广西柳州市融水中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

广西柳州市融水中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷 (选择题 共100分)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. Where does the mans wife want to go?A. Italy.B. Brazil.C. Egypt.2. What are the speakers talking about?A. Time.B. A pencil.C. Luck.3. Why could the woman finish the work on time?A. Joan helped her.B. The man helped her.C. She worked very hard.4. When will the man pick up the woman?A. At 7: 20B. At 7: 40.C. At 8:00.5. Which dress does the woman want to wear today?A. The black one.B. The red one.C. The blue one.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 kind of food is the man learning to cook?A. Japanese food.B. Chinese food.C. Italian food.7. What does the woman decide to do?A. Take cooking classes.B. Learn from cookbooks.C.Buy some fruits and vegetables.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Whats the woman looking for?A. An expensive hotel.B. A modern hotel.C. A cheap hotel.9. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bank.B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the woman feel？A. Angry.B. Puzzled.C. Worried.11. What kind of program does Ann want to watch?A. A fashion show.B. A football match.C. A basketball match.12. What does the woman suggest to the man?A. Making friends with Charlie.B. Taking care of the baby with his wife.C. Watching the football match at her home.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where did the woman go on the second day of her tour?A. The Putuo Temple.B. The Gulangyu Island.C. The Xiamen University14. On which day did the woman go to the Huandao Sightseeing Avenue?A. The third day.B. The fourth dayC. The fifth day.15. How did the woman come back from Xiamen?A. By train.B. By plane.C. By bus.16. What does the woman like best of Xiamen ?A. The beach.B. The weather.C. The food.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did the earthquake happen?A. On the morning of Tuesday. B. On the morning of Wednesday.C. On the afternoon of Wednesday.18. What happened to the boy?A. He was buried under ruins. B. He hid in a refrigerator for fun.C. He was locked in a refrigerator.19. What were people doing when they found the boy?A. They were opening the refrigerator. B. They were pulling Toms father out of ruins.C. They were digging holes to bury dead people .20. What did it mean when foreign doctors left the earthquake area?A. The earthquake happened in another place.B. There were more people dead in another place.C. There was no hope to find people alive here.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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AApple pickingApple picking is always a popular fall activity, with families looking for a fun way to spend time together outdoors. Check out some options on where and how to pick close to Toronto:Whereto pickPine Farms Tel: 905-833-5459Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9 am to 5 pmDetails: Pick your own apples from mid-August to November.Albion Farms Tel: 905-584-0354Hours: Daily 10 am to 6 pmDetails: Pick your own apples on weekends onlyWatson Farms Tel: 905-623-9109Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 8 pm Weekends 9 am to 6 pmDetails: Pick your own apples only in early September.Brooks Farms Tel: 905-473-3920Hours: Daily 9 am to 5 pmDetails: Picking your own apples is not available(可得到的)，but apples are available in the farm market.Willis Family Fruit Farms Tel: 905-876-2606Hours: Weekends 10 am to 8 pmDetails: Pick your own apples only in September and October. Apple picking tipsCall first: Certain apple types may not be available because demand and farm hours can change without notice. So call ahead before setting out.What to bring: Some farms provide containers(容器) for you to carry the fruit home, but its not a bad idea to bring them yourself. Comfortable shoes and clothes that you dont mind getting dirty are a must. And keep the weather in mind: pack a sweater for cooler days, and bring sun cream.21According to the author, apple picking _ .A. helps farmers harvest the fruit B. can bring great pleasure to familiesC. is better for teenagers than for adults D. is becoming more and more popular in cities22If you are only free after 6 pm on Tuesday, you can choose _ .A. Pine Farms B. Albion Farms C. Watson Farms D. Willis Family Fruit Farms23What can we learn from the passage?A. You may dirty your clothes when picking apples.B. Apples on all the farms are on sale at the same time.C. You have to pay to take the apples you have picked home.D. You are not allowed to take containers for carrying apples.BSurviving Hurricane Sandy(飓风桑迪)Natalie Doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway, New York. Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house. “Its the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” she says.On October 29, 2020, that ocean turned fierce. That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard. Fortunately, Natalies family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the citys bridge closed.When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. Many of Natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away. All around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly. Natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn.In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie. Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings.“My mom tells me that I cant control what happens to me,” Natalie says. “but I can always choose how I deal with it.”Natalies choice was to help.She created a website page matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. Natalie posted information about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collection when his house burned down. Within days, Patricks collection was replaced.In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie, who got a new keyboard. Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-needed supplies to Rockaway. Her efforts made her a famous person. Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change.Today, the scars(创痕) of destruction are still seen in Rockaway, but hope is in the air. The streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “I cant imagine living anywhere but Rockaway,” Natalie declares. “My neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before.”24 When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found _.A. some friends had lost their lives B. her neighborhood was destroyedC. her school had moved to Brooklyn D. the elderly were free from suffering25 According to Paragraph 4, who inspired Natalie most?A. The people helping Rockaway rebuild.B. The people trapped in high-rise buildings.C. The volunteers donating money to survivors.D. Local teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people.26How did Natalie help the survivors?A. She gave her toys to other kids. B. She took care of younger children.C. She called on the White House to help. D. She built an information sharing platform.27 What does the story intend to tell us?A. Little people can make a big difference. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.C. East or west, home is best. D. Technology is power.CGoldfish have pretty boring lives, so maybe its a good thing they can only concentrate for nine seconds! But according to new research, humans are becoming like goldfish. Our attention span(时长) is getting shorter and its all because of technology.“We move quickly from one site to another on the web,” says Dr. Ted Selker, a computer scientist from Massachusetts, “And we are losing the ability to concentrate.” With millions of websites to choose from, the attention span of the average Internet user is just seconds. There are other digital distractions(使人分心的事) too: emails, instant messaging and quickie movies on websites.Some people are worried about the effect on young people. “You need time to understand and think about what you read,” says Julia Wood, from London. “Young people search the net all the time and their brains become full of useless information but there is no time to make sense of it. I am trying to persuade my pupils to read more books, so that they concentrate on one subject for longer. ”Other teachers are trying more unusual methods to improve students concentration. Anne Savan, from Wales, was so worried about her students that she started playing Mozart during her science lessons. She says that it had an amazing effect, “The music made them calmer, and their concentration was much better.”But not everyone believes that there is a problem. Ray Cole, an educational psychologist says, “On the web, young people learn to make quick decisions about what is and isnt worth reading. They might look at five unhelpful websites very quickly, before stopping and reading a sixth useful website more carefully. In a world with so much information available, this is an important skill. ”28. According to new research, why humans are becoming like goldfish?A. Because we have pretty boring lives like goldfish.B. Because our attention span(时长) is getting shorter like goldfish.C. Because we can only concentrate for nine seconds like goldfish.D. Because we are hard to learn new things like goldfish.29. What may cause a shorter attention span according to Dr. Ted Selker?A. We move quickly from one site to another on the web.B. We become more and more busy.C. Our traditional methods of reading is losing.D. We spend much time in making decisions.30. What will help students overcome a short attention span?A. Receiving emails. B. Texting messages.C. Reading more books. D. Watching quickie movies.31. What is the best title for this passage?A. Computer Games are Monsters B. Goldfish and Human BeingsC. Short Attention Span D. Thinking about Skipping on the Websites.DThey go up and they go down. They take people from one floor of a building to the exact same spot on another floor. A new technology will break elevators free from their vertical (垂直的) prisons, allowing them to move side to side, at an angle (角度), even go outside into a city. German company Thyssenkrupp has developed a new kind of elevator that uses maglev (磁悬浮) technology to move elevator cabins Called Multi, these elevators are no longer limited to a single vertical path.A funny thing happens when elevators can go anywhere. Tall buildings, which are designed to work around elevators, can start taking on different shapes. They can go wide, add towers or go in unusual directions, and make room for green spaces that otherwise would have been an inconvenience. A single elevator can run from the east side of the first floor to the far west side of the 30th, no transferring or walking necessary. It gets even more interesting when an elevator leaves the building. Patrick Bass, Thyssenkrupps North America CEO, has worked in the elevator industry for 26 years. He thinks these elevators will create new transportation networks to support the cities of the