1、20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 1 页(共 8 页)绝密启用前20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷高二 英 语注意事项:1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2.考生作答时,请将答案填写在答题卡上,写在本试卷上无效。回答选择题时,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 分)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。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
2、对话仅读一遍。1.Which place has the woman been to last?A.A shop.B.A cinema.C.A cafe.2.What are the speakers talking about?A.The site of the fair.B.The subject of the fair.C.The weather during the fair.3.Where are the speakers probably now?A.In a car.B.In an office.C.In a garage.4.Who is the woman probably?
3、A.The mans teacher.B.The mans secretary.C.The mans wife.5.What are the speakers doing just now?A.Buying some flowers.B.Enjoying a concern.C.Having a meal.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。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,每小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间,每段对话或独白读两遍
4、。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6.Where is the man probably sitting?A.By the aisle.B.By the window.C.In the middle.7.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Husband and wife.B.Mother and son.C.Strangers.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8.When did the accident occur?A.In the morning.B.In the afternoon.C.In th
5、e evening.9.Who was to blame for the accident?A.The black car driver.B.The truck driver.C.The man.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10.What does the man advise the woman to do during the first week?20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 2 页(共 8 页)A.Enjoy new challenges.B.Get to know colleagues.C.Make a weekly timetable.1
6、1.What will the conductor help do?A.Complete difficult tasks.B.Make career plans.C.Check the work progress.12.What does the company allow the woman to do now?A.Wear trainers.B.Book holidays.C.Bring food to work.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13.When did the man go to Ecuador?A.In 1990.B.In 1993.C.In 1998.14
7、.Where did the man start Bicycling Power?A.In Ecuador.B.In the USA.C.In the UK.15.What does the charity need to do?A.Get enough bikes to send regularly.B.Find new areas which need the bikes.C.Charge for the bikes it has collected.16.What does the man call on the public to do by this program?A.Organi
8、ze a bike collection.B.Help to repair the donated bikes.C.Donate some unwanted tools.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Where does the speaker study?A.In Auckland.B.In Wellington.C.In Queenstown.18.What does the speaker plan to do this December?A.Visit his family.B.Go whale watching.C.Do some winter sports.
9、19.When does the speakers vacation start?A.From October 26th.B.From November 12th.C.From January 21st.20.What does the speaker want to be after graduation?A.A teacher.B.A scientist.C.A writer.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 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AJourney Deeper,Disco
10、ver MoreJourney with our selected journalists and experts and find more about your trip.Ireland,Scotland&European Affairs AfloatLength:13 daysDeparture:Aug.13Ship:Celebrity ReflectionCost:$4,641Combine a relaxing,beautiful voyage around the British Isles with discussions about USdomestic and foreign
11、 affairs with our experts on this 13-day journey.Featured Expert:Mark LandlerMark Landler has been a White House reporter for The New York Times since March 2011.Cruising with the Food,Wine and Culture of CaliforniaLength:8 daysDeparture:Sept.3Ship:Le Soleal,PONANTCost:$4,87520202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英
12、语 第 3 页(共 8 页)Begin in Vancouver,and then sail down the California coast,enjoying wine with our winewriter and discussing food with one of our best food writers.Featured Expert:Kim SeversonKim Severson is a reporter based in the South,reporting on the nations food and culture.Fall Foliage and Photog
13、raphyLength:12 daysDeparture:Oct.22Ship:Silver Whisper,SilverseaCost:$7,399Improve your photography skills with our photographers.Be amazed by the beautiful scenesalong the Canadian and US coast.Featured Expert:Ruth FremsonRuth Fremson is a staff photographer for The New York Times with internationa
14、l and nationalexperience.Treasures of the Mediterranean WorldLength:10 daysDeparture:Jul.14Ship:Le Lyrial,PONANTCost:$7,165Take the family to the ancient world of the Mediterranean to learn about the history,literatureand culture of the birthplace of civilization.This journey is joined by several hu
15、morous andknowledgeable experts,making it a unique opportunity for grandparents,parents and children tolearn together.Featured Expert:Jason WeiserJason Weiser is the writer and host of“Myths and Legends”.He is good at telling the stories ofthe past in the language of the present.21.What is the trans
