1、高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 1 页 共 10 页内江六中高 2021 届 高二下半期考试英语试题考试时间：120 分钟满分：150 分命题人：黄代利 李莹审题人：余腾章注意事项：1.答题前,考生在答题卡上务必用直径 0.5 毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。请认真核准准考证号、姓名和科目。2.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,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号,在试题卷上作答无效。第 I 卷（选择题 共 100 分）第一部分听力(共两节,满分 20 分)回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前,你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案
2、转涂到客观题答题卡上。第一节(共 5 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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.What is the man doing?A.Writing a detective story.B.Watching a new film.C.Reading a story.2.What is the mans suggestion?A.Having the refrigerator fixed.B.Puttin
3、g the refrigerator far away.C.Buying a new refrigerator.3.What does the man hope to do?A.Rest for a couple of hours.B.Watch a basketball match.C.Attend a meeting.4.What kind of music does the woman like best?A.Classical music.B.Pop music.C.Folk music.5.How does the woman feel?A.Disappointed.B.Indiff
4、erent.C.Excited.第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 15 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,并标在试卷的相应位置。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。每段对话读二遍。听第 6 段材料,回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6.What did Tom do last night?A.He listened to the radio.高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 2 页 共 10 页B.He played the piano.C.He did his homework.7.What
5、s the possible relationship between the speakers?A.Sister and brother.B.Teacher and student.C.Mother and son.听下面一段对话,回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。8.What does Shelly do?A.A driver.B.A reporter.C.A director.9.What will the man do first?A.Have his car fixed.B.Meet some singers.C.Prepare something to eat.听下面一段对话,回答第
6、 10 至第 12 三个小题。10.What are the speakers probably doing now?A.Having a meal.B.Shopping.C.Preparing food.11.What is the mans favorite food?A.Carrots.B.Chocolate cakes.C.Fruits.12.What does the woman want the man to do?A.Try the dessert.B.Bake some cakes.C.Balance his diet.听下面一段对话,回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13.
7、What will John get?A.A bike.B.A toy car.C.A football.14.Who is probably learning Chinese?A.John.B.Jane.C.Jack.15.When will the woman buy the gifts?A.On Friday.B.On Saturday.C.On Sunday.16.Why will the man take the kids to the McDonalds?A.To have lunch.B.To keep a secret.C.To make them quiet.听下面一段独白,
8、回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17.Who is Beck Alter?A.An art teacher.B.A student leader.C.The owner of Penny.18.When will Penny be tested?A.When she is 30 days old.B.When she is 49 days old.C.When she is 79 days old.19.In which classes will the students write diaries for Pennys website?A.English and art.B.Englis
9、h and geography.C.Speech and communication.20.What will the students in life skills class do for Penny?A.Take care of Penny.B.Train Pennys personality.C.Help run the Internet page.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，共 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 3 页 共 10 页
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15、fun with your family?A.Jennifer Sills.B.Falko Buschke.C.Yongsheng Ji.D.Ada Gabriela Blidner.23.Which of the following best describes the steaks in Meat?A.Fresh.B.Green.C.Expensive.D.Personalized.高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 4 页 共 10 页BAmanda Seyfried didnt grow up with dogs.With her busy work schedule,she didnt t
16、hinkshe could take care of a dog.In fact,she wasnt looking for a furry friend at all.But then she met Finn.Today,the 34-year-old actress,whos known for films Mamma Mia,is a dog owner and a spokeswoman at the welfare organization Best Friends Animal Society.“I cant imagine my life without him,”Seyfri
17、ed says of 6.5-year-old Australian shepherd Finn,who is allowed on her U.S.set.If for some reason he cant join Seyfried on location-like on arecent trip when she traveled from France to China,Seyfried requests from her dog sitter twicedaily videos of him.Now with a new video for Best Friends Animal