future. As more people go into cities, theres a renewed interest in creating energy efficient spaces. Moving people around quickly is a huge part of that.He imagines Multi working perfectly with other Thyssenkrupp technology like the Accel moving walkway. Accel, which also uses maglev technology, speeds up after you step on and can go twice the speed of a regular moving walkway. It was the first use of maglev technology outside of a train. The Accel is already in use in some cities now.32. Compared with traditional elevators, Multi can _.A. go more smoothly B. go in any directionsC. go up and down freely D. go directly from floor to floor33. What will happen to buildings with Multi?A. They will hold more people. B. They will become much higher.C. They will be in different shapes. D. They will be connected to one another.34. In what way can Multi support cities of the future?A. They save space in cities.B. They help avoid the rush hours.C. They help people save money. D. They help move people around quickly.35. Why is the Accel mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To show how Multi works. B. To show the importance of the Accel.C. To tell us other products by Thyssenkrupp.D. To explain the wide use of maglev technology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。 (将选项涂在答题卡相应的71-75题）Physical activity is important for children. 36 , yet many parents find their childrennot interested in sports. This article offers the ways to make sports fun for kids.Have your child invite his/her friends over to play sports together. Kids love playinggames with each other. Make your house a good site for an activity your child and his/her friends enjoy. 37 .Stay positive about sportsdont let disappointment show. 38 , so always stayencouraging about sports. Dont let the mood（情绪）turn dark, as this can create pressure on a child. You dont want your child to associate sports with being a disappointment.39. Kids grow tired of activities when they focus on something for too long. Tokeep your child having fun, try changing things every few minutes.Dont ignore the “wow effect of watching sports movies. Who among us didnt wantto play hockey after watching The Mighty Ducks? 40 . Whether its the impressiveatmosphere of stadium lights on a football field or a story about a baseball player, sports movies can help to catch your kids interest.Even if a child works hard and becomes excellent at a certain sport , when it stops being fun, he/she is unlikely to continue going after it. The goal here is a long-term one： You want sports to be a part of their life as eventual adults.A.Playing a sport all the time can be disappointingB.No child wants to be a disappointment to an adultC.Then playing sports will be more special and memorableD.Remember that kids have short attention spans （持续时间）E.Encourage kids to try different sports to find their favoritesF.There are many sports movies serving to inspire kids to try something newG.Helping them accept it as a part of their life is necessary in modern parenting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、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。I always made sure that I wouldnt take any stress or worry before exams. I will send out the highest positive power I can 41 all the other students and my friends also become positive. I did the 42 thing today. I wasnt well 43 for the project presentation and I didnt know how it would go, so I 44 to be myself and do whatever makes me feel happy and 45 joy around as usual.I went to college and saw everyone was studying and 46 , so I started to tell some jokes to make a 47 environment. Suddenly, a dog came onto the scene and it was very 48 .I love animals a lot and dogs are my 49 . Therefore, I started playing with him and 50 food for him to eat. I was so happy doing this that I even 51 that I would do an important task in 15 minutes and I was 52 constantly. That 53 with which I was talking to the dog 54 everything around. All my friends who were worried 55 me and we all started playing with the dog. Everyone became happy and the 56 became so happy and loving, too. After all of that, our 57 went great and the teachers 58 .It was 59 my happiness and becoming a positive magnet(磁铁)that 60 that positive energy all around.41. A. in case B. so that C even though D. as if42. A annoyingB. opposite C. Abstract(抽象的) D. same43. A. intendedB prepared C responsible D. suitable44. A. decided B. sent C. regretted D happened45. A express B perform C. spread D. cover46. A. interestedB. excited C. ashamed D. worried47. A. sensitiveB. cautious C. light D.constant48.A. hungry B. tired C greedy D. disappointed49. A relation B. worth C. favorite D. curiosity50. A. donated B purchased C. shared D processed51. A informedB. noticed C. mentioned D. forgot52. A. smiling B sweeping C.whispering D. weeping53. A. position B. energy C. direction D. view54. A destroyedB. shocked C. changed D. attacked55. A joined B. left C. added D. received56. A. service B. benefit C bargain D. environment57. A. experiences B products C. articles D. presentations58. A interrupted（打扰） B applauded（鼓掌） C. cried D.agreed59. A. following B.controlling C. matching D.avoiding60. A ignored B.settled C. reduced D.created第II卷(非选择题 共50分) 注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第1节 ，. 根据句意及语境，用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。（每题1分, 满分15分）1. Every area of the park is modelled _ life in the days of King Arthur.2. With all these _ (attract), no wonder tourism