1、吉林省长春市九台区师范高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） ADo you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability to study, so do their test results. If so, use t
2、hese tips to help you.Study Techniquesl You should always study in the same place. You shouldnt sit in a position that you use for another purpose. For example, when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax. Dont watch TV while you are studying. Experts warn that your co
3、ncentration may be reduced by 50 percent if you attempt to study in this way. Always try to have a white wall in front of you, so there is nothing to distract (make less concentrated) you. Before sitting down to study, gather together all the equipment you need. Apart from your textbooks, pens, penc
4、ils and knives, make sure you have a dictionary. If your study desk or table is needed when you are not studying, store all your equipment in a box beside it.l Your eyes will become tired if you try to read a text which is on a flat surface. Position your book at an angle of 30 degrees.l Be realisti
5、c and dont try to complete too much in one study period. Finish one thing before beginning another. If you need a break, get up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat. Test-taking Skillsl All your hard work will be for nothing if you are too ner
6、vous to take your test. Getting plenty of rest is very important. This means do not study all night before your test! It is a better idea to have a long-term study plan. Try to make a timetable for your study which lasts for a few months.l Exercise is a great way to reduce pressure. Doing some form
7、of exercise every day will also improve your concentration. Eat healthy food too.l When you arrive in the examination room, find your seat and sit down. Breathe slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often. Above all, take no notice of everyone else and give the
8、test paper your undivided attention.1. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. You should study in a different place every day, so you dont get bored.B. Your concentration will improve if you study and watch TV at the same time.C. Check the time during the exam at a cer
9、tain time.D. Staying up all night and studying is tiring, but you will learn a lot using this method.2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?A. Your study desk or table. B. Your textbook.C. Your dictionary. D. The equipment you need.3. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
10、A.Time-planning SkillsB.Exercise-doing SkillsC.Pressure-reducing SkillsD.Tips both in Study and Test-taking BBelieve it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion
11、. Bent stripes, called chevrons(人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japans success. Starting next ye
12、ar, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive(超过) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce t
13、hose accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (danger) are the greatest - curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal(水平) bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in hal
14、f. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting
15、 reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.4. The passage mainly discusses_.A. a new way of highway speed control B. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new way of training drivers D. a new type of optical illusion5. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that
16、_A. they should avoid speed-related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong laneC. they should slow down their speedD. they are coming near to the speed limit6. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former _.A. can keep drivers awakeB. can cut road accidents in halfC.
17、will look more attractiveD. will have a longer effect on driver7. The American Automobile Association foundation for Traffic Safety plans to _.A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the countryC. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons D. repeat the J
18、apanese road patterns8. What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?A. They are suitable only on broad roads. B. They are falling out of use in the United States.C. They tend to be ignored in a short period of time. D. They cannot be used successfully to traffic cir
19、cles.CCompared with the past, children today have much more freedom. First of all, we should think about the fact that society itself has changed. People have started little by little to give up prejudices and have a modern way of seeing the reality around then. Therefore, children have begun to be
20、more independent both in the middle of the family as well as when it comes to speak about their group of friends. Then, lets consider the fact that children have started to speak more freely to their parents about their lives. If their parents give them advice, they prefer not to take it into consid
21、eration because they say they know what to do and what is best for them. They buy expensive clothes, have cool hairstyles, like to go downtown until late hours and are naughty in attitude no matter who they approach. On the other hand, parents give them money to buy whatever their children wish to b
22、uy, allow them to meet friends and go into discos or bars from an early age. Thats why they accept and contribute somehow to their childrens behaviour. When children make mistakes and their parents punish them for a week at the most, the latter are the ones who finally decide to “make peace”. And wh
23、at is the most interesting of all is the fact that the offspring(子女) doesnt consider himself guilty of anything and blames his parents for not understanding his point of view. Children adopt these attitudes as a result of the environment they live in and in accordance with the education they have be
24、en given. Of parents who dont know how to manage in their education, they will have the surprise to have a rebellious child, who will always do whatever he thinks is the best for him. Parents will have nothing to say in different matters concerning the lives of their children and their decisions.9.
