湖北省武汉市第六中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

湖北省武汉市第六中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

武汉市第六中学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28日上午9：00--11：00 试卷满分：150分 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）‎ 第一节（共 5 个小题；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 秒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. Whom is the man talking to?‎ A. A customer. B. A waitress. C. A cleaner.‎ 2. How much does the pie cost today?‎ A. $ 10 B. $ 6 C. $ 4‎ 3. What does the man need?‎ A. His sister to call him back.‎ B. Something to eat and drink.‎ C. Someone to take care of his pet.‎ 4. When will the woman's plane leave for Chicago?‎ A.8：00. B.9：20. C.10：00.‎ 5. What happened to the woman's son?‎ A. He didn't get the job he wanted.‎ B. He failed an important exam.‎ C. He was just fired by his company.‎ 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。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. Which place is the hotel closest to?‎ A. A shopping mall. B. A bank. C. A railway station.‎ 7. How long will it take the man to walk to the hotel?‎ A. About 11minutes. B. About 20minutes. C. About 30 minutes.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8 至9 题。‎ 8. What day is it today?‎ A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.‎ 9. How much does the man need to pay?‎ A. 15 pounds. B. 25 pounds. C. 30 pounds.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ 1. What is the man telling the woman?‎ A. The guests in the fitness center.‎ B. The business hours in the center.‎ C. The problems in the locker room.‎ 2. What's wrong with the clothes hangers?‎ A. They always get stolen.‎ B. They are not strong enough in winter.‎ C. They have been changed by other people.‎ 3. What is the woman's attitude in the end?‎ A. Cold. B. Unsatisfied. C. Accepting.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ 4. What does the young man like to do?‎ A. Volunteer at a food store. B. Travel with his family. C. Play basketball.‎ 5. Why is the woman worried about the young man?‎ A. His grades are poor.‎ B. He needs new friends.‎ C. He hasn't been doing well in sports.‎ 6. What has the young man been studying for?‎ A. A scholarship. B. A test to get in to college. C. A famous high school.‎ 7. How often does the young man attend a study group?‎ A. Twice a week. B. Every evening. C. Once a week.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ 8. How many games has the New Hampshire‎ ‎State women's basketball team won continuously?‎ A. Six games. B. Seven games. C. Ten games.‎ 9. Where was the earthquake?‎ A. In New Hampshire. B. In Ohio. C. In New York.‎ 10. What happened in the car accident?‎ A. Two cars were involved.‎ B. One person managed to escape injury.‎ C. Three people were seriously hurt.‎ 11. Why is the Concord‎ ‎School District raising money?‎ A. For classes. B. For their sports teams. C. For local dog rescues.‎ 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 50分） 第一节（共15个小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A The other day I was shopping at a local store and came upon a lady from India squatting (蹲下) on the floor looking for a certain product on the bottom shelf. She sprang up when she saw me as if to get out of my way. Apologetically she explained that she was a cashier at a nearby store and was on her lunch break, trying to get a few needed items before her time was up.‎ I reassured her, “I am in no hurry. Go ahead and do what you need to do.” While she searched for a particular brand, she said that sometimes customers were rude to her at the store and she really appreciated my kindness. I told her that I had noticed cashiers being treated rudely by some people.‎ I also explained to her that I was a retired nurse and understood some of what she was saying first hand. Sometimes patients, families, or doctors could be very rude or mean. But I tried to understand why they were feeling that way and let it go. “The world would be a better place if we all acted kindly toward each other. Those who are rude may have bad karma coming after them eventually.” I added.‎ She nodded and was surprised, “So you know about karma?” My reply was simple. “A little bit. Karma is the same thing as doing something bad and it comes back to bite you on the butt.” She paused, looked puzzled, then broke out in a big smile and covered her mouth with her hand, laughing as she walked away.‎ It felt so good that in a brief exchange I showed her there were kind people in the world, which might have helped her regain her faith in humanity.‎ 1. How did the lady react when she saw the author in the store?‎ A. She apologized for her rude manners. B. She invited her to have lunch together.‎ C. She stood up trying to make way for her. D. She kept searching for the needed product.‎ ‎22 .Which of the following best describes the author?‎ A. Kind and understanding. B. Courageous and warm-hearted.‎ C. Responsible and humorous. D. Sympathetic and open-minded.‎ 23. What is the main message the author wants to convey?‎ A. Working as a cashier is no easy job.‎ B. Those who are rude deserve bad karma.‎ C. Doing acts of kindness will make people feel good.‎ D. We should treat others the way we want to be treated.‎ B News anchors( 主 播 ) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiao Meng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.‎ Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax, and her reactions change as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future?