安徽省安庆市白泽湖中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 WORD版含答案.doc

1、_安庆市白泽湖中学20202021第二学期期中考试高二英语第一部分 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 does the man offer to do?A. Paint the doors.B. Paint the ceiling.C. Look for a job. 2. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. I

2、n a shop.C. In a restaurant. 3. What time is the train leaving?A. At 10:55.B. At 10:35.C. At 10:25. 4. How does the woman feel about the man?A. Sympathetic.B. Indifferent.C. Angry. 5. What will the man do next?A. Go for a bike ride.B. Play basketball.C. Have a rest. 第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或

3、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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What did the man do last Saturday?A. He studied a lot. B. He joined a club. C. He went camping. 7. Why do people join “Flash Play”?A. To experience a crisis. B. To mak

4、e friends. C. To earn money. 听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. When did the woman have an interview?A. 2 days ago.B. 5 days ago.C. A week ago. 9. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Give a call to ask about the result. B. Have some coffee for relaxation. C. Be patient and wait for the result. 听下面一段对话，回答第1

5、0至第12三个小题。10. How will the woman spend her summer holiday?A. Study at home. B. Work in the shop. C. Travel with her mother. 11. With whom does the man plan to go to the seaside?A. His parents. B. His friends. C. His brothers. 12. What lessons does the woman want to take?A. Piano.B. Swimming.C. Engli

6、sh. 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. Where does Sally want to go?A. The zoo. B. The London Eye. C. The Covent Garden. 14. What is Billy interested in?A. Boats. B. Operas.C. Paintings. 15. What does the man suggest the woman do in Oxford Street?A. Do some shopping. B. Enjoy an opera. C. Visit her parents. 1

7、6. What is the woman related to the man?A. His mother.B. His wife.C. His guide. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. Whom is the speaker talking to?A. Students parents.B. Visitors.C. New students. 18. How many departments are there in the college?A. 4.B. 5.C. 6. 19. Where do the teachers in the English departm

8、ent mainly come from?A. England and America. B. America and Australia. C. America and Canada. 20. Which is the largest building in the college?A. The main library. B. The dining hall. C. The English department building. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出

9、最佳选项。AWalk Through HistoryIts no surprise to anyone whos been to Charleston that it is among the best US cities to visit. “It can feel like youre in a dream sometimes, like youve stepped back 200 years,” says Brian Sim ms, the owner of Charleston Sole Tours. These are Simmss must-sees.African-Americ

10、an Heritage Tour“People dont realize how much African culture is here.” says Sim ms. He recommends learning about the African-American heritage that shaped the city, region and country to fully understand Charleston.Gullah Tours offers a two-hour bus tour for $ Battery and White Point GardensA large

11、 public park and garden with walking paths and artifacts all shaded by beautiful trees.Free admission. Simms provides two- hour guided tours for $10 to $20. Middleton PlaceMiddleton Place is a historic plantation with vivid exhibits and a working table. It provides an all-around view of what was goi

12、ng on with the history of the families that ran the plantation.$ 28 / adult; $ 15 / student 14 and older; $ 10 / child 6-13; free / under age 6. www.middleton place.orgFort Summer National MonumentMarking the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, this historic place includes severa

13、l sites around Charleston Harbor and an education center at Gadsdens Wharf. The best time of year to visit is springwhen the azaleas are floweringor fall.Admission is free. Boat ride is $ 19.5 / adult, $ 12 / child. www.nps.gov/fosu21. If you like walking under the shade of trees,which is the best p

14、lace for you to go?A. Fort Sumter National MonumentB. Middleton PlaceC. Battery and White Point GardensD. African-American Heritage Tour22. How much should a couple with a daughter of 16 and a son of 7 pay for a tour around Middleton Place?A. $71B. $81C. $56D. $9123. Which sentence is true according

15、 to the passage?A. Spring is the only best season to visit Fort Sumter National Monument.B. All the people must pay money if they want to visit Middleton Place.C. You can learn American cultures influence on Africa when visiting African-American Heritage Tour.D. All the four tours dont offer free ad

16、mission.CGood manners are always good manners. Thats what I thought until I married Alexander, who is Russian.When I first met Alexander and he said to me in Russian,“Nalei mnye chai- pour me some tea, I got angry and answered,“Pour it yourself. Translated into English, without a“Could you.? or a pl

17、ease, it sounded really rude to me. But in Russian it was fine- -you dont have to add any polite words.However, when I took Alexander home to meet my parents in the UK, I had to give him a good lesson about pleases and thank yous (which he thought were completely unnecessary), and to teach him to sa

18、y sorry if someone happened to step on his toes, and to smile, smile, smile.Another thing that Alexander just couldnt understand was why people say things like“Would you mind passing me the salt, please? He said,“Its only the salt, for Gods sake! What do you say in English if you want a real favour?

