1、贵州省铜仁市思南中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分 听力（共两节）第一节（共5小题）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三个选项中选择最佳选项，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。1At what time will the speakers get to the sports meeting?A8:45. B8:30. C8:15.2How will the woman get to New York?A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.3Wha
2、t can we learn from the conversation?AThe man is handsome. BThe man eats a lot every day.CThe man has been exercising recently.4Why is the woman studying English?AIt will help her with her job. BShe wants to find a better job. CShe will move to America.5Who is the woman probably speaking to?AA shop
3、manager. BA policeman. CHer neighbor.第二节（共15小题）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三个选项中选择最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。6What does the woman think of the coming examinations?AVery easy. BVery difficult. CNot too difficult.7What has affecte
4、d the womans choice of career?AHer family. BHer hometown. CHer teacher.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Who advised the woman to call the man?AHer son. BHer friend Susan. CHer friends son Bobby.9Why does the woman contact the man?AShe wants to ask something about her sons studies.BShe wants to give some suggestions
5、to the man.CShe wants to ask for some information on gymnastics.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Colleagues. C. Doctor and patient.11What happened to Mark?AHe felt sad about Davids leaving. BHe missed Davids farewell party.CHe d
6、rank too much and felt unwell.12What made Bill happy?A. His friends visited him. B. His wife had a baby. C. He attended a party.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13What is wrong with the woman?AShe has got flu. BShe has sleeping problems. CShe was sick last night. 14When did Jerry eat at the new restaurant?ALast nig
7、ht. BLast week. CLast month.15What can we learn about the woman?AShe does not agree with the man. BShe thinks she has eaten something bad.CShe does not like the food in the restaurant.16What is the mans opinion of this matter?AThe restaurant has a food safety problem. BIt is only a coincidence.CThe
8、restaurant neednt be investigated.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What makes fatty meals more popular with children?APromotion. BToys. CDiscounts.18Which of the following is recommended to overweight children?AApple sticks. BSweets. CFast food.19What is the most important thing in getting children to exercise?A
9、Teaching them to have a strong will. BForcing them to exercise every day.CMaking exercise fun for them.20How many suggestions does the woman offer?A2. B3. C4.第二部分 阅读理解第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATayka Hotel De SalWhere: Tahua, Bolivia How much: About $95 a nightWhy its
10、cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of saltincluding the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets)The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni,a prehistoric dried-up lake thats the worlds bigg
11、est salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633squaremile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the ownersjust mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vy
12、thiri, India How much: About $240 a nightWhy its cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open windowthere is no glass！you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of hei
13、ghts by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to come down for breakfastthe hotel will send it up on the pulleydrawn “elevator”Dog Bark Park Inn B&BWhere: Cottonwood, Idaho How much: $92 a nightWhy its cool: This
14、doghouse isnt just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30foottall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willys head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you
15、have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12foottall fire hydrant outside.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: Ayvali, Turkey How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.Why its cool: This is cave! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain c
16、aves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65insummer.(Dont worrythere is heat in winter.)21. What is the similarity of the four hotel
17、s?A. Being expensive. B. Being beautiful.C. Being natural. D. Being unique.22. What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to?A. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.C. The name of the hotel.D. The name of the hotel owner.23. Which of the hotel make
18、s you have a feeling of living in the far past?A. Tayka Hotel De Sal B. Green Magic Nature ResortC. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B D. Gamirasu Cave HotelBOur non-profit organization had just received a large donation of clothing. As three of us walked home for dinner, we saw a woman begging by the bridge. Sh
