宁夏银川一中2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

宁夏银川一中2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题 （总分：150分； 考试时间：120分钟）注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题的答案后，用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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。3考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第1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. Where does the man want to sit?A. By the window. B. In a corner. C. At the door.2. What did the woman buy for her sister? A. A watch. B. Two books C. Some jewels.3. What will the woman probably do? A. Clean her room. B. Sort out her new things. C. Give her old things to the church.4. Whats the weather probably like now? A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. What Tom has done wrong.B. Where Toms family moved.C. Why Tom went to a new school.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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。请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. Why wont the woman go to the culture festival? A. Because of housework. B. Because of homework. C. Because of part-time job.7. What does the man usually do on Saturday nights? A. He meets his friends. B. He relaxes at home. C. He does some cleaning.请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What did the man do last night? A. He attended a party. B. He went to see a doctor. C. He looked after his mother.9. How long did the man stay in the hospital? A. 3 hours. B. 4 hours C. 5 hours.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What color flower will the plant have? A. Red. B. Pink. C. Purple.11. When should the man put the plant in the garden? A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn.12. How much will the man pay for the plant? A. $30. B. $10. C. $8.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why doesnt the man want to choose Flower Arranging? A. Its too boring. B. It began last week. C. It is too expensive.14. How long does the photography course last? A. Four weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Eight weeks.15. Which course is the most expensive?A. Introduction to Antiques. B. Photography for Amateurs. C. Italian Wine.16. What does the woman say about the course Web Design for Beginners?A. Its too similar to her job. B. It takes too much time. C. It looks difficult. 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speaker eat on the train to Paris? A. A hamburger. B. A steak. C. A hot dog.18. Who did the speaker sit next to on his way to Rome? A. William. B. John. C. Marcus.19. Why does the speaker want to sit next to Maria?A. To help her relax when flying. B. To learn harmonica from her.C. To share his hip-hop CDs.20. Which of the following is the speakers route?A. London Edinburgh Paris Rome Bavaria Helsinki.B. London Paris Edinburgh Bavaria Rome Helsinki.C. London Rome Paris Edinburgh Bavaria Helsinki.二、阅读理解：（每小题2分，共计40分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A MUSEUM SHOPS BUFFALO HISTORY MUSEUM Offers items related to the history of Western New York and its people, such as postcards, posters, fine gift items, childrens books, and a wide selection of publications about Buffalo architecture, the Arts& Crafts movement and Frank Lloyd Wright. One Museum Court, Buffalo 716-873-9644/ BUFFALO ZOO The Zootique is full of animal-themed items from around the world, as well as Buffalo Zoo branded T-shirts, sweatshirts, postcards, calendars, and educational toys. A Zootique gift can be the perfect way to remember your day at this attractive zoo, which is set within the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Delaware Park. 300 Parkside Ave, Buffalo 716-873-3900/ BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTERWhile most museum gift shops are filled with knick-snacks(小摆设) and memorabilia, the Burchfields shop is filled with works by local artists. There are some seriously cool, collectible items to be found. The museum itself is known for showing cutting-edge artists and exhibitions, and the creativity obviously doesnt stop at the art. 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo 716-878-6011/ROYCROFT COPPER SHOP GALLERYYou can experience the American Arts and Crafts Movements legacy(遗产) today by shopping at the Roycroft Copper Shop, featuring hundreds of works by over 100 local, national, and international artisans including handmade jewelry, woodwork, glass, prints and paintings. 31 South Grove St, East Aurora 716-655-0261/21. Which number should you call if you want to know more about Zootique gifts? A. 716-873-9644. B. 716-837-3900. C. 716-878-6011. D. 716-655-0261 .22. How is Buffalo Penny Art Center different from other museum shops? A. Its goods are all artworks. B. Its gifts are intended for children. C. It sells a lot of works by local artists. D. It shows various coins from around the world.23. At which shop can you learn about the Arts and Crafts Movement in America? A. Buffalo Zoo. B. Buffalo History Museum. C. Burchfield Penny Art Center. D. Roycroft Copper Shop GalleryBWhen I was eight years old, I had cancer. It was really hard. One of the worst things was having to sit in the doctors office for hours during chemo(化疗)treatments. Id want to walk around and do things, but dealing with the big intravenous poles(静脉输液架) that hold the bags of medicine was a pain. Id have to roll them around with me. Id trip over them, and the poles got stuck on everything. It made my stress over being sick even worse.Last year for science fair, my teacher said we should