青海省西宁市沛西中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题

青海省西宁市沛西中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。全卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。2选择题使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第1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 is the woman looking for?A. Her glasses.B. Her keys.C. Her books.2. What kind of weather does the man like?A. Rainy.B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.3. What happened to the woman?A. She was late for work.B. She offered bad service.C. She was asked to leave her job.4. Where are the speakers?A. On a bus.B. On a train.C. On a plane.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A dress.B. A sale.C. Some shoes.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. What did the woman do this morning?A. She played tennis.B. She prepared the fish.C. She cooked a meal.7. What will the man put on the table?A. Glasses.B. Knives.C. Forks.听第7段材料，回答8-9题。8. Who does the man think he saw today?A. The girls art teacher.B. The girls history teacher.C. The girls woodwork teacher.9. What does the girls history teacher look like?A. He has a beard.B. He has no hair at all.C. He has some hair around the sides.听第8段材料，回答10-12题。10. When does the boy go to the language club every week?A. On Tuesday.B. On Wednesday.C. On Thursday.11. What language will the boy learn next month?A. French.B. Chinese.C. Japanese.12. Where do the language club members meet?A. In Room 2.B. In Room 3.C. In Room 4.听第9段材料，回答13-16题。13. What is the topic of the picture for this years art competition?A. Family.B. The countryside.C. Friends.14. Why cant the girl take part in the art competition?A. She is not interested in it.B. She isnt good at drawing.C. She is over the age limit.15. What may the boys sister use to draw in the competition?A. Colored pencils.B. Oil paints.C. Water colors.16. What is the prize for the winner this year?A. A computer.B. A camera. C. A television.听第10段材料，回答1720题。17. When did the speaker and his family come back to the United States?A. Three years ago.B. Four years ago.C. Twenty years ago.18. Why dont the speakers family return to Britain now?A. They dont like Britain.B. The daughter has to continue her study.C. Theyre happier living in the United States.19. What is the purpose of the speakers six-week trip in England?A. To see his friends.B. To go sightseeing.C. To advertise his new book.20. What does the speaker think of his six-week trip?A. Expensive.B. Difficult.C. Satisfying.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21What a great weight the mother felt _ her mind the moment she found her lost son.Aturned off Btaken off Cset off Dbrought off22The famous poet the professor often referred _ , and paid a visit to our university last week.Ato arriveBarrivedCto arriving Dto arrived23The train arrives in Liverpool at 10 p.m. tonight. The plane I would like to take from there _ by then.Awill leave Bwould have leftCwill have left Dhas left24It was reported that it was eleven oclock _ the group of soldiers began attack the beachheadAwhen Bthat Cbefore Dsince25A group of students led by their teacher reached _ was once an old temple_the villagers used as a primary school for childrens education.Awhich , where Bwhat , which Cwhere , which Dwhat ,where26- How dare she do that ?-_ to what you did , whatever she did was reasonable. Whats more, it is none of your business. Cant you get down to _ your lessons?AComparing, doingBComparing, doCCompared ,doing DCompared ,do27Last mid-term examination our teacher set such a difficult mathematics problem _ none of us could work out .Athat Bas Cwhich Dwhere28At the press conference the president stepped onto the platform and sat down, _ for answering the questions about some mid-east issues.Ahad prepared Bbeing preparedCpreparing Dprepared29I think a book, though cheap, will_ a good birthday present for your daughter,which will benefit her a lot .Agive Bmake Cturn Ddo30My advice is that you should avoid _ as if you are objecting to others. But dont be afraid to offend them if worth it.Asound Bto sound Csounding Dbeing sounded31- Do you think an advertisement is _ help when you look for a new job?- Well, it all depends. Anyway, it gives me more of _ chance to try .A a ; a B / ; / C the ; the D a ; the32- What makes you so worried?- _ .ABecause of my weight BIve lost some weightCThat Im putting on weight DBecause Ive put on weight33- How about putting some pictures into the report?- _. A picture is worth a thousand words.ANo wayBIt couldnt be betterCAll right DNot a bit34- Nancy is not coming tonight.- But she _ me. I dont understand why she _ her mindApromised ; has changed Bpromised ; changedChas promised ; has changed Dhas promised ; changed35- On what way do you think Amy will use her new bicycle?