湖北省钢城四中2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

湖北省钢城四中2019-2020学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

英语试卷 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。本试卷共12页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。‎ ‎★祝 考 试 顺 利 ★‎ 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。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ー一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What will the man do tonight?‎ A. Have a drink. B. Write a paper. C. Watch a film ‎2. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In a library. B. In a garden. C. In a bookstore ‎3. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A dog. B. A lecture C. A professor ‎4. How do the speakers go to work?‎ A By bus B. By taxi C. By bike.‎ ‎5. What does the woman look like?‎ A. She's slim B. She wears glasses C. She has short hair.‎ 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。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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. What puzzles the woman most? A. How to use chopsticks. B. How to eat from the same plate C. How to behave properly at table 7. What's the man's advice to the woman? A. Learning table manners B. Keeping a good appetite. C. Bringing her own chopsticks 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What is the woman?‎ A. A junior student B. A school librarian C. A university teacher ‎9. Which building is the tallest?‎ A. The gym B. The library. C. The dining hall ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题 10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Classmates. B. Neighbors. C. Colleague ‎11. How does the man sound in the conversation?‎ A. Curious B. Grateful. C. Humorous ‎12. What will the man probably do next?‎ A. Watch videos B. Do the research C. Explore the Mars. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Why does the man call the woman?‎ A. To rent a new flat B. To tell some problems C. To deliver a new television ‎14. When will the tap be repaired?‎ A. This afternoon B. Tomorrow morning. C. At the weekend ‎15. Where did the student know about the flat?‎ A. On the TV. B. In the store. C. On the Internet.‎ ‎16. What does the woman ask the student to do?‎ A. Order a new TV online B. Send her the TV receipt.‎ C. Get someone to fix the old TV ‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?‎ A. Film fans B. New students. C. College graduates ‎18. Where does the speaker come from?‎ A. Britain B. China C. Germany ‎19. What made the speaker feel better?‎ A. Respecting everyone.‎ B. Going out to eat food C. Teaming up with classmates ‎20. What is the speaker's treasure?‎ A. Close friends. B. Awesome work. C. Excellent skills 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 （共十小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。‎ A ‎  If you feel sick or uncomfortable, you might seek out a doctor. But what to do if you don't ‎ quite know where you fit into this world and you're tired of carrying that burden alone? I answered strangers' questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway ‎ at 57th and 8th. A group of strangers had stopped by because they were carrying some deep, ‎ meaningful questions that had long gone unanswered, like why can't I be happier in my life? And then I spotted her, who would be my toughest questioner of the day. She was about 6‎ ‎ years old and held her mother’s hand as she craned(伸长) her neck to stare at us. Her mother ‎ stopped. but the girl hesitated. "It’s OK, " I offered. “Do you have a question? "The girl smiled at her mother, then let go of her hand to walk over towards us. She looked at me dead in the eye and said, "How do I know I’m real?” Suddenly I was back in graduate school. Should I talk about the French philosopher Rene ‎ Descartes to prove our existence, with the phrase "I think , therefore I am ?Or, mention English philosopher G. E. Moore and his famous "here is one hand, here is the other” to prove the ‎ existence of the external world?But then the answer came to me. I remembered that the most important part of philosophy was feeding our sense of wonder.“Close your eyes, "I said. She did.‎ ‎ "Well, did you disappear? ” She smiled and shook her head then opened her eyes. “Congratul-‎ ations, you're real.” She grinned(意齿而笑) broadly and walked over to her mother, who looked back at us and ‎ smiled. 21. Why did the author show up at the entrance of the subway? A. To take the subway. B. To look for strangers' help C. To offer advice on life puzzles. D. To help strangers carry their bags 22. How did the girl find the answer? A. By hearing a story. B. By learning philosophy C. By referring to others’ words. D. By having a real experience. 23. Which of the following can best describe the author? ‎ ‎ A. Strict and smart B. Honest and brave. C. Clever and helpful. D. Humorous and sociable.‎ B Although the idea of “zero emission and sustainable(可持续的)development "was promoted ‎ worldwide, most cities are at a loss what to do or even some have objected to it. But in Liuzhou, a city in southern China, attitudes could not be more different. The Liuzhou Municipality Urban Planning Bureau has signed up Italian architect Stefano ‎ Boeri, the father of the forest city movement, to build a self-contained community for up to ‎ ‎30,000 people. He is the go-to man for such projects thanks to the success of his “vertical ‎ forests", two residential(住宅的)towers. Completed in 2014, they remove up to 17.5 tons of soot (煤烟) from the air each year, and a year later one of them wasnamed Best Tall Building ‎ Worldwide. The Liuzhou project is a much more ambitious undertaking, however. Its homes, hospitals, ‎ hotels, schools and offices will be built on a 340-acre site in what Boeri calls the first attempt to create an "urban environment that is really trying to find a balance with nature". Its 100 species ‎ of plant life are expected to absorb almost 10, 000 tons of carbon dioxide and 57 tons of pollutants per year, while at the same time producing 900 tons of life-giving oxygen. Although the architects haven't published the cost of the forest city, the Milan towers cost ‎ only five percent more than traditional skyscrapers The construction of his forest city at Liuzhou is set to begin in 2020, and there is still a great ‎ deal of planning and research required before a projected completion date can be set. However,‎ Boeri remains optimistic about the project and has confidence in the soundness of his vision:‎ ‎ "I really think that bringing forests into the city is a way to deal with global warming. 