山西省长治市第二中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题.doc

1、山西省长治市第二中学校2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题【本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟】第卷（选择题 共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分20分）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 does the man think of Lindas husband?A. Clever.B. Unfriendly.C. Quiet.2. What will the

2、weather be like on Friday?A. Rainy.B. Windy.C. Sunny.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A hotel.B. An airport.C. A hospital.4. What does the man suggest doing?A. Going fishing.B. Staying at home.C. Buying some books.5. What is in the mans bag?A. Some CDs.B. Some bottles.C. Some books.第二节 (共15

3、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 woman usually do on Saturdays?A. She goes swimming.B. She plays basketball.C. She goes shopping.7. When does the woman usually go to th

4、e cinema with friends?A. On Friday nights.B. On Saturday nights.C. On Sunday nights.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What was the relationship between the woman and Jim in the past?A. Relatives.B. Classmates.C. Colleagues.9. What is the woman?A. A film actress.B. An art director.C. A magazine editor.听第8段材料，回答第10至1

5、2题。10. Where does the woman live now?A. In Canada.B. In America.C. In Japan.11. What language is the woman good at?A. Italian.B. French.C. Spanish.12. What does the woman teach in a school?A. Medicine.B. English.C. Maths.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a park.B. At

6、 a hotel.C. In the street.14. What is the weather like today?A. Sunny.B. Rainy.C. Cloudy.15. How will the man probably go to Wrigley Field?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. By subway. 16. What time is it probably now?A. 3:00 p.m.B. 4:00 p.m.C. 5:00 p.m. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where does the speaker have break

7、fast if the weather is fine?A. In the garden.B. In the kitchen.C. In the living room.18. When does the speaker usually go to work?A. At 2:00 p.m.B. At 6:00 p.m.C. At 6:30 p.m.19. How does the speaker usually go home from the restaurant?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. By train.20. What do we know about the s

8、peaker?A. She is a violinist. B. She often eats alone after work.C. She often reads the newspaper at night.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 (共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWant to plan a kid-friendly vacation? Children will love to see their favorite cartoon characters co

9、me to life in the Disneyland Park. Attractions include magical fireworks display, roller coaster rides and live theater performances. The activities are various and suitable for both young children and adults. But with every attraction, there is a high price to match. Follow a few simple steps to ma

10、ke your Disneyland vacation affordable and fun for the whole family.Step 1Travel in the off-season. The busiest times at Disneyland are the summer months and around Christmas. Plan a trip in March or October to catch the cool weather and avoid large crowds. Tickets, as well as hotels and flights, ar

11、e discounted during the off-season to encourage tourism.Step 2Find a hotel with free shuttle service. Several nearby hotels offer free transportation to and from Disneyland. This will save on rental cars, fuel and taxi costs.Step 3Bring your own meals and snacks. Food inside the park can be very exp

12、ensive. Plan ahead by packing a backpack of lunches for your whole family. Be sure to bring plenty of bottled water.Step 4Buy a Disneyland Package. Websites such as MouseS offer special tickets prices (such as family tickets at kids rates), lodging costs (like fourth night free), and discounted tran

13、sportation when purchased together.Step 5Purchase souvenirs outside the park. Prices for souvenirs inside Disneyland are expensive. Look for vendors (销售商) just outside the park to find the same goods with greatly discounted prices.Step 6Look for coupons (优惠券). Hotels, travel agencies, vacation websi

14、tes, fan clubs, and Disney partner companies offer coupons for discounted entries, food and special exhibits.21. Whats the best time to visit Disneyland, according to the text?A. The summer months. B. During the Christmas holiday. C. In May. D. In October.22. To reduce travel costs, you are advised

15、_.A. to avoid buying a Disneyland PackageB. to buy souvenirs from travel agenciesC. to have meals and buy souvenirs outside the parkD. to find coupons from travel-related organizations23. Whats the text mainly about?A. How to make your Disneyland trip fun.B. How to save money on your trip to Disneyl

16、and.C. Some interesting attractions at Disneyland.D. The proper way to travel around Disneyland.BBrie Fainblit in California does her homework by candlelight whenever the power gets cut off. If the water goes, she fills empty bottles at school to wash her hair. She is used to not having what other p

17、eople have. Mostly, the 19-year-old student just accepts it.But she wont do that for prom (毕业舞会).She wants to be Highland High Schools prom queen and turn heads.Fainblit lives with her mother, who is disabled, and her aunt, who works two part-time jobs to support them.There is never enough money for

18、 new clothes. Usually, Fainblit finds what she can at the local Goodwill, but the prom dresses there are too big and too old.So, back in September, with the dance a distant dot (点) on the calendar, she decided to make a dress for herselfout of soda-can tabs (拉环), for free.For months, Fainblits aunt,

