广东省江门市第二中学2020_2021学年高二英语上学期第二次考试期中试题

1、广东省江门市第二中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期第二次考试（期中）试题本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。第一卷（四部分，共105分）一、 听力（共15小题，每题1分，满分15分）第一节 听下面4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。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 will ella do this saturday?a. call her sister.b. attend a meeting.c. have dinner with

2、her sister.2. how does the man like the lecture?a. very interesting.b. too difficult.c. rather long.3. where does the conversation most probably happen?a. in a library.b. in a bookstore.c. in a science lab.4. what are the speakers talking about?a. future life.b. the mans paper.c. their teacher.第二节听下

3、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。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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第5段材料，回答第5、6题。5. what is the most difficult for the man to learn russian?a. vocabulary.b. grammar.c. pronunciation.6. what does the woman suggest the man do?a. watch some russian movies.b. pract

4、ice russian with her.c. stop learning russian.听第6段材料，回答第7至9题。7. whats the mans problem?a. he can hardly wake up naturally.b. he feels tired at night.c. he has a poor sleep.8. how does the man feel about hunting for work?a. unsure.b. confident.c. unwilling.9. what does the woman suggest the man do?a.

5、 go to bed as early as possible.b. do some exercises before bed.c. try to find a new job.听第7段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what is the man doing?a. changing the tour route.b. complaining about the tour.c. asking the woman for directions.11. what makes the man dislike his room?a. the small size.b. the loud noise.

6、 c. the dirty floor.12. who might the woman be?a. a tour guide.b. a hotel manager.c. a customer service worker.听第8段材料，回答第13至15题。13. where does daniel want to sit?a. beside the driver.b. next to his mother.c. near the window.14. what does this activity aim to do?a. teach children to take responsibili

7、ty.b. help children find their own team.c. let children have a lot of fun.15. what will daniel do first in the activity?a. buy chocolate.b. eat chocolate.c. make chocolate.第二部分：语言知识与技能应用（共两节；满分90分）第一节：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分；共10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。16. not only _ great thoughts but also they

8、express their thoughts in words which powerfully influence our minds and emotions.a. did great writers haveb. great writers hadc. great writers haved. do great writers have17. your father is very strict with you. - _. he never lets off a single mistake of ours. a. so he is b. so is he c. he is so d.

9、 so does he18. _ succeed in doing anything. a. only by working hard we canb. by only working hard we can c. only we can by working hardd. only by working hard can we19. if there were no water in the world, everything _.a. will die b. would diec. would have died d. have died20. look at the terrible s

10、ituation in am in. if only i _ your advice.a. follow b. would follow c. had followed d. have followed 21. the teacher suggested that her students _ experiences with esp.a. write a composition on their b. to write composition about the c. wrote some compositions of his or her d. had written any compo

11、sitions for his22.-what should we pay attention to if we go north in winter, mum? - nothing much. take warm clothes _ the weather is cold. a. as long as b. now thatc. if d. in case23. the media can often help solve problems and draw attention _ situations _ help is needed. a. in, that b. to, which c

12、. in, where d. to, where24. you wont make much progress _ you work hard.a. because b. unless c. when d. while25. the doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good _. a. expectationb. reputationc. contributiond. civilization第三部分：阅读（两节,

13、共20小题；每小题2.5分；满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2.5分；满分37.5分）a laguna beach festival of artsfestival st toreplenty of people attend laguna beach festival of arts just to admire the works of art. however, for serious art buyers, attending early in the season means a lot, since excellent pieces often sell early

14、. weekdays are less busy but there are fewer artists present. they often meet crowds in the evening that show up for the pageant (盛会)of the masters. some artists may negotiate prices at the end of the season. if you just want souvenirs of your visit, a variety of products are available in the festiv

15、al store.fun activitiespart of the fun of the festival comes from the activities that go on during the event. tours and art workshops are available every day. weekends are full of live music and special events. to get best value for the money you spend during the week, thursday is the day to go for

16、art talks by participating artists and evening jazz.food &x drinksfood and drinks are sold at the snack bar. tivoli terrace cafe and restaurants are on site for more formal dining. picnics are welcome during art talks or music shows, and there are tables set up in the courtyard for you to enjoy your

17、 homemade or take-away food. but alcohol is forbidden here. on thursdays, central tables are reserved for ticket holders.cost of the ticketsentrance admission: $60 per person (the pageant of the masters and live music shows included)joint pass: $120 per person (free of charge for all the performance

18、s)notes: since there are many visitors on the weekends, the ticket office may be crowded. for faster service, call toll-free number 24 hours a day.for more information visit www. l26. what should one intending to buy some good pieces of art in the festival do?a. go there

19、on weekdays. b. turn to artists for advice.c. go there as soon as it starts. d. show up for the pageant of the masters.27. what can all visitors do in the courtyard?a. drink alcohol. b. have a formal dinner.c. appreciate music while eating. d. eat at central tables as they like.28. if a couple want

