2019-2020 高二下学期期中考试
英语试卷
第一部分 听力（略）
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
Weekly Update: April 18, 2019
Do you pretty love going to documentary film festivals? If you do, here are some which
you’d not miss.
Colorful Documentary Festival
It’s clear that it focuses on documentaries exploring the social and cultural developments in
the world. Lying on the nice coast of Greece, the festival’s side events host exhibitions, concerts
and parties.
Visions Festival
Changing to new management in 2018 in Nyon, Visions Festival quickly became the
important event for documentary films with major reports and historical inquiries.
Hot Festival
What is impressed is that it allows participants to meet sectors of the whole of the British
documentary industry under one roof, which attracts the leading names of British documentaries
and promotes the screenings of today’s documentaries for the future.
Silver Festival
As is well-known to us all, it includes a week-long international film festival and a five-day
conference—the largest professional conference of its kind in the US. Meanwhile, the conference
promotes documentary films as a leading art form, supports the work of independent filmmakers,
and encourages public dialogues around the issues and ideas explored in films.
And just a few minutes’ distance away from downtown Washington, D. C., screenings take
place at the Silver Theatre, one of the premier film exhibition spaces in America.
21. Which of the following festivals features British documentaries?
A. Hot Festival. B. Colorful Documentary Festival.
C. Visions Festival. D. Silver Festival.
22. What can we learn from Silver Festival?
A. It has the largest conference of its kind worldwide.
B. It’s the most famous international film festival worldwide.
C. The documentary film isn’t the only form at it.
D. It’s a festival mainly for independent filmmakers.
23.The passage may probably appear _______.
A. on a website B. in the cultural column of a magazine
C. in a travel brochure D. in a newspaper
B
A teacher from Relax Kids in Tamworth, UK, used two apples to show her students the
damaging and often unseen consequences of bullying（欺负）. And her post about the powerful lesson has gone viral.
Rosie Dutton explained that during one of her classes she introduced two red apples to
the children. What the kids didn’t know was that ahead of the lesson, Dutton had
repeatedly dropped one of the apples on the floor. And yet, on the outside at least, both apples
looked perfect. “I picked up the apple I’d dropped on the floor and started to tell the children how
I disliked this apple, and that I thought it was disgusting, it was a horrible colour and the stem(梗)
was just too short,” Dutton wrote.
She then encouraged the students to do the same. Some of the children looked at her like she
was “crazy”, but the students passed the apple around the circle, calling it names.
Continuing the exercise, the teacher then passed the second apple around the circle. This
apple, however, was showered with comments like: “Your skin is beautiful.” and “What a
beautiful colour you are!”
Dutton then showed the students both apples once again, highlighting that “there was no
change, and both apples still looked the same.”
That is, until she cut them open. “The apple we’d said unkind words to was bruised(碰伤的)
and all mushy(糊状的) inside,” she said. There was, she said, an immediate “light bulb” moment
for her students. “They really got it. What we saw inside that apple is what is happening inside
everyone of us when someone mistreats us with their words or actions.”
Dutton explained how important it is to teach children to stand up for one another, and to stop
any form of bullying.
“Let’s create a generation of kind caring children,” the teacher wrote. “The tongue has no
bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.”
24. What had the teacher done to the first apple before the lesson?
A. She had introduced it to the kids. B. She had made it look perfect.
C. She had coloured it brightly. D. She had damaged it purposely.
25. What does the underlined part “calling it names” (Para. 3) mean?
A. Making fun of it. B. Saying rude things.
C. Cheering for it. D. Shouting at it.
26. What did the teacher instruct the kids to do with the second apple?
A. Observe it. B. Ignore it. C. Drop it. D. Praise it.
27. What’s the purpose of the teacher’s using two apples in class?
A. To make a comparison between them.
B. To explain her personal preferences.
C. To help the kids understand the results of bullying.
D. To draw the kids’ attention.
C
Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those
are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information
is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By
tracking people’s e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster
and farther than disasters and sob stories．
“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University
of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share
a story with your friends，you care a lot more how they react．You don’t want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails, Web posts and reviews,
face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn’t
necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply
because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr.
Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The
New York Times’ website．He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six
months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to
make the list than non-science articles．He found that science amazed Times’ readers and made
them want to share this positive feeling with others．
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative
feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused
one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more
likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things
Catch On.”