16、portation for the longest trip?A.Celebrity Reflection.B.Le Lyrial,PONANT.C.Le Soleal,PONANT.D.Silver Whisper,Silversea.22.What is Ruth Fremson expert at?A.Food.B.Photography.C.Storytelling.D.Foreign affairs.23.What is special about Treasures of the Mediterranean World?A.It is the cheapest among the
17、four.B.It aims to discover local food culture.C.It is suitable for families with children.D.It includes discussions about US domestic affairs.BI cannot remember when I came to love winter.Im not from a cold-steeped town likeMinneapolis or Burlington.Im from Cincinnati,a city that is near the freezin
18、g point from Decemberto March but seldom delivers more than a dusting of snow.Thats one reason why I was excited to move to Boston in January,in the deepest part of thedeep freeze.I wanted to walk through feet of snow and climb 40-foot-tall snowbanks.I had read allthe news reports when the city brok
19、e its all-time records with 108.6 inches of snow.I was so readyfor it.Now,its late March.Weve had one big snowstorm,but I still want more.People are cheering20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 4 页(共 8 页)the arrival of spring,but Im wondering if winter might still show up.This is why,as tourists went toBosto
20、n for St.Patricks Day,I drove north and pulled into a car park in Lincoln,New Hampshire,tocheck out Ice Castles,a self-described“winter wonderland”.I arrived just after sunset.Large pieces of ice and icicles(冰柱)towered over me as I enteredthe park and walked along a narrow passageway.At last,it gave
21、 way to a clearing and I was greetedwith a winter wonderland:frozen thrones(宝座),icy caves,and walls lit by a rainbow of coloredspotlights.Happy kids flew down ice slides,quickly followed by their equally dizzy parents.Asdarkness fell,the multicolored light show grew more brilliant,stopping people in
22、 their tracks.In the frosty air,I could feel myself relax and breathe more deeply.Winter forces me to slowdown.And when I slow down,I notice more.Late-night snowfalls turn a noisy world into a quietone.The cold reminds me that I have a body,and forces me to find warmth and comfort in and withothers.
23、24.What does the author like most about Boston?A.Its thick snow in January.B.The numerous car parks.C.St.Patricks Day in March.D.The multicolored light show.25.How did the author probably feel while driving to Lincoln?A.Astonished.B.Confused.C.Excited.D.Nervous.26.What is mainly described in Paragra
24、ph 4?A.The arrival of heavy snow.B.A lively scene in a car park.C.The joy of playing with kids.D.New Hampshire after sunset.27.Why does the author like winter very much?A.It makes her more attractive.B.It gives her a sense of calm and relaxation.C.It is the season when she was born.D.It brings back
25、her happy childhood memories.CIts been 10 years since Dr.Laura Stachel was in northern Nigeria studying maternal(母亲的)health and found that limited access to electricity often led to poor outcomes.Women and babieswere lost to the dark during childbirth,so she told her husband Hal Aronson,a solar ener
26、gyeducator about it.He designed a solar power system for the hospital where Stachel was working,but while she and her colleagues were waiting for the full equipment,they relied on small suitcase-sized prototype(厚型).Thats how the nonprofit“We Care Solar”was born too.The bright yellow suitcase can be
27、carried around like any other,but its adapted for standingclinic equipment.In that case,the solar panels go on the roof and the case is fixed on the wall opening sideways.Inside the basic kit(成套设备)are LED lights for medical use,a universalcellphone charger,another charger for AA and AAA batteries us
28、ed in devices,and outlets(插座)for plugging in 12-volt powered equipment.The kit comes with either 40 or 80 watts of solar panels,a solar-power storage battery,and an expansion option to add capacity.Yet it seemed obvious that if the solar suitcases worked for health care,they could make adifference i
29、n other development priorities.Education is a top that list,and We Share Solar,theeducational program of We Care Solar,takes the suitcase to schools where units are used to light upclassrooms,dormitories and offices.Students aren t just lighting up their lessons with solarsuitcases,though,because th
30、ey also learn how to build and keep them.More than 1,000 solarsuitcases have been built by students as part of their STEM(science,technology,engineering andmathematics)studies.The suitcases also are deployed to support humanitarian aid and relief20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 5 页(共 8 页)workers.28.Which
31、 word best describes Stachel?A.Traditional.B.Sympathetic.C.Stubborn.D.Optimistic.29.What can we learn about the We Care Solar suitcase for clinic use?A.It can charge other equipment.B.It is fixed to the roof of a building.C.It needs to be opened from the top.D.It can be powered by AA batteries.30.Ho
