2019-2020年高二下学期期中调研测试英语试题含答案.doc

沭阳县xx学年高二下学期期中调研测试英语试题第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。1. Where does the man want to go?A. A bank.B. A park.C. A bus stop.2. When is Pauls birthday party? A. July 11.B. July 12. C. July 13.3. Where is the man going to spend his Christmas? A. In his brothers.B. In his mothers.C. In his sisters.4. How are the womans parents? A. Theyre ill now.B. Theyre seldom ill.C. Theyre very healthy.5. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates.B. A couple.C. Colleagues.第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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至7题。6. What does David like to do when he is online? A. To municate with his friends.B. To look for something interesting.C. To look up some useful information.7. What does the woman do? A. She is a worker.B. She is a researcher.C. She is a teacher.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why does the woman turn to the man? A. Because she is not interested in English.B. Because she is not good at learning English.C. Because she has no time to do English exercises. 9. How does the woman usually learn English? A. By doing lots of exercises.B. By reading English novels.C. By remembering basic knowledge.10. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. To change her learning method.B. To spend more time on English.C. To recite each text in her textbook.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a bar.B. In a store.C. In a restaurant.12. Who does the man buy the fruit juice for? A. His wife.B. His son.C. His daughter.13. How much is a kilo of apples? A. 4 yuan.B. 8 yuan.C. 16 yuan.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Doctor and patient.B. Employer and employee.C. Husband and wife.15. Whats the womans attitude towards the mans idea? A. Positive.B. Indifferent.C. Negative.16. Why does the man think he should join the football team? A. Because he was a professional player.B. Because it is organized by his pany.C. Because he used to play football very well.17. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Insist on his diet.B. Do more exercise.C. Join the football team.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. When was Emperor Nero in power? A. Before 37 AD.B. After 68 AD.C. During the first century.19. Around 1600, who owned most of the coffee shops in Paris? A. Italians.B. Americans.C. Frenchmen.20. Who invented the hand-turned ice-cream freezer? A. Francesco.B. Nancy Johnson.C. Jacob Flusell.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。21. Dont worry too much about _ mistakes. They are _ natural part of learning. A. /; aB. the; /C. /; theD. the; the22. What makes you so upset, Mr. Wang? That John, a student in my class, _ himself to puter games. A. withdrawsB. undertakesC. conveysD. abandons23. Hows your new class teacher? We _ ask for a better one. All my classmates love him so much. A. shouldntB. couldntC. mustntD. neednt24. Having gone through several rounds of selection, the young man _ gained a chance to perform in China Talent. A. constantlyB. unfortunatelyC. eventuallyD. temporarily25. What a heavy rain! So it is. We have to delay _ the sports meeting until it is fine.A. to holdB. holdingC. heldD. being held26. He was about half through his meal _ a familiar voice came to his ears. A. whyB. whereC. whenD. while27. How did Mary react to the bad news? Oh, she was filled with sorrow and _ a sigh. A. let outB. dropped outC. tried outD. gave out28. He volunteered to work in a remote mountainous village in West China last year, which is still _ on foot now. A. availableB. acceptableC. admirableD. accessible29. The Chinese government has promised to do _ lies in its power to ease the pressure of high housing price for average-ine families. A. thatB. whatC. where D which30. If _ without following the doctors instructions, the medicine may have serious side effects. A. takenB. to be takenC. takingD. being taken31. A lot of people _ the theory that acupuncture can produce chemicals in the body which reduce pain. A. correspond toB. relate toC. subscribe toD. refer to32. Shall we go out for lunch? Dont disturb me. I _ the letters all morning and _ six so far. A. write; wroteB. wrote; have writtenC. was writing; wroteD. have been writing; have written33. The Japanese government stubbornly claimed the ownership of Diao Yu Islands belonging to China, _ greatly hurt the friendship between the two peoples. A. thatB. whatC. whichD. it 34. If penicillin had not been available, many people _ from sickness or even small wounds. A. would dieB. would have diedC. will have diedD. might die 35. Shall we invite Jim and his sister to our party? _. Theyll have fun with us, I think. A. No way!B. Why not?C. Good for you!D. What for?