广东省普宁市2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

1、广东省普宁市2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题本试卷共10页，满分120分，考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的市县/区、学校、班级、姓名、考场号、座位号和考生号填写在答题卡上。将条形码横贴在每张答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔在答题卡，上将对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先画掉原来的答案，然后再写上新答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。4.

2、考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。ANon-Credit CoursesThe Pre-College Program offers non-credit courses. Students will experience college-level courses given by some of our colleges leading experts and will receive written feedb

3、ack(反馈)on their work at the end of the course. Pre-College students will also receive a grade of Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory and a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the program.All non-credit courses meet from 9: 00 a. m-11:30 a. m. daily and may have additional requirements in the aft

4、ernoons or evenings.COURSE: Case Studies in NeuroscienceJune 11-July 2Leah RoeschUsing student-centered, active-learning methods and real-world examples, this course is designed to provide a fuller understanding of how the human brain works.COURSE: Psychology of CreativityJune 15-June 28Marshall Duk

5、eWhy are certain people so creative? Is it genetic(遗传的), or a result of childhood experience? Are they different from everyone else? This popular psychology course highlights the differenttheories of creativity. COURSE: Creative StorytellingJune 21-July 3Edith FreniThis college-level course in creat

6、ive storytelling functions as an introduction to a variety of storytelling techniques that appear in different forms of creative writing, such as short fiction and playwriting.COURSE: Sports EconomicsJuly 19-August 1Christina DePasqualeIn this course we will analyze many interesting aspects of the s

7、ports industry: sports leagues, ticket pricing, salary negotiations, discrimination, and NCAA policies to name a few.21. Who is the text intended for?A. College freshmen. B. High school students.C. Educational experts. D. The general public.22. Which course can you take if you are free only in June?

8、A. Sports Economics. B. Creative Storytelling.C. Case Studies in Neuroscience. D. Psychology of Creativity.23. Whose course should you choose if you are interested in creative writing?A. Edith Frenis. B. Leah Roeschs.C. Marshall Dukes. D. Christina DePasquales.BFriends always ask why I, a middle-age

9、d woman with no athletic talent, travel to perilous places-the jungles of Thailand or Borneo, for example, where the water is often unsafe and the food risky; places with infectious diseases, poisonous snakes and the wildest animals; some places where the locals are just a few generations past headh

10、unting.I never know how to answer. My travel decisions assumed a new gravity nine years ago after I suffered a stroke(中风). To prevent another stroke, my doctors told me, Id have to take dangerously high levels of blood thinner for the rest of my life and any travel would be risky.I had to think abou

11、t what was important to me: family, of course, and friends. But then what? No matter how many times I thought about it, no bucket list was complete without travel. Then I had to decide how I might manage the risk. I had to decide how lucky I felt.My return to travel after my stroke came in baby step

12、s. The first real test of my travel courage came nine months after my stroke when I joined my husband, Jack, on a business trip to China. After wed toured the remains of a Tang dynasty temple on a high mountain, Jack wanted to ride down on a toboggan(长雪橇).Before the stroke it would have seemed like

13、fun. But now? I hesitated. My mental klaxon(高音喇叭)screamed warnings about the consequences of a cut, a fall, and a crash. Then, gaining confidence from who knows where, I lowered myself carefully into the toboggan, which marked my adventure travel comeback.In the years since then, Ive traveled about

14、twenty-five percent of the time. Through it all, my lucks held out-no deadly falls, no car accidents or serious infections. For me, adventure travel is a risk worth taking. Travel broadens my world and keeps me connected to nature. Whats more, saying yes to travel keeps me connected to myself.24. Wh

15、at does the underlined word perilous in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Unique. B.Dangerous. C. Historical. D. Famous.25. What did the doctors advise the author to do?A. Do proper exercise. B. Enjoy the rest of her life.C. Keep away from traveling. D. Spend more time with her family.26. Why did the aut

16、hor mention her travel to China?A. It was her last adventure. B. She recovered her courage through it.C. She liked the beautiful scenery in China. D. It was the most dangerous experience in her life.27. What is the best title for the text?A. A Business Trip to China B. Unique Travel ExperiencesC. Wh

17、y do I Still Travel to the Wild D. How did I Overcome the Fear of DiseaseCMany of us think, wrongly, that the moon doesnt change. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu once wrote that Generations have come and passed away; from year to year the moons look alike, old and new.However, a new s

18、tudy published in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that the moon is in fact slowly shrinking over time. For the study, a group of US scientists examined and analyzed thousands of photographs taken by the NASA orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera(月球勘测轨道飞行器照相机). They found that there were lo

19、ts of faults(断层)on the surface of the moon. These faults were formed by recent movement on the moon.According to NASA, the moon is made up of pieces of rocks with a hot core. The moon continued to expand as it was born. But in this process, it released energy and cooled down. Then it began to shrink

20、, like a grape shrinking into a raisin(葡萄干). Over the past several hundred million years, it has become 46 meters skinnier. But due to its hard and rocky crust(外壳), the moons surface continues to push up. Some of these quakes can be fairly strong around five on the Richter scale(里氏震级), said Thomas W

