湖北宜城市第二中学2019-2020高二英语下学期期中试题（Word版附答案）

1 宜城二中 2019-2020 学年度下学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷 考试时间 19:00-21:00 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，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 woman worried about? A. The price of the training B. The size of the area C. Safety 2.What does the woman think they should do? A. Follow the singer B. Leave the singer alone C. Take a picture with the singer 3.When was Janet supposed to give her presentation? A. On Tuesday B. On Wednesday C. On Thursday 4. What is the conversation mainly about? A. A pair of boots B. The man’s grandfather C.A new mall 5. What are the speakers doing? A. Visiting a friend’s place B. Hunting for a new house C. Decorating their kitchen 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 does the man want to do? A. Buy some books2 B. Start a small company C. Do some research for a paper 7.What is the man like? A. Careless B. Impatient C. Cautious 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. Where do the speakers prefer to go? A. To Hawaii B. To Europe C. To the Bahamas 9. 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 10 至 12 题。 10. Why does the woman want to buy a dress? A. She is going to an event B. She wants to lose weight C. She wants to look more mature 11. Which dress does the woman decide to buy? A. The red one B. The black one C. The blue one 12.Why does the man apologize? A. He doesn’t have any larger sizes B. He can’t let the woman return anything C. He gave the woman some wrong information 听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What did the man think of Americans? A. Health-conscious B. Ignorant C. Lazy 14. Why does the man mention organic foods? A. To show how influential American food culture is B. To show how people’s attitudes have changed C. To show that Americans are spending more on food 15.According to the woman, why are things different now? A. People have access to more information B. People are more active in general C. People are more positive 16. What does the woman try to avoid?3 A. Watching too much TV B. Eating fast food C. Driving her car 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. How much sleep should teenagers get? A. 8 hours a night B. 9 hours a night C. 10 hours a night 18.Why is it difficult for teenagers to go to bed early according to the research? A. They are unaware of the benefits of good sleep B. They work too hard at night C. Their bodies are changing 19.What time do most American high schools start now? A. At 8:00 am B. At 8: 30 am C. At 9:00 am 20.According to the talk, what should teens do to get a good night’s sleep? A. Do some reading before bedtime B. Find a school that starts later C. Limit their screen time 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，选出最佳选项，并在 答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A Welcome to Adventureland! Everyone loves Adventureland ! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore ,enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back . What are you going to do this time ? The Travel Pavilion4 Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village , the Turkish market , the Tai floating market , the Berber mountain house and others . Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives , and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making fishing nets... The Future Tower This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we'll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars! The Nature Park This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see... The Pyramid This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas , too . 21.The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors . A.realize the importance of travelling B. become familiar with mountain countries C.learn something about different places in the world D.learn how to make things such as fishing nets 22.When you visit The Future Tower, which of the following is NOT available for you to do? A. Get to know about what people's life will be.5 B . Have a journey to Mars . C.Enjoy your time in its space station. D.Learn about the impact of progress on our lives. 23 . If you want to get a toy lion to take home , where will you most likely go ? A.The Travel Pavilion. B. The Nature Park. C.The Future Tower. D.The Pyramid. B The next time your friends roll their eyes when you're snapping a selfie(自拍照）or taking a photo of your dessert, tell them that photographing everyday things can actually make people happier. In a study of more than 2,000 people, researchers found that people who took photos of their experiences, whether they were walking through a museum or going on a city bus tour, had a better time overall compared with those who didn't. During each of the study's nine experiments, people were asked to either take photos or give up photography during an everyday activity, such as eating a meal. In nearly every experiment, the group that took photos showed higher levels of enjoyment. The finding might not sound terribly surprising. After all, Facebook members upload about 2 billion photos daily, and Instagram users upload about 80 million photos every day. But some people argue that taking photographs can distract themselves from enjoying an experience while it's happening. The new research shows that it isn't the case and that photography does increase a person's enjoyment, because it increases his or her engagement in the activity. For example, in one experiment, people toured a museum while wearing glasses that tracked their eye movements. The group that took photos spent more time looking at the 6 artifacts than those who didn't. However, photos are sometimes a drag. For instance, if the camera is difficult to carry, it might not bring enjoyment to a person. And in some cases, photography can make situations unpleasant.For example,when people in the study took a virtual safari(游猎）and watched some lions attacking a water buffalo, the people who took photos of the bloody event were reported to have a lower enjoyment of the activity than those who didn’t, the researchers said. 24. Why does taking photos increase enjoyment? A. People can share their photos on Facebook. B. People have more time to look at the objects to be photographed. C . Some photos may end up as valuable artifacts . D. Photography gets people more involved in the activity. 25. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Photography sometimes can be dangerous. B.Photography requires more courage to do. C. Photography is an unpleasant process. D.Photography isn't fun all the time. 26. Which of the following is closest to the main idea of the text? A.Photography helps you appreciate people around you. B. Snapping a selfie is a symbol of self-confidence. C . Taking photos doesn't ruin your experience . D.The photo-taking process is a mental choice. C Manutea Owen is a hero on his home island of Huahine. His ancestors took over nearly every island in the South Pacific Ocean in 7 what was perhaps the greatest achievement before humans went to the moon. Only recently have scientists begun to understand where these amazing sailors came from,and how, with simple boats and no navigation equipment, they could manage to find hundreds of distant islands that cover nearly a third of the globe.This expansion into the Pacific was achieved by two wonderful peoples: the Lapita and the Polynesians. How did the Lapita and early Polynesian pioneers do this? Very little evidence remains to help scientists understand their great sailing skills. However, with little evidence, scientists have been able to develop some theories about the secrets of these explorers' success . Sailors have always relied upon the so-called trade winds, winds that blow steadily(匀速地）and in predictable directions over the ocean's surface. Geoff Irwin,a professor of archeology(考古学) notes that the Lapita's expansion into the Pacific was eastward, against steady trade winds. Sailing against the wind, he argues, may have been the key to their success . Athol Anderson of the Australian National University believes that they may also have been lucky—helped by a weather phenomenon known as EI Nino. E1 Nino occurs in the Pacific Ocean when the surface water temperature is unusually high. It affects world weather in a variety of ways, but one of its effects is to cause trade winds in the South Pacific 8 to weaken or to change direction and blow to the east. Scientists believe that E1 Nino phenomena were unusually frequent around the time of the Lapita expansion, and again when early Polynesians began their even more distant journeys. The success of the Lapita and the Polynesian may have been because of their own sailing skills, of reverse(反向的)trade winds,of a mixture of both,or even of facts still unknown. But it is certain that by the time Europeans came to the Pacific, nearly every piece of land , hundreds of islands in all, had already been discovered by the Lapita and the Polynesians. 27. What does the underlined part “amazing sailors” in Para.1 refer to? A. The Lapita and early Polynesians. B. Manutea Owen and his islanders. C. Men who went to the moon. D. Today's Polynesians. 28. Vhat is Irwin's theory about the Lapita ? A.They stopped sailing when the weather changed. B.Their sailors knew how to sail against the wind. C. Their navigational skills are well understood.9 D. They needed to find food on other islands. 29.How might El Nino have helped early Pacific sailors? A. By changing the direction of trade winds B. By decreasing the water temperature. C. By providing more fishes for them D. By bringing more rain to them 30.What would be the best title for the text? A. What the early Polynesians discovered B. How E1 Nino helped the ancient peoples C. What sailing skills the Lapita had learned D. How ancient peoples explored the Pacific 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。 College is a time to study hard and go to class. But a new survey finds that US students spend more time, working paid jobs than studying. 31 Many students finish school deep in debt. Work vs. School Researchers surveyed 1,507 students ages 18 to 34. All were presently admitted to college or graduate school. Results showed that 85 percent of students worked while in college. 32 That was more than 10 twice the time they spent in the library. It was almost two hours more than they spent in class. And it was 1.4 hours more than they spent studying at home. Deep in Debt People in the US spend more on college students than almost every other country in the world. The cost of college is at an all-time high. So is the level of student loan(贷款）debt. 33 It is even worse for younger adults with entry-level jobs. US students also build up personal debt while in school.They spend an average(平均）of $4,321 to pay back that debt. Students Bear the Burden(重担） 34 American parents pay for an average of $17,314 of college costs. Students spend almost $100,000.Almost 75 percent of US parents use their day-to-day earnings to help pay for their children's schooling. Very Worried Students reported feeling very worried about their finances. 35 Young ladies felt more stress(压力）than young men.They pay more for student loan debt. A. US colleges cost a lot to attend. B. US college students spend more time studying. C.Researchers also surveyed almost 10,500 parents. D. They spent about 4.2 hours a day working paid jobs. E. Students are responsible for paying back more of their debt. F. Student loans are the second-largest source of US family debt. G. Six in ten students said they worried “frequently”or “all the time”. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）11 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 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。 When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 36 to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual(只用一种 语言的）dictionary. 