1、厦门外国语中学 2020-2021 学年高二上学期英语期中考第二部分 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）A2020 SAN FRANCISCOWRITERS CONFERENCE17th Celebration of Craft,Commerce&CommunityFebruary 13-16,2020 at the Hyatt Regency San FranciscoSpeakers:*Walter Mosley*Jonathan Maberry*Brooke WarnerPlus authors,editors,publishers
2、&literary agents from New York,L.A.&S.F.Bay AreaVisit www.SFWriters.org to get event/contest/scholarship details,access online registration for the free SFWC Newsletter.Considerable Early Discounts and Special Room Rates!2019 SAN FRANCISCOWRITING FOR CHANGEA one-day conference for all writers who wa
3、nt to change the world through their writing.September 14th at the Unitarian CenterDetails and registration:www.SFWritingforChange.orgSFWC/San Francisco Writers Foundation is a nonprofit organizationBehind the Scenes of a Writing ConferenceWhen you attend a writing conference,you see a facade that t
4、ook months or longer to make up.Plenty is going onbehind the scenes.Lets take a look behind the curtain.The day starts long before attendees walk through the door.Registration is set up,signs posted and tables arranged.Logistics(后勤)all fall on the conference organizers.For example,the annual confere
5、nce I direct in San Francisco(seethe poster above)is a simple one-day conference that takes more than eight months to put together and around 15 staffand volunteers to manage.Larger multi-day conferences have even more going on behind the scenes.Overseeing it all is the conference director,a conduct
6、or who typically works with committee directors to makesure everything runs smoothly.Over the course of the conference,staffers make sure everything stays on track.Its notunusual for staff to walk miles in a day and go without meals.Conference staff and volunteers are always behind the curtains maki
7、ng sure your experience is perfect.The nexttime you attend a well-run writing conference,take a moment to thank staff and volunteers for their devotion.Theydeserve all the praise they can get because without them,there would be no conference.21.The underlined word“facade”refers to _.A.the effort beh
8、ind the scenesB.the scenes visible to the publicC.the literary masterpiece on displayD.the material distributed at the meeting22.Whats the latest time to start to arrange for the one-day conference in San Francisco?A.July,2019.B.March,2019.C.September,2019.D.January,2019.23.According to the writer,t
9、he attendees of the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference should praise the _.A.three speakersB.authors and editorsC.staff and volunteersD.corporate sponsorsBHarper Lee(1926-2016)was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird(published in 1960),which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and
10、has become a classic of modern American literature.The 1962 film adaptationstarring Gregory Peck won three Academy Awards.For decades,the book was Les only major work of published fiction,but it was hugely influential for generationsof US readers.It has sold more than 10 million copies,and is one of
11、 the most widely taught novels in the US schools.In 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to literature.Lee wanted to live a simple life and was never comfortable with the attention the novel won her,and shepractically disappeared from public life after it appe
12、ared.The world,however,continued waiting for a new novel fromher,and on occasion she suggested that she had a story in progress.In 2015,a book did come out.Go Set a Watchman was more of a first draft,featuring Scout,the young girl whowas the main character of To Kill a Mockingbird.Go Set a Watchman
13、tells a story of Scout as an adult.Accusationsarose that the 89-year-old Lee was not able to agree to the manuscripts release,and that various parties had signed onher behalf.Though Lee moved to New York in 1949,she spent many years guarding her privacy(隐私)in Monroeville,whichserved as the clear ins
14、piration for the setting in To Kill a Mockingbird.In 2007,Lee suffered a stroke(中风),but recovered and later settled in Monroeville permanently to care for hersister,Alice,who died in 2014.She was said to eat breakfast every morning at the same fast-food spot,and wasfriendly with her neighbors.The co
15、untless Americans knew her only through her works,and they will undoubtedlymiss her,24.What can be learned about Harper Lee from the first two paragraphs?A.She was regarded the greatest writer in America.B.She made great contributions to American literature.C.She once starred in a film adapted from
16、her own novel.D.She got her novels well accepted in most American schools.25.Why did Harper Lee disappear from public life after her first novel came out?A.She tried to get out of accusations.B.She wanted to write another novel.C.She intended to avoid being bothered.D.She wasnt comfortable with her
17、novels influence.26.What can we learn about Harper Lees Go Set a Watchman?A.It is based on her own life story.B.It is adapted into a famous film.C.It won her lots of honors and awards.D.It continues the story of her earlier novel.27.What can be used to describe about Harper Lee?A.Influential but sim