32、w does the We Share Solar program benefit students?A.By providing them with modern classrooms.B.By teaching them about necessary self-relief skills.C.By offering them opportunities to practice hands-on skills.D.By helping them to get as much humanitarian aid as possible.31.What is the best title for
33、 the text?A.We Share Solar shares more than lightB.A woman brings healthy babies to momsC.What We Care Solar cares most aboutD.How the suitcase saves livesDThe Arctic ice is melting,the coral reefs(珊瑚礁)are dying,Miami Beach is slowly goingunder.Quick,says a voice in your head,go and see them before
34、they disappear!You are very bad,says another voice.You are quickening their disappearance.To a lot of people who like to travel,something that seemed like pure escape and adventure has become a selfish action.Going someplace far away,we now know,is the biggest single action a private citizen can tak
35、eto worsen climate change.Still,we wonder:How much is that one vacation really hurting anyone,oranything?But it turns out that there are ways to quantify your influence on the planet.In 2016,tworesearchers published a paper showing a direct relationship between carbon emissions(排放物)and the melting o
36、f Arctic sea ice.Each additional metric ton of CO2 your share of the emissionson a cross-country flight from New York to Los Angeles shrinks the summer sea ice cover by 3square meters,the researchers found.Carbon offsets(抵消)do seem to offer the most direct way to reduce travelers guilt.Yougive an ag
37、ent some money.They give it to someone to plant trees or help build a wind farm.Thesethings help cut greenhouse gas.But nothing is that simple in practice.“Not flying at all would bebetter,”said Peter Miller,a policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.“But thereality is that lots of
38、people will have to do what theyre going to do.For them,better are small fishthan an empty dish.”Id like to tell you that knowing what I ve learned,I have decided to give up long-distancetravel.But actually this summer,were going to Greece,with a stopover in Paris.Carbon footprint ofplane tickets:10
39、.6 metric tons,enough to melt a small-apartment-sized piece of the Arctic.Beforewe go,we will buy enough offsets.May they help keep a polar bear afloat.32.According to Paragraph 1,what might many travelers think of traveling nowadays?A.It is time-consuming.B.It is double-edged.C.It is too expensive.
40、D.It is worthwhile.33.What does the two researchers paper tell us?A.The number of cross-country flights increases every year.B.Passengers can calculate their environmental effects.C.Private citizens produce most carbon emissions.D.The Arctic sea ice is melting at a rapid speed.34.What did Peter Mill
41、er mean by the underlined sentence?A.The more,the better.B.More travel,more trouble.20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 6 页(共 8 页)C.Prevention is better than cure.D.Something is better than nothing.35.Whats the authors plan for this summer?A.Staying in Paris.B.Traveling far away.C.Buying a new apartment.D.S
42、aving some polar bears.第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,共 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。How to Build up ConfidenceWhen you have self-confidence,you will start to feel more positive in life and will be morelikely to do new things or things that you enjoy doing.36 Having great self-worth will also h
43、elpyou find things easier when it comes to being confident.Here are some ways that you can build upyour confidence and start living your best life.37 When you understand yourself,including your thoughts and self-worth,you can start towork towards improving yourself.It may be good for you to keep a j
44、ournal,as you will be able to seeyour thoughts and can work on improving yourself for the better.Change your body language.It is true that changing your posture,smiling or even making eyecontact can instantly make you feel and look more confident.38 Acting as though you havegreat confidence can actu
45、ally help you to build it.Create a positive support network.39 Having a supportive network is a great way to buildconfidence as they will make you feel more positive and start to feel better about yourself.Practicetaking care of yourself.Looking after yourself will help you feel so much better.40 Do
46、ingthings you like to do and treating yourself with respect are great self-care.All of these things comehand in hand and help build up confidence.A.Get to know about yourself.B.Start with improving your thoughts.C.Others will also see that you look more confident too.D.Your confidence improves when
