2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末教学质量检测试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末教学质量检测试题 第卷（选择题，共 100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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。1. What does the woman think of the movie?A. Its amusing. B. Its exciting. C. Its disappointing.2. How will Susan spend most of her time in France?A. Traveling around.B. Studying at a school.C. Looking after her aunt.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. Going out.B. Ordering drinks.C. Preparing for a party.4. Where are the speakers?A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore.5. What is the man going to do?A. Go on the Internet. B. Make a phone call. C. Take a train trip.第二节听下面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. What is the woman looking for?A. An information office. B. A police station. C. A shoe repair shop.7. What is the Town Guide according to the man?A. A brochure. B. A newspaper. C. A map.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the man say about the restaurant?A. Its the biggest one around.B. It offers many tasty dishes.C. Its famous for its seafood.9. What will the woman probably order?A. Fried fish. B. Roast chicken. C. Beef steak.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where will Mr. White be at 11 oclock?A. At the office. B. At the airport. C. At the restaurant.11. What will Mr. White probably do at one in the afternoon?A. Receive a guest. B. Have a meeting. C. Read a report.12. When will Miss Wilson see Mr. White?A. At lunch time.B. Late in the afternoon.C. The next morning.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why is Bill going to Germany?A. To work on a project. B. To study German. C. To start a new pany.14. What did the woman dislike about Germany?A. The weather. B. The food. C. The schools.15. What does Bill hope to do about his family?A. Bring them to Germany.B. Leave them in England.C. Visit them in a few months.16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Fellow-travelers. B. Colleagues. C. Classmates.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did it rain last time in Jurez?A. Three days ago. B. A month ago. C. A year ago.18. What season is it now in Jurez?A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.19. What are the elderly advised to do?A. Take a walk in the afternoon.B. Keep their homes cool.C. Drink plenty of water.20. What is the speaker doing?A. Hosting a radio program. B. Conducting a seminar.C. Forecasting the weather.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Wele to Holker Hall & GardensVisitor InformationHow to Get to HolkerBy Car: Follow brown signs on A590 from J36, M6. Approximate travel times: Windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-1 hour 30 minutes.By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston for connections to major cities & airports.Opening TimesSunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm, 30th March-2nd November.Admission ChargesHall & GardensGardensAdults:12.008.00Groups:9.005.50Special EventsProducers Market 13th AprilJoin us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.Holker Garden Festival 30th May The event celebrates its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.National Garden Day 28th AugustHolker once again opens its gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.Winter Market 8th NovemberThis is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifts while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.21. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Manchester?A. 20 minutes.B. 25 minutes.C. 45 minutes.D. 90 minutes.22. How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit Hall & Gardens?A. l2.00.B. 9.00.C. 8.00.D. 5.50.23. Which event will you go to if you want to see a live music show? A. Producers Market.B. Holker Garden Festival.C. National Garden Day.D. Winter Market.BIf you could have one superpower, what would it be?Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart ofwhat really matters in your life.Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world. They have a different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.Were not saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, dont be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when youre older. But why not start now?Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.24. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Your life style.B. Your life value.C. Your trouble in life.D. Your life experience.25. Why does the author say they are inspired every day?A. They possess different kinds of superpowers.B. They have got the power to change the world.C. Some people around them are making the world better.D. There are many powerful people in their life and work.26.What does the author stress in Paragraph 5?A. Learning more and contributing more to a cause.B. Rising above self and acting to help others.C. Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.D. Trying your best to help the poor.27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. The author believes the lives of the poorest will get better.B. Much more progress will be made in the near future.C. The work on health is the most valuable experience.D. Peoples efforts have been materially rewarded.CA serious problem for todays society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a pany must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a mercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a fortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some bination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.28What is the writers main purpose in writing this article?ATo discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.BTo make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.CTo point out the need for government support for old people.DTo instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.29. What does the underlined word “viable” most probably mean?AImpossible.BPractical.CUseful.DSuccessful.30According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?ASet aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.BIncrease savings levels of people during their working years.CIncrease the discounts for food and transport for the old.DMake available pensions for those who have retired.31What can be concluded from the passage?ATaking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.BEmployers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.CBeing independent should be the goal of most old people.DThere is no single solution to the problems of the old.DPlastic-Eating WormsHumans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms. Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a mercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in xx.Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms ability to break down their everyday food beeswax also allows them to break down plastic. “Wax is a plex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well,” she explains, “The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ”Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But pared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?Bertocchini agrees and hopes her teams findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process not simply “millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.”32. What can we learn about the worms in the study?A. They take plastics as their everyday food.B. They are newly evolved creatures.C. They can consume plastics.D. They wind up in landfills.33. According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .A. identify other means of the breakdownB. find out the source of the enzymeC. confirm the research findingsD. increase the breakdown speed34. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might .A. help to raise wormsB. help make plastic bagsC. be used to clean the oceansD. be produced in factories in future35. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain a study method on worms.B. To introduce the diet of a special worm.C. To present a way to break down plastics.D. To propose new means to keep eco-balance.第二节根据短文内容，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。My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard. 36 Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. 37 She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times. 38 Every day, when she es back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. 39 She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any plaints.Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will bee lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! 40 This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.A. She enjoys listening to classical music.B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every fort.C. She loves her students and cares for them.D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.G. Can you tell us something about your mother?第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 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。No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 41 .I learned this lesson from a(n) 42 many years ago. I took the head 43 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.It was a tradition for the schools old team to play against the 44 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didnt even practice to 45 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldnt 46 I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 47 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 48 me. I had to change my 49 about their ability and potential.I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 50 . Most important, I began to treat them like 51 . That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 52 , we met every day and 53 passing and kicking the football.Six months after suffering our 54 on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to 55 . Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a 56 for us even if we lost the game. But that wasnt what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest 57 of my life!From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can 58 the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and 59 them. I helped them to see themselves 60 , and they built themselves into winners.Winners are made, not born.41. A. luckB. testsC. efforts D. nature42. A. experiment B. experience C. visit D. show43. A. operating B. editing C. consultingD. coaching44. A. successful B. excellent C. strong D. new45. A. cheer for B. prepare for C. help with D. finish with46. A. believe B. agree C. describe D. regret47. A. realize B. claimC. permit D. demand48. A. reacting to B. looking for C. depending on D. caring about49. A. decision B. attitude C. conclusion D. intention50. A. pride B. culture C. fortune D. relationship51. A. leaders B. partnersC. winners D. learners52. A. rewards B. vacations C. health D. honor53. A. risked B. missed C. considered D. practiced54. A. defeat B. decline C. accident D. mistake55. A. relax B. improveC. expand D. defend56. A. shame B. burden C. victory D. favor57. A. chances B. thrills C. concerns D. offers58. A. surprise B. serve C. interest D. affect 59. A. encouraged B. observed C. protected D. impressed60. A. honestly B. individually C. calmly D. differently 第卷（非选择题，共 50分）第二节 阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Cloning is a way of 61 (make) an exact copy of another animal and plant. 62 has two major uses. One is 63 gardeners use it to produce mercial quantities of plants. The _64 is that it is valuable for research on new species and for medical research on animals. _65 , the process of cloning is difficult to undertake. Many attempts to clone mammals failed. The first successful clone, Dolly the sheep, made the whole 66 (science) world follow its process, though it had 67 problems than the normal sheep. On the other hand, Dollys appearance 68 (raise) a storm of objections and had a great impact 69 the media and public imagination. Different people have different opinions of it. However, scientists still wonder whether cloning will help 70 harm us and where it is leading us.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）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：在错的词下画一横线，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。 A robot used for housework was going to be tested out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth black hair, speak in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home, so he hired such a robot to acpany with his wife Claire. Claire didnt like the idea at the beginning, and she agreed to it at last. At her first sight of Tony, Claire was alarming. When Tony offered to help her dress, Claire felt embarrassed. Gradual Tony began to win Claires trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams by making her home elegant, giving her a new haircut, changing the makeup she wears and giving her advice on her dresses. Therefore at the party all the guest who were invited were filled with admiration when they saw her house was pletely transformed. At same time, Tony left a deep impression on all of them. After the test, thepany was satisfied with Tonys report because she had successfully made a woman regainher confident, although he shouldnt have her fall in love with him.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你的学校计划开设iPad课堂（iPad class），但又担心学生分散注意力，沉迷游戏。请给校长写一封信，阐述你的意见。内容包括：1. 使用iPad上课的好处：资源丰富，方便互动，及时反馈等2. 解决学生课上分散注意力，沉迷游戏等问题的建议3. 盼望在iPad课堂上课注意：1. 词数100左右 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯Dear headmaster, Im in favor of the plan. The reasons are as follows._