2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 (VII).doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 (VII)第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。1What class does the woman want to sign up for? AGerman. BSpanish. CFrench2Where does the conversation take place? AIn a parking lot. BIn a dormitory. CAt a concert entrance3What is the man? AA waiter. BAn accountant. CA programmer4Why does the man e here? ATo look for his lost dog. BTo fill in a form. CTo buy a dog5What is the woman probably going to do? AMake a call. BDo some laundry. CWatch TV第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。6Where are the speakers? AIn a supermarket. BIn a restaurant. CIn a library7What will the woman have first? AThe French onion soup. BThe club sandwich. CSome ice water听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Why does the man telephone the woman? ATo draw some money BTo open an account CTo request a statement9What does the man ask the woman for? AHer account number BThe banks website address CThe registration form 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10Where does the woman e from? AJapan. BKenya. CChina11How is the womans country different from other countries? AKids like plastic paper balls BKids are all good soccer players CKids make soccer balls themselves12Why isnt the woman playing soccer now? AShe is too busy. BShe loses interest. CShe has no teammates听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13How old is Corey? A7. B16 C1914What is the womans favorite hobby now? ASkiing. BSwimming CActing15What does the woman think of playing puter games? ARelaxing. BA waste of time. CHelpful in making friends16What will the speakers do next? AHave an English class BGo to the teachers office CMeet the womans friends听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17How will the travelers get to the Ferry Building from the hotel? AOn foot BBy boat CBy bus18What do the travelers need to bring tomorrow? AA packed lunch. BSome money. CA jacket19Where can the travelers enjoy the painting collection? ASausalito. BThe Golden Gate Bridge. CThe Golden Gate Park.20What can the travelers do at Alanmo Square? ADo some shopping BTake some photos.CWatch TV shows第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15个小题，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。Wele to the home page of the Photography World website. We offer a range of useful services for photographers and photography lovers Camera Club Join our club and enjoy a range of benefits. Youll get invitations to our regular events, such as members film shows, exhibitions and talks by experts. You can apply for Full membership, Associate membership or Junior membership. Full membership includes free entry to all events and 10% discount when ordering equipment online. Associate membership gives you half-price tickets to events. Junior membership (proof of age required) allows youngsters to enjoy the benefits of Full membership. 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They can be sent in prints, on a CD or memory stick, or by email. Please note that photos cant be returned, so make sure you have copies. The topic for example, wildlife, transport, people is announced each year here on the website when the petition opens. 21. Which of the following is a proper price list for an event organized by Camera Club?22. Which of the following CANNOT be obtained from the Advice Center? A. Solutions to problems about photography B. Fresh ideas for interesting photos C. Response to club members questions D. Information about repairs to cameras23. Whats the requirement of the petition? A. petitors must be experienced B. petitors must have membership C. petitors works must be sent by email D. petitors must have spare copies of their photosBI grew up poor. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream. My dream was athletics.By the time I was sixteen, I was good at baseball and football. My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis. He not only believed in me, but taught me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction(信念).One summer a friend remended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the start of savings for a house for my mother.Then I realized I would have to give up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldnt be playing. I was dreading(害怕) this, but my mother said, “If you make your bed, you have to lie in it.”When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as mad as I expected him to be. “Your playing days are limited. You cant afford to waste them,” he said.I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why I dreamed of buying my mom a house.“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he demanded.“Three twenty-five an hour,” I replied.“Well,” he asked, “is $3.25 an hour the price of a dream?”That question laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play rookie-league ball, and offered a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dream.24. The writer was grateful to Coach Jarvis, because Jarvis_. A. made him set a goal B. supplied him with new clothes C. gave him financial supportD. helped him show conviction25. When the writer was offered a job, he wanted to _. A. balance summer baseball and the work schedule B. refuse the job offer for summer baseball C. give up summer baseball for the job D. ask his coach Jarvis for advice26. Which of the following can replace the underlined sentence? A. You must eat the bitter fruit of your own making. B. Believe in yourself, but above all be patient. C. You must rely on yourself first, then others. D. A good beginning makes a good ending.27. The end of the story was that the writer _. A. failed to buy his mother a