第二节. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Most people think of birds as feathered animals that fly. Scientists, 36 , do not define (给下定义) birds as animals that fly, because some birds do not. Of the 10,000 or so species of birds, 46 cannot 37 . Flight plays a key role in 38 for most birds. It allows them to find food over a 39 area and to get away from enemies. Ancestors of flightless birds may have 40 their ability to fly because they had no regular predators (捕食者) or did not need to fly to find food. Rather than fly, some of these birds developed other 41 to catch food and avoid enemies. Two examples of 42 birds are penguins and ostriches. 43 birds that fly, penguins do not have wide wings or large feathers. In order to catch the fish they feed on, penguins use their powerful wings to swim 44 . And when they swim, they look as if they are flying through the water. The 45 of penguins bodies makes it possible for them to dive deep underwater, 46 their thick feathers protect them from the cold.Ostriches are known for their long legs, long necks, and large size. To 47 themselves, they stay in groups and use their excellent sight and hearing to 48 enemies. As soon as 49 approaches, they can run at a speed of more than 65 kilometers per hour to 50 . In addition to using their strong legs to run, they can kick powerfully. Not all flightless birds have been 51 in protecting themselves. Flightless birds on some islands had no enemies until people 52 . These birds were hunted and easily caught by people and the animals 53 by people. Human land development has 54 the habitats of some birds. A number of flightless birds 55 because they were unable to adapt to new conditions and new enemies.36. A. thusB. howeverC. thereforeD. otherwise37. A. standB. flyC. hearD. sing38. A. growthB. municationC. healthD. survival39. A. wideB. familiarC. crowdedD. special40. A. developedB. improvedC. lostD. proved41. A. partsB. habitsC. waysD. tools42. A. wildB. interestingC. rareD. flightless43. A. Instead ofB. Because ofC. BesidesD. Unlike44. A. quicklyB. carefullyC. differentlyD. gradually45. A. shapeB. color C. bone D. skin46. A. ifB. andC. butD. so47. A. helpB. feedC. protectD. hide48. A. killB. noticeC. confuseD. frighten49. A. dawnB. darknessC. dangerD. food50. A. lookB. escapeC. moveD. fight51. A. successfulB. naturalC. unusualD. positive52. A. realizedB. actedC. stoppedD. arrived53. A. broughtB. foundC. boughtD. hunted54. A. providedB. formedC. destroyedD. controlled55. A. flew awayB. watched outC. gave awayD. died out 第三部分：阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 2019-2020年高二下学期期中调研测试英语试题含答案Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was born in Budapest on September 16, 1893. In 1911 he entered his uncles laboratory where he studied until the outbreak of World War One, when he joined the army. He served on the Italian and Russian fronts, and he was permitted to leave the army in 1917 after being wounded in action. He pleted his studies in Budapest before he went to Hamburg for a two-year course in physical chemistry. In 1920 he became an assistant at a university in Leiden, the Netherlands and from 1922 to 1926 he worked with H. J. Hamburger at the Physiology Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands.In 1926, Szent-Gyorgyi was ready to end his own life after an embarrassing problem in his career. The scientist, thirty-two, had written a paper and handed it to his boss for approval to publish. His boss threw it in the dustbin. Concluding his life was a failure, the young researcher quit. Unable to support his wife and child, he sent them home to her parents. His final wish was to attend one last scientific meeting, to be among scientists, to have one last good time. So he went to the 1926 International Physiological Society Congress in Sweden.Sitting in the audience, lost in self-pity, Szent-Gyorgyi listened to the president of the society, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, refer to the fine work of a researcher: Szent-Gyorgyi! After the speech, collecting his courage, he introduced himself to Hopkins. The great man invited the young scientist to Cambridge to do further work.Szent-Gyorgyis life changed. He discovered the oxidation-preventing (防氧化的) action of vitamin C. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He accounted for his success by saying that discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen but thinking what nobody else has thought.56. Which of the following is the correct order of the events relevant to Szent-Gyorgyi? a. finished his studies in Budapestb. served during World War Onec. worked with Hopkinsd. studied in HamburgA. b, c, a, d B. b, a, d, cC. a, c, d, bD. a, b, d, c 57. Why did Szent-Gyorgyi want to end his own life in 1926? A. His pride was hurt by his boss. B. He was not satisfied with his paper.C. He couldnt support his family. D. His boss stopped him attending a conference.58. The passage is organized in the pattern of _. A. cause and effect B. parison and contrastC. time and events D. definition and classificationBMedalists of the 1948 London Olympic Games look back on their summer of victory. SAMMY Lee, 91, U.S.GOLD AND BRONZE, DIVINGI first had my Olympic dream at 12, when they held the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. My father and I were at a grocery store, and I asked, “What are all the flags doing here?” He said, “We are having the Olympic Games. Thats where they honor the greatest athletes in the world.” I said, “Papa, someday Im going to be an Olympic champ.”Walking up the 10-meter platform, I thought to myself, “Ive waited 16 years for this moment. Am I going to win?” So I prayed to God that I was most deserving of winning the Games. DAVID BOND, 90, BRITAINGOLD, SAILINGDuring the war, I spent six years in Royal Air Force. I think in general, the 1948 Olympics meant very little to most people. We were too busy after the war to be worried about sport very much anyway.Our team had about six weeks before the Olympics down at Torquay and we went out sailing every day.Winning gold was quite something. It was nice to stand on the platform with lots of people cheering. We celebrated by going to a big dance.MICHAEL LAPAGE, 88, BRITAINSILVER, ROWINGI started rowing when I was 14. I joined the navy in 1942. In 1945 the war came to an end and I started rowing again.In 1948 we were still on rations (配给供应): 4 oz. of red meat a week. But the United States had all the meat they wanted. They were the favorites to win.On the day of the final, we led the Americans at the start, but their stronger staying power took them through to win. There were no ribbons on the medals, so we just showed them round the family.THOMAS GODWIN, 91, BRITAINBRONZE, CYCLINGAt 14 I left school and got a job delivering groceries on a bicycle, which excited my interest in cycling. When the war broke out, I volunteered but was held back, so I continued riding.After my team won our bronze medals, we went home just round the corner and had a sit-down and a chat and a laugh. It was a different world. Money was never, never thought about.59. According to the passage, Sammy Lee _. A. was 28 when he attended the 1948 OlympicsB. never thought he could win medals in divingC. found that he has a talent for sports at age 12D. prepared for the 1948 Olympics for 16 years60. Michael Lapage blamed his teams loss of the gold medal on their _. A. weak willB. poor skillC. poor nutritionD. hurried preparation61. What did David Bond and Thomas Godwin have in mon? A. They both took part in a team event.B. A lot of money was awarded to them.C. The 1948 Olympics meant little to them.D. They both served in the army during World War II.62. What would be the best title for the passage? A. Long-lived medalistsB. The 1948 OlympicsC. Famous athletesD. Great in 1948CIn New Britain, Connecticut, a new official in charge of schools named Kelt Cooper wants to end high truancy (逃学) rates among public school students, and hes suggesting financial punishments to get job done. A plan to fine students up to $75 for each day they skip school is now being considered by New Britain authorities.The concept of fining kids for skipping school may e as a shock, but its not new. In Ohio, the parents responsible for a student guilty of habitual truancy can be fined up to $500 and/or be required to perform up to 70 hours of munity service. Until recently, students in Los Angeles could be hit with a $250 punishment for each count of truancy; in early xx the law was changed and the heavy fines were removed, though a $20 punishment may still be handed out if a student truants for the third time. Fines for truancy are also in effect overseas. In the UK, The Guardian reports, parents can be fined 50 (about $80) per skipped school day. The punishment doubles if its not paid within 28 days.The question is: Do fines like this work? The vast majority of authorities in the UK said that, indeed, they do. The fines were believed either “very successful” or “fairly successful” by 79% in reducing truancy, according to a survey.If the plan