19、 Sylvia Davalos, has asked everyone at her jobs to help. Together with Fainblit and her friends, they have turned her dining room table into an assembly line.But who knew that tabs came in so many colors, shapes and sizes, or that some have holes and some dont? Who knew that many would have sharp ed

20、ges that would need to be smoothed out?And who knew that it would take many months to get enough perfectly shaped, identical (同样的) silver tabs for one prom dress?Fainblits mother and aunt havent been able to buy her much. But they have tried to make up for that by emphasizing creativity over cash. F

21、or her dress, using thick black thread, Fainblit stitches (缝制) tab to tab in row after perfect row.The dress is not finished. The tabs have taken their toll: Fainblit and her mother both have Band-Aids on their fingers.Other girls in Fainblits class will have gone to the mall to pick out their dress

22、es. Some will ride in cars from their homes to the school, where a bus will take them all to the prom.Brie will have no special chariot (座驾) and no pocket money to burn.But shell be a proud Cinderella in soda tabs, with her soda tab prince by her side.24. What does the underlined pronoun “that” in t

23、he second paragraph refer to?A. Accepting whatever life has to offer. B. Being unhappy with ones living conditions.C. Copying what others are doing. D. Doing ones best to impress others.25. Why did Brie Fainblit decide to make her prom dress out of soda can tabs?A. Because she wasnt satisfied with t

24、he prom dresses at local stores.B. Because it cost almost nothing and made her unique at the prom.C. Because her prom partner encouraged her to do so.D. Because she wanted to show off her clothes-making skills and her creativity.26. What can we learn about Brie Fainblit?A. She kept the soda-can tabs

25、 dress a secret from her friends.B. She has to take part-time jobs to make her soda can tabs dress.C. She spent months collecting the material needed for her prom dress.D. She is used to designing and making her own clothes.27. The underlined phrase “taken their toll” probably means _.A. caused dama

26、ge B. drawn attention C. proved successful D. fallen apartCWhen we think of flavor, it is our noses and taste buds that we think of first. Isnt it obvious that taste and smell are the dominant senses when we enjoy food and drink? Well, perhaps not.“Years ago, flavor was a table with two legstaste an

27、d odor (气味),” Terry E. Acree, PhD, who is with Cornell Universitys Department of Food Science, told National Geographic. “Now we are beginning to understand that flavor depends on parts of the brain that involve not only taste, smell and touch, but vision. These signals, plus our emotions and past e

28、xperiences, result in perception (感受) of flavors, and decide whether we like or dislike foods.”A good example of “the first bite is taken with the eye” is that if we were shown two plates of strawberries, one red and the other pinkish, the majority of us would be attracted to red because “it signals

29、 ripeness, sweetness and calories”, explained The Guardian.vThe findings of a German study seem to back this up. Its subjects said wine tasted 50 percent sweeter if drunk under red light, rather than under blue or white.In another study published in the journal Flavour, scientists found that the col

30、or of your coffee mug (马克杯) can change the way your coffee tastes, reported The Washington Post. And it is not just the color of the food that matters.Specifically, a white mug was associated with a more “intense” (or bitter) tasting cup of coffee, while a clear glass mug was not.A blue mug, meanwhi

31、le, was “kind of an intermediate (中等的)”, Charles Spence, an experimental psychologist at Oxford University, told the newspaper.The opposite was true for perceived sweetness the participants tasted less sweetness when they drank from a white mug than they did when they drank from both a blue mug and

32、a clear glass mug.Its also possible that certain colors are associated with certain experiences. In the case of coffee, the researchers believe the color brown might be something people associate with bitterness.“A white mug may have affected the perceived brownness of the coffee and this, in turn,

33、may have affected the perceived intensity (and sweetness) of the coffee,” the researchers wrote.28. Which of the following statements might Terry E. Acree agree with most?A. The flavor of food mainly depends on taste and smell.B. The link between flavor and vision has not been proved yet.C. Our emot

34、ions can influence the flavor of the food we are eating.D. Our perception of flavor has nothing to do with our past experiences.29. What does the strawberry experiment in Paragraph 3 show?A. We are usually tricked by our eyes about the flavor of food.B. Food flavor varies greatly between different p

35、eople.C. The color of food can affect the way we perceive its flavor.D. Food flavor is closely associated with our past experiences30. According to the article, it might help people who want their coffee sweet to serve it in a _ mug.A. black B. red C. clear D. white31. What is the article mainly abo

36、ut?A. Methods that can help to make food taste better.B. Factors that affect our perception of flavor.C. How coffee mugs influence the taste of coffee.D. A new study about our perception of flavor.DMany of us have heard of or seen My Fair Lady (1964), a classic movie starring British actress Audrey

