浙江省东阳市第二高级中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（无答案）

东阳二中2020下期期中考试高二英语试卷第一部分 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 man want to do?A.Fly a kite. B.Go to the park. C.Play on the lnternet.2.What will the girl buy this evening?A.Sunglasses. B.A scarf. C. Gloves.3.What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Take a taxi. B.Walk to the hotel. C.Ask someone else for help.4.Who is the woman probably?A.A hotel clerk. B.A police officer. C.The mans wife.5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.A birthday party B.New Years gifts C.The mans parents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 does the man probably feel?A.Excited. B.Nervous. C.Regretful.7.What will the man do next?A.Talk to Samantha. B.Dance with the woman.C.Attend a graduation ceremony.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What will the man do with his girlfriend on Valentines Day?A.Go to a movie. B.Go to a concert. C.Eat at a nice restaurant.9.According to the woman, what would be a special gift?A.A song. B.A poem. C.A piece of jewelry.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.How does the man want his hair cut?A.All off the back. B.All off the sides. C.A little off the top.11.What did the man complain about?A.The woman got shampoo in his eyes.B.The woman cut his ear accidently.C.The towel was too dirty.12.Why cant the man complain directly to the manager?A.He is on vacation. B.He is out to lunch.C.He is dealing with another customer.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Who is the woman?A.The boys aunt. B.The boys mother. C.The boys grandmother.14.What did the woman enjoy doing when she was young?A.Playing with a cat. B.Doing art projects.C.Taking photographs.15.What is the boy like?A.He is shy. B.He likes to paint. C.He doesnt have many friends.16.What does the woman imply about her husband?A.The boy looks just like him. B.He held the boy before she did.C.He would be pleased with the boy.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Where will visitors go on the first day of the tour?A.Arches National Park. B.Temple Square. C.Goblin Valley.18.What do we know about Little Wild Horse Canyon?A.Its very narrow. B.Its in northern Utah.C.It was formed from an earthquake.19.What is included in the tour?A.Entrance fees. B.Three meals a day. C.Transportation in Utah.20.When can you make a reservation for the tour?A.Two weeks in advance. B.One week in advance. C.Four days in advance.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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AIn early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.“You cant say its not a great university, just because Papa went there.”“Thats not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we cant afford to send you to college.”“I wouldnt dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things arent that bad, are they?”“No,” she said. “I dont expect you to help support us.”Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewelry shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment（投资）could show returns. Whats more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful; otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.21. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because _.A. his father graduated from the universityB. his mother did not think it a great universityC. his parents needed him to help support the familyD. his parents didnt have enough money for him22. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husbands business.B. To raise money for her son.C. To meet her long-forgotten friends.D. To better manage her life.23. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? A. To get a well-paid job for himself.B. To improve relations with his mother.C. To go to his dream university.D. To carry on with his fathers business.BOne of the latest trend（趋势）in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4,000 since 2020. And thats true all across the country.“I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age,” Joseph Stock, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year old son. “I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future. After only six months of being cared by a 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions.” his dad says.Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. She didnt want her children to miss out on their roots. “Because I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to learn the language and culture.” she says.“Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,” says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of Children. “But parents must understand that just one year with the au pair is unlikely to produce wonders. Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.”The popularity of au pairs from China has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn Chinese. It is expected that Americans demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.24. What does that term “au pair” in the text mean?A. A mother raising her children on her own.B. A child learning a foreign language at home.C. A professor in language education of children.D. A young foreign woman taking care of children.25. Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them _.A. to live in China some dayB. to speak the language at homeC. to catch up with other childrenD. to learn about the Chinese culture26. How can children learn a foreign language best according to Flynn?A. From their parents.B. By attending classes.C. From a native speaker.D. By starting at an early age.27. What can we infer from the text?A. Learning Chinese is becoming popular in America.B. Educated woman do better in looking after children.C. Chinese au pairs need to improve their English skills.D. Children can learn a foreign language well in six months.CJerry Morris died on 28 October 2020. He was 99 years old. You have probably never heard of him. He was a professor of public health. More than 50 years ago he produced one of the most famous epidemiological（流行病学）papers of the 20th century.His study showed that bus conductors were much less likely to die of heart disease than bus drivers. Why? Becausethe conductors spent their working day walking. It seems obvious now but in the middle of the last century doctors were puzzled by the rising numbers of people who got heart diseases. Jerry Morris found one of the main causes: asedentary（久坐不动的） lifestyle. He started exercising for a few minutes eachday and lived until his 100th year.If you wish to protect your heart, you have to do more than wander in the garden. The exercise needs to be reasonable. Jogging is not for everyone and a round trip to the gym takes a couple of hours, plus the monthly membership fee is only good value if you visit regularly. Theanswer is simple: walk.A half-hour purposeful walk five times a week will lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Older people sometimes