四川省棠湖中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

四川省棠湖中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

‎2020年春四川省棠湖中学高二期中考试 英语试题 注意事项：‎ ‎1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。‎ ‎2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。‎ ‎3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。‎ 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 woman suggest?‎ A．Forwarding the mail on. B．Turning to Mary for help. C．Asking Sally for the new address.‎ ‎2．What might the man do then?‎ A．Invite the woman to dinner. B．Go on as planned. C．Choose another restaurant.‎ ‎3．What does the woman mean?‎ A．She didn’t like the watch. B．She bought the watch for $50. C．She didn’t have enough money.‎ ‎4．What is the man doing?‎ A．Filling in a form. B．Playing tennis. C．Having an interview.‎ ‎5．How will the speakers get to the museum? ‎ A．By bus. B．By underground. C．By car.‎ 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．What seems to be the man's problem?‎ A．Making a career choice. B．Using self-assessment tools. C．Getting a career counselor(顾问).‎ ‎7．What's the woman's most important advice?‎ A．Looking at the job description. B．Learning about oneself thoroughly.‎ C．Taking earnings into top consideration.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。‎ ‎8．Why does Mary call Mr. Green?‎ A．To ask about a meeting. B．To make an appointment.‎ C．To remind him to see a dentist.‎ ‎9．When will Mr. Green attend a parent-teacher meeting?‎ A．On Thursday morning. B．On Thursday afternoon. C．On Friday afternoon.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎10．What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ A．Anxious parents. B．Problems of poor children. C．Children who are home alone.‎ ‎11．What surprise the woman?‎ A．There are hidden dangers at home.‎ B．Many children have ever been home alone.‎ C．Children enjoy themselves without control.‎ ‎12．What can we learn from the conversation?‎ A．Children should be free from parental control.‎ B．Middle-class kids have more chances to take a vacation.‎ C．Eight-or-nine-year-olds feel scared about being home alone.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎13．Why does the woman come to see the man?‎ A．To get a better understanding of the lectures.‎ B．To explain why she missed two classes.‎ C．To get notes of the classes she missed.‎ ‎14．Why doesn't the woman want to go to the student centre? ‎ A．She has to reserve the time in advance.‎ B．There are usually too many students.‎ C．She has no time to wait there.‎ ‎15．What do we know about the man?‎ A．He can't help with the woman's problem now.‎ B．He can't explain his lessons outside the class.‎ C．He is often busy during his office hours.‎ ‎16．What may the woman do next?‎ A．Borrow notes from her classmate.‎ B．Visit the recommended websites.‎ C．Meet the man after his class.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17．Which film of the following DIDN’T the woman see?‎ A．Raising Arizona. B．Wild at heart. C．Neither.‎ ‎18．How does the woman like the black humor film?‎ A．Very much. B．Not a bit. C．So-So.‎ ‎19．What kind of actor does the man think Nicolas Cage should be?‎ A．A tragic actor. B．A classical actor. C．A comic actor.‎ ‎20．What films make Nicolas Cage more popular?‎ A．Action movies. B．Comic movies. C．Tragic movies.‎ 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A ‎ If you’ve never bought organic food, you might be wondering what’s so special about it. Is it really better for you? How does that work? This text will give you a short introduction to the subject.‎ Organic food is produced without the use of artificial fertilizers or pesticides (insect and bug killers) and many people buy it because they think it’s better for their health. Whether that’s true or not is still debated, but there are lots of other reasons for organic food. Intensive agriculture (集约型农业) gives us cheap and plentiful food, but it’s also one of the biggest sources of environmental pollution. According to a report by the World Resources Institute, half of all the chemical fertilizers ever produced have been used since 1984. Fertilizers — and the much more deadly pesticides and herbicides (weed killers) used with them — finally find their way into rivers and seas. Sometimes they break down harmlessly, but they’re just as likely to build up in creatures that eat them (including humans). Organic food, grown without artificial chemicals, is one way to help reduce the problem.‎ Many people find it puzzling that organic products are more expensive. After all, you’re doing away with expensive chemicals ... so shouldn’t they be cheaper? Organic farming is typically a more labor-intensive(劳动密集型) way of farming and that’s why it costs more. As a responsible (有责任的) consumer, it’s up to you to decide where to put your money. Are you happy to buy products that may have been grown in a harmful way? Are you willing to pay more to buy organic products that may help to protect the environment?