四川省泸县第二中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题.doc

1、四川省泸县第二中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题注意事项：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

2、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 drink does the man order?A. Tea.B. Coffee.C. Cola.2.How much did the woman spend on lunches last month?A. $40.B. $50.C. $100.3.What is Mark like?A. Helpful.B. Outgoing.C. Undependable.4.Why has

3、 the woman moved the boy?A. He has trouble in listening.B. He cant see clearly.C. He talks too much.5.When did the man start writing his own songs?A. In college.B. In high school.C. During his childhood.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

4、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.How is the man feeling?A. Angry.B. Sleepy.C. Scared.7.How long is the speakers trip?A. Four hours.B. Ten hours.C. Thirteen hours.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.What does the woman suggest they do?A. Go to a movie.B. Go to a toy store.C. Go to a museum.9.How doe

5、s the man find the toy store?A. Boring.B. Fascinating.C. Crowded.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What does the woman need help with?A. Clearing the sidewalk.B. Hanging Christmas lights.C. Getting her car out of the snow.11.Who will visit the man this weekend?A. His friends.B. His grandkids.C. His students.12.Wh

6、o is the woman talking to?A. Her neighbors.B. Her co-worker.C. Her husband.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What will the woman buy for her sister?A.A handbag.B.A jacket.C.A hat.14.Whom does the woman want a selfie stick for?A.Her daughter.B.Her husbanD.C.Her brother.15.What can the woman do on the fourth floor?

7、A.To get a CD for herself.B.To check the price of a fridge.C.To look at the video equipment.,16.Where can the woman find a chair?A.On the second floor.B.On the third floor.C.On the fifth floor.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What have the students been given already?A.Backpacks.B.Some books.C.Gift cards.18.Wha

8、t should students do once they find what theyre looking for?A.Join a new group.B.Take a photograph.C.Put their flag down.19.Where does the announcement take place?A.At a gym.B.At a bookstore.C.At a cafeteria.20.When will the race end?A.At eleven oclock.B.At twelve oclock.C.At one oclock.第二部分 阅读理解（共两

9、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。AFrom: terri wombat. Com. AuTo: (happylizijun) yaboo. com. cnSubject: My schoolHi, Li Zijun,Thanks very much for your email. I really enjoyed reading it. I think we have a lot in common. I wonder if our school life is similar too.I go t

10、o a big high school in Sydney called Maylands High School. There are about 1000 students and 80 or so teachers. My class has 25 students in it, which is normal for a Year 11 class. In the junior school there are about 30 students in a class.In the senior high school we have lots of subjects to choos

11、e from, like maths, physics, chemistry, biology, history, German, law, geography, software design, graphic arts and media studies. (Different schools sometime have different optional subjects.) English is a must for everyone and we have to do least three other subjects in Year 11 and 12. At the end

12、of Year 12 we sit for a public exam called the High School Certificate.As well as school subjects, most of us do other activities at school such as playing a sport, singing in the choir or playing in the school band. We can also belong to clubs, such as the drama club, the chess club and the debatin

13、g society.We have a lot of homework to do in senior school to prepare for our exam, so unless I have basketball practice, I usually go straight home and start studying. I arrive home about 4 pm, make myself a snack and work till 6. Then I help the family to make dinner and we all eat together. Im us

14、ually back in my room studying by 8 pm. I stop at about 10 oclock and watch TV or read a book for half an hour to relax. On Saturdays, I usually go out with my family or with friends and I sleep in till late on Sunday morning. Then its back to the books on Sunday afternoon.How about you? Whats your

15、school life like? Do you have a lot of homework? What do you do to relax when youre not studying? Im looking forward to finding out.Your Australian friendTerrie21.How many subjects do the students have to do at least in Year 11 and 12?A. 11 B. 3C. 4 D. 622.What does the underlined phrase “sit for” i

16、n Para3 mean?A. pass B. takeC. go for D. hold23.On Sunday afternoon, Terri usually_.A. read books B. play in the school bandC. play basketball D. helps her family to prepare dinnerB Winslow Homer was a famous American painter. Since Art History class in college，I had always admiredhis works andI was