19、He also watched in amazement when, at a dinner party in England, we swallowed some really disgusting food and I said, “Mmmm. delicious. In Russia, people are much more direct. The first time Alexander s mother came to our house for dinner in Moscow, she told me that my soup needed more flavouring. A

20、fterwards, when we argued about it, my husband said,“Do you prefer your dinner guests to lie?Alexander complained that in England he felt like an idiot because in Russia if you smile all the time people think you are mad. In fact, this is exactly what my husbands friends thought of me the first time

21、 I went to Russia because I smiled at everyone, and always said“please and“thank you in Russian.At home we now have an agreement. If we re speaking Russian, he can say “Pour me some tea”, and just make a noise like a grunt (咕哝声) when I give it to him. But when were speaking English, he has to add a“

22、please, a“thank you, and a smile.24. What can we know from what Alexander said?A. He didnt think politeness was necessary. B. He didnt like the writer s politeness.C. He wasnt used to the English politeness. D. He wasnt willing to have good manners.25. What did Alexander s friends think of the autho

23、r when they first met her?A. She was noble. B. She was strange. C. She was lovely. D. She was impolite.26. What can we tell from their agreement?A. They respect each other. B. They change a lot for each other.C. They learn from each other. D. They fail to fit in with each other.27. What topic is the

24、 text mainly about?A. Good manners. B. Human relations. C. Culture shock. D. Mixed marriages.CA four-wheeled pod shaped like a space capsule on riverside roads trundles slowly among people who run, walk, cycle and lead dogs. At a maximum speed of 10 mph, the car beeps as it moves regularly between t

25、he Inter Continental Hotel in the west of the peninsula and apartment blocks in the east.The biggest surprise about the vehicle is not its futuristic appearance but how it is controlled. While current safety rules require a human to monitor the vehicles performance and step in to avoid crashes, the

26、pod largely drives itself. It is one of several experiments worldwide aimed at exploring how autonomous vehicles might mesh with city transport systems. All are looking at how a technology being developed mainly for US highways can work in the more confined, chaotic space of city streets.At the hear

27、t of these efforts is an attempt to work out whether driverless vehicles will ease or worsen the impact that private car travel has had on many cities following the highway-building craze of the mid-20th century.Some fear the technology could prompt more journeys by private motor vehicles rather tha

28、n more space-efficient public transport. If the technology provides comfortable, stress-free, private journeys, it might also prompt people to commute daily from further afield, generating yet more traffic.Experts concerned about such impacts on behaviour argue it is vital that the roll-out of auton

29、omous vehicle technology goes hand-in-hand with a rethink of how it is used.David Begg, a former chairman of the UKs Commission for Integrated Transport, accepts that autonomous vehicles will use road space more efficiently but says the problem remains that cars take up too much space for the people

30、 they carry. On average, most vehicles contain little more than one personthe driver.“Theres no doubt autonomous vehicles can allow us to squeeze more vehicles into a given amount of capacity because theyre bumper-to-bumper and side-by-side,”prof Begg says. “Unless we can increase vehicle occupancy

31、up from 1.1, were moving too much fresh air and not enough people.”28. What do we know about driverless vehicles?A. Driverless vehicle travels at an average speed of 10 mph.B. Driverless vehicle drives itself to a great degree.C. Driverless vehicles appearance is the same as common cars.D. Most driv

32、erless vehicles contain more than one person.29. What does the underlined word confined in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Deserted B. tidy. C. straight. D. narrow.30. What is the David Beggs attitude to the future of driverless vehicles?A. Disapproving. B. concerned C. Positive. D. Sympathetic.31. In

33、which section of a newspaper may this text appear?A. Entertainment.B. Health. C. Education. D. Science.DAn era in which an Alzheimers diagnosis can begin in a doctors office is now arriving. Advances in technologies to detect early signs of disease from a blood sample are helping doctors to identify

34、 the memory-robbing disorder more accurately and to screen participants more quickly for trials of potential treatments for the more than five million people in the U.S. afflicted with Alzheimers. Estimates predict that, by 2030, there will be 76 million people worldwide who will receive a diagnosis

35、 of Alzheimers or other dementias(痴呆).Last fall, a blood test developed by C2N Diagnostics in St. Louis, became available to most of the U.S. as a routine lab testregulated under the CMS Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program. It has also received a CE mark as a diagnostic medical