‎ ‎21．Which of the following does the author agree on?‎ A．Organic food is better for people’s health.‎ B．Organic food is better for the environment.‎ C．Organic food tastes better than traditional food.‎ D．Organic food can be produced in great amounts.‎ ‎22．The underlined words “doing away with” in the last paragraph can best be replaced by “______”.‎ A．making use of B．getting rid of C．keeping away from D．taking advantage of ‎23．What’s the author’s attitude towards organic food?‎ A．Doubtful. B．Uncertain.‎ C．Worried. D．Supportive.‎ B ‎ After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it?‎ That September, I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the page into inky pools.‎ However, then I did not have audio books and electronic devices like kids do now. Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mom always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher.‎ In my room, Mom’s voice compared with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight, reading also made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book.‎ True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mom, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child.‎ ‎24．The author and his parents keep silent on their way home from hospital because .‎ A．what the doctor said was worrying B．the author failed in the exam C．they were exhausted D．they focused on the scenery along the road ‎25．The author manage to raise his marks in learning by .‎ A．being confident B．getting help from his teacher C．listening attentively（专心地） D．competing with his classmates ‎26．What can be inferred from the passage?‎ A．The author’s eyes recovered finally.‎ B．Reading made the author more sensitive.‎ C．The author’s mother quitted her job to look after him.‎ D．Reading helped the author a lot both academically and mentally.‎ ‎27．Which of the following could be the title of the text?‎ A．My eyesight trouble B．An unforgettable experience C．My good hearing D．A precious gift from mother C Fear can be a wonderful feeling in our lives, protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn’t valuable. Fear may make us feel that we are not safe being ourselves.‎ To avoid feeling fear, we may limit our lives greatly, living in tiny boxes. Living this way gives us the illusion(假象) of safety but leaves us with an unfulfilling life of no passion. If we shine a light on many of our fears, we see they have a very limited view of what is “safe” and how to “protect” us. Many of our fears are concerned only with protecting us from humiliation(羞辱) and failure. While these fears are doing their jobs incredibly well, they are doing so with faulty and outdated programming. Many fears we have as adults are trying to protect us as they protected us when we were children. Indeed, many of our current, automatic reactions to fear were actually formed when we were children.‎ Even so, it’s important not to judge ourselves for feeling these types of fears. If we judge ourselves, we will bury our fears or disguise them. By denying our fears, however, we also deny our energy, creativity and passion.‎ So what do we do with fear? We recognize the fear for what it is— a feeling we’ve experienced many times in the past and a feeling we will experience many times in the future. We become very familiar with our own particular brand of fears and how we allow them to control our lives. It is especially beneficial for each of us to become aware of the particular behavior patterns we’ve adopted when we feel fear, so we can look at our reactions with a sense of humor and compassion. Then, if we wish, we can choose a different response, which can be a scary yet very exciting experience.‎ ‎28．According to the first paragraph, fear sometimes ________.‎ A．protect us when we’ve made mistakes B．makes sure our feelings are not hurt C．brings great change to our everyday life D．makes us lose confidence in ourselves ‎29．According to the author, the ways we react to fear ________.‎ A．vary from person to person B．have been formed since childhood C．develop during our growth D．will not change until we get old ‎30．The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.‎ A．what is the essence of fears B．usual reactions we have when feeling fear C．how to deal with fears reasonably D．the importance of humor and compassion ‎31．What would be the best title for the passage?‎ A．Is fear managing your life? B．Be calm when feeling fear C．What do you fear most? D．Passion, chance and fear D ‎ A robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with dementia (痴呆) and other limitations live independently in their own homes.‎ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors installed in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates (定位) through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or a snack in the kitchen.