2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。1. How might the weather be this afternoon? A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Stormy.2. What does the woman recycle? A. Plastic. B. Glass. C. Paper.3. What is probably the man? A. A doctor. B. A professor. C. A hairdresser.4. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Do some cleaning. B. Have a beach party. C. Look for part-time work.5. Where does the conversation take place? A. At Pepis Pizza. B. On the phone. C. At home.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。6. Why does the man like hiking?A. He can get close to nature. B. He can meet wild animals. C. He can make some friends.7. How far will the man walk a day on average? A. 3 miles. B. 10 miles. C. 30 miles.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is the man moving to New York? A. To enjoy the city life.B. To visit his friends.C. To find a better job.9. How old is the man?A. 19 years old. B. 29 years old. C. 39 years old. 10. What does the man plan to do after he retires? A. Travel around the world.B. Go back to his hometown.C. Work on environmental protection.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What films do the speakers both like? A. edies. B. Crime films. C. Mystery films.12. What does the man think of horror films?A. Exciting. B. Horrible. C. Stupid.13. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Read an evening paper.B. Make a phone call.C. Watch TV.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What are the speakers doing?A. Revising a report.B. Designing a logo.C. Discussing puter skills.15. What is the second suggestion the woman mentioned?A. Putting the logo on each page.B. Highlighting the headings.C. Restating the reasons clearly.16. How does the woman find the pictures?A. Ugly. B. Unnecessary. C. Wonderful.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What color is the birds head?A. A little blue. B. Totally green. C. Mostly red.18. Why is the speaker worried about his bird?A. He wont survive on his own.B. He refuses to eat anything.C. He has a broken wing.19. In what season did the bird get lost?A. Autumn.B. Winter.C. Summer.20. What should people do if they hear the bird? A. Shout the birds name. B. Tell the speaker right away. C. Stand still till the bird es.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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Tower & GardensBegin your visit to Bok Tower Gardens with a stop in the Visitor Center. Our friendly volunteer staff will help you make the most of your visit by sharing information about getting around the Gardens and introducing you to the Gardens with a 15-minute orientation film.Information DeskAs you begin your visit to the Gardens, pick up a Visitor Guide & Map, Garden Adventure Guide, or Discovery Backpack from our volunteer staff in the Visitor Center Hall. During the period of your visit, our volunteers will be glad to answer any questions you might have.Orientation FilmThis 15-minute film is played continuously throughout the day in the Visitor Center Theater. For those who arent familiar with Edward W. Bok, the Singing Tower, or Pinewood Estate, this film is a great way to find out everything about what Bok Tower Gardens has to offer.Exhibit HallThese historical displays provide insight on Edward W. Boks life and influence, as well as the history behind the Singing Tower and Gardens. Visitors can see the original carillon keyboard, learn more about the habitat of the Lake Wales Ridge, and much more.Art ExhibitsThese exhibits feature artworks showing Floridas environment, gardens, plants, and architecture. Many of the artworks on display are available for purchase. The art in the Gardens exhibits is sponsored by Pat Cain Wealth Solutions / Raymond James.The Blue Palmetto CafOur chef can skillfully make a variety of delicious signature salads, soups, sandwiches and wraps for all to enjoy. Our menu is also ripe with fruit and specialty desserts, beer and wine. Relax with us indoors or on our patio overlooking our beautiful landscaped gardens.The Tower & Garden Gift ShopStop in the Tower & Garden Gift Shop to find unique treasures to take home to memorate your visit to the Gardens. Our Plant Shop also gives you a chance to find a plant to take home for your own garden! Some of our Gift Shop treasures can also be found online.21. Whats the 15-minute film about?A. Various gifts worth purchasing before leaving.B. Floridas environment, plants and architecture.C. A brief introduction to Bok Tower Gardens.D. The history of the Blue Palmetto Caf.22. What can visitors do in Art Exhibits?A. Play the oldest carillon keyboard.B. Buy the artworks being displayed.C. Learn about Edward W. Boks life.D. Donate to Pat Cain Wealth Solutions / Raymond James.23. Where can visitors have a view of the Gardens from above? A. In the Lake Wales Ridge.B. In the Blue Palmetto Caf.C. In the Visitor Center Hall.D. In the Tower & Garden Gift Shop.BThe first time our fifth grader bought a salad for school lunch, she proudly told me the news as soon as she walked in the kitchen door. I didnt share her delight.“Honey, just so you know, salad isnt a meal. Its a side,” I said. “Vegetables wont keep you full.”