吉林省长春汽车经济技术开发区六中2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

汽车区六中高二年级20202020学年度上学期期末考试英语考试说明：1. 考试时间：120分钟 分值：150分2. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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 does the man want to do?A. Take photos.B. Buy a camera.C. Help the woman.2. What are the speakers talking about?A. A noisy night.B. Their life in town.C. A place of living.3. Where is the man now?A. On his way.B. In a restaurant.C. At home4. What will Celia do?A. Find a player. B. Watch a game.C. Play basketball.5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?A. Saturday.B. Sunday.C. Monday.第二节听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. What is Sara going to do?A. Buy John a gift. B. Give John a surprise.C. Invite John to France.7. What does the man think of Saras plan?A. Funny.B. Exciting.C. Strange.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to peter?A. She has to give up her travel pan. B. She wants to visit another city.C. She needs to put off her test.9. What does Diana want Peter to do?A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend.C.Teach a geography lesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman?A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program.C. To plan a meeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat?A. Alex.B. Andrea.C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now?A. In Baltimore.B. In New York.C. In Avon.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?A. Where the restaurant is.B. Whether the prices are low.C. How well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?A. After he came back to Sweden.B. Before he went to the United States.C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?A. Talk to people in the street.B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan?A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot of his work.C. He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?A. Its a new building.B. its a small town.C. its a public place.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?A. Saturday nights.B. Sunday afternoons.C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?A. Via del Mar Street.B. Fernando Street.C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?A. It has an old stone surface. B. it is named after a writer.C. It is a famous university.第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AThroughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.Landscape is another unchanging element (元素) of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17thcentury Dutch painters to the 19thcentury romanticists (浪漫主义艺术家 ) and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotions and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eyes and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.Besides, all art begs the ageold question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the CroMagnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.21The underlined word “poetry” most probably means _.A. an object for artistic creationB. a collection of poemsC. an unusual qualityD. a natural scene22Leslies paintings are extraordinary because _.A. they are close in style to works in ancient timesB. they look like works by 19thcentury paintersC. they draw attention to common things in lifeD. they depend heavily on color photography23What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?A. They express peoples curiosity about the past.B. They make people interested in everyday experience.C. They are considered important for variety in form.D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.24Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?A. History of the arts.B. Basic questions of the arts.C. New developments in the arts.D. Use of modern technology in the arts.BDo you still remember your favorite poem from high school or some other important periods in your life？Why is it that decades later it still stands out in your mind？Probably the main reason is that some aspect of that poem resonates (引起共鸣) with you. In the same way, you too as a school leader can touch the hearts of your teachers and students.Poetry allows us to experience strong spiritual connections to things around us and to the past. The power that poetry has displayed over time and across cultures actually satisfies this common need of the human heart and soul.As one of the oldest art forms, poetry has successfully connected various parts of humanity (人性) from one generation to another. Referring to poetry, Hillyer makes a simple yet meaningful statement, “With this key mankind unlocked his heart.”School leaders can find and make use of the value of poetry for themselves, their students and their teachers. Beyond the simple use of poetry, techniques of poetry such as repetitions can be used to take advantage of the power of language to transform communication, create meaning and a culture of care and attention.Since schools are mainly about people and relationships, school leaders, like poets, are required to inspire and encourage the human heart. The use of poetryor even of some techniques of poetryin school leadership not only helps to improve communication, but also serves to meet the human need for inspiration.25Who is the passage mainly written for?A. Students. B. Teachers. C. School leaders. D. Poets.26What does the underlined part “this common need” in the second paragraph refer to?A. The need to read poetry.B. The need to be inspired.C. The need to learn about the past.D. The need to be connected with other people.27.The use of poetry or techniques of poetry in school leadership is in fact to make use of _.A. the power of languageB. the power of school leadersC. peoples preference for poetryD. peoples desire for communication28What is the purpose of the passage?A. To talk about the art of being a school leader.B. To show readers that poetry is really powerful.C. To explain how poetry can be used in our daily life.D. To encourage using the power of poetry in school leadership.CYou might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the worlds temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation (撤离) of an island nation, the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.During the 20th century, sea level rose 812 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water that has polluted the countrys drinking water.Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (排放), which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years.” Laupepa told the BBC.Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.29What is the text mainly about?A. Rapid changes in earths temperature.B. Bad effects of global warming.C. A country moving to a new place.D. Reasons for lowland flooding.30According to scientists, what is the direct cause of more and fiercer storms?A. Greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations.B. Higher surface water temperatures of the sea.C. Continuous global warming.D. Rising sea levels.31Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not _.A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissionsB. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were realC. allow Tuvaluans to move to the USD. sign an agreement with Tuvalu32The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is _.A. Australia B. New ZealandC. the Maldives D. the United StatesDSeeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the top of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you wont miss the Pacaya-tour companies.But climbing Pacaya is no easy job. It is 2,560 meters high, and reaching the peak takes two to three hours of almost one-step-forward and two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above. Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you are near the active peak: the McKenney Cone (火山锥). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive peak.Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the peak is extremely exciting. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air.33What is the main purpose of this passage?A. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.B. To attract guided tours to Pacaya.C. To introduce the best time to visit Pacaya.D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.34Antigua is a city _.A. where people can enjoy cultural festivalsB. where the challenging Pacaya tours startC. that gives a close-up view of PacayaD. that is famous for its tour companies35Many tours are timed for people to _.A. get down the mountain in time when night fallsB. avoid the smell from the upwind direction of the coneC. enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening skyD. appreciate the scenery of the 2,560-metre-high mountain第二节 (共5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。Most of us will admit that on occasions we can be bad-tempered. This can be for a number of reasons.36 As the body and mind are tired, it seems to take us less time to become angry just because of something that is of little importance. Young children are usually the cause of tiredness and it is highly likely that parents allow themselves to release (释放) their exhaustion directly at the children. Children are very good at remembering these instances and it will affect them for a long time. 37Diet and lifestyle can be key factors in causing a bad temper. Some people dont realize that their diet can directly affect their moods. Processed food and items that contain a lot of sugars, especially those that arent natural sugars, can cause a rise in blood sugar. 38 Similarly, lifestyle choices can encourage bad tempers and poor moods, especially if drug and alcohol are used too frequently. 39If you have noticed that you are becoming increasingly bad-tempered, it is important that you take steps to try and regain control. 40 After you find the cause, try and make positive changes to prevent this from occurring in the future.AFind your ways to release your anger.BCheck what it is that causes the bad mood.CTiredness is often the most common reason.DManaging your anger is good for your health.ETherefore, it is important to have more patience when with children.FThis rise can have a very negative effect on moods and mental performance.GSo it is important to keep away from these temptations (诱惑) for your own mental state.第三部分 英语知识运用：完型填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30)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。In a tiny room, Jenny was lying in bed waiting for an operation, nervous and worried. 41 , another patient was squeezed in. After a gentle greeting, they 42 the chatting. The 80-year-old newcomer was named Susan. Her son 43 ran a company as CEO and her daughter worked on a TV station as director. Since her children were too 44 to take care of Susan, she lived in an old peoples home. Susan was proud of her children who had wonderful 45 . Jenny really 46 Susan. Compared with Susan, Jenny was 47 but an ordinary country woman whose children were just ordinary workers.Soon, it was supper time, Jennys daughter cooked 48 dishes which were her favorite. Jenny invited Susan to share her supper, but she 49 .Susan was 50 her daughter when she received a call. 51 ,her children couldnt come to visit her. Worse still, Susan had 52 the mealtime in the hospital. She lay in bed, 53 and silent. Jennys daughter offered to buy her some food but she had no appetite 54 .The next day, Jenny and Susan would go through a series of regular medical checks before the operation. Jennys daughter 55 to her carefully while Susan was still alone. Out of sympathy, Jennys daughter offered to queue(排队) up, fill in different 56 and register for Susan. For several days in hospital, even during her 57 ,Susans children didnt show up. Susan really envied Jenny whose daughter looked after her all the time 58 she recovered and moved out of hospital.Care from the loved ones when ill can really make one happy and encouraged, especially for a(n) 59 parent. So while devoted to your career, dont forget your role in your 60 .41A. Respectably B. Unexpectedly C. Delightedly D. Patiently42A. succeeded in B. turned into C. brought about D. participated in43A. unnamedly B. successfully C. technically D. independently44A. guilty B. rough C. unwilling D. busy45A. improvements B. documents C. occupations D. conservations46A. respected B. impressed C. envied D. aroused47A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything48A. an amount of B. a great deal C. a great many D. a plenty of49A. rejected B. paid C. misunderstood D. struggled50A. disturbing B. praising C. expecting D. inviting51A. Possibly B. Strangely C. Generally D. Unfortunately52A. knew B. missed C. followed D. ignored53A. disappointed B. anxious C. astonished D. nervous54A. in fact B. at once C. at all D. in length55A. obeyed B. examined C. attended D. protected56A. forms B. gaps C. positions D. surveys57A. checks B. recovery C. stay D. operation58A. unless B. although C. until D. because59A. ordinary B. loving C. careful D. aged60A. family B. health C. friendship D. growth第卷第一节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分10分）阅读下面对话，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。What is the most popular communication tool today? 61 your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say youre a bit old fashioned. Today, a new form of communication “Wechat”, which 62 (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and voicing tool all over the world.What advantages does Wechat have? First, Wechat is 63 relatively cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next, we can know 64 is going on at any time. And we can have 65 (easily) access to information available than other messaging tools.What roles does it play in our daily life? According to the latest report, the number of the 66 (register) users on Wechat platform ha