‎ To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized ( 合 成 ). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the AI news anchor reads, the micro-electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.‎ Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them into the machine and match them with the text or the AI to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs.‎ Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third—the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin’s expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xin's expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually, AI is still no match for human qualities.‎ 23. What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean?‎ A. Delighted. B. Unwilling. C. Confused. D. Optimistic.‎ 24. What can we infer about previous news robots?‎ A. They read news without expressions. B. They looked like a human being C. They could interview sports stars D. They could interact with audience.‎ 25. What do we know about the third technology?‎ A. This technology is very perfect so far. B. This technology is quite popular now.‎ C. This technology remains at the theoretical stage. D. This technology is far from mature.‎ 26. From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that .‎ A. human news anchors should learn from AI anchors to save their jobs B. AI anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present C. AI news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future D. Xin Xiao Meng 's expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life C Why can people speaking the same language have such different accents? The short answer: new accents begin to develop when isolated( 隔 绝 的 )groups of speakers start making nearly unnoticeable changes to the way they pronounce words.‎ ‎“Accent development is the first step in language change. Fifteen hundred years ago, languages like English, Dutch and Swedish were actually all dialects of the same language, but of course then they changed overtime.” Jonathan Harrington, a linguist( 语言学家) in University of Munich, is interested in how accents first get started. But because of global communication, most communities are no longer linguistically isolated, and recording equipment didn’t exist back when more of them were.‎ So how to capture the early stages of accent formation today? Harrington and his team turned to members of the British Antarctic Survey, who speak with a variety of English accents. “When you are in Antarctica during the winter period, there is no way in and no way out. So they were isolated together and they had to communicate and cooperate with each other.” Harrington’s team recorded the winterers reciting a list of words before they left for Antarctica. Then, while there, the winterers recorded themselves saying the same words four more times. The linguists then analyzed the recordings.‎ Even during their short time in Antarctica, the way the winterers produced certain vowels (元音) began to converge. For example, at the beginning of the study, some people produced the /u/ in “food” at the front of the mouth while others used the back of the mouth. But they began to sound more similar overtime.‎ Harrington says the research isn’t just relevant for understanding Earth’s colonial past. He thinks there’s every reason to expect long isolation will cause astronauts on Mars missions to end up with an out-of-this world accent.‎ 23. What makes it hard to know how accents first started?‎ A. The lack of recordings in the past. B. The isolation of most communities.‎ C. The fast development of new accents. D. The big number of dialects of the same language.‎ 24. What does the underlined word “converge” in Paragraph 4 mean?‎ A. Become simpler. B. Become similar.‎ C. Get worse. D. Get improved.‎ 25. What may happen to astronauts returning from the Mars after a long stay there?‎ A. They feel much lonelier than ever before.‎ B. They can’t understand their mother tongue.‎ C. They speak with accents quite different from the locals’.‎ D. They don’t have any difficulty adjusting to the life on Earth.‎ 26. Where is text probably from?‎ A. A guide book. B. A news report. C. A magazine. D. A history book.‎ D The word “proactivity” is fairly common in management literature, but you won't find it in the dictionary. It means that as a human being you take responsibility for your own life．‎ Look at the word responsibility: ability to choose your response, response-ability. Effective people are proactive because they take responsibility. Their behavior is a product of their own decisions, based on values, rather than being a product of their own conditions, based on feelings．‎ For instance, you are planning a picnic with your family．You're excited．You have all the preparations ． You've decided where to go, and then it becomes stormy, killing your plan．Proactive people carry weather within them. They realize what their purpose really was, and they creatively have a picnic elsewhere even if it's in their own basement with some special games, and make the best of that situation．The opposite of being proactive is to be reactive．Reactive people would say, "What's the use?" "We can't do anything," "Oh this is so upsetting after all of our preparations and arrangements." They try to persuade the people around them and usually the picnic will be cancelled．‎ Being proactive is really just being true to your human nature. Your basic nature is to act, and not to be acted upon．