- _ for going to work.AMostlyBNearly CMost DAlmost2125BDCAB 2630 CBDBC 3135ACBAA第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分）My parents operated a small restaurant in SeattleIt was open twenty-four hours a day, six day a weekAnd my first real job，when I was six years old，was 36 the diners shoesMy father had done it when he was young，so he taught me 37 to do it efficiently，telling me to 38 to Re-shine the shoes if the customer wasnt 39 .Working in the restaurant was a cause of great 40 because I was also working for the good of the familyBut my father 41 that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the teamI 42 to be punctual(守时的)，hard-working，and polite to the 43 I was 44 paid for the work I did at the restaurantOne day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he 45 give me $10 a weekHe said，“OKHow about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And 46 the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He 47 I owed him about $40 a weekI remember returning to Seattle after being 48 in the US Army for about two yearsI had just been promoted to Captain at that timeAnd full of pride，1 walked into my parents restaurant，but the 49 thing Dad said was，“How about your 50 up tonight?” I couldnt 51 my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didnt 52 as far as Dad was concerned，I was just 53 member of the teamI reached for the mop(拖把)Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a 54 is above allIt has nothing to do with 55 that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army36AcleaningBshiningCremovingDkeeping37AwhyBwhatCwhenDhow38AofferBrefuseCloveDlearn39AinterestedBannoyedCrelaxedDsatisfied40AfunBprideCtroubleDeffort41 Agot it rightBkept it a ruleCmade it clearDtook it for granted42 AhadBtendedChatedDmanaged43AfamilyBworkersCcustomersDfriends44AneverBalwaysCseldomDever45AmustBshouldCmightDcould46AatBbeforeCaroundDfor47Aworked outBfound outCput outDthought out48AaloneBawayCoutsideDoff49AusualBlastCnextDfirst50AwashingBtakingCcleaningDmoving51AignoreBfollowCbelieveDunderstand52AhappenBcareCgoDmatter53AnoBotherCsomeDanother54AteamBfamilyCleaderDrestaurant55AwhyBwhetherCwhenDhow3640BDADB 4145CACAB 4650DABDC 5155CDDAB第二节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）ATop Music FestivalsSummer festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.Pitchfork Music FestivalAnyone who likes indie(独立的)music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicagos Union Park. This is an indie rock haven that explores more underground and lesser-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.Date: July 1416, 2020Location: Chicago, Illinois, USAMusic Type :Indie rockPrice: $126- $2, 700Essence Music FestivalNo matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of legendary(大名鼎鼎的)artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige.Date: June 29July 2, 2020Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAMusic Type :R& B，soul, rockPrice :$75- $365Sziget FestivalBudapest knows how to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco taking the stages here during this three-day festival.Date :August 9-11，2020Location :Budapest, HungaryMusic Type: Indie rockPrice: $70- $296Flow FestivalThe Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly belief.Date: August 11-13, 2020Location :I Helsinki, FinlandMusic Type :Rock, soul, jazzPrice: $106- $19921. What do the music festivals have in common ?（A）A. They include rock music. B. They are held in the USA.C. They are given in the open air. D. They lake place from July to August.22. Compared with Essence Music Festival, the Pitchfork Music Festival introduces more (B) .A. types of music B. less famous bands C. music knowledge D. top artists23. What does the author think of Flow Festival?(D)A. Its style is wild and unlimited. B. Every music lover can afford it.C. Participants in it are all friendly. D. It will attract many visitors to Helsinki.BNo messy coinsand more importantly - no embarrassment. This is how young Chinese go Dutch these daysscan a QR code and pay their share via smart phones in one easy click.It was the first time most of the 13 people at my dinner table last weekend had used the function on social networking tool WeChat.It has made going Dutch lessembarrassingand so much more fun, said Zhou Ye, a Beijing-based journalist. Young people think splitting bills this way is fun, and older ones may find it fashionable to do so. Most importantly, it saves people the embarrassment of figuring out who owes what.Splitting the bill is a relatively new idea to most Chinese. Its being popular among the young people, but for many older folks, who fear losing face, it feels embarrassing. At dinner parties, families and friends often fight over who will cover the expense.Used by 600 million Chinese, WeChat is similar to WhatsApp but has many more features. One of them, WeChat Wallet, allows people to pay for almost any service by smart phones. The bill splitting function was launched last year. Owned by Chinese Internet giant Tencent, the payment platform competes with Alibabas Alipay, which is widely used and also has a bill splitting function.The smart phone apps that rely on these payment platforms have transformed the lives of many urban Chinese. Massages, haircuts, house cleaning, laundry services and personal trainers can be ordered in your own home. Zhao Mengsha, 28, an editor in a magazine enjoys a manicure （美甲）once every month, and pays half of the price charged in salons. Its just really convenient, she said. I wouldnt have thought about getting a massage at work without the apps. Like millions of others, Zhao uses Alipay and WeChat to pay for the services. You can make do without a wallet but cant live without your smart phone when you go out these days, Zhao said.24. What is the advantage for the young people to pay their share via smart phones?A. Saving much money.B. Avoiding embarrassment of paying the bills.C. Contacting others