24. Why is Stefano Boeri employed for the Liuzhou project? A. He volunteered to do the project. B. He is a famous architect in the world C. He is the father of the forest recovery. D. He has gained experience in similar projects. 25. What does the underlined word "they” refer to? ‎ ‎ A. The architects B. The two towers. C. Forests in the city D. The residents of the city. 26. What's the purpose of Liuzhou project? A. To provide more job. B. To bring forest into city C. To solve house shortage. D. To improve the environment C Robots are now being employed not just for dangerous tasks, such as discovering mines or ‎ rescuing people in disasters. They are also finding applications as household help and as nursing assistants. As increasing numbers of machines, equipped with the latest artificial intelligence, ‎ take on a growing variety of specialized and everyday tasks, the question of how people see them and behave towards them becomes ever more urgent.‎ A team led by Sari Nijssen of Radboud University and Markus Paulus, Professor of ‎ Developmental Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-universitat(LMU ), have carried out a study to determine the degree to which people show concern for robots and behave towards them based on moral principles.‎ According to Sari Nijssen, the study set out to answer the following question: "Under what ‎ circumstances would adults be willing to sacrifice robots to save human lives? ""The participants were faced with a hypothetical(假设的) moral dilemma: Would they be prepared to put a single person at risk in order to save a group of injured persons? In the situations presented the intended victim was either a human, a humanoid robot that had been humanized to various degrees or a ‎ robot that was clearly recognizable as a machine.‎ The study suggested that the more the robot was humanized, the less likely participants were ‎ to sacrifice it. Situations that included vivid stories in which the robot was described as a merciful ‎ being or as a creature with its own understandings, experiences and thoughts, were more likely to ‎ stop the study participants from sacrificing it in the interests of anonymous(无名的) humans.‎ ‎“This result indicates that our study group attached a certain moral status to the robot, "says Paulus. "One possible suggestion of this finding is that attempts to humanize robots should not go too far. Such efforts could come into conflict with their intended function ----to be of help to us.‎ ‎27. What has become a concern about robots?‎ A. How to humanize them. B. How to treat them in life C. How to use them effectively. D. How to find more applications.‎ ‎28. In the study the participants probably have to decide . ‎ A. when to sacrifice a robot B. where to experience risks C. which robot to work with D. what robots should be like ‎29. What can be inferred from Paulus' words?‎ A. Humanized robots offer less help to people.‎ B. Humanizing robots too much may be improper.‎ C. Certain moral status should be attached to robots D. Conflicts often happen between humans and robots ‎30. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Robots, a Must for Future B. Humanized Robots. a New Trend C. Robots Saved, People Take the Hit D. Humanized Robots Replace Human ‎ 第二节(共5小題;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。 There are several different types of fire departments. Some hire full-time paid firefighters ‎ and some are run entirely by volunteers. 31 , a firefighter must go through strict physical and academic training to ensure a strong knowledge of fire safety and the physical strength to handle the tasks required by a fire department.‎ Joining a fire department requires that both physical and written tests are passed with ‎ scores showing a thorough knowledge of fire safety. 32 .‎ The first step in joining a fire department as a paid firefighter is to submit an application ‎ as well as acquire the appropriate training. Usually firefighters must have a high school diploma, and some complete two-or-four-year programs in fire science at community colleges ‎ and universities 33 ,and if a candidate already has connections at a fire department, he may apply for a position straight out of high school.‎ Once a candidate applies and is accepted for training at a fire department, he must then complete several weeks of training at the department’s training center. 34 . When this is done,‎ the candidate is sent to a fire company for a period of probation (见习). He has to continue training in the new position while being directed by experienced firefighter. 35 . An application must be submitted to the volunteer fire department, then if the application is accepted, the candidate will take a training program and then be required to pass a physical and written test. Firefighters must also become certified as Emergency Medical Technicians(EMTS ). ‎ The level of EMT certification is determined by the individual departments.‎ A. Although it is demanding B. Whichever type is desired C. However, an academic program is not required D. For volunteer firefighters the procedure is similar E. But joining a volunteer fire department is totally different F. Training consists of classroom work and practical training G. Also, a candidate must be able to respond quickly in emergencies 第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节(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A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白 的最佳选项。