37、Hepburn. The film is an adaptation of Pygmalion, a comic play by the Irishman George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).However, the musical version of My Fair Lady is even older, and has been entertaining audiences since 1956. In fact, a new Broadway version of the musical was nominated for 10 Tony awards.Th

38、e story of Eliza Doolittle, a working-class flower seller from London, and the snobbish Professor Higgins, who teaches her “proper English”, has never showed any signs of dying out since it was introduced.But why do people still queue up around the block for tickets when a new production of the play

39、 is announced?The answer is simple: The musical has a wonderful story. Everyone can identify with Doolittles desire to live a more satisfying life; all she wants is to get rid of her accent so she can get a job in a store and not on the streets. However, it seems that people like Higgins are always

40、looking down on Doolittle for not being from a fancy family, which is something that many of us can relate to.Besides Doolittles background, the story and the songs in the musical are also what make it so popular. Audience members are moved when Eliza and her fellow flower sellers imagine what itd b

41、e like to live as a rich person does. This is perfectly summed up in the lyric, “Wouldnt it be lovely?”The musical also makes people think. It doesnt make sense that one kind of accent can be considered good and another bad. Eliza and her father speak “badly” because they were born poor, while Higgi

42、ns speaks “proper English” because he was born a “gentleman”. That reflects the unfairness of class divisions a kind of unfairness that still sadly exists today.32. The underlined word “nominated” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by _.A. appointed B. selected C. proposed D. directed33. People like Bro

43、adways musical My Fair Lady mainly because _.A. its considered the best adaptation of Pygmalion.B. it offers a good chance to learn proper EnglishC. it was nominated for 10 Tony awardsD. they can relate to the story34. What message does My Fair Lady convey?A. Dont judge people by appearance.B. Women

44、s status has been greatly improved in the UK.C. Social class division is deeply rooted in British society.D. Ones language ability and manner are the key to success.35. What can we know about the story of the musical?A. Higgins is described as a kindhearted man.B. Eliza was born poor but fights for

45、a better life.C. Higgins and Eliza get along well since they first meet.D. Eliza finally changes Higgins prejudice against the poor. 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。Your third year of high school is probably a tough and busy time. 36 We all know that not getting enough

46、sleep is not good for our health, but it has been found that less sleep could even cause us to have fewer friends.According to researchers from the University of California, people who dont get enough sleep are less willing to socialize with others. 37 The researchers carried out a small study. They

47、 tested 18 young people who had just had a good nights sleep, and tested them again after a sleepless night. 38 When each person on the video got too “close”, the participants could choose to stop the video.The results showed that the participants kept each person at a distance of 60 percent further

48、 back if they hadnt gotten enough sleep. 39 But when the participants got a good nights sleep, they allowed the person to get much closer to them.According to lead researcher Matthew Walker, the less sleep you get, the less you want to socialize with others. In turn, other people may think youre wei

49、rd and stay away from you. 40 So if you want to be a more sociable and popular person, sleeping well might help. “One night of good sleep makes you feel more outgoing and socially confident,” Walker said.A. They are simply too tired to go out.B. The participants watched videos of people walking towa

50、rd them.C. Too little sleep makes us get sick easily.D. You may have trouble getting enough sleep.E. This can make you feel lonely and cause you to sleep even less.F. Here are some tips to help you beat your sleep problems.G. They felt that their personal space was being taken over.第三部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满

51、分55分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题12分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。Your true love for something may got appreciated and bring you a surprise. My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were 41 , and none of the houses in our price rang

52、e seemed satisfactory.One agent 42 a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was 43 our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look 44 .We finally did and it was 45 at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walk

53、ing through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and happiness of the marriage within that home. As perfect 46 it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of 47 it would be like to

54、live there.Days later, we made a(n) 48 far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didnt 49 us. They renewed their offer 50 . It was also much more than we could afford, but far 51 than the original asking price.The next day, we got a 52 message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.

55、 Even so, we decided to talk with the 53 directly. We made our final offer, which 54 was thousands of dollars less than the other buyers bid. We knew it, 55 we had to try.“Sold!” said the owner. Then he 56 : Hed seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and tha

56、t wed 57 the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a 58 by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the 59 in the price “an early wedding present.”Thats how we found our home and how I learned that w

57、hen people are 60 they are not strangers, only friends we havent yet met.41. A. needed B. enough C. limitedD. large42. A. decorated B. recommendedC. sold D. rented43. A. below B. within C. between D. beyond44. A. at least B. at most C. at times D. at hand45. A. reliefB. concernC. love D. curiosity46

58、. A. althoughB. sinceC. as D. if47. A. what B. whyC. that D. which48. A. effort B. profit C. promise D. offer49. A. come across B. laugh atC. depend on D. look after 50. A. indeed B. instead C. asideD. apart51. A. worse B. less C. betterD. higher52. A. relaxing B. regular C. pleasant D. disappointin