18、ple.B.Ill-tempered but productive.C.Caring but stubborn.D.Inspiring but struggling.CAs humanity has got richer,animals roles have changed.People need their services less than before.Fewerwolves and thieves meant less demand for dogs for protection;the internal combustion engine(内燃机)made horsesunneed
19、ed;modern sanitation(卫生设备)kept rats in check and made cats less useful.No longer necessities,domesticanimals became luxuries.Pet-keeping seems to kick in when household incomes rise above roughly$5,000.It isbooming.The trend is not a new one.Archaeologists(考古学家)have found 10,000-year-old graves in w
20、hich dogs andpeople are buried together.Some cultures-such as in Scandinavia,where dogs have long been both working dogs andcompanions-have kept pets for thousands of years.But these days the pet-keeping urge has spread even to parts of theworld which have no tradition of sinking into a comfortable
21、chair with a furry creature.The pet business is growing even faster than pet numbers,because people are spending more and more money onthem.No longer are they food-waste-recyclers,fed with the remains that fall from their masters tables.Pet-foodshelves are full of delicacies crafted to satisfy a ran
22、ge of appetites,including ice cream for dogs and foods for pets thatare old,diabetic or suffer from sensitive digestion;a number of internet services offer food,tailored to the petsindividual tastes.In the business this is called“pet humanisation”-the tendency of pet owners to treat their pets as pa
23、rt of thefamily.This is evident in the names given to dogs,which have evolved from Fido,Rex and Spot to-in America-Bella,Lucy and Max.It is evident in the growing market for pet clothing,pet grooming and pet hotels.People still assume that pets must be working for humanity in some way,perhaps making
24、 people healthier or lessanxious.But the evidence for that is weak.Rather,new research suggests that dogs have evolved those irresistible“puppy-dog eyes”precisely to affect human emotions.It has worked.The species that once enslaved others nowworks very hard to pay for the care of its pets.Sentiment
25、al(多愁善感的)Americans often refer to themselves not ascat-owners but as the cats“mommy”or“daddy”.South Koreans go one further,describing themselves as cat“butlers”.Watch an unlucky dog-walker trailing“his”hound(猎犬),plastic bag in hand to pick up its mess,and you have towonder:whos in charge now?28.Whic
26、h of the following trends is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A.Peoples needs for animal services are decreasing.B.Both the pet number and the pet business aregrowing.C.Pets are increasingly making their owners less anxious.D.Pet foods are more various and customized thanbefore.29.Which of the foll
27、owing is referred to as evidence of“pet humanization?”A.The names given to pets in American families nowadays.B.Pets inbuilt ability to affect emotions of theirowners.C.Human beings ever rising urge for pet-keeping.D.Pets roles as both working staff and companions.30.Which of the following statement
28、s is the author most likely to agree with?A.Pets should be treated as equals of their human masters.B.Human beings are getting much benefit from their pets.C.Pet-keeping is still restricted within certain parts of the world.D.Some pet owners spend too much money on their pets.31.Which of the followi
29、ng might be the best title of the passage?A.The Changing Roles of AnimalsB.The Urge for Pet-keepingC.Who Owns WhomD.Love Me,Love My DogDWeve all heard the stories of an actors struggles before a career breakthrough:living a hard life,working parttime,being a couch potato before getting that major ro
30、le.Shelby,the star of“A Dogs Way Home,”has a hard-luck talethat could top them all.Before her big break,she was living in a landfill,rooting through garbage for her next meal.Shelbys big break came in April 2017,when animal-control officer Megan Buhler was driving in CheathamCounty.Tennessee.Out on
31、an unrelated call,Buhler spotted and approached what she recalled was a noticeably scaredpuppy emerging from the dump.“I knelt down and just said,Oh,come here,baby,”said Buhler.“She was so scared,but she came right up to me,and I was able to put her in my truck.”The pair headed to the county animal
32、shelter,wherethe staff began calling the new resident Baby Girl.Buhler and others didnt know that 3,200 kilometers away,Hollywood was looking for a dog to play Bella in afilm written by Cathryn Michon.The find-a-Bella job went to freelance trainer Teresa Ann Miler.Her mission was tosearch shelters n
33、ationwide for a dog that could play Bella.One day,Miller spotted Baby Girls adoption photo.“Honestly,it was a really good picture,and she was flat-out smiling,”Miller said.Then she met Baby Girl,andassessed her on personality and the ability to respond to simple commands.After assessment,she adopted
34、 Baby Girlfrom the shelter,renamed her Shelby and took her to California for training.Miller and Shelby trained for just overthree months before filming began.Then they were together each day on the set.Most of the films reviews have praised Shelbys performance.Variety made the comments“an amazing d
