2019-2020年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题.doc

2019-2020年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题I. Listening prehension (20%)Section A Short conversations Directions: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1,A. At 5:00 p.m.B. At 5:30 p.m.C. At 6:00 p.m.D. At 6:30 p.m.2.A. A secretary.B. A teacher.C. A journalist.D. A fireman.3.A. In a restaurant.B. In an office.C. At home.D. In a zoo.4.A. Apple pie.B. Sandwich.C. Toast.D. Butter.5.A. The woman.B. The womans sister Mary.C. Marys husband.D. The family cook.6.A. He means that the weather is not suitable for photo-taking.B. He really cares about the camera very much.C. He is anxious to take photos today.D. He says that a camera is what he needs today.7.A. The mans sister.B. The mans aunt.C. The woman herself.D. Nobody.8.A. Only a dictionary.B. Nothing at all.C. A dictionary and some other things.D. Anything except a dictionary.9.A. Read an article on political science.B. Present a different theory to the class.C. Read more than one article.D. Choose a better article to read.10.A. Travel.B. Stay with her.C. Have a break.D. Take up tennis.Section B Passages Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A. 7.B. 27.C. 30.D. 37.12.A. It is the oldest bridge.B. It is open in the middle.C. It is high in the air.D. It is near the Tower of London.13.A. It was built in 1850.B. It was built in 1880.C. It was built in the 1890s.D. It was built in 1950s.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. A snail moves more slowly in the daytime.B. A snail has thousands of feet.C. A snail doesnt move at all.D. A snail sleeps much of the time.15.A. When it feels hungry.B. When it is put in a paper box.C. When spring is ing.D. When it rains heavily.16.A. A snail doesnt like living under the sun.B. In winter the snail doesnt eat or move.C. The snails teeth cant be worn out.D. The snails strong sense of smell helps to find things far away.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.What is the womans pany interested in?In the _17_ “Mini-Mons”.Where does the man sell “Mini-Mons”?In the _18_ American market.Who can the woman contact?Mr. Zhang Yihui, the sales _19_.What is his telephone number?_20_.plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (16%)21. Most people consider the boy to be a _ football player in the near future. A. demandingB. promisingC. mandingD. qualifying22. Jim is intelligent and hardworking; _, he is always achieving good results at school. A. as a resultB. by the wayC. in a wordD. on the contrary23. In order to further her study, she decided to _ in the night school. A. attendB. enterC. enrollD. go24. _ your winning the game. I knew you could _ them. A. Congratulate on; won B. Congratulation on; won C. Congratulate on; beat D. Congratulations on; beat25. The girl _ forward to seeing the superboys.A. refer to lookB. referred to lookC. refer to looks D. referred to looks26. It is said that more than fifty people will have to pete _ only ten openings offered by the software pany. A. withB. againstC. forD. at 27. I dont allow _ in my office and I dont allow my family _ at all. A. to smoke, smoking B. smoking, to smoke C. to smoke, to smoke D. smoking, smoking28. He ran all the way up to the station _ that the train had left fifteen minutes before. A. in order to find B. so as to find C. only to find D. such as to find 29. Another feature worth _ is the role of information throughout a feedback control system.A. noticed B. noticing C. being noticed D. notice 30. mercial banks make most of their ine from interest _ on loans and investment in stocks and bonds. A. earn B. earned C. to earn D. was earned 31. _doesnt matter much whether youll be late to my party. I just want you to attend it. A. What B. That C. It D. Which32. Mr. Green stood up in defense of a 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one _. A. blamed B. blaming C. to blame D. to be blame33. _ will take part in the physics contest will be announced at tomorrows meeting. A. Whoever B. Who C. No matter who D. That34. It was at the very beginning _ Mr. Fox made the decision _we should send more firefighters here.A. when, which B. when, that C. then, so D. that, that 35. The place _ the bridge is supposed to be built should be _ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.Awhich，where Bat which；whichCat which；where Dwhich；in which36. _he was ill, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me for I didnt have much work experience. A. If B. If that C. That D. That ifIII. plete the passage with the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. One word is not needed. （9分）A. fired B. surely C. respects D. creative AB. dropping AC. seemingly AD. reminded BC. unconnected BD. exception CD. finalA wave of shock and sadness swept across the globe on October 5 as the news of Steven Jobs death spread worldwide. It was soon followed by a global outpouring of condolences. Shanghai was no 37 as thousands of people stopped by the local Apple stores to pay their 38 . Mourners left behind flowers, red apples, and notes of condolence（吊唁）as a tribute to such a brilliant man.In xx, Steve gave the mencement speech at Stanford University in California. During this speech, Steve shared three stories from his life. The first story he called “connect the dots.” He talked about a series of events in his life - his unlikely adoption, ing from a poor family, 39 out of college, collecting pop bottles for money, and taking a calligraphy class. Looking back on these seemingly 40 events, Steve realized that it was this path that led him to success. He encouraged people to follow their intuition and “trust that the dots will somehow connect” in their future.In his second story, Steve shared his embarrassing experience of being 41 from Apple - the pany he started. It seemed like the end of his career, but he followed his passion and 42 vision and started Pixar, the most successful animation studio in the world.The 43 story in Steves speech is now a little haunting. He spoke of death. He 44 every young person in the audience that “death is a destination we all share Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life.”Steve Jobs 45 followed his own advice, for his was a life well lived. May we all take a lesson from his example, and remember, as Steve once said, “the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”IV. Cloze (15%) Once upon a time，a king, in the pany of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk. When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea 46 upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶) of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other, 47 to give an answer.Rather disappointed, the king ordered, “You have three days grace. Anyone who offers an answer will be handsomely rewarded. Those who fail will be punished .”The time limit was due（到期的）in the twinkling of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wits end. At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer. The king told his 48 ministers to go with the child for the measurement. To their 49 , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy. No 50 to go to the pond.” This made the king laugh 51 , “All right, let us know what it is.” The child blinked and said, “That 52 on the size of the bucket. If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is 53 as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if.” “Stop! Thats it. Youve got the 54 .” The king was satisfied and the child was rewarded as expected.Why did the ministers feel it so 55 to settle the problem? Because they fell in a trap, following a 56 way of thinking. Peoples thinking often goes a habitual way the beaten track of straightforwardness. It is a static (静态的) way presupposing every object definite and certain, i.e. the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly 57 . If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone 58 . Why not change your mode of thought from static to dynamic（动态的, from concrete to 59 ? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, youll get an answer flexible yet adequate to solve the problem.Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change ones way of thinking, or simply change ones 60 to a problem.46Afixed Bfocused Ccame Dlooked47Astruggling Bthinking Cfalling Dfailing48Aexciting Bamazing C. surprising Dtrembling49Adoubt Bsurprise Cenvy Ddelight50Agood Buse Cneed Dwonder51Awonderfully Bjoyfully C. cheerfully Ddoubtfully52Adecides Bdepends Ccalls Dlooks53Ahalf Bboth Call Dtwice54Aaward Breward Canswer Dnumber55Aeasy Bdifficult Cfast Dslow56Awrong Bcorrect Cright Dfalse57Amarked Bmeasured Csigned Dknown58Aanother Bother Cone Dboth59Adetailed Beasy Csimple Dabstract60AgateB. entranceC. approachD. courseV. Reading prehension (17%) ALife on land probably began about 430 million years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange animals ing out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been living if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They supplied the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since they, the plants, are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy.The first plants to exist out of the water were probably certain kinds of algae（海藻）which were followed by other plants that grew close to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution（进化）took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their roots, and some had got tree -like forms since height was very important in gaining sunlight. About 300 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most ways they were like modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed seeds.61. The main idea of the first paragraph is _.A. life on land probably began 430 years agoB. the first animal on land came from oceansC. there wouldnt be animals without plantsD. plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy62. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Algae has existed for more than 430 million years.B. It is impossible that algae might be the earliest plant on land.C. Plants get food from animals in the oceans.D. Evolution began after animals appeared on land.63. Plants with roots appeared about _ million years ago.A. 430B. 300 C. 330 D. 10064. According to the passage, _ appeared earlier than _.A. apples; oranges B. oranges; applesC. oranges; rosesD. algae; wheatBSome people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident with the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests.One country received its second - place medal with great anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite sides victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said: “This wasnt hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished. ”The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years.The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play, A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals.Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should pete as individuals , or in non national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism.65. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have _.A. brought about goodwill between the nationsB. made only false national prideC. hardly showed any international friendshipD. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred66. What did the manager mean by saying, “ Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished”? _.B. Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisionsC. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the societyD. The society should be dismissed67. The author gives the two examples in paragraphs 2 and 3 to show_.A. how false national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international gamesB. that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to beC. that petitiveness in the games discourages international friendshipD. that unfair decisions are mon in Olympic Games.68. What conclusion can be drawn from the last paragraph? _.A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improvedB. Athletes should pete as individuals in the Olympic GamesC. Sport should be played petitively rather than for the love of the gameD. International contests lead to misunderstanding between nations.CBetween ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderlessthere is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting panies and the two great wire servicesNo candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so, as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledgeThere is nothing that can be done in these hours, for no one can any longer direct the great strike for Americas power; the polls（选票） have closedGood or bad, whatever the decisionAmerica will accept the decisionand cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votesThe general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and bloodIts decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itselfThere is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia or ChinaOnly one other major nation in modern history has ever tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular voteThis was the Weimar Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practiceOut of its experiment with the system it got HitlerAmericans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two RooseveltsNothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morningBut for these hours history stops69Between ten pmand midnight, the United States has no leader because Athe President has resignedBthe strike for power has endedCthe polls have closed and the results are not inDthere has been a revolution70“The great strike for Americas power” in paragraph 1 refers to Athe strike of the mass mediaBthe great coal strikeCstriking while the iron is hotDthe election campaign71According to the author only one other major modern nation ever tried to elect its leader by mass, free, popular voteThat nation was AIndiaBGermanyCRussiaDEngland72The author believes the decision at the polls will Alead to anarchyBresult in men being cut downCcause violence and bloodDbe defended by all AmericansDAImportance of Transport in TradeBBirth of Transport-related Industries and TradeCRole of Transport in Trade DevelopmentDAnother Means to Develop TradeABHigher Living StandardACNeed of Modern Traffics in Modern Life73_Transport is one of the aids to tradeBy moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are scarce, transport adds to their valueThe more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer, the better for tradeWhen there were no railways, no good roads, no canals, and only small sailing ships, trade was on a small scale74_The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were acpanied by a big increase in tradeBigger and faster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand, for instanceQuicker transport makes possible mass-production and b