宁夏青铜峡市高级中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.docx

1、 2020-2021学年第一学期高二年级英语期末试卷 命题人： 青铜峡市高级中学吴忠中学青铜峡分校第一部分：听力（30分）请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项。1.What does the man want to do this afternoon? A. Go to the park. B.Rest at home. C.See a doctor. 2.What are the speakers talking about? A.The womans roommate. B.The womans apartment. C.The womans housework.3.How is the wea

2、ther probably now? A.Sunny. B.Cloudy. C.Rainy4.What is the book mainly about? A.A little girls school life. B.A special teachers life. C.Two close friend.5.Where should the man take a train？A.At platform 5. B.At platform 6. C.At platform 8.请听下面五段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第六段材料回答第6,7题。6.What place did the man v

3、isit last?A.Buckingham palace. B.Piccadilly Circus. C.Tower Bridge.7.When did the man return？A.Last Monday. B.Last Saturday. C.Last Sunday. 请听第七段材料回答第8,9题。8.What will the woman do tomorrow morning? A.Visit a factory. B.Pick up her boss. C.Go to a meeting.9.Whats the probable relationship between the

4、 speakers? A.Neighbours. B.Couple. C.Workmates.请听第八段材料回答第1012题。10.What did the man do about ten minutes ago? A.He did his homework. B.He visited a park. C.He read online news. 11.What caused over 1000 deaths in Karachi in2015?A.The disease. B.The earthquake. C.The hot weather.12.How many trees did U

5、rban Forest plant for its first project?A.Around 300. B.Around 1300. C.Around 5000.请听第九段材料回答第1316题。13.What does the gym offer the woman and her friend if they sign up before Friday?A.Personal training. B. Cheap half- year membership. C.New medical service.14.What is the man worried about? A.The safe

6、ty of weightlifting. B.The high membership fee. C.The quality of gym equipment.15.When will the speakers meet?A.At 12 noon. B.At 1.00 pm. C.At 1.30 pm.16.What is the man most interested in? A.Leg press machines. B.Running machines. C.Applied bicycles. 请听第十段材料回答第1720题。17.What activity is a new experi

7、ence for most kids? A.Windsurfing. B.Horse riding. C.Rock climbing. 18.How many times can the kids phone their parents a day at most？A.Once. B.Twice. C.Three times. 19.What does the speaker think of parents keeping on phoning the camp? A.Its unnecessary. B.Its unpleasant. C.Its uncommon. 20.How do t

8、he kids probably feel when they are required to put on old clothes?A.Annoyed B.Strange. C.Funny.第二部分：阅读理解（40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 AA Guide to the UniversityFoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID car

9、ds. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in theevening or lat at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Caf loc

10、ated in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying , cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all inte

11、rnational students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.HealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. T

12、he cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm.Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and

13、 other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.TransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from

14、the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.21What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?ADo homework and watch TV BBuy drinks and enjoy concertsCHave meals and meet with friends DAdd money to your ID and play chess22Where and when can you cook your o

15、wn food?AThe McMillan Hall, Sunday. BThe Lower Cafe, SundayCThe TWU Cafeteria, Friday DThe Globe, Friday23How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?ABy applying online BBy calling the centreCBy filling in a sign-up form DBy going to the centre directlyBWe often think of future. We often wonder w

16、hat the world would be like in a hundred yearstime.Think of space，perhaps a permanent(永久的) station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed，permitting long journeys throughout the solar syste

17、m(太阳系). When that time comes，people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine，too. Perhaps a cure will have been discovered for the most terrible of all diseasescancer. Pollution is a problem we must solve. In a hundred yearstime it w

18、ill have been controlled.All the world will have been developed even Antarctica. There will be large cities in Antarctica. We already have supersonic(超音速的) flight，but in a hundred yearstime we will have supersonic land travel as well.We will have used up most of earths land to build our cities， so f

19、loating cities will have been built. The Japanese already have plans for cities of this kind. And there will be cities under the sea. The first of these will have been completed.24We will have developed _ in a hundred yearstime，permitting long journeys all over the solar system.Acheap rockets for sp

20、ace travel Ba plane Ca spaceship Da satellite25Man will also have supersonic land travel _.Ain a year Babout half a century later Cin the year 2050 Dabout a century later26The last paragraph mainly talks about _.Awell make good use of space on the earth Bcities under the seaCJapan will first build f