17、 lucky to see a large exhibition of his works when I was in my early 30s. It was at this event that I bought a print of his painting “Snap the Whip”. It always hung in my classroom until I retired from teaching.I thought it truly captured the freedom andfun of childhood. In the painting，a group of y

18、oung boys are playing a game arm in arm on the grass ground in front of a farm house. They are jumping and laughing wildly with great joy. One of the boys is falling down to the ground. They are not even wearing shoes!During my last year of teaching，there was a young woman in her first year of teach

19、ing right next door to me andwe got to be goodfriends. She had been an art student before taking up education. Her eyes were drawn immediately to this print when she entered my room. So on my last day of teaching，after the students hadleft，I took the painting off the wall and walked next door and ga

20、ve it to her.She was really surprised，but very glad to have it. I was delighted that she likedit and all the students she would have would treasure it as much as I had. We found the perfect place for it on one of her walls and hung it together. I was happy that she brought back this wonderful memory

21、 for me.24.Why didthe author admire the painting “Snap the Whip”so much？A. He hada deep love for children andstudents.B. It was bought from a famous American painter.C. He appreciatedthe freedom andfun in the painting.D. It hadalso drawn the attention of the young woman.25.What is the painting about

22、？A. Homeless children.B. The nature of children.C. Hard-working farmers.D. The pleasure of working.26.What does the underlinedword“captured”in Paragraph 2 probably mean？A. Recognized.B. Controlled.C. Caught.D. Influenced.27.How didthe author feel when seeing the painting hung in the womans room？A. R

23、egretful.B. Painful.C. Proud.D. Pleased.C Emmy Combs, 17, lost her hair as a young girl due to the autoimmune disorder, a disease which caused complete loss of hair all over her body. From the age of five until she was 16, Emmy wore bandanas(花绸巾) to cover her head.But in May last year, she made the

24、decision to stop wearing them. Emmy admitted that taking her bandana off for the first time was a fearful experience, but her close friends and family stuck by her. It was time to try new things and I have always wanted to grow out of wearing bandanas, Emmy said. My friends and family pushed me to g

25、o through with it and Im glad that they did. Even though it does not seem that hard to do, it was one of the hardest things that I have ever done. It was stressful, but I had my friends and family by my side the entire time. I have always been a confident person to others and myself. I was at a very

26、 young age when it happened, however over the many years of growing up with it the reaction I usually get from people ranges from just curiosity and kind, generous comments. Sometimes I will get an occasional rude-sounding comment, however I have never let it get to me. Emmy taught herself how to us

27、e make-up to improve her natural features and replace the ones shes missing, such as eyebrows and lashes. She shares her make-up looks on her blog and is committed to helping others be confident with their appearance.I have learned over the past 17 years of my life that you control how you want to l

28、ive your life. You choose the lifestyle that makes you happy, she said.28.How did Emmy feel when she decided to show her hairless head?A.Confident.B.Nervous.C.Light-hearted.D.Ashamed29.What did Emmy do towards unkind comments on her hairless head?A.She was angry.B.She felt deeply hurt.C.She just ign

29、ored them.D.She talked back.30.Why did Emmy show her make-up looks on her blog?A.Show her beauty.B.Show her courage.C.Show her make-up skills.D.Inspire others.31.What life lesson has she learnt?A.Just follow her heart.B.Face challenges bravely.C.Develop herself to the fullest.D.Just accept what it i

30、s.DWhat is success? I am not going to try to explain success. I think a precise meaning is impossible! Is it winning a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games or winning Wimbledon, or being awarded a Nobel Prize? What else? I believe personal success could be anything at all- it does not have to involve pub

31、lic recognition. Who is more successful? A millionaire who is unhappy, or an unnoticed person, who has led a simple, quiet, sincere and happy life? The simplest definition of success, I think, is “to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it.The first step on the road to success starts with

32、 belief. Believe you can succeed and you will. Achieving success in whatever endeavor(努力)you choose may be the goal of life; because it gives you freedom from worry. Could that be?Success means different things to every one of us. Some people believe it is measured in financial term; others believe

33、it is helping others rather than helping themselves. However, most people are motivated to a great extend by public recognition. How many people are really happy? How many people are really doing what they want to with their lives? Incidentally, to imagine makes us different from animals.Most import