is passed in Connecticut, its unclear how effective the law might be, how to make parents and students obey the law and what might happen if they refuse to pay. However, local officials seem to be willing to give it a shot. According to the Hartford Courant: “The mayor agrees that truancy is a real issue in New Britain schools, and whats been done in the past hasnt been working to reduce truancy.” said Phil Sherwood, assistant to Mayor Timothy O Brien.And what do the students think? In the New Britain Herald, one 17-year-old entering her senior year called the plan “ridiculous” and predicted that the punishments will bring about negative effects on the court system. Besides, “I dont see the point,” she said. “Kids will just try harder not to get caught.”63. The passage mainly discusses whether _. A. schools have the right to punish studentsB. authorities should consider protecting kidsC. students should be fined for skipping schoolD. parents are responsible for childrens truancy64. If a British kid skips two school days and fails to pay fines in a month, the punishment will be _. A. two hundred pounds B. fifty pounds C. eighty poundsD. a hundred pounds65. We can learn from the passage that _. A. truancy is a serious problem in New BritainB. Coopers plan has been passed in ConnecticutC. fining kids for truancy is a new idea in AmericaD. little has been done to reduce truancy in New Britain66. The underlined part “give it a shot” most probably means _. A. get used to it B. help improve it C. try to carry it out D. fight against itDNeed to relax after a few stressful months? Perhaps you need to go to a spa.First of all, what exactly is a spa? Traditionally, spas were places with a natural spring producing warm waters that could be used in hydrotherapy (水疗法) treatments. They were places where you “took the waters” - meaning you drank some of the water or bathed in it.But nowadays, a “spa” can mean a variety of things. In general, the term is often used to refer to mercial establishment that provides many services for health, fitness, weight loss, beauty and relaxation. This may include exercise classes, mud baths, body treatment, facials (美容), etc.In Japan, traditional hot springs have attracted visitors for centuries. And thermal baths (温泉浴) have been found in the ruins of the Cretan Palace of Knossos (xx-1400 B.C.). It was the Romans who made spas popular in Europe. They established a number of towns around thermal waters. These include the English town of Aquae Sulis (which is called Bath today), and the Belgian town of Aquae Spadanae (which is known as Spa these days).In the 18th century, spas became the fashionable places to go on holiday. Bath and Harrogate in the UK were popular with British rich people. And in Europe Carsbad (now called Larlovy Vary), Marienbad and Franzensbsf were Europes most important holiday centers.A typical day in Carsbad in the 19th century went as follows. Visitors got up at 6:00 a.m. to take the waters and listen to music by a band. Next, came a light breakfast, a bath in the waters, and then lunch. In the afternoon, visitors went sightseeing, walked or attended concerts. After dinner, there were theatrical performances. Guests returned to their hotels at about 9 p.m. to rest until six the following morning. Visitors would stay for as long as a month. Some of the more famous patients at these spas included the posers Beethoven and Chopin, and the Russian writer Turgnev.Marienbad was the best spa town. It was popular with the inventor Thomas Edison, the writer Johann Goethe, and many famous people and European emperors.Today, although taking the waters isnt as mon as it used to be, spa treatments are more popular than ever. 59. What can we learn about a spa? A. It makes profits mainly on facials.B. It is a center for rich people to relax.C. It provides more services than before.D. It is where one can get medical treatment. 60. From Paragraph 4, we can infer that _. A. spas have a history of about 200 years B. Japan has more spas than any other countriesC. the Romans played a positive part in the popularity of spasD. ordinary people could enjoy thermal baths in 18th-century UK61. At the spas in Carlsbad, _. A. many visitors had facials B. guests often stayed for at least a month C. Thomas Edison was a regular guest D. guests had a bath between breakfast and lunch62. What can we learn from the passage? A. The former name of Larlovy Vary was Carlsbad.B. Spa treatments are not so popular as before.C. Chopin visited Marienbad frequently.D. Marienbad is located in the UK. 第四部分：任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）