37 it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, 38 of my classmates had one, and to be honest, I found it extremely 39 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 40 not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the 41 bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are 42 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 43 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 44 that monolingual dictionaries are 45 in learning a foreign language . As I found out, there is, 46 , often no perfect equivalence(对应） between two 47 in two languages . My aunt even goes so far as to 48 that a Chinese " equivalent " can never give you the 49 meaning of a word in English! 50 , she insisted that I read the definition(释义） of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better 51 of its meaning . 52 , I have come to see what she meant. Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a ( n ) 53 number of words, around 2, 000 in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 54 exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas . 55 this , I can express myself more easily in English . 36A.worried B.sad C.surprised D.nervous 37.A.Because B.Although C.Unless D.If 38.A.most B.many C.little D.none 39.A.difficult B. interesting C. important D. practical12 40.A.thus B.even C.still D.again 41.A.new B.familiar C.earlier D. ordinary 42.A.explained B.expressed C.described D.created 43.A.offered B.commanded C.decided D.agreed 44.A.imagine B.recommend C.predict D.learn 45.A.natural B. better C. easier D. convenient 46.A.at best B. in fact C. at times D. in case 47.A.words B. names C . ideas D.characters 48.A.hope B. declare C.doubt D.hear 49.A.exact B.basic C.translated D.expected 50.A.Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Instead 51. A.understanding B. practice C. expression D. consideration 52.A.Largely B. Generally C. Gradually D. Probably 53.A.extra B. average C. total D.limited 54.A.repeatedly B.nearly C.immediately D.anxiously 55.A.According to B.In relation to C.In addition to D.Because of 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 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。 Number 1 in Chinese Culture Number 1 is the simplest number, but has 56 most complex cultural meaning in Chinese culture. It has the meaning of the beginning, the origin, and the whole, 57 was first suggested by Lao Zi, a well-known philosopher in ancient China in his classic—Tao Te Ching. Meanwhile, this number 58 (regard) as "the mother of all creatures" 13 by some other Chinese philosophers in ancient times. Chinese people respect it for its meaning of the first and winner as the same in Western culture. It is easy 59 (find) how people love the word from Chinese ancient literature. There are over 260 phrases and more than 420 idioms 60 (begin) with this word in Chinese language system. In Chinese culture, it is 61 lucky nor unlucky. The 62 (combine) with some other numbers has positive meanings, such as 1314. 63 (it) pronunciation in Chinese sounds similar to lifetime, which is widely used between 64 (lover). Sometimes, 1 (Yi in Chinese Pinyin) sounds similar to the word "You"(Ni in Chinese Pinyin). The common use of 5211314 in network language means "I love you forever". 521 65 (simple) means "I love you", which is the most beautiful line to all. 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） 假定你是李华，你打算假期去悉尼旅游。请你用英语给笔友 Susan 写一封邮件， 内容包括： 1.介绍你的行程安排； 2.询问她能否担任导游； 3.期待对方的答复。 注意：1.词数 80 左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Susan, Yours, Li Hua 第二节 读后续写（满分 25 分） 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。 A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was 14 ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village. On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him. The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked, “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir,” the farmer answered timidly（胆怯地）. “Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man?” “About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked. “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.” The officer became angry and told the policeman to beat him up and sent him into prison. The officer wanted to trap the farmer into the confession(供认), but the farmer didn’t admit he was the murderer. 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键词语； 3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；15 4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 1: The officer was so angry that he asked the policeman to beat him up again.______________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: The farmer was lucky. A few days later, 16 期中考试英语答案 1-5CBBAB 6-10BABAA 11-15CBCBA 16-20CBCAC 21—23 CBD 24—26 DDC 27—30 ABAD 31—35 ADFEG 36—40 CBDAC 41—45 BACDB 46—50 BABAC 51—55 ACDAD 56.the 57.which 58.was regarded 59.to find 60.beginning 61.neither 62.combination 63.Its 64.lovers 65.simply Dear Susan, How's it going? I'm thinking of giving myself a break for a five-day trip to Sydney from October1st till October 5th. The two things I would like to do most are seeing you and going on a tour of the city. I have never been to Sydney and will be all by myself. Could you take some time off to show me around some famous tourist attractions there? I'm looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua Paragraph 1: The officer was so angry that he asked the policeman to beat him up again. The farmer was so afraid that he thought he would be sentenced to death by killing people. But he would not give in because he was innocent. He must tell people the truth, but no one could hear his voice. He hoped that someone could come and save him. Paragraph 2: The farmer was lucky. A few days later, a young man came to the police station with a lot of journalists, saying that he saw the murderer. It was the police officer who 17 killed the man on the snow! He saw the police officer used a knife to kill the man late in the evening. He was so frightened and ran away. But the young man thought the farmer was innocent. So he took the great courage to expose the real criminal. After the investigation, the young man was right. The police officer was sent into prison and the policeman who beat up the farmer was fired, and the brave young man was regarded as a hero by the villagers.