2019-2020年高二英语上学期第二次段考试题(II).doc

2019-2020年高二英语上学期第二次段考试题(II)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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 will the woman do this evening? A. Go to the dinner. B. Help her brother with his English. C. Go to make a phone call.2. What does Henry do? A. He is a teacher. B. He is a writer. C. He works in a publishing house.3. What do we learn about the first speaker? A. He is not tall. B. He doesnt like his teacher. C. He is not doing well in his schoolwork.4. Which of the following is not true according to the mans instructions? A. Take the first right. B. Pass a hospital. C. Go over a bridge.5. What is the man going to do with the money he won? A. He is going to buy a lot of expensive things. B. He is going to buy a new car. C. He is going to make much more money with it.第二节听下面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，各个小题将给出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至8题。6. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a police station. B. At a bank. C. At a travel agency.7. What do we know about the service? A. Its current. B. Its 24-hours. C. Its warm.8. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man has to pay 1500 in all. B. The man has got two accounts. C. The man knows the service well.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. How does the woman want to change the appointment? A. To change it to next Sunday. B. To change it to next Monday. C. To change it to next Wednesday.10. Why does the woman want to change the appointment? A. Because she has some work to do. B. Because she has another appointment. C. Because something unexpected happens.11. When will the two speakers meet? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. How often does the woman go to the cinema? A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Twice a month.13. What does the woman usually do in the evening? A. Visit some friends. B. Watch TV. C. Surf the Internet.14. What can we learn about the man from the conversation? A. He wants to buy a car. B. He often goes to the cinema with the woman. C. He is a poor man.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and waitress. C. Cook and waiter.16. What are the two speakers looking for? A. Wine. B. Corkscrew. C. Beef and vegetables.17. What are the two speakers busy for? A. An amazing party. B. An important petition. C. A home dinner.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where is the speaker talking? A. At an airport. B. At a restaurant. C. On the phone.19. Why does the speaker e to the town where Dickey lives? A. To see Dickeys family. B. To have a meeting. C. To take a holiday.20. Who is Camilla? A. Tonys wife. B. Tonys daughter. C. Dickeys wife.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）A MAP ARTIST PROGRAMMap Artist is the perfect tool for creating customized maps to include in research projects and reports. Map Artist offers endless possibilities. It has a huge collection of map styles to choose from, and they can be customized to suit your special needs. In this program, we will assume you have been asked to create a map for a social studies report.Step 1. When you open Map Artist, a world map will be displayed. Type “USA” in the dialogue box. Click GO. A map of USA will be displayed.Step 2. Click on the drop-down menu next to the outline map of the state. Click on the type of map you need for your report. OUTLINE shows only the outline shape of the state with no highways or population centers indicated. TOPOGRAPHIC indicates elevations（海拔）as well as the location of major cities. SHADED RELIEF shows only natural landforms （mountains, valleys, rivers） and national parks. POLITICAL shows major cities, interstates, and major highways. HISTORICAL recalls the oldest maps on record.For the purposes of this program, select OUTLINE. A map showing an outline of USA will be displayed.Step 3. Click CUSTOMIZE on the menu bar down the left side of the screen.CUSTOMIZE allows you to place custom data on the map you have selected.1Click on the button next to the appropriate symbol. For practice, chick on the shovel（铲子）, which symbolizes archaeology（考古）.2Next to the word TEXT, type “The Presidio”, which is an archaeological site near San Francisco.3Now use your mouse to click on the spot on the map where you would like this data to be placed.4You can add as many sites as you wish.Step 4. Click SAVE if you would like to save the map to a file. Later, after opening the saved document, click on the map with your right mouse button and select COPY. And then PASTE it at the location where you want the map to appear. 5u21If your report is about Plants and Animals in New York, you may click on map.AHISTORICAL BSHADED RELIEF CTOPOGRAPHIC DPOLITICAL22Which function is required to place a specific location on a CUSTOMIZE map?AClicking on GO. BCutting and pasting.COpening the file DClicking on the map.23Which of the following orders is true according to the Map Artist Program?BAround four years ago, I received a call from the principal of our school as to the “Parents View” talk the next morning. He asked me to speak to the group. After the call, my whole body became feverish and panicky. The time from his call to the next morning seemed like years. The whole night, I could not sleep with many ominous apprehensions in mind. One of them was to call the principal with regret and tell him that I could not e. Finally, I gathered some courage. I thought, “If I miss this opportunity, surely the school will never invite me again to any of their programs.”I reached the school in time. Before my turn came, my whole body was trembling. When my turn came and I started speaking, my heartbeat increased and my mouth went dry. I wasnt even able to read the written speech properly. I was not aware of where I was standing and what I was reading. That was the day when I realized my biggest weakness, Public Speaking.After my speech, I met with the principal and explained what happened to me. He told me that this happens to everyone. Even great speakers faced the same things when they started. He suggested that I e again next time.Around one month later, I was invited to refer to a topic on Motivation. This time I was feeling fortable. My speech was not only appreciated by the principal