甘肃省兰州市第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、甘肃省兰州市第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：1. 本试题分为第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，满分 120 分，考试时间 100分钟。2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级填写在答题卡上。3. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把机读卡上对应题目的答案标号框涂黑； 回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。4. 考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。第I卷 （共四节，满分70分）第一节 词汇语法知识 （共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。1. _ the last two

2、 years, the total cost has been reduced by 19 percent.A.To compare with B.Comparing to C.Comparing with D.Compared with2. Thinking about the fact that I was not prepared well enough, and _ to lose my face, I gave up this years civil service exam.A.didnt want B.not wanted C.not wanting D.not to want3

3、. If_, IllshowthecommitteewhatIhavefoundoutaboutthematter.A.permitting B.being permitted C.permitted D.having permitted4. An island is a small piece of land _ by water.A.surrounded B.surrounding C.to be surrounded D.being surrounded5. Jill was sitting on the floor, _.A.boxes surrounding B.was surrou

4、nded by boxes C.is surrounded by boxes D.surrounded by boxes6. The Olympic Games ,_in 776 BC, didnt include women players until 1912.A.first playing B.to be first played C.first played D.to be first playing7. Oh, look! Heres a photo _ in my classroom at primary school. Can you recognize me in it?A.t

5、aking B.was taken C.taken D.been taken8. Near our school gate _ the classroom building.A.stands B.is standing C.is stood D.has stood9. _ as he is, he has turned _ professional writer.A.A teenager ; a B.Teenager ; / C.Teenager; a D.A teenager ; /10. So badly _ in the car accident that he had to stay

6、in hospital for several weeks.A.did he injure B.he injure C.was he injured D.he was injured11. She looks as if _ something.A. in search of B.she looked for C.she had looked for D.she was in search of12. _, there was no mistaking that she was displeased.A.As her words were gently spokenB.Spoken as he

7、r words were gentlyC.Whereas her words gently spokenD.Gently as her words were spoken13. By no means _ look down upon the poor.A.we would B.should we C.ought we D.we shall14. Here _ the president.A.is coming B.does come C.comes D.is come15. _,thediseasewillproduceakindofpoisonthatwillkillthepatient.

8、A.If it untreated B.If is untreated C.If being untreated D.If untreated16. Have you ever been upset when _ to yourself after your mobile phone battery runs out in the middle of a call?A.being left talking B.left talking C.being left talk D.leaving talking17. She must be looking forward as much to hi

9、s return as he himself is to _ her.A.see B.have seen C.seeing D.having seen18. Idontliketheway _ youtalktoyourmother.A. B.in that C.which D.of which19. My family go to the old ladys home to help them do some housework and some gardening work whenever _.A.possible B.is possible C.being possible D.pos

10、sibly20. Only in this way, _ good grades in this examination.A.can we get B.we can get C.we are getting D.we will get 第二节 阅读理解 （共10小题：每小题2分，满分20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。AA few years ago, a friend sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas, and I picked a pretty, sunny Sunday afternoon

11、 to use it. It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice sit-down restaurant instead of the fast food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious, and we all had a good time just being together. The gift card covered almost all of the check. I reached into my wallet to get enoug

12、h cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills in the front of it. The first would cover the rest of the check. The second would cover the check and give the waitress a nice tip. I reached down to pick out the first one.At that moment, my mind flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a busboy (餐厅勤杂

13、工) in a restaurant much like the one we were in. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I went home just barely making enough to feed my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitresses counting their small tips while worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and

14、 buy their kids the things they needed. I remembered the pain in their eyes and saw the sadness in their faces at the end of the day.I blinked (眨眼睛) and was back in the present again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down and picked out the larger bill

15、. I folded it around the gift card and covered both of them with the check. As we all got up from the table, I handed them to the hardworking waitress. “You keep the change,” I said with a smile and a happy heart.We are all one family in this world. We live together and suffer together. Do your best

16、 to be kind. Do your best to be a good person and replace the suffering with joy.21. What do we know from the first paragraph?A. The authors family had a hard life.B. The gift card was enough to pay the check.C. The author seldom ate together with his family.D. The author values spending time with h

17、is children.22. The author mentioned his working experience as a busboy to _.A. describe struggles he faced in the past B. complain about his job at the restaurantC. explain why he chose the larger billD. show how hard waiters work23. How did the author feel after giving the tip to the waitress?A. M

18、oved. B. Pleased. C. Puzzled. D. Concerned.24. What is the authors main purpose in writing this article?A. To tell people to be kind.B. To remind us not to forget our hard days.C. To stress the importance of tipping servers.D. To show that we should thank friends and family.25. Which is the best tit

