2019-2020学年高二英语下学期学前考试试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期学前考试试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分；满分5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1.How does the man e here? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By car.2.Why isnt Helen present? A. She forgot to e.B. She changed her decision. C. She wasnt invited.3.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Doctor and patient.4.Whats the mans job? A. A shop assistant. B. A tailor. C. A salesman.5.What does the man mean? A. He cant go to the cinema. B. He can go to the cinema on Saturday morning. C. He can go to the cinema on Saturday evening.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分,满分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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。请听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6.When will the man go on holiday? A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter.7.Where is the man going? A. Switzerland. B. Italy. C. Austria. 请听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8.What is the man? A. A businessman. B. A salesman. C. A scientist.9.Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. On a train. B. On a bus. C. On a plane.10.Why is the woman traveling? A. She is traveling on holiday. B. She is traveling on business. C. She is traveling to give some lectures. 请听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。11.Why is the woman calling? A. To buy a table. B. To book a table. C. To serve lunch.12.When does this restaurant stop serving lunch? A. 1 pm. B. 2 pm. C. 3 pm. 13.How many people will e with the woman for lunch? A. One. B. Two. C. Four. 请听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。14.What is the man? A. A nurse. B. A doctor. C. A chemist.15.What is wrong with the woman? A. She is wet all over. B. She has a bad headache. C. She has had a cough for three days.16.What does the man tell the woman to do? A. Stay in bed for some time and take some medicine. B. Go around from time to time. C. e to see him tomorrow morning.17.Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. In a garden. B. In the mans office. C. In the womans house.请听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。18.What is the main topic of the passage? A. The Barcelona Olympic Games. B. TV programs on Chinese television. C. Effects of television on our lives.19.Where was the survey of 300 youngsters made? A. In Shanghai. B. In Wuhan. C. In Beijing.20.According to the passage, what is quickly taking the place of printed material as the major source of news for most Chinese? A. The Internet B. Television C. Radio第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15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。Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful-looking man. Hes hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. Ive e to see if youve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and theres no bus till morning.” He told me hed been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess its my faceI know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled (残疾的) from a back injury. He didnt tell it by way of plaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I e back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home.”On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters (牡蛎) I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us. In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without plaint when facing the misfortune.21. Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?A. Because the man said others refused to acmodate him. B. Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience.C. Because the man said he had e from the eastern shore. D. Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon.22. How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?A. About 1 hour. B. About 2 hours. C. About 3 hours. D. About 4 hours.23. From the text we can know that _.A. the authors children were kind and friendly to the man B. the man was fed up with his hard-work and his familyC. John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms for the patients to live inD. the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors24. The authors family were grateful to know the man because _.A. he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden B. he paid them money for his stayingC. he taught them how to accept the bad without plaint D. he stayed only overnight with the writers family BTayka Hotel De SalWhere: Tahua, BoliviaHow much: About $95 a nightWhy its cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of saltincluding the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake thats the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: About $240 a nightWhy its cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open windowthere is no glass!you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to e down for breakfastthe hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.Dog Bark Park Inn B&BWhere: Cottonwood, IdahoHow much: $92 a nightWhy its cool: This doghouse isnt just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willys head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: Ayvali, TurkeyHow much: Between $130 and $475 a night.Why its cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65in summer.(Dont worrythere is heat in winter.)25. What is the similarity of the four hotels? A. Being expensive. B. Being beautiful. C. Being natural. D. Being unique.26. What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to? A. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B. B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner. C. The name of the hotel. D. The name of the hotel owner.27. Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past? A. Tayka Hotel De Sal B. Green Magic Nature Resort C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B D. Gamirasu Cave HotelC“Selfie” (自拍) joins ranks of dictionary words.In xx, an Australian man went to his friends 21st birthday party. He got drunk, tripped on some steps and cut his lip. He took a picture of his injuries and shared it with his friends on an online forum. “And sorry about the focus,” he wrote, “it was a selfie.” That was the first recorded use of the word “selfie”, according to linguistic experts at Oxford Dictionaries.On Nov 19, Oxford Dictionaries declared “selfie” Word of the Year for xx, in honor of the term having taken over the world thanks to millions of smart phone self-portraits and the resulting shares on social media.So what does the choice of the word say about our culture? Mary Elizabeth Williams, writing in Salon magazine, says the word reminds us that contemporary culture is defined by our narcissism(自恋).Megan Jackson from a local newspaper points out a selfie may only focus on appearance.Selfies invite judgment based on appearance alone. What kind of cultural influence does this have on women? Erin Gloria Ryan on Jezebel says selfies teach young woman to obsess over their appearance and judge themselves on the basis of beauty rather than acplishments. “Theyre a reflection of the warped way we teach girls to see themselves as decorative,” said Ryan.In Slate magazine, Rachel Simmons has the opposite view. She argues that selfies are an example of young women promoting themselves and taking control of their own self-presentation. Think of each one, she says, as “a tiny pulse of girl pride a shout-out to the self”.28. Which of the following is true about the first use of “selfie”?A. The Australian man created it to celebrate his friends 21st birthday.B. The Australian man created by chance when he got drunk and shared his photo online.C. The Oxford Dictionary used it to thank the creation of smart phone.D. The social media were so advanced that they made the word transmitted.29. The underlined word “tripped” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.A. traveled B. stepped lightly C. fell down D. made mistakes30. Who holds a positive opinion towards selfie in the life of women?A. Mary Elizabeth. B. Megan Jackson. C. Erin Gloria Ryan. D. Rachel Simmons. 