四川省南充高级中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

四川省南充高级中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一部分：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。1. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Call to check his scores. B. Be patient and wait. C. Prepare for the test.2. Why does the woman make the call?A. To cancel the appointment.B. To put off the appointment.C. To remind the man of the appointment.3. Why doesnt the man wear a jacket?A. He doesnt feel cold.B. He knew nothing about todays weather.C. He left it in the house accidentally.4. How is the man getting to work?A. By bike.B. By bus.C. By car.5. Why is the man unwilling to quit his job at the moment?A. He will lose some pay.B. He is given more money.C. He cant find a new one soon.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，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，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 happened to the man last night?A. He couldnt work very well. B. He had an ache in the leg.C. He hurt someones leg.7. What caused the trouble?A. The woman ran into the man.B. The man ran into his teammate.C. The mans teammate ran into him.听下面一段对话, 回答第8至第10三个小题。8. Where is the woman going for her vacation?A. To New Zealand.B. To Australia.C. To Spain.9. Where did the man speaker meet Terri?A. In Australia.B. In Spain.C. In America.10. Who might Terri be?A. The womans mother. B The mans aunt.C. The mans wife.听下面一段对话, 回答第11至第13三个小题。11. What does the man want the woman to do by Tuesday?A. Finish the files. B. Call the models.C. Send out the invitations.12. Where do the speakers probably work?A. At a baking company. B. At a fashion company.C. At a housing company.13. When is the charity party?A. This weekend.B. Next week.C. Next month.听下面一段对话, 回答第14至第16三个小题。14. What is the womans native language?A. Chinese.B. Japanese.C. English.15. How does the man practice his German?A. With a neighbor. B. On the telephone. C. At a language school.16. What languages will the man practice again?A. Spanish.B. German.C. French.听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。17. How many different kinds of cycling events are there in the Olympics?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.18. What events does track cycling have?A. Short, medium and long distance events.B. Uphill event and downhill event.C. Inside event and outside event.19. How long does the mens road race cover?A. 62 to 87 miles.B. 87 to 142 miles.C. 142 to 155 miles.20. When did mountain biking become an Olympic sport?A. In1996.B. In1970.C. In1896.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）中选出最佳选项。ARoad tripMotorhome delivery offers great family holidays. For just $1 a day, you can hire a fully-equipped motorhome, which you deliver to a specific destination within some days and kilometers. You then hire another one to get home or take a bus or train. Your only other expense will be fuel and about $20 a day for parking fees. To learn more, visit .Plan aheadFor a comfortable break, flexibility with times, dates and places helps lower the cost. Find a few hotels you like, ask about their vacant rooms, then wait a few weeks and call again. If they still have rooms, youre at an advantage to ask for a better price. Lots of last-minute deals are online. Watif (.au) has deals on hotels that have dropped their prices so low. You dont know where youre staying until its booked, but anywhere with four or five stars has to be fairly good.Back to natureWild camping appeals to nature lovers and costs nothing. This is forbidden on beaches and parks in most urban areas, but you can turn up in more distant areas as long as nobody owns the land. Youll need to take everything with you and may need to shop on eBuy (.au). If youre a camping beginner, be aware of safety measures and get your questions answered on the Internet.Swap meetHow about a home swap? For a $250 yearly joining cost, you can stay in someones home in an international place of your choice while they or someone else stays in yours. Find out more at .au.21. Where can you get the information about motorhomes?A. .B. .au.C. .au.D. .au.22. What helps to pay less for rooms in a hotel?A. Choosing hotels with four or five stars.B. Bargaining prices through the Internet.C. Waiting for some time before booking.D. Deciding on rooms as early as possible.23. Whats the advice for camping beginners?A. Keep in touch with eBuy.B. Watch out for possible dangers.C. Stay away from no-mans land.D. Take only what you need.BFather was diagnosed with brain cancer during the second half of my senior year. It is a time when all the big events in a girls life were happening. However, though in poor condition, father managed to be present at every occasion. His doctor said that by focusing on all my future events, it helped my dad live longer. I guess so because nine days after my high school graduation, my father died.For the next week after his funeral, I didnt leave my room or even to shower. Finally, my mom stormed in and said, “Megan, get up. I have something for you to read.” My fathers doctor had sent my mother a letter. It contained the typical “I am sorry for your loss “sentences. But this letter was far from typical. I could physically see the pain this loss had caused him. In his letter, he wrote about how my father inspired him to change his life and the way he worked. He expressed his desire to become a person like my father, who cared more for the people around him and put everyone else first.After I finished reading it, I decided to live my life. I went outside