2019-2020年高二英语下学期第三次半月考试题.doc

2019-2020年高二英语下学期第三次半月考试题考试时间：xx年4月1日第一部分：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 does the man mean? A. He is unable to give help B. He will carry the boxes later C. He refuses to pay for boxes2. What are the speakers talking about? A. Buying digital voice recorders B. Borrowing digital voice recorders C. Sharing digital voice recorders3. When is Jack supposed to arrive? A. By 7:30 B. By 8:00 C. By 8:104. What did the woman think of Susans speech? A. Boring B. Important C. Well-prepared5. What will the woman do about the dress? A. Shell buy it B. Shell return it C. Shell change 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、7题。6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. How to learn French B. How to improve French pronunciation C. How to write French words7. What troubles the woman? A. French culture B. French vocabulary C. French grammar听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where do the speakers plan to go? A. The womans home B. A museum C. A library9. Why does the woman want to go on Saturday afternoon? A. To enjoy nice weather B. To sleep late in the morning C. To avoid the crowd听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman feel happy? A. The man can lend her a puter now B. The man will use his own puter C. The man will study better11. Why did the man borrow the womans puter last time? A. He needed it for his paper B. His puter was broken C. He used it for his puter class12. What has the man been doing with his new puter? A. Doing homework B. Searching for information C. Watching DVDs听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is probably Veronique? A. A pop singer B. A teen student C. A clothes designer14. What does Veronique like to do in her spare time? A. Collect albums B. Enjoy French songs C. Visit music stores15. What does Veronique usually have for lunch? A. Sandwiches B. Hamburgers C. Chips16. About the silver jacket, what impresses Veronique most? A. Its fashionable B. Its classic C. Its unique听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How does the writer feel about visiting the barbers shop? A. Worried B. Pleased C. Afraid18. What does the barber usually tell his customers? A. Presents, politics and jokes B. Presents, politics, womans fashions or jokes C. The present political situation, womans fashions or jokes19. What happened when the writer was having a haircut last week? A. A fire broke out upstairs B. A fire broke out downstairs C. A fire broke out in the street20. Why were they a funny sight for people on the street? A. They were in good order B. They looked happy C. They appeared to be in disorder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和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑 Here is some information from a tourist guide to Patapsco Valley state Park Maryland, USA. Wildlife and Nature AppreciationWhile visiting Patapsco Valley State Park, you will see a variety of natural habitats. Throughout spring and fall, dogwoods, maples, redbuds, and many varieties of wildflowers color the forest. This park is also home to many small mammals and birds. If you pause during your journey through the forest, you are likely to see rabbits, grey squirrels, and red foxes. Along the banks of the river, birdwatchers will spot Canada geese and wood ducks all year roundFishingThe Patapsco River meanders through the park and is a popular attraction for anglers (钓鱼者). The Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service assigns the river as a put-and-take fishery(渔场) with adult rainbow and brown trout in spring and fall. Anglers also enjoy catching naturally reproducing smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegill, redbreast sunfish and yellow perch. Fishing opportunities have been specially set aside at Lost Lake for youth under 16 and seniors 62 years of age and older. This area is also designed for anglers with disabilities.Trails Adventure seekers will enjoy hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding on the parks popular trail system. More than 17 miles of challenging and rough single track trails follow the ridges, steep hillsides and stream valleys in the park. These trails are also excellent gateways for wildlife viewing, birdwatching and general nature appreciation. Please respect the rights of nearby private property owners by using only blazed (有路标的) trails. Remember that the park is a natural area with certain dangers, such as poison ivy, slippery trail surfaces, insects, etc. You are responsible for having the necessary skills, knowledge and equipment for a safe visit.Discover History along the Trail Enter another time as you explore Patapscos trails. Layer upon layer of history tells the story of mans interaction with nature. Native American hunted, gathered and fished here for centuries. In the 1700s, the valley became one of the earliest sites for Americas Industrial Revolution. Early settlers cut down trees for charcoal used to fire iron furnaces(熔炉). The rivers current was dammed and channeled to power iron, paper, grain and textile mills (纺织厂). Towns and tobacco farms were established throughout the valley.21. Which of the following is not allowed to fish at Lost Lake?A. A 30-year-old woman without disabilityB. A pupil in grade sixC. An old man in his seventies D. A person in a wheelchair22. While walking along the trails, tourists are reminded to _.A. feed the birds they meet B. pay attention to self-protection C.visit some private buildings D. protect the natural environment23. The passage is mainly about the parks _. A. long history B. beautiful scenery C. main attractions D. official rulesB“A Long Walk Home”-life as Eli Reed saw it American photographer and photojournalist Eli Reed has been documenting “life as I saw it” for more than 40 years. His career retrospective(回顾), “Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home”, is an extraordinary search of beauty while recording hardship. With a heart of love, Reed uses a style that uncovers humanity at every turn. According to Reed, “A Long