section of a magazine is the text probably taken?‎ ‎ A. Cooking. B. Technology. C. Science. D. Medicine.‎ D Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods (GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a nonspecific but stable change. For many people, the hightech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.‎ In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the US this year. The genetic genie is out of the bottle.‎ However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fast-growing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?‎ The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the world's population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don’t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defects. As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.‎ How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.‎ ‎32. The passage mainly talks about________.‎ A. the world's food problem. B. the development in biotech.‎ C. the way to solve food shortages. D. the genetically modified foods.‎ ‎33. According to the passage, GM foods________.‎ A. will replace naturally grown foods. ‎ B. may help to solve the problem of poor nutrition.‎ C. are far better than naturally grown foods.‎ D. can cause serious trouble in developing countries.‎ ‎34. The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragraph 2 probably ‎ means that________.‎ A. GM foods are available everywhere.‎ B. the technology in producing GM foods is advanced.‎ C. genetic technology has come out of laboratories into markets.‎ D. genetic technology may have uncontrollable powers.‎ ‎35. What's the writer's attitude towards GM foods?‎ A. Cautious. B. Enthusiastic. C. Disapproving. D. Unbelievable.‎ 第一节 ‎ (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处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Many children like to eat snacks in everyday life, and some of them even have snacks during dinner. To maintain the normal meals and stay healthy, it is necessary to regularly eat snacks for children in their spare time. 36___ ‎ ‎★Prepare healthy snacks in advance. ‎ When you make something yourself, you get to control the ingredients(原料）and put in what’s good for you! You can also keep plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables at home to take on the go. 37 Keep the servings in bags in the fridge, ready to grab and go.‎ ‎ ★Keep healthy snacks with you.‎ Make it a habit to store some fruit, whole-grain crackers, or baby carrots in your backpack so you always have some healthy food nearby. Half a cheese sandwich also makes a great snack to have on standby（备用）.‎ ‎ ★ 38__‎ Healthy snacking doesn’t have to be boring as long as you give yourself a variety of choices. Whole-wheat biscuits with peanut butter or low fat fruit yogurt are healthy, tasty, and easy.‎ ‎★Satisfy cravings(渴望）with healthier approaches.‎ ‎ 39 An 8-ounce mug of hot chocolate has only 140 calories and 3 grams of fat. A chocolate bar, on the other hand, has 230 calories and 13 grams of fat.‎ Evenings can be a tempting time to have sugary, fatty snacks. If you’re really feeling hungry, don’t ignore it. 40 Whole-wheat bread, rice cakes, or popcorn can do the trick, so can fruit paired with cheese or yogurt.‎ A. Make it interesting.‎ B. Instead, pick the right snacks to fill the hunger gap.‎ C. Read serving size information.‎ D. Cut up melons or vegetables in advance.‎ E. If you like to do some cooking about snacks, you can follow the following ways.‎ F. Here are some ways to make healthy snacking part of your daily routine.‎ G. If you’re crazy for chocolate, try a hot chocolate drink instead of a chocolate bar.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) ‎ 第一节 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。‎ The letter below is from Antoine Leiris, whose wife Helen died in the terror attack in Paris on ‎ November 11th. He wrote the letter to her killers. It was 41 written as a Facebook post and has been 42 thousands of times on social media. ‎ On Friday night you 43 the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the ___44 of my son, but you will not have my 45 . I don’t know who you are 46 I don’t want to know -- you are dead souls. I will not give you the gift of hating you. You have obviously 47 it, but responding to it with anger would be to give in to the same ignorance that has made you what you are. You want me to be 48 , to cast a mistrusting eye on my fellow citizens, to 49 my freedom for security. You 50 . I saw her this morning, finally after nights and days of waiting. My wife was 51 as beautiful as she was when she left on Friday evening, as beautiful as when I fell madly in love with her more than 12 52 ago. Of course, I am heart-broken with 53 , but I know that she will join us every day and that we will find each other again in the paradise of free souls which you will never have 54__ to. We are only 55 , my son and I, but we are more 56 than all the world’s armies. __57 any case, I have no time to waste on you. I need to go back to Melvil, who is 58__ from his afternoon nap. He is just 17 months old. He will eat his snack like every day and we are going to play like we do every day. In every day of his life, the little boy will 59 you with his 60 and freedom, because you don’t have his hatred either.