more easily after dinner.D. Having more convenience than other ways.25. According to the article, why do many old folks fight at dinner parties ?A. Because they think splitting bills funny.B. Because they want to know who is rich.C. Because they want to pay the bill.D. Because they figure out who owes what.26. What do people think about WeChat wallet and Alipay wallet ?A.Smart phones with them cost a lot of money.B.Neither of them will win in the competition.C.Both of them are acceptable.D.The payment platform should be improved.27. What Zhao said in the last paragraph means _.A.the wallets are not necessary any moreB.she bought all that she needs through the Internet.C.she doesnt know how to work with phonesD.the smart phone apps change peoples life答案： BCCDCDespite the general rule for quiet demanded by libraries, theyve been the subject of some fairly significant noise_Childrens Laureate(儿童桂冠作家), Chris Riddell, along with eight former Childrens Laureates, has written an open letter to Justine Greening, the British Secretary of State for Education, demanding an investigation into school library service closures(关闭).Why should parents or pupils be concerned whether or not school libraries close? Are they surely just mausoleums(陵墓) to the paper-bound past? Or are they rooms that are of little use to todays Internet-connected student population, who have access to a world of books and information through their digital devices?Quite simply, school libraries, as well as their librarians, are critical to our childrens future.Research has proved this to be the case. The level of development of a school library is a highly accurate predictor of academic success, which means that parents should perhaps go so far as to compare the libraries of the schools they are considering, rather than look at league tables, when seeking the right schools for their children. Chris Riddell and his fellow former Laureates are absolutely right to emphasize the importance of librarians in introducing children to life-changing books and turning them into lifelong readers. Reading is a skill that needs to be developed.Librarians play the crucial role of introducing pupils to different genres or authors, as well as encouraging children of varying abilities to readfrom the reluctant readers to those with higher than average reading ages.However, if libraries were to have a job description, cultivating a love of reading and promoting literacy(误写能力) is just one of their essential roles. The other role is, to be at the very centre of learning, a resource, for students to use in acquiring knowledge. Ultimately, as students get older they need to become increasingly experienced readers for information, as well as, hopefully, for pleasure. They need to be able to find out and access, through reading and understanding, the answers to their questions themselves.Independent learning skills are very much in demand by pupils and parents, as well as universities and employers, because real education is about so much more than just academic success or grades on a piece of paper. As Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, pointed out, the simple truth is that we cant teach all that we would like them to know. The emphasis therefore must now be on teaching children how to learn for themselves.Talking of libraries, we would always focus on the collection of books and the dissemination(传播) of knowledge to aid learning. Therefore surely, it makes sense that if libraries are given the right status and adequate resources, they will play a vital role in the development of these much-needed independent learning skills. This has never been more important than in todays information age, when everything we need to know is only a few clicks away.Libraries and librarians should be central in helping pupils understand how to access data or knowledge for their studies or interestsregardless of whether this is from a book an online resource or a journal.It is equally important that libraries guide students on how to read the information that is available to thema vitally important skill given that the Internet contains a large amount of mistakes and misinformation. But, of course, libraries can only offer this support and guidance if they are properly valued and resourced, which means that we need as many voices as possible to be shouting about the importance of libraries in the education of our children.Chris Riddell is encouraging children to ask their teachers where their school library is. Perhaps parents also need to be asking their current and prospective schools about the same question. Lets make the noise far louderit needs to be uncomfortably deafening(震耳欲聋的).28What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Schools have realized the importance of libraries.B. More rules should be established for libraries.C. Libraries are not quiet any more.D. Libraries have been a hot topic.29According to the passage, it has been confirmed that _.A. libraries are almost useless to todays Internet-connected studentsB. libraries can reflect the academic success of schoolsC. parents have begun to prioritize libraries when selecting schools for their childrenD. librarians are crucially important to students future development30The author thinks that libraries should play a role in_.A. turning students into lifelong readersB. introducing students to dif