1、甘肃省定西市岷县第一中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期开学测试试题（考试时间：100分钟 满分：120分）第I卷第一部分：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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。ASydney Cultural Festival Whats on today!European Art ShowLocation: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Today is the final day of the exhibition featuring 18th and 19t
2、h century paintings by some of the greatest European artists, such as Van Gough and Monet. Posters of these great works are available for purchase at the Visitors Centre.Time: 8.30am 7pmCost: $12 adults; $7 children and studentsNature WalksLocation: Sydneys Royal Botanic Garden. Come and celebrate o
3、ur natural environment in one of the worlds only nature parks inside a major city. Join our hourly guided tours, starting at the Eastern Gate, and enjoy breathtaking forests, stunning city escapes and the magnificent Sydney Harbour.Time: 9am 4pm Cost: FreeSydney Symphony Orchestra ConcertLocation: S
4、ydney Opera House. Australias most famous orchestra is best known for its performances of classical French and German music. But in tonights concert, the world-famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang is the special guest artist and will perform a series of classic Chinese compositions including Yellow Rive
5、r.Time: 8.30pm 11.30pmCost: $175 adults; $90 students and childrenMoonlight CinemaLocation: Centennial Park. Sit on the grass and enjoy the latest movies or classics from the past under the stars at Australias best and largest outdoor cinema. Tonight features the wonderful Australian film Red Dog. B
6、esides the movie, there will be a display of classic Australian film posters.Time: 8pm 10.30pmCost: $19 adults; $14 children and students1. Where should people wishing to join a Nature Walk meet?A. The Visitors Centre. B. The Harbour Bridge.C. The Eastern Gate. D. The guides building.2. What kind of
7、 music will be played at the Opera House this evening?A. Australian. B. German. C. French. D. Chinese.3. At which activity can guests buy a poster as a souvenir?A. European Art Show. B. Nature Walks. C. Sydney Orchestra Concert. D. Moonlight Cinema.BWhen Boris left school, he could not find a job. H
8、e tried hard and pestered (纠缠)his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no futu
9、re at all.“Why dont you start your own business?”one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. Youd better find a way of opening it.”“But what can I do？”“Get out and have a look round,”advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pa
10、y for it.”Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had
11、 more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good：in the wrong position，too expensive or with some other snag(障碍)But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate（土地，地区） where there were plenty of customers but no competition.B
12、oris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motorcycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the moneylocker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.4.Which of the following would be the BEST title for the
13、passage?A. Goodwill is the key to success B. The world is a moneylockerC. No education, no future D. Difficulty of starting a small business5. Boris started his career by_.A. cycling around the town B. developing a waste groundC. repairing cycles D. buying empty shops6. Boris finally chose an empty
14、shop on a new estate because_.A. it was not so expensiveB. he had a lot of old customers thereC. he could make good use of his skills thereD. there were good opportunities there7. We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris_.A. still couldnt make good profits B. set off in a successful careerC.
15、found a lot of gold coins by accident D. had great difficulty running his businessCAll sports people are under a lot of pressure to win, so they have to be spiritually strong. In the past, athletes only trained to get physically fit. Today, professional sports psychologists (心理学家) use scientific tec
16、hniques to help athletes get spiritually fit, too. England player Johnny Wilkinson described some of the pressures he had felt. He played very well at the 2003 World Cup but after that he couldnt play well. He found that he had a terrible fear of failure. Under the help of sports psychologists, he r
17、ealized that reality changes depending on how we look at it and then everything went better. In team sports, psychologists help players in different ways, one of which is to create a team spirit. “Its very difficult to get all the players to think in the same way, but when you see a team that works
18、as a unit, everything happens naturally and easily,” said Professor Dave Collins, a sports psychologist.When there is a team spirit, the players all take responsibility and dont blame individual players for mistakes. In this way, they feel more confident and can concentrate better. Sometimes players
19、 are under a lot of pressure in a game. For example, a player may have to take a punishment kick. To reduce his fear of making a mistake, sports psychologists use a method called visualization (可视化). Psychologists simply ask players to imagine taking the perfect kick. When players do this, certain a
