福建省师范大学附属中学2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（含解析）

此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2020学年福建省师范大学附属中学高二上学期期末考试 英 语注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第I卷（选择题）一、阅读理解On the eve of our daughters weddings， I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice： never leave your husband unsupervised （无人监督的） with pruning shears （修枝剪）If only I had taken my own advice I recently let my guard down Thirtysome years of marriage can do that to a woman Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers （电动修剪器） and he will give new meaning to armed and dangerousOne day earlier this year， my husband said that the crab apple tree was deadWhy do you think it is dead？ I askedLook at it Theres not a leaf on itTheres not a leaf on anything Its March， I saidIt looked sick last fall and with this bitter winter we had， Im convinced its deadThe truth is hes never liked the crabapple Sure， it has beautiful blooms in the spring， but then it gets a disease， the leaves curl， and it drops those little apples that sit on the drivewayEach passing week he pronounced the tree dead Eventually I began to believe him Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss， there was a twinkle in his eye He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming A branch here， a branch there， a small limb， then a large limb I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the branches closer to the trunk I broke one off and saw greenThe crabapple was not dead It just hadnt had time to leaf out The tree was now falling to one side， but it was not dead I would have told him so， but he had moved on to a maple Once the man starts， he cant stop One trim leads to anotherPlease， stop! I calledHe smiled and nodded， but he couldnt hear because he had started the hedge （树篱） trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedgesZip （飕飕声）， zip， zipWhat do you think？ he shoutedIts supposed to be a privacy hedge； now all that will be private are our anklesHe started the trimmers againStop! I called， Come back!Why？ he shoutedYoure in the neighbors yard1By saying If only I had taken my own advice the author means that Ashe didnt follow her own advice about pruning shearsBshe feels regretful about her marriage after many yearsCshe shouldnt have kept a close watch on her husbandDshe shouldnt have given that marital advice to her daughters2We can learn from the article that the authors husband Ahas a great talent for gardeningBnearly ruined their neighbors gardenCmistook their crab apple tree for a maple treeDhad never used pruning shears before3What does the article mainly talk about？AWhy the authors husband insisted on trimming their crabapple treeBWhy the authors husband shouldnt have been allowed to trim their crab apple treeCHow the author has survived her thirtysome years of marriageDHow the authors husband killed their crab apple tree4What is the tone of the article？AAnxiousBCriticalCSeriousDHumorousThey say the average person makes 35， 000 decisions a day Yet in her new book， How Woman Decide， Therese Huston explores a widespread phenomenon that many women fail to notice Theres a huge double standard when it comes to how men and women are viewed as decisionmakers， explains Therese， a psychologist from Seattle University Therese decided to write the book after looking at her bookshelf： At one end， there were bestselling books about how to be a clever decisionmaker all written by men and featuring interviews with men like athletes At the other end were books aimed at women on gaining leadership skills and confidenceOnce those women are at the table， will their decisions be taken as seriously as mens？ Therese wondered Men are respected as decisionmakers more than women， especially in the workplace， largely because theres this cultural belief that women are unable to make smart choices at work So， Therese set out to pick apart the stereotypes（固有印象）to see what scientific research had found Scientific research shows that men and women struggle with decisionmaking equally The only disadvantage I found was that during the teenage yearsteenage girls are more indecisive than teenage boys Otherwise， theres little difference between the genders（性别） However， there are some differences Women are more collaborative（协作的）， says Therese A female boss is more likely to ask the opinions of those around her when making a choice Women ask for input， which helps make better decisions However， this is often seen as a weakness rather than a strength Therese also found that during times of stress， men and women make different choices， and the outcomes are often better when women are involvedStudy after study backs this view up Neuroscientists Mara Mather and Nicole Lighthall from the University of Southern California studied the way men and women make decisions and found that in times of stress， they react very differentlyDuring their study， which involved playing a virtual gambling（赌博）game， they found that when the females became stressed， they made smart decisions quitting while they were ahead or taking safe bets But when the men became stressed， they did the opposite， risking everything for a slim chance of a big win5Why did Therese Huston write her book How Women Decide？