江苏省大丰区新丰中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

江苏省大丰区新丰中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（试卷满: 150分；考试时间: 120分钟）第i卷第一部分 听力(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. how does the man prefer to go to work? a. by car. b. by bus. c. on foot.2. whats the time now?a. 10:10. b.10:30. c. 11:00.3. what are the speakers talking about? a. a dinner out. b. a trip to hainan. c. a birthday gift.4. whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a. salesperson and customer. b.cook and customer. c. doctor and patient.5. where are the speakers?a. in a university. b. in a housing agency. c. in a lost and found.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分12.5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至7题。6. what does the man do? .a. he hosts a tv programme.b. he interviews job applicants. c. he monitors the morning news.7. what doesnt the man like about his job?a.he cannot sleep late every morning.b.he is always recognized on the street.c.he has to arrartge interviews with people.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what is good about the sunglasses?a. they are the latest style.b. they have a guarantee.c. they are the leading brand.9. how much does the woman pay finally? a. sixty-five dollars. b. fifty-five dollars. c. fifty dollars.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what are the speakers doing? a. eating out. b. preparing dinner. c.ordering take-out.11. why do they choose wongs?a. its quick. b. its cheap. c. its close.12. what would the woman like to have?a. pizza. b. chicken. c. pork.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what is jason supposed to do?a. to pick up the minibus. b. to have the minibus fixed.c.to meetpeople at the airport.14. what is true about andy jefferson?a. he is tall and fat. b.he likes running. c. he is full of energy.15.which subject will nancy mather teach?a.it b.mathematics. c. industrial arts.16. what is dr. keating like?a. he is an average guy. b.he is middle-aged. c. he has black hair.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what does the speaker think of the middle ages?a. they were the dark ages. b. they were an interesting time. c.they were full of artistic works.18. where was the modern game of chess developed?a.in india. b.in persia. c. in spain.19. in which room can we see the fountain pen?a. room 11b. b.room 12a. c. room 12b.20. what is the speaker doing?a.teaching history. b.having a meeting. c. conducting a tour.第二部分 阅读理解(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， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aguide to stockholm university libraryour library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.zonesthe library is divided into different zones. the upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. the reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. the ground floor is the zone where you can talk. here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.computersyou can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as microsoft office. they are situated in the area known as the experimental field on the ground floor.group-study placesif you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. all rooms are marked on the library maps. there are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. to book, you need an active university account and a valid university card. you can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.storage of study materialthe library has lockers for students to store course literature. when you have obtained at least 40 credits , you may rent a locker and pay 400 sek for a years rental period.rules to be followedmobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.please note that food and fuit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.21. the library s upper floor is mainly for students to .a. have group discussion b. read in a quiet placec. take comfortable seats d. get their computers fixed22. what condition should be met to book a group-study room?a. a group must consist of 8 people.b. three-hour use per day is the minimum. c. one should first register at the university.d. applicants must mark the room on the map.b when a big exam is coming up, you probably feel anxious about any wasted time and want to begin school as soon as you probably can.but tens of thousands of british high school students will soon be getting up later. theyre taking part in a new experiment by oxford university to see if later classes can improve their exam results.grades 10 students in the uk have to take the nationwide general certificate of secondary education (gcse) exams. they have to pass these exams in order to study more advanced courses, and later apply for universities.the oxford university project means that gcse students from more than 100 schools across england will start school at 10 am, more than one hour later than the current start time (8:50 am).the project is based on scientific evidence that teenagers are “out of sync(同步)” with traditional school hours, the telegraph reported. and what they need is more sleep in the morning.