‎ ‎“RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detected,” said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.‎ Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every day activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, researchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial strain on the healthcare system by making it easier for older adults to live alone.‎ RAS is the first robot researchers have tried to incorporate into their smart home environment. They recently published a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that demonstrates how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently.‎ ‎“While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising,” Minor said. “The next step in the research will be to test RAS’ performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what prompts, video reminders and other preferences they have regarding the robot.”‎ ‎32．How does RAS serve elderly people?‎ A．Through sensors. B．Through objects.‎ C．Through a mobile robot. D．Through their daily activities.‎ ‎33．What can we know about RAS?‎ A．It is the first robot used in daily life. B．Its function remains to be tested.‎ C．It can locate people and do any task. D．It can cook for owners on its own.‎ ‎34．What’s Minor’s attitude toward the future of RAS?‎ A．Doubtful. B．Negative.‎ C．Optimistic. D．Uncertain.‎ ‎35．What can be a suitable title for the text?‎ A．Elderly people leave the nursing home. B．Smart Home Tests first elder-Care robot.‎ C．RAS, the first robot to make home smart. D．Older adults have benefited from RAS.‎ 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。‎ ‎ If you work hard to have a positive attitude, you might be surprised by how much better you feel about yourself and life in general. 36． The less stress you feel, the better you will feel generally. So if you’ve been feeling tired, think about the good, put on a happy face and you just might feel better soon.‎ But how can you have a positive attitude when life is hard? It’s more than just turning life’s lemons into lemonade. 37． But it’s worth it. Here are some ways you can develop and maintain(保持)a positive attitude even in the midst of life’s troubles.‎ ‎38．It just means being an optimist and looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist(悲观者) and focusing on the bad in things. Sometimes your view can make all the difference in the world.‎ Identify(确认) those areas of your life that might not be going so well. 39． Focus on one area at a time and think of ways you can find the positive in them.‎ Smile and laugh! Yes, it can be that simple. Learn to love life, no matter what’s going on. Smile at others and they will smile back at you. 40．Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine.‎ Exercise！Get off the couch and get moving. Being active and healthy can give you a completely different attitude to life.‎ A．Have fun and find the humor in life.‎ B．You may find it hard to stay positive in your life.‎ C．Having a positive attitude can take some hard work.‎ D．A positive attitude doesn’t mean taking no notice of life’s troubles.‎ E. Having a positive attitude can also reduce your stress level.‎ F. These are the areas likely to make you think negative thoughts.‎ G. Go to bed earlier so you get the sleep you need to feel positive.‎ 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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ ‎ Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, 41 no one really knows where the word came from. 42  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which 43  to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are 44  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 45  light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.‎ Sneakers of some kind are used by 46  who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made 47  for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 48 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 49  ages would much rather  play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps 50  at all.‎ New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their 51  and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called 52  poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to 53 .”‎ American school children can be seen every day 54  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off 55 . Sneakers are 56  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the 57  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between 58 ? Perhaps another young 59  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a 60 .”‎ ‎41．A．however B．but C．or D．and ‎42．A．All B．Some C．People D．The others ‎43．A．appears B．remains C．means D．wants ‎44．A．excited about B．sure of C．surprised at D．pleased with ‎45．A．think B．feel C．consider D．suggest ‎46．A．men B．women C．those D．these ‎47．A．lovely B．specially C．lively D．cheaply ‎48．A．only B．greatly C．