河北省唐山遵化市2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

河北省唐山遵化市2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题注意事项：本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，第卷第1至8页，第卷9至12页。本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。1、答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔填涂在答题卡上。每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。2、第卷答案一律写在试卷上。交卷时只交答题卡和第卷。第I卷 （共95分）第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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 suggest the man bring?A. Milk.B. Coffee.C. Tea.2. What does the man like to do before an exam?A. Do sports.B. Read a lot.C. Relax at home.3. What did the man do last night?A. He held a party.B. He lost his phone.C. He bought something in a shop.4. How many people will go to the football match?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.5. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Brother and sister.C. Teacher and student.第二节听下面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。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. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a bookshop.B. At a museum.C. At a library.7. Which direction does the woman point the man?A. Straight ahead.B. To the right.C. To the left.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How did the man injure himself?A. By biking.B. By playing soccer.C. By riding his skateboard.9. Where will the woman take the man?A. To the hospital.B. To the school gate.C. To his coachs office.10. What is the woman trying to do?A. Comfort the man.B. Make fun of the man.C. Check the mans injury.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where does the man want to go?A. To his office.B. To the airport.C. To Johnsons house.12. Which way does the man say to avoid?A. The freeway.B. The bridge.C. The small roads.13. How soon will the man probably get to his destination?A. In 20 minutes.B. In 30 minutes.C. In 45 minutes.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What did Helen decide to do?A. Go on a business trip.B. Look for a new job.C. Start volunteering.15. What does the man think Helen should do?A. Have a relaxed life.B. Run her own business.C. Join a community group.16. What is Jessicas attitude toward Helens decision?A. Concerned.B. Surprised.C. Supportive.17. Where are Helens kids now?A. At primary school.B. At college.C. At work.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. All kinds of animals.B. His job as an animal doctor.C. Special treatment for animals.19. What animals does the speaker see the most?A. Rabbits.B. Cows and sheep.C. Dogs and cats.20. How was the giraffes neck problem solved?A. With a piece of metal.B. With a piece of plastic.C. With a piece of water pipe.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节,满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AUberUber is available in over 70 cities throughout 40 countries worldwide. You can either choose a typical Uber unmarked car or a regular taxi. The app can show you where drivers are, so you know how long youll be waiting. You can also get fare quotes(报价)in advance. Your payment source is linked to the app and is automatically charged, so no physical money is ever needed.LyftLyft is a service available in many large cities in the US. However, it offers something different, one of which is Lyft Line. With this service, you can find people that take the same route on a daily basis as you and split the fare with them. Lyfts regular service lets you easily see where rides are, catch one, and easily pay right within the app.Easy TaxiEasy Taxi is available in 86 cities across 26 countries and lets you quickly browse through maps and find locations youd like to be picked up at. From there, just make sure there are taxis in your area. Confirm your ride and then pay for it within the Easy Taxi app. Once you book a ride, you should see the taxis plate number and phone number appear on the map, making it easy for you to pick out both the car and the driver.CurbCurb, formerly Taxi Magic, is currently available in around 60 cities across the United States as well as select cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico. It ties in with taxi companies and their drivers. As your taxi makes its way to your location, youll be able to track its progress inside the app. You can link a payment account to Curb to pay your fare through the app. You can also pay in cash.21. Which app is available in the most countries?A. Uber B. Lyft C. Easy Taxi D. Curb22. What is the special service of Lyft?A. You can pay the fare in cash.B. You can see where the ride is.C. You can get fare quotes in advance.D. You can find someone to share the fare.23. What do the four apps have in common?A. They are available worldwide B. They are tied to taxi companies.C. They allow users to pay via app. D. They can identify your location.BJust what is a tiger mother？Amy Chua is a law professor at Americas Yale University and her recent book on the subject is making waves. Shes been called “dangerous”，“outrageous”，even a “monster” for her descriptions of how she brought up her two daughters.Her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother describes fighting with a daughter for hours at the piano to ensure the child gets a piece of music right. She rejected birthday cards made for her by her girls because she didnt think they had made enough effort. She compared one child negatively with the other，threatening to burn their toys. Her rules include：schoolwork always comes first; an A minus is a bad grade; children must be two years ahead of their classmates in math，and playing the violin or the piano is a must.Ms. Chua considers the Chinese hard work ethic(道德) as a way of creating happy，successful childrenat least in her case. Although shes had a large amount of flak for her theories，one thing cant be ignoredthe success of Chinese children in the education system.In Britain，shocking research shows that Chinese girls，for example，are outperforming all other foreign groups at GCSE79 percent getting 5 A C Grades，compared with 58 percent of white British girls. So what is it about Chinese parenting thats leading to high achievers？