and got a job as a summer camp advisor. I worked from dawn to dark everyday that summer. I gave everything I had to the kids and slowly they helped to heal me without even realizing what they were doing.My summer mirrored parts of the life my father led in his last few days. I had spent the summer months giving myself to children. It was not the senior summer I had always imagined. It wasnt all about me. I had learned the final lesson my father was teaching me, that in order to lead a rich and happy life, you must learn how to give yourself to others. By helping them you really are helping yourself.24. Why did the doctor send the authors mother a letter?A. To show typical concern for her family.B. To encourage her to live a happy life.C. To appreciate her husbands influence on him.D. To mourn her husbands death.25. What do we know about the author s senior summer?A. She gained quite a lot while helping the kids. B. She worked hard every day to forget her father.C. She spent it the way she had always wanted.D. She got a job as her father had expected.26. Which word can best describe the authors father?A. Fearless.B. Cautious.C. SelflessD. Wise.27. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. My Senior Summer B. Dads Final LessonC. My Fathers DeathD. An Important LetterCAt the end of the spring semester in May, students taking Georgia Techs online Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence course received some surprising news. Jill Watson, one of the nine teaching assistants (TAs) that had helped them finish the challenging course for the past five months was not a “she”but an “it”an intelligent robot!Watson is the brainchild of Ashok Goel, who teaches the popular online course. The Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive Computing came up with the idea as a way to deal with the number of questions posted by students in the online forums(论坛).According to Goel, every time the course is offered, the 300 or so students that enroll post over 10,000 questions. The questions are often repetitive. This led Goel to wonder if a smart robot would handle the questions which require standard responsesthings like dates when assignments are due.Having worked with IBMs Watson technology platform in the past, the professor knew it would be ideal for his artificial TA: Jill Watson. The artificial intelligence system that uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze large amounts of data has even been cleverer than human competitors on the television show. It would therefore easily be able to handle routine questions that required little “thinking”.The professor and his team of graduate students began by populating Jills memory with 40,000 questions and answers from past terms. Then came the testing stage. At first, Jill was not very good and often gave strange answers. It often got stuck on certain keywords. By the end of the semester, Jill had attained enough knowledge and skills to participate in forums without any management from Goel, or the other assistants.28. What surprised the students who take the online course?A. The course was interesting but challenging.B. A teaching assistant wasnt a real person.C. Jill Watson is a hard-working TA.D. They all failed to pass their course.29. Why did Goel decide to invent a smart robot?A. A number of students took his online course.B. A smart robot is cleverer than a human being.C. Too many similar questions are to be dealt with.D. A smart robot could be easily controlled by him.30. Why are human competitors mentioned in Paragraph 3?A. To criticize present TV shows. B. To describe Watsons operating principle.C. To express the systems advancement. D. To show the robots maximum load.31. What can we infer from the text?A. Students should deal with routine questions.B. Jill is mainly in charge of posting surprising news.C. The TAs give students homework at a certain time.D. Goel is satisfied with Jills present performance.DHeaven is where the police are English, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell(地狱) is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians.Obviously the national stereotypes(模式化的思想) in this old joke are generalizations(普遍化), but such stereotypes are often said to exist for a reason. Is there actually a bit of truth in them? Not likely, an international research team now says.National and cultural stereotypes do play an important role in how people see themselves and others, and being aware that these are not dependable is a useful thing, said study author Robert McCrae of the National Institute on Aging. These are in fact unfounded stereotypes. They dont come from looking around you. McCrae said.If national stereotypes arent rooted in real experiences, then where do they come from? One possibility is that they reflect national values, which may become known from historical events. For example, many historians have argued that the spirit of American individualism has its origins in the experiences of the pioneers on the Old West.Social scientists such as psychologist Richard Robins have given several other possible explanations for stereotypes and why they may be incorrect. Robins notes that some stereotypes may have been correct at one point in history and then remained unchanged while the culture changed.We may be hard-wired, to some degree, to keep incorrect stereotypes, since we are less likely to notice and remember information that is different from our stereotypes. Generally, according to Robins, when we meet people who are different from our stereotypes, we see them as unique individuals rather than typical national or cultural groups.32. The stereotype about Italians is _.A. romantic but disorganizedB. friendly and good-temperedC. dreamy and impracticalD. strict but thoughtful33. National stereotypes are not always correct because _.A. they are formed by individual historiansB. what was true in the past may not be true at presentC. generalizations are made through personal experienceD. people tend to have false idea about other culture34. According to the research team led by McCrae, national stereotypes are _.A. interestingB. harmfulC. humorousD. unreliable35. The underlined word hard-wired in the last paragraph probably means _.A. forgetfulB. anxiousC. fixedD. Helpless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。