高二英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）

高二英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）

‎【2019最新】精选高二英语下学期期末考试试题（无答案）‎ 第一部分 听力（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分20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分，满分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. What is the man doing?‎ A. Working on his math homework.‎ B. Getting ready for bed.‎ C. Writing a paper.‎ ‎2. What is the man wearing now?‎ A. A blue sports shirt.‎ B. A green T-shirt.‎ C. A green sports shirt.‎ ‎3. What does the man mean?‎ A. He is eager to get home to do his work.‎ B. He doesn’t like being on boats.‎ 20 / 20‎ C. He cannot afford a vacation.‎ ‎4. What will the woman probably do in ten minutes?‎ A. Plan a party.‎ B. Do someone a favor.‎ C. Work on her own report.‎ ‎5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Policeman and driver.‎ B. Teacher and student.‎ C. Boss and secretary.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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. Who might benefit the most from the new doors?‎ A. People with hearing problems.‎ B. People in wheelchairs.‎ C. People who are blind.‎ ‎7. Where does the conversation probably take place?‎ A. Inside a government building.‎ B. In a parking lot.‎ 20 / 20‎ C. On a street corner.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What is the man’s first suggestion?‎ A. Going somewhere interesting.‎ B. Going somewhere cheap.‎ C. Going somewhere hot.‎ ‎9. Where do the speakers finally decide to go?‎ A. To Europe. B. To Hawaii. C. To the Bahamas.‎ ‎10. What will the speakers probably do next?‎ A. Check the travel fees. B. Call their friends. C. Book their flight 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What does the woman probably want to do?‎ A. Find a map. B. Buy some food. C. Visit a park.‎ ‎12. What should the woman do on the second street? ‎ A. Turn right. B. Turn left. C. Go straight forward.‎ ‎13. How does the man help the woman?‎ A. By letting her use his phone.‎ B. By writing down the directions to her destination.‎ 20 / 20‎ C. By telling her to download an app.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. What color did Stella use in the centre of the picture?‎ A. Purple. B. Orange. C. Green.‎ ‎15. Who might Donald be?‎ A. Stella’s cat. B. Stella’s brother. C. Stella’s uncle.‎ ‎16. What will Stella do next?‎ A. Draw a mouse.‎ B. Buy some flowers.‎ C. Write some words on the card.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. What did John probably want to do when he finished school?‎ A. Be an engineer.‎ B. Become a math teacher.‎ C. Study Modern Asian History.‎ ‎18. What time did John need to be in the classroom for his English test?‎ A. At 8:30 a.m. B. At 9:00 a.m. C. At 4:00 p.m.‎ ‎19. Why did John have ink on his shirt?‎ 20 / 20‎ A. Something was wrong with his pen.‎ B. Someone played a trick on him.‎ C. He fell asleep with his pen in his hand.‎ ‎20. What was the terrible truth for John?‎ A. He missed the English test.‎ B. He couldn’t find his car.‎ C. He fell asleep in class.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分25分）‎ 第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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 ‎“Mom, there’s something I have to tell you.” Ula’s eyes were wide with pain. “What is it, sweetie?” I reached over and pushed her hair behind her ear.‎ ‎“I know we weren’t supposed to do it, ” she began. One of her friends had wanted to practice on her the CPR（心肺复苏术）they’d learned in swimming class. Ula started to cry. “I told her I didn’t want to do it. But she really wanted to, and I didn’t want to make her mad.” What Ula had said disturbed me. She knew what the other kid wanted to do wasn’t right. But 20 / 20‎ ‎ she didn’t stand up for herself. For the rest of the day, Ula and I talked about boundaries that help us, when necessary, to see to our needs before the needs of others.‎ Boundaries can protect us from being overworked and protect our belongings or health. Sometimes, they simply buy us the time to be alone and away from the chaos（凌乱）of life.‎ We imagined different friends in different situations, crying and threatening to tell on her, and I taught her to say “no”. I told her I’ll always be there to back her up to do what is right, however angry it may make someone feel. Now, Ula realizes that learning to protect our personal boundaries is a never-ending study. We have to learn where the line is and decide how to defend it.