浙江省宁波诺丁汉大学附属中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（实验班）.doc

浙江省宁波诺丁汉大学附属中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（实验班）答卷时间：120分钟 满分：150分 第卷(选择题)第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)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。例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.151. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A news report. B. The mans work. C. Their favorite physicist.2. What does the man like about the new restaurant?A. The food B. The service C. The environment3. What will the weather be like tomorrow?A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Windy.4. What is the woman doing?A. Taking a taxi. B. Giving the man a lift. C. Driving to Times Square.5. What will the woman probably do before eight?A. See a movie. B. See a doctor. C. Visit a friend.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。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. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Old schoolmates. B. Wife and husband. C. Teacher and student.7. What does the woman do?A. A school doctor. B. A college teacher. C. A bookstore owner.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. When will the man arrive at the airport tomorrow morning?A. At about 9. B. At about 10. C. At about 11.9. What will the man do in France?A. Go to the seaside. B. Visit some museums. C. Tour around the city by bus.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How will the boys team go to the university?A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By underground.11. What is the boys favorite subject?A. Biology. B. Physics. C. Chemistry.12. What are the first prizes for the competition?A. Cups. B. Special T-shirts. C. Desk lamps.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. At school. C. At a restaurant.14. Who does the girl usually talk to when she is upset?A. Her friends. B. Her parents. C. Her teachers.15. Where does the girl like to talk with her friends?A. In a caf. B. In a classroom. C. In a shopping centre.16. What does the man advise the girl to do?A. Shop with her friends. B. Give the form to her teacher. C. Get in touch with her friends often. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the speaker find on Sardinia?A. Most men live very long. B. Most men are treated unfairly. C. Most men like to stay at home.18. What does the speaker think of older mens life on Sardinia?A. Colorful. B. Relaxing. C. Uncomfortable.19. What does the speaker say about young people from Sardinia?A. They do sports quite often. B. They mostly eat healthy food. C. They leave home and live in cities.20. Why is the speaker giving this speech?A. To tell us what hes found in his research. B. To introduce a special place in Italy. C. To encourage a healthy lifestyle.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADevon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know exactly where shes been during her worldwide vacation in a special way.The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg amputated (截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused hardships for Gallagher early on, she now treats it as an inspiration for living her best life.To spread that message, Gallagher has taken to social media, where she shares photos of her travels across the globe, but instead of simply using a geo-tag, she writes her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.Now she has been taking pictures across Europe, which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, posing with a waffle in Brussels, taking in the spectacular Parthenon temple in Athens and enjoying a river cruise in Budapest, all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg. I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board, Gallagher said. My mum and grand-mother werent too keen on the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”Gallagher said people often stare when shes writing on her leg, but once she shares the photos she receives only praise and encouragement. My leg hasnt stopped me from doing anything Ive wanted to do, she said. I dont know if its my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, but anyway, Ive been able to keep up with my peers and lead a pretty great life. Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. If life gives you an artificial leg, make art.21. What message did Gallagher want to spread in her special way?A. She enjoys her travelling across the globe.B. She suffers little from her legs amputation.C. She looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.D. She has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.22. Gallagher can best be described as_.A. determined and creative B. friendly and generousC. helpful and ambitious D. independent and sensible23. Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A. Never Too Late to Share B. A Special Artificial LegC. An Outstanding Photographer D. Gallaghers Summer HolidayBOn a bright summer morning，many young swimmers gather at a local swimming pool in the state of Maryland. They are members of a competitive summer swim team. As they practice their strokes and cut seconds off of their times, they are getting lots of physical exercise and vitamin D from the sun. However, the benefits of belonging to a sports team are not just health-related. Team sports also help to build many life skills.The coach of the swim team is Paul Waas. He explains how swim team teaches the team members skills like discipline (纪律) and focus. I think the discipline comes into play when youre talking about focusing on the details that your coaches are saying as it makes you faster rather than just going up and down the pool the same way you have every time. So, when you can focus on what youre doing right and what you can do better and then youll see the improvement. I think they see that from their peers and then it challenges them to do better themselves. But discipline and focus are just two of the life skills that team sports can teach. There is also responsibility, goal-setting and working within a group.Again, here is Coach Waas. Ive had kids who, as 7-year-olds on the team, could barely pay attention in practice and were only interested in who was going first. And now theyve come back as S-year-olds and theyve set some goals. And now they have things that they want to achieve. They see the record board and they want their name up there. These life skills can help a child later in life. An article published in the magazine Fast Company notes reasons why a company should consider employing former athletes. The writers argue that people who played sports in school are: focused on goals, strong communicators, team players, good at managing their time, and resilient-meaning they do not give up when things get difficult.Some studies have found that team sports could be especially good for women. A series of studies by the company Ernst & Young found that 90 percent of women in so-called C-suite positions (like chief executive officer, or CEO and chief financial officer, or CFO) at several major companies had played sports.24. What can we infer from paragraph 1?A. Bright summer mornings are perfect for swimming.B. Swimming can be beneficial to us more than in health.C. Being admitted to a swimming team can be competitive.D. Being on a sports team benefits children in many aspects.25. Which of the following will Paul Waas agree with?A. Stress from peers makes kids discouraged.B. Kids may get inspired by peers improvements.C. Kids can make improvements once they join a team.D. 7-year-old kids in the swimming team can learn nothing.26. The author wrote the passage to .A. advise taking up various team sports B. analyze an upsetting social problemC. call on readers to care for sports safetyD. share with readers his personal experiencesCGarbage sorting has become a hot issue around China, especially after Shanghai began carrying out a regulation on July 1.Beijing, as a forerunner in environmental protection, has thus been expected to follow suit. The capital of the country has long been campaigning for sorting and recycling household waste, as part of its environmental drive for sustainable growth, local media reported.The current regulation gives garbage sorting responsibilities to government departments, property management groups and other organizations. It also gives rules for companies, outlining how theyre responsible for waste collection, transportation and treatment. Only individuals dont take the responsibilities.The long-awaited revision will soon change the situation, Taking out the trash without sorting it properly will be illegal, said Sun Xinjun, director of the Beijing Commission of Urban Management. In Shanghai, violators are now fined up to 200 yuan ($30) for trash-sorting violations. The maximum fine in Beijing will not be less than that, he said.The Beijing city government first set out to promote garbage sorting in 2009. Authorities have since called on citizens to sort their household waste into four types-recyclable waste, kitchen trash, dangerous waste and others-and leave it in a corresponding dustbin or trash can. Blue-colored dustbins signify items within are recyclable, green represents kitchen trash, red corresponds to dangerous materials and grey to other waste.To promote the awareness of garbage sorting and expand the base of participants, authorities have employed workers to help residents on the spot. With intelligent devices, those who throw in recyclable waste at given sites will be rewarded with bonus points, which can be used to buy daily goods. At some communities, there are no color-coded dustbins. Instead, a scheduled garbage collection service is offered to help improve the environment. In other communities, workers offer a door-to-door service to collect recyclables or kitchen waste.Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group has been promoting new garbage sorting facilities such as recycling cabinets and smart kitchen waste trash cans since 2016, Xinhua News Agency reported. Nearly 26,000 metric tons of household waste is generated across Beijing on a daily basis and 29 terminal garbage disposal facilities are working at full capacity. Nearly 9.3 million tons of household waste was processed in the city last year.27. According to the passage, which dustbins should some used coke cans be thrown into?A. Grey-colored dustbins. B. Red-colored dustbins.C. Green-colored dustbins. D. Blue-colored dustbins.28. We can learn from the passage that .A. new technology has been applied to help deal with garbageB. Beijing carried out a more severe rule on garbage sorting than ShanghaiC. the change of the current regulation has aroused objection among citizensD. the amount of household waste in Beijing is far from something disturbing29. What is the best title for the text?A. How to Sort Garbage in China B. The Current Regulation in BeijingC. Garbage Collection in Beijing D. Waste Recycling Project Matters30. The passage can be sorted as .A. a book review B. a travel brochure C. an environment report D. a geography essay第二节(共5个小题；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。 