21、atters, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum in the US.But does that mean the moon is a dangerous place that human shouldnt try to explore and live on in the future? Maybe not, reported The Telegraph. This isnt anything to worry about. The moon may be shri

22、nking, but not by much. Its not going anywhere, Watters comforted us.The new discovery proves that the idea that the moon is a dead, boring place is wrong. We have been to the moon and weve done some great science, but there is still a lot we dont know. The moon is shrinking-we didnt really realize

23、that until recently. Its a much more active and interesting place than we thought and we should explore that, NASA scientist Nathan Williams said.28. Why does the writer quote Zhang Ruoxus poem?A. To praise the beauty of the moon.B. To show peoples long-standing idea of the moon size.C. To arouse pe

24、oples interest in the topic.D. To get readers familiar with the poem.29. Which point of view about the moon may the writer agree with?A. It is becoming slightly smaller. B. It stays the same as before.C. It is getting safer and safer. D. It may disappear one day.30. What can we learn about the moon

25、from Paragraph 3?A. It has become 46 meters fatter due to expanding.B. It has changed from a grape into a raisin in recent years.C. It quakes even at seven on the Richter scale.D. It has a hot core and releases energy when expanding.31. What does Nathan Williams think of the moon?A. It is a dead and

26、 boring place. B. It has lots of faults on the surface.C. It is worth exploring more. D. It isnt a place where we can live.DIf you have some free time to socialize, do you prefer to spend it with your best friend or partner, or with a larger group of people?A new study investigated what group size p

27、eople actually look for and encounter in everyday life. The scientists asked more than 4, 000 people from the US and the Netherlands to report the size of their social groups for a wide variety of activities. For eight different activities(going to a bar, chatting at work, chatting off work, having

28、dinner, going on a holiday, going to a movie theatre, working on a project, playing sports), people reported a group size of two more often than they reported larger group sizes. Interestingly, for about half of these activities, women reported a group size of two significantly more often than men d

29、id, suggesting that women prefer a social group size of two even more than men do.The researchers also used a research technique called real-time experience-sampling(经验取样)in the second part of the study.274 volunteers were asked seven times a day to report the last social situation they had experien

30、ced. The results were clear. Two was the most common group size with 52.6 percent. Thus, this part of the study also suggested that two is the most common group size in social interactions.So why do people prefer spending their time with one other person compared to spending their time with larger g

31、roups? Researchers explained that in general, social interactions with just one other person allow for more control of the situation, especially when it comes to reciprocity(互助). When we interact with just one other person, ones choices directly affect the other person and only that person. Thus, it

32、 is easy to distinguish whether there is mutual(双向的)cooperation (for example, both people take turns paying for dinner) or whether someone acts selfishly(for example, one person never pays the bill). In larger groups, the situation gets much more complicated.32. What is the new study mainly about?A.

33、 What social group size people prefer. B. Whom people like to spend time with.C. Which activities people choose to kill time. D. How people make friends in social activities.33. Why did researchers ask the volunteers seven times a day?A. To collect the latest social information. B. To make their act

34、ivities last longer.C. To know the variety of their activities. D. To prove the result of the former study.34. What drives many people to interact with only one other person?A. The closer relationship. B. The limited choices.C. The sense of control. D. The selfish intention.35. In which section of a

35、 website can you read this text?A. Advanced technology. B. Social psychology. C. Entertainment. D. Health.第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The World Water Day has been celebrated annually on 22 March since 1992. Each year has a different theme, looking at things lik

36、e the role of clean water in the world of work, ways to stop wasting water, finding ways to supply water to underprivileged groups and so on. 36 But it is also vital for sanitation(卫生). At is estimated that more than 700 children under the age of seven die every day from illnesses linked to unsafe w

37、ater and poor sanitation. The right to water and sanitation was recognized as a human right. 37 These include rural communities, people who have been displaced due to war and local conflicts and areas where climate change is making water more and more scarcer.Apart from the obvious health issues, a

38、lack of accessible clean water means that people- often women and children-spend hours every day walking to and from distant water supplies. This means they dont have time to dedicate to work, studies and other domestic duties. 38 And people who are not able to walk to get their own water are partic

39、ularly vulnerable(易受伤害的).There are many charities working on creating sustainable supplies of clean water for different communities around the world. 39 But the fundamental problem of increasing demand for a limited resource can only be addressed by more efficient use of water, especially in industr

40、y and agriculture. Waste-water recycling, capturing rainwater, more efficient irrigation techniques and reforestation are all examples of how water can be used more efficiently. 40 We should support charities, raise awareness, take part in the World Water Day events that are happening all around the

41、 world and, of course, be careful with how we use water in our own lives. Visit the UN World Water Day website to find out about an event near us. Follow World Water Day on social media and help spread the world about this incredibly important issue.A. Clean drinking water is fundamental.B. As indiv

42、iduals, what can we do to help the issue?C. The search for water becomes their main occupation.D. This important work needs to continue and to expand.E. Every living cell in the body needs water to keep functioning.F. In normal conditions, the human body can only survive three or four days without w