feel they have left it too late. But it is never too late to start and there are no upper age limits. Start gently. Take your time: a15-minute flat walk in the nearest park, four or five times a week. Within a month or so, you are already beginning to protect your heart. Build the walks up. When you can comfortably walk for half an hour in the park, go further: try following rivers and canals.Regular walkers have their own natural gymnasium. Thereis no membership fee, just some of the finest scenery in the world. Great Britain is the walkers gym. Whenyou have followed the rivers and canals, and are enjoying walking for a couple of hours, head for the coast. Once again, build it up slowly. When you are comfortable with long coastal walks, you can think of our national parks.28. Jerry Morris is mentioned in the first paragraph mainly to _.A. make his epidemiological message known to the publicB. praise his research into ways of improving public healthC. introduce the topic of doing exercise and keeping healthyD. give an example of a person who lives a healthy and long life29. We can learn from the passage that _.A. walking is better than doing sports in a gym because it saves time and money B. doctors in the 1950s knew why heart diseases kept happening to people C. bus conductors are more likely to die of heart disease than bus driversD. British people love walking because they have free gymnasium with finest scenery30. What might be the best title for this passage? A. Long Life Comes from WalkingB. Walking Helps Cure Heart DiseaseC. A Walk a Day Keeps the Doctors awayD. An Hours Walk in Nature is Worth Two in the Gym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。Bungee jumping is not a new activity. 31 The men tie long vines（藤）from plants around their ankles（脚踝）. They spend days building tall towers out of vines and logs. Then they jump off them.32 She decided to run away from her cruel husband. So she climbed up a tall tree and tied some vines around her feet. Her husband chased after her up the tree. He reached out to grab her, but the woman jumped and the man followed. The vines saved her life, but her husband died.This ancient custom caught the interest of some students at Oxford University in England. In the late 1970s, they formed a group called the Dangerous Sports Club. They were some of the first people to test several of what are now called extreme sports. 33In the spring of 1979, members of the group jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. 34 The group soon received even more attention when they organized a bungee jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.A man named A. J. Hackett of New Zealand decided to make the sport into a business. He started developing bungee ropes and materials with a friend. They held a major jump in 1987 off the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They later got permission to open the first bungee jumping operation on the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand. Many people paid 75 dollars to jump off the bridge with a bungee cord attached to their ankles. 35A. They are said to have invented modern bungee jumping.B. They knew people would pay money for the experience.C. It takes a great deal of skill to jump correctly and safely.D. According to their beliefs, the first land diver was a woman.E. Since then, commercial bungee jumping has spread to countries everywhere.F. They were attached to the bridge by a bungee cord, a long elastic（有弹性的）rope.G. Men on an island in the South Pacific have been doing land jumping for hundreds of years.第三部分 语言运用（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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。I worked in a store three years ago. I remember one girl who started36there a few months after me. I remember always meeting her, I dont know37we would never talk. We would just see each other and smile.She would38smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the39department again. She40as if she was the happiest girl in the world. But I had a strange feeling. So I went up to her and asked, Whats wrong with you? She answered,Why?I said, I could feel youre very41today and youre trying to hide it.She was shocked as if I had42her deepest secret, so we started43.She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was44to hide it and we had a good time together. Time45and we became good friends. Shed always tell me I had changed her46in so many ways, but I could not47how it had happened. I would just smile, not understanding what she48by that.Today this girl is one of my best49.I really dont know what I would do50her. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be. I guess what Im trying to say is that you51know when youre helping yourself. I52this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a(n)53friend.So the next time you see a54,and he looks as if he needs55who will listen to him, listen to what he has to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.36A. playingB. learningC. workingD. living37A. whyB. whenC. whereD. how38A. secretlyB. hardlyC. perhapsD. always39A. greatB. sameC. modernD. small40A. shoutedB. criedC. spokeD. smiled41A. happyB. angryC. proudD. sad42A. keptB. toldC. discoveredD. watched43A. talkingB. shoutingC. discussingD. arguing44A. planningB. tryingC. refusingD. failing45A. went offB. went byC. went upD. went down46A. lifeB. hobbyC. habitD. road47A. introduceB. promiseC. suggestD. imagine48A. meantB. wantedC. offeredD. received49A. classmatesB. sistersC. friendsD. workers50A. withB. withoutC. throughD. besides51A. oftenB. sometimesC. foreverD. never52A. helpedB. acceptedC. recognizedD. praised53A. kindB. richC. trueD. honest54A. studentB. strangerC. managerD. listener55A. someoneB. anyoneC. noneD. everyone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或括号内单词的正确形式，并将相应答案写在答题纸上。John Snow was determined to solve the problem of cholera, a deadly disease of 56 day. Neither its cause 57 its cure was understood. Each time there was 58 outbreak, thousands of 59 (terrify) people died. He suspected that people took in the disease into their bodies 60 meals. So he set out to find evidence in the outbreak in 1854. After making investigations, it seemed that the water was 61 (blame). Therefore, John Snow looked into the 62 of the water and found it polluted by dirty water. He asked people 63 (remove) the handle and the disease slowed down. With extra evidence from two other 64 (die) he was certain that polluted water was the cause and suggested people not drink it. 65 , King Cholera was defeated.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)假设你是高二班班长李华。你班将举办“英语读书日(English Book Day)”活动，请你根据以下内容，用英语写一份书面通知。活动目的：激发英语阅读兴趣，营造英语学习氛围。活动时间：2020年10月26日活动地点：高二教室活动内容：1. 每人推荐一本英文好书；2. 交流英文读书经验。注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Notice_ _Li Hua第二节 读后续写（满分25分）A friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a bad memory, which made him famous. He was so forgetful that he so