河北省辛集市高中2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

1、河北省辛集市高中2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题 第I卷第一部分听力（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。例：Howmuchistheshirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是C.1. What does the woman want to do?A. Find a place. B. Buy a ma

2、p.C. Get an address.2. What will the man do for the woman?A. Repair her car.B. Give her a ride.C. Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor.B. A department head. C. A company director.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult.B. Very interesting.C. Too simple.5

3、. What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather.B. Clothes.C. News.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，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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A. He has a pain in his knee.

4、B. He wants to watch TV. C. He is too lazy.7. What will the woman probably do next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go?A. The Green House Cinema. B. The

5、New State Cinema. C. The UME Cinema.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How will the speakers go to New York?A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business.B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger.

6、B. Husband and wife.C. Fellow workers.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the firs

7、t year?A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.16. How many people will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year.B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its t

8、ime-saving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about living in a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15个小题；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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上

9、将该项涂黑。APacific Science Center GuideVisit Pacific Science Centers StoreDont forget to stop by Pacific Science Centers Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laser Dome.Hungry Ou

10、r exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our caf offers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The caf is located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour Pacific Science Center closes.Rental InformationLockers are available to s

11、tore any belongings during your visit. The lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. Pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.Support Pacific Science CenterSince 1962, Pacific Science Center has

12、been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. Its an amazing accomplish

13、ment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit pacificsciencecenter.org to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.21. Where can you buy a souvenir at Science Center?A. In Building 1.B. In Building 3.C. A

14、t the Laser Dome.D. At the Denny Way entrance.22. What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?A. Train Science teachers. B. Distribute science books.C. Inspire scientific research. D. Take science to the classroom.23. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?A. To encourage donations.B.

15、To advertise coming events.C. To introduce special exhibits.D. To tell about the Centers history.BThe end of the school year was in sight and spirits were high. I was back teaching after an absence of 15 years, dealing with the various kinds of forbidden fruit that come out of book bags. Now was the

16、 spring of the water pistol(水枪). I decided to think up a method of dealing with forbidden fruit. Please bring that pistol to me, I said. Im going to put it in my Grandmas Box.Whats that? they asked. Its a large wooden chest full of toys for my grandchildren, I replied, You dont have grandchildren, s

17、omeone said.I dont now. I replied. But someday I will. When I do, my box will be full of wonderful things for them.My imaginary Grandmas Box worked like magic that spring, and later. Sometimes, students would ask me to describe all the things I had in it. Then I would try to remember the different p

18、ossessions I supposedly had taken awaysince I seldom actually kept them. Usually the offender would appear at the end of the day, and I would return the belonging. The years went by, and my first grandchild Gordon was born. I shared my joy with that years class. Then someone said, Now you can use yo

19、ur Grandmas Box. From then on, instead of coming to ask their possessions back, the students would say, Thats okay. Put it in your Grandmas Box for Gordon.I loved talking about the imaginary box, not only with my students but also with my own children. They enjoyed hearing about all the forbidden fr

20、uit I had collected. Then one Christmas I received a surprise gifta large, beautifully made wooden chest. My son Bruce had made my Grandmas Box a reality.24. What was the authors purpose in having the conversation with the students?A. To collect the water pistol.B. To talk about her grandchildren.C.

21、 To recommend some toys.D. To explain her teaching method.25. What do the underlined words the offender in paragraph 8 refer to?A. The students parent. B. The maker of the Grandmas Box.C. The authors grandchild. D. The owner of the forbidden fruit.26. What did the students do after they learned abou

22、t the birth of Gordon? A. They went to play with the baby.B. They asked to see the Grandmas Box.C. They made a present for Gordon.D. They stopped asking their toys back.27. What can we infer about the author?A. She enjoys telling jokes. B. She is a strict and smart teacher.C. She loves doing woodwor

23、k. D. She is a responsible grandmother.CTerrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle-named the Transition has two seats，four wheels and wings that fold up so it

24、can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.Around 100 pe

25、ople have already put down a $10,000 deposit(订金) to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But dont expect it to show up in too many driveways. Its expected to cost

26、$279,000. And it wont help if youre stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway. Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The governmen

27、t has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administrations decision five years ago to cre

28、ate a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.28. What

29、 is the first paragraph mainly about?A. The basic data of the Transition.B. The advantages of flying cars.C. The potential market for flying cars.D. The designers of the Transition.29. Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways?A. It causes traffic jams. B. It is difficult to op

30、erate.C. It is very expensive. D. It burns too much fuel.30. What is the governments attitude to the development of the flying car?A. Cautious. B. Favorable. C. Ambiguous. D. Disapproving.31. What is the best title for the text?A. Flying Car at Auto Show B. The Transitions First FlightC. Pilots Drea

31、m Coming True D. Flying Car Closer to RealityDTo learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But whats the right amount of failure? New research led by the University of Arizona proposes a mathematical answer to that question.Educators have long recognized that there is something of a sweet spot when

32、it comes to learning. That is, we learn best when we are challenged to grasp something just outside of our existing knowledge. When a challenge is too simple, we dont learn anything new; likewise, we dont expand our knowledge when a challenge is so difficult that we fail entirely or give up.So where