And how do Amy Chuas theories play into that success?She told me that if her daughter came back from school with 96/100 in a test，Chua would ask her what happened to the other 4 points. Its about always knowing “you can do better”，she told me.Interestingly，in China，the birthplace of the tiger mother，people are moving away from traditional Chinese parenting. They are following more western parenting styles.24. After reading Amy Chuas recent book，the public _.A. feel very sorry for their own childrenB. consider her a very successful motherC. realize their methods of bringing up children are wrongD. dont think highly of her methods of bringing up her children25. The underlined word in the third paragraph probably means_.A. Attention B. Criticism C. Curiosity D. Contribution26. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. Amy Chua will change her methodsB. Amy Chua considers her methods usefulC. Amy Chuas children dont love their motherD. Amy Chuas children prefer western parenting stylesCIts already challenging enough for environmentalists to keep beaches clear of washed up trash(垃圾) and plastic debris(残骸), but the most difficult problem lies in cleaning up all of the millions of tiny microplastics that are impossible to pick up and separate from the sand.Fortunately, a group of engineering students succeeded in developing a massive new vacuum cleaner that can collect microplastics without removing any of the sand from the beach. The 12 Canadian students from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built their Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner as a class project.We did some research and we realized there was no machine around the world to do this kind of job, Hoola One co-founder Sam Duval told Hawaii Public Radio. So we told each other, We will invent it, and we did it.As a means of testing their machines efficiency, they recently used it on the sands of Hawaiis Kamilo Beach, which is also notorious for being one of the dirtiest beaches in the world. Though their first prototype(原型)experienced a number of technical issues, the students managed to fix the problems and tidy up the beach.Using a handheld tube, the machine sucks(吸入)up plastic and sand and dumps them all into a massive tank of water. Since rocks and sand are heavier than plastic, they sink to the bottom of the tank so they can be dumped back onto the beach. The plastic, on the other hand, floats to the top of the tank.According to Hawaii Public Radio, the team left the Hoola One vacuum on the island as a donation to the state department- They are now researching the ecological effects of the vacuum on the beach while they search for funding and sponsorships(赞助)to produce more Hoola One vacuums.27. What is the hardest problem of keeping the beach clean?A. Picking up plastic debris.B. Removing trash on the sea.C. Separating plastics from the sand.D. Clearing up all the microplastics.28. What do we know about the Hoola One plastic vacuum cleaner?A. It can collect plastics without removing sand from the beach.B. It has been used widely on the beaches around the world.C. The students tested its efficiency on Hawaiis Kamilo Beach.D. The students gave up the first prototype due to several failures.29. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?A. The working procedure of the vacuum cleaner.B. The invention process of the vacuum cleaner.C. The ecological impacts of the vacuum cleaner.D. The special materials of the vacuum cleaner.30. What words can best describe the 12 Canadian students?A. Generous and stubborn. B. Confident and persistent.C. Devoted and wealthy. D. Admirable and humorous.第二节 七选五（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。（答题卡上若选E填涂AB; F填涂AC; G填涂AD）When everything goes wrong, always look at what you have, instead of what you have lost. Because its not what the world takes away from you that counts; its what you do with what you have left. 31Pain is part of growing.Sometimes life closes doors because its time to move forward. 32 When times are tough, remind yourself that no pain comes without a purpose.Remember that there are two kinds of pain: pain that hurts and pain that changes you. When you roll with life, instead of resisting it, both kinds help you grow.33Every time you get hurt, you heal. After darkness there is always light you are reminded of this every morning, but still you often forget, and instead choose to believe that the night will last forever. It wont. Nothing lasts forever.Complaining changes nothing.34 Its always better to attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Its not over if youve lost; its over when you do nothing but complain about it. If you believe in something, keep trying. Dont let the shadows of the past darken the doorstep of your future.The best thing you can do is to keep going.Dont be afraid to get back up-to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Dont let a hard lesson harden your heart. Lifes best lessons are often learned at the worst times and from the worst mistakes. There will be times when it seems like everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong. 35A. Everything in life is temporary. B. And even if you fall short, keep going. C. Your scars are symbols of your strength.D. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.E.Here are a few tips to inspire you when you need it most.F.Thats a good thing because we often wont move unless life forces us to .G.When you feel like quitting, remember that sometimes things can be right eventually.第三部分语言知识运用 (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)阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。It was many years ago. I was a 36 father on my way home to my wife and baby boy after spending all day 37 college classes. I had gone back to school to get a degree in education. I wanted to secure a 38 job that would help me to build a better life for my growing family. It was a two-hour round trip to the 39 , so every day I would pray for my 20-year-old car to 40 it all the way.As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles from my home I 41a car parked along the side of the road with its emergency flashers 42 . A small woman was struggling to 43 a flat tire. This was long before the age of cell phones 44 I knew that any other help might not arrive for a while. I 45 behind her car and offered to give her a hand. Her own hands were bruised（擦伤的）and 46 from struggling with the lug nuts（四方螺帽）and she had tears of frustration in her eyes. The lug nuts were rusty（生锈的）and 47 and the lug wrench（单向扳手）a little small, but after a while I got the flat off and the 48 tire on. As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of 49this time. I waved and drove off a little embarrassed at her 50 . After all, it had just been one kind act.It took me a lot of years after that to learn the true 51 of one kind act. One kind actcan change the world. One kind act can teach more 52 than a million words. One kind act can save a lost soul and heal（治愈）a 53 heart.Never pass up the possibility of using your own 54 to make this world a better place. Every day we are given the choice to be 55 or kind. Always choose to be kind.36. A. great B. young C. lazy D. rich37. A. preparing B. missing C. taking D. giving38. A. teaching B. cooking C. driving D. writing39. A. college B. hospital C. garage D. store40. A. forget B. ignore C. get D. make41. A. passed B. stopped C. noticed D. heard42. A. out B. over C. on D. off43. A. repair B. borrow C. buy D. change44. A. and B. but C. though D. unless45. A. set off B. pulled up C. showed off D. lay down46. A. moving B. bleeding C. freezing D. shaking47. A. shiny B. simple C. useful D. tight48. A. spare B. worn C. clean D. cheap49. A. pride B. regret C. pain D. relief50. A. appreciation B. doubt C. expectation D. surprise51. A. cause B. danger C. power D. pressure52. A. curiosity B. love C. courage D. desire53. A. light B. broken C. brave D. cold54. A. kindness B. patience C. interest D. wisdom55. A. tough B. busy C. cruel D. free遵化市2020学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试卷第卷（共55分）题号语法填空应用文写作读后续写总分得分得分评卷人第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号单词的正确形式。When someone has 56 (deep)hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible and it can be surprisingly 57 (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, studies 58 (show)that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. “People who forgive show 59 (little)anger and more hopefulness, ”says Dr Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people 60 (feel) more energetic. ”So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something 61 gives you pleasure:a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Dont wait for an 62 (apologize). “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing, ”says Dr Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just dont see things in the same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting for a very long time. ”Next keep 63 mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean 64 (accept) the action of the person who 65 (upset) you. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other persons perspective. You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that persons point of view.56. 57. 58. 59. 60.61. 62. 63. 64. 65.第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分40分)得分评卷人第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）你校校门口在放学时间经常出现交通拥堵，给师生和路人带来很多不便。假如你是李华，请用英文给你校英文报写一封信，提出解决拥堵的建议。内容包括：1. 写信的目的；2. 分析学校门口拥堵的原因；3. 提出23点建议。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Editor, Yours,Li Hua得分评卷人第二节 读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。Once there was an emperor(皇帝)in the Far East who was growing old and knew it was coming time to choose his successor (继承者). Instead of choosing one of his own children, he decided to do something different.He called all the young people together one day. He said, Its time for me to step down and to choose the next emperor. Ive decided to choose one of you. The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued, “Im going to give each of you a special seed(种子). I want you to go home, plant the seed, water and come back here one year from today with what youve grown from this one seed. I will then judge the plants you bring, and the one I choose will be the next emperor！”One boy named Ling was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. Back home, he planted the seed in a pot and watered it