2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试卷 (I).doc

2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试卷 (I)本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。第I卷第一部分：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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B。1. What will the man do on Sunday?A. See a film.B. Attend a lecture.C. Go to an international meeting.2. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a bakery. B. At a restaurant. C. At a supermarket.3. What does Tom Watts want to do?A. Change the schedule. B. Speak to the man. C. Hand out gifts.4. What was the weather like last weekend?A. Windy B. Sunny C. Rainy.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. How to do a job interview.B. How to mention personal information.C. Whether to talk about college experience.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。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。6. How does the woman pay?A. By card. B. In cash. C. By cheque.7. How much tip does the woman give?A. $23. B. $27. C. $50.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the woman do on the weekend?A. She went skiing. B. She saw a movie. C. She did some cleaning.9. What does the man think of his weekend?A. Tiring B. Boring C. Exciting.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What could the man most likely be?A. An architect. B. An artist. C. An athlete.11. What is one of the advantages of the new stadium?A. It has first-class sports facilities.B. It can hold 8, 000 people.C. It allows matches to go on in bad weather.12. What difficulty is the man experiencing now?A. Cutting down expenses. B. Meeting the deadline. C. Looking for materials.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why can the busiest people do urgent things?A. They have more time. B. They are better organised. C. They act more quickly.14. What is the womans advice on the housework?A. Finish them at once.B. Think about them until theyre finished.C. Put them off until a time people want to do them.15. How does the woman think people can organize their time?A. By listing everything they want to do.B. By making a list of their housework.C. By writing down the urgent things.16. What is the woman doing?A. Making a speech. B. Assigning tasks. C. Giving a class.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the first step of marketing a new product?A. Researching on customers love.B. Selecting a test market.C. Handing out samples.18. How is the cost of the testing produces controlled?A. By reducing the size of the samples.B. By keeping the test period short.C. By limiting the test areas.19. Who usually does the testing and interview?A. Experienced salespeople. B. Producers. C. Specially trained people.20. What does the speaker say in the end?A. Everyones opinion is very important.B. Listeners should stay after the talk to take part in a test.C. panies should try their best to test more new products.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of acmodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton edy Festival (19 Oct.) cost 169.15 at Booking. A week later, the same room cost 118.15.If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoidor youre looking for a big event to pass your timecheck out sites such as Whatsonwhen., which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.Dont be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodges Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was 95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was 75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just 62.95. GET ON A BIKE Londons Boris bikes have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.Among the smaller cities with their own programmes are Newcastle (casual members pay around 1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or 5 per day). 21. The Brighton edy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may _.A. help travelers pass timeB. attract lots of travelers to the UKC. allow travelers to make flexible plansD. cause travelers to pay more for acmodation22. “Farringdon” in Paragraph 5 is most probably _.A. a hotel away from the train stationB. the tube line to Covent GardenC. an ideal holiday destinationD. the name of a travel agency23. The main purpose of the passage is _.A. to tell visitors how to book in advanceB. to supply visitors with hotel informationC. to show visitors the importance of self-helpD. to offer visitors some money-saving tipsBDuring the cold winter months of xx, Shyam Bihari Prasad, an old retired man, moved to Vasant Kunj in New Delhi to live with his daughter. This elderly gentleman would visit the Hanuman temple near his home every morning, where he would often see several children standing outside, begging the people for foodThese children have working parents who lock their homes when they go to work. They have to leave their children outside to look after themselves. Classes in the local government school start only at 10：00AM, so these children beg for food outside the temple before going to school, says PrasadOne morning, Prasad bought biscuits from the shop near the temple gate for a few of them. When talking with them, Prasad learnt more about their school and the different classes the children attended. He also asked them some basic questions and realized they had no grasp of simple concepts in science and math, nor any knowledge of spelling and writing in English and Hindi. He asked them if they would like to study. After receiving a positive response, he promised to meet them on the pavement outside the temple the next day at 8:00AM. Ever since that cold winter morning in November xx, these street children have had classes on the pavement outside the templeSeveral local residents take a keen interest in the classes as well, offering help when they have time. Madam Manju es in to teach the children English, Brother Singh helps them with math, and Mandam Kirtika gives lessons in both science and math. There are others who donate books and some who buy snacks for the childrenDespite the noisy vehicles and passers-by, the children here are focused and eager to read and write. They didnt know how to sit or talk properly at first. Now they have changed and helped each other with their studies. Shyam Brihari Prasad has turned the lives of many of these children around. They are doing well in their school exams and are spending happy and fruitful mornings instead of begging on the street24 Why did the children wander around the Hanuman temple？ A They were too young to go to school and had to kill time thereB The Hanuman temple was a good place for them to play and studyC Their parents lock their homes before their classes startD They could get more food and money from people visiting the Hanuman temple25 What did Shyam Bihari Prasad do after discovering the childrens situation？ A He taught them on the pavement outside the templeB He offered free biscuits to them at the temple gate every dayC He helped them with their homework after schoolD He talked to their parents about their studies26 What does the author want to tell us in the fourth paragraph？ A What subjects the street school offersB How the local people help the street childrenC When classes start at the street schoolD What the street childrens school life is like27 Thanks to Shyam Bihari Prasad, the street children_.A behave better at school B enjoy helping strangersC hate reading books in the morning D can get full marks in examsCIn todays households where both parents go to work and kids have busy schedules with school, homework and many afternoon activities, finding time for a gathering at the table seems all but impossible. Yet, studies have shown time and again that eating together has multiple benefits for family members, especially children. According to reports issued by the CASA, children who eat more with their family are at lower risk of developing poor eating habits, weight problems or alcohol dependencies. They tend to perform better academically than those who frequently eat alone. Family meals came into American life in the mid-20th century. In the 60s and 70s, social, economic and technological changes quickly dissolved the short-lived way of family meals. Restaurant visits, take-out and TV dinners have since bee the norm (常态).There are indications, however, that the old customs are ing back. According to the latest CASA reports, 59% of surveyed families said they ate dinner together at least five times a week, a significant increase from 47% in 1998. Whatever drives this trend, it is a development that should be weled.Eating together as a family is not just about food and nutrition. It is about teaching them how to bee members of their society and culture. Sharing a meal with loved ones should be considered a special event, which can almost take on the form of a ceremony, as it was practiced by our ancestors for whom finding food was a constant struggle. Of course, there is no guarantee that the simple act of eating at home surrounded by family may make children more socially responsible. But it can lay the groundwork for a lot of things that point them in the right direction.28. What does the underlined sentence suggest?A. This practice of family meals started to change.B. Dining at home would enjoy great popularity.C. The society was to develop at a high speed.D. Americans would attach importance to take-out. 29. What is the writers attitude towards eating together as a family?A. Favorable.B. Disapproving.C. Reserved.D. Objective. 30. From the passage we learn our ancestors possibly _.A. valued the education of childrenB. liked struggling with each otherC. cared much about food nutritionD. appreciated the importance of food31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Good Eating Habits Matter B. Family Dinners Benefit KidsC. Meals Take on New Meanings D. Old Customs Are ing BackDEverybody knows that different nationalities have their own special behavior when they go on holiday. But how differently would different nationalities behave? Psychologists created some tests to show the best and worst sides of tourists from four countries. The Germans were the only group to send back a bottle of wine tasting of vinegar, theBritish did not mind when people jumpedthequeue, andtheJapanesewereso shocked when an actor began showering with nothing on that they turned their backs on him. Themost upsetting thing fortheAmericans was finding someone had burned their flag. Therewerealso surprising reactionstoa“drunk” coach driver. TheBritishweretheleast accepting and refusedtoget onthebus. TheJapanese werent worried until theirgroupleader noticed thatthedriver still hadabottle of alcohol. TheGermanswereby farthemost understanding and did not wantto plain in casethedriver lost his job. Whenthetourists hadafree afternoontheBritish played football inthepouring rain, theGermanswent walking, theJapanese hiredacoachtogo sight-seeing, andtheAmericans played pool (桌球). In one situation an actor started smoking onanon-smoking bus. TheBritish politely asked himtosmoke outside, theJapanesewerefar more concerned with maintaining harmony and said nothing, theGermanshadavote and asked himtoput it out, whiletheAmericansweretheleast bothered, and actually started smoking themselves. All four nationalitieswereequally accepting when theywereserved deliberately poor food. When an actor pretendedtosteal beer fromthebar, theBritish and Americanswereno better than each other and startedtojoin in, theGermansrefusedtotake part, whiletheJapanesewereso horrified that they toldthebar staff. 