湖北省“9+4”联合体2020年高二英语下学期期中联考（缺答案）

2020 学年下学期“9+4”联合体期中联考高二英语试卷考试时间：2020年4月28日上午10：0012：00 试卷满分：150分第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面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 man live?A. In Room 24-420.B. In Room 40-204.C. In Room 24-402.2. What does the woman mean?A. She forgot when the report was due.B. Shed like the man to help with the report.C. She needs more time to finish the report.3. How much does the man have?A. $18.55.B. $15.35.C. $13.51.4. Why did the man want to go to the library?A. To borrow a book.B. To return a book.C. To read newspapers.5. What are the two speakers talking about?A. An American festival.B. American first names.C. The history of American names.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，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，各个小题将给出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至8题。6. What did the woman want to be when she was little?A. A teacher.B. A doctor. C. A banker.7. What made the woman decide to take her present job?A. Her parents wish.B. Her education.C. Her experience.8. Where did the womans parents work?A. In a bank.B. In a hospital.C. In a university.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. How many people are there in the womans dorm besides the woman?A. 3.B. 4.C. 5.10. How does the woman feel about her roommates?A. Intelligent.B. Humorous.C. Friendly.11. What will the two speakers do next?A. Have a look at the womans dorm.B. Help with the cleaning of the dorm.C. Climb the stairs as a workout.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What will the man do tomorrow?A. Look for a job.B. Go for a picnic.C. Do something urgent.13. Why does the man telephone the woman?A. Because he wants to postpone the party.B. Because he wants to know the party date.C. Because he doesnt want to go to the party.14. What will the woman do after hearing the mans words?A. She will inform the others about it.B. She will inform another one to arrange it.C. She will cancel the party.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. How did the man book the two tickets?A. Through telephone.B. On the Internet.C. At the box office.16. When will the show end?A. At 9:20 p.m.B. At 9:50 p.m.C. At 10:10 p.m.17. How can the man get the introductory book?A. The service people will give it to him.B. He can get it at the box office.C. He can get it at the coffee bar.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What jobs did the immigrants have to take?A. Low-paying jobs.B. Intellectual jobs.C. Part-time jobs.19. Why did the Irish have a hard time?A. Because of their religion.B. Because of their appearance.C. Because of their language.20. Why were the Chinese allowed to live only in a limited area?A. Because they wore special clothes.B. Because they spoke a different language.C. Because they looked different.第二部分：词汇知识应用（共两节，满分40分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分分）从A、B、C、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。21. The private place is only accessible to the royal family and those who have the _ granted by the Queen.A. certificateB. privilegeC. dignityD. elegance22. More and more pop stars are found taking drugs in public places. Such _ undoubtedly disappoints their adoring fans and has bad effects on teenagers.A. anecdoteB. desireC. fictionD. conduct23. The newly-married couple are fully aware that if they dont _ a certain amount of money for savings every month, they will be in financial difficulty soon.A. set asideB. hold backC. pay offD. cut out24. Nowadays, some old traditions and customs in remote areas deserve to be _. Otherwise, they are to die out in the near future.A. put upB. set upC. kept upD. held up25. Do you believe that one day robots can also give birth to babies as humans do?Its _. Robots are merely machines.A. out of placeB. out of questionC. out of luckD. out of the question26. Its unwise of some parents to give their children too much money. _, they are too young to know how to spend it and will be spoiled.A. In allB. Above allC. After allD. All in all27. After signing the contract, the two sides had a _ handshake with each other and drank toasts to their friendship and cooperation.A. firmB. vividC. clumsyD. grand28. The job applicant was not qualified for the vacant position as he didnt have the _ experience as required for the job.A. obviousB. ambitiousC. relevantD. apparent29. Beckham was _ by another teammate in the second half after a knee injury and their team narrowly won the game in the end.A. abandoned B. contradictedC reflectedD. substituted30. _, the proposal put forward at the conference sounded reasonable. In reality, however, it remains to be seen whether it can bring huge profits in the long run.A. UniversallyB. Theoretically C. LogicallyD. Originally第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head 31 . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with 32 and fear.With growing 33 I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely 34 ours. This would be a good opportunity to 35 my children, so I explained their difficult 36 to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said,“well 37 what we have with them.”I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously 38 the boys and I filled one box with canned food.While I 39 our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and 40 some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched 41 as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.