1、广西南宁上林县中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期半期考试试题 文考试时间：120分钟 满 分：150分第一部分 听力（共两节；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，共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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How old is the mans own car?A. One month old. B. One year ol
2、d. C. Five years old.2. Who did the woman buy the shirt for?A. Herself. B. Her daughter. C. Her son.3.What did the speakers think of the movie?A. Meaningful. B. Confusing. C. Violent.4. What does the man like most about the park?A. Its clean there. B. Its relaxing there. C. Its beautiful there.5. Wh
3、at will the woman do tonight?A. Paint the living room.B. Visit her friend Jason.C. Have dinner at her parents.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1.5分，共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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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至7题。6. What is the speakers relati
4、onship?A. Friends. B. Neighbors. C. Renter and owner.7. Why does the woman complain about her neighbor?A. He is always rude to her.B. He always fixes things late at night.共11 页 第1 页19. Where did Mrs. Smith feel the pain?A. In her arm. B. In her lung. C. In her shoulder.20. How long has Mrs. Smith wo
5、rked at the company?A. Over five years. B. About three months. C. Less than two weeks.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。AAre you interested in working with animals? Now here comes the CHANCE. Kirby Wildlife Park has set up the unique Keeper Experience pac
6、kage. The fantastic experience isavailable to anyone over the age of 18 who is reasonably fit. We regret that for health andsafety reasons, participants who are pregnant, in a wheelchair or suffering from illnesses cannot take part.A typical day9:15 Arrival9:30 Health and Safety Briefing10:00 Apes a
7、nd MonkeysWhile cleaning out the enclosure (围场) you will find out about how enclosures are enriched with novel items and new smells to stimulate the animals senses and imitate their natural environment.12:00 Lunch14:00 Big CatsAs one of the highlights of this volunteer experience, you will feed the
8、cats and learn about their nutritional needs. The keeper will give you an introduction to how cat behavior can be read to get an idea of their welfare and health.16:30 Meet the TeamMeet more of the staff and learn how you can get further involved with work at the park. Learn about our animal adoptio
9、n plan, what it takes to be a good keeper and where to obtain the right qualifications for a career in animal welfare.Booking and cancellationThe Keeper Experience is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughoutthe year, and must be booked at least two weeks in advance. Full payment is ne
10、eded when booking.Cancellations must be made more than fourteen days before the event. Otherwise, youwont receive a full refund.21. What kind of people can experience working with animals in Kirby Wildlife Park?A. A pregnant woman. B. A man who is quite healthy.共11 页 第3 页C. A teenager sitting in a w
11、heelchair. D. A student under the age of 18.22. When can you know something about an animal adoption plan?A. At 12:00. B. At 9:30. C. At 10:00. D. At 16:30.23. It can be learned from the text that _.A. a booking should be made over two weeks before the eventB. people are allowed to cancel a booking
12、with a full refund at any timeC. cancellations need to be made on Mondays, Wednesdays and FridaysD. participants can have the unique experience every day throughout the yearBShort and shy, Ben Sanders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricketanything with a
13、 round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in Englands rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first theteen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle
14、along with a runner friend. Gradually, Sanders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s forrowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Sanders was h
15、ired as an instructor at Ridgways school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older mans brave and exciting cold-water travels. Intrigued, Sanders read all he could find about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, and then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the
16、Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and manypeople thought of his dream as fantasy. John Ridgway was one of the few who didnt say, “You are completely crazy.In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Sanders started his first long-distanceexpedition toward the North Pole. He suffer
17、ed frostbite, had a close encounter with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Sanders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he has skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This Octob
18、er, Sanders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to theSouth Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.24. The turning point in Sanders life came when _.A. he started to play ball games B. he got a mountain bike at 15C. he ran his first marathon at
19、 18 D. he started to receive Ridgways training25. What do we know about Ridgway?A. He considered Sanders dream unrealistic.B. He built up his body together with Sanders.共11 页 第4 页C. He hired Sanders for his cold-water travels to the Arctic.D. He established his reputation by his voyage across the At
20、lantic.26. The underlined word “Intrigued” in Paragraph 3 probably means _.A. Fascinated B. Grateful C. Frightened D. Pleased27. According to the passage, Sanders journey to the North Pole _.A. made him well-known in the 1960sB. was favored by other Artic explorersC. was accompanied by his old playm
21、atesD. set a record in the North Pole expeditionCIn the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela, Yanomami hunter-gatherers exist on cassava, palm hearts and wild bananas. They also hunt frogs and monkeys using techniques that would have been familiar to their ancestors 11,000 years ago. The extraordinary con