‎ I stayed with Ula until she said, “You need to go eat.” At that moment, she reminded me of the next great lesson in boundaries: It’s not enough to look out for our own limits－we must also honor them in others.‎ ‎21. What was Ula’s problem?‎ A. She didn’t do well in swimming class.‎ B. She had a fierce quarrel with her friend.‎ C. She didn’t know how to perform the CPR.‎ D. She was forced to accept something undesirable.‎ 20 / 20‎ ‎22. By creating boundaries, we can .‎ A. manage to deal with the chaos of life B. protect ourselves from extra work C. build better friendships with others D. understand other people’ needs better ‎23. The author taught Ula how to defend herself by .‎ A. creating possible situations B. providing important theories C. showing her previous experiences D. comparing the needs of both sides ‎24. By the end of the conversation, the author realized that .‎ A. it’s important to respect others’ boundaries B. Ula knows more about boundaries than her C. she shouldn’t have talked so much with Ula D. others’ needs should be put in the first place B In a robotics lab at the University of Las Vegas, I’ve come to meet Sophia, who looks pretty human, and is just learning to walk. “I want people to think of me as the robot I am. I wouldn’t want to trick people into thinking I’m a human. I just want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways,‎ 20 / 20‎ ‎ which includes looking like one,” said Sophia.‎ Sophia, who has had advance notice of my questions, has few practical uses right now. But her creator－an American firm employing Chinese scientists－believes she represents a big step on the road to artificial intelligence.‎ David Hanson, from the company Hanson Robotics, said, “Our aspiration is to bring the machines to life, to create living intelligence systems and there you’ll see the greatest revolution in artificial intelligence. We’re aspiring towards this. Do we know for sure that it can be done? We think it can.”‎ Among the thousands of new devices on show in Las Vegas this week, artificial intelligence is a constant theme. There’s a seeing suitcase that can follow its owner around the airport. This friendly robot wanders around your home filming short bursts of video to send to your phone. And Vincent, developed in Cambridge, is a drawing programmer that learns to turn simple sketches into works of art.‎ And here is the most obvious example of AI: the race to transform cities with driverless cars. This autonomous cab from Uber’s rival, Lyft, still has someone who can take over the wheel. But within a couple of years, this company believes we’ll hop into a cab which will take us across town all on its 20 / 20‎ ‎ own.‎ ‎25. What can we learn about the robot Sophia from the text?‎ A. She wants to be treated as a human.‎ B. She is being applied in different fields now.‎ C. She has a clear understanding of her own identity.‎ D. She stands for the biggest success in artificial intelligence.‎ ‎26. The underlined word “aspiration” in Paragraph 3 probably means .‎ A. theme B. goal C. promise D. decision ‎27. The author develops the last two paragraphs by .‎ A. making comparisons B. giving examples C. showing arguments D. expressing opinions C The islands of Hawaii are located in the South Pacific Ocean. People of many different races, cultures, and beliefs live there. People from Asia and other Pacific islands make up the largest groups. These groups get along well with each other.‎ The earliest Hawaiians came by canoe more than 1000 years ago. They farmed and fished and lived in small villages. One 20 / 20‎ ‎ day in 1778, a ship came from England. The natives were amazed by the white skin of Captain James Cook and his crew. At first they thought the white men were gods. Soon more ships stopped at the islands. They were on their way to and from the East, where sailors traded goods.‎ The trade ships brought people from many distant places, who brought their skills, animals, and plants. European settlers sold the meat from the cows to whaling ships. A man from Spain grew the first coffee plants on the islands. Missionaries from New England brought their Christian religions to the islands. They taught the natives to read and write. One trade ship brought Chinese carpenters. German people came and built mills to take sugar from sugar plants. Other settlers started pineapple plantations. And the workers planned to make money to take back home with them, but many never left.‎ The arrival of so many new people did have one negative effect. People brought diseases with them, which spread to the natives. Many natives died, and some left the islands. As more and more people migrated（移民）from other countries, the number of natives decreased.