2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(II).doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 (II)第一部分 听力理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 does the man want to do first?A. Have a cup of tea. B. Watch the dolphin show C. See the elephants.2. When does the science class finish?A. At 8:50. B. At 10:50. C. At 11:45.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A cake. B. A fruit C. A drink.4. Who was absent from school yesterday?A. Bill. B. Cathy. C. Jill.5. How will the woman go to the party?A. By taxi. B. By train. C. By bus.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，并标在试卷相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. How did the woman find out that her school was closed?A. From the radio. B. From a classmate. C. From the Internet.7. What do the speakers decide to do at last?A. Stay at home. B. Study math together. C. Have a snowball fight听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Collect the sales figures. B. Refer to Susans files. C. Talk to David.9. What does the man want to know in the end? A. When the meeting begins. B. Who will attend the meeting.C. What will be talked in the meeting. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why is the woman talking with the man? A. To introduce a friend to him. B. To invite him to dinner.C. To ask about his job. 11. Where are the speakers? A. In Germany. B. In France. C. In Britain.12. What did the man work as two years ago? A. A teacher. B. An officer. C. An engineer.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How long is East Market open a day? A. 5 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 9 hours.14. What does the man say about the Leather Lane Market?A. It opens only on weekdays. B. Its near the Castle Station.C. Its closed at lunchtimes. 15. What does the woman like about Brixton Market? A. The position. B. The vegetables. C. The price.16. Where should the woman go to buy presents? A. East Street Market. B. Leather Lane Market. C. Carmen Hight Market.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which module will Holiday teach this term? A. Rivers. B. Industry. C. Population.18. What will be tested during the second exam? A. All four topics. B. Geographical skills. C. A project.19. How often do the students do fieldwork? A. Once a week. B. Once a month. C. Twice a month.20. What does the speaker suggest the students do in the end?A. Read different kinds of books. B. Go to the countryside often.C. Finish two projects each term.第二部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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和D）中，选出最佳选项。You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams (l 860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of munity by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson (l 907-1964)If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the worlds lakes and oceans.Sandra Day OConnor (1930-present)When Sandra Day OConnor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and, in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. OConnor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks (1913-xx)On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.21. What is Jane Addams noted for in history?A. Her social work.B. Her teaching skills.C. Her efforts to win a prize.D. Her munity background.22. What was the reason for OConnors being rejected by the law firm?A. Her lack of proper training in law.B. Her little work experience in court.C. The discrimination against women.D. The poor financial conditions.23. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.C. Sandra Day OConnor. D. Rosa Park.BAnki has introduced Cozmo, a little robot powered by an advanced artificial intelligence. Cozmo promises to be far more interactive（互动的）than any toy robot.Cozmo, which can lie in your hand, has a “brain”technically its CPUthat can process data amazingly fast. In addition Cozmo has a playful personality. Hes designed to react to emotions and even ask users to play with him.Cozmo is not the first interactive toy to reach the market nor is it the first robot toy. What sets Cozmo apart from the other “smart toys” is that it has greater play value than those toys, which can bee repetitious all too quickly.“Every interaction with Cozmo is different, so you do not put up with repetitive patterns and responses typically found with other preprogrammed robots,” explained Anki spokesperson Peter Nguyen. Because it has functionality that is similar to that of video games, Cozmo also can receive regular updates, which could extend its playability. Still, Anki has designed this toy to be just that: a toy. Its not an advanced puterized robot. Its software is app-based.Cozmo lacks the “traditional” human-like robot form factor of legs, arms and a head. But Cozmo does have an OLED screen / face with blue eyes, which in fact were designed to help it connect with its user.