吉林省长春市第一中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

吉林省长春市第一中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

英语试题 注意事项:‎ 1. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，在手机或电脑上点击所选答案。‎ 2. 回答非选择题时，将答案写在空白纸上，每道题标好题号，各题之间要留一定的间距。答完题后一道题一拍照一上传。‎ 3. 考试时间：120 分钟；分值 150 分。‎ 第一部分 听力(笔试结束后进行)‎ 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 Here are four tourist attractions in Havana in Cuba.‎ Museum of the City The Museum of the City was built in 1791. The building once served as the Presidential Palace and home to colonial governors. The museum’s exhibits include collections of weapons, history and art as well as rooms documenting wars for Cuban independence.‎ Tel: +53-7-861-6130 .‎ Open: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Admission: $ 3‎ Revolution Square Revolution Square is one of the largest open public spaces in Cuba and one of the largest public squares in the world. The site is home to the 138-foot Jose Mart Memorial, the tallest structure in Havana, which celebrates the national hero. Cuba’s important leaders, including Fidel Castro, usually use the platform in front of the memorial to address the large crowds that gather on the square. The Jose Marti Memorial also includes a museum and an elevator that takes tourists to the top of the monument.‎ Tel: +53-7-338-6363‎ Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Admission: $ 5‎ Cigar Factories Cubans famous cigar-making factories are open to the public. Three cigar factories in Havana offer public tours that show how Cuba’s cigars are hand-rolled in the traditional way. The Partagas Cigar Factory,founded in 1827,is the oldest in Havana. The other two factories open for tours are La Corona and Romeo Julieta, and they include gift shops.‎ Tel: +53-7-338-060‎ Open: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Admission: $ 10‎ Old Havana Old Havana is the capital’s historic district, which dates back to 1519 when Spain used the city as a colonial ‎（殖民的）port. Old Havana was important Spanish naval (海军的）base. Presently, Old Havana’s stone streets are home to museums, hotels and restaurants among the grand colonial buildings that once housed Spanish power.‎ Tel: +53-7-885-752‎ Open: daily. Admission: free ‎21.When is the Museum of the City closed?‎ A. Friday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. D. Monday. 22.Where might you see Fidel Castro?‎ A. In front of the Jose Mart Memorial. B. On the stone streets of Old Havana.‎ C. In the Partagas cigar factory. D. In the Museum of the City. 23.Which number should you call if you want to know about cigarette production? A. +53-7-885-752 B. +53-7-338-060‎ C. +53-7-338-6363 D. +53-7-861-6130‎ B Promise Sawyers, a 10-year-old girl in Nashville, Tenn., is inspiring people old and young after making a video before going to school “bigger and better” with her natural hair, just one day after she was made fun of for her afro.‎ Promise Sawyers’ motivational video was posted online by her mom Qui Daugherty, after the 5th-grader secretly recorded it on Daugherty’s phone. In it, Sawyers explained that she was feeling “some type of way” after her classmates had mean things to say after she wore her natural hair the day before. But she was determined not to let it bring her down, and wore it the same way the following day. “Don’t allow anyone to steal your joy,” Promise said. “Don’t give them that much power.”‎ Daugherty says that Promise has been surrounded by that type of positivity her whole life. She’s always taught her daughter to “meet a negative with a positive”, even when somebody is trying to bring her down. And although this example seems like one of the more disheartening( 令人气馁的) ones that Promise has faced after starting at a new school, her video proved that she took her mom’s advice to heart.‎ Now, nearly 2 million views later, people everywhere are responding to the video. “We had no idea the impact that it was going to make and the amount of messages,” Daugherty said. “It’s made a huge impact behind the scenes that has blessed me personally.”‎ Daugherty jokes that Promise doesn’t understand how influential her words are. Instead, the 10-year-old is just excited about the millions of views.‎ ‎“I just tell her not to focus on the numbers,” Daugherty says. “Let’s find a way we can be impactful behind this and make an influence and inspire people. That’s all we want.”‎ 24. What does the underlined word “afro” in Paragraph 1 refer to?‎ A. A hairstyle. B. A disability. C. An attitude. D. A video.‎ 25. What did Promise decide to do after being teased by her classmates?‎ A. Seek some advice from her mother. B. Make herself look bigger and better.‎ C. Record her sadness on video silently. D. Keep wearing the same hair to school.‎ 25. What will Daugherty advise Promise to do when there’s something disheartening?‎ A. Switch to a new start. B. Look on the bright side.‎ C. Make necessary changes. D. Share her joy with others.‎ 26. How did Daugherty feel about people’s response to the video?‎ A. Embarrassed. B. Worried. C. Confused. D. Surprised.‎ C Scientists think they have answered a mystery: How some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly.‎ A few million years ago, the largest whales, averaged about 15 feet long. Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale（须鲸类）became huge. Modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum said, "Why is that?" "It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to figure out what happened," said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. Their study has suggested an answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food supply for whales.‎ The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations（模拟）and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation in the oceans changed and winds shifted, Slater and Pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator(赤道）and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat.‎ Baleen whale, which have no teeth, feed by eating huge amounts of fish they caught. Toothed whales, like sperm whales (抹香鲸), hunt individual fish, so the ocean chants that made food less evenly spread out didn't affect them as much. But baleen whales hunt schools of fish.‎ Olivier Lambert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. But he said the lack of fossils in certain time periods is an issue. As oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving.‎ 27. What does the author mean by “It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye” in the second paragraph?‎ A. The change of baleen whales happened too quickly.‎ B. The change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore.‎ C. Researchers paid little attention to the change of baleen whales.‎ D. Researchers thought the change of baleen whales was unimportant.‎ 28. What played the key role in baleen whales’ becoming huge?‎ A. Man-made climate change. B. Its eating a huge amount of fish.‎ C. The water circulation in the oceans. D. The increase of food supply for whales.‎ 29. What do we know about sperm whales and blue whales according to the text?‎ A. Sperm whales eat more food. B. Blue whaler live much longer.‎ C. Sperm whales prefer to hunt schools of fish. D. Blue whales usually swallow schools of fish.‎ 24. What can we infer from the last paragraph?‎ A. There are no whale fossils now. B. The whales may become even bigger.‎ C. Global warming has threatened the whales. D. Olivier Lamber thinks the study is perfect.‎ D Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder. This increase in complexity（复杂性）, often called “feature creep,”costs consumers time, but it also costs business money. Product returns in the U.S. cost a hundred billion dollars a year, and a recent study by Elke den Ouden, of Philips Electronics, found that at least half of returned products have nothing wrong with them. Consumers just couldn’t figure out how to use them. Companies now know a great deal about problems of usability and consumer behavior, so why is it that feature creep proves unstoppable?‎ In part, feature creep is the product of the so-called internal-audience problem: the people who design and sell product are not the ones who buy and use them, and what engineers and marketers think is important is not necessarily what’s best for consumers. The engineers tend not to notice when more options make a product less usable. And marketing and sales departments see each additional feature as a new selling point, and a new way to attract customers.‎ You might think, then, that companies could avoid feature creep by just paying attention to what customers really want. But that’s where the trouble begins, because although consumers find overloaded gadgets（ 配 件 ） unmanageable, they also find them attractive. It turns out that when we look at a new product in a store we tend to think that the more features there are, the better. It is only once we get the product home and try to use it that we realize the virtues of simplicity.‎ It seems strange that we don’t expect feature tiredness and thus avoid it. But, as numerous studies have shown, people are not, in general, good at predicting what will make them happy in the future. As a result, we will pay more for more features because we systematically overestimate（ 高 估 ） how often we’ll use them. We also overestimate our ability to figure out how a complicated product works.‎ The fact that buyers want bells and whistles but users want something clear and simple creates an unusual problem for companies. A product that doesn't have enough features may fail to catch our eye in the store. But a product with too many features is likely to annoy consumers.‎ 25. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?‎ A. The benefits brought by the advanced technology.‎ B. The loss caused by the feature creep of technology.‎ C. The recent study conducted by Elke den Ouden.‎ D. Many problems of usability known by the consumers.‎ 26. Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?‎ A. It is the audience problem that leads to feature creep.‎ B. Feature creep brings blessings to the people in marketing and sales.‎ C. What matters to designers and marketers is not good for consumers.‎ D. The engineers will not pay attention to the quality of the product.‎ 24. What do we know about the buyers in paragraph 4?‎ A. They are deeply convinced that all the products work in simple way.‎ B. They are fed up with the more and more features of the products.‎ C. They are too confident of their ability to use the complicated products.‎ D. They are quite clear about the products which will make them happy.‎ 25. What can be a suitable title for the text?