32. Psychologists filmed tourists for the purpose of_A. proving how many different sides tourists hadB. finding all four nationalities are equally accepting C. seeing how tourists from different countries did differentlyD. preparing for a film about tourists from different countries.33. According to the passage, which of the following descriptions is true?A. The Japanese were indifferent when seeing a naked actor.B. The British cant put up with the poor.C. The American behaved best when seeing someone stealing beer.D. The Germans were most considerate towards the drunk driver.34. We could infer from the passage that the American tourists feel distressed when_A. it bees stormy B. beer is not available at a hotelC. smoking is not allowed D. their country is insulted35. Who seemstobe more likelytojoin in when someone is involved in lawless behavior?A. TheAmericans and British B. TheGermansand Japanese C. TheBritish andGermans D. TheJapanese and Americans 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。Do you want to give your child the best start in life？ Helping him to bee a good, confident reader is one of the most valuable things you can do. These simple little things below take up your little time. (36) Let your kid catch you reading. Buy a mystery novel or a fashion magazine the next time youre at the grocery store. Maybe you guess it(37) Ask your child about what hes reading at school and at home. (38) . So care about your child and get your child to talk about what his class is reading. If time is short, you can even do this on the drive home from school or while youre getting dinner ready There are words all around. Point them out! (39) . Theyre also on menus and the backs of boxes. Point them out to your child. Ask him if he can read a word youve both just seen, and if he doesnt know what it means, make a point of looking it up in a dictionary when you get home (40) .This trick works for kids of almost any age. For the youngest kids, hearing a bedtime story makes them realize that books have words, and those words tell them many things. Older children can sit next to you and read along. Kids who are reading on their own might even want to read a story to youA Turn bedtime into story timeB But they can help develop your child into a good reader and writerC Move your child into reading independentlyD Words are on subway signs and the sides of busesE That just lets your kid see you reading and enjoying itF Most kids love to talk when their parents are paying much attentionG However, they can make a big difference if your child is struggling to learn to read第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45）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（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 used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 41 I think about myself. I am happy that I am being a 42 person. I think my 43 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 44 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 45 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really 46 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) 47 . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I 48 to help. That was really a big 49 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 50 are still my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new 51 , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimers disease became my 52 . Every time I came into her room, she was so 53 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 54 her, so I took her place. She let me 55 that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 56 , but I was very grateful to her. I think I am a much 57 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 58 these experiences. They have 59 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 60 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago. 41. A. since B. before C. or D. unless42. A. famousB. simple C. different D. skilled 43. A. education B. career C. tour D. change44. A. balanceB. homework C. degree D. interest 45. A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported 46. A. carefulB. lonelyC. curious D. guilty 47. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. defence 48. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened49. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step 50. A. us B. which C. them D. whom51. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck 52. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest 53. A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident 54. A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted 55. A. explain B. guessC. declareD. see56. A. homeless B. heartbrokenC. bad-tempered D. hopeless 57. A. quieterB. busier C. better D. richer58. A. forget B. faceC. improve D. analyze 59. A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught60. A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect 第 II 卷第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45）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。Wele back to the hot topic of studying abroad! Last time, we talked about the general “software” needed to have a 61 （success）studying experience overseas, 62 refers to the ability to understand western culture, and problem solving skills when 63 (face) critical situations, etc.Now, I will dig deeper into the concept of “software”. Everyone is talking about culture shock nowadays, but you may wonder what it actually 64 (mean). Simply put: culture shock is the difficulty people may experience when being exposed and adjusting to a 65 (remarkable) different new culture. Usually, people often go 66 four distinct phases: the honeymoon phase, the negotiation phase, the adjustment phase and the mastery phase. Culture shock can happen immediately upon your 67 (arrive) in the country.For international students, perhaps the most direct impact of culture shock is the variety of accents, especially in multicultural countries 68 the US, Canada or Australia. There are two main reasons: Firstly, these countries have highly diversified groups of residents from different cultural 69 (background). Secondly, there are many international students from all around the world every year studying in these countries, so you shouldnt be surprise