Walk Home” is about what it means to be a human being. It all began with a photo he took of his mother and his memory of her smile. Raised in New Jersey, Reed was originally a painter. Primarily self-taught in photography, he became a freelance photographer in 1970. After producing some impressive photos that drew much attention, he joined the famous pany Magnum Photos-the first black photographer invited to do so. His photos are remarkable in their lack of judgment of the people or the situations he es across. In Beirut, Lebanon, a man removes a tree branch from a car in a recently bombed parking lot. An old man wrapped in a sheet plays a drum in front of a sign reading “God Is the Way” while National Guardsmen lift their guns during a war in Miami. A young boy upside down with his legs in the air in a Kenyan refugee camp, his determined look faces the camera. In Harlem, New York, a group of laughing children take over an abandoned car, using it as a jungle gym. When another photographer might have focused on the sobriety of these situations, Reeds camera smiles. His images show how humans cope, rise above, and carry on. This is what gives “A Long Walk Home” its power. Considering the places Reed has been to, there are very few photos of guns or obvious violence. Instead, Reed focuses on the varied human responses to hardship. We smile along with Reed in a gesture of passion and solidarity. We recognize our fellow human beings.24. Why did Eli Reed produce his work “A Long Walk Home”? A.To pursue his love of photography B. To keep memories of his mother C. To help people who are suffering D. To search for the meaning of life25. According to the passage, Magnum Photos_. A. employed Reed in 1970 B. was located in New Jersey C. only had white employees originally D. taught Reed the art of photography26. In his work “A Long Walk Home”, Reeds photos_. A. aim to draw others sympathy B. reflect the strength of humans C. were taken only in America D. focus on war and violence27. What does the underlined word “sobriety” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. seriousness B. cause C. value D. warmthCBig trees are incredibly important ecologically. For a start, they provide food for countless other species and shelter for many animals. With their tall branches in the sun, they capture vast amounts of energy. This allows them to produce massive crops of fruit and flowers that sustain much of the animal life in the forest. Only a small number of tree species have the genetic ability to grow really big. The biggest are native to North America, but big trees grow all over the globe, from the tropics to the forests of the high latitudes(纬度). To achieve giant size, a tree needs three things: the right place to establish its seeding, good growing conditions and lots of time with low adult death rate. Lose any of these, and you will lose your biggest trees. In some parts of the world, populations of big trees are dwindling because their seedings cannot survive. In southern India, for instance, an aggressive non-native bush, Lantana camara, is invading the floor of many forests. Lantana grows so thickly that young trees often fail to take root. With no young trees to replace them, it is only a matter of time before most of the big trees disappear.Without the right growing conditions, trees cannot get really big and there is some evidence to suggest tree growth could slow in a warmer world, particularly in environments that are already warm. Having worked for decades at La Selva Biological Station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, David and Deborah Clark and colleagues have shown that tree growth there declines markedly in warmer years. “During the day, their growth shuts down when it gets too warm, and at night they consume more energy because their metabolic(新陈代谢的)rate increases,” explains David Clark. With less energy produced in warmer years and more being consumed just to survive, there is even less energy available for growth.The Clarks theory, if correct, means tropical forests would shrink over time. The largest, oldest trees would progressively die off and tend not to be replaced. According to the Clarks, this might cause a destabilization of the climate; as older trees die, forests would release some of their stored carbon into the atmosphere, causing a cycle of further warming, forest shrinkage and carbon emissions.Besides, big trees face threats from elsewhere.28. All the following factors are a must for making big trees EXCEPT_. A. genetic contribution B. no deadly damage C. ideal environment for growth D. right place to establish its seeding29. The word “dwindling”(paragraph3) is closest in meaning to “_”. A. explodingB. decreasingC. changingD. growing30. What is the best title of the passage? A. Results of big trees disappearing.B. Advantage of big trees. C. Big trees in troubleD. Importance of big trees to humans.31. What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph? A. parison between mon trees and big ones. B. The effect of human activities on big trees. C. Benefits of big trees to the whole atmosphere. D. More threats to the existence of big trees. D Do you have memories of being kidnapped (绑架)by aliens and taken away rapidly in a spaceship? You wouldnt be alone. Several thousand people worldwide reported to have had such experiences, researchers say. But in a new study, a psychology expert at Londons Goldsmiths College says these experiences are proof of the weakness of the human memory, rather than evidence of life in outer space. “Maybe what were dealing with here is false memories, and not that people are actually being kidnapped and taken aboard spaceships,” says Professor Chris French, who surveyed 19 so-called victims. Several of the victims reported being taken away from their beds or cars by alien creatures around four feet high, with long and lean arms and legs and over-sized heads, French said. Some men said they were forced to take painful medical examinations by the aliens. Many of the alien experiences could be explained by sleep paralysis, a