43、ater.G. However, there are still at least 2. 1 billion people around the world living without safe water.第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Mom, I dont like you, my two-year-old son said.Okayis that because you love me? I asked.No, youre not lovely.That

44、 night, as I washed my face, I 41 a little longer in the mirror-not because I was hurt by his 42 , but because I noticed there was no light in my eyes.I took out a pen and started writing a list-a list to 43 myself; a list to put sparkles(火花)back into my eyes. I once made many lists but 44 accomplis

45、hed anything. This time would be 45 !The first goal on my list I wanted to achieve was 46 a Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. On that day, when I 47 into my 1980s workout clothes, Jack smiled, Mom, you look pretty. Maybe, just maybe some light 48 my eyes.When coming out of the co

46、ld lake, I felt happy and proud. I kept screaming, I 49 it! But one of the most exciting parts of the day was when I stood in front of my 50 , which was taped on the refrigerator door. I 51 item number one. With that, I began to take back my life.Everyone taking part in the Polar Plunge received a s

47、hirt. Whenever I wore it, Jack asked, Is that your Polar Plunge clothing? I answered 52 , Yes! I want to do that too. I was happy he remembered I jumped into a 53 lake, and that he wanted to do activities with me.With each 54 crossed off(划掉)the list, a piece of myself is 55 . Not only am I showing m

48、y family its important to dream, but Im showing myself that Im worth it.41. A. washed B. looked C. stayed D. felt42. A. behavior B. rudeness C. question D. statement43. A. defeat B. save C. explain D. teach44. A. seldom B. always C. yet D. almost45. A. complete B. similar C. different D. unforgettab

49、le46. A. learning from B. setting up C. looking into D. participating in47. A. jumped B. changed C. ran D. burst48. A. slid away B. got close to C. got out of D. came back to49. A. made B. got C. missed D. appreciated50. A. mirror B. son C. list D. photo51. A. ticked B. added C. built D. enlarged52.

50、 A. patiently B. embarrassedly C. proudly D. unwillingly53. A. huge B. freezing C. beautiful D. deep54. A. letter B. date C. name D. goal55. A. returning B. disappearing C. united D. cured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。A break dancing video of a middle-aged man has gone vira

51、l on social media in recent days.The man in the video is Duan Lifu, 56 (direct) of the Qianwei County Education Bureau in Leshan.On the day the video was being made, Duan paid a visit to Qianwei First High School 57 (deliver) a speech to discuss educational issues with teachers and parents. After 58

52、 hour-and-a-half long speech, Duan performed this break dance, through 59 he expected to help relieve students pressure.After giving the speech, I gave students my phone number and invited them to ask questions about things 60 are interested in. Then I felt a(n) 61 (enthusiastic)atmosphere than befo

53、re, so I asked my colleagues to connect cell phones with Bluetooth, and improvised(即兴表演)the short break dance, Duan said.Duan said that his break dancing was self-taught 62 he was a student 30 years ago. He hadnt danced for nearly a decade. I learned to break dance when I was at a similar age to the

54、se students.With a series of professional dance moves, including space sliding and mechanical dancing, Duans dance 63 (draw) cheers from the students.The video was 64 (wide) posted on social media and many netizens also cheered for Duan, 65 (praise) him as a very lovely leader.第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(

55、满分15分)假定你是李华，你受外教Tony之邀，将于本周末去市郊森林公园骑行，但你还有一些情况不清楚。请你给他发一封邮件询问一下。具体内容包括：1.出发和返回时间；2.可否带同伴；3.午餐安排。注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。Dear Tony,Yours sincerely,Li Hua第二节(满分25分)阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。Scout could clearly remember the night she had to leave her home in Poland. It was the b

56、eginning of World War II and her family had to escape as soon as possible. She quickly packed a suitcase with a few pieces of clothing, her diary, and her most prized treasure, a silk scarf. Scout and her best friend, Betty, had persuaded their parents to buy them matching scarves, which they took a

57、s a symbol of their friendship. Scout didnt know she was going to America and would not be returning.Scout kept that special silk scarf for many years. One day she decided to give it to her granddaughter, Eliza, to wear to her first job interview for good luck. Scout was afraid that Eliza would lose

58、 the scarf, but the granddaughter promised, Dont worry, Grandma. Nothings going to happen to your scarf. Youll see that its going to bring both of us luck. And with that, Eliza kissed her grandmother and left for the interview.Leaving the interview, Eliza felt confident that she had got the job so s

59、he decided to celebrate by going to a restaurant. Sitting at her table, Eliza felt an elderly woman staring at her for a long time.Im sorry. Do I know you? Eliza asked.Im sorry, dear, but you remind me of my best friend, the old woman replied. She looked like you and used to wear a scarf just like y

60、ours. Eliza listened carefully, with her eyes and mouth wide open. She had heard stories of her grandmothers best friend and knew the meaning of the scarf. Could this woman be Betty, her grandmothers childhood friend?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:Then the old woman introduced herself, My name isParagraph 2:The old woman agreed.