AWomen are less respected as decisionmakersBWomen are not equally treated in workplacesCWomen are unable to make smart choicesDWomen are poor at making big decisions6What is womens weakness in decisionmaking according to Therese Huston？AMen can make quicker decisions than womenBWomen easily get stressed when making decisionsCWomen are likely to ask for input when making decisionsDTeenage girls are less able to make decisions than teenage boys7What can we infer from the last paragraph？AWomen show less confidence in times of stressBMen tend to make risky decisions in times of stressCMen show great courage in times of stressDWomen quit making decisions when ahead in games8Whats Thereses final conclusion according to the text？AWomen are skillful as decisionmakersBMen are weaker in making smart decisionsCWe should give up all cultural beliefs about gender（性别）DGreat difference exists between the two genders in decisionmakingThe idea of progress started to flower in the 17th century At that time， many wise thinkers believed that man liberated（解放） by reason would rise to greater heights of achievement The many expressions of human nature would be the engines of progress： language， business， science， and moral sensibility （道德感） Unfortunately， most of those engines have failed to bring the desired human progressThe modern age has belonged to material progress and its main source has been science Science gives people huge power to change the world But can people be trusted to use it always for good？ Think of biotechnology and information technology And it is not just that scientific progress does not deliver the emotional good People also fear that mankind is failing to manage science properly The forests are disappearing； the ice is melting； privacy is leaking； life is becoming a depressing march in an ugly worldThe point is not that science is harmful， but that scientific progress needs to be mapped tidily onto human progress That relies on moral sensibility in its widest sense This liberal force offers hope for a better future The very idea of moral sensibility probably sounds outofdate Bur researchers find that people desire a sense of moral purpose which would give life dignity （尊严） People want to determine how the world works， not always to be determined by it Moral sensibility is why people will suffer from their beliefs， and why acts of noble selfsacrifice are so powerfulIt is admitted that our moral ideals will never be realized completely But sometimes， however imperfectly， we can make progress Human dignity requires the love of ideals for their own sake， but nothing requires that the love be returnedHuman progress is neither guaranteed nor hopeless Instead， it is up to us9What do we know about human progress from Paragraph 1？AHuman beings were greatly liberated by the idea of progressBLanguage failed to serve as an expression of human progressCPeople began to think about human progress in the 17th centuryDMany thinkers in the 17th century were optimistic about human progress10Why does science fail to bring the desired human progress？AScientific progress does not give people dignityBProper governing is not guaranteed in the use of scienceCScience is misunderstood because of improper managementDThe engine of progress is sensitive and unreliable11What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 refer to？ADepressing lifeBHarmful scienceCHuman progressDMoral sensibility12What is the main purpose of the passage？ATo stress the function of the idea of progressBTo express concern about the death of moral sensibilityCTo show the importance of moral sensibility in human progressDTo blame the harm of material progress to human development二、七选五The Science of Risk-SeekingSometimes we decide that a little unnecessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth taking. 13 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say it may have to do with how our brains work?The reason why any of us take any risks al all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 14 As the quality of risk-taking was passed from one generation to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.So why arent we all jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe you hate it. 15No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. 16 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises your tolerance for risk as well.17 For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, well continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.AIt all depends on your character.BThose are the risks you should jump to take.CBeing better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.DThus, these well-equipped people survived because they were the fittest.E. This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.F. However, we are not all using the same reference standard to weigh risks and rewards.G. New brain research suggests our brains work differently when we face a nervous situation.