“But a salads healthy, right?” she asked.Of course the objective answer is yes. But my answer was more plicated. I couldnt celebrate her otherwise healthy choice because I was worried she had begun to model my dieting and restrictive eating habits she saw as a younger child habits that included lots of salad eating (and little else) and finally led to my anorexia nearly two years ago. Was this monkey see, monkey do?Even though our daughters who are now 10, 8 and 6 are old enough to make their own regular food choices, what my husband and I have modeled for them will make a difference. I learned something about restrictive eating from watching my own father, who often struggled with his weight. Of course, I dont blame him for my disorder he never intended for his choices to be a weight-loss book for me, though sadly, they were. So knowing what I know now, it would be stupid, if not irresponsible for me to think that just because I never told our daughters to restrict or to spend hours each day exercising that they wouldnt have understood what my “healthy” lifestyle really meant. To be clear, there are countless medical reasons why some parents chose restrictive diets, but when restriction or a diet bees a way of life that starts to affect relationships, thats not healthy.I knew I was wrong to shame the salad our daughter bought for lunch, which is why I reconsidered my response and told her that salad for lunch was, indeed, a healthy choice, and that it should include cheese, meat or nuts, which would keep her brain focused for the rest of her school day. She smiled at my answer. “Well, I also had cheese, eggs and chicken on my salad.”24. How did the author feel on hearing about her daughters lunch?A. Relaxed.B. Disappointed.C. Delighted. D. Uneasy.25. What do we know about the authors father?A. He was often on a diet.B. He exercised a lot to keep fit.C. He once suffered from a disorder.D. He was a good model for the author.26. What was worrying the author?A. Her kids ate too much fat every day.B. Her kids spent too little time exercising.C. Her kids were influenced by her lifestyle.D. Her kids knew nothing about food choices. 27. What kind of lunch did the authors daughter have that day?A. High-fat.B. Balanced.C. Weight-loss.D. Vegetarian.CCounting whales has never been easy boats, planes, even submarines can travel limited distances, and catching the site of these giant animals is hit-or-miss. Now, researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge have confirmed that they can count at least four different species using satellite images taken 600 kilometers above the ocean.Previously, satellite cameras were of no use in whale spotting. Their resolution, which maxed out at 46 centimeters, made most whales look like undistinguishable blobs. But the new privately owned WorldView-3 satellite, which has a resolution of 31 centimeters, enabled BAS graduate student Hannah Cubaynes to count 200 whales across 4,230 square kilometers of ocean. She and her colleagues reported last week in Marine Mammal Science.Cubaynes started with seven images from four areas across the world known to specially host southern right whales, fin whales, humpback whales, or gray whales at certain times of year. “Oh my God,” was her first reaction, because the whales were so easy to see. Nearly half of her identifications were definitive, and the whales looked different enough from space that she expects to be able to tell species apart should they occur together in following images.Next, researchers will use the images to develop a puter program that can pick out probable whales, the identification of which will be confirmed by experts. Cubaynes says the system will aid conservation efforts by better revealing where whales go and how many there are.But to do so, she first has to figure out how to account for wind, sun glare, and whales that are at angles to the surface or moving and thus not fully visible. And like aerial and ship surveys, satellite surveys will still be affected by bad weather.28. How did Cubaynes count whales?A. By boat. B. By plane. C. By satellite. D. By submarine.29. What shocked Cubaynes in Paragraph 3?A. The variety of whales. B. The weight of whales.C. The number of whales.D. The images of whales.30. Why will researchers develop a puter program?A. To account for wind. B. To support ship surveys.C. To help whale conservation.D. To avoid the weathers effect.31. Whats the text mainly about?A. A new way to count whales.B. How satellite images are used.C. What we can do to protect whales.D. The process of an oceanic survey.DPeople love the “eback kid”, the “down and out guy”, and any variety of defeated people whom weve seen fail, then manage to dust off their bootstraps（独自所做的努力）and take on life again. Everyone should get this chance in life, and they should get it over and over and over again. Everyone, that is, except our teenagers, right?At least that is how parents, teachers, college admission officers, coaches, and others who spend time with adolescents have led all of us to believe. We have all bought the great lie that there is not only zero room for todays teenagers to fail academically, but any form of failure is a great embarrassment to everyone involved. And I do mean everyone.Ever notice how quick parents are to share college acceptance letters, scholarships, SAT scores, and pretty much all the perfect resumes of their high schoolers for everyone to see on social media? Surely it makes moms and dads extremely proud. We all want to take credit for our teenagers great acplishments, and while that is all well and good, it also means that when failure happens, we scatter like sheep when a wolf arrives, because failure on their part means failure on our part.Adolescent brains do not have the bandwidth to process that failure is temporary, and that high school is but a small spot on their life map. Unfortunately, while we may talk that talk, our actions do not bolster it. Anyone who has been through the petitive college application and scholarship process knows this all too well, because there is no room for any form of failure. But this is wrong.Tell your kids that failure doesnt define them. Tell them its normal, natural, and expected. Tell them failure creates eback stories, and the opportunity to rise even higher and better than before. And finally, tell them you dont worry that they will fail; you worry that they wont.32. What is the problem of todays teenagers?A. They cannot make their choices.B. Theyre not allowed to fail.C. They are easily defeated.D. They face various lies.33. What does the underlined word “bolster” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Affect. B. Improve. C. Remove. D. Support.34. What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Success is very important. B. Hard work means success.C. Failure just leads to success.D. Success needs familys support.35. Whats the best title for the text?A. Parents should allow themselves to failB. Teens are wrong about their college lifeC. Parents are teens lifelong supportersD. Teens should know failing is OK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。