as well as the teachers, because I was able to get my idea across to them. They encouraged and praised my efforts.After delivering it successfully, I became more confident .l said to myself, “If I can speak in front of such a learned audience, like the principal who educates others, I can now speak in front of others too.”I started delivering lectures in my plant, on various topics like Self Motivation, Personality Development, Personal Excellence, Spoken English and Presentation Skills. This has bee a passion for me. I learned that everything is possible if we have the courage to take the first step.24Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Practice Makes a Man a Better SpeechmakerB. Public Speaking Makes a Man Embarrassed.C. Principal Provides the Best Chances.D. Spoken English Develops in Malting Speeches.25The author had bad feelings before the speech because_.A. he disliked the idea of giving a lectureB. he had got a high fever before thatC. he regretted accepting the invitationD. he feared he couldnt perform it properly26What does the underlined part “ominous apprehensions” in the first paragraph mean?A. Unlucky opportunities. B. Negative ideas.C. Curious views. D. Happy ments.27What can we conclude from the passage?A. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.B. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.C. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.D. Necessity is the mother of invention.cThis summer, Monika Lutzs life took an unusual turn. Instead of heading off to college, the high school graduate packed her bags for a Bengali jungle. Lutz, like a growing number of other young Americans, is taking a year off. Gap(间隔) years are quite mon in Britain and Australia, but they are just beginning to catch on in the U.S. Lutz, who grew up in Boulder, Colo., has put together a 14-month schedule that includes helping deliver solar power to some munities in India and interning (实习) for a fashion designer in Shanghai-experiences that are worlds away from the lecture halls and university dormitories that await other students. “I could not be happier,” she says.Why are students attracted to the gap-year concept? According to new survey data from Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson, education-policy experts and co-authors of The Gap-Year Advantage, the most mon reason for this is to avoid burnout. “I felt like I was focused on college as a means to an end,” says Kelsi Morgan, an ining Middlebury College freshman who spent last year interning for a judge in Tulsa, Okla., and teaching English at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. The hope is that after a year out of the classroom, students will enter college more energized, focused and mature. That can be an advantage for colleges too. Robert Clagett, dean of admissions at Middlebury, did some research a few years ago and found that a single gap semester was the strongest predictor of academic success at his school.Most experts remend securing a spot in college before taking a gap year and warn against using the time off to lengthen your resume. “Most admissions folks can see right through that,” says Jim Jump, the academic dean of St. Christophers School in Richmond, Va. But for students like Lutz, who, after getting rejected from five Ivies, decided to take time off, a gap year can help focus interests. Lutz now plans to apply mostly to non-Ivies that have strong marketing programs. “This experience has really opened my eyes to the opportunities the world has to offer,” she says.But at least one education expert doesnt want schools spreading the gap-year message. In a study that followed 11,000 members of the high school class of 1992 for eight years after graduation, Stefanie DeLuca, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University, found that, all things being equal, those who delayed college by a year were 64% less likely to plete a bachelors degree than those who didnt. DeLuca did not say whether these students voluntarily started college late, but at the very least, her work indicates that taking a gap year doesnt guarantee success. “Im not going to say that time off does not have benefits,” says DeLuca. “But I think we should not be so enthusiastic.”28The students take gap years mainly because _.A. they want to be more unusualB. they want to refresh themselvesC. some experts advise them to do soD. their parents think it good for them29According to Lutz, the gap year has made her more _.A. energetic B. relaxedC. practical D. enthusiastic30Stefanie DeLuca probably agrees that _.A. students should think twice before taking gap yearsB. taking gap years enables students to achieve successC. schools should encourage their students to take gap yearsD. taking gap years increases students chances of getting a good job31Whats the authors attitude towards gap years?A. Sceptical. B. Positive.C. Disapproving. D. Objective.DNo one would much like the idea of eating 61 pounds of tomatoes a day. But if their goodness was put into an easy-to-swallow pill that you were told might prevent strokes(中风) and heart attacks you would probably be putting in an order tomorrow.Researchers believe they may have e up with just that after trials. The daily pill contains a chemical called lycopene which makes tomatoes red and is known to break down fat in the vessels(血管). A Cambridge University study found taking the pills improved blood flow and the lining of vessels in patients with pre-existing heart conditions. It also increased the flexibility(灵活性) of their vessels by 50 percent. The scientists believe it could limit the damage caused by heart disease-responsible for 180,000 deaths a year-and help cut the 49,000 deaths a year from strokes. They also hope it could benefit those with arthritis(关节炎), diabetes(糖尿病) and even slow the progress of cancer.Each pill is equal to eating around 61 pounds of ripe tomatoes. Studies have shown eating a Mediterranean-style diet rich in tomatoes fish, vegetables, nuts and olive oil can significantly reduce cholesterol(胆固醇) and help prevent cardiovascular disease.Preliminary results from a two-month trial, in which the pill was given to 36 heart disease patients and 36 healthy volunteers with an average age of 67, were presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association. It