36、 device in the European Unionindicating it has met safety, health and environmental protection standards for the region.“The development of a blood-based test for Alzheimers disease is just amazing,” says Michelle Mielke, a neuroscientist and epidemiologist at the Mayo Clinic. “The field has been th

37、inking about this for a very long time. Its really been in the last couple of years that the possibility has come to fruition.”The C2N test, called PrecivityAD, uses an analytic technique known as mass spectrometry to detect specific types of beta-amyloid(-淀粉样蛋白), a protein fragment that is a pathol

38、ogical-hallmark of disease. Beta-amyloid proteins accumulate and form plaques visible on brain scans two decades before a patient notices memory problems. As plaques build up in the brain, levels of beta-amyloid decline in the surrounding fluid.Such changes can be measured in spinal fluid samplesand

39、 now in blood, where beta-amyloid concentrations are significantly lower. PrecivityAD is the first blood test for Alzheimers to be cleared for widespread use and one of a new generation of such assays that could enable early detection of the leading neurodegenerative diseaseperhaps decades before th

40、e onset of the first symptoms.32. What can we know about Alzheimers diagnosis from the text?A. It has been used widely by doctors.B. It may have a brilliant market.C. It cannot be used in the futureD. It is hard for doctors to accept.33. According to the text, which description about the blood test

41、developed by C2N is false?A. It is difficult to be applied in the future.B. Its development to the disease is remarkable.C. It has been approved by EU. D. It has achieved the goal of testing recently.34. What does the underlined word “such changes” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Decrease in plaqu

42、es of the brain B. Vanishment of a protein fragment.C. Reduction in the levels of beta-amyloid.D. Plaques visible on brain scans.35. What would be the best title for this text?A. A creative test for detecting AlzheimersB. Research on the test about detecting Alzheimers.C. Development of the C2N test

43、.D. The development of a blood-based test.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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。What are the chances?When we flip (掷) a coin, the odds (几率) are 1 in 2: it has an equal chance of landing on heads (正面)”or“tails (反面).”But if you flip the coin 10 times, and the resu

44、lts may be 8 heads and only 2 tails. _36_The answer is that the coin has an equal chance of landing on either heads or tails on every flip- -no matter what the last result was._ 37_ But as we keep flipping a coin, the result totals will get closer and closer to half heads and half tails._38_ The odd

45、s of winning money are very small. In one simple lottery (彩票)game, players pick three numbers, from 0 to 9. They may use the same numbers more than once, so choices range from 000 to 999. Whatre the odds of winning? 1 in 1,000. Thats the same as hitting a Coke placed in a tennis court by throwing a

46、coin with your eyes closed.In another lottery game, the player chooses five different numbers from 1 through 70,using each number only once. Then the player picks an additional number from 1 through 25.Here is an example: 7, 15, 23, 44, 68 + 15. If the lottery system comes up with all six of the sam

47、e numbers, the player wins._39_ 1 in 302,575,350. You would have the same chance dropping a coin from a helicopter, with your eyes closed, and having it hit a Coke placed in a football field.So, save your money. What can you count on, then?_40_.A. What are the odds?B. Why arent there 5 heads and 5 t

48、ails?C. Only adults are allowed to play most lotteries?D. We cant predict how any one coin flip will land.E. Your best bet is on your own talents, intelligence, and hard work.F. Some mathematicians say that no one should ever play the lottery, except for fun.G. Thats why mathematicians hold that peo

49、ple should not spend money on the lottery.第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分) 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。 Finally, I entered the institution. Because of my careful_21_ , I did not have to work during the school year. Then, summer came and it was time to

50、work harder than ever. I continued working as a _22_ at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. Being a little more _23_ , I also decided to give lessons at a community college. These lessons at the community college helped

51、me gain $650. It was an exhausting summer and made me _24_ to return to my _25_ easy life at college.During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus admissions office _26_ phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me

52、 from _27_ my savings. The overall situation looked _28_ as I approached my senior year _29_ I could make as much money as I had during the _30_ summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I _31_ in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the _32_in Israel. Ab

53、out two weeks later, my Mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the _33_ that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, _34_ the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the four

54、teen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The _35_ everything worked together to make this trip feasible was one of the most _36_ things that have ever happened to me.This experience has _37_ me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic.