“Im glad my kids are already raised,” said Roger L. Kay, analyst an Endpoint Technologies Associates. “Otherwise, they might bee more antisocial if their relationship with Cozmo is more satisfying than those with real people,” said Kay. “Cozmo might encourage kids to learn more about technology or even inspire them to try programming and similar studies,” said Charles King, analyst at Pund-IT.Yet this technology does promise to be more than a toy. “Its a pretty cool invention and might have further applications, for example in elder care,” suggested Kay.24. What do we know about the appearance of Cozmo?A. It is small-sized. B. It is hand-shaped.C. It has colorful eyes. D. It looks similar to a traditional robot.25. What makes Cozmo different from other “smart toys”?A. It avoids repetition. B. It is first robot toy.C. It can interact with users. D. It has app-based software.26. How might Cozmo help kids?A. By encouraging them to value toys.B. By exciting their interest in technology.C. By reminding them to take care of seniors.D. By help them municate with others.27. What is the best title for the text?A. A new way of inspiring kids. B. An advanced puter robot.C. The development of toy robots. D. A playmate wanting to know you.CFive years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said: “Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.”A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations.Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect（感染）other students.Encouraging this kind of thinking has a downside. I ran the risk of losing those students who had a different style of thinking. Without fail one would declare, “But Im just not creative.”“Do you dream at night when youre asleep?”“Oh, sure.” “So tell me one of your most interesting dreams.” The student would tell something wildly imaginative. Flying in the sky or in a time machine or growing three heads. “Thats pretty creative. Who does that for you? “Nobody. I do it.”“Really-at night, when youre asleep?”“Sure.”“Try doing it in the daytime, in class, okay?”28. The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to .A. know more about the studentsB. make the lessons more excitingC. raise the students interest in artD. teach the students about toy design29. What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. He liked to help his teacher. B. He preferred to study alone.C. He was active in class. D. He was imaginative.30. What does the underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Mistake. B. Drawback. C. Difficulty. D. Burden.31. Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?A. To help them to see their creativity.B. To find out about their sleeping habits,C. To help them to improve their memory.D. To find out about their ways of thinking,DIn the mid-nineteenth century, as iceboxes became increasingly mon in American homes, there were efforts to find cheaper and more reliable sources of ice. In the eighteen-thirties, scientists discovered a way to make ice, which is similar to how a refrigerator works. In 1860, there were four artificial-ice plants in the United States; in 1889, there were about two hundred; by 1909, there were two thousand. Ice now came from factories, not ponds, and it was turned out in three-hundred-pound blocks by lowering steel cans of pure water into tanks of refrigerated salted water. Kept below thirty-two degrees, the salted water did not freeze, but the water in the cans did. Those cans were then lifted from the tank, and the ice was taken out of them.The ice blocks were delivered to home users, and to the fishing and chemical industries. On the railroads, trains carrying fruit and vegetables had cars at each end filled with blocks of ice. It was a growing industry.The great trade began to fall away in the middle years of the twentieth century. The railroad business shrank, and, in the immediate postwar period, block ice lost out to home refrigerators and then to small mercial ice machines. By the nineteen-sixties, things looked very dark. “It was scary,” Dan Ditmar, an ice expert in San Antonito, told me. “Your biggest customers were cafeterias and country clubs, and youd go out there and theyd say, We dont need you anymore; weve got ice machines.”Then the panies that survived the slump（a slump is a period when there is a reduction in business）began investing（投资）in newly developed ice-cube machines, and by the late sixties American ice was being a packaged-ice business. And packaged ice was exactly what the country needed. These were years of increased leisure timemore barbecues, more cars, and more houses by the lake. “Things exploded in the nineteen-seventies, Paul Handler said. Ice cubes evolved. They became hugely popular shoveled（铲）here and there into picnic coolers and fast-foof sodas. They became noisier.32. What happened at the beginning of the 20th century?A. Ice was mainly used on the railroads.B. There was a great need for iceboxes.C. Ice cubes got popular in the US.D. The ice industry grew very last,33. What was scary according to Dan Detmar?A. The slump in the block-ice market.B. The danger of producing block ice.C. The social problems in the postwar periodD. The problems caused by home refrigerators.34. What can we say about the investment in ice-cube machines?A. It nearly destroyed the US ice industry.B. It helped increase peoples leisure time.C. It proved to be a huge success.D. It caused a decline in ice sales.35. Which can be the best title for the text?A. From ponds to factories. B. From ice blocks to ice cubes,C. From iceboxes to refrigerators. D. From refrigerators to ice machines.