33、 does the sweet spot lie? According to the new study, its when failure occurs 15% of the time. Put another way, its when the right answer is given 85% of the time.Researchers at the University of Arizona came up with the so-called 85% Rule after conducting a series of machine-learning experiments in

34、 which they taught computers simple tasks such as classifying different patterns into one of two categories.The computers learned fastest in situations in which the difficulty was such that they responded with 85% accuracy.If you have an error rate of 15% or accuracy of 85%, you are always maximizin

35、g your rate of learning in these two-choice tasks, said Professor Robert Wilson.When we think about how humans learn, the 85% Rule would mostly likely apply to perceptual (感知的) learning, in which we gradually learn through experience and examples, Wilson said. Imagine, for instance, a radiologist（放射

36、科医生）learning to tell the difference between images of tumors（肿瘤）and non-tumors.You need examples to get better at figuring out theres a tumor in an image, Wilson said. If I give really easy examples, you get 100% right all the time and theres nothing left to learn. Youre not going to be taking as mu

37、ch from that as a situation where you are struggling a little bit. If I give really hard examples, youll be 50% correct and still not learning anything new, while if I give you something in between, you can be at this sweet spot where you are getting the most information from each particular example

38、.32. Which of the following is linked with the sweet spot?A. 15 percent accuracy. B. 50 percent accuracy.C. 85 percent accuracy. D. 100 percent right.33. Why did the researchers teach computers simple tasks?A. To find out where the sweet spot lies.B. To see how well computers carry out tasks.C. To c

39、ompare the results of their experiments.D. To conduct some research on machine learning.34. What is the purpose of the examples mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To teach what to do in the treatment of tumors.B. To teach how to determine there is a tumor.C. To help to remember what is learned.D. To

40、 help to learn how a tumor develops.35. According to the text, what is the most effective way of learning?A. Not taking failure too seriously.B. Learning through experience and examples.C. Struggling a little bit, but not too much.D. Learning things that are completely new.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）根

41、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。Whenever you feel like giving up, that is the very moment you should not. _36_ But how we deal with every circumstance determines the course of our life. There are several ways to love your life, regardless of how terrible it seems.Appreciate the positive side

42、. Being lost in sadness will not change anything at all. When you finally learn to see the goodness in everything, life becomes so much better. You will only live once. _37_ Be stronger than you believe you are.Take chances in every opportunity. When opportunities come and you just keep on calculati

43、ng whether you will fail or succeed, you might run out of time and lose your chance. _38_ Every time you take chances, you strengthen your confidence and dare to challenge your limits. There are no failures for those who tried their best._39_ People say laughter is the best medicine and it is always

44、 true because laughing fights away stress, and makes you love life even more. You truly start enjoying life only when you share happiness with other people.Enjoy your uniqueness. Stop comparing your life with others. You have a good life that is definitely different from others so just focus there.

45、Be happy about your own achievements and keep improving yourself. _40_ALaugh your heart out.BBe brave enough to take risks.CWe all have our ups and downs in our lives.DStop pleasing people by always saying “yes”ESo wasting it on unnecessary issues is not a good idea.FSharing has always been good, es

46、pecially if it comes from the heart.GIt helps you avoid negative selftalks and maintain a positive attitude all the time.第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 An English battleship was sailing at sea in the severe weather for several d

47、ays. The visibility(能见度) was poor 41 heavy fog, so the captain landed on the watchtower, 42 all the activities.Shortly, a lookout(瞭望者) reported that a light ahead was 43 .The captain asked, Is it steady or 44 towards our ship? The lookout replied, The light was steady, but our 45 was going to be in

48、46 with that one. The captain ordered the lookout to send a signal to that ship and told them that the two sides would have the risk of crashing into each other if they didnt 47 direction. Back came a signal, Its 48 for you to change direction. Then the captain shouted angrily. Send, Im a battleship

49、. Youll change direction. Captain, Ive never seen you get so _49_ before. the lookout said and did it. Back came another signal, Im a lighthouse(灯塔)! The captain was 50 after knowing this, and they had to change their direction 51 .On our path in life, we sometimes have to change direction: 52 , we

50、would run into the 53 . Some people spend much time trying to change everything around them, not realizing they can 54 it only by changing themselves. Theyre hitting their head on the barrier but expecting a good result. Its just as stupid as not changing their direction when those are about to coll

51、ide(碰撞) with a lighthouse. So when life puts an unmovable 55 in front of you, stick to the secret: changing direction and going on.41Ain spite ofBin addition toCbecause ofDon top of42Akeeping an eye on Benquiring about Cengaging in Dturning a deaf ear to43AchargingBfallingCfadingDflashing44Ashooting

52、BmovingCpointingDlooking45AinstructionBmethodCshipDcaptain46AtradeBpeaceCcollisionDcomparison47AaffectBadjustCadmitDuncover48AtypicalBearlyCchallengingDadvisable49AdelightedBangryCexhaustedDdisappointed50AheartbrokenBinnocentCrelievedDshocked51AtemporarilyBinstantlyCslowlyDmerrily52AotherwiseBhoweve