55、Working long hours did a lot to mold my character and helped me learn the _38_ of a dollar. It also made me learn how to _39_ creative solutions to difficult dilemmas.Whenever I am overwhelmed or afraid of the future, I can remember my $64,268 _40_.41. A. plansB. savingsC. accountsD. bills42. A. hos

56、tB. guestC. waitressD. librarian43. A. dynamicB. joyedC. cautious D. crowded44. A. anxious B. capable C. annoyed D. enthusiastic45. A. simplyB. relativelyC. purelyD. mostly46. A. pickingB. fetching C. collecting D. answering47. A. drainingB. gathering C. gaining D. accumulating48. A. faintB. slimC.

57、hopefulD. vague49. A. as long asB. as far as C. as well as D. as soon as50. A. latterB. recentC. followingD. previous51. A. hastedB. delayed C. hesitated D. accelerated52. A. sessionsB. creditsC. periodsD. rewards53. A. collegeB. communityC. associationD. bank54. A. andB. butC. soD. still55. A. wayB

58、. stateC. orderD. situation56. A. disappointingB. relievingC. amusingD. exciting57. A. promotedB. cheeredC. shapedD. treated58. A. valueB. price C. strength D. advantage59. A. leave outB. figure outC. hold outD. run out60. A. triumphB. incidentC. miracleD. event第二节(共10小题:每小题1.5分，两分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适

59、当的内容(1个单词)或括号单词的正确形式。When Du Fu (712-770) wrote the poem“On the Height(登高), he was 56 years 61._ and was suffering from illness and 62._ (poor).From the first line, we can feel that Du was not 63._ a good mood. The poet then saw a forest of trees that were losing their 64._ (leaf), while the Yangtze

60、 River never stopped rolling on. Du 65._ (describe) the natural scenery in autumn when th inking about the fate (命运) of himself and his country, and we can feel 66._ waves of his sadness.Unlike most of us 67._ travel for fun, Du Fu traveled because he needed to keep alive. He worked in different pla

61、ces 68._ met different people, and put their ups and downs in his poems. Throughout 69._ lifetime he completed around 1 500 poems. Two years after 70._ (write) “On the Height, Du Fu passed away.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）假如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

62、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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（ ），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：在错的词下面划一横线，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。Dear Jack,How is everything going? I am very glad to learn that you are coming to China this summer. Its not necessary to worry your Chinese. Id like to s

63、hare my ideas, it might help.First, be brave enough to speak Chinese when you communicate with others. Its of great important to be confident of you. We Chinese are very friendly so you neednt be afraid of making any mistakes. Second, its better to speak slowly and clearly. Only by this way can you

64、make yourself understand more easily. Whats more, sometimes I can use drawings or pictures. Like you know, body language was also widely used across cultures and very often it really works.May you will have a good time in China.Best wishes!第二节：书面表达（满分 25 分）近日，我国北部地区遭受了严重的沙尘暴(sandstorm)袭击。假定你是李华，请你就此

65、现象写一篇英语短文，呼吁大家植树造林，保护环境。内容包括：1. 沙尘暴的影响2. 沙尘暴的起因（如：气候变暖，北方更干燥少雨，土壤疏松，易起沙尘；树木减少.）3. 你的呼吁注意：1.词数 100 左右2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。Dear fellow students,Recently, the northern part of China has seen the worst sandstorm in a decade._ Yours,Li Hua高二英语答案听力15 BCAAC 610 CBACB 1115 CABAA 1620 BCBCA

66、阅读理解21-23 CBA 24-27 CBAC28-31 BDBD 32-35 B AC A七选五36-40 BDFAE完型41-45BCAAB 46-50DACAD 51-55.CBDBA 56-60. DCABC语法填空61. old 62. poverty 63. in 64. leaves 65. described66. the 67. who 68. and 69. his 70. writing改错71. 在worry 后加 about； 72. itwhich 或在it前加and；73. importantimportance；74.youyourself；75. byin；

67、 76. understandunderstood； 77. Iyou； 78. LikeAs； 79. wasis； 80. 把you后面的will去掉参考范文Recently, the northern part of China has seen the worst sandstorm in a decade. The flying sand and dust envelops the cities and villages, bringing much inconvenience to peoples life and doing great harm to their health

68、with air quality dramatically declining.There are several factors accounting for the outbreak of sandstorm. For one thing, the increased global temperature causes the already dry and rainless North to be even drier, which in turn makes the soil loose and easy to blow up. For another, over-grazing an

69、d deforestation lead to the great loss of trees. However, it is trees that play a key role in helping soil stay on the land.Mother nature is turning on us because of irresponsible human activities. Its high time that we protected the existing forest resources and planted more trees. Lets join hands to create a green future for our motherland, our people and yourself.Yours,Li Hua