25、According to the second paragraph, children _ as the society develops.A. are suffering more prejudices B. are suffering more lonelinessC. are enjoying more independence D. are enjoying more civilization10. The underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph probably mean _.A. the children are usually the
26、 ones to declare a warB. the parents are usually the ones to declare a warC. the children are usually the ones to try to end the warD. the parents are usually the ones to try to end the war11. Parents should partly be responsible for their childrens bad behavior because they _.A. have the same behav
27、iorB. have helped develop their bad behaviorC. pay little attention to their childrens educationD. have incorrect opinion of the bad behaviorD After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in
28、meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not mak
29、e it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his
30、dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didnt mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled o
31、ut the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Somed
32、ay when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”Last summer I received a letter from Matthews parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:Dear Dick,My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter
33、for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I dont have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, butI know now I will never get to do that. However, I know Im a champi
34、on, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.Your friend,Matthew12. The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _. A. he was also good at weight lifting B. he wanted to get to the Olympics
35、and win a medal C. he was one of the authors fans D. he admired the author very much13. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that _.A. the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this diseaseB. the boy never complained about not being able to go to schoolC. the
36、 boy never complained why the author had never come to see him beforeD. the boy never complained about not getting a medal 14. From the passage we learn that _. A. Matthew was an athlete B. Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy C. The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had D. Mat
37、thew became a champion before he died 15. What would be the best title for this passage? A. A sick boy. B. A special friend. C. A real champion. D. A famous athlete.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper(脾气) has 16 m
38、e with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 17 , my mother is telling me, “Dont watch the 18 when you say Im sorry. Hold your head up and look the person in the 19 , so hell know you 20 it.”My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 21 apology: it must be direct. You must never
39、 22 to be doing something else. You do not 23 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 24 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 25 . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 26 , by sending flowers the next day without mentionin
40、g your bad 27 .One of the important things you should do for an 28 apology is readiness to 29 the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 30 for the other person to 31 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties f
41、eeling 32 about themselves. That, after all, is the 33 of every apology. It 34 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for ones 35 encourages others to take their share of the blame.16. A. provided B. mixed C. compared D. treated17. A. dreams B. courses C. memories
42、 D. ideas18. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom19. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye20. A. imagine B. enjoy C. mean D. regret21. A. useful B. successful C. equal D. basic22. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect23. A. hold on B. put away C. look through D. pick up24. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D.
43、 lower 25. A. fault B. reason C. result D. duty26. A. cruelly B. freely C. roughly D. foolishly27. A. manners B. excuses C. efforts D. roles28. A. active B. effective C. extra D. easy29. A. raise B. perform C. admit D. bear30. A. situation B. need C. sign D. room31. A. advise B. forgive C. warn D. b
