安徽省舒城县2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（无答案）

2020学年度第一学期期末考试高二英语注意事项1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.答题前，请用黑色签字笔将考生的个人信息分别填写在答题纸的相应位置上。3.请将客观题的答案转涂在机读卡上。写在其它地方无效。4.考试后, 考生只需上交答题纸。5.请用黑色签字笔答卷。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。1. What does the woman like doing?A.Singing songs. B. Watching nature scenery. C. Observing birds.2. Who is Mary?A. A hard -working teacher.B. A new employee.C. A company manager.3. Why does the man thank the woman?A. She saved his life.B. Shell drive him to work. C. She fixed his alarm clock. 4. When should the man start to work?A .At 6:00. B. At 8:00. C. At 7:00. 5. What are the speakers talking about?A .Family members. B. Past experiences. C. Traveling abroad.第二节（共 15个小题；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,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独自前,你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍听第6段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the most important according to the woman?A. A good partner. B. Confidence. C. Perseverance.7. What does the man want to do? A. Improve oral Chinese. B. Practice English listening. C. Learn reading skills.听第7段材料，回答第 8、9 题舒中高二期末英语 第1页 (共10页)舒中高二期末英语 第2页 (共10页)8. What does the mans wife mostly do at home?A. She does housework. B. She writes books. C. She plays computer games.9. What will happen later this month?A. The mans wife will have a baby. B. The woman will write a novel. C. The mans wife will publish a new book.听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers. B. A couple. C. Client and manager.11. How did the sales director feel about the mans work? A. Satisfied. B. Disappointed. C. Surprised.12. What will the man probably do tomorrow afternoon? A. Meet Frank. B. Travel around the town.C. Make a presentation.听第 9 段材料，回答第13至16 题。13. What is the man doing? A.Changing a bicycle. B. Returning a bicycle. C. Ordering a bicycle14. What kind of bicycle does the man want? A. A used one.B. A sports one C. A touring one15. How much should the man pay? A. $ 249.5. B. $ 220. C. $ 185.16. How will the man pay? ABy check. B. In cash. C. By credit card.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How long does the tour last?A. Two weeks. B. Three days. C. Five days. 18.Where will the tourists visit tomorrow afternoon? A.China Folk Culture Village B. Dapeng Fort C. Window of the World.19. Where will the tourists stay on Friday morning? A.In Shenzhen. B. In Guangzhou. C.In Hong Kong.20. How will the tourists travel home ? A.By coach. B. By plane. C. By train.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40 分)）第一节(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,选出最佳选选项.ABetter China Trip aims to be a bridge for you in China. Whether you are here on business or simply for sightseeing, we offer you a city-to-city transportation, tour guide, and interpreter service. We can also try to assist you in answering any questions you might have with your business in China. 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Tour guides & services for the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Ming Tombs, etc.6. Tickets booking for Kungfu shows, magic, Peking Opera, etc.7. Health care: traditional Chinese massage(按摩), foot massage, body massage.8. Experiencing local Beijing Hutong life by tricycle.Contact us:You can visit our website at: . Tel: 010 84026538(within China); 008610 84026538(outside China); Email: MSN(Microsoft service Network):21. Whom will Better China Trip serve mainly? A. The citizens who live or work in Beijing. B. Whoever has language difficulty in China. C. Whoever travels or does business in China. D. The athletes coming to Beijing for big games.22. With the help of the company you can get the service of _. A. getting a passport to go abroad B. tour guides who speak many languages C. driving you to any place at any time D. getting the tickets to a Kungfu show23. We can learn from this passage that _. A. this passage probably comes from a car magazine B. you can visit places of interest with expert tour guides舒中高二期末英语 第3页 (共10页)舒中高二期末英语 第4页 (共10页) C. you can ride a tricycle to any tourist attraction in Beijing D. Better China Trip only provides car rental services in BeijingBThomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to remove the snow from the streets.Driving on the Interstate Highway 190 during the worst of the snowstorm, Mr. Hanson decided to pull over his old 1993 Volkswagen Passat to the side of the road and wait for the weather conditions to improve. He remained motionless for approximately five hours before a snow plow arrived to clear the way. Unfortunately for the poor man, the driver of the gigantic snow removal vehicle did not see the small car, pushing it into the ditch（沟） and covering it with more than 2 meters of snow.Fortunately for the father of two children, the snow that was stacked over his vehicle was not very dense and allowed for enough fresh air to get through to enable him to survive. He was able to drink water that he obtained by melting snow with his lighter in an aluminum coffee cup, and he ate the few items of groceries he had bought before going home.