三、完形填空Last summer， I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticketa 3month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe Excited for my journey， I 18 all the necessary stuff 19 the guidebookWhile the 20 of the Internet was definitely a 21 factor to my decision， this was not the only reason I decided to fly 22 To be honest， I find the guidebook 23 a journeylike a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do， 24 she doesnt always know whats best 25 has taught me that there is a clear 26 between a tourist and a travelerWhile waiting in a queue to see Michelangelos Statue of David in Florence， I met a man who showed me his 27 of Top 20 Things to do in Italy and told us 28 that hed seen everything Italy has to 29 in just four daysThe problem I had with this mans way of 30 was that he was too focused on 31 the boxes provided by his guidebook He was 32 in the socalled mustsees and blind to all that was happening somewhere elseSo， guidebookless as we were， my companion and I traveled to Estonia Arriving for no good reason， we had no option but to 33 some friendly faces for advice We 34 ourselves and asked them what was happening around town When this resulted in an 35 to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where we enjoyed a 110degree woodstove sauna（桑拿）， 36 picked forestmushrooms and the good 37 of our five newfound Estonian friends， we sure were glad we had left our bossy aunt at home18AloadedBcollectedCpackedDselected19AexceptBwithCincludingDbesides20AcompetenceBconvenienceCinstanceDperformance21AdemandingBcontributingCstrikingDthrilling22AaroundBawayCabroadDalone23AlimitsBinfluencesCconfusesDencourages24Ain caseBas thoughCeven thoughDif only25ARegulationBCommunicationCIntelligenceDExperience26ArelationshipBconnectionCsimilarityDdistinction27AlistBbookCfileDsummary28AloudlyBpositivelyCproudlyDhappily29ArecommendBofferCdiscoverDorder30AtravelingBplanningCpreparingDdrafting31AcountingBfollowingCdrawingDticking32AinvolvedBinterestedClostDengaged33AapproachBgrabCspotDseize34ApresentedBhelpedCintroducedDforced35AapplicationBaccessCentranceDinvitation36AskillfullyBrandomlyCjoyfullyDlocally37AqualityBcompanyCpossessionDadvice第II卷（非选择题）四、用适当的词完成句子根据所给首字母，写出正确的单词来完成句子38Both of the approaches are effective and its really a matter of personal p_ which one to choose39She now works a f_ schedule in order to have more time to spend with her children40To be honest， Nicks performance wasnt interesting and it didnt a_ to me much41The famous writers new book d_ to be published next year receives widespread attention in the national media42Life is a cup， and under most c_， its up to you to decide whether its a drinking cup or a toothbrush cup43Many citizens are o_ to building a big market in this area They dont think it is a wise decision44A_ as the successor to the company， the youngest son took office in no time45We need to identify the actual and p_ problems Then we can deal with them effectively46Im quite sure that it is a_ impossible for me to finish the task in only two days without anyone to help me47Each of us needs to c_ at least 5 liters of water per day， and everything we eat and drink contains water48They are faced with financial problems It is not an a_ time to mention the subject of money五、用所给词的正确形式填空单句语法填空49The sun began to rise in the sky，_ （bathe） the mountain in golden light50So difficult did he find_ to pass the driving test that he decided to quit51While talking with his colleagues， he accidentally let_ that he had got divorced52Poetry written from the perspective of the urban youth tends to express their_ （anxious） over a lack of sense of belonging53There is a growing_ （tend） for people to work at home instead of in offices54_ is required in the regulations is that you should not tell other people the password of your Email account55Since 2020，much new and high technology has been introduced from abroad，_（result）in great increase in production56_（load ）with too much burden for years， she finally decided to give up her job and took a vacation without delay57How I wish I_（see） the famous singer in the flesh yesterday I want to take a photo with him58Nothing is_ （stress） than going on a business trip with our boss who is so strict六、根据所给汉语意思完成句子根据课文内容填空或根据汉语提示完成句子59During the Renaissance， new ideas and values gradually replaced those held in the Middle AgesPeople began to concentrate less on religious themes and_to life60Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader a strong impression Others try to_ Poets use many different forms of poetry to express themselves61Firstly， you can become physically addicted to nicotine， which is one of the hundreds of chemicals in cigarettes This means that after a while your body_ nicotine in it62So we need those gases The problem begins when we add_ carbon dioxide into the atmosphere63I_ suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard a strange sound， like a railway train passing my window64The land_700 metres above sea level to over 2，000 metres and is home to a great diversity of rare plants and animals65I wonder how it_（发生） that she was two hours late on such a short trip66Its recommended that students_（订阅）Teens which is quite suitable for Chinese English learners67Had the firefighters not arrived in time， the house_（就会被烧成平地）68It was not until the citizens moved out of the way_（士兵们才能通过）七、语法填空阅读下列材料， 在空白出填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式Perhaps there is no sport in the world more69 （connect） to sneakers（运动鞋） than basketball Now， thanks to a new policy， the NBA will70 （strong） its status as the most stylish sports league in the world When the 20202020NBA season kicked71 in October， the NBA lifted its color restrictions （限制） on players sneakers It is the first time in the league