22、tinuity of their culture, and the fact that some of the groups have had little contact with outsiders, led biologists to wonder whether the Yanomami might reveal what the human digestive system looked like before industrialization supplied the world with processed foods and antibiotics.In 2019, rese
23、archers at the Icahn School of Medicine had a chance to find the answer ina previously unknown Yanomami village. Health workers collected feces (排泄物) from about 30 villagers. When the researchers cultured and analyzed microbes (微生物) from the feces in their laboratory, they discovered whole categorie
24、s of bacteria that were absent from the guts (肠道) of people from industrialized countries. Even more strikingly, they found the microbial population in the average Westerner to be about half as diverse as the community inside these hunter-gatherers. The researchers realized that the microbes might h
25、ave implications beyond basic science. Peoples microbial communities are believed to play a role in disorders like obesity, diabetes and Alzheimers, which shorten lives and overburden health care systems. These disorders dont trouble these preindustrial hunter-gatherers, however. Therefore, research
26、ers want to learn which microbes protect them and figure out how to reintroduce them in modern societies. It has the potential to affect health more profoundly than the discovery of the fabled Fountain of Youth.But the opportunity might be more fleeting than youth itself. “The world isbecoming urban
27、 so fast.” says microbiologist Maria Gloria, co-author of the study that reveals the Yanomami microbiome (微生物群). “Our lifestyles are killing microbialdiversity.” Although nobody has yet determined exactly what the Yanomami mystery bugsare doing and how they improve an individuals health, she believe
28、s that scientists need to collect and preserve as many microbes as possible for future breakthroughs. “We cannot afford to wait,” she says, “or well have lost the high diversity of the human microbiome of traditional peoples before we understand how to use the microbiome to improve health.”28. What
29、did the researchers find out in 2019?共11 页 第5 页A. The hunter-gatherers had a different digestive system.B. Microbial communities were to blame for many disorders.C. People from industrialized countries had less diverse microbes.D. Some categories of bacteria did not exist in the villagers guts.29. H
30、ow did the researchers make their discovery?A. By collecting health data.B. By conducting experiments.C. By interviewing the villagers.D. By recording the Yanomamis daily life.30. What does the author mean by “the opportunity might be more fleeting than youth itself”?A. The opportunity seems more pr
31、ecious than youth.B. The opportunity enables people to stay young forever.C. The opportunity is of great significance to modern society.D. The opportunity disappears so quickly that we cannot afford to miss it.31. What can be inferred from the passage?A. We are close to solving the mystery of Yanoma
32、mi microbiome.B. Processed foods and antibiotics have changed human digestive system.C. Treating diseases by introducing beneficial bacteria has been made possible.D. The discovery of those microbes will help cure many life-threatening diseases.DAfter years of observing human nature, I have decided
33、that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance: curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both. The two belong together.Together, these deep human urges (驱策力
34、) count for much more than ambition.Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, “Why? Why? Why?”Fortunately, curiosity
35、 and discontent dont have to be learned. We are born with themand need only recapture them.“The great man,” said Mencius, “is he who does not lose his childs heart.” Yet mostof us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We never doubt.We just follow the crowd that desires o
36、nly the calm and restful average. The crowd encourages us to occupy our own little corner, to avoid foolish leaps into the dark, to be satisfied. We will have to force ourselves to do just the opposite so as to waken our curiosity and discontent.共11 页 第6 页How should you start, modestly, so as not to
37、 become discouraged? I think of one friend who couldnt arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it. Now she is one of the experts, writing books on flower arrangement.One way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You havent any special ability?Most people dont;
38、 there are only a few geniuses. You havent any time? Thats good, because its always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Toms Cabin while cooking. Youre too old? Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that
39、 Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for youllnever be more alive than you are at this moment.32. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to _.A. give an example B. present an argumentC. propose a defini
40、tion D. make a comparison33. What does the example of Galileo tell us?A. Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.B. Creativity results from challenging authority.C. Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.D. Ambition is more important than curiosity and discontent.34. What can you do
41、to recapture curiosity and discontent?A. Lead a life of adventure. B. Follow the fashion.C. Develop a questioning mind. D. Observe the unknown around you.35. What could be the best title for the passage?A. The Keys to Achievement B. Never Too Late to LearnC. Curious Minds Never Feel Content D. Refle
42、ctions on Human Nature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填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Diet Zone: A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet We are surrounded bythe word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and
43、 potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what dietproducts are doing to us. 36Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the cons
