北京市第四中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

北京四中2020学年上学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷（试卷满分为140分，考试时间为120分钟）第一卷（三部分，共105分）第一部分：听力理解（共三节，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。1. What can we know about the woman?A. She hasnt seen the movie.B. She will buy the tickets.C. She likes the actors a lot.2. What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Sister and brother.C. Wife and husband.3. Why couldnt the man find Dr. White?A. He forgot the right number.B. He dialed a different number.C. He was making a joke.4. How much will the woman pay for the peach?A. 2. 5 yuan. B. 5 yuan. C. 10 yuan.5. What does the woman need?A. Something to drink. B. Something to eat. C. Something to ask for.第二节（共10小题；每题1. 5分，满分15分）听下面4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，每小题将给出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 is the woman planning to do this evening?A. To see some Italian friends off.B. To visit Tom, an Italian friend.C. To have dinner with some Italian friends.7. Whats wrong with the man?A. He has taken a lot of medicine.B. He has got a headache.C. He has forgotten the date.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What did the doctor suggest the man do?A. Take more exercise.B. Have some rest.C. Join a club.9. Whats the man worried about?A. Working overtime.B. Being controlled.C. Getting too much exercise.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How many days does the man want to rent the car?A. One day. B. Three days. C. Four days.11. How much does the man need to pay for the car per day?A. $50. B. $65. C. $70.12. Where will the man pick up the car?A. At the airport. B. At the city branch. C. At the hotel.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. What is the woman complaining about?A. A noisy office. B. A poor relationship. C. A crowded classroom.14. Whats Davids job?A. A teaching assistant. B. A college student. C. A professor.15. What does the man suggest?A. Having a talk with David.B. Stopping students coming.C. Asking for a meeting room.第三节（共5小题；每小题1. 5分，共7. 5分）听下面一段对话，完成第16至第20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。Notice to Visitors to the National Museum of ChinaFree admissionCollecting tickets with valid IDs at the ticket office at the (16)entrance. Visiting timeOpen daily 9:00-5:00. Tickets issued until (17) . Last admissionat 4:15. Closed on (18) .Regulation1. Luggage shall be deposited after security (19) before visiting.2. Dangerous articles are prohibited.3. No video-taking or photo-taking with flashlight, unless (20) .第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。21. Before _ to the college, you have to take an important exam.A. admitting B. admitted C. being admitted D. to admit22. Every year many climbers die while climbing K2（乔戈里峰）, _it the most dangerous mountain to climb in the world.A. making B. makesC. made D. to make23. The next morning she found the man _ in bed, dead.A. lying B. lieC. lay D. laying24. _ I accept that Mike is not perfect, I do actually like him.A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless25. In China, New Years Day isnt a big moment _ with the Spring Festival.A. comparing B. compared C. to compare D. being compared26. Once a decision has been made, all of us should _ it.A. direct to B. stick toC. lead to D. refer to27. We had to wait months for the council to _ our plans to extend the house.A. approve B. approve of C. select D. inspire28. The Harry Potter books are quite popular; they are in great _ in this city.A. quality B. progress C. production D. demand29. The last time I remember wearing my watch was at the restaurant. I _ it there.A. must leave B. must have leftC. can have left D. would have left30. I_ often go fishing when I lived in the country.A. should B. would C. could D. might31. The two students talked as if they _ friends for years.A. should be B. would beC. have been D. had been32. _the fog, we should have reached our school.A. Because of B. In spite ofC. In case of D. But for33. He was very busy yesterday; otherwise, he _ to the meeting.A. would come B. cameC. would have come D. will come34. If we had taken such effective measures much earlier, the river _ so seriously now.A. is not polluted B. would not be pollutedC. had not been polluted D. would not have been polluted35. In the meantime, the question is whether such research is _ the costs.A. worth B. worth ofC. worthy D. worthwhile第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar 36 a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up, 37 I had never worked at the bar before. I 38 that instead of making money, I would end up owing it.You can do it, said my mother, 39 , you wont get much business until lunch.But Ill never remember the orders, and Im no good 40 money. Please, Mom, dont 41 me. Then Ill help you, she said.I shrugged my shoulders. I thought my mothers 42 was a bad one, but I 43 .When I got to the bar the next day, I found my mother was 44 . Because the weather that day was rainy and cold, people wanted hot snacks and drinks. 45 , I was really slow at taking the orders and making change. The line of people grew, and everybody seemed 46 . I was so nervous that my hands shook, and I 47 a cup into pieces. What a mess! Then my mother came to 48 me, and she also showed me how to make 49 . If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3. 25, I handed over 50 quarters and a dollar and said, 75 cents makes four dollars, plus one dollar makes five. Things went more 51 after that.By the end of the day, I could remember orders, 52 the bill, and make change quickly with a smile. I was even a little 53 when the sun came out and dried up business. My mother said she was proud of me, and when she 54 that I work at the snack bar again next year, I did not even shrug. I was too busy 55 the restaurant I would open one day.36. A. to B. for C. after D. over37. A. because B. though C. until D. while38. A. promised B. noticed C. worried D. hoped39. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Yet40. A. of B. on C. about D. with41. A. blame B. fool C. frighten D. make42. A. idea B. bar C. day D. answer43. A. guessed B. obeyed C. begged D. admitted44. A. angry B. sad C. wrong D. ashamed45. A. At least B. At last C. At most D. At first46. A. surprised B. impolite C. pleased D. impatient47. A. damaged B. destroyed C. broke D. ruined48. A. scold B. help C. beat D. save49. A. money B. lunch C. coffee D. change50. A. two B. three C. four D. five51. A. smoothly B. fairly C. simply D. conveniently52. A. turn in B. count out C. take over D. add up53. A. discouraged B. disturbed C. disappointed D. distrusted54. A. thought B. stated C. announced D. suggested55. A. imagining B. preparing C. examining D. describing第三部分：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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AThe Tropical Paradise HolidayWelcome to St. Anna, our tropical paradise just off the coast of Latin America. You can spend two weeks in our luxury four-star hotel. The cost of your flight is included in the holiday, and you can be picked up from your home by our special airport bus. On your arriving, our coach will be waiting to take you to the hotel. All flights leave from Heathrow on a Monday morning.The Cowrie Hotel is built right on the beachfront, and many rooms have wonderful ocean views. If swimming and surfing are not enough for you, the hotel also offers horse rides on the island, and a discount membership of the golf club.The Rain Forest Adventure HolidayEvery year Broughton holidays offer twelve days of unforgettable adventure in a tropical rain forest. You may have a choice of Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, or even to the greatest rain forest of them all, the mighty Amazonian forest.You will fly to our special base camps at the edge of the forest, where you will be given five days of survival training, and talks on the local wildlife.Then you take a bus into the forest. You will have to walk the final five miles to the camp sites to avoid disturbing the local ecology. All of the camp sites have been carefully built to cause the minimal amount of disturbance to the local wildlife.Remember that these adventure holidays take you deep into the wilderness, and they are not suitable for families with young children. Also remember that no more than two dozen guests can stay at any camp at one time, so if you want to go on one of these very special holidays, you will need to book early!56. Choosing the Tropical Paradise Holiday, travellers can enjoy _.A. a welcome partyB. beautiful ocean viewsC. different indoor activitiesD. free membership of the golf club57. What kind of people will probably choose the rain forest holiday?A. People loving water sports.B. People travelling with children.C. People preferring comfortable hotels.D. People concerned with environment and wildlife.58. Which of the following is mentioned in both holidays?A. Price. B. Transportation.C. Reservation. D. Departure time.BI left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that Id left behind was gone. but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper(后保险杠) of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.59. How did the author feel when she left home?A. Disappointed. B. Worried. C. Tired. D. Unwilling.60. What does the underlined word evacuated mean?A. gathered B. struggled C. escaped D. hid61. What might be the title for the passage?A. Lost It All, Gained Even MoreB. Once Gone, Never ReturnedC. Caught in the HurricaneD. Trapped in a DilemmaCFour years ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of just walk out shopping.Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the worlds most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our just walk out shopping experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go! No lines, no checkout.Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our just walk out technology automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, well charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favorite local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. Youll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds were excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact(紧凑的), so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.62. From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go _.A. is a checkout-free store B. sells all kinds of goodsC. is open to the public D. uses unknown technologies63. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?A. When Amazon Go charges. B. How Amazon Go works.C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. What Amazon Go sells.64. The main purpose of the passage is to _.A. encourage people to shop onlineB. advise people to work for AmazonC. inform people of a new concept storeD. tell people of the shopping experienceDRunners who encounter visual and auditory（听觉的） distractions(分心) may be more likely to suffer leg injuries, according to a research by the Association of Academic Physiatrists in Las Vegas. Runners often seek distractions from the task at hand. Whether it is music, texting, daydreaming, taking in the sights, or propping a book up on the treadmill（跑步机）, more often than not a distraction is welcome. But, researchers from the University of Florida have recently discovered that those distractions may lead to injury.Daniel Herman. MD, PhD, assistant professor at University of Florida, and his team conducted a research on the effect of visual and auditory distractions on 14 runners to determine what effect, if any, these distractions would have on things such as heart rate, how much a runner breathes per minute, how much oxygen is consumed by the body, the speed in which runners apply force to their bodies, and the force the ground applies to the runners bodies when they come in contact with it.The runners were all injury free at the time of the study and ran 31 miles each week. Dr. Hermans team had each participant run on a treadmill three separate times. The first time was without any distractions. The second time added a visual distraction, during which the runners concentrated on a screen displaying different letters in different colors with the runners having to note when a specific letter-color combination appeared. The third time added an auditory distraction similar to the visual distraction, with the runners having to note when a particular word was spoken by a particular voice.When compared to running without distractions, the participants had faster application of force to their left and right legs, called loading rate, with auditory and visual distractions. They also experienced an increased amount of force from the ground on both legs, called ground reaction force, with auditory distractions. Finally, the runners tended to breathe heavier and have higher heart rates with visual and auditory distractions than without any distractions at all.Running in environments with different distractions may unfavorably affect running performance and injury risk, explains Dr. Herman. Sometimes these things cannot be avoided, but you may be able to minimize potentially cumulative (累积的) effects. For example, when running a new route in a chaotic environment such as during a destination marathon, you may want to skip listening to something which may require more attentionlike a new song playlist. Dr. Hermans team will continue to investigate the potential relationship between distracted running and leg injuries, and any effect this relationship has on different training techniques