53、rCthereforeDanyway53Atop secretBsafe pathCcomfort zoneDbrick wall54AlearnBmakeCtakeD. see55AopportunityBtargetCobjectDfantasy第II卷第二节（共10个小题；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，My dad is an enthusiastic runner who _56_ (great) influenced me when I was young. So I was very sporty before

54、the age of 14. However, when my family moved, my new school didnt pay much attention _57_ sports and had no afterschool activities like football or running. Over the next few years, I stopped exercising apart from during Physical Education lessons at school. It appeared that I was healthy; _58_, I w

55、as not.One day, I was late for a bus, tried to run after it and in under a minute was out of breath! This made me realize how unfit I was. _59_ (help) myself get in shape again, I made a(n) _60_ (decide) that I would take up a kind of sport.The other day, a friend of mine _61_(recommend) a swimming

56、pool close to my house _62_ she goes a few times a week. Now, Im a swimming lover! I find swimming in the pool very _63_ (relax). I swim for an hour three times a week. It is my hope _64_ I will soon start to feel the benefits of regular exercise, and will become _65_ (fit) than before.第四部分：写作（共两节，满

57、分40分）第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是李华，你与外教Mr. Johnson原本约好本周六上午一起去市博物馆，但你因故不能赴约。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：1.表示歉意； 2.说明原因； 3.另约时间。注意：1. 词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Mr. Johnson, _ Yours,Li Hua第二节：读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 It was the late 1930s, and things were tough. Mum had a hard time raising us on

58、 her own in our small community of New Westminster, BC. My dad had drowned in Pitt Lake, five years ago.Looking back, I realize what Mum went through sending us kids to school. Every morning she would put a new piece of cardboard(硬纸板) in our shoes, because our soles(鞋底)were worn out. When we got hom

59、e, Mum would have “French toast” ready for us. Constant moving was typical for my family in those times. Rent was 25 dollars a month, but Mum couldnt pay it, and we knew we would be driven out right after Christmas on the first of January. Christmas was approaching, and we were offered a twenty-five

60、-dollar Christmas fund from social services. The inspector(检查员) came to our house, and searched it from top to bottom to be sure we didnt have any food hidden away. When he didnt find any, he gave the money to Mum. Mum said that instead of buying food, she would use the 25 dollars to pay back rent,

61、assuring us a roof over our heads for a little while longer. She told us then there would be nothing for Christmas. Unknown to Mum, I had been selling Christmas trees, shoveling snow, and doing some jobs to earn enough money to buy a new pair of boots. Boots that were new, boots with no cardboard in

62、 the soles. I knew exactly which boots I wanted. They were ten-inch Top Genuine Pierre Paris and they had a price of 23 dollars.Well, the big day came on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. I was excited, as I hurried up the road to the shoe store, but on the way I noticed a house with Christmas lights

63、and decorations. It was then that I realized at our house, we had no lights, no decorations, nor any money for Christmas foods. I knew that we would have no turkey or ham for Christmas, and I felt sad.阅读上面材料内容，并结合所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。Paragraph1:AsIcontinuedwalking,Ibegantoreconsiderm

64、yplan._Paragraph2:Withgreatexcitementandtearsinmyeyes,Iknockedonthedoor._参考答案15 ABCBA6-10 BCACA11-15 ACBCA16-20 CBCAB 21-23 BDA 24-27 ADDB 28-31ACBD 32-35 CABC 36-40 CEBAG41-45 CADBC 46-50 CBDBD 51-55 BADBC56. greatly 57. to 58. however 59. To help 60. decision61. recommended 62. where 63. relaxing

65、64. that 65. fitter应用文写作：Dear Mr. Johnson,Im sorry to inform you that I cant go to the City Museum with you this Saturday morning because Ive just been told that I have to go and visit my sick grandfather in the countryside that day. I hope the change wont cause you too much trouble.How about going

66、there next Saturday morning? If its convenient to you, lets meet at the school gate at 9:00. If not, please let me know what time suits you best. I should be available any time next weekend.Yours,Li Hua续写范文:Paragraph 1:AsIcontinuedwalking,Ibegantoreconsidermyplan.Iwasfeelingastrangesenseofguilt.Here

67、Iwasgoingtobuyanewpairofbootswhilemymotherwashomeintears.Shewouldbetryingtoexplaintouswhytherewerenopresents.Acrossthestreetfromthebusstopwasabiggrocerystore.Irealizedthat25dollarsmight be enough for something more than a pair of shoes. So I went into the grocery store and bought some lights,decorat

68、ionsandeven aturkey.Afterfinishingshopping, I went home.Paragraph 2:Withgreatexcitementandtearsinmyeyes,Iknockedonthedoor.I could hardly wait to see my mothers face! When Mum opened the door, some of the groceries fell inside onto the floor, and she just stood there, numb with shock. Holding back the tears, I said, “Merry Christmas!” It took a while for Mum to realize what had happened and how I got so many things for Christmas. That day I received enough hugs and kisses from Mum to last a whole lifetime._