银川一中2020届高二下期中考试英语试题及答案

1、 银川一中 2020 届高二（下 ）期中考试英语试卷第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40 分)第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 (每小题 2分，共计 30 分)ABooks Recommended by TED SpeakersA Mathematician s Apology b. yHG.HardyThis is the best book I know about the sh eer beauty of mathematics. Here s one lovely quote from the book:“A mathematicia

2、n, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.”David Brenner (TED Talk: A new weapon in the fight against superbugs)The Future by Nick MontfortThis is a short read but a great look at some key future thinke

3、rs throughout history. Through delightfully written case studies, Montfort makes the argument that the future can be made and not predicted. It -rseaadmust for anyone interested in future studies and the role that sci-fi, speculative design and big ideas play in shaping our future relationship with

4、technology.Raphael Arar (TED Talk: How we can teach computers to make sense of our emotions)Improv Wisdom: Don t Prepare, Just Show Up by Patricia Ryan Madson“ We all could use a lesson on how to have fun in business and in life. Madson does a wonderful job providing strategies on how to deal with l

5、ife masny challenging situations by drawing from the maxims of improvisational theater.”Lisa Dyson (TED Talk: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food)If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda UelandFor those who know they have something to expre

6、ss, these stressful times can feel a bit hopeless it may seem impossible to find the time, skill and energy to create. This is one of the most timeless books on how to regain that hope, and it s also a delightful reoafdi,tsinelaf.ndSebastian Wernicke (TED Talk: How to use data to make a hit TV show)

7、What is the topic of the talk given by Raphael Arar?A new weapon in the fight against superbugs.How we can teach computers to make sense of our emotions.A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food.How to use data to make a hit TV show.Who are advised to read Improv Wisdom: Don t P

8、repare, Just Show? UpA. Those interested in mathematics.B. Those interested in future studies.C. Those faced with life s difficulties.D. Those eager to create books.Which book does Sebastian Wernicke recommend?A Mathematician s Apo.logyThe Future.Improv Wisdom: Don t Prepare, Just Show. UpIf You Wan

9、t to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit.BOne spring morning many years ago, I had been searching for gold on southeastern Alaska Ksupreanof Island, and as I came out of a forest, I froze in my tracks. No more than 20 paces away was a huge Alaskan timber wolf caught in one of Trapper Ge

10、orge s traps.Old George had died of a heart attack, so the wolf was lucky I had happened along. Confused and frightened at my approach, the wolf backed away, straining at the trap chain. Then I noticed something else: It was a female, and her teats （乳头 ） were full of milk. Somewhere there were some

11、hungry pups （狼崽子 ） waiting for their mother.From her appearance, I guessed that she had been trapped only a few days. That meant her pups were probably still alive, surely no more than a few miles away. But I suspected that if I tried to release the wolf, she would turn aggressive and try to tear me

12、 to pieces.So I decided to search for her pups instead. After several moments, I spotted paw marks on a trail. I finally spotted the den （狼窝 ）. Wolf pups are s hy and cautious, and I didn t have much hope of luring them outside. But Ihad to try. So I began imitating the high- -pitched squeak of a mo

13、ther wolf calling her young. No response. A few moments later, after I tried another call, four tiny pups appeared.They couldn t have been more than a few weeks old. I extended my hands, and they tentatively suckled at my fingers. Perhaps hunger had helped overcome their natural fear. Then, I took t

14、hem to their mother. Possibly picking up the smell of her young, the mother wolf let out a high- -pitched, sad call. The pups raced to her. Within seconds, they were drinking milk at her belly.The mother wolf was clearly suffering, very weak. I had to find her something to eat. Yet each time I moved

15、 in her direction, a growl （ 怒吼 ） rumbled in her throat. With her young to protect, she was becoming very cautious.If I could only win her confidence, I thought, it was her only hope.How did the author feel when he saw a huge wolf?A. ScaredB. Cold.What happened to the mother wolf?A. Its heart was at

16、tacked.C. It was giving birth to pups.What did the author do?Tried to release the mother wolf.C. Managed to find the wolf babies.C. Surprised D. Confused.It was trapped by the chain.D. It was giving milk to its pups.B. Fought against the mother wolf.D. Tried to comfort the mother wolf.What can be in

17、ferred from the last paragraph?The mother wolf finally died of injuries.The mother wolf starved to death.The author had to leave behind the wolves.The author won the mother wolf s confidence.CYou ve likely noticed them by now. School buses are back on the street packed with students. Many of those k

18、ids step off the buses with a potential health danger over their shoulder a backpack filled with homework.Backpacks come in all shapes, sizes and colors. It is a fun way for any girl or boy to express their styles.Some are simple, some covered with cartoon characters, many equipped with special comp