20、to see live music shows, they should pay at least_.a. $60b. $120 c. $180d. $240bbenjamin giroux，a 10yearold boy with autism (孤独症)，came home from his school more excited than ever. his fifthgrade teacher asked the students to write a poem about themselves，beginning every sentence with “i am. ”benjami

21、n couldnt wait to start writing，so he sat down and didnt look up until he finished. a few hours later，he showed the poem to his parents. their faces were covered with tears.“i am odd (奇怪的)，i am new，”benjamin wrote in the poem. “i wonder if you are too. i hear voices in the air，i see you dont and tha

22、ts not fair. ” “i feel like a boy in outer space，i touch the stars and feel out of place，” he went on to write.“at first，we felt sad and hurt that he feels lonely，misunderstood and odd at school，” giroux said. “as the poem went on，we realized that he understands that hes odd and that so is everyone

23、else in their own way. this is what ben wants everyone to know. ”benjamin was expected to read his poem aloud to the class the following day，but upon waking up that morning，he refused to go to school and stayed home. he didnt think his poem was any good.his dad posted (发帖) it on the internet in hope

24、s of getting some encouraging comments from family and friends. once the national autism organization saw the photo，they posted it to their page，where thousands of strangers shared how much the poem inspired them.“we try to read him as many comments as we can to show the influence hes had，” giroux s

25、aid. “it makes him happy too，which is always nice to see. ” the family has heard from hundreds of parents thanking benjamin and his parents for showing how their own kids may be feeling at school.29. as a child with autism，benjamin _.a. feels bored with his lessons b. wants to talk with his fatherc.

26、 hopes to make friends with girlsd. feels excited about writing a poem30. from benjamins poem，his father finds the idea that _.a. benjamin knows and accepts that he is oddb. his son needs playtime and attentionc. children with autism are still very cleverd. society should care for children with auti

27、sm31. how did benjamin feel the next day?a. pleased.b. anxious.c. puzzled.d. bored.32. what can we learn from the sixth paragraph?a. other people with autism were moved after reading the poem.b. the people who read the poem felt inspired.c. the people who care about benjamin felt proud about benjami

28、n.d. parents of other kids with autism found a proper way of treating their kids.c most people cant wait for spring to arrive. it means flowers and warmer weather, all welcome changes from the dark winter days. now we know that spring is arriving sooner in the northern hemisphere (北半球）than it was in

29、 the past, thanks to a study published in scientific reports.for example, los angeles may experience spring only a day earlier than it did 10 years ago, but further north, in seattle or chicago, spring will arrive four days earlier. if you lived in the arctic, spring could arrive 16 days earlier tha

30、n it used to.to determine how springtime is starting earlier, researchers looked at temperature records and 743 earlier studies over 86 years. these studies were about various biological indicators of spring, including birds migrating, plants flowering and amphibians（两栖动物）sounding their mating calls

31、. researchers then studied these data to see if they were occurring earlier. the result showed that not only is spring making itself known sooner but its warmer, too.before you go out in a happy springtime hike, spring arriving sooner isnt so good. the livelihood of migratory birds, for instance, ma

32、y be concerned.“the food that birds rely on when they move to the north might not be reliable if the beginning of spring at these higher latitudes（维度）is expanded by future warming. said eric post. he is a fellow of the john muir institute and a polar ecologist.animals relying on arctic sea ice, like

33、 polar bears, probably arent crazy about things warming up sooner, either, because it impacts on their ability to hunt. springs early arrival could cause disorder in the delicate balance of various ecosystems-not to mention how soon youll need to buy allergy medicine.33. we learn from the study publ

34、ished in scientific reports that_.a. spring comes earliest in los angelesb. los angeles is further north than seattlec. spring comes 12 days earlier in arctic than in chicagod. the further north a place lies, the sooner spring comes than before34. researchers made the discovery mainly by_.a. compari

35、ng related data availableb. conducting research and testc. calculating the exact length of each springd. observing animals behavior all year round35. what do the last two paragraphs focus on?a. concerns over springs early arrival.b. springtime emergence of creatures.c. early springtimes impacts on h

36、umans.d. disorder in the balance of ecosystems.36. in which section of a magazine can we read this text?a. medical report.b. survival stories.c. scientific discoveries.d. natural environmentdwhen your boss calls and tells you to send $100,000 to a supplier, be on your toes. it could be a fake call.

