湖南省湘东九校2019-2020学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题

湖南省湘东九校2019-2020学年高二下学期期末联考英语试题

湘东九校2019-2020学年高二下学期期末联考 英语试题 分值：150分 时量：120分钟 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间，将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡 上。‎ 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一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ 例：How much is the shirt?‎ A.19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.15‎ 答案是C。‎ ‎1. What does the man want?‎ A. A ticket to see a movie.‎ B. Something to protect his eyes.‎ C. A photo taken with the woman.‎ ‎2. How much does the woman usually pay for movie tickets?‎ A. Ten dollars. B. Eight dollars. 'C. Six dollars.‎ ‎3. What does the woman need help with?‎ A. Starting her computer.‎ B. Turning off her computer.‎ C. Deciding which computer to buy.‎ ‎4. What is Mr. Miller doing currently?‎ A. Shopping. B. Eating lunch. C. Having a meeting.‎ ‎5. What does the woman suggest the man do?‎ A. Start a fire. B. Light a candle. C. Find some matches.‎ 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 are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ A. A movie. B. A website. C. The man's family.‎ ‎7. Where did the twins meet for the first time?‎ A. In France. B. In the U.S. C. In South Korea.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎8. What is the man's final destination?‎ A. A hotel. B. A bank. C. A museum.‎ ‎9.How long has the woman been working?‎ A. For the last six hours.‎ B. For the last seven hours.‎ C. For the last thirteen hours. ‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10. How many brothers does the woman have?‎ A. Eight. B. Four. C. One.‎ ‎11. What does the man say about his family?‎ A. They all live in different states.‎ B. He wishes he wasn't an only child.‎ C. He's glad he doesn't have a large family.‎ ‎12.Why was growing up difficult for the woman?‎ A. She was hungry sometimes.‎ B. She got too much attention.‎ C. She didn't like her brothers. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13.According to the woman, when does the man usually get up?‎ A. At 5:30 a.m. B. At 10:00 a.m. C. At 10:30 a.m.‎ ‎14.What does the man usually do on Mondays and Wednesdays?‎ A. He goes jogging. B. He shops for milk. C. He relaxes at home.‎ ‎15.How often does the man lift weights?‎ A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.‎ ‎16.What does the woman think of the man?‎ A. He lives a healthy life.‎ B. He loves reading stories.‎ C. He is lying to Stephanie.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17.Which teacher is probably hosting the science fair?‎ A. Mr. Keller. B. Mr Brentwood. C. Mrs. Miller.‎ ‎18.When is the boys' basketball game?‎ A. On Monday night. B. On Wednesday night. C. On Thursday night.‎ ‎19.How much do Romeo and Juliet tickets cost?‎ A.$5. B.$10. C. $25.‎ ‎20. What is happening on Friday?‎ A. A play. B. The girls' basketball game. C. A dance.‎ 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10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，选岀最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A One day, the sewer line （污水管道）under my house burst. My first response was to call the plumber, but when he heard what had happened, he said he couldn't help. “We don't do that," he said, as if to suggest that even plumbers have their dignity. He did, however, recommend someone. I made the call, expecting the man to complain at such a miserable job. Instead, he simply asked, "The address?"‎ And that was it. An hour later, Steve arrived in his truck. I watched as he walked down into the damp depths. A few moments later he appeared, saying, “Yes. It's broken."‎ ‎"Can you fix it?" I asked with a strange mixture of doubt and hope.‎ Steve looked at me strangely as if rebuking my lack of faith, and then said, "Sure." Then he told me that he had to get a backhoe （反铲挖土机）and dig up the street to the main sewer line.‎ I showed appropriate panic. "How long will all this take?"‎ ‎"I should have it done by evening."‎ I didn't want to watch the excavation （挖掘）of my property unfold. All I wanted was to ‎ leave, go somewhere, and, upon my return, have everything the way it was before the damage.‎ I felt somewhat guilty upon driving off in my clean car, leaving Steve to such a disagreeable task. I went into town and visited a few friends. Eventually, around 6 p.m., my curiosity got the better of me. I went home, and a sweeter sight I never saw: a patch of newly-paved street and a covered-up excavation across my front garden. I opened the basement door and—all was tidy and relatively dry.‎ I sat down on the back garden, lost in thought. I was taken by the very idea that, whatever crisis might happen to an unlucky homeowner, there is somebody, somewhere, who is practiced in its resolution. If that's not reason for thankfulness, Pm not sure what is.‎ ‎21. Why did the first plumber reject the author's request?