18、Society,she calls herself Finns“stagemother.”Seyfried and Finn shot an 80s-themed video for the 9000 Steps Challenge,which asksanimal owners to walk 9,000 steps with their pets on the ninth day of the month to raiseawareness to the fact that more than 9,000 dogs and cats are euthanized(安 乐 死)in shel
19、terseach day because theres not enough room.As for the video shoot,in which Seyfried and Finn walked the 9,000 steps-it was moreexhausting than a long walk.Seyfried was Finns trainer on the shoot.She believes that instead ofbeing Finns cp-star,shell go back to being BFFs.24.Why did Seyfried original
20、ly refuse a pet dog?A.She wasnt not yet a spokeswoman.B.She was too busy to care for a dog.C.She wasnt used to being with a dog.D.She had not enough room for a dog.25.Who does the underlined word“him”in paragraph 3 refer to?A.Finn.B.Seyfried.C.The dog sitter.D.Finns best friend.26.Why did Seyfried s
21、hoot the video together with Finn?A.To show how deep she loves Finn.B.To train Finn to have a long walk.C.To take part in an animal cp-starshow.D.To call on public attention to petslife.27.Which section of a newspaper is this text most likely from?A.NewsB.SportsC.EducationD.Life高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 5 页 共
22、10 页CPinocchio（匹 诺 曹）may be just a childrens fairy tale,but Spanish scientists at theUniversity of Granada recently investigated this so-called“Pinocchio effect”and found that ournoses dont grow when we tell a lie,but actually shrink a bit.Dr.Gmez Miln and his team developed a lie detector test that
23、 used thermography（体温计）to tell if people were lying,and found that whenever participants in their research were beinguntruthful,the temperature of the tip of their nose dropped up to 1.2,while the temperature oftheir forehead increased up to 1.5.Scientist also found that drop in temperature at nose
24、levelactually caused it to slightly shrink,although the difference is undetected by the human eye.“One has to think in order to lie,which rises the temperature of the forehead,”Dr.GmezMiln explained the findings.“At the same time we feel anxious,which lowers the temperature ofthe nose.”For this stud
25、y,researchers asked a number of 60 students to perform various tasks whiletheir temperature is scanned by technology.One of these tasks required making a 3 to 4 minutescall to their parents or a friend and telling a significant lie.Participants had to make up the liethemselves during the call.Intere
26、stingly,this lie detector picked up the“Pinocchio effect”temperature difference in 80 percent of the test subjects,which is a better rate of success than thatof any modern lie detector.“With this method we have achieved to increase accuracy”,said Dr.Gmez Miln,whoadded that law enforcement interviewe
27、rs could one day combine other lie detection technologywith thermal imaging to achieve better results.28.Why does the writer talk about Pinocchio in the first paragraph?A.To tell a fairy tale.B.To introduce the topic.C.To talk about a scientist.D.To give an example.29.What is“Pinocchio effect”?A.Our
28、 noses will grow when we tell a lie.B.Our noses will shrink when we tell a lie.C.The temperature of the forehead falls if we lie.D.The temperature of the student rises for anxiety.30.How did Dr.Gmez Miln feel about the lie detector?A.Doubtful.B.Confident.C.Surprised.D.Puzzled.31.What lesson can we l
29、earn from the text?高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 6 页 共 10 页A.A lie will travelvery hard.B.A lie never lives tobe old.C.Many ways to bring a liar to light.D.Once a liar always a liar.DEast Africa is experiencing the worst desert locust（蝗虫）outbreak in decades.Climateevents have accelerated breeding of the pest acros
30、s the region,and with a sudden rise in the locustpopulation expected in coming weeks,urgent actions and funds are needed to prevent a humancrisis.Twenty million people in six of the eight East African countries are most affected by anongoing desert locust outbreak at risk of serious food insecurity.
31、Considered among the mostdestructive of moving pests,an adult locust can consume 2g of plants per day,affecting crops andgrasslands.A group typically holds 20 to 150 million locusts per square kilometer and can movehundreds of kilometers per day,invading areas covering millions of square kilometers.