think of how to solve an everyday problem. When you have cancer, the intravenous poles are an everyday problem. I started thinking of making a backpack for kids so they could get around and play and go outside while they are getting chemo. I especially want to make chemo easier for kids. I know how frightening it can be.For my project, I got a backpack and made a model. I took a small box and made it look like an intravenous machine. I had a small pole sticking out of the top, where youd hang the bag of medicine. Then I painted it to make it look nice.After the science fair, I got a patent for my invention. That means I officially owned the idea. I was pretty surprised. Companies started talking to my family about making the backpacks. But its very expensive. A lot of people have donated money to help. So far Ive raised $55,000.Before the backpack project, I thought of cancer as terrible. But now I realize that a good thing that came from it was that I could help others. I dont like seeing kids with cancer suffer through treatment. I hope my invention can help them.24. What troubled the author most? A. Her health. B. Her studies C. The chemo treatment D. The medicine for cancer25. Why did the author want to invent a special backpack? A. To help kids know about cancer B. To make treatment more effective C. To make students school bags lighter. D. To help kids feel better during chemo.26. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. What the author did to raise money. B. How the author made the backpacks. C. What the author got from her teacher. D. How the author got an intravenous machine.27. What can we learn about the backpack project? A. It was fruitful. B. It has made lots of money. C. It was started by a company. D. It was a school-owned business.C “ Go ahead,” I told Linda. “ Pick up the rock, and see whats under it.” Her 4-year-old arms struggled with the rock buried in the stream bed. Her eyes got big as she examined the worms after their nest was uncovered. She watched quietly, as they walked past her foot. She gently put the rock back and said,” Are there worms under all the rocks?” This wasnt school- it was a nature-based summer camp in New Yorks Hudson Valley that I ran when I was 17. When I turned the kids over to their parents at the end of the day, they were tired, inspired by nature and knowledge.Finlands “ forest kindergartens” use the natural world as a jumping off point for early academic instruction to make them enjoy learning. Finland is following in the footsteps of other European countries including Denmark, where outdoor education has been common for many years.In the Finnish program, kids spend four days of a week, from 8:30a.m. to 6:30p.m., outside with a teacher. Built into the program is quite a bit of playtime. Kids get a lot of exercise and lesson plans are freely made so teachers can use whats at hand and in season in their lessons.While all this sounds less strict than a classroom-based kindergarten program, the results show that these types of programs have better results for overall physical health as well as academic performance and social development. But arent the kids who do this coming from wealthy, educated communities-so, of course they score better on tests? In fact, the greatest gains from spending time outdoors can be found in kids who are coming from less advantageous background. At a school near Atlanta, where kids spend 30 percent of their day outside, students have improved scores more than students from any other school in their area, and most of the kids there come from poor families.28. Why did the author ask Linda to turn over the rock? A. To help Linda be independent. B. To see if Linda had enough courage. C. To give Linda a chance to study nature. D. To teach Linda how to protect animals.29. Whats the purpose of Finlands “ forest kindergartens”? A. To help kids learn about forests. B. To popularize outdoor education. C. To show the importance of play. D. To develop kids interest in study.30. Compared with classroom-based kindergartens, “forest kindergartens”_. A. seem to be less tiring B. have no fixed lesson plans C. set many strict rules D. have no teachers around31. What is an advantage of outdoor programs according to the last paragraph? A. Kids joining them score higher on tests. B. They help change poor kids families. C. They do good to communities. D. Kids meet people who are different from them.DIn June 2015, Hedlund gave herself a challenge: She would go an entire year without buying any clothes. At first she thought shed try it out on her own. But because she was also in charge of clothes shopping for her husband and young son, she expanded the experiment to also include them. Hedlund found that she spent hundreds of dollars each year on clothes she and her family never actually wore. With the exception of a single pair of running shoes, Hedlund succeeded in not buying any clothing for anyone in her family for one year. Along the way, the experiment brought her attention to something else: the clothing industrys wastefulness. This problem, Hedlund realized, was fueled partly by people like herself, who bought too many clothes they didnt need. These purchases power an industry where pollution, waste and unsafe working conditions are too often seen.