‎ A. The More Features, the Better B. Simplicity Outweighs Complexity C. Feature-heavy Products in Demand D. Saying No to Feature Creep is No Easy Thing 第二节(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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ What To Do When You Break Your Smartphone?‎ As you pick the smartphone you just dropped from the pavement, your mind races. You can’t afford a new one. How will you check your Wechat（ 微 信 ）messages? Here are some of the things you can try if you break your phone.‎ ‎ 36 ‎ Smartphones are held together with screws（螺丝） and pins，which means in many cases，if you’re handy enough，you can easily fix them. 37 One site in particular, ifixit.com, offers guides for replacing and fixing nearly every part of a wide variety of smartphones, ranging from the very first iPhone all the way to the iPhone 7Plus.‎ Bring it to a repair shop Smartphone repair shops are all over the place these days. 38 Depending on the damage to your phone, the price for repairs can range anywhere from﹩29 to more than﹩250.‎ Try selling your damaged phone So your phone is damaged, and you don’t want to spend the money to get it fixed. Why not try selling it?‎ ‎ 39 Gazelle, for example, will pay you﹩40 for a 16GB iPhone 5s with a broken display, while Glyde will pay you﹩142 for an iPhone 6 with a cracked screen.‎ Buy a refurbished（翻新的） phone So you’ve sold your broken smartphone and now you’ve got some extra spending cash, but it’s still nowhere near enough to cover the full cost of a new smartphone, which can run more than $600. 40 ‎ Well, if preowned（二手的）phones don’t bother you, you can buy a refurbished handset from any number of carriers or stores at a modest discount.‎ A. What can you do?‎ B. Get insurance next time.‎ C. Try repairing it yourself.‎ D. So why not see if one of these stores can fix your busted（损坏的 handset?‎ A. In fact，there are entire websites designed to help you repair your own phone.‎ B. How much you get for your damaged phone depends on the model and what kind of issues it has.‎ C. And if they don’t want your phone and you want to make sure that it's at least recycled，they’ll do that too.‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用 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。‎ My mother was a giver. The occasion never 41 — Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries or no occasion at all.‎ She was always thinking about who might 42 what. Creativity and 43 went into the gifts she gave, and she 44 a thank-you note. Once she sent out a note to her own children and grandchildren who had not acknowledged gifts, 45 that they were now on her “Fecal Roster”(黑名单) and would not be removed ‎ 46 she had received a proper thank you.‎ Even if you didn’t 47 a thank you, she’d give you another gift the next 48 she had. She figured ‎ 49 manners were your problem, not hers.‎ Every time Mom and Dad 50 to visit, all of us would gather in the driveway as they unloaded luggage. There was always something for the kids, 51 a couple of little toys or a big 52 of homemade cookies. They weren’t gifts for particular occasion. They were 53 “Isn’t life great gifts?”.‎ One spring when they came to visit, she handed me a 54 bag. Inside was a painting that 55 : “A Special Daughter. You’ve 56 laughter and joy to our lives and so much love to our hearts. The most precious things we can 57 for you are the things you have given us… 58 and Love.”‎ Mom was a 59 gift giver, but the best gifts we will always remember her for were her lover for 60 and her love for us.‎ ‎41. A. mattered B. occurred C. varied D. arose ‎42. A. wonder B. praise C. enjoy D. approve ‎43. A. thoughtfulness B. sympathy C. justice D. fame ‎44. A. ignored B. appreciated C. promised D. resisted ‎45. A. assuming B. abusing C. stating D. correcting ‎46. A. once B. after C. when D. until ‎47. A. send B. purchase C. conduct D. obtain ‎48. A. time B. chance C. festival D. holiday ‎49. A. mistaken B. bad C. silly D. ridiculous ‎50. A. walked by B. wandered around C. drove over D. rode away ‎51. A. often B. always C. never D. seldom ‎52. A. tank B. cage C. container D. jar ‎53. A. fairly B. apparently C. especially D. simply ‎54. A. cookie B. toy C. hand D. gift ‎55. A. read B. told C. wrote D. appeared ‎56. A. showed B. awarded C. devoted D. brought ‎57. A. apply B. wish C. recommend D. ask ‎58. A. Assistance B. Privilege C. Happiness D. Satisfaction ‎59. A. extreme B. serious C. bad D. great ‎60. A. life B. kids C. families D. gifts 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,并将答案填写在答题卡上。‎ Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?‎ In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 61 (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 62 (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 63 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.‎ But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 64 even a few months. It took years of work 65 (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 66 (clean) than ever.‎ Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 67 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?‎ While there are 68 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 69 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 70 (patience).‎ 第四部分 写作 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。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的间用斜线（）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,多改(从第 11 处起）不计分。