44、lame32. A. wiser B. warmer C. better D. cleverer33. A. purpose B. method C. end D. advantage34. A. cares B. matters C. depends D. remains35. A. facts B. states C. rights D. actions 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在下面标有题号1-10的横线上填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Friendship is one of the most important thing
45、s in everyones life. _1_ is very difficult to find a better definition(定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person _2_ can share all our sadness and double all our happiness. In time of trial(尝试) , he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort. Knowing how _3_ (value) fri
46、endship is, we should be very careful with our choice of a friend. We should choose those people with a good character _4_ our friends, but we must try to avoid _5_ (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as much as possile. A true friend can alw
47、ays _6_ (trust), loved and respected. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she wont tell _7_. Friends share their joys and sorrows. They help each other when they are _8_ trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. _9_ most important thing is that a friend always understands you. In conc
48、lusion, _10_ you have made a good friend, dont forget him or her. 第三部分：写作（共两节，满分30分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。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除起）不计分。June 12, Sunday, FineToday is Sunda
49、y. I didnt get up early as usually. In themorning after I finished my home-work, I do some washing.Then I telephoned one of my classmate and invited himto see a film. And unfortunately, when we got to the cinemaat 3:00 p.m. we found all the tickets had sold out.So we went to our school and played th
50、e football.After that, when we were about to go home, we saw ourEnglish teacher, Mr. Wang, came into the school gate. He told us we had made many progress in English this term. He also suggested that we should read more and wrote more.We promised that we would take his advices.第二节：书面表达 (满分20分)假设你是高中
51、生李华。最近，学生吃零食现象、体育活动后喝各种饮料来解渴非常普遍。请你就这一现象写一封信，向校长反映这些问题，希望遏制这种情况。字数120字左右。要求：1. 如实反映这些情况。 2. 表明由此引发的问题。 3. 提出你的建议。注意：信的抬头、落款及信的第一句已给出（不计词数）。参考词汇：零食 snacksDear Headmaster,Im writing to tell you about some problems happening on campus_ Yours, Li Hua 高二英语下学期期中考试答题卡I. 阅读理解（30分） 123456789101112131415CADAC
52、DACCDBDABC II. 完形填空（30分） 16171819202122232425ACBDCBACDA26272829303132333435CABDDBCABD III. 语法填空（15分）1.It 2.who/that 3.valuable 4.as 5.making 6.be trusted 7.others 8.in 9.The 10.when答案解析：16. 选A。provide with意为“向提供”。17. 选C。紧接着的就是作者回忆出来的内容。 18. 选B。与后面提到的“要抬起头”正好相反。19. 选D。道歉时看着对方的眼睛，以示真诚，这一点在中西方文化是相同的。20
53、. 选C。mean it意为“这样对方就会明白你有道歉的意思”。it在这里指道歉的行为。21. 选B。冒号后的内容即为“成功的”道歉的一些基本特征。 22. 选A。 pretend“假装”。根据情景和常识选定。 23. 选C。其他三个选项不合语境。 24. 选D。职位一般论的是高、低。25. 选A。fault“过错（责任）”。turn out意为“后来证明是”。 26. 选C。roughly此处表示对待客人不礼貌，服务不到位。从前面的要不要道歉的讨论可以猜出这一答案。 27. 选A。bad manners 意为不礼貌的行为，从treat roughly这一信息不难推测出这一答案。28. 选B。
54、effective与successful有异曲同工之妙。 29. 选D。bear the responsibility（承担责任），系习惯搭配。 30. 选D。leave no room不留余地。 31. 选B。经常找借口，那么也就会不留余地让别人来“原谅”自己。 32. 选C。better表示“心情更舒畅”。未找借口的道歉，即真诚的道歉，对方的感觉一定很好。 33. 选A。道歉的最终“目的”是化干戈为玉帛，大家和好如初，所以用purpose。 end表示“目的”时用复数较多，而且不及purpose直接。 34. 选B。道歉者是全部还是部分承担责任这些都不太重要：关键是为所作所为主动负责，这也
55、能促使别人共同承担责任。 根据语境不难排除另三个选项35. 选D。根据行文逻辑应该是对自己的“行动”负责。answer for在此意为“对负责”。书面表达 One possible versionDear Headmaster,Im writing to tell you about some problems happening on campus. It is common that students are accustomed to having snacks and a variety of drinks after having sports.Im worried that if
56、students are addicted to snacks and drinks, it will do great harm to their health, for they are developing both in body and mind. So they need to take in all kinds of nutritions. However, sancks and drinks cant meet their needs to grow up normally. On the other hand, it is easy for students to get into a bad habit of spending money in buying such kind of things, which is a waste of money.In my opinion, students should have regular meals. Meanwhile, we can eat fruits and drink milk to make sure that we can develop healthily.Thank you for your consideration. Yours, Li Hua- 12 -