1、内蒙古奈曼旗第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项:1.本卷满分150分,考试时间100分钟。答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试卷和答题卡上。2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。3.非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内,答在其他区域无效。 第一部分 听力 (省略)第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分30分)第一节(15小题:每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑AVOLUNTEERKenya Community Developme
2、nt ProjectGreenheart Travels volunteer program in Kenya allows you the special chance to work alongside the Maasai community helping them to receive a good education, income activities, food safety and basic resources such as water As a volunteer in Kenya you will have the chance to learn about the
3、interesting Maasaiway of life in order to work within their special cultural and social environment How You Will Make a Difference *Help schools get necessary supplies *Help with building houses *Volunteer in the hospitals *Help with watering crops *Help womens groups with finding new markets to sel
4、l their crafts *Organize youth sports *Help with chicken farming Cost Details Prices: 2 weeks: 142 4 weeks: 218 5 weeks: 249 6 weeks: 286 8 weeks: 3579 weeks: 392 10 weeks: 416 11 weeks: 464 12 weeks: 500 A Great Opportunity For Seniors/ Retirees/ Groups /Professionals Language Needed English(fluent
5、) Skills Needed, Experience No experience required Detailed Location Information Volunteer must be 23 years of age or older*Meals are not included, but volunteers can buy food at the market and cook at the volunteer house21. We can know that the Maasai A may not have enough drinking waterB are good
6、at making moneyC are usually well educatedD pay more attention to their world22.What will a volunteer do for the Maasai? A Buy necessary things for schoolsB Help build houses for the local peopleC Help women sell their crafts at the marketD Train the young people to become players23.According to the
7、 text, volunteers A have to speak the local languageB must be teenagers or olderC must have the rich experience in volunteeringD have to pay for meals themselvesB Bill Bowerman was a track coach He wanted to help athletes run faster So he had learned how to make running shoes He had also started a s
8、hoe company with a friend It was 1971 Running shoes at the time were heavy They had spikes(鞋钉)on the sole(鞋底) The spikes tore up the track and slowed down runners To make a lighter shoe, Bill tried the skins of fish To make a better sole, he wanted to replace the spikes Bill look through his wife Ba
9、rbaras jewelry box lie hoped to find a piece of jewelry with an interesting pattern He would then copy the pattern onto the new soles Nothing worked Bill was stumped Then, one Sunday morning, Barbara made Bill waffles(华人饼)for breakfast Bill watched her cook He studied the cross pattern on their old
10、waffle iron Inspiration(灵感)hit The pattern on a waffle iron was just what Bill was looking for The squares were fatter and wider than sharp spikes The pattern would help the shoes grip(抓牢)any surface without tearing into it When Barbara left the house, Bill ran to his lab He took the liquid chemical
11、s that, when mixed, would harden into the sole of a shoe He poured the mixture into the waffle iron and the Waffle Trainer was born Bills company put the Waffle Trainer on the market in 1974 It was a huge hit Maybe youve heard of that company called Nike And today its worth around S 100 billion It w
12、as the waffle iron that had changed the course of Bills life and helped turn Nike into a wellknown name Today, the waffle iron is kept at Nike headquarters It serves as a reminder that if we keep trying, we can find a solution to even the toughest problems And those solutions can cone from unlikely
13、places Even the breakfast table24.What was wrong with the running shoes before the Wattle Trainer was made A They were easily worn outB The spikes hurt runners feetC The spikes were sharp and heavyD They were too expensive25. What does the underlined word stumped in paragraph 2 probably mean? A Insp
14、iredB DefeatedC SatisfiedD Doubted26. What can we say about the birth of Waffle Trainer? A It was made quite by accidentB It was invented by Bills wifeC It was based on many lab testsD It was supported by another company27. What can we learn from Bills experience? A Where theres a will, theres a way
15、B Good is rewarded with goodC Two heads are better than oneD A misfortune may turn out a blessingCGwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime She was known around the world for using poetry to increas
16、e understanding about black culture in America Her poems described conditions in the black community She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people She was an expert at the language of poetry She combined traditi
17、onal European poetry styles with the African American experience In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville It was A Street in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts i
18、n 1945 Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks won Pulitzer Prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen Annie Allen is a collection of poetry a
19、bout the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor Ms Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha, which received little notice when it was first published Bu
20、t now it is considered an important work by some critics Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are One example is this poem, Corners on the Curi