house B. succeeded as a sportsman C. became a successful businessman D. made some money in the summer jobCIts said that you dont know a man until you walk a mile in his shoes. And you also dont know what its like for older people to travel until you acpany one on a trip.After flying with my elderly father from Washington, D.C. to L.A. in July, I began to realize that a panion has important tasks that can make a journey easier for older people. I booked nonstop tickets on JetBlue to avoid tiring, confusing connections, and we flew directly into small, manageable Long Beach Airport. Even though my father could walk, I arranged with the airline for wheelchair assistance, which meant we got on board first.When I took him back to the airport for his return flight to Washington, I got permission from JetBlue to wait with him at the gate instead of saying goodbye at the security checkpoint. I wished hed had a first-class seat and access to a fortable airline club. Better yet, I wish I had flown with him both ways. As I watched the attendant wheel him to the lift that took him from the tarmac（飞机跑道）to the plane, I felt like an anxious mom sending her child to school for the first time.Things can go awry on a plane trip. And then there is the horrifying story about Joe and Margie. When they landed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a wheelchair attendant met them to help with a connection. But somehow Margie, who had Alzheimers disease, disappeared.I didnt need to worry about my father wandering away; at 82, his mind was sharper than mine. But his hearing was poor, so I worried about what would happen if he missed an important announcement. Fortunately, everything went just fine. Careful planning made the trip successful. Next time I travel with a senior, Ill know better. I hope there will be a next time. 28. Why did the man buy nonstop tickets? A. His father was tired of flights. B. He had important tasks to do. C. He cared about his father. D. His schedule was tight.29. How did the author feel when seeing his father off? A. Disappointed. B. Delighted. C. Worried. D. Sad.30. What does the underlined part “go awry” probably mean? A. be amused. B. carry on as usual. C. live up to ones expectation. D. be away from the correct course.31. What can we learn from the passage? A. Taking a trip does great good to seniors. B. It is a pleasant experience to travel with seniors. C. To have a long journey with seniors is unpractical. D. A good arrangement ensures seniors to take a nice trip.DBy trying to tickle(挠痒痒) rats and recording how their nerve cells respond, Shimpei Ishiyama and his adviser are discovering a mystery that has puzzled thinkers since Aristotle expected that humans, given their thin skin and unique ability to laugh, were the only ticklish animals.It turns out that Aristotle was wrong. In their study published on Thursday, Ishiyama and his adviser Michael Brecht found that rats squeaked and jumped with pleasure when tickled on their backs and bellies. These signs of joy changed according to their moods. And for the first time, they discovered a special group of nerve cells. These nerve cells made this feeling so powerful that it causes an individual being tickled to lose control.To make sure that he had indeed found a place in the brain where tickling was processed, Ishiyama then stimulated that area with electrical currents. The rats began to jump like rabbits and sing like birds.“Its truly ground-breaking,” said Jeffrey Burgdorf, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University who reviewed the paper. “It takes the study of emotion to a new level.”Burgdorf has played a central role in our understanding of animal tickling. He was part of a team that first noticed, in the late 1990s, that rats made special noises when they were experiencing social pleasure. Others had already noted that rats repeatedly made short and high sounds during meals. But the lab where Burgdorf worked noticed that they emitted similar sounds while playing. And so one day, the senior scientist in the lab said, “Lets go and tickle some rats.” They quickly found that those cries of pleasure doubled.“The authors have been very adventurous,” said Daniel OConnor, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University who studies touch. To him, that finding was very surprising.“Why does the world literally feel different when you are stressed out?” he said. “This is the first step towards answering that question. It gives us a way to approach it with experimental rigor(严谨).”32. What contributed to humans being ticklish according to Aristotle? A. Their special skin. B. Their social pleasure. C. Their nervous system. D. Their willingness to touch.33. Why did the researchers make use of electrical currents? A. To discover the special group of nerve cells. B. To experiment on different animals. C. To follow the process of tickling. D. To prove their finding.34. Which of the following statements will Jeffrey Burgdorf agree with? A. The research process is full of risks. B. The finding of the study is surprising and unbelievable. C. The new discovery is beneficial for the study of emotion. D. The finding of the study actually contradicts modern science.35. What is the best title for the text? A. The Life of Rats B. How Rats Laugh C. A Wonderful ScientistD. A New Discovery about Rats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。The ability to stay positive is one of the most important skills for us. Why is this? The reason is that we will spend most of our lives setting and trying to achieve goals. Everyone has dreams. Everyone wants to know deep down inside that they were put here to do something great. 