1、高二线上考试英语第 1 页 共 8 页高二年级线上考试英语试题2020.4时间：120 分钟满分：150 分命题人：张晓娟第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe worlds best underwater hotelsAtlantis The Palm,DubaiThe underwater rooms at Atlantis The Palm really are fit for the king of the seas.Setalongside
2、a huge aquarium(水族馆),they are pretty much the most romantic place youcould ever dream of,as long as you dont have nightmares about sharks!This unusualhotel room costs around$7,000 a night.Conrad Maldives Rangali Island,MaldivesThe Conrad Maldives Rangali Island doesnt have an underwater room,but you
3、 canstill have dinner below the waves,without having to wear a diving suit.The IthaaUndersea Restaurant is located sixteen feet below sea level and while you eat happily,sharks and fishes swirl(旋转)above your head.Set menus cost upwards of$300 perperson.Book at least a couple of weeks ahead.Utter Inn
4、,Vasteras,SwedenThe Utter Inn was designed by local artist Mikael Genberg and is one of the cheapestunderwater hotels out there,floating on Lake Malaren,near Stockholm.From$250 anight,this is more like an unusual ships cabin than luxury(奢侈的)accommodation,butas an appealing twist on traditional Swedi
5、sh living,its now a very fashionable place tospend the weekend.Jules Undersea Lodge,Key Largo,FloridaJules Undersea Lodge is named after the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Underthe Sea and is the oldest underwater hotel,surrounded by angelfish and other speciesoff the coast of Florida.Getting the
6、re is somewhat of a challenge-its located 21 feetbeneath the surface of the sea.Brave couples can stay the night here for$800.21.What should you do before visiting the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island?A.Book in advance.B.Buy a diving suit.C.Get enough oxygen.D.Prepare your own meals.22.Which hotel is
7、the cheapest?A.Utter Inn.B.Atlantis The Palm.C.Jules Undersea Lodge.D.Conrad Maldives Rangali Island.高二线上考试英语第 2 页 共 8 页23.Where does JulesUndersea Lodges name come from?A.A sea.B.A coast.C.A kind of fish.D.A famous writer.BHigh school is the time you discover who you are.Friends leave you andrelati
8、onships break up.It is terrible.Im not going to lie,my senior year was the worstyear of all.I lost a lot of my friends and started to become really unhappy about thelack of social interactions(交往)until suddenly an amazing person came into my life.It was the second semester(学期)of my senior year.Tensi
9、on(紧张)was high for mewith applying to colleges and trying to get perfect grades.I had lost people who hadbeen my friends for years.One day,our school posted names of students who weregoing into the military,and I saw a girl named Dominique C.It was super unusual to seeanother Dominique.I knew I had
10、to meet her.One day,I noticed a guy I talked to on adaily basis was talking with her.He saw me and introduced me to Dominique C.She wasthe complete opposite of me,with short black hair and big green eyes.But somehow,wejust clicked at once.Many people never understood how we became friends.We both ha
11、d very differentsocial circles,but we were basically the same person.We both loved literature.StudyingGreek together,we understood each others thoughts.We reacted to everything in thesame way.We only knew each other for a few months,but we acted as if we were friendsfor years.This year has been hard
12、 on our friendship.Due to Dominique C joining the militaryand me studying in and out of state college,Dominique C and I have hardly talked.Together we communicate as much as we can during breaks.Still our friendship isstrong.I am lucky to have Dominique in my life.Every time we cried together and he
13、ldhands down the hallways,it actually made my day.And fighting for French fries andhamburgers always had me in tears.I cannot wait to spend the summer with DominiqueC.24.What did the author try to do in the second semester of her senior year?A.Get high scores.B.Drop out of schoolC.Visit different co
14、lleges.D.Learn to become positive.25.What does the underlined word“clicked”in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Learned a lot.B.Became friends.C.Completed the task.D.Joined the military.26.What did the author tell us about Dominique C?A.She had a different character from the author.B.She had many common friends wi