That's true, despite widely accepted theories of determinism used to explain human nature. Determinism says that you don't really choose anything and that what you call choices are nothing more than automatic responses to outside conditions．‎ The language of reactive people is like: "I can't." "Don't have time." "I have to." "I must." The whole spirit of that language is the transfer of responsibility．They think things are determined by their environment, or by their conditions, or by their conditioning or their genetic makeup．Psychologically, people who believe they are determined will produce the evidence to support the belief, and they increasingly feel victimized and out of control ． They're not in charge of their life at all．‎ On the contrary, a proactive person exercises free will, the freedom to choose the response that best applies to his values． In that way, he gains control over the circumstances, rather than being controlled by them．‎ 23. When a picnic plan is threatened by a sudden storm, reactive people will probably ．‎ A. have the picnic as planned B. make the best of the picnic C. complain and give up the picnic D. find somewhere else for the picnic 24. According to the passage, a proactive person's behavior can result from ．‎ A. the environment B. an inner belief C. the genetic makeup D. a temporary feeling 25. People carrying weather within them usually .‎ A. manage to improve the weather B. give in to the weather passively C. stress the influence of the weather D. find a solution to the weather problems 26. It can be concluded from the passage that determinists (宿命论者) ．‎ A. are in charge of themselves B. accept things passively C are similar to proactive people D. respond to outside conditions actively 第二节（共5个小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。‎ Say Goodbye to Post-holiday Syndrome You’ve spent countless days waking up late, enjoying watching your favorite TV shows and lying on the beach. 36 It’s time to go back to work. Here are some tips to make the shift from vacation to work smoother.‎ Tidy up your work-space first.‎ Chances are you’ll be greeted by piles of unopened mails, files, and other office items sitting on your desk. 37 The longer you wait, the more likely these items will be sitting around your desk later in the week.‎ ‎ 38 ‎ You may feel the urge to work on three different things at the same time in order to catch up on work. However, this is not the most efficient approach. Instead, you should make a point to focus your mind and to only work on one item or task at a time. Remove unnecessary distractions.‎ It’s incredibly important to get serious about cutting out obvious distractions. This way, you can catch up on things efficiently without being bothered every five minutes. 39 Make plans to enjoy yourself the first week back.‎ ‎ 40 Scheduling a lunch date or two with friends can make the week back seem a bit less painful. Treat yourself to your favorite drink at the local café during your coffee break.‎ It may take several days for you to finally get readjusted and that’s perfectly fine. Stay calm, focused and relaxed. You’ll be back to your old routine at work before you know it.‎ A. Do one thing at a time.‎ B. Make a list of tasks based on their importance.‎ C. Then you suddenly come to an uncomfortable realization.‎ D. So it’s a good idea to attend to these items as soon as you can.‎ E. Switch off your cell phone, and close out of any social media accounts.‎ F. Rather than ignoring these items, take a few minutes to process them.‎ G. You’re back at work, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself.‎ 第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分 30 分）‎ 第一节：完形填空（共 15个小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，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。‎ Kyle Cassidy and three other members of a running group were stretching on the grounds of a university of Pennsylvania, waiting for the runners falling behind. They meet three days a week for a roughly 30-minute 41 . But on this day, it would not be their normal run.‎ A man 42 past them. Cassidy discovered why he was so fleet of foot when another man ran by, yelling, “Help! He took my phone and laptop!” At that moment, the group ran, 43 the suspect down the streets until he 44 in to a construction site( 建 筑工 地 ). The runners spilt up . Cassidy ran around to the far side of the site to 45 the thief while the others 46 the neighborhood hoping he had dropped the things in a backyard.‎ No 47 . So they decided to ask people living there whether they’d seen the guy. They were in for a 48 when they knocked on the 49 of one row house. 50 to them, the man had already come out of the construction site—and was hiding behind a bush by that very house. As the owner opened the door, the 51 rushed out from behind the bush and right into the arms of campus police, who’d joined the chase shortly behind the runners.‎ The members of this running group are not 52 runners. But they do understand the 53 of a little exercise. “Running is typically a 54 sport where you turn fat cells into heat,” Cassidy said.“But occasionally it can be useful, and here was one of those 55 .”