山东省宁阳一中2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

山东省宁阳一中2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（考试时间：120分钟；试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1. 答卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2. 每小题选出答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。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。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。1What did the doctor suggest the man do?AStop having a spicy food. BHave a balanced diet. CBrush his teeth carefully.2What will the woman do next?A. Call the man back. B. Answer the door. C. Check Bens number.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a meeting room. B. In a bookstore. C. In a classroom.4. What does the woman think of the movie?A. Terrible. B. Touching. C. Confusing.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A book. B. A French class. C. A new teacher.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. How much is the man paid by the coffee shop each day?A. 60 dollars. B. 50 dollars C. 40 dollars.7. What is the mans purpose in working at the coffee shop?A. To pay for college fees. B. To buy some video games. C. To get work experience.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Whats the mans favorite activity in summer?A. Diving. B. Swimming. C. Fishing.9. Why does the man want to travel to Greece?A. It has many ancient buildings. B. It has a pleasant climate. C. It has clear waters.10. How many people in the mans family will travel to Greece?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Whats the womans neighbour?A. A teacher. B. A student. C. An office worker.12. How long has the woman been living in the street?A. For one year. B. For two years. C. For three years.13. What does the woman think of her neighbor?A. Talented. B. Annoying. C. Friendly.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Where will the woman celebrate Christmas this year?A. In the US. B. In China. C. In the UK.15. Where do Americans prefer visiting on Christmas Day?A. Time Square. B. China Town. C. Central Park.16. How does the man feel about the womans introduction to Christmas?A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Confused.17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. School friends. B. Guide and tourist. C. Colleagues.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the weather like on Friday night?A. Rainy. B. Snowy. C. Fine.19. What will the area experience next Monday?A. A big rainstorm. B. Rain and snow. C. Clouds and sunshine.20. What is probably the text?A. A weather report. B. A tourist program. C. A piece of sad news.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。AMany people in high school cannot wait to go to college and leave their hometown behind. Questions arise, though, when it comes to all of the decisions involved in choosing a college.One of the first considerations may be finance. State and public colleges are often the least expensive. Often, though, the better colleges are private and more expensive. It is sad when gifted students cannot attend a college of their choice just for financial reasons.Another major factor is location. Whether the college is in a small town or large city can have a major impact on its activities. A water lover probably will be more comfortable spending four years near an ocean or a lake. Those who cannot tolerate heat will probably be more comfortable at a northern college. Distance from home may also come into consideration. If family is a top priority, that person should stay close to home; on the other hand，if independence is desired, a campus farther from home would be more appropriate.School size also plays a major role in the decision process. If you want to get to know your teachers, a small college is suitable.For those of you who consider yourself a “people person” and want a wide range of activities, a large college is more fitting. Your area of interest is another factor to consider in the decisionmaking process if you want to get the most from your education. The whole point of college is to learn what is of interest to you.Crucially (至关重要地), one must take into consideration the colleges by which you can realistically be accepted. An Ivy League school for an average student would probably not be a good match. Similarly, an average school for an aboveaverage student would not work well. The college should provide enough of a challenge for the student to work hard. Although there may not be the perfect college out there, there probably will be one that is close. Those who cannot find a suitable college are probably not looking hard enough.21What is the main idea of the third paragraph?AThe location of the college is a main factor.BA long distance will make students upset.CStudents can be independent at college.DThe climate must be taken into consideration.22What does the underlined part “people person” in the passage mean?AA person of great capacity. BA very sociable person.CA very particular person. DA person of great importance.23Which is the most important factor when choosing a college?AThe location of a college. BThe coming challenges.CSchool size. DThe examination result.BA robot created by Washington State University (WSU) scientists could help elderly people with dementia(痴呆）and other limitations live in dependently in their own homes .The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents（住户） are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owners to objects like their medicine or a snack in the kitchen.“RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detected. said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.Currently, about 50 per cent adults over the age of 85 need assistance with everyday activities such as preparing meals and taking medicine and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, researchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial pressure on the health-care system by making it easier for older adults to live alone.RAS is the first robot researchers that have tried to apply to their smart home environment. They recently published a study in the journal Cognitive Systems Research that shows how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently.While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising, Minor said. The next step in the research will be to test RAS performance with a group of older adults to get a better idea of what video reminders and other preferences they have regarding the robot. ”24. What plays a key role in RAS serving the elderly?25. A. Head size. B. Videos. C. Sensors. D. Signal lights. 26. 25. What can we learn about RAS?27. A. It is the first robot used in daily life. B. It can cook for owners on its own. 28. C. Its function remains to be tested. D. It can locate people and do any task.29. 26. Whats Minors attitude toward the future of RAS?30. A. Doubtful. B. Negative. C.Uncertain. D. Optimistic.31. 27. What would be a suitable title for the text?32. A. Elderly People Leave the Nursing Home33. B. RAS, the First Robot to Make Home Smart34. C. Older Adults Have Benefited from RAS a Lot35. D. Smart Home Tests First Elder Care RobotCA study showed that the experiences children have in their first few years are important . These experiences affect the development of the brain. When children receive more attention, they often have higher IQs. Babies receive information when they see, hear and feel things, which makes connections between different parts of the brain. There are a hundred trillion (万亿) connections in the brain of a three-year-old child.Researcher Judit Gervain tested how good newborns are at distinguishing different sound patterns. Her researchers produced images of the brains of babies as they heard different sound patterns. For example, one order was mu-ba-ba. This is the pattern “A-B-B. Another order was mu-ba-ge. This is the pattern “A-B-C”. The images showed that the part of the brain responsible for speech was more active during the “A-B-B” pattern. This shows that babies can tell the difference between different patterns. They also were sensitive to where it occurred in the order.Gervain is excited by these findings because the order of sounds is the building block of words and grammar. “Position is key to language she says. “If something is at the beginning or at the end, it makes a big difference: John caught the bear. is very different from The bear caught John. ”Researchers led by scientist Patricia Kuhl have found that language delivered by televisions, audio books,the Internet, or smartphonesno matter how educationaldoesnt appear to be enough for childrens brain development. They carried out a study of nine-month-old American babies. They expected the first group whod watched videos in Chinese to show the same kind of learning as the second group who were brought face-to-face with the same sounds. Instead they found a huge difference. The babies in the second group were able to distinguish between similar Chinese sounds as well as native listeners. But the other babies regardless of whether they had watched the video or listened to the audiolearned nothing.28. What makes connections in a babys brain?A. Experiencing new information. B. The connection with other babies.C. The babys early age.D. Having a higher IQ.29. What did Judit Gervain and her team find in the experiment?A. Word order is relevant to meaning.B. A certain brain region processes language.C. Babies identify different sound patterns.D. Babies can well understand different words.30. What is the main conclusion from the study led by Patricia Kuhl?A. Babies shouldnt watch a lot of television.B. Social communication improves babies brain development.C. Listening to different languages helps to develop babies brainD. Foreign languages are beneficial to babies brain development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。(注意：答题卡E涂AB, F涂AC, G涂AD)People use colors to express their feelings and describe their world. 31 Lets see if we can figure out where they originated.Black sheep of the familyThe phrase refers to a member of a family or a group who is in disgrace (失宠). It probably comes from the days when, in a group of sheep, the black ones were worth less than the white ones at market because their wool could not be dyed (染色) into different colors. 