19、e was old and had no legs. She shivered in her thin sari(纱巾), which offered little protection from the cold wind. Her hunger forced her to beg. My friends and I looked at each other: here was a perfect opportunity, but first it was necessary to do a little bit of research.We went up to the woman to
20、hear her story. She spoke very little due to her poor health and fear, but we learned enough. She lived alone in her small home. She had no one to look after her and ate whatever people gave her. The desire to help her grew stronger. After speaking to her, we headed back to get something to keep her
21、 warm. Finding the perfect sweater, we set out again to see the woman. This time, the fear was replaced by distrust as we presented her with the sweater.Are you robbers? she asked. You came here before and are back so suddenly with clothes. I was surprised by her principles. Even in her state, she d
22、id not want to wear anything that was stolen and gained through ill means.No, we are out doing service work. Her shoulders relaxed a bit. I then helped her put the sweater on and said, Please dont sell the sweater. I swear, I wont, she said.A week later, I was out walking with my mother to get some
23、food when I saw the woman again. This time the picture was a little different. She was still begging, but with the gray sweater wrapped around her body and a smile on her face when she saw us. I guarantee that the smile on my face was bigger.24What can we learn from the first paragraph? A. The write
24、r offered help without hesitation.B. The writer wanted to learn more about the beggar.C. The organization had too many clothes.D. The woman wanted to make a fortune by begging.25What do the underlined words her principles in the third paragraph refer to? A. She never trusted strangers.B. She never a
25、ccepted donations from the poor.C. She wouldnt accept anything gained illegally.D. She wouldnt take advantage of others kindness.26What contributed to their smiles at last? A. Caution and fear. B. Kindness and trust.C. Doubt and distrust. D. Optimism and generosity.27. What is the best title for the
26、 passage? A. We Should Trust Beggars B. How to Judge a Real BeggarC. Learn Morality from a Beggar D. The Most Wonderful Gift I Gave to a BeggarCIts hard for doctors to do a thorough eye exam on small children. But a new smartphone app takes advantage of parents fondness for taking pictures of their
27、children to look for signs that a child might be developing an eye disease.The app is the result of a fathers five-year quest to find a way to catch the earliest signs of eye diseases, and prevent loss of vision. Five years ago, doctors diagnosed(诊断) Noah Shaws retinoblastoma- a rare type of eye can
28、cer-when he was 4 months old. To make the diagnosis, the doctors shined a light into Noahs eye, and got a pale reflection from the back of the eyeball, an indication that there was something wrong there. Noahs father Bryan, a scientist, wondered if he could see that same pale reflection in pictures
29、of his baby son. Sure enough, he saw the reflection, which doctors call white eye, in a picture taken right after Noah was born. Then Bryan decided to create an app that could scan photos for signs of this reflection. Now, that app exists, called CRADLE. To test the app, Bryan and his colleagues ana
30、lyzed more than 50,000 pictures taken of 40 children. Half had no eye disease and half had. On average, the app detected white eye in pictures collected 1.3 years before diagnosis, says Bryan.The app isnt perfect. It sometimes misses white eye when its there, and sometimes says its there when its no
31、t. That latter condition is a problem. Even though the so-called false positive occurs less than 1% of the time, thats not good enough. There are about 4 million children born in the U.S. each year. A 1% false positive rate would mean tens of thousands of children showing up at the doctor unnecessar
32、ily.Still, Bryan is upbeat about the promise of the app. This is exciting new technology, and this is how I think were going to go about screening for a number of diseases in the future,” he says.28. What inspired Bryan to create CRADLE?A. His sons diagnosis B. His familys photosC. His hobby of taki
33、ng pictures D. His working experience as a scientist.29. What do we know about “white eye”?A. It is a sign of some eye diseases.B. It hardly causes serious loss of vision.C. It refers to the white part of an eyeball.D. It occurs when no light is reflected from the eye.30. Why is a 1% false positive
34、rate still a problem?A. It may delay the treatment of a patient.B. It may badly affect the future of the app.C. It may raise serious doubts about doctors.D. It may cause a waste of medical resources.31. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “upbeat” in the last paragraph?A. Cur
35、ious B. Cautious C. Optimistic D. WorriedD What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump, loop and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?This ability would allow us to wit