‎ The first person I met in my high school was my deskmate, with that I fell in love at first sight.‎ She was warm-hearted and always wore a honest smile on her face. I was homesick in the first few days, unable to adjust the new school. It was with her help which I got familiar with the school. However, what impressed me most was her diligence and determine. When faced with a challenge in study, she would try out her best to solve it. Whenever I was in trouble, she would encourage myself and help me out. But for her encouragement, I wouldn’t have progressed so fast and steady.‎ Have so nice a girl as my friend is great luck for me. May our friendship lasts forever.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）‎ 假定你是李华，九月末将去伦敦交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，要点如下：‎ 1. 写作目的；‎ 2. 个人优势；‎ 3. 你的承诺。‎ 注意：1.词数 100 左右；‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； Dear Sir/Madam,‎ Yours, Li Hua 英语听力 第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 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. When will the woman discuss her class project with the man?‎ A. During the man’s class. B. After today’s class C.Tomorrow.‎ 2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?‎ A. In a garden. B.In a kitchen. C. In a market.‎ 3. How does the woman’s sister go to university ?‎ A. By bus. B.On foot. C. By subway.‎ 4. What was the weather like last Saturday ?‎ A. It was sunny. B. It was raining all day. C. It turned fine in the afternoon.‎ 5. What does the man mean ?‎ A. He knows what’s wrong with the watch.‎ B. The woman needs to buy another new battery.‎ C. The clock shop can probably repair the woman’s watch.‎ 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 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 至 7 题。‎ 6. What did the woman do last night?‎ A. She saw a film. B.She went shopping. C. She watched a football match.‎ 7. Why couldn’t the man keep in touch with the woman last night?‎ A. The woman’s mobile phone was stolen.‎ B. The woman’s mobile phone was power off.‎ C. The man had something important to do.‎ 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。‎ 8. What is the weather like these days?‎ A. Hot. B.Cold. C.Rainy.‎ 9. Where is the typhoon expected to come from?‎ A. The mainland. B.The western Pacific. C. The man’s city.‎ 10. When is the typhoon likely to come to the speakers’ city?‎ A. Tomorrow morning. B.Today. C. Tomorrow evening.‎ 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。‎ 2. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Doctor and patient. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife.‎ 3. What do we learn about the man?‎ A. The man is badly ill.‎ B. The man has caught a cold.‎ C. The man doesn’t like his job very much.‎ 4. What did the woman do with the man’s trouble?‎ A. She prepared some hot water for him.‎ B. She told him to go to bed.‎ C. She telephoned the doctor immediately.‎ 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。‎ 5. Where does the woman want to go?‎ A. To go to the park.‎ B. To go to the English Language Institute.‎ C. To go to the King Street.‎ 6. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In the park. B.In a department store. C. At the station.‎ 7. Which road should she take when she comes to the end of the park?‎ A. The road on the left. B. The road on the right. C. The road leading to the park.‎ 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。‎ 8. When will the Burj Dubai be completed?‎ A. In 2010. B. In 2009. C. In 2008.‎ 9. Where is the center of the tallest buildings at present?‎ A. In Europe and the Middle East.‎ B. In North America and Asia.‎ C. In Asia and the Middle East.‎ 10. Why do people build so many tall buildings?‎ A. Tall buildings are wonderful to look at.‎ B. Tall building save more resources.‎ C. People like to live in tall buildings.‎ 11. What is the height of the Empire State Building?‎ A. About 400 meters. B. About 200 meters. C. About 300 meters.‎ 英语参考答案 听力（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）‎ ‎1-5 CABCC 6-10 ABABC 11-15 CBABC 16-20 BCCBA 阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，共 40 分）‎ A 篇 ：21-23CAB B 篇：24-27ADBD C 篇：28-31ADDC D 篇：32-35BBCD 36-40CEDFA 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）‎ ‎41-45 ACABC 46-50 DABBC 51-55 ACDDA 56-60DBCDA 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分）‎ ‎61.was 62.actually 63.the 64.or 65.to reduce 66.cleaner 67.that/ which 68.amazing 69.changes 70.patient 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 10 分）‎ 71. that → whom 72. a → an 73.adjust 后加 to 74.which→ that ‎75.determine →determination 76.out 删掉 77. myself → me 78. steady → steadily 79.Have →Having 80.lasts → last 书面表达（25 分）‎ Dear Sir/Madam,‎ I’m a middle school student from China and I’m going to study in New York in late September. Knowing that an exhibition of traditional Chinese clothing is to be held in a local museum, I’d like to apply to be a volunteer to help around.‎ First, I’m interested in clothing design and I’ve read lots of books on the costume features of different dynasties. Besides, being a fluent English speaker, I can help introduce the styles and history to the visitors. Most importantly, it would be an honor to spread our culture and promote cultural exchange between the two countries.‎ I’d appreciate it if you could consider my application. Looking forward to your reply!‎ Yours, Li Hua