‎ A. He wanted to protect his dignity. B. He thought the job was unpleasant.‎ C. He had another urgent task to do. D. He was inexperienced in the job.‎ ‎22. What does the underlined word "rebuking" in paragraph 4 mean?‎ A. Admiring. B. Accepting. C. Blaming. D. Neglecting.‎ ‎23. What caused the author to feel upset?‎ A. The difficulty of the repair work. B. The pressure of having to go out.‎ C. The effects of the broken sewer line. D. The fear of Stevens refusal.‎ ‎24. What was the author's purpose of going into town?‎ A. To satisfy his own curiosity. B. To avoid doing the excavation work.‎ C. To visit a couple of friends. D. To remove his negative emotions.‎ B More than a billion people around the world have smart phones, almost all of which come with navigation （导航）apps such as Google or Apple Maps. This raises the questions we meet with any technology: What skills are we losing? What abilities are we gaining?‎ Talking with people who're good at finding their way around or using paper maps, I often hear lots of frustration with digital maps. North/South direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time.‎ But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Despite being a frequent traveler, I'm so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps every day in the small town where I have lived for many years. What looks like an imperfect product to some has been a significant expansion of my own abilities.‎ Part of the problem is that reading paper maps requires specific skills. There is nothing natural about them. In many developed nations, including the U. S.,one expects street names and house numbers to be meaningful references, and instructions such as "go north for three blocks and then west” make sense. In Istanbul, in contrast, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals rarely use street names. Why bother when a government or a military group might change them again? Besides, the city is full of winding, ancient alleys that meet newer avenues at many angles. Instructions as simple as "go north" would require a helicopter or a bulldozer（推士机）.‎ Let's come back to my original questions. While we often lose some skills after leaving the work to technology, it may also allow us to expand our abilities. Consider the calculator: I don't doubt that our arithmetic skills might have dropped a bit as the little machines became common, but calculations that were once boring and tricky are now much more straightforward and one can certainly do more complex calculations more confidently.‎ ‎25. What is the drawback of digital maps?‎ A. They aren't connected to smart phones. B. They cost too much to download.‎ C. They leave some users frustrated. D. They mix up the south and the north.‎ ‎26. What's the author's attitude toward digital maps?‎ A. Doubtful B. ambiguous C. Supportive D. Uncaring.‎ ‎27. What does the author suggest in the last paragraph?‎ A. No calculators, no digital maps.‎ B. Technology is not developed in a day.‎ C. Two paper maps are better than a digital one.‎ D. When technology closes a door, it opens one as well.‎ C What do the random, scribbled （潦草的）drawings crowding the margins （页边空白）of most high school students' papers mean? When a student is caught doodling （乱画）in class, he will probably be criticized for daydreaming. But doodling while listening can help with remembering details, rather than implying that the mind is wandering, according to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.‎ In an experiment conducted by the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, 40 subjects were asked to listen to a two-minute tape giving several names of people and places. Half of the participants were asked to shade in shapes on a piece of paper at the same time, without paying attention to neatness, while the rest were given no such instructions. After the tape had finished, all participants in the study were asked to recall the names of people and places. The doodlers recalled on average 7.5 names of people and places, compared to only 5.8 by the non — doodlers.‎ ‎"If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream." said study researcher, Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth. "Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be enough to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task."‎ ‎"In psychology, tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process. If that process is important for the main task, then performance will be weakened. But my research suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring, task, rather than being an unnecessary distraction （分心）that we should try to resist doing." said Andrade.