44、umption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet productsallow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale (秤) instead. 37共11 页 第7 页On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without
45、our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain and that life can be without resistance and struggle.38 Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them insteadof healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies f
46、rom having basic nutrients (营养成 分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has createdchemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional. 39Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time toseriously
47、think about buying them to reduce weight. 40 Once we realize this, wewill be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the harm that comes from using them.A. Its believed diet products contribute to losing weight.B. Chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous
48、.C. We all know the danger of diet products, but its hard to resist them.D. The danger of diet products lies also in the physical harm they cause.E. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.F. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals.G. Al
49、l we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.第三部分 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)阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。Ive been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits b
50、eside me in the passenger seat.One morning I 41 a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where amotorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its 42 , so Ijumped out of the tractor to 43 it while Don stayed in his seat.Lamb and mother 44 , I turned back to the tractor only t
51、o see it move suddenlyaway from me. This was so 45 because I had put the handbrake on when I jumpedout. 46 Don had somehow made the 47 move.My heart froze in my chest as I 48 the tractor heading towards the 49 . Iran desperately but failed to 50 . It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared.Th
52、e 51 thing I saw was Don s face, looking calmly back at me.Heart in mouth, I 52 the fence and looked over. The tractor was 53共11 页 第8 页against the crash barrier in the central reservation (中央分道带), having crossed the 54road with fast-flowing traffic by a miracle. I couldnt see Don, but as I 55 the tr
53、actorhe jumped out onto the road, apparently 56 , and dashed back to me.The police 57 and the motorway ran normally again. I couldnt quite believemy 58 . It turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been 59 .Don was given a special 60 that night I didnt want him to think I was ang
54、ry withhim.41. A. dropped B. carried C. spotted D. returned42. A. kids B. friends C. owner D. mother43. A. ask about B. tend to C. play with D. run into44. A. freed B. switched C. reunited D. examined45. A. unexpected B. dangerous C. embarrassing D. difficult46. A. Fortunately B. Obviously C. Immedi
55、ately D. Generally47. A. lamb B. fence C. seat D. vehicle48. A. saw B. stopped C. remembered D. drove49. A. crowd B. motorway C. field D. hill50. A. take off B. catch up C. hold back D. get out51. A. real B. best C. basic D. last52. A. reached B. noticed C. fixed D. closed53. A. parking B. running C
56、. resting D. turning54. A. steep B. long C. rough D. busy55. A. abandoned B. approached C. recognized D. repaired56. A. unclean B. uncertain C. unhurt D. unhappy57. A. arrived B. replied C. survived D. waited58. A. ability B. dream C. luck D. idea59. A. awful B. guilty C. desirable D. common60. A. l
57、esson B. test C. job D. meal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。The origins of carnival are ancient. People 61 (hold) festivals similar tocarnival before the Christian era. They celebrated the return of spring after winter. In the Roman period the date of the festival was dec
58、ided by the Christian calendar. People wantedto enjoy 62 (they) because carnival was followed by forty days without meat.共11 页 第9 页When the new world was discovered, the 63 (Spain) and Portuguese settlersbrought carnival with them. But in the New World, many elements of African culture, suchas music
59、 and costume were added 64 the festival by people of African origin.Today, carnival has become a 65 (true) international festival.In Venice the carnival 66 (celebrate) for five days in February. It begins onThursday with a ceremony 67 is known as the volo della colombinathe 68(fly) of the dove. A yo
60、ung woman 69 (dress) up as a dove climbs to the top of thebell tower in St. Marks Square, and flies to the ground. This event is watched by thousands of masked people in the square. When the dove lands, two big guns are fired. Itis a signal for the celebrations 70 (begin).第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35分）第一节 短文改错
61、（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，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Tourists climb for two hours to reach the top of a mountain in Peru, struggled for b
62、reath. But they are happy to see the beautiful sceneries there. Lines of rich colors form that has become known as “Rainbow Mountain”. The colors come from special rock remains. Its five years since the world has learned of the existence of this natural wonder. Many people come to see them. To villa
63、gers who take up their traditional transport trade, the bigger difference is that they now move tourists instead goods. Tourism has provided much-needed economic help for an area. Environmentalists, besides, fear tourists will共11 页 第10 页destroy everything which makes this place distinctive.第二节 书面表达（
64、满分 25 分）假设你是李华。第 31 届世界大学生夏季运动会 (the 31st FISU Summer World University Games) 将在成都举行，大赛组委会现面向全市高中生招募志愿者，负责与运动员沟通协调、会议翻译，以及运动员市内参观等工作。你想申请成为一名志愿者。请根据以下要点，用英文写一封申请信：1. 表达申请意愿；2. 简单自我介绍并说明自己能够胜任该工作的条件；3. 希望组委会考虑你的申请。注意：1. 词数100 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。参考词汇：协调 coordinate vt. coordination n. coordinator n.