‎ ‎41. A. occasionally B. accidentally C. originally D. frequently ‎42. A. praised B. written C. printed D. shared ‎43. A. came across B. argued with C. stole away D. turned into ‎44. A. teacher B. mother C. sister D. friend ‎45. A. anger B. hatred C. sympathy D. mercy ‎46. A. and B. if C. once D. but ‎47. A. hated B. sought C. abandoned D. found ‎48. A. afraid B. brave C. concerned D. crazy ‎49. A. value B. attach C. respect D. sacrifice ‎50. A. won B. hesitated C. lost D. warned ‎51. A. ever B. even C. just D. never ‎52. A. days B. weeks C. months D. years ‎53. A. sorrow B. depression C. enthusiasm D. passion ‎54. A. desire B. companion C. devotion D. access ‎55. A. none B. one C. two D. three ‎56. A. successful B. powerful C. thankful D. merciful ‎57. A. On B. With C. In D. Of ‎58. A. waking up B. packing up C. sending up D. cheering up ‎59. A. complain B. threaten C. control D. insult ‎60. A. awareness B. sadness C. forgiveness D. happiness 第II卷 第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分) ‎ 第一节 ‎(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(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam. For decades, he had been struggling to rid his family 61 hunger. However, it always confused him 62 to expand the output of his crops. This 63 (disturb) problem led to his regretting being a farmer. He would rather have chosen 64 job.‎ ‎ One day, when skimming through a newspaper, Tuan read a comment on Yuan Longping. He ‎ underlined Yuan’s nationality and occupation, and then 65 (focus) on his discovery and the statistics of his research. He found the knowledge Yuan circulated very 66 (practice). Therefore, he made a summary and began to build up a new farming method. He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped 67 (he) to keep his crop roots free of bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals in the soil while 68 (reduce) chemical fertilizers. Though it cost him more time and 69 (free), he was full of hope.‎ The next year, Tuan was sunburnt 70 satisfied with his production very much. Thanks to Yuan Longping, he not only won the battle against hunger, but he could also export his crops abroad.‎ 第四部分 写作 (共两节， 满分 35分) ‎ 第一节 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。‎ Trying to come to a decision complete on your own can be risky. Some decisions are very important that they shouldn’t be made without talking to others first. There have several advantages if you consult the persons you trust. For one thing, they can give you valuable advise and they may point out some things you may have been overlooked. For another, friends may stop you make big mistakes.‎ When consulting others about important decisions, you should keep two things of mind. The first one is that you need to find someone whom you respect enough to trust their judgment. The second thing to consider is how to do if you disagree with this person. Maybe turning to a third or fourth person for help is the best option. In word, making any big decision alone can lead to problems. Talking to friends or family members first are always a good idea.‎ 第二节 书面表达 (满分25分)‎ 假如你是李华，《21st Century》报刊正在举办 “分享一本好书”的活动，邀请你投稿，请你就此写一篇短文，内容包括:‎ ‎1.谈谈你对阅读的看法；‎ ‎2.分享一本对你影响最大的书。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1.词数100左右，开头已写好，不计人总词数；‎ ‎2.文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。‎ Dear Sir or Madam,‎ I feel it a great honor to be welcomed to get involved in such a meaningful activity. ‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎____________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ Li Hua ‎ ‎ 参考答案 听力 1-5 ABBAB 6-10 BCACB 11-15 CBCAB 16-20 BCBAC 阅读理解 21-23 BDC 24-27 DBBD 28-31 CBDC 32-35 DBCA 七选五 36-40 FDAGB 完形填空 41-45 CDCBB 46-50 ABADC 51-55 CDADC 56-60 BCADD ‎ 语法填空 61. of 62. how 63. disturbing 64. another 65. focused ‎ 66. practical 67. himself 68. reducing 69. freedom 70. but 短文改错 making advice are completely so Trying to come to a decision complete on your own can be risky. Some decisions are very important that they shouldn’t be made without talking to others first. There have several advantages if you consult the persons you trust. For one thing, they can give you valuable advise and they may point out some things you may have been overlooked. For another, friends may stop you make big mistakes.‎ a/one is in what When consulting others about important decisions, you should keep two things of mind. The first one is that you need to find someone whom you respect enough to trust their judgment. The second thing to consider is how to do if you disagree with this person. Maybe turning to a third or fourth person for help is the best option. In ∧ word, making any big decision alone can lead to problems. Talking to friends or family members first are always a good idea.‎ 书面表达: ‎ ‎【参考答案】‎ I feel it a great honor to be welcomed to get involved in such a meaningful activity.‎ As for me, reading an instructive book is just like talking with a learned person. It is universally acknowledged that reading lays a solid foundation for further learning. Additionally, a wide range of reading can broaden our horizons and enrich our amateur life. As a matter of fact, I believe, only through reading can the soul be strengthened and the ambition be inspired.‎ When it comes to the books I’ve read, A Global History has had a far-reaching influence on me. The book gives the history of the world from the historical age to modern times. Not only has it incredibly enlarged my knowledge and benefited me to see the world logically, but also got me enthusiastic about history. If you’re looking for something of this sort to read, it’s really a good choice.‎ ‎ ‎