20、reas of the brain become active. An interesting fact is that they are the same areas of the brain as when the player takes the real action. Today, sports psychologists have an important job to do. They help athletes become spiritually fit and develop a winning outlook. Having a winning outlook reall
21、y can make the difference between winning and losing.8. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Athletes cant stay physically fit without enough training. B. Sports psychologists can control athletes mind in the match.C. Wrong views on success have bad effects on athletes health.D. Some scient
22、ific methods have replaced traditional training.9. Wilkinson felt better as he realized that _. A. everything was changing and was difficult to expect B. things turned to be better when looking at them differently C. psychology was very important to an athlete like himD. it was unnecessary whether h
23、e could control his mind 10. Whats the importance of team spirit according to the text?A. It can increase individuals sense of responsibility.B. It guarantees the perfect performance of everyone.C. It controls every athletes mind when necessary.D. It makes all athletes more skillful during a match.1
24、1. It can be inferred from the text that _. A. sports psychologists always ask athletes to use their imagination B. the spirits of a psychologist can decide the outlook of a team C. athletes need to play with psychologists to improve their skillsD. an active attitude usually helps a player do better
25、 in real action DA new study has discovered that meditation(冥想) and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination，done twice a week for only two months，reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.“We are excited by the
26、findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and nondepressed students，” said lead author Dr Brandon Alderman，“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”Researchers believe the two activ
27、ities have an interactive effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training(MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.Rutgers researchers say those who participate
28、d in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing，enabling those with depression to accept moment changes in attention.Shors, who
29、studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampuspart of the brain involved in memory and learningsays scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies，she
30、says，with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.By learning to focus their attention and exercise，people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the ov
31、erwhelming recollection of memories from the past，Shors says.“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”12What mad
32、e the research so different?AAdopting a way of meaningful talk.BCombining the two ways to treat depression.CTreating depression with special medicine.DComparing the depressed with the nondepressed.13The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “_ ”Afighting BIdentifying Cdisting
33、uishing Dexamining14What did the participants do in the research?AThey did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.BThey thought quietly and then took exercise.CThey took exercise longer than they thought.DThey took exercise while thinking quietly.15What is Shors main purpose of her studies?ATo fi
34、nd out certain brain cells of humans.BTo study the production of new brain cells.CTo offer people a new method to treat stress.DTo decide the links between stress and exercise.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人空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。Talking to strangers along your travels can change your trip in
35、to an adventure. Here are rules of thumb to serve as your guide.Dont ignore your fellow tourists. When you go to some place off the beaten path, youre likely to meet other tourists there. Find them, and ask where you would go. 16 Abandon your phone. Phones often get between you and the surroundings,
36、 ruining your chances to make contact with the people you see. 17 , take a deep breath and put it in a different pocket or cover it with tape. 18 .The easiest way to do this is to talk to people who are in open roles, such as anyone in a public service job, or a taxi driver. Or ask someone seated ne
37、ar you; ask where the persons favorite street is; ask if theres a residential area where it would be nice to take a walk.Use a map-or none at all. 19 . However, the truth is, sometimes those small streets are nowhere to be found with a map. So ask for directions a lot. Asking for any kind of help is
38、 the key to many doors.Most Important: Ask good questions. Finding good questions means observing and noticing. A well-turned question shows that you are really paying attentions you are curious and ready to listen. 20 .A. Let strangers make your plansB. Maps can be of great assistanceC. When the un
39、willingness gets in the wayD. A good question will get you everywhereE. They are going to offer advice made of goldF. Those fellow tourists can make sense of your journeyG. If abandoning your phone isnt practical or feels insecure to you第二部分：英语知识运用（满分30分） 完形填空（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
40、项（A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Hello, Mr. Wi-Fi. Life without you is next to impossible. Were happy to sing your name from morning till evening, sometimes till dawn. 21 I know you help me, sometimes youre making me do things with 22 attention. Many times I promise myself that Ill 23 my feelings towards y