37、as if fake emails werent enough, on the rise now is the deep fake audio (虚假音频) that can be cloned to sound almost real and perfect and is easy to create. “its on the rise, and something to watch out for,” says vijay balasubramaniyan, the ceo of a company called pindrop.balasubramaniyan stated during

38、 a safety meeting how easy it is to use machine to create sentences that a person probably never said from recorded words. “all you need is five minutes of audio, and you can create fake audio,” says balasubramaniyan. then, he showed a database （数据库）of voices, typed a sentence, and connected it to a

39、 famous peoples name on the list. a few seconds later, he clicked “play”, and it sounded quite real.more costly are fake phone calls, where cheaters are able to fake the phone number of real contacts and make calls that result in workers sending off lots of money. he mentioned the example of a unite

40、d kingdom energy company in 2019 that got attacked by deep fake audio in a call that asked a worker to send $243,000 to a supplier. reported by the wall street journal, the worker was directed to pay it within an hour.balasubramaniyan says if you were to get that kind of call from a “boss”, be doubt

41、ful and ask to call back right away to prove authenticity（真实性）. besides this, in his opinion, companies need to use more safety measures for keeping up with deep fake artificial intelligence (ai) that produces phone calls and software to check authenticity versus fake calls. “this is a threat thats

42、waiting to happen,” he says. “its a very small number now, but its very real.”37. why does the author say “be on your toes” in the first paragraph?a. to warn people to be careful.b. to ask people to obey the order.c. to tell people to make an excuse.d. to advise people to put off the deal.38. how is

43、 fake audio usually made according to paragraph 2?a. by attacking the internet.b. by copying some old audio.c. by recording peoples voices.d. by building sentences from a voice database.39. why is the example of a united kingdom energy company mentioned?a. to show the terrible result of fake audio.b

44、. to point out the companys safety problems.c. to explain the internet support of fake audio.d. to study the communication methods of the company.40. what does balasubramaniyan tell us in the last paragraph?a. how to make better use of ai.b. how to protect workers from fake audio.c. how to collect w

45、orkers personal information.d. how to carry out effective business exchanges.第二节七选五 (共 5 小题;每小题 2.5 分,满分 12.5 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。选项中有两项多余选项。how to deal with travel anxiety abroadtraveling abroad offers many benefits. but for those suffering from anxiety, travelling in a new country they

46、know little about can be challenging.41.take a notebook. a notebook is the perfect choice to keep your trip organized! it can be used to detail the itinerary (行程) and map important locations42for example, whenever you feel bored, you can find a quiet place to sit and draw as you like. 43the biggest

47、travelling fears can be getting lost, losing smartphones or having passports stolen. so to deal with such nerves, think of possible ways in advance for all the situations before travelling.socialize with strangers.44but when youre traveling, you have to talk with others. youll find plenty of people

48、willing to recommend new places or share their experiences.be proud of how far youve come. things are not always going as you like. there is nothing better than some positive words to make yourself calm and confident that things will get better and youre doing the right thing.45dont ruin all the pro

49、gress youve been making. all in all, anxiety can strike anytime. positive thoughts and preparedness can help you go on and get lost in a new culture - youll be glad you did!a. it is also important to record details.b. try to keep your emotions in control.c. it can bring some other benefits as well.d

50、. you may be a person with social anxiety.e. create plans for some issues ahead of time.f. fortunately, there are ways of managing this fear.g. these tips will change your opinion about travelling.第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30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。every fou

51、r years we get to see the best athletes win the olympic medals. but sometimes the best _46_ comes from those who dont win- or _47_ whose who rank dead last.in 1988, michael “eddie the eagle” edwards became the first competitor since 1928 to _48_ great britain in olympic ski jumping. he finished last

52、 in the event. but it didnt _49_. his fans loved him for other _50_.edward was a good downhill skier but decided to _51_ to ski jumping, as britain had no other ski jumpers _52_ in the event. during the _53_, he had no trainers, no money, and no facilities（设施）. he had to wear thick _54_ under his go

53、ggles （护目镜）because he was nearsighted. when edwards was _55_ of his qualification for the games, he was living _56_ in a mental hospital due to lack of money for alternative _57_.“who won the olympic ski jumping in 1988?” if you ask a _58_ person in britain this question, he probably couldnt tell yo

54、u. however, if its a _59_ question “ who is michael “eddie the eagle?”, hell _60_ all about the crazy ski jumping guy to you. the british people called him the great british _61_. they were so proud of him for just trying. he _62_ to do what most of us wont do. he will be forever _63_ by his country

55、 for doing what no one else had done in 600 years.so what _64_ things are you afraid to do? follow eddies _65_ and just go for it. you might just become a legend.46.a. invitationb. inspirationc. determinationd. addiction47.a. everb. stillc. yetd. even48.a. leave forb. stand forc. beat offd. fight ag

56、ainst49.a. spreadb. workc. matterd. occur50.a. reasonsb. aspectsc. purposed. means51.a. contributeb. applyc. switchd. stick52.a. servingb. leadingc. majoringd. competing53.a. performanceb. practicec. interviewd. jump54.a. glovesb. clothesc. bootsd. glasses55.a. remindedb. convincedc. informedd. accused56.a. normallyb. quietlyc. comfortablyd. temporarily57.a. con