47、you know you can do what you like.E.When you are feeling positive,you can start to work on your confidence.F.You are also likely to have better self-worth,which is the key to having good confidence.G.You need to surround yourself with people who lift you up instead of bringing you down.第三部分 英语知识运用(共
48、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四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Mary s eyes were filled with tears when the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southernVietnam.Now,hundreds of 41 schoolchildren lined the entrance to the Hoa Lac School,whichMary had 42 money for.Mary started helping other
49、s when she was eight,43 out baskets of gifts to families inneed.44,Mary wanted to do more she wanted to“change 45”.She remembered thather grandmothers Rotary club(扶轮社)had raised money to build a school in Vietnam yearsearlier.That was 46.She decided to build a school too.At 12,47 able to see over th
50、e table on the platform,she gave her first fund-raising 48.Though her new braces(牙套)made it hard to 49,she spoke with excitement to 200Rotarians in a room.“Thats not 50.They re also children.I want to give them a place tomake their lives better.”That summer,Mary 51 with her family across Ohio,visiti
51、ng three or four Rotary clubs a20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 7 页(共 8 页)week.The first few 52 collected no donations.One night in a rundown building in Minerva,Mary and her dad,Fred,53 fifteen Rotarians in a darkened room.There was 54 silence after Mary had finished.Fred thought this was never going to
52、 55.Then someone proposed:“Lets give this girl a check right now.”Minutes later,a(n)56 Mary walked out with her first donation:$500.As 57 spread,in two years,Mary had raised$50,000.The Vietnam Childrens Fund also 58 50,000.At the 59 of Hoa Lac school,the school principal was 60 with Mary.“How wonder
53、ful it is,”he said through a translator,“that a girl at her age wants to do somethingfor kids so far away.”41.A.anxiousB.cheerfulC.upsetD.surprising42.A.savedB.sparedC.raisedD.shared43.A.pickingB.listingC.reachingD.giving44.A.HoweverB.ThereforeC.OtherwiseD.Thus45.A.jobsB.livesC.attitudeD.opinion46.A
54、.itB.hersC.oneD.another47.A.rarelyB.largelyC.merelyD.highly48.A.speechB.celebrationC.praiseD.decision49.A.breatheB.argueC.discussD.pronounce50.A.trueB.fairC.happyD.lucky51.A.joined inB.gave outC.set offD.picked up52.A.chancesB.tripsC.stationsD.surveys53.A.invitedB.entertainedC.interestedD.addressed5
55、4.A.slightB.warmC.coldD.dead55.A.winB.happenC.workD.show56.A.shockedB.excitedC.worriedD.frightened57.A.knowledgeB.focusC.wordD.idea58.A.donatedB.chargedC.countedD.sorted59.A.arrangementB.ceremonyC.occasionD.process60.A.familiarB.concernedC.movedD.impressed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
56、1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Today,we buy 400 percent more clothing than we did 20 years ago.Fast fashion hascontributed to the 13.1 million tons of clothing 61(throw)away every year,of which only 15percent gets recycled.Thats a lot of waste if you take into 62(consider)the fact that on average 700 gallonsof
57、 water are used 63(produce)one T-shirt.What can you do about that?Use the principle“less is more”.First,dont buy clothes that youre going to wear only once or twice.In the long run,it s 64(cheap)to buy fewer,more durable(耐用的)clothes 65 higher quality.You canalso find places where clothing is recycle
58、d.More and more stores have recycling programs,66 makes it very easy to get rid of unwanted clothes 67(responsible).Businesses can beenvironmentally-conscious,too.Precious,for example,is an online clothing store that 68(donate)5 percent of its profits to an organization protecting elephants in Afric
59、a.In fact,shopping with such similar businesses is a win-win situation 69 you can buythings you love,plus feel good about donating to the environmental protection cause you care about.20202021 学年上学期期中考试试卷 高二英语 第 8 页(共 8 页)Its certainly a(n)70(amaze)way to be in harmony with nature!第四部分 写作(共两节,满分 35
60、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。When I was a kid,I was often asking what job I would like to do in
61、 the future.I was used tohave many answers of the question.During the science class in high school,our science teachershowed ourselves a video introducing the problem of plastic pollution around the world.Since then,I made up my mind to be an environmental scientist worked on plastic.Therefore,I wil
62、l not stoppeople from using plastic products,because they can make their life much more conveniently.Instead,I will try my best to develop advanced method to recycle all kinds of plastic products,making them a new resource rather than pollution for us.第二节 书面表达(满分 25 分)假定你是李华,你打算周末和朋友一起去踏青、观看茶艺表演。请你用英文给你校的留学生 Cathy 写一封信,邀请她一同前往。内容包括:1.写信意图;2.活动时间和交通方式;3.活动内容:踏青、观看茶艺表演。注意:1.词数 100 左右;2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Cathy,Yours,Li Hua