41、ou, but youre 24 me closer and closer Youve entered both my home and my 25 . Youre just a window for our 26 and information. But we people arent 27 only with the window. So we open all our 28 for you. Is this a(n) 29 or some kind of attachment? If this is an illness, is it curable? And if this is an
42、 attachment will you 30 me to the lifelong togetherness?We want you 24/7. Cant you take a few days off so that both you and I can 31 ? Youre a poison-not a slow one but a super 32 poison which holds our mind and makes us dance 33 its tune. Nowadays youre so 34 that anyone can buy and make you our 35
43、 . Youll never be bothered about our health but well 36 be concerned about your “health”. Because you accompany us everywhere and never let us be alone.If you were a37person made of flesh and blood, would we love you the same? You 38 us with your numerous talents and we even cant get rid of you. Wer
44、e all your 39 . Sometimes I wonder how people in the previous generations 40 , but if they did why cant we?21.A.ThoughB.Only ifC.Now thatD.When22.A.praisedB.increasedC.dividedD.focused23.A.bring backB.hold backC.approve ofD.give away24.A.observingB.pushingC.forcingD.drawing25.A.spaceB.workplaceC.soc
45、ietyD.soul26.A.entertainmentB.argumentC.expansionD.struggle27.A.strictB.generousC.satisfiedD.busy28.A.thoughtsB.eyesC.exitsD.doors29.A.sceneB.inspirationC.routineD.disease30.A.recommendB.instructC.commitD.adapt31.A.insistB.relaxC.progressD.balance32.A.rawB.ambiguousC.fastD.strong33.A.toB.againstC.fr
46、omD.within34.A.advancedB.valuableC.affordableD.attractive35.A.companionB.expertC.additionD.instrument36.A.sometimesB.neverC.alwaysD.seldom37.A.selfishB.realC.responsibleD.dishonest38.A.scoldB.controlC.comfortD.challenge39.A.friendsB.slavesC.colleaguesD.employers40.A.sufferedB.surfedC.connectedD.surv
47、ived第II卷第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第一节 语法填空（共10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。（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。I still remember the happiest moment of my life. I decided to hold a party for my Italian friends while living in Florence Italy. My friends didnt speak any English. And I vividly remember 41 (try) to
48、only speak Italian in 42 party. And then, someone asked me to tell a joke.I dont know if you know this, 43 telling jokes in 44 language is one of the most painful experiences you can imagine.I began the joke.“Cera una volta (Once upon a time) .”Halfway through the joke I began to get nervous, so I s
49、uddenly forgot the Italian words. And 30 Italians were staring at me, 45 (wait) for the joke to come to an end. At the last minute, I remembered and completed the joke. I waited for the sound of crickets . But instead I experienced a 46 (thunder) laugh and a round of applause. I made dozens of Itali
50、ans laugh, in their country, in their language. 47 today that memory continues to be one of the 48 (happy) moments Ive ever experienced. And its the reason 49 ， over the last four years, I 50 (study) languages and now I can speak five: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.第二节 短文改错（共10小题
51、，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。错误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l1处起）不计分。I really wanted to cook when I was four. My dad, however, thinks I was too young to learn coo
52、king. For many years, he only allowed me observe him cook. All I did was watch him in the kitchen. Sometimes, he would not let me give a hand. I really enjoyed stay in the kitchen. Besides, there were also not good kitchen moment. There was a time when the fire became really bigger and I was scared
53、by them greatly. It took about a year of me to overcome my fear of fire. One day, my dad permitted me to start cooking on my own final. You couldnt imagine how happy I was.第二部分：书面表达（满分25分） 假定你是李华，你所在的学校要征集一封英文感谢信，以致意奋战在抗击新型冠状病毒肺炎第一线的医护人员，请你根据下列要点写一封信用于投稿。1.表达谢意;2.个人感受;3.表达信心。注意:1.词数100左右;2.可以适当增加细节，
54、以使行文连贯;3.开头语和结束语已为你写好。参考词汇:流行病epidemic 疫情epidemic situation 新型冠状病毒novel coronavirusDear Medical workers,I am Li Hua, a high school student. Yours sincerely, Li Hua参考答案一、阅读理解A篇1-3 CDA B篇 4-7 BCDB C篇 8-11 CBAD D篇12-15 BABC二、 七选五 16-20 EGABD三、完形填空21-25 ACBDD 26-30 ACDDC 31-35 BCACA 36-40 CBBBD四、语法填空：41
55、 trying 42 the 43 but 44 another 45 waiting 46 thunderous 47 Until 48 happiest 49 why 50 have been studying五、短文改错51. 第二句中thinksthought52. 第三句中me后加to53. 第五句中去掉not54. 第六句中staystaying55. 第七句中BesidesHowever56. 第七句中momentmoments57. 第八句中biggerbig58. 第八句中themit59. 第九句中offor60. 第十句中finalfinally六、书面表达Dear Me
56、dical workers ,I am Li Hua, a high school student. Im writing to express sincere gratitude to you all for your devotion and sacrifice in this battle against the Novel Coronavirus.In this epidemic, it is you who, despite the lack of equipment and the potential of infection, desperately rescue those i
57、nfected but striving for life. It is also you who have shed new light on the virus with expertise to build up our confidence to defeat it. It is you who deserve all the admiration and love. I can never express our thankfulness too much for your selfless contribution. Its widely believed that China will win the battle and make a quick recovery. Yours sincerely, Li Hua