36、ness historic wonders, change decisions and see people from the past. We could right wrongs and stop wars from starting.The mysterious puzzle of time has kept people debating its nature for hundreds of years. Science fiction writers have turned it into imaginative stories. Some scientists have even
37、attempted to explain it using math. This math tries to make the dream of time travel come true.The scientist Albert Einstein said that time and space are one thing. He called it spacetime. Einstein said that there are three dimensions in space: height, width and depth. A scientist named Hermann Mink
38、owski added time as a fourth dimension.Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel. The first is relativity. The idea of relativity is that the force of gravity causes space to bend, which causes time to twist. The second idea focuses on special relat
39、ivity.The idea is that a traveler moving super-fast through flat spacetime will enter the future. Einstein considered time relative because it is measured based on where we are on Earth or in space.Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist. He believes that a time machine will never be built. If it were
40、 possible, he thinks we would already know. If a time machine could be built, how come no one from the future has invaded us?The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and t
41、elevision shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep your eyes open and have a sense of wonder.32. What is the authors purpo
42、se of writing the first paragraph?A. To show time and space are connected.B. To show peoples interest in time travel.C. To draw readers attention to time travel.D. To make people believe time travel is possible.33. Which of the following statement could Einstein agree with?A. Time travel is possible
43、 in the future. B. People cant move faster than light.C. Time travel is against scientific rules. D. Spacetime is not a real thing in theory.34. What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?A. The first science fiction story. B. Some tools used in time travel.C. Edward P. Mitchell, the pioneer. D
44、. Different works about time travel.35. What is the writers attitude toward time travel?A. cautious B. pessimistic C. skeptical D. optimistic第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容,从后面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。For thousands of years, salting was a common way to preserve food. Corned beef, bacon, green beans
45、, and hundreds of other foods were preserved with salt. _36_ Then, in the 1800s, a Frenchman named Louis Pasteur discovered the secret: bacteria.What does salt have to do with bacteria? Two things: First, bacteria need moisture (水分) to grow and multiply. Salt pulls moisture out of food, so the bacte
46、ria die._37_ If you cover food with salt or very salty liquid, bacteria outside the food die before they get in, and bacteria already in the food are poisoned by the salt that goes inside._38_ For meat or fish, you pour on a layer of salt, then rub it in well, leaving a salt crust (盾) all over the o
47、utside. Hams are often made this way. Another way is to put food into very salty water, called brine (卤水) _39_. The salt will draw the moisture out of the food, creating a kind of brine that the food sits in.Today, in most parts of the world, salting, is no longer necessary. _40_ But even though we
48、no longer rely on salt to keep our food fresh, we havent lost our taste for salt. We dont want to give up our bacon, corned beef or salted beans.A. So how do you preserve food with salt?B. Next, it can make food too salty to eat.C. Second, salt is poisonous to many bacteria.D. But for a long time, n
49、o one knew why salt worked.E. You can alternate layers of food and salt in a big jar.F. People buy food in cans, keep it in the refrigerator, or freeze it.G. They use salt to preserve meat, fish, vegetables, and even fruit.第三部分 语言知识运用第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的各小题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的
50、最佳选项。One morning our new neighbor saw my grandfather planting two rare tree saplings(树苗）in our garden. And he also planted the same kind of tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave 41 enough amount of water to his plants and didnt always give them full 42 while our neighbor gave a lot of wat
51、er to his plants and 43 them too well. My grandfathers plants were simple but looked good, 44 our neighbors plants were much fuller and greener.Normally, in summer, we have strong thunderstorms called Kalboishakhi which can bring great damage to life and 45 . After a Kalboishakhi, my grandparents an
52、d I came out to 46 the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor was in his garden, too, but look 47 as his plants were uprooted. Our plants werent damaged and were standing 48 on the ground, our neighbor was 49 to see this, and he came up to my grandfather and said with 50 , I actually looked after