34、ant of all, I believe success is a matter of personal growth. If every day you are developing or growing just a millimeter, I believe one is successful. Just being a slightly better person each day for me is success. Ive got a very long way to go them!Finally, always remember success is a process an

35、d is not simply a matter of arriving at a destination. Its the journey that really matters. Success is what you become in the often very difficult and dangerous journey down the river of life.32.What is personal success according to the author?A. Winning public recognitionB. Being an unhappy million

36、aireC. Something impossible to define simplyD. Succeeding in doing what you want33.Which plays an important role in your success?A. Intelligence B. ConfidenceC. Wealth D. Kindness34.According to he text, humans are different from animals in_.A. belief B. freedomC. imagination D. success35.What can b

37、e the best title for the text?A. What is success B. No true successC. How to be successful D. Success is reaching a destination 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。Ways to build strong friendshipsBe loyalto a friend.Part of being a friend is being prepared to devote your t

38、ime and energy to helping out your friends. If a friend needs help with an unpleasant thing, or if he or she just needs a shoulder to cry on, be there for them. 36. This is a good way to attract the kind of friends you want in your life.37. When you say youll do something, do it. When your friend te

39、lls you a secret, keep it secret from others. Be someone that people know that they can rely on. If you show this quality to your friends, they will appreciate it and will be reliable in return.Be a good listener.Many people think they have to appear very interesting. 38. Listencarefully to what peo

40、ple say, remember important details about them, ask questions about their interests, and take the time to learn more about them.Stress your good qualities. Show others what makes you stand apart from the crowd. Talk about your interests and hobbies. Everyone has interesting stories to tell dont be a

41、fraid to share yours. 39. People love to be around someone who makes them laugh.Choose your friends wisely.As you make friends with more people, you may find that some are hard to get along with. Sometimes you may even realize that certain friendships areunhealthy. 40. Cherish those friends who are

42、a positive influence in your life, and do your best to be a positive influence in theirs.A. Be a reliable friend.B. Keep your promise to your friend.C. Be respectful of their decisions and share yours with him.D. Besides, a little humor always keeps a conversation light and happy.E. In this case, wa

43、lk your way out of the friendship as gracefully as possible.F. Being a loyal friend will attract other people to you who value this quality.G. Far more important than that, however, is the ability to show that youreinterestedin others.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、

44、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Like many children with autism(自闭症), my son Noah loves planes. He carries a toy_41_with him wherever he goes. Last month, Noah_42_ a 2008 Matchbox Sky Busters Continental Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the computer and became very_43_. Although his language is just three or fo

45、ur words at a time, he clearly told me This is the little Continental I want!” _44_enough, I thought. I usually have no problem finding toys on the Internet.But this Matchbox Sky Buster, made only in 2008, was difficult to_45_. It was not on any of the places from which I had _46_ toys for Noah. I s

46、pent hours at the computer_47_the plane. I discovered several Matchbox collectors online, and over the next few weeks I sent emails to them _48_none of them had Noahs dream plane. So I decided to_49_Matchbox in California. My email made its way to Abe Lugo, lead project designer for Matchbox, who_50

47、_ to let me know he was looking for the 2008 Continental Boeing 787-8.While_51_to hear good news from Abe at Matchbox, I continued my_52_.Although for weeks I had no_53_on the Internet, I tried again and saw there was still no auction(拍卖)for Noahs dream plane! Noahs impatience(不耐烦)was growing, and I

48、 was starting to lose _54_A week later ,received a(n)_55_from Abe saying he had a plane in hand for Noah and would be_56_ it that afternoon !Last week, we_57_ the package (包裹)from Abe. Noah opened it. He held the toy plane close to his face. He turned it over. He was filled with _58_We sent a_59_ to

49、 Abe, whom we havent met or even talked to on the phone. I wanted Noah to say thank-you in his own_60_. In the video, Noah say, “Thanks, Mr. Lugo. Youre welcome, honey.”41.A.carB.gunC.planeD.telephone42.A.sawB.collectedC.soldD.copied43.A.interestedB.worriedC.boredD.surprised44.A.HardB.EasyC.Expensiv