28. What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to？
A. Research papers． B. News reports．
C. Daily conversations． D. Private e-mails．
29. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer？
A. They’re inconsiderate of others. B. They’re good at telling stories．
C. They’re socially inactive． D. They’re careful with their words．
30. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research？
A. Personal accounts． B. Sports new．
C. Financial reviews． D. Science articles．
31. What can be a suitable title for the text？
A. Online News Attracts More People．
B. Reading Habits Change with the Times．
C. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks．
D. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide．
D
2018 was an influential year for artificial intelligence, not just in terms of the advancement of
the technology itself, but also for the development of our understanding of AI’s influence on our
society.
When we talk about AI, often we focus on the belief that it is going to take away certain types
of jobs. However, we often ignore the fact that this technology will also slowly spread into most
of our lives.
Thanks to the development of AI, we are on the highway of human intelligence augmentation
(增强). Despite the great steps we’ve made in AI development and will continue to make in 2019,
we are still years away from AI fully replacing human jobs. However, we are much closer to
seeing the influence of AI spreading into almost every job and the growth in human intelligence.
Take the doctor for example: AI will soon be able to test and diagnose common diseases more
quickly and accurately than humans. Now, doctors can spend more of their time explaining the
possible diagnoses, communicating with patients and developing unique, reliable treatment plans
that are most effective for each specific patient. However, AI is so powerful and its adoption will only accelerate as it begins to help our work
and allow us to focus on the parts of our job that are most important. But part of why AI is so
attractive is also why it’s so dangerous. That is , that same power allows AI that is making
incorrect decisions to do so with greater speed and impact than humans have ever had. This is why,
as AI becomes more useful in 2019, it will also become more closely examined. 2019 will be the
year that companies purchasing AI products don’t just ask about the predictive power of AI—they
will make sure that it is tested in advance, minimizing their potential unexpected impact.
32. What do most people mainly focus on AI?
A. AI can be completely controlled. B. AI is advanced technology.
C. AI will replace certain human jobs. D. AI will gradually spread into our lives.
33. The author takes the example of “the doctor” to explain that ______.
A. human intelligence grows with AI
B. humans are no better than AI in medicine
C. doctors will lose their jobs very soon
D. AI always makes right decisions
34. What will be the focus about AI in 2019 according to the author’s prediction?
A. The possibility of replacing humans. B. The safety of AI.
C. Cost reduction. D. Power augmentation.
35. What is the author’s attitude towards AI?
A. Negative. B. Doubtful. C. Objective. D. Indifferent.
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。
Empathy (共情) , the Key to Being Kind
In science class, your teacher tells everyone to find a partner for a project. Out of the corner
of your eye, you notice one girl sitting alone and not making eye contact with anyone. You think
about asking her to be your partner, but you’re afraid people will think you’re uncool. You don’t
reach out. 36
Empathy is being able to understand and actually feel what someone else is feeling. For some
people, this comes naturally; for others, it takes a bit more work. 37 When you practice being
empathetic, it gets easier to make kindness a part of your everyday life. If you can understand why
people are feeling down, you will want to help them. Here are some ideas that can help you.
38 Not being able to find a group in class might not seem like a big deal—but part of
being kind is noticing when someone seems sad, hurt or uncomfortable. After all, you have to
notice how people feel in order to feel empathy and want to help them!
When you’re trying to make kindness second nature, really getting other people’s feelings is
important. 39 Think about a time when you felt that way. Didn’t you wish someone would
reach out to you? If someone had offered you a few words of comfort, wouldn’t it have made you
feel so much happier?
So, when you find people around you who are feeling down next time, do not hesitate to put
yourself in their shoes and reach out to them with a kind gesture. 40 There is always a time
when you expect others to relate to you and feel what you feel.
A. One way to practice empathy is to pay attention to the people around you.
B. And your kindness will be finally rewarded.C. But empathy is super important to being kind.
D. Whenever you find someone might be feeling lonely or sad, put yourself in his shoes.
E. You don’t have to have a similar background to someone else to feel empathy for them.
F. However, you never know showing empathy may make all the difference to her.
G. Be open to learning more about what you don’t understand.
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。
One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However，life can be 41
when you are not busy finding fault with it .
Several years ago I 42 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as
a world-class fault-finder, almost always 43 by things. People were always doing things that
annoyed her, and 44 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault
with her friends. She became a really 45 person.
Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 46 . Her best friend was
seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 47 to deal with was that the day before the
48 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 49 of
boyfriends, the way she was living , the way she related to her mother, and various other things
she felt she needed to 50 . It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 51
her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 52
everything so harshly (刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 53
as well.
Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding, 54 when we’re honest, we can be
sharply 55 of the world. I’m not suggesting you 56 problems, or that you pretend
things are 57 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are — 58
most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big 59 .
Train yourself to “bite your tongue”, and with a little 60 , you’ll get really good at
letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.
41. A. lonely B. uneasy C. quiet D. great
42. A. rejected B. answered C. expected D. received
43. A. bothered B. interrupted C. threatened D. spoiled
44. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything
45. A. boring B. caring C. interesting D. surprising
46. A. plan B. attitude C. measure D. explanation
47. A. impossible B. unnecessary C. certain D. urgent
48. A. occasion B. event C. adventure D. accident
49. A. memory B. notice C. choice D. evidence
50. A. express B. contribute C. hear D. admit
51. A. curious about B. afraid of C. aware of D. confused about
52. A. discuss B. judge C. realize D. settle
53. A. family B. life C. career D. education
54. A. so B. or C. for D. but
55. A. proud B. critical C. hopeful D. sure 56. A. ignore B. create C. solve D. face
57. A. better B. rarer C. stranger D. worse
58. A. so far B. at last C. by far D. at least
59. A. task B. result C. deal D. duty
60. A. pity B. speech C. rest D. practice
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。
The population of the milu around China’s Poyang Lake 61 (grow) from 47 to 55 since
a group of the rare deer was released (释放) there about a year ago. Yang Qibo, who is in charge
of Poyang County’s wildlife protection station, told the public that they had recorded 62
birth of 8 deer over the past year. Last April, 63 (improve) biodiversity in the local wetland
ecosystem, China released 47 deer into the wild around Poyang Lake.
The species’ sudden 64 (disappear) occurred around 1,000 years ago in this area.
Local officials said the deer adapted well 65 the new environment and coexisted 66
(peaceful) with local villagers. Whenever a deer 67 (spot), villagers would always report it
to wildlife authorities. There were some cases 68 the villagers’ crops were damaged by the
deer, but they usually chose to drive the deer away instead of hurting them.
The milu is native to China and bears the 69 (humor) name “sibuxiang” or “like none
of the four” for its unique features. The wetland deer species is put under protection after
overhunting, and habitat loss led to its nearly 70 (die) out in the early 20th century. Now
about 6, 700 deer live across the country, including 1500 in the wild.
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短文。短文中
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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧)，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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。
I love books. I often go to the library when I was free. One day, I read quiet in the library as
usual. A boy’s strange behavior attracted his attention. He was cleaning a book carefully with a
eraser. Feeling puzzled, so I asked him why he did so in a low voice. He said the cover of the book
was very dirty because being touched many time. He wanted to have it clean again. That he said
deeply touched me. He was really a good boy and deserved praised.
第二节 书面表达 ( 满分 25 分)
假定你是李华，你所在城市的一家英文报纸正在为本市博物馆招募志愿解说员，要求英
语口语流利，热情开朗，并且熟悉当地历史文化。请给报社写一封申请信。
注意: 1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇: 解说员 commentator
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m Li Hua, a student in a local middle school. __________________________________________
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Looking forward to your early reply!
Yours,
Li Hua
考试英语答案
一．阅读理解。
21-23. ACA 24-27. DBDC 28-31. BADC 32-35. CABC 36-40. FCADB
二．完型填空。
41-45 DDABA 46-50 BADCA 51-55 CBBDB 56-60 AADCD
三．语法填空。
61. has grown 62. the 63. to improve 64. disappearance 65. to
66. peacefully 67. was spotted 68. where 69. humorous 70.dying四．改错。
I love books. I often go to the library when I was free. One day, I read quiet in the library as
am quietly
usual. A boy’s strange behavior attracted his attention. He was cleaning a book carefully with a
my an
eraser. Feeling puzzled , so I asked him why he did so in a low voice . He said the cover of the
book was very dirty because ∧ being touched many time. He wanted to have it clean again. That
of times cleaned What
he said deeply touched me. He was really a good boy and deserved praised.
praising/praise
五．作文
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm Li Hua, a student in a local middle school. I learned from the newspaper that you are
looking for a volunteer commentator for the museum. I'm very interested in the job and I’d like to
apply for this post.
First of all, my oral English is very good and can even communicate with native English
speakers fluently. Besides, being helpful and active, I make it my responsibility to help others.
That is why I think I am fit for the job. As for the local history and culture, I read a lot in books. I
like voluntary work and I hope you can give me this opportunity. If so, I will be very grateful.
Looking forward to your early reply!
Yours,
Li Hua
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