65、共11 页 第11 页英语答案听力1-5 CCBAC 6-10 CCABA 11-15 CBBBA 16-20 CCBAA阅读21-23 BDA 24-27 BDAD 28-31 CBDB 32-35 BCCA七选五36-40 EGDBF完形填空41-45 CDBCA 46-50 BDABB 51-55 DACDB 56-60 CACAD语法填空61. held/had held 62. themselves 63. Spanish 64. to 65. truly66. is celebrated 67. which/that 68. flight 69. dressed 70. to be
66、gin短文改错1. struggled改为 struggling 2. sceneries改为scenery 3. that改为what4. 去掉has learnt前面的has 5. them改为 it/this 6. bigger改为biggest7. 在instead后添加 of 8. an改为the/this9. besides改为 however/nevertheless 10. which改为that书面表达One possible versionDear Sir/Madam,I am Li Hua, a Senior Two student from Chengdu. I am
67、writing to apply for the position as a volunteer at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games.Considering my personal conditions, I confidently think I am qualified for the position.Above all, I have achieved a relatively high level of oral proficiency in English, which enables me to be an efficie
68、nt coordinator of the players and a qualified conference interpreter. Furthermore, as a local, I am so familiar with the major tourist attractions in Chengdu that I can be responsible for taking the players on a sightseeing tour of the city.I would appreciate it if you could take my application into
69、 full consideration. Thank you verymuch.Yours,Li Hua听力原文Text 1W: I know. Ive played before, and I know the general rules of the game. (11) Im just notvery good at it.M: Do you have a basketball? (12)W: Yes, I just bought a new one today. There was a man selling them on the street by my house.(12) Wh
70、at do you think about it? Is it a good one?M: Its not bad. How much did you pay for it?W: It was only $5.M: Thats a good deal. So, is there a basketball court near here?W: We can use the one at the school down the road. No one is ever there.M: OK. Let us just run home first to change. (13) Do you ha
71、ve any basketball shoes?W: Do I need special shoes to play basketball?M: No. Just make sure you have a pair of shoes that will support your ankles.Text 9M: Do you mind if I sit here?W: No, of course not. Go ahead.M: Dont I know you?W: Yes. Now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class to
72、gether in high school. (14) M: Youre right! (14) How are you? Its been a long time!W: What did you do after high school? (15)M: I went straight to university afterwards. (15) What about you?W: I took a year off to go traveling.M: That sounds exciting. Where did you go?W: I went all over the world. I
73、t was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?M: I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its foreignlanguage department. (16)W: Oh, did you study a foreign language?M: Yes, I received some money to study Chinese.W: Thats a very difficult language to le
74、arn, isnt it?M: It is, but its very enjoyable.W: So, you can actually speak Chinese?M: I can, but not as well as Id like to. Ill probably be studying Chinese until the day I die!W: I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well. (17)Text 10Hello, folks. Thanks for coming to this staff meeting.
75、 I want to update all of you on Mrs.Smiths situation. (18) As most of you know, Mrs. Smith was told that she had cancer a fewmonths ago. She went to the doctor because of the pain in her arm, (19) and a tumor was found in her upper lung near her shoulder. Mrs. Smith has two young children and a husb
76、and. Most of you know her family very well, since she has worked at our company for over five years. (20) First, I want to say how impressed I am with your kindness to her family. For the last three months, someone has brought her family a meal to eat every single night! Your concern for herand her loved ones moves me. Mrs. Smith is very thankful for all your help during this difficulttime. And lastly, I want to give you some good news. The doctor told Mrs. Smith that she is muchbetter. She will have an operation in two weeks. If all goes well, she will survive. Thank you all for caring!