Whether you are at Disneyland or another Disney park, you will usually find a nighttime show that will be showing.36Read this article to find out how you can get a good seat for an evening event at any Disney park.Plan on seeing the show in advance.Usually, if you decide an hour beforehand that youre going to see a show, you will likely end up not getting a good seat, unless the park is not very busy.37Do your research.Research online: “The best places to view.”38Some of them may even be less known, so you may not deal with such a big crowd.Arrive to the event early.39Possibly even earlier if the park is more crowded on that day. If you arriveten minutes before the event starts, youre a lot less likely to get a good spot.40If you must leave to do something, make sure that its extremely quick, and try to have another member of your party stay in your spot while you are away.A. Stay in the same area.B. Enjoy the show with a friend.C. Its usually much more enjoyable if you can get a good seat.D. This is especially important if you arrive closer to the event time.E. In order to get a good spot, plan on arriving an hour before the event.F. Therefore, look at the schedule before your trip, or at least the day before.G. Youll see a list of places in the park that are the best for viewing that event.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题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（A、B、C和D）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。After I became a mother, I couldnt remember the last time I had 41 time to myself. All my spare time evolved into taking care of the family, doing 42 and working. I guessed that was part of43 . Of course, I took responsibility for being a mother and tried my best to maximize my time.But 44 the years passed, I realized that the chores soon seemed 45 . It seemed I could never finish my to-do list. Even if I tried to complete all of it, new tasks always 46 . I tried to prioritize my tasks but still felt 47 at the end of the day. I tried to share the responsibilities with my family, but I still had little time to myself.I always 48 “me time”. And when I said me time, I only meant being able to have a shower without 49 or watching a movie without being interrupted by my kids. But I didnt give much thought about that “me time” until recently.After long years of waiting, my visa application was 50 and I had to travel to a new 51all by myself to start a new job. Since the company only paid for my airfare, my family would have to follow at a(n) 52 date.So now, Im 53 in an apartment and I can do whatever I want. But surprisingly it hasnt made me happy. I feel 54 without my family. No more daily 55 of nagging (唠叨) the kids to help me with the chores. I also feel like something in me is appearing. I spend nights crying myself to sleep to 56 the loneliness.I have come to realize that making 57 for me doesnt mean being away from those I love. I can still have “me time”, 58 I have my family around. I can prioritize and plan. I can change my 59 and approach toward chores. Life wouldnt be the 60 without the people you love near you. I hope my family can join me soon.41. A. enoughB. spareC. separateD. vacant42. A. choresB. businessC. exercisesD. homework43. A. fashionB. familyC. motherhoodD. responsibility44. A. whileB. asC. sinceD. though45. A. difficultB. roughC. endlessD. tired46. A. ran intoB. turned overC. put forwardD. came up47. A. exhaustedB. releasedC. confusedD. ignored48. A. looked forB. hoped forC. asked forD. demanded for49. A. rushingB. stoppingC. waitingD. disturbing50. A. achievedB. qualifiedC. arrivedD. approved51. A. homeB. countryC. destinationD. company52. A. rightB. former C. laterD. exact53. A. lonelyB. aloneC. crazyD. independent54. A. annoyedB. confusedC. guiltyD. sleepy55. A. taskB. workC. arrangementD. routine56. A. pressB. recoverC. easeD. launch57. A. roomB. decisionsC. choicesD. time58. A. so thatB. in case C. even if D. as though59. A. feelingB. attitudeC. planD. direction60. A. sameB. betterC. differentD. valueless第 II卷第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15分） 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。Just like every technological advancement, the next is set to be a huge deal, and such is the case for 5G. The wireless technology 61 (expect) to power self-driving cars, virtual reality, smart 62(city), and networked robots. 63 (research) from King s College London who have joined with Ericsson (ERIC) to dream up futuristic applications for 5G have looked at everything from music64 medicine.The team is working towards using 65 technology to transfer physical skills across networks and creating what they are calling the Internet of Skills. With 5G and the new networking architecture were building, were hoping to get this delay down to just the speed of light, sai