“ I wasnt really aware of this dark side of the clothing industry,” said Hedlund. “It wasnt the first thing I took into consideration when I started the challenge, but now it just makes me want to keep not buying clothing.”Its possible that consumers（消费者）actions can affect a trillion-dollar global industry. By controlling their consumption, consumers can send a clearer signal to clothing producers that they dont want to buy so much and they dont want to buy badly-made clothing.However, minimalism(极简主义) has earned plenty of critics. “ Minimalism is OK only when its a choice, and its followers are in the well-off middle class,” said Stephanie Land, a journalist for The New York Times. “ For people who are not so well off, it is not really a choice.32. Why did Hedlund include her husband and young son in her experiment?A. She needed their help. B. She loved them very much.C. She was responsible for their clothes.D. She wanted to face a great challenge. 33. What was one result of Hedlunds challenge? A. She did a lot of running. B. She bought fewer clothes. C. She stopped buying anything. D. She changed her living conditions.34.What does the underlined word” It” in paragraph 3 refer to? A. Overconsumption. B. Leading a simple lifestyle. C. The experiment she did on clothing. D. The negative effect of the clothing industry.35. It can be inferred from Stephanie Lands words that minimalism _. A. is not suitable for everyone. B. should be spoken highly of. C. is popular with poor people. D. cant be thought of as a good idea.第二节 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. Learn How to Have a Learning VacationGoing on a vacation to learn a skill you have long hungered to pick up sounds like a good thing, but be careful, said John Spence, the president of a travel company in Calif. “If you dont pick the right skill for you, or go in without realistic expectations, your time wont enjoyable,” he said.Here, he shares his advice on planning a learning vacation that you wont regret taking:Follow your passion. _36_. They include cooking, photography, art history, farming or a sport such as diving or horseback riding. To get the most out of the trip, choose something youre passionate about._37_? With whatever skill you intend to learn, figure out whether you want an immersion(沉浸) or only to occupy a part of your trip. Its possible to learn cooking basics, for example, by taking a weeklong course at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Another choice is to attend several half-day classes at the school and have more free time to explore the destination itself. “_38_, so make sure that its what you really want,” Mr. Spence said.Consider your budget. No matter the skill, you can learn it by taking a vocation in a wide range of price choices. _39_ If you want to learn scuba diving(水肺式潜水), for example, heading to the Maldives will cost several thousand dollars per person, while a scuba diving trip to the Florida Keys is a more wallet-friendly choice.Dont forget the children. _40_, if they are fun. “ Yes, you want your kids to learn, but you dont want them to be bored by overloading them with too much information,” Mr. Spence said.A. A little, or a lotB. Dont be influenced by others interestC. What skill do you want to learnD. Learning vacations can be great family trips, tooE. The choices for what you can learn on your vacation are limitlessF. Having a clear idea of your budget will help you home in on the right tripG. Spending your entire break learning something new can be stressful第三节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。On New Years Eve, I came across an old couple at a secondhand store. They moved slowly around me 41 something. “Can I help you?” I asked.They stopped, looked at me and said, “ Were looking for 42 things that look new.”Then they 43 . I didnt. It must have been a private joke between them.Noticing I looked 44 , the man explained, “ Look, every new year in the past we 45 to begin the year with new things. It was a goal to surround ourselves with things 46 and new so that we had new direction, new hopes and dreams for the 47 ahead.”“ How did that 48 ?” I asked.“ Well, after so many years, we discovered it really got us 49 ,” the woman said.“ Then why do you 50 at a secondhand store? Are things bad financially?”“ No, not at all. We just discovered that things dont have to be 51 but to be of great value. 52 its old, its new to someone who 53 saw it before,” the man said. “ So, each year now we search for things that are 54 to others but mean the world to us,” the woman added. This couple had spent most of their lives 55 that there was power in “things” and on New Years Eve, they should 56 old things and be surrounded with new things. They spent most of their lives believing that by doing so, their life was going to change magically. 57 , the truth is, there really isnt anything different from one day to the next, one year to the next, except for your 58 to it. Everything is there waiting to be 59 , so everything is old until you see it for the first time.I have learned a 60 that day and it has been the best New Year gift I have ever received. 41. A. in search of B. in charge ofC. in memory of D. in support of42. A. strange B. cheap C. old D. pretty43. A. laughed B. nodded C. shouted D. apologized44. A. shockedB. worried C. puzzledD. annoyed45 A. promised B. triedC. struggled D. failed46. A. fresh B. familiar C. interesting D. useful47. A. wayB. year C. goal D. chance48. A. carry outB. pick out C. work outD. come out49. A. somewhereB. anywhereC. nowhereD. everywhere50. A. work B. volunteerC. stay D. shop51. A. outstanding B. attractive C. depressiveD. expensive52. A. Even thoughB. Now thatC. If onlyD. Ever since53. A. seldom B. never C. sometimes D. often54. A. commonB. funnyC. valueless D. harmless55. A. believingB. proving C