‎ Dan Ware, a social study teacher, used to consider doodling a distraction from learning, but after teaching kids with all personality types he learned scribbling away during lectures helps certain students remember more information. "In my first few years of teaching, I thought, 'Well, this kid isn't paying attention. He's daydreaming.' But I had some really powerful experiences with students and came to understand in many cases that was their way of focusing, and those students were probably paying more attention than other students." Ware said.‎ ‎28. What do we know about the participants involved in the experiment?‎ A. Some were asked to note down the information neatly.‎ B. Some were asked to memorize the names they would hear.‎ C. Some were instructed to listen to the tape with full attention.‎ D. Some were instructed to make random drawings on paper.‎ ‎29. Which of the following will both Jackie Andrade and Dan Ware agree with?‎ A. Doodling helps some people focus.‎ B. Doodling makes a dull task interesting.‎ C. Students who doodle perform poorly.‎ D. Students who doodle lack concentration.‎ ‎30. What is the best title of the text?‎ A. Daydreaming Can Sharpen Study Skills B. Doodling Can Help Memory Recall C. A Wandering Mind Improves Productivity D. Distractions Harm Academic Performance 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ The COVID-19 continues to be a heath threat around the world. Governments, communities and individuals are looking for ways to teach children how to protect themselves. 31 They might want to follow the advice pf imaginative creatures that are adorable, colorful and furry!‎ Muppets （提线木偶）are puppets from the children's show Sesame Street created by Sesame Workshop. Sesame Workshop started a campaign called Caring for Each Other. 32 The project includes messages for children and caregivers. It offers reading, math and science activities along with songs and fun, educational videos.‎ Elmo, Grover and other Sesame Street Muppets star in new public service advertisements ‎ ‎（PSAs） from the Sesame Workshop. These PSAs teach children about the importance of handwashing and safe ways to sneeze, limiting the spread of germs. 33 ‎ Elmo is probably one of the most famous Muppets. He is known for a video of a song about brushing teeth called "Brushy Brush". He reminds children to wash between the fingers and the tops of the hands. 34 This silly blue Muppet teaches children how to safely cough and sneeze. He even uses a checklist that includes breakfast, brushing his teeth and exercise.‎ ‎35 A set of things children normally do can help them stay healthy. Even though things may be a little different right now, health experts recommend having a regular procedure every day while isolated （隔离）.By doing so, parents and caregivers can give their children and themselves a sense of stability in this new normal.‎ A. Another video in the campaign features Grover.‎ B. No doubt parents are experiencing a tough period.‎ C. The song has been updated to teach good handwashing.‎ D. The campaign emphasizes the importance of a daily routine.‎ E. Children, however, often do not want to listen to grownups.‎ F. It aims to help families stay physically and mentally healthy.‎ G. They also educate children that these actions show care for others.‎ 第三部分语言运用（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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并 在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A 99-year-old war veteran （老兵）in the United Kingdom has been considered as a hero for his fundraising efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Captain Tom Moore has 36 over £ 12 million for the UK's National Health Service （NHS） by walking around his garden 100 times with the aid of a walking frame.‎ Captain Tom Moore, who 37 with his family in Bedfordshire. When he completed the 100th ‎ circle, he was 38 . Just by then the fundraising 39 for NHS Charities Together had hit£ 12 million. His achievements, which initially started at a 40 target of £ 1,000 before his 100th birthday, were 41 by the Health Secretary—Matt Hancock during the press conference. In his opening 42 , he said: "Captain Tom, you're a（n） 43 to us all, and we thank you."‎ Mr. Moore told reporters: "our 44 nurses and doctors are frontline in this case." He 45 _:"In the Second World war we had our soldiers in uniform, 46 , but this time our army are in doctors' and nurses' uniforms and they're doing such a 47 job regardless of their own 48 ‎ Earlier, he said: "At no time when we started off with this 49 did we expect we'd get anything near that sort of money. It 50 shows that people have such high regard for matters of our NHS and it's really 51 that people have paid so much money."‎ His daughters, Hannah Ingram-Moore, said that the amount raised was "beyond our wildest 52 ".‎ Actor and singer Michael Ball recorded a congratulations 53 for Mr. Moore. The broadcaster told ITV News that Mr. Moore was 54 "true Great British Spirit" Comedian David Williams wrote online: "No words can express our 55 to the British public for getting behind Tom, for making this into a heartfelt story. Once a hero always a hero."