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山西省祁县第二中学校2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题第I卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe following books provide tips on how to learn languages for language learners.The Vocab Cookbookby Kerstin HammesThe book is mainly about the best vocabulary learning methods and explains them step by step. It shows you how to choose your best vocabulary learning method, where to find the best system for remembering words forever, how vocabulary learning methods can be turned into your own learning styles, and how remembering grammar is different from remembering vocabulary. Buy from: A or Amazon. co.ukFluent in 3 Months by Benny LewisBenny Lewis, who has been travelling around the world and learning languages since 2003, runs the language-learning blog, Fluent In 3 Months, and works hard to find better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. This book is a collection of tips onhow to learn any language quickly. Many of the tips have appeared on his blog, and many tips and resources are available there for readers of this book. Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. ukHow to Learn Any Language by Barry M. Farber If youre considering learning a language and are not sure where or how to start, this book will help point you in the right direction. Its full of practical tips on how to study and includes a brief introduction to some of the worlds main languages. Buy from: Amazon. con or Amazon. co. ukLanguage is Music by Susanna Zaraysky The book makes learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable through watching TV, listening to music, going to cultural events and other enjoyable activities. Also it includes suggestions of many online resources you can use to help you learn languages. Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. uk21. If you have difficulty remembering words, your best choice is _.A. Language is MusicB. The Vocab CookbookC. How to Learn Any LanguageD. Fluent in 3 Months22. Who uses his or her blog to help readers learn languages?A. Susanna ZarayskyB. Barry M. FarberC. Kerstin HammesD. Benny Lewis23. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce some books for language learnersB. To provide tips on how to learn Chinese wellC. To show the importance of language learningD. To show the connections between language and musicBI was having a picnic day with my sister.We both like to ride her motorcycle and that day we drove to the nearest park. We bought some coffee and cakes, and then we were enjoying our food. Within a few hours, the sky was changing and looked ready to drop a heavy rain. We packed everything and were ready to go. My sister, who was sitting on a bench, suddenly was very still and couldnt talk to me. She didnt move. Her eyes were rolling and she was about to lose consciousness. I held her in my arms and asked if she wanted to rest. She didnt answer and only said “Sorry”.It started to rain and I didnt know what to do. She was fighting to stay aware but her skin was pale and her eyes were acting strange. Suddenly, from nowhere, a woman on a bicycle appeared, wearing a raincoat. “She isnt looking good. Do you want me to call an ambulance?” “Yes, please, yes!” I begged.She did. Struggling with the rain, she managed to call some policemen, who quickly helped me carry mysister to a safer place. The ambulance arrived and we went to a hospital, where she was treated in time and she came to life in the morning after rest and medical help.An interesting fact was that I guessed the woman in the raincoat was a doctor or a nurse. I later learned from one of the police officers who told me: “No, she was an ordinary person who took some courses on emergency situations.”I am so grateful that she appeared exactly at he right moment. I dont know why or how. I didnt even get the chance to say thanks to her.24. What happened to the author and her sister?A. They had a fight B. Theywere caught in the rainC.Her sister fell ill suddenly D. They had difficulty packing things25. How did the woman help the author?A. By giving first aid to her sister B. By asking for emergency medical helpC. By carrying he sister to the hospital D. By protecting her sister from the rain26. Why did the woman call the policemen?A. To keep order in the parkB. To send the sick girl to hospitalC. To carry the sick girl onto the ambulanceD. To pull the sick girl to a safer place quickly27. What was the authors main attitudetowards the woman?A.Friendly B. ThankfulC. Doubtful D. AdmirableCIf you have to attend a party or other social events where a lot of people will be present, do you feel confident that you will make a good impression on others? Or do you feel shy? In any case, you should increase your confidence at social events.Whenever you are meeting new people at any social event, you should wear proper clothes. Before you attend the event, try to find out how other people will be dressing. If everyone else is wearing business clothes, you should, too. If the event is informal, you should wear informal clothes so that you can fit in.If you are going to meet people from a certain business or profession, try looking through a few professional magazines or checking on the Internet ahead of time to get some conversation ideas which are related to their fields of interest. This can prevent you getting tongue-tied at the event.When you are at the event, dont worry about whether or not other people you are talking with like you. Instead, try your best to find reasons to like them.When you are making conversation with people, be sure to keep good eye contact, and make your facial expression soft. Nod to show youre listening. Let your face and body relax so that you can make natural gestures.After the event is over, take a bit of time to think of your social performance and the conversation you had with people. Tell yourself exactly what you did very well at the event. For example, perhaps you made a big effort to really listen to the people you were talking with, or you may have asked several people some good questions that really got them talking. By doing so, your conversation confidence will gradually improve.28. What should you do before attending a social event? A. Practise making natural gestures. B. Get some conversation ideas on the Internet. C. Look through a few professional magazines. D. Find out how other people will be dressing.29. What should you avoid at a social event according to the 4th paragraph?A. Attending a party with your good friends B. Caring much about what others think of youC. Wearing informal clothes and shoes D. Ignoring eye contact with others30. After coming back from a social party, we need to form the habit of _.A. keep in touch with the people we metB. calling the host to show that we are thankfulC. looking for the positive things in our performance D. thinking about how to improve our social ability31. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to take part in social events. B. How to get along with others at social events. C. How to avoid making mistakes at social events. D. How to be more confident at social events.DHousework is a big problem between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect men topull their weightany time soon. A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next three decades, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as“womens work”.The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. But it will take another 30 years before true housework equalityis achieved, the study concluded. The research found that in the Nordic countries, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, women spend an average of four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr Oriel Sullivan, a research reader from Oxfords Department of Sociology, said,“weve looked at what is affecting the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed asmens workorwomens work.”Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking and dancing,”she said.32. What does the underlined part word probably mean in Paragraph 1?A.Do equal housework.B.Be lazy.C.Earn money. D.Lose weight33. Why will women continue to do more housework before 2050?A.Because men are too busy to help.B.Because they would like to do so.C.Because they can do better in housework.D.Because housework will still be considered as womens work.34. From Paragraph 3, what do we know in the UK?A.Men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average.B.Women now spend less time on housework than before.C.Women now are too busy with their work to do housework.D.Housework is shared equally between men and women.35. What is the best title for this text?A.Attitudes towards Housework B.Womens BurdenC.Housework Equality D.Improvements on Housework第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。For the question of how to set goals,we have a very simple process that you can go through to set your personal goals.36Identify your personal values and task statements.37If you can identity your personal values, your personal goal will not go wrong. The starting point of all achievements is desire.38After you know your personal values, find out what you really want to achieve in every life aspect. Life has many aspects and in order to lead a happy life, you should set goals in every aspect.Write your goals down.Please pay attention to this.39If not, they will only become dreams. You should limit your goals to between 5 and 6 at any one time. To achieve your goals you have to focus your efforts and energy. As you progress and complete your goals, you may add new goals.Develop a personal action plan.You need to make a detailed schedule according to your goals. Develop a personal action plan and follow it.Review your progress and update your goals accordingly.40If not, analyze why the goal is not being met. Find a coach or friend to help you if you have trouble. Realize your goals step by step. A. Its true that goal setting is a lifelong process. B. You must write your goals down on a piece of paper. C. Make sure you are making progress. D. Your personal value is the big direction. E. These steps can help you achieve your goals more easily. F. If you want to succeed, you need prepare well. G. Figure out the goals you want to achieve.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Itwas very late when I got out of the cinema. By the time the 41ended, it was 1 a. m. I walked to mycarwhich was 42 across the street. When I arrived, I noticed something 43 the doors wereunlocked. I took a quick 44round the car and to my great 45, everything was undamaged,except that my46was gone. After a further search, Ihad to47the fact that it was gone, but I considered myself incredibly 48 that nothing valuable was taken. The next day Igot a49voice mailfroma man. He said he had walked his dog in the morning andcame across my50briefcase with my name on it. Icalled him back 51. He promised to52it. At first I asked him to send it,but then I 53 . Though we were in the samecity, I didnt want to trouble him. I finally decided to go to collect it thoughit probably wouldnt be 54enough to go to a55house topick something up.I met the man and was greatly56to him. Words could not express my 57 of thisstrangers kindness. I think that theres so much58inthe world and there are so many people who 59their inner goodness through acts of kindness. It feels good to give kindness and it also feels nice to 60 others want to give.41. A.party B. interview C. meeting D. movie42. A. driven B. repairedC. parked D. bought43. A.interestingB. strange C. exciting D. tiring44. A. look B. attempt C. charge D.chance45. A. surprise B. sorrow C. puzzle D. relief46. A. money B.briefcase C. watch D. cellphone47. A. receive B. declare C. oppose D. accept48. A. fortunate B. confident C. anxious D. satisfactory49. A. familiar B. worriedC. surprisingD. loud 50. A. modern B. lost C. newD.old51. A. wrongly B. usually C. immediatelyD. hurriedly52. A. borrow B. clean C. occupy D. mail53. A. discussed B. reconsidered C. criticized D. remembered54. A. honest B. proud C. wise D. active55. A. strangersB.neighbors C. friendsD. teachers 56. A. grateful B. helpful C. regretful D. wonderful57. A.satisfaction B. appreciation C. sympathy D. approval58. A.wisdom B. contribution C. goodness D. doubt59. A. search B. remove C. find D.show60. A. realizeB. challenge C. help D.force第II卷第二节 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。A greeting card is a printed message, or thought, which we send to other people. There is 61. (usual) a picture on the front and a message inside the card. The custom of sending greeting cards can date back 62. about 5000B.C. Greeting cards also played 63. important part in the holiday of Valentines Day 64. people would send messages to 65. (they) sweethearts. The first printed cards were found in Europe in 1400s. Europeans sent these 66. (card) as New Years greetings. The modern greeting card 67. (become) popular in the late 1800s. Today greeting cards can 68. (find) for civil and religious holidays, anniversaries, birthdays and just about any occasion you can think of. With the 69. (develop) of technology, e-cards have appeared. More people are becoming interested in 70. (use) digital media instead of paper or other traditional materials.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Good afternoon, everyone!It is the great pleasure for me to make a speech here. It has been three years since we study in this beautiful school. Our teachers always tried to make their lessons lively and interested. We have learned a lot from over these years, but we could hardly succeed without our teachers effort, our parents support, and our classmates help. At this moment, Id like thank all of you for that you have done for us. I wish our school became more beautiful and all of us a w