59、g 53. A. agents B. buyers C. managers D. owners54. A. still B. alreadyC. generallyD. ever55. A. so B. or C. for D. but56. A. apologized B. complained C. blamedD. explained57. A. appreciate B. analyze C. check D. ignore58. A. loss B. riskC. chance D. lead59. A. increase B. interest C. differenceD. mi

60、stake60. A. kind B. polite C. smart D. energetic第卷（非选择题 共50分）第二节 语法填空 (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。Can the dinosaurs be brought back to life? The possibility of cloning fierce and extinct wild animals has always excited film makers. And they are not the only ones. The 61

61、(popular) of films such as Jurassic park, in which a scientist clones several kinds of extinct dinosaurs, proves how the ideas struck a mixture of fear and excitement into peoples hearts. But in fact we are a long way from being able to clone extinct animals. Scientists are still experimenting with

62、cloning mammals, and the cloning of mammals is still 62 new science. From time 63 time people suggest that cloning can 64 (possible) make extinct animals like dinosaurs come back to life. Unfortunately, with what we know now, this is either impossible 65 unsuitable. There are three main reasons. Fir

63、stly, perfect DNA , which 66 (provide) information for how cells are to grow, is needed and must be obtained. Secondly, there must be enough diversity in a group which means the genes of animals are arranged in different ways and thus of help for them to overcome 67 (illness), while the disadvantage

64、 of cloning a group of animals is that they would all have the same arrangement of genes and so may not survive the same illness. Thirdly, it would be really difficult 68 (find) a suitable habitat for dinosaurs to live in. Based on 69 we know now, you cannot clone animals that have been extinct long

65、er than ten thousand years. Actually dinosaurs disappeared 65,000,000 years ago. So the chance of dinosaurs ever 70 (return) to the earth is merely a dream. 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，每处错误仅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

66、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，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限一词。2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Despite the three largest state in the USA, California has the largest population and becomes the most multicultural society, having attracted immigrants from all over the world, among which are the Spani

67、sh. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious man, whose the ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives. In the eighteenth century, California ruled by Spain. In 1821, the people of Mexico gained their independent from Spain. California then became part of

68、 Mexico. In 1846, the United States declared war to Mexico, and after lose the war, Mexico had to give California to the USA. Therefore, there is still a strong Spanish influence. Today over forty percent of the Californians speak Spanish as our first or second language. 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华。你刚从英国回

69、国，结束了为期五天的旅游，感谢好友Rick的款待。得知他对中国文化非常感兴趣，特别是端午节，请你写一封信介绍中国的端午节。内容包括：1. 感谢他的招待；2. 介绍中国的端午节（时间，意义，风俗等）；3. 欢迎他明年来中国过端午。注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已写好, 不计入总字数。Dear Rick, How is everything going? Best wishes. Yours sincerely,Li Hua20202021学年第二学期高二期末考试英语试题答案听力 (每题1分)1-5 BCCBC 6-10 CACBA 11-1

70、5 BABAC 16-20 AACBA阅读 (每题2.5分)21-23 DDB 24-27 ABCA 28-31 CCCB 32-35 CDCB 36-40 DABGE完形填空（每题1.5分）41-45 CBDAC 46-50 CADBB 51-55 BDDAD 56-60 DAACA语篇填空（每题1.5分）61. popularity 62. a 63. to 64. possibly 65. or 66. provides 67. illnesses 68. to find 69. what 70. returning改错 (每题1分)Despite the three largest s

71、tate in the USA, California has the largest population thirdand becomes the most multicultural society, having attracted immigrants from all over the world, among which are the Spanish. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the whommajority were religious man, whose the ministry was to teach the

72、 Catholic religion to menthe natives. In the eighteenth century, California ruled by Spain. In 1821, the people of wasMexico gained their independent from Spain. California then became part of Mexico. independenceIn 1846, the United States declared war to Mexico, and after lose the war, Mexico had o

73、n losingto give California to the USA. Therefore, there is still a strong Spanish influence. HoweverToday over forty percent of the Californians speak Spanish as our first or second language. your书面表达 (25分)Dear Rick,How is everything going? I had a five-day trip to London last week. I would like to

74、express my gratitude for your hospitality and kindness when I was in London.Knowing that you take a great fancy to Chinese culture, especially the Dragon Boat Festival, I would love to introduce it to you. The Dragon Boat Festival, one of the most traditional festivals in China, falls on the May 5th

75、 in the lunar calendar. People celebrate this festival in memory of Qu Yuan, who was a Chinese poet. Besides, people in China will also hold a variety of activities to honor him, such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and so on.Welcome to China. You will have an unforgettable experience if you come to China and enjoy this festival next year.Best wishes. Yours sincerely, Li Hua