‎ By 1900 Hawaii had become a US territory（领地）.During 20 / 20‎ ‎ World War II, Japan attacked the US military（军事的）base there. After the war, Hawaii became popular with tourists. Some of these visitors liked the islands so much that they moved there. Since Captain Cook’s arrival, the natives and people from many lands have shaped a truly multicultural society.‎ ‎28. From the text, we can learn that more people migrated to Hawaii after .‎ A. trade ships discovered the islands B. land ran out in their own countries C. they found it a good place for a military base D. Christian religions were introduced to the islands ‎29. As many new people migrated to Hawaii, the natives .‎ A. experienced growth in their own numbers B. had hardly any change in religious belief C. acquired some new agricultural skills D. had great difficulty in keeping their customs ‎30. What is the text mainly about?‎ A. Why Hawaii is a good place for trade.‎ B. How Hawaii became a US territory,‎ C. Why Hawaii is a great tourist destination.‎ D. How Hawaii became a diverse US state.‎ 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） ‎ 20 / 20‎ 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。‎ 注意：请将该题答案写在答题卷的相应位置，答题卡上31-35题不作填涂。‎ When we eat potato chips, it’s often difficult to stop until the bag is empty. We open a bag of chips, and before we know it, they’re all gone. So why can’t we control ourselves when it comes to eating this salty snack? 31 ‎ Scientists at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, US, found that certain neurons（神经元）can make us want to eat salt. The neurons take note of whether our bodies are short of sodium（钠）, the main part of salt. 32 To come to their conclusion, the scientists did experiments on mice. They found that when mice lack sodium, their body produces a chemical. 33 ‎ More research showed that adding salt to meals makes people enjoy their food more, which may cause us to continue eating even if we’re full.‎ Scientists from Deakin University in Australia asked healthy people to eat the same food for lunch for four weeks. 34 At the same time, the scientists measured how much these people ate. They also asked the people how they felt about each 20 / 20‎ ‎ meal－if they felt happy or were still hungry after eating, for example.‎ The results showed that salt made people consume 11 percent more food than usual. 35 “But when we add salt to that food, all of a sudden those controls are gone,” researcher Russell Keats told Time. So the next time you finish a whole bag of chips to yourself, don’t feel so bad about it－just blame it on your brain.‎ A. Eating less salt can be difficult at first.‎ B. It could be down to something inside our brain.‎ C. Each week, the amount of salt in the food was changed.‎ D. This chemical then makes the neurons in question become active.‎ E. Then, they send signals to our brain to encourage us to eat more salt.‎ F. When eating low-salt meals, they had better control over how much they ate.‎ G. While too much salt can lead to health problems, not enough can cause anxiety.‎ 第三部分 语言运用（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分30分）‎ 第一节 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 20 / 20‎ 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。 ‎ Cameron was a famous announcer in McKinney. One night, after a show at the Grand Ole Opry, a friend 36_ him backstage with all the Opry stars. He didn’t have any paper for all their autographs（亲笔签名）, so he took out a dollar bill 37 . He guarded the dollar bill and 38 carried it with him. He knew he would 39 it forever.‎ ‎ 40 , the radio station was put up for sale, and many employees 41 themselves without a job. Cameron _42_ part-time work and 43 to live on a small income.‎ One morning 44 Cameron left his workplace, he saw a man sitting in an old car in the parking lot. After a couple of days, he 45 that this car had not moved. The next morning, he 46 walked near the car. The man _47 his window down. He said he had been in his car for days with no money or food and asked if he might borrow a dollar for a snack to 48 . Cameron explained his 49 and walked away,‎ Suddenly, Cameron 50 his Grand Ole Opry dollar. He 51 for a moment and finally walked back and gave him his bottom dollar.