‎ In a clean. clinical room, my best friend was dying in my arms. His eyes, dark brown and trusting, would soon 36 forever. Heartbroken. I said. “ Flash , you 37 so much happiness ‎ to me. I will do something good as a 38 .”‎ Flash came into my 39 when I was nine. From the moment my parents brought this cute ‎ dog home he 40 my family with joy.‎ Then. 41 happened. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 11. Then my grandma, who was my 42 , passed away. My sister developed Crohn's disease and while ‎ being tested, 43 a heart attack. I was being bullied at school and started to 44 classes ‎ and avoid seeing people.‎ Flash soon gave me all the 45 he could offer. There were times when I felt there was no ‎ 46 , but a pair of brown eyes and loving face would somehow ease me.I knew he was 47 ‎ there for me. I knew he understood.‎ Now after 15 years, Flash was 48 . I thought doing charity work was the best reward ‎ for him. I 49 in a nonprofit organization in Southampton and contributed about 3, 500‎ hours to 50 children with special needs, which completely changed my life. I learned to ‎ love the 51 I had been on, and even accept the 52 bits I still miss Flash. It was him that had somehow 53 me to help others. Flash's death was ‎ one of the 54 moments of my life. But it was also an inspiring moment that 55 ‎ who I was ----in the best possible way ----forever.‎ ‎36.A.open B. close C. shine D. fade ‎37.A.brought B. told C. save D. owed ‎38.A.relief B. chance C. bonus D. reward ‎39.A.mind B. room C. world D. power ‎40.A.helped B. filled C. protect D. decorated ‎41.A.disasters B. stories C. wonders D. mistakes ‎42.A.burden B. trouble C. strength D. challenge ‎ ‎43.A.caused B. noticed C. fought D. suffered ‎44.A.skip B. give C. take D. enjoy ‎45.A.comment B. comfort C. expectation D. relaxation ‎46.A.hope B. time C. money D. use ‎47.A.frequently B. sometimes C. hardly D. always ‎48.A.aging B. gone C. missing D. deserted ‎49.A.searched B. competed C. volunteered D. performed ‎50.A.attending to B. meeting with C. talking about D. bringing up ‎51.A.earth B. journey C. holiday D. street ‎52.A.fantastic B. absurd C. hard D. pleasant ‎53.A.led B. forced C. trained D. persuaded ‎54.A.fullest B. craziest C. tiniest D. saddest ‎55.A.explained B. transformed C. admitted D. described 第ニ节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Ballet is a formal kind of dance performance with a rich interesting history. ‎ The word "ballet" comes from the French language, and 56 (be) based on the Italian word ‎“balletto". "Balletto” means a little dance. Ballet’s early roots began in Italy in the late1400s. ‎ But it was in France 57 ballet developed into the form we know today.‎ The French ruler Louis the Fourteenth had a big influence 58 the direction of ballet in ‎ its early history. He ruled France for seventy-two years, 59 (start)in 1643. He started dancing ‎ as a boy and worked hard daily.‎ Louis the Fourteenth turned ballet into a form of dance that reflected 60 (he)power and ‎ influence. Ballet's many rules and 61 (extreme ) detailed movements expressed a person's ‎ power and social relations. The king made sure that ballet became a 62 (require)for the people ‎ of his court. He also started the Royal Academy of Dance, 63 important people could learn ‎ this art. The aim of this dance was self-control, order and perfection.‎ Ballet slowly changed from a dance at the king s court to one 64 (perform)by professional ‎ dancers. When Louis the Fourteenth died in 1715. ballet 65 (bring)to other parts of Europe ‎ and was developing in other ways.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节 应用文书面表达(满分15分)‎ 假定你是李华，你和几个朋友打算去参观茶园，想邀请美国交换生Henry同往。请 你给他写一封邮件告知其活动安排。内容包括：‎ ‎1.时间和地点;‎ ‎2.学习如何沏茶、品茶;‎ ‎3.介绍中国茶文化的历史和发展。‎ 注意:‎ ‎1.词数100左右;‎ ‎2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ Dear Henry, ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Yours, ‎ ‎ LiHua ‎ 第一节 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 This story happened to me many years ago but I can still remember it well. When I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. On my way, I found that my car was running out of gas. So I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City ,where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I ‎ was standing in line at the cash register(收银台),I said hello to a couple who were also paying for gas and they responded with their warm smiles。‎ I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.‎ My car just broke down. What a trouble! I stopped and was wondering what I should do next when a car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said ‎ they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted happily on the way to the city, and when I got ‎ out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.‎ Upon arriving home, I wrote to him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon ‎ afterwards, I received a Christmas present from them. In their note they said that helping me had ‎ made their holidays meaningful.‎ Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in an early morning. The road condition ‎ was quite poor on the way and it was said that cars broke down frequently there. Anyway. I got ‎ there safe and sound. After the meeting, I returned to my car and found that I'd got a flat tire. I ‎ was at a loss when I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership----a shop selling Ford cars---- was ‎ right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom 注意: 1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右 2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关健词语 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:‎ I entered the shop, and one of the salesmen came to me. I couldn’t believe my eyes. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Paragraph 2:‎ After a while, they quickly drove a pick-up truck to my car and started it. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