“we know that something funny happens when youre a teenager, in that you seem to be out of sync with the world,” said professor colin epsie, who is leading the study. “your parents think its because you are lazy and opinionated（固执己见的）and everything will be ok if you could get to sleep earlier. but science is telling us that teenagers need to sleep more in the mornings.”everyone follows a natural cycle of sleep and wakefulness. biology has decided that teenagers go to sleep around midnight and dont feel fully awake until 9-10 am, according to scientists. thats two hours later than adults. and their body clocks stay like this until the age of around 21 for males, and 19 for females.“society provides school for learning, but the brain provides sleep. so we are exploring the possibility that if you delay the schools start time until 10 am, that will improve learning performance,” said epsie.the results could be positive, based on previous studies.an early study at the uks monkseaton high school in 2009 found that starting an hour later improved grades in core subjects by 19 percent.the oxford project is expecting to publish the results soon. its time to wait and see whether scientists will give us an excuse to get up late.23. according to the article, students who take part in the oxford university project_. a. will start school one hour earlierb. will be guaranteed more sleeping time in the morningc. will perform better academically than those who dont participated. will no longer have to take gcse exams24. we can infer from the article that _ .a. children differ from adults in natural cycles of sleep and wakefulness.b. getting up late is a sign of laziness in the eyes of most british parents.c. the oxford university project is targeted at all british high schools.d. there is still no scientific evidence that supports a late school start time.25. what is the authors attitude toward the oxford university project ?a. critical b. uninterested c. optimistic d. doubtful 26. whats the best title of the article ?a. its never too late to learn b. an excuse to get up latec. the later you get up, the better youll learn d. wake up late to excelcbehind most of the bad things we do to our bodies as adults, eating more than we should is the idea we carry with us from childhood. on one hand, we assume that we are indestructible. on the other hand, we think that any damage we impose on ourselves can be undone when we finally clean up our act.if the evidence for how wrong the first idea is isnt apparent when you stand naked in front of the mirror, just wait. but what if you eat right and drop all your bad habits? is there still time to repair the damage?to a surprising degree, the answer is yes. over the past five years, scientists have collected a wealth of data about what happens when aging people with bad habits decide to turn their lives around.the heartening conclusion: the body has an amazing ability to heal itself, provided the damage is not too great.the effects of some bad habits-smoking, in particular, can haunt you for decades. but the damage from other habits can be largely healed.“any time you improve your behavior and make lifestyle changes, they make a difference from that point on.”says dr. jeffey koplan.“maybe not right away. its like slamming on the brakes(踩刹车). you do need a certain distance.”but the distance can be remarkably short. consider the recent announcements from the front lines of medical research: -a study concluded that women who consume as little as two servings of fish a week cut their risk of suffering a stroke to half that of women who eat less than one serving of fish a month. -the day you quit smoking, the carbon monoxide levels in your body drop dramatically. within weeks, your blood becomes less sticky and your risk of dying from a heart attack starts to decline . adopting healthy habits wont cure all that bothers you, of course. but doctors believe that many chronic diseases-from high blood pressure to heart disease and even some cancers-can be warded off with a few sensible changes in lifestyle.not sure where to start? surprisingly, it doesnt matter, since one positive change usually leads to another. make enough changes, and youll discover youve adopted a new way of life.27. most people with bad habits of eating more than they should believe that . a. their bodies cannot be damaged by the bad habits b. they can force themselves to clean up the had habits later c. their bodies can heal all the damage without the help from outside d. they can never change the habits that have developed for decades28. the evidence against the assumption that we are indestructible .a is seldom apparent b. is clearly shown in the mirrorc. is still a question d. will appear obvious sooner or later29. according to the recent announcements .a. women should eat as much fish as possibleb. men dont have to eat as much fish as womenc. eating a little more fish can improve womens healthd. women are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke than men30. it is implied in the passage that .a. the blood of smokers is more sticky than that of non-smokersb. chronic diseases can be cured if we drop our habit of smokingc. smokers have lower levels of carbon monoxide than non-smokersd. smokers will be unlikely to die from heart attack if they quit smokingdthe phone id flashed，“emergency vet”.“oh no”, i whispered. i could not lose merlin now.ron and i had tried to have children for a long time with depressing results. i threw myself into my work. any maternal(母性的) feelings i had were spent on merlin.i couldnt wait to get home from work each night. i wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him. i wanted to sing “rock-a-bye merlin”, as i did every night as he would put his paws around my neck.merlin was my comfort especially at times when i wondered if god was listening. but last night something had changed. not only did i sing “rock-a-bye merlin”, but i asked, “what will i do after you re gone？”although merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didnt look or act that way. i didnt want to accept the fact that he was nearing the end of his lifetime. my job at the law firm was so demanding and stressful that i couldnt imagine getting through the day without merlin waiting to greet me at home.i dialed the vets number. i asked for my husband but he already left. then i took a breath and asked the question that no one wants to ask，“is my merlin still alive？”the nurse said “yes.”ron came home and said that merlin had almost no red blood cells left. white blood cells were replacing them. merlin would need expensive transfusions most likely on a monthly basis. we both knew merlin was running out of time. i asked ron to drive me to the vet so i could say goodbye to my little boy cat but he was beat tired and it was late. ron said if merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.the next morning i called the vet. merlin had survived the night. after driving to the vet, i went into the examining room. the nurse brought merlin and placed him on an examining table on his side. his eyes were tightly shut. i thought he died already. i carefully edged my hand to reach his body. his body felt warm, but when i spoke his name there was no response. no response to his name or that i was there and that i loved him. i was extremely sad. in that examining room i felt helpless. i wondered how many people in an examining room felt as helpless as i did. feeling driven to prayer, i yelled, “god this isnt good enough. i need to see my merlin the way i remember him, i need a miracle and i need it now！”at that moment, god granted a miracle. merlins favorite compliment（奉承） entered my mind. i said, “merlin, you are beautiful and you are gorgeous, do you hear me？”one eye opened.i said “gotcha”. i kept repeating those words.merlin opened the other eye and, one limb at a time, got up. he was waiting for that phrase. he wanted to hear that he was beautiful and gorgeous again.then i experienced another miracle.there was no sound in that examining room until merlin started walking to me. from out of nowhere, or maybe from heaven, i clearly heard a song we sung in church often: “it is well with my soul.” i remember thinking，“yes, it is well with my soul. i got to see my little boy cat one more time.”merlin walked to me. he put his face in mine, which he had never done before. he rubbed a circle around my face twice. merlin said goodbye with his face and marked me for life.ron appeared, shocked that merlin was up and had walked to me. i said to merlin，“tell god you are a good boy and how much we love you” and then handed him back to the nurse.tears of gratitude poured forth in memory of a miracle. you see for nineteen years god spoke to me through a special cat named granted a miracle. that miracle gave me time to say goodbye.31. rons wife couldnt lose merlin because . a. merlin was her adopted child for nineteen years b. she failed to give birth to her own biological childc. merlin could supply her with comfort and warmthd. she would sing her usual song to no one later in life32. what did writer think of merlin?comfortable demanding long lifefull of devotion lovely religiousa. b. c. d. 33. what does “ the next morning i called the vet.” in paragraph 8 imply?a. the writer was so hopeless as to ask a favor of the vet.b. ron did not care about merlin so that the writer called the vet.c. ron would accompany her wife to the vet lo live up to his promised. the writer turned to the vet because merlin was in desperate condition.34. when merlin reached the examining room, .a. he shut his eyes lightly and was obviously deadb. his body felt warm because the writer rubbed him hardc. the writer felt helpless to have no timely surgical operationd. the writer chanted prayers to him trying to waking him up35. we can infer from the passage that .a. god will not disappoint us if we are devoted to our loved onesb. we have to have faith in the church to get miracles in future lifec. couples should have a child or something to fill in their free timed. doctors may not always be reliable when our loved ones need their help第三部分 完型填空（共20题，每空1.5分，满分30分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。raynor winn and her husband moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. their savings had been 36 to pay lawyers fees. to make matters worse, moth was diagnosed (诊断) with a 37 disease. there was no 38 , only pain relief.failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a 39 journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers (徒步旅行者) guide.this was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and 40 recovery. when leaving home, raynor and moth had just 320 in the bank. they planned to keep the 41 low by living on boiled noodles, with the 42 hamburger shop treat.wild camping is 43 in england. to avoid being caught, the winns had to get their tent up 44 and packed it away early in the morning. the winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot 45 than they remember it was in their 20s. raynor 46 all over and desired a bath. moth, meanwhile, after an initial 47 , found his symptoms (症状) were strangely 48 by their daily tiring journey. 49 , the couple found that their bo