hardly D．finally ‎49．A．all B．some C．little D．old ‎50．A．some shoes B．no shoes C．no children D．some sneakers ‎51．A．photos B．compositions C．poems D．drawings ‎52．A．her B．his C．its D．their ‎53．A．explain B．guide C．hate D．love ‎54．A．dressing B．wearing C．putting on D．having ‎55．A．the next day B．at noon C．at bedtime D．in the evening ‎56．A．forever B．always C．seldom D．sometimes ‎57．A．much B．many C．most D．more ‎58．A．sneakers and other shoesB．boys and girlsC．children and sneakers D．winners and sneakers ‎59．A．girl B．man C．woman D．winner ‎60．A．sneaker B．friend C．poem D．shoe 第二节 （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。‎ Directions: After trading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks, use one word that best Jits each blank.‎ Marian Bechtel sits at West Palm Beach's Bar Louie counter by herself, quietly reading her e-book as she waits for her salad. What is she reading? None of your business! Lunch is Bechtel's "me" time. And 61． more Americans, she's not alone.‎ A new report found 46 percent of meals are eaten alone in America. More than half (53%) have breakfast alone and nearly half (46%) have lunch by themselves. Only at dinnertime 62． we eating together, 74%, according to statistics from the report.‎ ‎"I prefer to go out and be out. Alone, but together, you know?” Bechtel said, 63． (look) up from her book. Bechtel, who works in downtown West Palm Beach, has lunch with coworkers sometimes, but like many of us, too often 64． (work) through lunch at her desk. A lunchtime escape allows her to keep a boss from tapping her on 65． shoulder. She returns to work feeling energized. "Today, I just wanted some time to myself,” she said.‎ Just two seats over, Andrew Mazoleny, a local videographer, is finishing his lunch at the bar. ‎ He likes that he can sit and check his phone in peace or chat up the barkeeper with whom he's on a first-name basis 66． he wants to have a little interaction. “I reflect on 67． my day's gone and think about the rest of the week," he said. "It's a chance for self-reflection. You return to work 68． (refresh) and with a plan.''‎ That freedom 69． (choose) is one reason more people like to eat alone. There was a time when people may have felt awkward about asking for a table for one, but those days are over. Now, we have our smartphones to keep us company at the table. "It doesn't feel as alone as it may have before all the advances in technology," said Laurie Demeritt, 70． company provided the statistics for the report.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 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：把多余的词用斜线（ )划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线（一），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。‎ Last Friday, we went to Beijing Survival Island to go on an outing, that left us with a deep impression.‎ Early in the morning, we gathered the school gate and the school bus takes us there. In the way, we talked and laughed, full of excitement. Upon arrive, we were attracted by various activities and got involved immediate. The monkey bars were really challenging. One of the boys managed to make it with the encouragement of her classmates. I was interested in making cakes. I was being taught to make my first cake on my own! At lunchtime, we sat around, enjoying the delicious food. Everyone had the good time.‎ We really enjoyed our stay there. Before we left, we had a photo taken to record the unforgettable days.‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假如你是李华，你们班同学打算本周六去爬长城，请你给外教Chris写一封信，邀请他参加此次活动。请包括以下内容：‎ ‎1. 介绍活动的相关信息（时间、集合地点、交通工具等）；‎ ‎2. 携带物品（午餐、相机、雨伞等）。‎ 注意: 1. 词数100左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Chris,‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua ‎2020年春四川省棠湖中学高二期中考试 英语试题参考答案 一．听力 ‎1-5:BCCAC 6-10:ABBCC 11-15:BCABA 16-20:BABCA 二．阅读理解 ‎21-23:BBD 24-27:ACDB 28-31:DBCA 32-35:ABCB 36-40:ECDFA 三．完形填空 ‎41-45:BBCBB 46-50:CBBAB 51-55:CACBC 56-60:CDCDB 四．语法填空 ‎61．like 62．are 63．looking 64．works 65．the ‎66．if/when 67．how 68．refreshed 69．to choose 70．whose 五．短文改错 cthat → which gathered后加at takes → took In → On arrive → arrival / arriving immediate → immediately her → his 去掉being the → a days → day 六．书面表达 Dear Chris,‎ It is with the greatest of pleasure that I write to invite you to join our class to climb the Great Wall this Saturday.‎ We will depart at 8 am at the school gate and the return is arranged at 5 pm, so we will have plenty of time to enjoy the outing. We will take a bus directly to our destination. I recommend taking your camera with you to capture the beautiful scenes of nature. What’s more, an umbrella or rainproof jacket would most likely be needed since a short shower has been forecast, but I believe it shouldn’t spoil our journey. Please bring lunch and snacks with you – we plan to hold a party on the top of the hill.‎ We’re looking forward to seeing you and hope you will enjoy the trip.‎ Yours,‎ Li Hua