15、th the author.C.She looked completely different from the author.D.She spent too much time in learning Greek.高二线上考试英语第 3 页 共 8 页27.What can we learn about the author and Dominique C?A.They study in the same college.B.They have a strong relationship.C.They often fight over some big things.D.They hardl
16、y communicate during breaks.CSocotra,a small group of islands in the Indian Ocean,is one of the most isolated(孤零零的)places on Earth.It is located some 240 kilometers east of the Horn of Africa and380 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula.So why visit Socotra?Because of Socotras isolation from the
17、 rest of the world,it hasdeveloped its own special ecosystem(生态系统)free from any outside influence.Onegood example of this special plant life is the dragons blood tree,with its branches andleaves that grow at a strange angle from a thick trunk.Scientists found that up to 37%of the plant life found on
18、 the islands is not found anywhere else on Earth.The islandgroup also has many unique(独特的)birds.These birds have different appearance fromother species.Scientists still do not fully understand these birds and each year,they stayin the islands to study them.The natives of Socotra are of Arab,Somali,a
19、nd South Asian origins.Hundreds ofyears of isolation have resulted in many special cultural traditions among the Socotripeople.Traditional fishing methods still survive among the people living there.People onSocotra also practice their own conservation techniques,such as alternating(轮流安排)between her
20、ding and fishing.This way of life has helped to conserve the resources onand around the islands for hundreds of years.The things that make Socotra special are now beginning to disappear.More andmore tourists have been visiting the islands recently and this has destroyed Socotrasecosystem.Cats have b
21、een brought to the islands and they are hunting Socotras uniquebird population so successfully that some bird species are now close to dying out.It isdifficult to know whether Socotras special standing in the world will survive the 21stcentury.28.What is the primary cause of Socotras unique ecosyste
22、m?A.Its tradition.B.Its wildlife.C.Its population.D.Its location.29.What can we infer about the people on Socotra from Paragraph 3?A.They look forward to traveling abroad.B.They have destroyed Socotras ecosystem.C.They have given up their cultural traditions.D.They make efforts to preserve the envir
23、onment.30.How does the author sound when writing the last paragraph?A.Cautious.B.Ambitious.C.Anxious.D.Curious.31.What would be the best title for the text?高二线上考试英语第 4 页 共 8 页A.The secrets of SocotraB.The travelers guide to SocotraC.The happiest place on the planetD.The unique culture of the Socotri
24、 peopleDThis years flu season is shaping up to be a bad one.The new type of flu virus is moresevere(严重)than most.In addition many people find the vaccine(疫苗)this year to beless effective，and others are wondering if they should still get a flu shot.The answer isyes.Each summer,scientists try to make
25、a best guess on which variants(变体)are goingto be more common in the coming year.They look at data from other countries,and thenthey make the shot to match.Sometimes a vaccine doesnt work well because somevariants change too much.Thats why in any year,even when youre vaccinated,you canget the flu.The
26、 shot is about reducing your risk,not getting rid of it.“Less”and“more”effective are relative terms,so we need to focus more on absoluterisks.In 2010,researchers published an in-depth analysis of all flu shot studies.Theyshowed that when a vaccine was considered effective,1.2 percent of vaccinated p
27、eoplehad the flu,while 3.9 percent of unvaccinated people had the flu.Thats an absolute riskreduction(ARR)of 2.7 percentage points.In studies in which the flu shot was consideredineffective,1.1 percent of vaccinated people had the flu compared with 2.4 percent ofunvaccinated people.The ARR was 1.3 p
28、ercentage points.Lets say this years flu vaccine is even worse than we think.Maybe the ARR will beas low as 1 percentage point.Thats still not that bad.Given the millions who are likelyto suffer from flu and the thousands of deaths each year,this is a big payoff in publichealth.The Centers for Disea