19、le of the passage?A. Tipping: a kind traditionB. Helping hand for serversC. Working as a busboyD. Kindness makes the world go aroundBIn September, a tragedy happened on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. As many as 380 pilot whales became stranded (搁浅) in shallow water there and later died. This

20、 might have been Australias largest stranding event on record, the BBC reported.But mass whale stranding is not uncommon. For centuries, it has happened all over the world and has puzzled scientists. Scientists say the cause is often unknown. But they have offered many different explanations.Some sa

21、y the whales chase small fish for food and end up in shallow water because they are not paying attention to where they are going.Others think the stranding has something to do with Earths geomagnetic field. They say that a geomagnetic compass in whales brains controls their position. Unusual changes

22、 in Earths magnetic field can affect the whales compasses and send them in the wrong direction. Another explanation suggests that mass stranding is caused by the close relationships that whales have. Pilot whales travel in large groups. One lead whale might mistakenly lead the whole group to shallow

23、 water. “And if one gets into trouble, the others will not leave,” said Sheryl Gibney, a leading biologist from New Zealand. “Some will come in and try to help, they get trapped on the beach, then more will come.” The whales are trapped by mistake or out of sympathy. Once they get stranded, they wil

24、l likely die. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US, less than 10 percent of all stranded whales survive.26. What do we know about the stranding?A. It happened on the east coast of Australia.B. It is commonly seen in September each year. C. It caused the death of

25、 over 300 pilot whales. D. It broke a world record. 27. What does the word “chase” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. run afterB. give upC. help withD. compete against28. According to Gibney, what will other whales do if their lead whale gets in trouble?A. They will change their direction. B. They will stay and

26、 try to help it. C. They will push it near the beach. D. They will travel with another group.29. What is the story mainly about?A. How human activity has affected whales. B. What might cause whale strandings. C. How whales find their direction while traveling. D. What scientists are doing to save st

27、randed whales.30. Where is the passage from?A. Travel journalB. Tourism magazineC. News websiteD. Science textbook第三节 七选五 （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。Earth is home to around 7,000 languages, around half of which are expected to disappear by 2100. Languages disappear fo

28、r many reasons. Sometimes younger generations stop learning a language because parents want children to fit in. 31 Native American children of the late-19th century were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking their native languages.The United Nations ranks end

29、angered languages according to their risk level. For example, a “critically endangered” language is one that even grandparents dont speak often. New Yorks Onondaga language is an example with only 50 speakers left. An “extinct” language has no speakers. It is gone forever. Alaskas Eyak language is o

30、ne example. 32 Various animals and plants benefit our environment. In the same way, different languages contribute to cultural diversity. 33 Languages can show how a society looks at the world and what it values. A language may describe something in a way that is funny, too. In Welsh, it rains not c

31、ats and dogs , but old wives and walking sticks.The Endangered Language Alliance wants to save languages from disappearing. 34 However, its efforts are limited. If an endangered language is going to make a real comeback, itll probably get its start in schools. For nearly 100 years, public schools in

32、 Hawaii did not teach the Hawaiian language. Now students can keep learning in Hawaiian from elementary schools to college and beyond.35 At least one did. In 1881, a Jewish linguist named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda brought the 3,000-year-old language Hebrew back to life. Today it is one of the official lang

33、uages of the country of Israel, with more than 4 million speakers.A. The last person who spoke it died in 2008.B. Why should we save endangered languagesC. Saving these languages benefits our understanding of other cultures.D. With just 5 speakers left,it is absolutely endangered.E. Can a language w

34、ith zero native speakers come back to lifeF. Sometimes societies force minorities to give up their language.G. The nonprofit group finds native speakers and records their stories.第四节 完形填空 （共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。During the war, my husband was

35、stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be 36 him. I hated the place. I had never 37 been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was 38 almost 125 0F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人

36、掌). There was 39 a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop ,and all the food I ate, and the every air I breathed, were 40 with sand , sand , sand!I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was 41 and coming back home. I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer. I 42 be in p

37、rison! My father answered my 43 with just two linestwo lines that will always sing in my 44 two lines that completely changed my life :Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud ,the other saw the stars.I read those two lines 45 and I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find o

38、ut what was good in my present 46 ; I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives, and their 47 amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite art works which they had 48 to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and 49 for

39、 seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean 50 .What brought about this 51 change in me? The desert hadnt changed, 52 I had. I had changed my 53 And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing 54 of my life. I was excited by this