36 The second you set a goal, difficulties will begin to appear to stand in your way. Most people let these challenges rob them of the life they really want If you want to achieve greatness, if you want to experience the best life possible, then be prepared to get knocked down over and over. 37 This explains why there are so many people who have stopped trying to reach their dreams. So how do you remain positive regardless of what type of challenge you are facing? It all es down to how you choose to respond to any situation as well as what you decide to focus on. No matter how bad your situation is, you can always find something good in it 38 If you keep focusing on how bad you have it, how are things supposed to get any better? 39 Of course it is. If this is true, why even bother thinking positively? That is because if you do, you have a chance to make things better. If you dont, things will usually get a lot worse. Realize that challenges are a part of life 40 Its what makes reaching a goal worth it. If you were able to get everything you wanted without even trying, the victory wouldnt taste as sweet. AEveryone will have to go through themBStaying positive can be beneficial in many waysCStaying positive during situations like this is not easyDYou can do things like reading positive books or listening to positive songsEIs it possible to be positive and still have your circumstances get even worse?FHowever, the problem is that life is toughGSo what you can do is start focusing on what is good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）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I went with some colleagues from my office for a dinner in a very popular local restaurant. It was 41 business time and the restaurant was packed. We 42 found a table in a corner for three of usAs soon as we sat down, we heard a crash when a cleaning boy 43 the floor with all the plates he was carrying. There was 44 and no one was saying or doing anything In a flash I remembered my 45 many years ago. Once, I 46 in the airport because I had rushed there on my own on an empty stomach. I was picked up and taken care of by two 47 . Now this was my chance to 48 it forward I ran to the young mans side immediately, turned him on his back and screamed for someone to 49 a hot drink. Soon people started asking if I was a doctor. I said I was not, 50 I was skillful at blacking out(晕厥) The kid soon opened his eyes, 51 what had happened. I 52 him by saying it was OK and I had had a 53 experience. He had not eaten anything. I held the 54 drink to his mouth till he finished it and sat with him till he felt OKBy then the 55 had arrived. I asked her to give the kid something to eat. I offered to payThe manager was kind enough to refuse the 56 and agreed to make sure the kid ate before he went home. By the time all this was 57 it was getting late for my colleagues. We hadnt 58 anything yet, so they decided to go homeI slowly walked home, not hungry any more, feeling 59 for the opportunity I pay forward the 60 I had received many years ago.41Apeak Blocal Cspare Dregular42Aactually Bfinally Ceagerly Dgradually43Akicked Btouched Chit Dswept44AsilenceBdanger Cdoubt Dtension45AadventureBflight Cexperience Dlesson46Ashowed up Bwalked around Csettled down Dpassed out47Afriends Bstrangers Ccolleagues Drelatives48Apay Breturn Ctake Dput49Aorder Bbuy Cserve Dbring50Aand Bso Cbecause Dbut51Aknowing Bwondering Cignoring Darguing52Areminded Bforted Canswered Dencouraged53Amemorable Bpersonal Csimilar Dmon54Acool Brefreshing Csweet Dwarm55Acustomer Bmanager Cwaitress Ddoctor56Apayment Breward Csuggestion Dsupport57Aup Baway Cover Dbehind58Aprepared Bdemanded Creceived Dordered59Aready Banxious Cgrateful Dfortable60Akindness Bhonor Cinspiration Dservice第II卷第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个）。If you make a career choice while you are still in high school, you will save time and money in the long run. Students who do not plan ahead may delay starting college or take extra courses 61 (give) themselves time to make up their 62 (mind). U.S. News and World Reports 63 (say) that the average annual tuition at a four-year college is $ 35,000. If you spend 64 extra year in school, you may have to take out additional loans or pay extra money to cover the cost.Choosing a career while you are in high school also gives you time to explore your 65 (choose) industry. If you find a career 66 sounds interesting, you can follow someone in the field and see what it is 67 (real) like to have that job. You can also apply 68 a chance to get an informal position related to your desired industry. This will help you build a professional network even before you graduate from high school. Professional contacts are very 69 (value), especially when you are looking for a job in your field. If you do as much as you can to build a network 70 you are ready for a job, you will be more likely to succeed.第四部分 写作第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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。Last Sunday, sixty students from our school pay a visit to China Science and Technology Museum. The museum, which main task is to spread the knowledge of science and technology, covers area of 48,000 square meters. The moment when we entered the museum, the exhibition caught their attentionIn the museum, we saw the latest progresses in science and technology. Moreover, we did an amazed scientific experiment by ourselves. What appealed for us most was the 3D film that made us feel we were in real events. Though the visiting time was slight short, we gained a lot. It is so an instructive activity that we hope more will be organized in the future. 第二节：书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你校学生会暑期将组织“丝绸之路”沿线国家考察活动，留学生也可参加。请你用英语给对此次活动感兴趣的留学生Jenkins写封电子邮件，告之相关内容：1. 活动安排(参