浙江省磐安县第二中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

浙江省磐安县第二中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一卷（选择题 共95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）请听下面5 段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What is the man planning to do on Saturday?A. Entertain relatives. B. Skate with friends. C. Go out with Mary.2. What are the two speakers talking about?A. The increasing crime rate. B. The coverage of newspapers.C. The impact of mass media.3. When will the man do his part-time job?A. On Tuesdays and Thursdays.B. On Mondays and Wednesdays.C. On Mondays and Thursdays.4. Who may make the phone call?A. Maria. B. Sofia. C. Jeff.5. What will the woman probably work as when she settles in Seattle?A. A teacher. B. A director. C. A bank clerk.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。请听第6 段材料，回答第6、7 题。6. What is the woman doing?A. Waiting for a tennis star.B. Watching a tennis match.C. Queuing up for a tennis match.7. Where does the woman come from?A. London. B. Berlin. C. Washington.请听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8. How long is the movie?A. Two hours. B. Three hours. C. Four hours.9. What is the man going to do today?A. Go for a cycle ride.B. Work on his school paper.C. Finish watching the movie.请听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。10. Whom does the car belong to?A. The mans parents. B. The mans friend. C. The man himself.11. What does the price of the car include?A. All fees but no taxes.B. Free service for one year.C. A one-month service agreement.12. What will the man do next?A. Test out the car by himself.B. Get the contract ready to sign.C. Get the car keys for the woman.请听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。13. Why wont the two speakers go to Europe?A. They cant afford it.B. They dont have enough time.C. They have been there recently.14. What will the woman do tomorrow?A. Go to the dentist. B. Book the tickets. C. Arrange her work.15. How will the two speakers travel?A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.16. What does the woman remind the man to do before they leave?A. Fill the car up with gas.B. Check the weather forecast.C. Make a list of things to bring.请听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。17. What did the speaker do yesterday morning?A. He went fishing. B. He went hiking. C. He went horse-riding.18. When do the campers help with cooking?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.19. What was the speaker in charge of yesterday?A. Preparing the hotdogs. B. Making the campfire. C. Looking for sticks.20. How long does the summer camp last?A. Eight days. B. Seven days. C. Six days.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）AThe “Boomerang Kids” young adults who leave to go to college, get married or just show off their independence are moving back in with mom and dad. Boomerang Kids can be a mixed blessing for parents, both emotionally and financially.Especially during hard economic times, adult children head for home. According to a survey, about 40 percent of 2020 graduates still live with their parents. Moreover, 42 percent of the 2020 graduates surveyed said they are still living at home.The reasons are many, the first being economics. While the recession(衰退) has touched Americans of all ages, it has been very hard for young adults. This has sent many kids back home. Plus, there is the matter of debt, especially college loans. For many recent graduates, it makes smart economic sense to move back in with their parents where life is comfortable and rent is either low or nonexistent. Then, of course, some return for personal reasons, such as recovering from a divorce or an illness.Parents are often glad to help out, both emotionally and financially. As a result, the arrangement often works to everyones satisfaction. However, there are risks, especially for the parents. These include not only family tension and misunderstandings, but also money. The return to the family can become a financial burden that can affect the parents plans and their financial future, especially their retirement, as they try to do too much for their children.21. From the passage, we know Boomerang Kids_. .A. return to live with parents after graduationB. have problem with their marriageC. graduate from college in advanceD. like to show off their independence22. The underlined words in Paragraph 1 mean something that_.A. is very useful and beneficialB. has advantages and disadvantagesC. will have a good resultD. worries people a lot23. What can we learn from the passage?A. It is a tough choice for young adults to move back home.B. Children face fewer financial problems than ever.C. Parents may have to deal with extra financial burden.D. Most graduates choose to live with their parents.BHave you ever looked out of the window of a passenger plane from 30,000 feet at the vast expanses of empty ocean and uninhabited land, and wondered how people can have any major effect on the Earth? I have. It is now becoming pretty clear that we are causing a great deal of damage to the natural environment. And the planes which rush us in comfort to destinations around the globe, contribute to one of the biggest environmental problems that we face today global warming.As usual, people in the developing world are having to deal with problems created mainly by those of us in developed countries. Beatrice Schell, a spokeswoman for the European Federation for Transport and Environment says that, “One person flying in an airplane for one hour is responsible for the same greenhouse gas emissions（排放） as a typical Bangladeshi in a whole year.” And every year jet aircraft produce almost as much carbon dioxide as the entire African continent does.There is a way of offsetting(抵消) the carbon dioxide we produce when we travel by plane. A company called Future Forests offers a service which can relieve the guilty consciences of air travelers. The Future Forest website calculates the amount of CO2 you are responsible for producing on your flight, and for a small fee will plant a number of trees which will absorb this CO2.Yesterday I returned to Japan from England, and was happy to pay Future Forests 25 pounds to plant the 3 trees which balance my share of the CO2 produced by my return flight. Now the only thing making me lose sleep is jet lag.24. What can we infer from paragraph 2?A. underdeveloped countries are less polluted.B. flying by air can do great harm to underdeveloped countries.C. developed countries contribute more to global warming.D. Bangladesh attaches great importance to environmental protection.25. Why did the writer pay Future Forests 25 pounds after his flight?A. To cure his jet lag after the long flight.B. To reduce the harm to the environment caused by his flight.C. To donate the money to less developed countries.D. To pay extra fee for the energy-saving plane.26. Which of the following might be the writers purpose to write this passage?A. Showing the major effects of air traveling.B. Advertising the company of Future Forests.C. Persuading people to stop taking planes when they travel.D. Arousing peoples awareness of the harm caused by flights.CChinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their childrens skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.27Parents in China, according to this passage, _.A. are too strict with their childrenB. are too rich to educate their childrenC. have some problems in educating their children correctlyD. are too poor to educate their children28The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with _.A. the parents ideas of educating their children B. the education systemC. childrens skills D. childrens hobbies29Doing some cooking at home helps children _.A. learn how to serve their parentsB. learn how to become strong and fatC. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the futureD. make their parents believe that they are clever30According to the last paragraph we can conclude that _.A. broken radios and television sets are usefulB. ones curiosity may be useful for his later lifeC. an engineer must fix many broken radiosD. a good student should spend much time repairing radios第二节 任务型阅读(每题2分，共10分)认真阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章中的表格中填入恰当的选项。Suggestions for cooking on a Tight ScheduleIn my opinion, there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often: ability, money and time, _31_Money is a topic Ill save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three suggestions for great cooking on a tight schedule:1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when Im already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?_32_2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? _33_ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.3._34_ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.Hopefully that gives you a good start. _35_ and dont let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!A. Cooking is a burden for many people.B. Make three or four instead.C. Ability is easily improved.D.A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.E. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.F. Try new things.G. Understand your food better.三.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），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。（每小题1.5分，共30分）I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all 36_ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they _37_ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought _38_ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldnt go, so my brother _39_ me the ticket. I was really _40_!I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our _41_ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became _42_. I could barely make out the stage in the _43_. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band _44_ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldnt _45_ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as _46_ a jet engine. I could _47_ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.I cant recall any of the songs that the band played. I just _48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didnt want it to 49 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52 _with the beat of the last song.After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54 _, I listen to one of their songs and _55_Im back at that first show.36.A.membersB. friendsC. fansD. volunteers37.A. guessedB. discoveredC. thoughtD. predicted38.A. flowerB. drinksC. clothesD. tickets39.A. offeredB. bookedC. returnedD. found40. A. relaxedB. embarrassedC. excitedD. encouraged41. A. seatsB. entranceC. spotsD. space42. A. comfortableB. quietC. seriousD. nervous43. A. silenceB. noiseC. darknessD. smoke44. A. fell uponB. broke intoC. got throughD. stepped onto45. A. forgetB. hearC. repeatD. bear46. A. loudB. heardC. sweetD. fast47. A. touchB. feelC. enjoyD. digest48. A. realizeB. understandC. believeD. remember49. A. continueB. delayC. finishD. change50. A. party B. theatreC. operaD. stage51. A. escapedB. traveledC. benefitedD. woken52. A. achingB. burningC. rollingD. ringing53. A. competitionB. performanceC. interviewD. celebration54. A. thoughB. otherwiseC. insteadD. besides55. A. decideB. regretC. concludeD. imagine第二卷 （主观题，共55分）四. 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入单词的正确形式。The year of 2020 was pretty tough for Stevens. Unfortunate 56 (event) happened to him one after another. He lost all his wealth and couldnt pay for his insurance, but there was even _57 (bad) news to come. He had skin cancer, 58 made him ready to give up.59 (lucky), he managed to find a job later and moved into a new home. It was then that Stevens seemed to turn a corner and realized his life was still worth 60 (fight) for. He wrote in his blog, “My wife had told me many times she wished she could visit New York one day. She also wished we had had a place 61 (exercise) outside and watched our daughters playing.” He decided to put his plan into 62 (act) building a garden. To make a surprise for his wife, Stevens sent her off for a trip to New York City.Then, he went crazy building the garden. After ten days, all the work 63 (pay) off. It made a big difference to Stevens life. He wrote, “The kids love 64 (they) new space. And I feel strangely 65 (satisfy) to build this, which inspires me to keep going.”五. 写作部分（满分40分）66、第一节：应用文写作（满分15分）假如你是李华，最近一对年轻夫妇搬到了你所在的楼上，然而这对夫妇经常在晚上举办派对且播放的音乐声音很大，楼下乱停车，所养的宠物狗也经常不断地狂吠。请根据以上提示，给这对夫妇写一封抱怨信，阐述你和其他邻居的处境及你的建议。注意：1. 词数：80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇： 停车park 吠bark67、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。It was summer, and my dad wanted to treat me to a vacation like never before. He decided to take me on a trip to the Wild West.We took a plane to Albuquerque, a big city in the state of New Mexico. We reached Albuquerque in the late afternoon. Uncle Paul, my dads friend, picked us up from the airport and drove us up to his farm in Pecos.His wife Tina cooked us a delicious dinner and we got to know his sons Ryan and Kyle. My dad and I spent the night in the guestroom of the farm house listening to the frogs and water rolling down the river nearby. Very early in the morning. Uncle Paul woke us up to have breakfast. “The day starts at dawn on my farm,” he said. After breakfast, I went to help Aunt Tina feed the chickens, while my dad went with Uncle Paul to take the sheep out to graze (吃草). I was impressed to see my dad and Uncle Paul riding horses. They looked really cool.In the afternoon, I asked Uncle Paul if I could take a horse ride, and he said yes, as long as my dad went with me. I wasnt going to take a horse ride by myself anyway. So, my dad and I put on our new cowboy hats, got on our horses, and headed slowly towards the mountains. “Dont be late for supper,” Uncle Paul cried, “and keep to the track so that you dont get lost!” “OK!” my dad cried back. After a while Uncle Paul and his farm house were out of sight. It was so peaceful and quiet and the colors of the brown rocks, the deep green pine trees, and the late afternoon sun mixed to create a magic scene. It look