40、 new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and 55 the stars. 36. A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond37. A. before B. already C. then D. still38. A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable D. unbearable39. A. Only B. Not C. Many D. Such40. A. covered B. filled

41、 C. buried D. charged41. A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D. getting up 42. A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D. had better43. A. request B. call C. question D. letter44. A. comparison B. imagination C. consideration D. memory45. A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D. now a

42、nd then46. A. company B. occupation C. situation D. relationship47. A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D. purpose48. A. refused B. failed C. managed D. happened49. A. asked B. hunted C. waited D. headed50. A. floor B. surface C. rock D. level51. A. shocking B. challenging C. puzzling D. astonishing

43、52. A. as B. but C. for D. or 53. A. attitude B. principle C. identity D. standard54. A. vacation B. operation C. affair D. adventure55. A. sought B. counted C. found D. reached第II卷 （共四节，满分50分）第一节 单词拼写：根据提示填单词的适当形式 （共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）56. It is not rational to draw the _ (conclude) without deep consi

44、deration.57. _ (分析) the data, researchers found the error of his scientific model.58. We must be _ (consist) in applying the rules.59. She asked him to _ (澄清) what he meant.60. To his _(信任；赞颂), Jack never told anyone exactly what had happened.61. Her _ (impress) smile always makes people warm.62. Ot

45、her changes include more _ (tolerate) attitudes to some pop cultures.63. After entering the university, we have to make an _ (调整) to the new environment.64. We need to examine all the costs _ (involve) in the project first. 65. Most of the people on the course were _ (profession) athletes.第二节 语法填空 （

46、共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面的文章,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的 词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Tens of millions of people carry their smartphones with them everywhere they go, the bathroom 66 (include). Our phones are always within our grasp, 67 means they are also constantly 68 (expose) to whatever bacteria we may h

47、ave accumulated on our hands. 69 (fortunate), a new survey of 1,200 Americans and their cleaning habits 70 (find) that one in four have never cleaned their phones.To find out just 71 dirty most phones become, researchers estimate that a regularly 72 (use) smartphone that has never been cleaned may h

48、old more bacteria 73 an entire household bathroom. According to the survey, conducted by the company Vital Vio, its common for smartphones 74 (come) into contact with various forms of bacteria, including strep, staph, and E.coli. Suddenly, 75 (eat) a sandwich in your bathroom doesnt sound so bad.第三节

49、 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。Dear Jeremy and Alice,Although weve been delighted to have you as neighbors, wer

50、e hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dogCleo.Weve called several time about Cleos early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute shes outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as we are often up all night with the baby.

51、 Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 oclock. That is too much for us, considering how closely the houses are.We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter. Sincerely, Jack

52、 and Rose第四节 书面表达（满分15分）假设你是新华中学高二学生李华。你的英国朋友Jerry 在给你的邮件中提到他对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。请你给Jerry回信，内容包括：1. 该人物是谁； 2. 该人物的主要贡献； 3. 该人物对你的影响。 注意：1. 词数不少于100； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Jerry, _Yours,Li Hua兰州一中2020-2021-1学期期中考试试题高二英语参考答案卷一选择题 1-5 DCCAD 6-10CCABC 11-15 ADBCD 16-20BCAAA阅读 21-25 DCBAB 26-3

53、0 CABBC七选五 31-35 FACGE完形填空 36-40 CADBB 41-45 CCDDA 46-50 CBABA 51-55 DBADC卷二语法填空66. included67. which68. (being) exposed69. Unfortunately70. finds71. how72. used73. than74. to come75. eating词汇56. conclusion57. Analyzing58. consistent59. clarify60. credit61. impressive62. tolerant63. adjustment64. in

54、volved65. professional短文改错outyourclosestartedanBesideshasunderstandtimesDear Jeremy and Alice, Although weve been delighted to have you as neighbors, were hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dogCleo. Weve called several time about Cleos early morning barking. It is difficu

55、lt to understanding why she barks every minute shes outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as we are often up all night with the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 oclock. That is too much for us, consideri

56、ng how closely the houses are. We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter. Sincerely, Jack and Rose写作范文Dear Jerry, Its great to hear from you. I feel proud knowing your interest in Chinese history. As for my favourite figure in Chinese

57、 history, it must be Wei Yuan, a great thinker in the late Qing Dynasty. He, in his book, Haiguo Tuzhi (Maps and Records of the World), introduced modern technologies and ideas to China. That opened our eyes to the world. In fact, he inspired me to major in English in college to be a bridge between China and the world. Interested in knowing more? I can find you some books! Just let me know.Yours,Li Hua