“Ill help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.The boys placed the toys they had 42 to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll 43 tightly to her chest. She 44 in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucys face, gave her a 45 kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.“Oh, honey,” I said.“You 46 to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears.“Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. 47 shell make that little girl happy, too.”I stared at Meghan for a long moment, 48 how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.Its easy to give what we dont want any more, but 49 to let go of things we cherish, isnt it? 50 , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.31. A. upB. offC. downD. round32. A. confusionB. smileC. angerD. joy33. A. friendshipB. happinessC. interestD. puzzle34. A. equaled B. matchedC. suitedD. compared35. A. helpB. complainC. teachD. change36. A. problemB. experienceC. processD. situation37. A. shareB. giveC. spareD. send38. A. sinceB. asC. becauseD. though39. A. broke throughB. came throughC. got throughD. sorted through40. A. leaveB. keepC. sellD. donate41. A. anxiouslyB. hopefullyC. quietlyD. depressingly42. A. chosenB. separatedC. confirmedD. bought43. A. tiedB. huggedC. caughtD. grasped44. A. regrettedB. settledC. criedD. paused45. A. finalB. preciousC. lovelyD. hearty46. A. ought notB. wouldnt likeC. dont haveD. had better not47. A. YetB. MaybeC. ThoughD. Also48. A. wonderingB. knowingC. expectingD. realizing49. A. necessaryB. availableC. hardD. important50. A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. MoreoverD. Otherwise第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AEver felt like destroying the car in front of you when youre stuck in an endless traffic jam?Well, the Spanish company StopStress is offering clients the possibility of doing just thatbut in controlled, safe conditions.Clients can also destroy computers, mobile phones and TV sets in what the company calls“destructotherapy”.“We target the machines that cause the most stress in modern life,” company co-founder Jorge Arribas said in a telephone interview.“People get rid of stress by screaming and beating the machines until they are tired out,”he explained.The company, based in the northern Spanish city of Sofia, uses deserted cars that still work. Heavy-metal music is used to excite the clients. They are given protective suits and glasses, helmets and huge hammers.Most peoples rage only lasts for 5 to 10 minutes. But some go on for hours: they beat cars on which theyve put the names of people or ideas they would like to get rid of.“Some even get together to turn the car over,”Arribas says. A session costs 60 euros (US80) per person.Arribas says the idea came to him when he was having trouble parking his car.Dozens of people have used the therapy, which helps people become aware of their stress level and helps them to slow down, Arribas explained.“Its better to channel violence in a controlled way than to get it out on ones wife or in a traffic husband and jam,”he added.StopStress already has branches in three Spanish cities, and is planning to extend its market beyond Spains borders.51. The Spanish company StopStress offers people the chance to _.A. calm down when they are angryB. destroy things they no longer needC. get rid of stress by destroying thingsD. get rid of stress by screaming and shouting52. Which of the following is NOT a means used directly to help people get less stressful in StopStress?A. Heavy-metal music.B. Mobile phones.C. Deserted cars.D. Protective suits and glasses.53. The passage is mainly intended to tell you _.A. how to attract potential customersB. a special way to get rid of stressC. a new and expanding businessD. how to deal with stress in Spain54. The underlined word“destructotherapy”in paragraph 3 refers to _.A. a stress-relief remedyB. a destructive behaviorC. a violent movementD. a mental disorderBSydneyA shark savaged a schoolboys leg while he was surfing with his father at a beach in Sydney on February 23. It was the third shark attack along the coast of Australias largest city in a month.The 15-year-old boy and his father were in the water off Avalon, on Sydneys northern beaches, around dawn when he was attacked. The citys beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months.“The father heard a scream and turned to see his son trashing (扭动) about in the water,” police said. “Fortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to shore by his father.”Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller said, “It got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged his out of water.” He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to the shore. “There was a lot of pain, as you can imagine.” The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries.Police said the bites “cut through to the bone”, but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures (骨折). He was in a stable condition now.Several beaches were closed after the attack. Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks. But they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boy. “I dont even know if he saw it,” Miller said.Many shark species live in the waters off Sydneys beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rare. However, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in Sydney harbor, not far from the famous Opera House, and the other on a surfer at the citys world-famous Bondi beach.Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise. There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocks. Marine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to the shore as they chase fish. Many shark species, including the Great Whitethe man-eaters made famous in Steven Spielbergs Jawsare protected in Australian waters.55. What do we know about the city of Sydney from the passage?A. It is one of the largest cities in Australia.B. Sydney harbor is not far from the famous Opera House.C. There are many locals and tourists on its coast all the year round.D. There are few shark species in the waters off Sydneys beaches.56. The underlined word “savaged” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.A. attracted B. dragged C. bit D. packed57. About the injury of the boy we know that _.A. he was losing much blood when he was dragged outB. he was very nervous when he was sent to hospitalC. he may be in danger of losing his legD. he was injured in the right leg58. All the following are the causes of Australias sharks increasing EXCEPT that _.A. environmental protection has created a cleaner environmentB. a ban on commercial fishing has increased fish numbersC. many shark species are protected in Australian watersD. the film Jaws has made the Great White famousCIt is normal for parents to question their childrens hairstyle or the clothes they wear. But today teenagers and their parents argue over something else: money.Children are spending lots of it. Parents used to say to their children,“Youre wearing that?”Now they say,“You paid how much for that?”Children in the US today spend five times more money than their parents did when they were young.So what are all these children buying? The list is long: iPods, trainers, cell phones and jeans are typical items that children“have to”buy. And they will do anything to get them. They ask their parents over and over until they buy them.But parents also need to take the blame for spending so much money. They want their children to have the best stuff. They end up competing with other parents over what their children have.So no wonder children find it hard to learn the importance of saving money rather than spending it all the time.And its hard to save when companies use advertising and clever slogans to encourage young people to buy their products. They even encourage children to keep asking their parents for something until they get it.Today, you dont even need to have money in order to buy something. Banks give out credit cards and loans all the time so people are saving less and less. We are used to there being lots of money around. And if you dont have much you can always borrow some.But this hasnt always been the case. When our grandparents were young there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought. They only bought things they needed, not things they just wanted.The older generation made the wise expression,“Money doesnt grow on trees.”This is as true now as it was 50 years ago. They give money a great deal of value. And we all have a lot to learn from them.59. The text mainly tells us _.A. divisions between teenagers and their parentsB. childrens high consumption of productsC. what is popular among children at the momentD. how to spend money wisely60. Parents are to blame for childrens spending a lot of money because _.A. they dont give children positive guidance in consumptionB. their consumption habits set a bad example to childrenC. the always give children too much pocket moneyD. they offer to buy the latest fashions for their children61. People find it hard to save because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT that _.A. banks provide credit cards and loansB. advertisements draw peoples attention to new productsC. people have more money than in the past and saving is out of dateD. peoples living standard has improved and they can buy what they want62. The saying“Money doesnt grow on trees.”in the last paragraph seems to tell us that _.A. the older generation understood how to teach children to saveB. in the past, people attached more importance to saving moneyC. money has a great deal of valueD. money is not easily earned and people should be careful spending itDIs it time to kick Russia out of the BRICs (金砖四国)？If so, it may end up sounding like a famous ball-point pen makerBIC. An argument is being made that Goldman Sachs famous marketing device (策略), the BRICs, should really be the BICs.“Is Russia really worth the name BRICs?” asks Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, in an article for Foreign Policy. Aslund, who is also co-author with Andrew Kuchins of “The Russian Balance Sheet”, thinks the Russia of Putin and Medvedev is just not worthy of inclusion alongside Brazil, India and China in the list of future economic powerhouses. He writes:“The countrys economic performance has fallen to such a weak level that one must ask whether it has any say at all on the global economy, compared with the other members of its group. I have just returned from Moscow, which is always dull around this season. For the last seven years, Russia has taken very few measures to improve its economy. Instead, the state has been living on oil and gas.”Economically, Aslund has the numbers on his side. The International Monetary Fund figures that the Russian economy will fall by 6.7 percent in 2020, while China will grow 8.5 percent and India 5.4 percent. There is less of a case for Brazil, with a fall of 0.7 percent, but it is still doing far better than Russia.But the BRICs are not just about e