29、se Control and Prevention(CDC)says that 9 million to 36million people become ill with the flu each year in the United States.Somewherebetween 140,000 and 710.000 of them require hospitalization,and 12,000 to 56,000 dieeach year.No vaccine is perfectly protective in any year.But to minimize(最小化)your
30、chancesof illness,yes,you should still get the flu shot this year,and any year.32.What is the second paragraph mainly about?A.Why some vaccines are ineffective.B.Why people should get vaccines.C.How a new vaccine is developed.D.How people survive flu in summer.33.What can the ARR tell us according t
31、o the text?A.How flu spreads.B.The risk of a vaccine.C.How dangerous flu could be.D.The effectiveness of a flu vaccine.34.Why does the author provide the CDCs figures?A.To show many people suffer from serious diseases each year.B.To show flu vaccines are sometimes ineffective.C.To show flu is a majo
32、r cause of human death.D.To show vaccines can still save many people.高二线上考试英语第 5 页 共 8 页35.What is the main purpose of the text?A.To give an introduction to this years vaccine.B.To persuade people to receive flu vaccines.C.To report a threatening type of flu virus.D.To explain the spread of flu viru
33、ses.第二节（共 5 小题；每题 3 分，满分 15 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。Future football starsFootball academies were set up by leading football clubs so their coaches could runtrials to discover and train talented boys from as young as eight as potential(潜在的)players for their first team.This means th
34、at in Britain there are at least 9,000 boys at any one time attendingacademies after school who think they are going to be a famous footballer._36_ Oneeight-year-old was selected for Chelsea Academy and he went from being top of his classat school to being the boy who was messing around at the back.
35、His mother asked himwhy he wasnt trying hard at school any more.His reply was that he was going to be afootballer and be rich,so he didnt need to.In the end,he only lasted a year in theacademy._37_ And he wasnt so discouraged that he never played football again._38_ Any sport where only a few can ge
36、t to the top has many talented failures.These people are very good and do their best but finally it will not pay off because theyare just not outstanding enough.In football,this effect is big because the number ofplayers chosen by academies is so huge._39_This doesnt put off all the boys who are spo
37、tted by the big football clubs and aredesperate to join the academies._40_ They get to play as much football as possible.The skills become part of them,as they are with professional players,so they areautomatic and the boys dont have to think about them when theyre on the football field.A.Unfortunat
38、ely,for most this isnt the case.B.The benefits are still there for them of course.C.All the big football clubs have a football academy.D.But,luckily for him,he was still young enough to get over it.E.But football is not alone when it comes to this kind of thing.F.Most of these wont get into a team a
39、nd most wont become professionals.G.And footballers are much more likely to get injured when they play games.第二部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Two determined little girls are appealing to thousands of people to sign petition(请愿书)demand
40、ing that Burger King and McDonalds _41_ giving away free plastic toys,高二线上考试英语第 6 页 共 8 页and they have almost met their_42_ of half million signatures(签名).With the help of their mother,9-year-old Ella and 7-year-old Caitlin Wood started anonline petition in order to _43_ the fast food giants(巨头)to d
41、o away with the _44_toys that come with Happy Meals and Junior Meals.Since publicizing the petition,the youngsters have _45_ over 350,000 signaturesof their 500,000 goal-and the call for _46_ has already received further _47_ fromadults and children alike.“Weve been learning all about the environmen
42、t at school and the _48_ of plastic.It made us very sad to see how plastic _49_ wildlife and pollutes the ocean,and wewant to _50_ this,”reads the petition.“Thats why we want Burger King andMcDonalds to _51_ the environment and stop giving away plastic toys with their kidsmeals.”“We like to go to ea