‎ ‎36. A. rose B. raised C. donated D. gave ‎37. A. lives B. tours C. meets D. argues ‎38. A. fined B. shouted C. tripped D. cheered ‎39. A. cost B. concept C. effort D. figure ‎40. A. cheap B. high C. modest D. controversial ‎41. A. picked out B. acted out C. held out D. found out ‎42. A. expression B. address C. saying D. explanation ‎43. A. inspiration B. comfort C. guide D. educator ‎44. A. careful B. patient C. diligent D. brave ‎45. A. debated B. added C. defended D. predicted ‎46. A. fearing B. treating C. fighting D. donating ‎47. A. worthless B. familiar C. meaningless D. wonderful ‎48. A. benefit B. drawback C. duty D. convenience ‎49. A. imagination B. custom C. exercise D. hobby ‎50. A. generally B. exactly C. nearly D. hardly ‎51. A. boring B. interesting C. disappointing D. amazing ‎52. A. control B. expectation C. reach D. responsibility ‎53. A. message B. notice C. warning D. tip ‎54. A. changing B. challenging C. demonstrating D. influencing ‎55. A. worry B. concern C. gratitude D. satisfaction 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。‎ Huawei Technologies Co.Ltd. is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company with the headquarters 56. (set) up in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is the 57. (large)telecommunications equipment maker in the world. Huawei 58. (found) in 1987 by Ren Zhenfei, a former engineer in the People's Liberation Army. At the time of its establishment, Huawei focused 59. mass-producing phone switches, but has since expanded its business to include building telecommunications networks; providing operational and consulting services and equipment to enterprises inside and outside of China; and mass-producing communications devices for the consumer market. Huawei has over 140,000 employees; around 46% of 60. are taking part in research and development. So far, it 61. (establish) more than 21 Research and Development institutes in countries including China, the United States, Canada, UK and so on.‎ Huawei Technologies Co said that it recorded 159.6 billion yuan, 36.3 billion yuan, and 255.8 billion yuan in revenue(收益)，62. (respective). Its net profit margin stood at 9.2% in the first half of 2020, 63. (mark) a 13.1% increase year — on — year, despite US government restrictions and the challenges created by COVID-19. As 64. (country) around the globe are trying hard to solve the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communications technologies have become not only a crucial tool for combating the virus, but also 65. engine for economic recovery.‎ 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）‎ 假设你是李华，得知你的笔友Jack和他的好友Mike最近关系很紧张，他很沮丧，请你给Jack回封信， 内容包括：1.表示安慰2.建议朋友相处之道。‎ 注意：1.词数80个左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ 第二节 读后续写（满分25分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节和所给段落开头语进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。‎ When Lisa was a little girl, she learned an important lesson from her father. Her father told her that when facing a problem, she should never give up. Instead she should try another solution. In the following years, Lisa always remembered her father's words. ‎ When Lisa was little, she dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. It was always her dream. But it was not an easy road. After leaving college, Lisa went to Paris with her designs in order to make her dream come true. In Paris, she tried to talk to famous designers and show them some of her designs, but none of them showed any interest.‎ Though Lisa was discouraged, she didn't give up. One day, at a friend's party, she was introduced to a young lady who was dressed in a beautiful knitted （针织的）sweater. It wasn't a fancy color, but it did have very special stitches（针法）.Lisa asked that lady if she knitted it herself She said it was a work of a lady in Paris.‎ Lisa really loved the special stitches and wanted to include them in her designs. And then Lisa had an even braver idea. "Why not own a fashion store of my own? That way, I could design, make and sell my own clothes," she thought. So she decided to begin with that kind of sweater.‎ Lisa's friend introduced her to Madam Dean who knitted that sweater. The lady was from Armenia and she learned to knit that kind of sweater from people in her country.‎ Lisa drew a picture of a sweater and asked Madam Dean to knit the sweater for her. Madam ‎ Dean agreed. One week later, Lisa got the sweater. The following day after Lisa received it, she wore it to a party in the fashion industry.‎ Lisa was very nervous but she was lucky. Not long after the party began, her sweater drew the attention of a store owner from New York. She wanted to order 40 such sweaters in two weeks. Lisa really happy and accepted the order. ‎ 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右。2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。‎ Paragraph 1: .‎ ‎ .‎ ‎ . ‎ Paragraph 2 .‎ ‎ .‎ ‎ .‎