condition in which a person is awake and aware of the surroundings but is unable to move. Sleep paralysis often leads to hallucinations the experience of seeing or feeling something that is not really there and 40 percent of people experience the state at least once in their lives, French said. A rich imagination was also at play. Several of the alien victims were more likely to fantasize and reported to have seen ghosts and have unnatural abilities. “People have very rich fantasy lives,” said French, who is due to present his findings at a public seminar at Londons Science Museum on Wednesday. “So much that they often mix up whats happening in their heads with what is going on in the real world.”32. According to Chris French, if someone told you an alien experience again, you might _. A. believe the storyB. report it to the police C. wonder whyD. just laugh it away 33. The underlined word “fantasize” in Paragraph 4 probably means _. A. have good memoriesB. tell the truth C. use vivid imaginationD. make up excuses34. What is the authors attitude towards alien experiences? A. Puzzling.B. Objective.C. Respectful.D. Supportive.35. Where can this passage probably be found? A. A science magazine.B. A textbook. C. A science fiction.D. A storybook.第二节（共5题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Its Time to Put it AwayYour smart phone may have hurt you before you realize it. Dont be addicted to it. Put your phone away, OK?1. Cyber(网络) Sickness Also called “digital motion sickness”, symptoms that range from headaches to woozy(头昏眼花的) feelings can occur when you quickly scroll on your smart phone or watch action-packed video on your screen. 36._ Your sense of balance is different from other senses in that it has lots of inputs. When those inputs dont agree, thats when you feel dizziness and sickness. 2. Text Claw It is the unofficial term for soreness and muscle contraction(收缩) felt in the fingers, wrist and forearm after heavy smart phone use. 37._ So if youre always on your phone, it makes sense to feel disfort in your hands and forearms.3. Eye Strain(疲劳) Do you stare at a screen for hours on end? If youre reading this, you very well might. 38._ Staring at your digital devices for a long time can lead to dry eyes, headaches and tiredness, which can decrease your productivity. Experts suggest taking screen breaks every 20 minutes.4. Text Neck Similar to the claw, text neckdisfort in the neck and spinehappens when you spend a long time looking down at your smart phone. 39._ Being mindful of how far your neck bends when youre on your phoneand bending it back to an upright positioncan help reduce the risk of text neck.5. Pedestrian SafetyPedestrian deaths are on the rise because too many smart phone users engage in distracted walking. While focused on the cyber world, many of us can lose reality of the physical one. Elemental pedestrian safety knowledge is promised by technology, and the risks are scary. 40._A. We should taking breaks for a walk.B. The sensation results from a mismatch between sensory inputs.C. Remember that pedestrian(行人) safety is more important than smart phone.D. The habit may lead to people requiring medical spine care at a younger age.E. To avoid injury or worse, put your phone away until youve reached a safe spot.F. Any specific motor activity can cause pain in the tendons(筋) and muscles when done repeatedly.G. Any activity that requires active use of your eyesdriving and reading includedcan cause eye tiredness.第三部分 英语知识运用第一节 完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I believe I had the perfect life. Because I was about to 41 my high school, and on my way to college, I had great friends and a loving family. There was nothing 42 . But I spoke too soon. It was around 9:25 a. m. that I heard the news that would 43 my life forever. My brother Zach had been in a car accident. He fought for five days before he 44 . That day, I became an only child. I felt desperately 45 . After Zachs death, I found 46 in food. I ate, then I slept, then I ate again. I couldnt cry. I could barely feel anything, and I was 47 . I stopped building relationships for fear that they would end just as 48 as Zachs life. Also, I became nervous about any potentially 49 situationsdriving late at nightbut I couldnt express this fear of life 50 I wanted to be strong for my parents. I saw my parents 51 worse than mine on account of the losing of their son. I didnt want them to 52 me. I also experienced a lot of 53 , because I was angry about why the sadness had happened to me, and I never 54 from this emotion. Now, it has been nearly five years since Zachs death. I dont 55 life anymore: I face it bravely. I 56 my friendships and began socializing more. I even 57 Zachs story with people around me. Although my new friends never met him, they know about Zach. One lesson I learned from losing my brother was never to be 58 to say, “ I love you.” I loved my brother, but it was too late to 59 it loudly. The last time I remember telling my brother I loved him was when he was dying. Dont make this 60 like me.41. A. skip B. finish C. admit D. determine42.A. earning B. missing C. peting D. reaching43.A. slip B. change C. simplify D. spoil44.A. took away B. passed away C. gave away D. flew away45.A. lonely B. deserted C. abandoned D. remote46.A. nutrition B. relief C. guidance D. benefit47.A. funny B. numb C. patient D. endless48.A. finally B. suddenly C. appropriately D. violently49.A. plicated B. risky C. particular D. tense50.A. so B. if C. because D. unless51.A. discouragement B. pain C. tolerance D. memory52.A. think about B. care about C. consider about D. dream about53.A. unpleasantness B. anger C. unhappiness D. power54.A. hated B. escaped C. stopped D. measured55.A. damage B. choose C. leave D. fear56.A. produced B. rebuilt C. promoted D. insured57.A. imitate B. share C. advertise D. perform58.A. stubborn B. afraid C. tight D. nervous59.A. explore B. express C. circulate D. scream60.A. mistake B. explanation C. decision D. ment第二节（共10题，每题1分，满分10分） 单句填空，在空白处填入适当的词或短语或括号内单词的适当形式（不超过3个单词）61. No one shall