‎ In the next few days several job opportunities came to him ‎ 20 / 20‎ out of 52 . and soon he was back on his feet. And it all started that morning when he 53 his bottom dollar. ‎ Cameron never saw the man again, 54 whether the guy was a beggar or an angel doesn’t matter. Cameron was 55 that morning, and he passed. ‎ ‎36. A. instructed B. invited C. appointed D. forced ‎37. A. otherwise B. anyhow C. instead D. perhaps ‎38. A. always B. sometimes C. seldom D. never ‎39. A. memorize B. admire C. praise D. treasure ‎40. A. Obviously B. Undoubtedly C. Normally D. Unfortunately ‎41. A. found B. made C. kept D. left ‎42. A. required B. landed C. arranged D. rejected ‎43. A. preferred B. expected C. struggled D. continued ‎44. A. before B. until C. once 20 / 20‎ ‎ D. as ‎45. A. noticed B. stressed C. heard D. declared ‎46. A. seriously B. curiously C. anxiously D. cautiously ‎47. A. pushed B. shut C. rolled D. broke ‎48. A. cheer up B. get by C. settle in D. calm down ‎49. A. behavior B. viewpoint C. situation D. attitude ‎50. A. gained B. exposed C. inspected D. remembered ‎51. A. hesitated B. dreamed C. argued D. smiled ‎52. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. everywhere D. anywhere ‎53. A. set aside B. parted with C. gave back D. held onto ‎54. A. so B. though C. because D. but ‎55. A. observed B. assisted C. tested 20 / 20‎ ‎ D. blessed 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。‎ Franklin’s life is full of charming 56 (story) which all young men should know－how he sold books in Boston, and became the guest of kings in Europe; how he 57 (make) Major General Franklin, only to quit because, as he said, he was no soldier, and yet helped to organize the army 58 stood before the trained troops of England and Germany.‎ This poor Boston boy, without a day’s schooling, became master of six languages but never stopped 59 _ (study) and became forever remembered as “Doctor Franklin”, philosopher, scientist and political leader.‎ Self-made, self-taught, 60 candle maker’s son gave light to all the world. The street bookseller set all men singing of liberty and made his native land praise and honors him.‎ He built America, for 61 our nation is today is largely due to the management, the 62 (wise), and the ability of Benjamin Franklin. He belongs to the world, but 63 (especial) he belongs to America. People around the world honored him while 20 / 20‎ ‎ he was living. He is still regarded 64 the greatest man by common people today after his death. And he 65 (live) in people’s hearts forever.‎ 第四部分 写作（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分25分）‎ 第一节：应用文写作(满分10分)‎ 假定你是李华，你校外籍教师Mrs. Keller想请你下周末带她去郊游。请给她写封电子邮件，内容包括：‎ ‎1. 接受邀请；‎ ‎2. 郊游计划；‎ ‎3. 注意事项。‎ 注意：‎ ‎1. 词数80左右；‎ ‎2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 第二节：概要写作（百强校英语解析团队专供）（满分15分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。‎ Sometimes conflict helps people to let out their silent feelings, allowing them to free their negative emotions. However, when in a conflict, we usually get angry and say or do things which aren’t linked to the problem at hand. Therefore, it is important that we should try to avoid conflicts through effective communication.‎ In a heated argument, we usually say things that aren’t 20 / 20‎ ‎ related to the real problem, and even use rude words to make sure we gain an advantage over the other person. Then the whole situation goes badly. So we should separate the root cause of the problem and build our discussion around it. This ensures that there are no rude remarks and the situation moves in a positive direction.‎ It’s easy for us to think we’re right and if something isn’t working out, it surely must be someone else’s fault. However, if you aim to solve a conflict, first of all, you should show some respect and allow the other party to express themselves. Using remarks like, “I understand your concern on this” or “I know you’re right at your end”, would make the other person feel more appreciated. ‎ Sometimes some people get too excited and may behave in the wrong way or say something others may not appreciate. This can cause a worse situation. Actually, they should control their emotions and keep calm. This has to be learned through self-control and observing behavior of other people.‎ The tips mentioned above are useful for most situations. However, we don’t rule out the possibility that there are some people who always want to create some sort of trouble for others. You can tell them from others, and putting in an effort to 20 / 20‎ ‎ resolve a conflict with them may just not be a wise idea. The best way to deal with these people is to forget them. A famous saying can help you and that is: “You should never fight with a pig; you both get dirty and only the pig likes it.”‎ 20 / 20‎