32、An activegroup,therefore,can destroy crops and grasslands within a very short period of time.That global warming could increase the risk of desert locust crisis was proposed over tenyears ago,and in February,the UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres stated that the currentoutbreak is linked to the ef
33、fects of climate change:“warmer seas mean more perfect breedingground for locusts”.The outbreak has its origins in 2018,when a series of windstorms in theArabian Peninsula(阿 拉 伯 半 岛)enabled the warm and wet conditions the desert locustrequires to breed and band undetected in remote regions.Though ou
34、r focus here is migration west,dreadful outbreaks of the desert locust have been experienced to the east.The situation is going out of control.A rescue operation and financial support admit no delay.The Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO)can take out only US$138 million for rapidresponse and imm
35、ediate action controlling the spread of the desert locust and safeguardinglivelihoods.They say the maths is clear:about half the funding(资助)is needed for supervision,ground and sky control,and uniting efforts;the other half is needed for livelihoods and foodsecurity of farmers.As for the huge gap,th
36、ey have called on the international community to actnow through funding.However,by the end of February,just US$69 million had been promised.This most alarming crisis has developed and is worsening in East Africa.The funds neededto control the situation become very difficult to achieve and the gap is
37、 a big concern.32.Why does the crisis happen in EastAfrica?A.Good climate for breeding plays a role.高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 7 页 共 10 页B.There is a big population there.C.There are large deserts and grasslands.D.Africa lies west of Arabian Peninsula.33.Why does the writer list those figures in Para 2?A.To hel
38、p us understand how locusts live.B.To show how many locusts there are now.C.To draw a picture of the presentAfrica.D.To warn of the terrible damage by locusts.34.What can we infer from the text?A.The crisis is not noticed until recently.B.The crisis has been the focus of the world.C.More fund is nee
39、ded to prevent the crisis.D.Locusts are all from the Arabian Peninsula.35.Which is the best title for the text?A.Killing Locusts Before Too LateB.Funding Gap for Locust CrisisC.Global Warming,a World ProblemD.Africa,a Crisis-stricken Place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
40、两项为多余选项。Each year thousands of Chinese tourists visit Cambridge,not to see the beauty of a greatuniversity,but to pay homage(敬意)to a poemXu Zhimos Farewell to Cambridge.36Asone of the most famous romantic poets of Chinese literature,he is known for his promotion andcontributions to modern Chinese po
41、etry.To honor him,in July 2008,a stone of white marble was set up at the Backs of Kings College,Cambridge(near the bridge over the River Cam).37It records the poets feelings of sorrows atdeparting from Cambridge where he had studied between 1920 and 1922.38He was alsoinfluenced by French romantic an
42、d symbolist poets at that time.The poem is his signature work,mostfrequently recited at shows.He was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully naturalize Westernromantic forms into modern Chinese poetry.39It is a good embodiment(典型)of his life-long devotion to explore poetic qualitiespoetic l
43、icense,creation and beauty.He creates a beautiful poetic imagery just like the fresh bridge,rainbow and cloud.In such imagery,poem can tell about its own aesthetic(美学的)feelings.40高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 8 页 共 10 页A.Xu Zhimo got the honor in Cambridge.B.The beauty of this poem impressed the readers.C.It was a
44、t Cambridge that he fell in love with English romantic poetry.D.Xu Zhimo was an early 20th century Chinese poet.E.On it are written the first two and last two lines from this poem.F.The poem possesses true feelings,fresh language and elegant style.G.Music and color can appeal to the imagery by use o
45、f the two senses,ear and mind.第三部分：基础知识运用（共两节,满分 45 分）第一节 完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分）阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将题涂黑。I had to read The Secret several times in order to get and understand the core meaning of thebook.I said to myself that41what the book said was true,I w