As the world puts increased pressure on kids to be winners, parents tend to make it their mission to help their kids succeed in every possible way. But now theres a growing realization among teachers and other experts who work with children that kids increasingly need help in learning how to fail. So how do parents teach kids to fail? The following steps may be of help.l Show your understanding Understand your child when hes disappointed and frustrated. Dont just say, “Its okay. Youll do better next time.” Its useless to brush off a childs feelings of frustration and disappointment. 31 For example, “I see youre really disappointed, and I know you really wanted to do better.”l Make yourself a model Its wise for you to first explain that failure is a part of life and you can share examples of “failures” youve ever had, such as losing out on a promotion at work or failing to accomplish an important task. 32 l Make it a teachable momentMake it a teachable moment33 You and your child can try to come up with what he can do next time for a better chance at success. For instance, can he study differently or talk to the teacher about the problem? Can he change something in the future? Its all about problem-solving.l 34 It can be very tough to watch your child fall down, but he can only learn how to handle disappointment through trial and error. As books like The Blessings of a Skinned Knee and the newly released How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go underline, parents must stop lending a helping hand. 35 Learning to fail can be painful. But kids will only succeed if they can acquire the skills to handle whatever life throws on their way.A. Step back and allow kids to fail.B. Watch your child fall and give a hand.C. A childs failure is a chance for parents to teach problem-solving skills.D. Afterwards, you can model how to handle the disappointment in your life.E. Instead, you need to change the language to show your true understanding.F. They must learn to handle their own disappointment through trial and error.G. Otherwise, you rob children of the very experiences that require problem-solving.第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20个小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。We love letters. Just as John Donne, a poet, 36 it, Letters, to me and my friends, mean 37 greetings; they get souls together. Thanks to letters, friends who are 38 speak. He wrote these words nearly 400 years ago. Today, in the age of instant text message, social media, and email, they 39 ring truer than ever, because writing or receiving a letter has become such a 40 event.A UK-wide survey undertaken by Sunday Times suggests that one in four of us has not 41 a letter for at least 10 years. Thats ten years without the bitter-sweet 42 of pacing the floor waiting for the 43 ; ten years without recognizing the handwriting on the envelope and eagerly 44 the letter to read its content.We 45 not get them any more, but we still love handwritten letters. In the same survey, one third of 46 people interviewed say that they 47 the content of sentimental(充满情感的)letters. Shouldnt we make 48 to give our friends and families what they will treasure forever? Ann Bickley went online in 2013 and offered to handwrite a letter to anyone who 49 her. Her website received 50,000 50 in its first three months. Five years later, she is still the main 51 behind and has personally written 4,000 letters offering hope and 52 to strangers.The thought behind a letter 53 as much as its contents. I never tell anyone that 54 is going to be OK, Ann Bickley says, I am letting someone know that there is someone in the world who 55 them. Who wouldnt love to receive a letter like that? Lets get writing!36. A. madeB. putC. helpedD. managed37. A. rather thanB. less thanC. more thanD. other than38. A. absentB. activeC. amusedD. admirable39. A. alsoB. yetC. alreadyD. still40. A. popularB. commonC. rareD. simple41. A. receivedB. sentC. writtenD. rejected42. A. successB. pleasureC. concernD. calmness431. A. engineerB. doctorC. policeD. postman44. A. seizingB. unfoldingC. hidingD. carrying45. A. canB. mustC. mayD. shall46. A. AmericanB. ChineseC. AustralianD. British47. A. forgetB. changeC. rememberD. notice4S. A. moneyB. roomC. historyD. time49. A. contactedB. interviewedC. consultedD. admired50. A. guestsB. visitorsC. friendsD. partners51. A. forceB. strengthC. sourceD. energy52. A. effortB. comfortC. surpriseD. experience53. A. educatesB. guidesC. mattersD. rewards54. A. nothingB. anythingC. somethingD. everything55. A. cares aboutB. looks afterC. struggles forD. agrees with第卷(非选择题) 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分25分)第一节(10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，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。In a recent survey, 19 percent of teenagers said they had posted a comment online that they later regretted. The problem is that once something 56 ( put ) on the Internet, it can be difficult to delete. Even if youre able to do so, someone else 57 ( probable ) has already taken a picture of your post. In addition, the content 58 ( remove ) from a Webpage can often be recovered. Posting negative comments or images online is certainly best avoided, 59 thats not the only thing you should consider when it comes to your online behavior. Experts say its also important for young people 60 (earn) a positive Internet reputation. You can do this by sharing positive content about the things youre most interested 6