35、og,perfect performance!”Shelby has come a long way from the dump.But Buhler said she saw Shelby recently had needed only a second tocompare the movie star with the dog she found from piles of trash.“Shes exactly the same,”Buhler said.32.Why does the author mention an actors struggle before a career
36、breakthrough at the very beginning?A.To make a sharp contrast between an actors struggle and a dogs struggle.B.To introduce a dogs similar but even more striking experiences.C.To attract readers attention by giving dramatic examples.D.To clearly point out the main idea of the passage.33.What finally
37、 helped Baby Girl get the big role in the film?A.Her adoption picture.B.Her flat-out smiling.C.Her personality and ability.D.Her miserable experiences.34.By saying“She is exactly the same”in the last paragraph,Buhler probably means _.A.the dog returned to the piles of trash where she found itB.it to
38、ok quite a lot of trouble for the dog to change her own fate.C.shes really excited to see the dog she helped live such a happy lifeD.the dramatic change of the dogs life hasnt changed her inner quality35.What do you think may serve as the best title of the passage?A.The Success of“A Dogs Way Home”.B
39、.From a Landfill Puppy to a Movie Star.C.The Trainer and Her Star Dog.D.Shelbys Hard-luck Story.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Buy Nothing Movement Social media,magazines and shop windows bombard(猛 轰)people daily withthings to buy,and British consumers are b
40、uying more clothes than ever before.The average person spends more than f1,000 on new clothes a year,which might not sound like much.36.A lot of consumer spending is by meansof credit cards.British people currently owe about 670 per adult to credit card companies.Also,people are spendingmoney they h
41、avent earned to buy things they dont need.Britain throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year,most ofwhich goes into landfill sites.37.But charity shops cant sell all those unwanted clothes.A lot of clothes that charities cant sell aresent abroad,causing even more economic and environmental problems
42、.38.The idea originated in Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to the US.On Buy Nothing Daypeople organise various types of protests and cut up their credit cards.Throughout the year,Buy Nothing groupsorganise the exchange and repair of items they already own.The trend has now reached influence
43、rs on social media who now encourage their viewers not to buy anything atall for periods as long as a year.Two friends in Canada spent a year working towards buying only food.For the firstthree months they learned how to live without buying electrical goods,clothes or things for the house.For the ne
44、xtstage,they gave up services,for example,haircuts,eating out or buying petrol for their cars.39.The changes they made meant two fewer cars on the roads,a reduction in plastic and paper packaging and apositive impact on the environment from all the energy saved.40.But even if you cant manage a full
45、yearwithout going shopping,you can participate in the anti-consumerist movement by refusing to buy things you dontneed.A.In one year,theyd saved S55,000.B.If everyone followed a similar plan,the results would be impressive.C.Online shopping means it is easy for customers to buy without thinking.D.Se
46、cond-hand clothes are often of too poor quality to recycle in charity shops.E.But that figure hides two far more worrying trends for society and for the environmentF.However,a different trend arises in opposition to consumerism-the buy nothing trend.G.People might not realise the problems because th
47、ey donate their unwanted clothes to charities.第三部分 语言知识运用（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I Have Two NamesOyindasola means“Honey poured into my wealth.”Its a fairly common Nigerian(尼日利亚的)name,mainlyused for girls.41,Im known as Oyindasola,but my
48、 nickname is Chelsea.Some ask why I dont use my real42and I tell them what my father told me:a story about him43Chelsea,South West London a year after Iwas born.I tell them that this nickname spoke to him so much that it44on every birthday cake of mine.When I was seven,inside the brick walls of our
49、townhouse in New York,we decided to45to Nigeria.And my mother needed to know what my family there would call me.The nickname Id been called for as long as Icould46or the complex name on my passport?A simple question.But it tore me apart.A week later we found ourselves at an airport with groups of Ni
50、gerians speaking as we47for our cab.After a week of getting used to the spicier foods,and sharper scents,I fell into48.Soon,my memories ofDisney in America were49with sounds of Nigerian music.My tongue grew heavier with a Nigerian50,and the words shared between my mother and grandmother in their nat
51、ive tongue finally51.But I stillwasnt Nigerian enough.Their unfriendly looks and52were a constant reminder of who I was:an Americangirl with the westernized name.So I wasnt53sad when my mother announced our back to America for herwork.On the first day of middle school in America,54coursed through me