46、as going to give it my very best.When looking back at my42,I noticed that I had always been43by negative thoughts withmy subconscious mind and not really thinking about the44of those.I had taken an exam three times to get45in the field I was going to46.However,aftermeeting with47many times,I felt ho
47、peless,depressed and48.I didn t know what I shoulddo.I had asked my friends for help,but their49didnt help me,either.One day,I50TheSecret and borrowed it at once when I borrowed other books from the library.After I read The Secretseveral times and practiced it a lot with small things,51I learned its
48、 meaning bit by bit.I am notan expert yet now,so I52study it every day.I53the book and the author,without which Iwould not have54what I had always longed for.I did not get the top score,but I did get55in my study!I am now going to get top marks in this study,which is my new56.This book is to me what
49、 a timely _57_ is to a dry grassland.It was my luck that eventually58this book to me and it is the book that lets my effort59.I strongly believe that I can achievemore with it60me in the future.41.A.althoughB.unlessC.whetherD.if42.A.progressB.pastC.childhoodD.difficulty43.A.judgedB.abandonedC.troubl
50、edD.approved44.A.resultsB.benefitsC.fearsD.differences45.A.influenceB.honorC.admissionD.competence46.A.discussB.studyC.devoteD.apply47.A.sufferingsB.accidentsC.conflictsD.rejections48.A.unfairB.annoyedC.lostD.ambiguous49.A.skillsB.adviceC.contactsD.comfort高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 9 页 共 10 页50.A.came acrossB.p
51、ut asideC.heard aboutD.gave away51.A.correctlyB.especiallyC.roughlyD.gradually52.A.stillB.evenC.neverD.seldom53.A.assessB.selectC.valueD.award54.A.discoveredB.accomplishedC.missedD.dropped55.A.explorationB.measuresC.fortuneD.advances56.A.ambitionB.reasonC.interestD.idea57.A.stormB.rainC.snowD.thunde
52、r58.A.guaranteedB.tookC.forcedD.brought59.A.move onB.come outC.pay offD.turn up60.A.trainingB.savingC.matchingD.accompanying第卷（非选择题 共 60 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。When the winter approaches,tanghulu,a traditional Chinese snack can be found on thest
53、reet corner in northern China.Since the ancient times,it61(be)very popular with natives,especially children.Tanghulu is62(common)made of haws(山楂),which are rich in vitamin C andare known63(have)traditional Chinese medicine properties.According to a legend,800years ago,one of the emperors64(wife)was
54、sick and had65poor appetite.The doctor suggested that she eat 10 haws66(boil)with sugar beforedinner.She recovered within two weeks.Later,the prescription was passed on67ordinary people.People put haws on a stick,dipped them in hot sugar syrup(糖浆)and dried.The syrup finally turned into a solid coati
55、ng,like crystal on the surface of haws.That is68they are also called bingtanghulu.Another origin story says that the very first tanghulu only hadtwo haws:a small one on the top and a big one below,69(make)it resemble a hulu,abringer of goodluck.With sour haws and sweet sugar,the taste of tanghulu is
56、 a combination of flavors,whichoften70(remind)people of their happy childhoods.第四部分 写作（共两节,满分 35 分）第一节 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、高二年级下半期考试英语科目第 10 页 共 10 页删除或修改。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
57、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。Last week,in my English class we watch a video about the earth and how to help theenvironment with some simply actions.My family and I have decided to change our daily habit tosave energy.Now I take a shower quickly than before.That makes me ha
58、ppy is that my mother nolonger relies on the microwave for breakfast,but use a gas stove instead.When we leave home,andwe turn off all the lights because nobody is going to use it.If we change our way of life,with myopinion,we will make a contribution to protecting the earth.Why not having a try?第三节书面表达（满分25分）假定你是李华，你的外国笔友 Jack 在网上看到了中国学生在疫情中做家务的照片，发来邮件想了解你的相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：1.你做的家务；2.家人的态度；3.你的感受。参考词汇：the epidemic 疫情注意：1.词数 100 左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Jack,Best wishes.Yours,Lihua