43、t at Burger King and McDonalds,_52_ children only play withthe plastic toys they give us for a few minutes before they get _53_ and harm animalsand pollute the sea.We want anything they give us to be sustainable(不破坏生态平衡的)so we can _54_ the planet for us and for _55_generations,”they continued.More a
44、nd more people _56_ them and took action.In addition to the girls making a heated argument,the number of signatures on thepetition almost doubled after reporters with BBC 1s“War on Plastic”followed thedetermined _57_ activists to McDonalds headquarters to _58_ the petition withthem.Since the little
45、girls story has been _59_ by international news outlets,BurgerKing and McDonalds have both emailed statements to CNBC detailing their _60_ formaking their free toys more sustainable.41.A.stopB.considerC.admitD.continue42.A.budgetB.goalC.demandD.standard43.A.instructB.assistC.allowD.persuade44.A.stra
46、ngeB.expensiveC.woodenD.wasteful45.A.gatheredB.sharedC.combinedD.adjusted46.A.freedomB.creativityC.actionD.service47.A.trainingB.supportC.treatmentD.explanation48.A.convenienceB.designC.problemD.development49.A.harmsB.attractsC.controlsD.frightens50.A.exploreB.predictC.rememberD.change51.A.depend on
47、B.think ofC.compete withD.take over52.A.soB.orC.butD.unless53.A.thrown awayB.broken upC.shown offD.handed out54.A.protectB.discoverC.monitorD.represent55.A.previousB.digitalC.futureD.familiar56.A.expectedB.joinedC.recognizedD.congratulated高二线上考试英语第 7 页 共 8 页57.A.localB.foreignC.lonelyD.young58.A.dis
48、cussB.deliverC.handleD.review59.A.missedB.translatedC.rewrittenD.covered60.A.suggestionsB.questionsC.plansD.reasons第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 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。The Hani group is now the second largest minority in Yunnan with over 1.6 millionpeople.The Hani people are artistic master
49、s.The world-famous Hani Yuanyang RiceTerraces(水稻梯田)61._(create)by generations of the Hani people are the bestmasterpiece they left for people,from 62._ you could see their deep desire fornatural beauty.And through their untiring pairs of 63._(hand),the Honghe HaniRice Terraces have become a UNESCO W
50、orld Natural Heritage Site and also one of theworlds best rice terraces.The Hani people build their two-and three-story houses of bamboo,mud,stone andwood on hill slopes.A village has from ten to as many 64._ 400 households.TheHani people 65._(main)depend on agriculture.The area inhabited by the Han
51、ipeople is blessed 66._ a mild climate,plentiful rainfall and fertile soil.Main cropsinclude rice,corn,cotton,peanut,etc.They are also good at planting tea.Their language 67._(belong)to the Sino-Tibetan language family,68._(have)no script of their own before 1949,they kept records by carving notches
52、(刻痕)onsticks.In 1957,with the help of the government,a script system based on the Latinalphabet was created,but failed 69._(achieve)popular use.Like the Han people,the Hani people celebrate the Spring Festival and theMid-Autumn Festival.Their 70._(tradition)festivals include the October Festivaland
53、the June Festival.第三部分：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，共 10 分。）短文中共有 10 处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号()，并在此符号下面写出该加的词；删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉；修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的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。高二线上考试英语第 8 页 共 8 页I once was a student with poor grades.The low grades gra
54、dual decreased myinterest of learning.I felt ashamed and disappointing all the time and didnt know whatto do with our life.One day,a teacher comes up to me and encouraged me with sopersuasive words that I determined to work hard again.Since then,my grades havenever dropped below a B,and Ive found ag
55、ain the fun in learning and become confidentthan before.After this experience,I have been decided that if it was one thing I could doto make the world a better place it would be to help others see the wonder in studying.I would,if possible,be a math tutor for my classmate and help them with theirhomework.第二节：书面表达（满分 25 分）假定你是李华，你的英国好友 Jack 发来邮件，提到他在中国的学习即将结束，想在回国前为英国的朋友们购买一些具有中国特色的礼物，希望能听听你的建议。请你用英语给他回一封电子邮件，内容包括：1.推荐礼物；2.说明原因。注意：1.词数 100 左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Jack,Yours,