21、loating cities Dearths land is in danger27The best title for the passage is _.ATravel in the Future BFuture Life CWhere to Live in the Future DSpace Travel C If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. Hed n

22、eed a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal. Most Americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.But this does

23、nt mean that Americans dont care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese

24、 government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the anci

25、ent Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy. Students in the United States，at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading

26、books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well.Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by

27、 people in the West, even if his birthday is.28The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _.Aprovide some key facts about Confucius Battract the readers interest in the subjectCshow great respect for the ancient thinkerDprove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations29We can learn from Paragra

28、ph 4 that American students _.Ahave a great interest in studying Chinese Btake an active part in Chinese competitionsCtry to get high scores in Chinese exams Dfight for a chance to learn Chinese30What is the best title for the passage?AForgotten Wisdom in America BHuge Fans of the Chinese LanguageCC

29、hinese Culture for Westerners DOld Thinker with a Big Future31The passage is likely to appear in _.Aa biographyBa history paper Ca newspaperDa philosophy textbookD Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of year

30、s beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.“I think we are knocking at the door of immortality(永生),” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. “I think by 2075 we will see it and thats a conservative estimate(保

31、守的估计).”At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology(纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what was possible in the past. “There is a great effort so that people c

32、an live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.”However, many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. Even with healt

33、hier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. “It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?” said Le

34、onard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre. “At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”32By saying“we are knocking at the door of immortality”,Michael Zey means_.Athey have got some ideas about living forever Bthey believe that there is no

35、 limit of livingCthey are able to make people live past the present life spanDthey are sure to find the truth about long living33Donald Lourias attitude towards long living is that_.Athe human body is designed to last past about 120 yearsBit is possible for humans to live longer in the futureCit is

36、still doubtful how long humans can live Dpeople can live from 120 to 18034The underlined word“it”(in Paragraph 4)refers to_.Aa great effort Bthe conservative estimateCthe idea of living from 200 to 300 years Dthe idea of living beyond the present life span35What would be the best title for this text

37、?ANo Limit for Human Life BLiving Longer or notCScience,Technology and Long Living DHealthy Lifestyle and Long Living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。（10分）There was a park near my home. But I didnt go there very often. Many people said there was nothing special. One afternoon I went into the

38、 park and found it was really small. I walked quickly because there wasnt much to see. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. _ 36I found that the two paths were different from each other.The left one was wide and clean. There were lots of flowers on both sides of th

39、e path. Though the flowers werent very beautiful, they made me feel good. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. The path didnt look nice._ 37Grass grew everywhere. For a long time I couldnt make up my mind._38It wasnt nice , but I didnt want to give up. At last, I came to

40、 the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful garden I had ever seen_. 39Many people told me that there was nothing much to see in the park. Now Id like to tell them that if they had followed the right way, they would have felt differently. Bu

41、t when I told them about what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word. I knew they didnt believe me. They couldnt even remember that path because it was so small._40Dont be afraid to choose a different path. You may get a big surprise!AThere is nothing that I want to see

42、.BIt looked like it had not been cleaned for months.CAfter a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path.D“ Which way should I go?” I asked myself. I looked at one way, then the other.E.I told them what happened.F.My trip to the park that day made me understand something about life.G.There

43、 were trees, flowers and chairs. I thought it was the nicest part of the park.第三部分 语言知识运用阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填在空白处的最佳选项。（30分）The British Isles consist of two large islands. One is called Ireland and 4 1 Britain. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger one of these two islands, and it i

44、s 4 2 into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.The United Kingdom is that part of the British Isles 4 3 by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 4 4 of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the northern part. The 45 of Ireland is self-governing. The 4 6 n

45、ame of the United Kingdom is 4 7 “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.England is 48 and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland，and has the most 4 9 of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 5 0 “England” and “English” when they 51 “Britain” and “British”. This so

46、metimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 52 . The Scots in particular are very 53 of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not 54 themselves as the English, and have a culture and 55 a language of their own.Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Iris

47、h 56 “was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. 57 , Ireland was divided into two: Northern Ireland still 58 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 59 to found an Irish Free State，later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself

48、as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations. Unlike the major Commonwealthcountries, it did not lift a finger to 60 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.41Athe one Bthe other Canother Dother42Adivided Bcut Cbroken

49、Dseparated43Awatched out Btaken up Cdefended against Druled over44Ahalf Bpart Cmost Dwhole45Asmaller Bbigger Crest Disland46Acorrect Btrue Cfull Dlast47Aso Btherefore Clikely Dperhaps48Ameaner Bwider Cpoorer Dlarger49Acolleges Bofficials Ccities Dpopulation50Awords Bnames Cspellings Dpronunciations5

50、1Asay Bcover Cshow Dwrite52Aangry Bcautious Cenjoyable Dlonely53Aproud Btired Cfond Dcareful54Arespect Brank Celect Dregard55Aever Beven Cseldom Dnever56ACountry BQuestion CDisease DRepublic57AFinally BHowever CMeanwhile DInstead58Areturns Bbelongs Crefers Dadds59Aturned away Brun away Cbroke away D

51、kept away60Aunite Breject Cfight Dhelp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。（15分）Once upon a time, there was a king in a big, rich country. The king was quite fond of 61(travel). However, he didnt like to travel in his own country. Instead he went to other 62 (country). One day, he gathered his army to go

52、 to a 63(distance) country. After walking for the whole morning in the forest, the king and his soldiers made camp64 (have) a rest.The horses were also tired, so they65 (feed) on peas. A monkey saw the peas, so he jumped down from the tree to get some of them. While he 66(eat), one pea fell from his

53、 hand to the ground. The greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had and ran down to look for the pea, 67he failed.The king was watching the monkey fro the camp and said to 68(he), “I should not be like this stupid monkey 69lost so much to gain so little. I will go back to my own country and enjoy wha

54、t I have.” Thus, the king and his army marched 70to their my country.第四部分：写作短文改错(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。Im writing to invite

55、you join us in playing in one of William Shakespeares well-known play, Romeo and Juliet. The play, that will be put on three weeks from now, is looking for a young man to play a role of Romeo. I think you are the right person. You are familiar to the story because you have just finished a paper on i

56、t. Besides, I had experience in performing when you are in England. What you need it to do is to memorize a few lines and do some practice. It is no doubt that your participation will make the play a greatly success.Im looking forward to your reply.书面表达（25分）生活中常有意外事故发生。假设你和你班同学李明从锅炉房打完开水，在回寝室的路上，李明的

57、热水瓶突然破裂，开水烫伤了他的脚。于是你对此实施了必要的急救。请你结合此事，用英语写一篇100词左右的短文，向学校英文报Teens投稿，主要内容包括：1. 描述事故发生的经过；2. 你是如何实施急救的（冷水冲洗、送医院做进一步的处理）；3. 简要谈谈你对掌握一定急救知识的重要性的认识。参考词汇：锅炉房boiler house 热水瓶 thermos bottleAccidents happened suddenly. 注意：1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_高二期末卷答案 一.听力1-5BACAB. 6-10.BCABA 11-15.CBBAC 16-20.CCBAA二阅

58、读理解21-25. CDCAD 26-30. ABBAD 31-35. CABDB 36-40. DBCGF三.完形填空41-45. BADDC 46-50. CBDDA 51-55. AAADB 56-60. BABCD四语法填空61.traveling/travelling 62.countries 63.distant 64.to have 65.were fed66.was eating 67.but 68.himself 69.who/that 70.back五.短文改错71.join前加to 72.playplays 73.thatwhich 74.athe 75.towith76

59、.Iyou 77.arewere 78.What you need it中it去掉 79.ItThere 80.greatlygreat六作文Accidents happened suddenly. That day, Li Ming and I were on our way back after fetching some boiling water from the boiler house when a sound of explosion scared us. Li Mings thermos bottle burst and the boiling water caused sev

60、ere injuries to his feet. The burn was so severe that the skin was red and swollen. I could tell Li Ming was in extreme pain.I managed to stay calm, quickly searching for what I had learnt from my first-aid class. Immediately, I carried him to the water tap nearby and put his feet under the cold running water until the pain lessened. Afterwards, I called a taxi and rushed him to the hospital where he received further treatment.Only then was I aware what a difference a basic knowledge of first aid can make, especially in such a case.