32Green with envyWhen your friend shows up with the hottest new video game in town, you might feel this way. 33 It was the Greeks who connected it with sickness. They thought that when a person was ill or envious, his or her body produced too much bile (胆汁), giving his or her skin a greenish color.True blueIs your best friend “true blue”? No, this doesnt refer to a dye job on his hair. 34 Back when all color dyes came from natural sources, such as berries and leaves, blue was the most difficult color to produce and often faded quickly. Finally, during the Middle Ages, an English town became famous for a blue dye that produced a nice, rich blue that didnt fade after just a few washings. This reliable color became known as “true blue”.Royal purplePurple is a fairly popular color. But throughout history, it was reserved for royalty and important members of the church. Purple was once the most expensive dye in the world. 35 The resulting purple-colored cloth was costly, and only the richest people could afford to buy it.A. This made the black sheep an unwelcome member.B. Many color-related phrases are a common part of our speech.C. A person who was envious would make him look green.D. Almost everyone at some time or another has “the blues”.E. It means that he is honest, faithful, and reliable.F. The process of collecting the dye and processing it was long and complex.G. Writers such as Shakespeare used the color green to represent envy.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, 掌握其大意, 然后从4160 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was thirteen, one day my mom told my family that she had to tell us somethingSo my dad, my brother and I all sat down on the sofa to begin the discussionYou could feel the 36 atmosphere of the roomIt was 37 that something was wrongThen my mom told us that she had been diagnosed （诊断） with a very serious diseaseThat was when we all had a moment of 38 and criedAfter that my mom started the 39 and had to travel to the hospital every dayAfter a week, she began to lose her 40 and so she shaved it all offMy mom would always wear bright-colored scarf and after a while 41 to buy a wig（假发）Along with losing her hair she lost all her nails. 42 , I had never seen a desperate look in my moms eyesI remember one day I went with my mom to the hospitalWhen we were 43 for her to receive the treatment, we kept telling jokesWe both burst out 44 from time to timeEveryone in the waiting room was so 45 , while we were in the middle of the room, chatting 46 . Neither of us cared 47 people thought of usAfter about a year of the treatment and all the 48 , one day my mom said she wanted to tell us something importantAs my mom was about to speak, a smile 49 on her faceAt that moment I knew that it was going to be something very 50 She told us that she had recovered! At that moment I 51 down in tearsThey were tears of joyAt that moment for the first time in a very long time I had a feeling that everything was going to be 52 Now two years has passed and my mom is 53 of the diseaseI am so happy that I have my mom with me every step of the wayMy mom 54 me to value every moment in my life and to remain 55 through thick or thinShe has taught me so much and continues to teach me more36AcalmBcoldCfriendlyDtense37Aobvious BcommonCstrangeDnecessary38Asorrow Bregret Canger Dhesitation39AappointmentBoperation CtreatmentDobservation40AweightBhairCenergyDhope41Aliked BofferedCaffordedDdecided42ATherefore BFinally CBesides DHowever43AarrangingBwishingCwaitingDpreparing44AlaughingBquarrelingCtalkingDcrying45AoverBdownCoutDoff46Acuriously BhappilyCnervously Dgently47Awhy Bwhen Cwhat Dwhere48ApainBfailureCadviceDlove49AturnedBburyCchangedDformed50Aattractive BactiveCexcitingDamusing51AbrokeBlooked CbentDcame52AfairBclear CfineDready53AafraidBfreeCawareDsure54AaskedBtaughtCpersuadedDadmitted55ApositiveBmodestCindependentDdetermined第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Mandarin(普通话) Chinese is the most useful non-European language for children to learn, UK parents believe. It would boost(促进) their childrens career prospects (前景), according to 51% of parents, while 56% felt it would open their childrens minds 56 an “exciting and dynamic culture”. Arabic and Japanese, 57 were both picked by 14% of parents, 58 (be) the other key non-European languages. The figures were gained after 1, 138 UK adults with children aged under 18 were questioned in a survey 59 (make) by the Mandarin Excellence Program (MEP). French, Spanish and German were the top choices overall for young people in the UK 60 (learn) after being picked by 57%, 54% and 40% of parents respectively.Mark Herbert of the British Council said: With the global economy 61 (become) more interconnected and the drive to boost exports, language skills are increasingly important for work and life. Mandarin Chinese is one of the 62 (language) that matter most to the UKs future prosperity. If the UK is to remain _63_(compete) on the world stage, we need far more of our young people leaving school with a good grasp of Mandarin in order to 64 ( success) work abroad or for businesses here in the UK. Learning Mandarin is also a fascinating process that brings 65 valuable understanding of the Chinese culture.”The MEP aims to help at least 5, 000 young people in England to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese by 2020.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）假定你是李华，学生会主席。你发现很多同学课间不休息，还坐在教室里学习。请你以学生会的名义用英语写一封倡议书，号召同学们课间休息。内容包括：1. 简要描述该现象。2. 十分钟的课间休息很有必要。3. 劳逸结合才能高效学习。注意：1词数80左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。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。I remember the first time I met Roy. He was telling a joke. When he reached the final line, everyone burst out laughing. “A popul