21、ng Sky By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville She wrote about a wider world and dealt with important political issues28.What does the text mainly talk about? A The life of Gwendolyn BrooksB The struggles of black womenC The p
22、oems of Gwendolyn BrooksD The understanding about black culture29. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph? A She was good at using the language of poetryB She mainly wrote about the struggles of black womenC Her writing skills were a little worse than her abilityD Her poe
23、ms were mainly about the African experience30. The author develops the passage mainly by A using statisticsB providing examplesC comparing opinionsD describing her experiences31. In the next part, the author would most probably talk about A the poems related to political issuesB the difficulties Ms
24、Brooks would meetC the awards Gwendolyn Brooks gainedD the struggles that the black had to faceDMany people dont consider their breakfast without a glass of milk Right now, cows, buffalos, goats and sheep provide most of the worlds milk But soon, people could get milk from roaches(蟑螂) That isnt as c
25、razy as it might sound New research shows this milk is supernutritious Whats more, some scientists have already begun referring to a lot of insects as source of milk In 2004, Subramanian Ramaswamy started studying milk crystals found inside the roach At the time, he was teaching biochemistry at the
26、University of Iowa City To learn more about the milk crystal from roaches, the scientists used Xrays to look at the atoms in it The data basically revealed the chemical recipe of the roach crystal They showed that roach milk is a complete food It contains sugar with a fatty acid stuck to it Fatty ac
27、ids are the building blocks of fats The protein in the milk is also full of essential amino(氨基的) acids, which are the building blocks of proteins Since our bodies cant produce the essential ones, we need to get them from our food And so do baby roaches Barbara Stay, a biologist at Iowa University, a
28、lso worked on the new study She says the new data show that the roach milk is three times more nutritious than cows milk and four times more nutritious than buffalos milk Ramaswamy would like to see roach milk turned into a protein supplement to feed hungry people But not everyone is confident that
29、it can be done Marcel Dicke studies insects as a potential source of human food at Wageningen University in the Netherlands Dicke says this is a sound study However, in his opinion, Extracting(提取) milk from roaches can only likely be done in a destructive way with only small quantities That means yo
30、ud have to raise and kill many bugs to get even tiny quantities of the milk32.What is the opinion of the scientists about milk in Paragraph 2?A Many insects are sources of milkB Milk is an important part of breakfastC Milk from insects is the most nutritiousD Milk from insects is well accepted now33
31、. What can we know about the use of roach milk in life?A It will replace the milk from animals like cowsB Scientists think it the key to solving world hungerC All people dont think it can be used in life soonD Most people depend on roach milk fro protein34. According to Marcel Dicke, extracting inse
32、ct milk on a large scale isA simpleB challengingC safeD necessary35. What should be the best title for the text?A Roach milk has been found scientificallyB Roach milk could be produced industriallyC Roach milk could be a new super foodD Roach milk will be widely used soon第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容
33、,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People all have good days and bad days And some of the bad days happen due to events beyond your control 36. One way to increase the possibility that you have a good day is to join in gratification (喜/悦) activities, which you enjoy and youve good at Different people
34、have different feelings about their jobs 37. However, if you dont have the type of job, you can take part in other activities and find the same result 38. There are many little pleasures you can add to your life, such as tea, a warm bath, a walk in the park and so on As long as you enjoy them, they
35、can really brighten your every day Laughter is also part of having a good day Thats why its important to do what you can to create joy for yourself 39. After all, if you are humorous, you can more easily center on fun thingsIf you dont have much time, one way can be used during a stressful day 40. Y
36、ou should achieve this by making your plan flexible and checking that everything in your plan is necessary Being busy is okay, but wasting time and energy on too many unnecessary things can just lead to stressAOften, bad days come from overweight stressBSome people experience joy and happiness at wo
37、rkCGood moods enable us to notice more chancesDLifes pleasures are also able to add a quick lift to your moodEHowever, people do have power in creating better daysFSo its importantespecially if youve a busy personto stay balancedGBesides, developing a sense of humor also helps you have a good day第三部
38、分:语言知识运用(共两节,满分30分)第一节:完形填空(共1小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,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My cousin is nine years old, and she doesnt do really well at school Because of that, she is often(41) , and thus has developed some resistance (反抗) and distrust towards adults, who usually dont