50、eD.Cheap45.A.produceB.carryC.flyD.find46.A.providedB.madeC.boughtD.prepared47.A.playing withB.reading aboutC.a looking forD.picking out48.A.sinceB.whenC.soD.but49.A.visitB.turn toC.chooseD.head for50.A.repliedB.acceptedC.arrivedD.helped51.A.hopingB.promisingC.refusingD.offering52.A.studyB.searchC.sl

51、eepD.speech53.A.troubleB.luckC.funD.change54.A.weightB.faceC.heartD.touch55.A.prizeB.invitationC.callD.email56.A.showingB.checkingC.improvingD.shipping57.A.gotB.postedC.borrowedD.lost58.A.sadnessB.happinessC.fearD.bravery59.A.postcardB.letterC.videoD.picture60.A.lifeB.thoughtsC.timeD.words第二节 （共10小题

52、；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 35-year-old Australian mother makes around $58, 000 a year by hugging total strangers.Jessica O Neill started her unusual job six months ago. “As human beings, one thing we often ignore in our daily lives 61.(be) physical touch. Without it, we can fal

53、l into depression(抑郁)and other mental health 62.(problem). To meet this need, Ive become a professional hugging therapist(理疗师).”said Jessica.Jessica thinks her hugs can help those 63.(suffer) from loneliness, depression or low self-confidence. “When I hug my customers, I could see their tension and

54、64.(anxious) disappear. Then I could get to their heart and do what I can 65.(cure) them.” Jessica said. “Everyone has the desire to connect with someone. I believe my hug helps 66.(I) and my customers connect on a spiritual level.” Jessica says the majority of her customers are male, but she has 67

55、.surprising number of female customers as well.68.many people think she must be crazy to do such work, Jessica is69.(confidence) that shes made the right choice. “In todays digital age, many people are lonelier than ever before. Hugging therapy can have an apparent effect 70.their mental health,” sa

56、id Jessica.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仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。There are basically two ways to get work done. One is

57、 to work individual. In this way, people can decide for them when to start to work and how to do it. Whats more, they will be able to learn how to solve the problems on their own. People may also choose to work in a team which they can learn from each other and help each other. Beside, they may work

58、 out better ways get work done by discussing. Personally, I prefer to work in a team, which offer me a chance to learn how to get along to others and to share my experience with them. As the work can be dividing among several people, it can be done efficiently. Teamwork is always importance.第二节 书面表达

59、（满分25分）假定你是李华，你校将于下周三下午举办一次以“保护野生动物（Protect the Wildlife）”为主题的英文演讲活动。请你代表学校学生会写封邮件，邀请美国交换生Lucy 参与该活动。内容包括：1. 写信目的；2. 时间、地点：下周三下午3:00-5:00在学术报告厅；主题：保护野生动物；说明演讲意义；3. 联系电话：84920740；截止日期：本周六；4. 盼望回复；表达祝愿。参考词汇：学术报告厅Academic Lecture Hall注意：1. 词数100左右，内容包括主要要点；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Lucy,_Yours,Li Hua 202

60、0年秋四川省泸县第二中学高二开学考试英语试题答案一听力1-5:BACCA 6-10:BCABC11-15:BACAB16-20:CABCB二阅读理解21-23:CBA24-27:CBCD28-31:BCDA32-35:DBCA 36-40:FAGDE三完形填空41-45:CAABD 46-50:CCDBA 51-55:ABBCD56-60:DABCD四语法填空61.is 62.problems 63.suffering 64.anxiety 65.to cure66.me 67.a 68.While/Though/Although 69.confident 70.on/upon五短文改错1.

61、individualindividually 2. themthemselves 3. 去掉problems前的the 4. whichwhere5. BesideBesides 6. get前加to 7. offeroffers 8. towith9. dividingdivided 10. importanceimportant或在importance前加of六书面表达.Dear Lucy,I am Li Hua, a member of the Students Union. I am here on behalf of the Students Union to invite you

62、to take part in an English speech contest.The contest whose topic is Protect the Wildlife will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. next Wednesday in our Academic Lecture Hall. We hope that the students can learn to respect the nature and protect the wildlife from the contest. As we know, only by liv

63、ing in harmony with the wildlife can we make the world a better place. Therefore, we do wish the participants can share their ideas on how to protect the wildlife. Besides, if you want to come, please call me at 84920740 before this Saturday.Looking forward to your early reply.Best wishes.Yours,Li Hua