If you are interested in studying at an American university, you have probably heard about the Test of English as a Foreign Language. 36 . It is the most widely used language assessment exam for American universities. Many foreign students are frightened of the TOEFL（托福）because it is risky. 37 . But a low TOEFL score will limit your choices for financial aid and admission to top schools. 38 .1. Plan ahead It takes a long time to improve your TOEFL score. Many students study just before the test. Raising your score will take months of hard work. You will have to spend a lot of time and energy.2. Master the basics first 39 . You should have at least an upper-intermediate（中上级）English level before you attempt the test. If you score very low marks, study the fundamentals（基础）for a few months and e back to the TOEFL later. 3. Get a study guide It is easy to find study guides. Pearson, Barron, ETS, and Kaplan all produce quality materials. Take a practice test once or twice a month.4. 40 . Using TOEFL practice materials all the time will make you crazy. You can improve your TOEFL score by making English part of your daily life. Some simple ways are listening to podcasts, watching movies and reading newspapers. The bottom line is that the best way to do well on the TOEFL is to know English well. Throw yourself into English on a daily basis and improvement is sure to follow.A. Practice as many materials as you canB. They are deeply concerned that they will fail in the TOEFLC. The test is widely known as the TOEFLD. Good test results on the TOEFL will open many doorsE. Many students take the TOEFL before they are readyF. Use other resourcesG. Here are some tips for getting started with TOEFL第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A Very Special OlympianThe professor was looking for student volunteers in the lecture room for a Special Olympics event. As the sign-up sheet went up and down the rows, I started to e up with my 41 . Maybe it was the distance to the college where the event was to take place, or the early hour that 42 had to report for duty. Whatever the reasons that made me hesitate, I am thankful to this day that I 43 up volunteering. If I had missed the event, I would have missed one of the most unforgettable moments that I have ever 44 .I arrived at the volunteer tent bright and early. My task was 45 . I was to stand at the finish line only and wait until the event was over and then take the 46 to the announcing booth（公告处）. Standing at the finish line, I was able to witness many amazing efforts and close races. I was most impressed by the effort each athlete put into his or her 47 . What also impressed me was the sincere 48 each athlete expressed while participating though sometimes the joy of participating in a sporting event can get 49 in the fierce petition of winning and losing.Then an amazing moment happened right before my eyes. A group of athletes were 50 to run a short race. One of them was in a wheelchair, a little girl with a 51 smile, wearing bright bows in her hair. Her smile filled the stadium that day. I couldnt help but smile back at her.The gun sounded. They were off. Runners sped up in the 52 with all their might. My eyes 53 for the little girl with the bright bows. There she was, pumping her arms with all the 54 she had. Her efforts were getting little result, but that did not stop her. I noticed as she got closer that she also had an injured arm. But that did not stop this bright star. The race was long over 55 the young athlete kept pumping her arms. As she finally 56 the finish line, the noise of the crowd was thunderous. There I stood 57 , with tears falling down mychecks.Afterall these years, I can still hear those cheers. I wish I could thank that remarkable athlete for what her efforts 58 this unmotivated college guy. I grew up a lot that day because of the 59 of that little girl in the wheelchair. I was 60 that day of a poem from a book that states, “ Whatever you do, do it with all your might.”41. A. ideasB. plansC. excusesD. advice42. A. runnersB. studentsC. advisorsD. volunteers43. A. endedB. gaveC. stayedD. woke44. A. ignoredB. witnessedC. controlledD. imagined45. A. difficultB. simpleC. interestingD. tiring46. A. prizeB. resultC. athleteD. winner47. A. eventB. mindC. victoryD. body48. A. beliefB. joyC. trustD. confidence49. A. stuckB. increasedC. respectedD. lost50. A. mixed upB. called upC. lined upD. piled up51. A. narrowB. hugeC. weakD. hard52. A. courtB. fieldC. trackD. platform53. A. hopedB. caredC. preparedD. searched54. A. desiresB. energyC. courageD. dreams55. A. orB. andC. butD. so56. A. feltB. nearedC. tookD. raised57. A. recordingB. waitingC. calculatingD. cheering58. A. paidB. owedC. taughtD. disappointed 59. A. honestyB. popularityC. braveryD. creativity60. A. warnedB. persuadedC. informedD. reminded第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Spring has recently left soundless colorful footprints in many 61 (scene) spots across China, turning its vast land into a gorgeous wonderland and 62 (attract) huge streams of shutterbugs and tourists. There are lots of charming places to watch flower blossoms.In the Leishan County in southwest Chinas Guizhou Province, the blooming flowers, beautiful sunrise and clouds have added 63 the colors of spring. In the lush tea plantations, young girls of the Miao ethnic minority are busy picking tea leaves 64 singing songs peculiar to the Miao people.On March 12, xx, more than 50,000 Chinese and foreign tourists gathered together in a village in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province 65 (celebrate) the festival called Tiaohua, 66 is a traditional festival of the Miao minority people. The festival is celebrated 67 (annual) by the locals. At the opening ceremony the Miao people sounded hom and reed-pipe wind 68 (instrument).The forest guards escorted the flower tree up to a platform and then a procession of worshippers 69 (make) up of a knife team, a horn team and a Lusheng team to pay homage to the flower tree. The Mia