52、 because I knew my birth namewouldnt55the attendance list just as I couldnt fail to draw others attention.I was56when theteacher mispronounced my painfully long name and my classmates laughed.But with every passing year,came new57.Every new attendance roll(考勤)call was responded with abraver voice an
53、d a58smile.That long name,mispronounced or not,is mine.The Nigerian accent slippingthrough is mine.Who I am is simple:a Nigerian girl with59to the American dream,a girl with two60and two names.41.A.LuckilyB.FranklyC.LegallyD.Obviously42.A.originB.nameC.identityD.signature43.A.visitingB.describingC.a
54、bandoningD.leaving44.A.competedB.happenedC.passedD.appeared45.A.driveB.moveC.paceD.walk46.A.imagineB.predictC.rememberD.survive47.A.headedB.answeredC.changedD.turned48.A.conversationsB.chaosC.desperationD.routine49.A.connectedB.replacedC.facedD.decorated50.A.recreationB.lifestyleC.accentD.diet51.A.m
55、ade senseB.took shapeC.died awayD.ran out52.A.giftsB.decisionsC.negotiationsD.remarks53.A.rarelyB.reallyC.perfectlyD.nervously54.A.anxietyB.disappointmentC.rudenessD.shock55.A.formB.throwC.ruinD.escape56.A.guiltyB.regretfulC.embarrassedD.confused57.A.sympathyB.confidenceC.generosityD.honesty58.A.kin
56、derB.weakerC.widerD.friendlier59.A.reactionB.objectionC.responseD.access60.A.languagesB.advantagesC.degreesD.occupations第卷(本卷共计 60 分)第一节：用所给单词的正确形式填空或根据语境填词（共 10 小题；每题 1 分，满分 10 分）1.George is going to talk about the geography of his country,but I would rather he _(focus)more on itsculture.2.Sofie lo
57、oked around at all the faces.She had the impression that she _(see)most of the guests before.3.Several people witnessed the attack,but no one came to her _(defend).4.Teachers in alternative schools seldom give students tests but encourage them to do some project work and manyinteresting _(assignment
58、).5.It is estimated that 200 people have been killed in the _(volcano)eruption.6.Its not _(simple)a matter of hiring more people.They also need to be trained.7.Firms that fail _(take)advantage of the new technology will go out of business.8.“Nan”is a type of wood that is used to hold _ the roof in t
59、he construction of traditional Chinese houses.9.I was about to get changed _ there was a loud knock at the door.10.The new lockdown policy in Italy has set _ a series of protest campaigns.第二节 课文填空（共 10 题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或者括号内单词的正确形式。In the past,if someone had worked for a company
60、 for over 20 years,they would have stayed there 1._retirement!I suspect that they 2._(lay)me off because the company was not doing that well but still broughta lump 3._ my throat and made me want to cry.Before Graham came into my class,he was very difficult.I had heard stories about his bad 4._(beha
61、ve).Once I 5._(catch)him and a friend 6._(see)who could spit the furthest off the school stage!Butwhen he got interested,he changed.The first day he walked into my class,he 7._(drag)his schoolbagbehind him and looking bored,but as soon asIt is not 8._(surprise)that people wanted to believe these anc
62、ient 9._(view)as they hadbeen put forward by the great philosopher Aristotle.He said that the Earth must be the center of the universe because itfelt like the Earth was standing still.Galilei disagreed.At first,people approved 10._ his studies and urgedhim to continue.第三节 默写（共 10 空；每空 2 分。共 20 分，错、漏
63、、多 1 词扣 1 分，错 2 处及以上，该空不得分）Unit 16 Lesson 1In a way,Pompeii is like a“time capsule”1._ Before the eruption occurred,2._ withtemples,markets,restaurants,and theatres.Now as you walk along the streets of the city,time rewinds.You can admirethe ancient architecture,statues,decorated walls and 3._ Howev
64、er,much more than buildings and objects,itis the forms of the people who were caught in the disaster that have 4._.Unit 16 Lesson 1The bodies of people who had died in Pompei let impressions 5._ As you walk,you will pass people 6._ in their last hours of life.One person,sitting alone,looks like he i
65、s praying Another man,lying on his side,as if he is trying to get up.7._ for these once living statues.NCE 59As the neighbors complained of the noise,my husband spent weeks training him press his paw on the latch to lethimself in 8._.However,when I was going out shopping last week,I noticed him in t
66、he garden near thegate.This time he was barking 9._.Since then,he has developed another bad habit.As soon as he opens thegate from the outside,he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts.Then he sits and barks until someone letshim out.After this he immediately 10._ Yesterday my husband
67、removed the gate and Rex got so annoyedwe have not seen him since.第四节 书面表达（满分 15 分）假设你是李华，日本奥组委(Olympic Committee)向全球中学生招募志愿者。你申请参加，希望能得到实践锻炼。请根据以下要点给组委会负责人 Mr.Stevens 写封信：1.自我介绍（性格特点，自身优势）2.申请原因（服务、交友、提高语言水平）注意：1.词数 100 左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总次数）2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Mr.Stevens,Im Li Hua from China andYours sincerely,Li Hua厦门外国语中学 2020-2021 学年高二上学期英语期中考答案阅读（2*20）21-23 BDC24-27 BDDA28-31CADC32-35BCDB36-40 EGFAB完型*（1.5*20）51-55 CBADB56-60 CADBC61-65 ADBAD66-70 CBCDA单句填空（略）课文填空（略）默写（略）写作（略）