‎ 41. A. jog B. walk C. rest D. discussion 42. A. slid B. marched C. drove D. shot 43. A. dragging B. sending C. tracking D. hurrying 44. A. ducked B. stepped C. squeezed D. rolled 45. A. pick up B. observe C. cut off D. question 46. A. wandered ‎B. cleaned C. protected D. controlled 47. A. luck B. pride C. response D. doubt 48. A. mystery B. surprise C. regret D. puzzle 49. A. wall B. window C. roof D. door 50. A. Unknown 51. A.policeman ‎B. Familiar C. Disturbing D. fundamental B. owner C. suspect D. woman ‎52.. A. famous B. professional C. potential D. regular ‎53. A. trick B. price C. consequence D. benefit ‎54.‎ A.dangerous 55.‎ A. challenges ‎B. rewarding C. useless D. meaningful B. decisions C. customs D. opportunities 第Ⅱ卷 第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分 30分） 第二节：（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。‎ When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighborhood 56 (defeat) by a severe disease 57 characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.‎ An expert physician was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case. He was ‎ 58 (enthusiasm), but he didn’t foresee that it was 59 hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was to blame. But without positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, 60 (say) the theory he put forward 61 ( make) no sense. Being very strict 62 himself, he contributed himself to the case. Apart from making 63 (enquiry), he made detailed charts and analysed the data 64 ( cautious). Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease to the radium in the pump.‎ ‎ 65 (expose) to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately.‎ Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium. This simple movement cured all the victims.‎ 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分 40 分）‎ 第一节：应用文写作（满分 15 分）‎ 假定你是李华，2020年4月，你的好友Peter听说新冠疫情（COVID-19 epidemic)在中国已得到有效控制，请你谈谈你所在的城市，如何有序地投入复工复产。‎ 1. 复工的意义和重要性；‎ 2. 复工的举措：扫健康码（scan a health QR code)、保持社交距离、作好个人防护等。‎ 注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 第二节：阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。（满分 25 分）‎ In 1968, I was a student at the Levon & Sophia Hagopian Armenian High School in Beirut. When the time came to register for tenth grade, I went to the principal’s office and told the staff my parents could not pay the tuition( 学 费 ). Although I was the top student in my class, I was sent home. This was a heartbreaking experience, as I loved being in school and desperately wanted to continue my education.‎ I went home and spent the day helping my father at his tire-repair shop. He could barely earn enough to pay the tuition of my two brothers.‎ A very old man saw me in the shop and wondered why I was not in school. I told him I was sent home because of lack of funding. He offered to help by calling the principal of another school to ask him to register me tuition-free. Even though the school was far away from my home, I could not pass up the opportunity to continue my education.‎ I took a city bus to downtown Beirut and went to the principal’s office. Embarrassed to tell him that I was supposed to get free tuition, I told the principal that arrangements had been made for me to study at a discounted tuition. I was shocked when the principal screamed at me that there was no such thing as a discounted tuition. I immediately turned around and rushed back to my father’s tire shop. It was at that moment that my hope was totally ruined.‎ However, things took an unexpected turn three days later. One of my classmates from Sophia came over. Our principal had sent her to tell me that I should come back to school. When I arrived, I told the registrar (教务主任) that I could not pay the tuition. She informed me that my tuition was fully paid and that I should join my classmates. I asked who had paid it so I could thank that wonderful individual. But I was told that the donator wanted to remain anonymous (匿名) and keep it a secret.‎ 注意：‎ 1. 所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；‎ 2. 应使用 5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；‎ 3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；‎ 4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。‎ Paragraph 1：‎ Iwenttomyclassroom,feelingextremelypuzzled. ‎ Paragraph 2:‎ The registrar was finally persuaded to inform me that it was my teacher, Ms. Balian .‎ 参考答案 ‎1-20 ABCBA CBABC BCCAB AACBA 21-23 CAD 24--27 BADC 28--31 ABCC ‎ ‎32--35 CBDB 36--40 CFAEG ‎ ‎41---55 ADCAC AABDA CBDCD ‎ ‎56.were defeated 57.whose 58 enthusiastic 59.a 60.saying 61.made 62.with 63.inquiries ‎ ‎64.cautiously 65.Exposed ‎ Paragraph1:‎ I went to my classroom,feeling extremely puzzled.I kept wondering who had been so kind to give me this golden opportunity to continue my education.I went back to the principal's office after classes and begged the registrar to disclose the name of the benefactor. Hard as I tried to talk her into giving me a clue,she insisted that she had to keep the secret.Then I had no alternative but to make a promise that I wouldn't go and thank the person and risk the registrar's getting fired for breaking confidentiality.‎ Paragraph 2:‎ The registrar was finally persuaded to inform me that it was my teacher,Ms.Balian.She went on explaining that when the school year started and Ms.Balian noticed my desk was empty,she inquired why I was not in school.After learning the truth,she then told the principal to deduct my tuition from her salary.The whole year I sat in Ms.Balian's class,but was unable to express my appreciation for her kind gesture.Yet I would never forget the kindness and generosity,without which I probably would have spent the rest of my life repairing tires at my father's tire-repair shop.‎