31. The text is mainly concerned with _.A. the introduction of the word “selfie”B. the choice of the word “selfie”C. the history of the word “selfie”D. the characteristics of the word “selfie” DPeople typically wash their hands seven times a day in the United States, but they do it at a far higher temperature than is necessary to kill germs (病菌) , a new study says. The energy waste is equivalent to the fuel use of a small country. Amanda R. Carrico, a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment in Tennessee, told National Geographic that hand washing is often “a case where people act in ways that they think are in their best interest, but they in fact have inaccurate beliefs or outdated perceptions.” Carrico said, “Its certainly true that heat kills bacteria, but if you were going to use hot water to kill them it would have to be way too hot for you to tolerate.” Carrico said that after a review of the scientific literature, her team found “no evidence that using hot water that a person could stand would have any benefit in killing bacteria.” Even water as cold as 40F (4.4C) appeared to reduce bacteria as well as hotter water, if hands were scrubbed, rinsed（冲洗）and dried properly. Using hot water to wash hands is therefore unnecessary, as well as wasteful, Carrico said, particularly when it es to the environment. According to her research, people use warm or hot water 64 percent of the time when they wash their hands. Using that number, Carricos team calculated a significant impact on the planet. “Although the choice of water temperature during a single hand wash may appear unimportant, when multiplied by the nearly 800 billion hand washes performed by Americans each year, this practice results in more than 6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually,” she said.The researchers published their results in the July xx issue of International Journal of Consumer Studies. They remended washing with water that is at a “fortable” temperature, which they noted may be warmer in cold months and cooler in hot ones.32. Whats the meaning of what Carrico told National Geographic in the second paragraph? A. People are more concerned about their health and begin to wash their hands. B. Its important for people to wash their hands to keep healthy. C. Generally, peoples hand washing behaviors and perceptions are not correct. D. People like washing their hands very much.33. The figures in the sixth paragraph are used to show that _. A. using hot water to wash hands has a bad influence on our planet. B. air pollution has bee more and more serious. C. using hot water to wash hands is a waste of energy. D. people should pay more attention to the environment around us.34. This passage is organized in the pattern of _. A. fact and opinion B. cause and effect C. definition and classification D. time and events35. What can we learn from the passage? A. Its necessary and useful for people to wash their hands frequently every day. B. We can wash our hands with water that is at a “fortable” temperature. C. Using cold water to wash hands is necessary and much healthier. D. Hot water cant kill germs.第二节（共5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。第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)Three Critical Truths We Forget All Too SoonSo much happens in our lives every day that we often forget what we have learned. In effect, the only thing faster than the speed of our thoughts is the speed of our forgetfulness. 36 1. Small steps get you to big places.The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing simply because you can only do a little. In fact, it is far more productive to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a giant leap. 37 Figure out where you want to go, take a step, and keep on stepping. Diligence and persistence will get you there.2. 38 Two people can be affected by the same circumstance but respond in pletely different ways. The reason is that it just depends on their attitudes. When you expect life to be unkind, it will always live up to your expectations. On the other hand, when you consider yourself to be in a fortunate situation, you will find yourself in many more. 39 3. You can only change yourself.Dont wait for someone who hurt you to make it up to you; this kind of thinking only keeps your old wounds from healing. 40 You have no control over them, and they may never change. Inner peace is found by changing your thinking, not the people who hurt you. So forgive those who have hurt you in the past, and even more importantly, forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you. Then smile like youve never cried re-open your heart and mind like youve never been hurt, and live the rest of your life like youre running out of time. A. Fear always exists.B. Attitude makes all the difference.C. Waiting for them to change is not the answer.D. Here are some important reminders to jog your memory.E. The path to every goal requires a hundred small steps-one after the other.F. In the end, we learn even more from our failures than we do from our successes.G. Its important to remember that there is value in every situation and circumstance.第三部分 完形填空 （共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后个体所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Johns parents acquired the washer when he was a small boy. It happened during World War II. His family never 41 a washing machine and, since gasoline was expensive, they could not 42 trips to the laundry several miles away. Keeping clothes 43 became a problem for young Johns household.A family friend joined the army, and his wife 44 to go with him. Johns family 45 to store their furniture while they were away. To the familys 46 , the friend suggested they use their Bendix. So this is how they 47 the washer.Young John helped with the washing, and across the years he 48 a love for the old, green Bendix. But 49 the war ended. When the friends came to take it back, John grew terribly 50 . His mother 51 him and said. “You must remember, that machine 52 belonged to us in the first place. That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken 53 , lets use this 54 to be grateful that we had it at all.”The