was shown to improve the function of the endothelium- the layer of cells lining blood vessels. It also improved their sensitivity to nitric oxide, the gas which causes the enlargement of the vessels in response to exercise. Ian Wilkinson, head of Cambridge Universitys clinical trials unit, said “These results are potentially very significant and it meets the goal, but we need more trials to see if they translate into fewer heart attacks and strokes.”Further studies are planned, with researchers hoping it could offer a choice for heart disease sufferers who can not take the cholesterol-lowing drugs.Mike Knapton, head of the British Heart Foundation, said, “Although this showed lycopene improved blood flow in people with heart disease, thats a long way from demonstrating that taking it could improve outes for people with heart disease. The best way to get the benefits of a good diet is to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.”32What can we infer from Paragraph 1?A. We can eat too much tomato food.B. Tomatoes are helpful to strokes and heart attacks.C. Tomatoes will lose healthy elements were put into pills.D. We had better not eat tomatoes.33We can learn from the passage that the pills _.A. are at the experiment stageB. can cure all the diseaseC. are widely used among patientsD. cost patients so little money34Who were the volunteers by taking part in the trial?A. Children. B. Youth.C. Working people. D. old healthy people.35What Was Ian Wilkinsons opinion on the trial?A. Disappointing. B. Surprising.C. Satisfactory. D. Terrible.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。How to Get Happy36 Figure out how to change the way you view your life and you can achieve happiness.Gretchen Rubin, the creator of the Happiness Project website spent a year testing “every principle, tip, and theory” she could find to help people cheer up, especially given the trying times. “When people feel like theyre worse off than they were last year, its a happiness challenge,” Rubin note. Her advice? 37Here she happily shared other points.What are the things that give a happiness boost?Sleep, Sounds boring, but a xx study showed tiredness is one of the top two reasons people are in a bad mood at work. Another way to boost happiness is to join or start a group. Philosophers agree that social bonds are the key to happiness. But its hard to connect deeply with people at a party; a purpose and an agenda really help. 38 One principle of happiness is that you should always act the way you wish you felt. If you act generously, youll feel more secure.You dont have to do an extraordinary thing like climbing Mount Kilimanjaro?No. If you love scrapbooking, maybe you should learn Photoshop; if you like cycling, maybe bike repair. 39 And it should reflect your nature. You can be happier without pletely changing your life.40 A lot of the things I talk about are things that dont actually take much time, but you have to stick with them-like writing a journal or taking a 20-minute walk every day. People always ask, “Is it hard or is it easy to do the happiness project?” And I say, “Its hard in that you have to do it.”AAttitude is everything.BHappiness is a state of mind.CA third idea is to give something away.DAlways have music and books in your life.EIs it fair to say that many of your tips require finding a lot of extra time?FIt should be novel(新颖的) and challenging within the framework of what you like to do.GTry to think ahead five years when, chances are, youll have regained your footing and your house will be worth more too.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四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。College is a big deal for American students as well as for Chinese students. During the college _41_， some parents bee extremely worried. This may only _42_ the pressure. Before I applied to the college, I told my parents I would get everything _43_ out. If I needed any help, I promised that I would ask them.As it _44_ out, I had no problem putting everything together on my _45_， including my resume(履历) and a basic outline of my activities in high school. The _46_ part where I asked for my parents advice was the essays. In writing and revising the essays, I needed feedback(反馈) from an audience. As my parents know me better than _47_ else, they were _48_for the job.The essays are extremely important in college admissions. In a petitive pool of applicants, the test scores and activities, as well as the remendations are all going to be very _49_. The essays are the one area in which students can make themselves stand _50_. Essays dont have to be big and plicated. I wrote three essays, all _51_ on small matters and using simple sentences. The admission officers have to read hundreds of essays a day; they are already _52_ of SAT vocabularies and long sentences. _53_， a straightforward writing style is refreshing to their eyes as well as their minds. Essays were the key to my success in the admission game. I just wrote about what I wanted to say, not what I thought the admission officers _54_ to hear.In my main narrativestyle _55_， I told the story of my American journey at the age of 14. During that time, I was not bogged down(陷入) by trying to fit into a new _56_； instead, I looked up to Mother Teresa for guidance and strength. I found my new _57_ and grew to love the name Teresa and the memories it held.In my two minor essays, I _58_ the major events of my life, why I loved writing and why my dad is the person who has the greatest influence on me. Both provided details of my character. The essay about writing, which is titled, “I Shall Not Live in Vain” (_59_ by an Emily Dickinson poem), earned a lot of praise.It is _60_ I really looked into my heart and thought deeply in order to reach my answers.41A. applicationB. admissionC. petitionD. preparation42A. e about B. bring about C. lead to D. add to43A. straight B. direct C. correct D. wrong44A. put B. turned C. found D. went45A. own B. timetable C. schedule D. way46A. next B. first C. only D. exact47A. someone B. no one C. everyone D. anyone48A. wrong B. perfect C. unwilling D. ready49A. similar B. difficult C. familiar D. challenging50A. up B. by C. for D. out51A. writing B. turning C. focusing D. working52A. fond B. tired C. p