“If I had known I would be stuck for eight days, I would have bought more than a jar of dill pickles(咸菜), a bottle of ketchup and two sticks of beef jerky(牛肉干),” said the survivor with a smile.Thomas Hanson had almost lost all hope of being rescued when his car was hitonce again this morning by another snow plow, which revealed the poor mans location.24. What caused Thomas James Hanson to fall into the ditch according to the passage?A. His drunk driving. B. A snow removal vehicle.C. The slippery road. D. The strong wind.25. It can be learned from the passage that _. A. Mr. Hanson got rescued on November 22 eventually B. Mr. Hanson had bought some food before the accident.C. Mr. Hanson had enough bottled water to drink in the carD. Mr. Hanson was stuck in the car with his children.26. Which of the following can best describe Thomas James Hanson?A. Quick-minded. B. Hard-working. C. Careless D. Humorous 27. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A. Man Found Alive after Being Stuck 8 Days under SnowB. Heavy Snowstorm Caused Disaster to New YorkC. Thomas James Hanson a Black Sheep in the SnowD. Wonderful Eight Days of Experience in the Snow CAttitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally ,younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technological shift.It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesnt seem to be a clear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether theyd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generation suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car nowand no one can get one yet-but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.Actually, this isnt surprising. While older generations are sometimes unwilling to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited mobility or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the possible driverless car users.This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones. When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more based on factors not related to age. College graduates , for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education. 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less. Where a person lives matters, too. More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless than those who lived in rural areas.While theres reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up overall, a persons age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become main stream. Once driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.28.Whathappenswhenanewtechnologycome up? A. Itfartherwidensthegapbetweentheoldandtheyoung. B. Itoftenleadstoreforminotherrelatedfields. C. Itusuallydrawsdifferentreactionsfromdifferentagegroups. D. Itcontributesgreatlytotheadvanceofsocietyasawhole.29.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutthedriverlesscar? A. Itwillnotnecessarilyreduceroadaccidents. B. Itdoesnotseemtocreateagenerationaldivide. C. Itmaystartarevolutioninthecarindustry. D. Ithasgivenrisetounrealisticexpectations.30.Whydoesthedriverlesscarappealtosomeoldpeople? A. Itsavestheirenergy.B. Ithelpswiththeirmobility. C. Itaddstothesafetyoftheirtravel. D. Itstirsuptheirinterestinlife.31. Who are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car ? A. The seniors. B. The educated. C. The wealthy. D. The tech fans.DIn agricultural, pre-industrial Europe, “youd want to wake up early, start working with the sunrise, have a break to have the largest meal, and then youd go back to work,” says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific, “Later, at 5 or 6 ,youd have a smaller supper.” This comfortable cycle, in which the rhythms of the day helped shape the rhythms of the meals, gave rise to the custom of the large mid-day meal, eaten with the extended family. “Meals are the foundation of the family,” says Carole Counihan, a professor at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, “so there was a very important interconnection between eating together and strengthening family ties.”Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal reducing to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. Certainly, there were benefits. Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a sharp increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more dynamic than our ancestors.Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy for example. Its no secret that the Mediterranean diet is healthy, but it was also a joy to prepare and eat. Italians, says Couniban, traditionally began the day with a small meal. The big meal came at around 1 p.m. Between the mid day meal and a late, smaller dinner came a small snack. Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance（容忍） for offices closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers cant make it home and back fast enough anyway. So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family ha a chance to get together. “ The evening meal carries the full burden that used to be spread over two meals.” Says Counihan.32. Whatdowelearnfromthepassageaboutpeopleinpre-industrialEurope?A. Theyhadtoworkfromearlymorningtilllateatnight. B. Theyweresobusyworkingthattheyonlyatesimplemeals. C. Theirlifewasmuchmorecomfortablethanthatoftoday.D. Theirdailyroutinefollowedtherhythmofthenaturalcycle.33.Whatdoesculturalmetabolism (Line1,Para.3)referto? A. Socialadaptation. B. Changesinlifestyle C. Paceoflife.D. Socialprogress.34.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthefoodpeopleeattoday? A. Itsqualityisusuallyguaranteed. B. Itisvaried,abun舒中高二期末英语 第5页 (共10页)舒中高二期末英语 第6页 (共10页)dantandnutritious. C. Itismorecostlythanwhatourancestorsate. D. Itsproductiondependstoomuchontechnology.35. WhatdoestheauthorsayaboutItaliansoftheolddays? A. Theyenjoyedcookingaswellaseating. B. Theyateabigdinnerlateintheevening. C. Theyatethreemealsregularlyeveryday. D. Theywereexpertatcookingmeals.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。Ancien Greek Wisdom Inspires Guideline to Good LifeIs it possibe to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars,terrorism,economic crises and a widespread outbreak of diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules:Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life. The book is co-authored by LongIsand Universitys philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos Mourdouk._36_.Soupios says the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers is as useful today as when it was first written centuries ago. He also says, “ I think that things have become very discouraging these days, with lots of misunderstanding and dishonesty. The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.” Thats to say,_ 37.Soupios, along with his co-author, developed their 10 golden rules by turning to the men behind that philosophy-Aristotle ,Socrates among others. The first rule-examine your life is the common thread that runs through the entire book. 38. So Soupios suggests that we should take a step back and reflect about things like our strengths, our values and our relationships.Another vital rule is seeking true pleasure. To have a meaningful and happy life, we need friends. But according to Aristotle, most relationships dont qualify as true friendships. For instance, 39.In our pursuit of the good life, Soupios says ,it is important to seek our true pleasures. For the ancient Greeks, it meant finding a state of calm, peace and mental ease. Therefore, 40 On the whole, Soupios stresses following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and become engaged and happier human beings. A.AccordingtoanancientGreekphilosopher,itisimpossibleforustounderstandevery aspectofourlife. B.Ancientphilosopherssawlifeinadifferentlightfrompeopleoftoday. C.Notallyourbusinesspartnersareyoursoulmates. D.Wecanliveapeacefullifedespitethevariouschallengesofthemodernworld. E.The attempt to achieve mental calmness and to contentment is well worth our consideration today. F. ItisbasedonPlatosobservationthattheunexaminedlifeis notworthliving.舒中高二期末英语 第7页 (共10页)舒中高二期末英语 第8页 (共10页)G.ThewiseteachingsofancientGreekthinkersaretimeless,andareapplicableto contemporarylife.第二部分 英语知识运用（ 共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每题 1. 5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项C A, B, C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. Reading as a teen 41 success. When teens read more than just their classroom assignments, research clearly shows that they generally do well in school. First of all, the 42 reading expands their vocabulary. It also shows them how different writers 43 down their thoughts leading to better writing skills. And teens who read more serious literary works 4 4 skills in handling complex ideas. The more teens read, the more information they pick 45. This leads to a solid core of knowledge that is useful in a wide 46 of classes. For example, the teen who reads biographies has a better 47 of well-known people studied in history classes.Another big 48 of reading as a teen is a good 49 score on the verbal（文字的） section of the College Entrance Exam. No other activity builds the vocabulary and comprehension skills needed to do well on these te