39、place(42) hopes on her Yesterday we went to a special(43) exhibition together There were paintings from kids with physical(44) which bring a lot of difficulty to them in life (45) , they never prevent them running after art My little girl has wise eyes for the paintings, and what she liked most were
40、 also the(46) of the show Several days earlier, I bought a book(47) by a mom telling her journey with her autistic (自闭的)son, whose(48) was also on the show On the bus back home, I(49) introduced the book to my cousin, and to my(50) , she was truly interested She kept asking me to tell more stories a
41、bout the(51) in the book The autistic boy(52) with even small things in life Even when the bus stopped, she insisted on(53) more about this boy This is the first time Ive seen her so(54) in a topic Usually when she talks to me, she aimlessly tells about events at school and at home without a clear(5
42、5) Im very(56) that the life of an unknown stranger(57) this little girls heart Im very thankful for the(58) of books, and for the beauty that my cousin showed to meI hope that I can keep seeing clearly the(59) things in her Whenever study and life let her down, I can(60) her: she truly has always b
43、een the best(41)A cared aboutB believed inC laughed atD relied on(42)A highB commonC limitedD low(43)A artB scienceC bookD clothes(44)A functionsB disabilitiesC advantagesD gifts(45)A TraditionallyB HoweverC FormallyD So(46)A worstB bestC ugliestD simplest(47)A writtenB thrownC suggestedD praised(48
44、)A cartoonB opinionC souvenirD painting(49)A unwillinglyB unlikelyC dependentlyD briefly(50)A sadnessB regretC astonishmentD disappointment(51)A girlB motherC boyD classmate(52)A arguedB foughtC tradedD compared(53)A refusingB changingC doubtingD hearing(54)A interestedB foolishC frightenedD generou
45、s(55)A mistakeB evidenceC focusD celebration(56)A unhappyB terrifiedC unsatisfiedD touched(57)A leftB enteredC representedD damaged(58)A funB coverC powerD vocabulary(59)A wonderfulB violentC unfortunateD unconscious(60)A attackB warnC blameD remind第二节 语法填空(共1小题;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(1个单词
46、)或括号内单词的正确形式 Khan Academy is an online learning website created in 2007 by Salman Khan,an American teacher,and is aimed at (61) (provide)a free worldclass education to anyone an whereKhan offers more than 4,200 free micro lectures,each of(62) usually lasts 10 to 15 minutesUnlike (63) (tradition) cla
47、sses,Khan mainly offers courses for students below college levelThe classes can also help those planning to take the SAT,(64) exam often required for students wishing to enter an American college or university(65) (start) your learning journey at Khan Academy,you should first of all enter the websit
48、e with a personal email accountYour personal homepage at Khan Academy (66) (design) to help you learn mathYou can take a pretest first to see your levelThe academy then suggests exercises at the right level for you If you are interested in other subjects,click LEARN to see all topics (67) (offer) on
49、lineTry Art History,for example,(68) you will be taken to all the things in that area like articles,videos and questionsDont worry if you find (69) difficult to follow the course in EnglishCourses in(70) (translate) in Chinese,Japanese and other languages are also available第四部分:写作(共两节满分10分)第一节:短文改错(
50、共1小题;每小题10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作文中共有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:在缺词处加一个漏子符号()并在其下面写出该加的词删除: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There is many interesting idioms in China Now let me to explain one of them, Ye Gong Hao Long In ancient times th
51、ere was the man called Ye Gong He told everyone that he loved dragons very much In his house almost everything decorated with dragon designs, including the walls, two window and doors When a real dragon heard about his story, it was deeply impressing and decided to visit Ye Gong However, when the dr
52、agon stuck their head through one window, Ye Gong was frightened and run away Well, you see, this idiom is used to describe those people which appear to like something, and actually dont第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假定你是李华,你所在的学校武术社团(martial arts club)正在招收新队员,请用英文给你校留学生Tony写封邮件邀请他加入内容包括:1练武术的好处;2武术社团的活动;3报名方式及截止日期
53、注意:1词数100左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯高二英语答案阅读答案ABD CBAA CABA ACBC EBDGF 完型答案CAABB BADDC CBDAC DBCAD61providing62which 63traditional 64an65To start66is designed67offered68and69it 70translation改错1isare2去掉to3thea4everything后加was5windowwindows6impressing impressed7theirits8runran9whichwho10and but假定你是李华,你所在的学校武术
54、社团(martial arts club)正在招收新队员,请用英文给你校留学生Tony写封邮件邀请他加入内容包括:1练武术的好处;2武术社团的活动;3报名方式及截止日期注意:1词数100左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯【解答】Dear Tony, Leamning that you are addicted to martial arts,I am writing to sincerely invite you to join the martial arts club in our school aimed at developing our interests and improvi
55、ng our skills【练武的好处】 Considering the enormous benefits,which we can gain steadily from martial arts practice ,including keeping physically healthy,we are lost in training courses(高分句型二)Definitely,as for the activities,we will be honored to be given highlevel training by a professional coach every FridayMeanwhile,we would be divided into several groups to conduct competitions every two weeks【社团安排】 IfyouareinterestedinwhatIhavestatedabove,signupon ourschoolwebsitebeforeSeptember1st(高分句型二)【报名】 Yours, LiHua