第二节七选五（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。A role model is a person who others look up to. A role model provides inspiration and motivation for others. Role models send messages about their beliefs by what they do and say. 36 Role models are self-confident and happy with who they are. If role models show that they have great confidence, those who look up to them will, too. 37 They are proud of who they are, but not overly self- confident.Role models handle stress positively. Being humans means having to constantly deal with stress and overe difficulties. 38 While athletic role models may not win every game, they attempt to survive all kinds of pressure and learn from their mistakes when they fail. 39 A role model is honest and doesnt lie. A role model possesses integrity（诚实正直）and does the right thing even if no one is looking.Role models show respect for others. How you treat others speakers volumes（充分说明）about who you are. _40 He treats others in the way that he would like to be treated and is considerate of others. A role model does not place the blame for mistake on others; he owns up to his own shortings.A. Role models are always trustworthyB. A good role model also does what he saysC. Role models have trust in being themselvesD. Here are some qualities of positive role modelsE. A role model sets a good example of how to deal with pressureF. If you want to bee a good role model, follow the tips belowG. A good role model listens to others and also considers opposing points of view第三部分 语言知识运用（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分45分）第一节 （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项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。When my wife and I decided to open our bookstore in xx, we were a little 41 .The challenges facing small bookstores wereand remain 42 . Aside from the obvious 43 in online selling, the increase in the popularity of e-books has had a（n） 44 effect on independent providers.The question is why a new, small-scale（小规模的）provider would 45 enter such a（n） 46 market?From a personal view, our reasoning was sound: we wanted to 47 our love of great books and reading for pleasure with as many 48 people as possible.Having done our homework, one thing became 49 . In order for us to succeed, we would have to offer something that none of our larger petitors already provided.And so we 50 the Willoughby Book Club. We set up our website in the summer of xxand we havent looked back.The idea of 51 is simple. We offer a range of book subscription gift packages, 52 in three-, six- and 12-month options. Our customers 53 a package, tell us a little about the person theyre buying it for, and we use this information to 54 the（接收者）a hand-picked, gift-wrapped（包装的）book once a month.We also recently decided to 55 one new book to Book Aid International for every gift subscription sold. These books are sent out to sub-Saharan Africa, 56 the educational work there.Within four months of starting out, we won the Young Bookseller of the Year award at the xx Bookseller awards.Our brief 57 from new booksellers to award receivers has been challenging and 58 . The biggest thing weve learned is that, despite the 59 facing independent providers, there is a 60 for then in the UK market. Its just a question of finding it.41. A. proud B. curious C. worried D. shocked42. A. abrupt B. significant C. distant D. potential43. A. need B. faith C. change D. rise44. A. immediate B. magical C. harmful D. equal45. A. voluntarily B. gradually C. secretly D. finally46. A. active B. global C. promising D. challenging47. A. share B. seek C. enjoy D. value48. A. strong-minded B. like-minded C. open-minded D. simple-minded49. A. easy B. clear C. possible D. safe50. A. joined B. visited C. started D. left51. A. success B. service C. development D. activity52. A. affordable B. acceptable C. reliable D. available53. A. choose B. design C. provide D. prepare54. A. send B. read C. buy D. order55. A. pass B. lend C. give D. return56. A. guiding B. following C. continuing D. supporting57. A. journey B. dream C. business D. attempt58. A. tiring B. rewarding C. disappointing D. interesting59. A. chances B. demands C. pressures D. judgements60. A. prize B. time C. result D. place第二节 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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 61 we know, there are three medalists in Olympic races: the gold, the silver, and the bronze (铜牌).Imagine what its like to be the silver medalist. If you 62 (be) just one second faster, you could have won the gold! So close! You would keep paring yourself to be the gold winner, full 63 envy.Now imagine what its like to be the bronze medalist. One second 64 (slow), and you wouldnt have won anything! Whoo-hoo! You would be thrilled that you were 65 (official) an Olympic medalist, an