53、 my plants better than you did for yours. 51 , my trees came off from the roots, but yours didnt. How is this 52?D. exactly D. attentionD. waited onD. orD. possessionsD. confirmD. ashamedD. abnormalD. surprisedD. anxietyD. ThereforeD. suitableD. powerD. rootsD. delayedD. sadnessD. turnD. contentD. e
54、asilyD. undertakeMy grandfather smiled and said, You gave your plants more attention and water, so they didnt have the 53 to work themselves for anything. I gave them just the ample（充足的） amount of and manure (肥料），letting their 54search for more; thus they went deeper and made their position stronger
55、. That is why my plants 55 With an expression of deep 56 our neighbor nodded 57 . It made me realize then that though my grandfather was 58 with me on many occasions even during our vacations with his dos and donts, I became aware that anything 59 got or can go off that much more easily and we will
56、not 60 the hard work it takes to earn those things.C. barely C. time C. brought up C. so C. environment C. check C. bored C. bent C. frightened C. embarrassmentC. Otherwise C. alike C. chance C. leaves C. spread C. regret C. approval C. patient C. secretly C. oppose B. nearly B. support B. looked af
57、ter B. while B. land B. analyze B. upset B. still B. relieved B. sorrow B. However B. exciting B. need B. trunks B. twisted B. doubt B. peace B. annoyed B. mistakenly B. accelerate 41. A. mainly 42. A. hope 43. A. dealt with 44. A. and 45. A. animals 46. A. predict 47. A. tired 48. A. firm 49. A. di
58、sappointed50. A. anger 51. A. Anyway 52. A. possible 53. A. reason 54. A. branches 55. A. survived 56. A. admiration 57. A. public 58. A. strict 59. A. occasionally60. A. understand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。David will never forget what happened to him yesterdayHe 61. _
59、(eat) something at home when he received a strange phone call from a hospitalThe caller said that his son 62. _ (fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to schoo1It was he 63. _took him to the hospitalDavid hung up his cell phone and rushed to his sons classroom，only to find him listening to the
60、teacher attentivelyHe suddenly realized that he had been cheated，but he felt64. _ (relieve)Just at that time the phone rang again，saying，“Your son is in great danger and he needs65. _ immediate operation which costs 48,000yuanThe doctors here say they will not operate 66. _ your son until they recei
61、ve the money.” When 67. _ (ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital，the caller rang offDavid gave a big smile and said“What a pity!” If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a 68._(honest) way he was wrongSuch phone calls are common these days， a few of them might
62、 have fallen victims to such tricksMost parents are sensitive to 69._It was really silly to cheat well-educated men like David Believe it or not，its a true storyThe 70. _ (colleague) in his office can confirm it，such as Tom，Peter and so on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
63、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，从第11处起不计分。Our class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone.
64、 Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the house looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sports center, there all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a
65、 pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.第二节 书面表达（共1题；共5分）假定你是李华，寒假前你从海外网站A 订购了英文原版小说Life of Pi，货到后你找开包装发现了问题。请用英文给店主Alice女士写封电子邮件，要点如下：1).问题：有缺页，封面有污渍； 2).要求：调换新书，尽快发货；3).邮寄地址：因学校放假，新地址：清江市东风街186号； 电话：18867626868.注意：1). 词数100左右； 2).可以适当增加细节，以
66、使行文连贯；3).开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。高二半期英语答案听力 1-5. BBCAB 6-10. CBBCB 11-15. CBCBB 16-20. ABACB阅读理解 21-23 DAD 24-27 BCBC 28-31 AADC 32-35 CADD七选五 36-40 DCAEF 完形填空41-45 CDBBD 46-50 CBADC 51-55 BABDA 56-60 CCADA语法填空 61. was eating 62. had fallen 63. that/who 64. relieved 65. an 66.on 67. asked 68. dishonest 69.
67、 them 70. colleagues短文改错 inTiredmorepolishingwhereherreallyand/whileanOur class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone. Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the hou
68、se looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sports center, there all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.书面表达D
69、ear Alice, I was very glad to receive my favorite novel Life of Pi. However, when I opened the package, I was sorry to find something wrong with it. firstly, some pages are missing. In addition, there are some dirty spots on the cover, which looks ugly. I would like you to exchange a new one for me. now that the winter holiday is around the corner, I would appreciate it if you could post the new book as soon as possible according to the new address: No 186 Dong Feng Street, Qingjiang City. I can be reached by 18867626868. Im looking forward to your early reply. Yours, Li Hua