19、artments for every tool a student needs, like pencils, notebooks and books.Yes, they are practical, but a heavy backpack can injure muscles and joints. Wearing a backpack incorrectly can lead to severe back, neck and shoulder pain, as well as posture problems. When a backpack filled with books is pl

20、aced on a boy or girl s shoulders incorrectly, the force of the weight can pull the child b,ascokwthaerdchild may bend their hips forward or arch their back.Pay attention to detail when selecting a backpack; choose one that is equipped with a comfortable back, waista ffesctschiorcuuldlaetriosnanadnd

21、 nerves. Theand wide shoulder straps. Narrow straps can dig into a child heavy load danger is not just for kids 12 and under. Middle and high school are at risk, too. They are carrying heavier books home daily.Luckily, back pain created by backpacks is preventable. Parents should talk to their kids

22、about lightening the load. You can even use a bathroom scale. The backpack should not weigh more than 10 percent to 15 percent of your child s weight. If your child weighs 80 pounds, the pack should not weigh more than 8 to 12 pounds. If your child weighs 140 pounds, the pack should not be heavier t

23、han 21 pounds. Most importantly, if your child talks about numbness or weakness in the arms or legs, contact a physician.What do students backpacks reflect according to paragraph 2?A. Their hobbies. B. Their styles.What is paragraph 3 mainly about?Students heavy loads.C. Dangers of heavy backpacks.C

24、. Their characters. D. Their needs.Wearing backpacks incorrectly.D. Weight of heavy backpacks.Which backpack is more suitable for a child weighing 100 pounds?With wide shoulder straps weighing about 10 pounds.With narrow shoulder straps weighing 16 pounds.With wide shoulder straps weighing 20 pounds

25、.With narrow shoulder straps weighing 15 pounds.Who are the intended readers of the text?A. Children.B. Doctors.C. Teachers.D. Parents.A city in South Korea, which has the world largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn smartpho

26、ne zombies to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phoneswill become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates amongdeveloped

27、countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement,- smartp honm zomfeies - will bewarned by laser beam

28、 projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.a Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents, reaidarcther Keirniorong-hoon. D

29、rivers are warnedby the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institute about 1,000 vehicles.In 2017, more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic A

30、ccident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about 30 km northwest of the capital, Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too

31、absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. Thisflashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town, she said.smartphone zombiesin pa ragraph 1 refer to?What do the underlined wordsB. Pedestrians buried in their phones.D. Po

32、licemen in charge of traffic.B. It has been spread nationwide.D. It is being tried out in many places.A. Drivers driving after drunk.C. Passengers crazy about phones.What do we know about the warning system?A. It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.C. It gives a warning to the smartphones.What was the r

33、esidents attitude to the traffic system?A. Negative.B. Unconcerned. C. Disapproving. D. Favorable.What is the best title for the text?A. South Korea Warns Smartphone Zombies of TrafficB. Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent AccidentsC. Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic AccidentsD. South Korea Us

34、es a New Traffic System选项中的两项为多余选项。（每第二节：根据文章内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项;小题2分，共计10分）Everyday Habits That Could and Should Change Forever After CoronavirusHandshakes will be out. In this new era of the coronavirus and the practice of social distancing, there will undoubtedly be a cultural shift in the w

35、ay we all greet one another. 36 Instead, social greetings may be a head nod, or any action that enables one to avoid direct touch or contact.37 We are already seeing a dramatic shift in how consumers are eating at restaurants. The restaurants that require their guests to dine in are seeing the large

36、st decline in sales. Delivery and takeout options might be expanded. More clear information might be posted in the restaurant showing they are clean.More companies will permit employees to work remotely. More companies will permit employees to work at home. Businesses and their employees see that wo

37、rking from home is not only doable but that it might even be more productive. 38Well find another way to press buttons. Directly touching the keypads with your fingers will be an action of the past. Most of us are aware that everyday locations are full of germs. 39 People might start pushing those e

38、levator buttons with their elbow or even an object like a pen instead of their fingers.People will take their personal space more seriously. One of the most visible policies in the age of the coronavirus is the idea of social distancing 40 People will start paying more attention to whom they let app

39、roach them in their personal space and the socially acceptable personal distance will change in most cultures.It may be the end of shared foods.Our relationships with restaurants may change.Surfaces are ideal places for spreading the disease.Shaking hands, hugs, and kisses are to be abandoned.This i

40、nvolves staying at least six feet away from other people.That could cause a big shift in office cultures across the globe.These places include buttons on ATMs and buttons in an elevator.第三部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分 45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，掌握其大意，然后从 2140各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。D

41、o you remember the last time you expressed how much you love your mother? If so, when? We tend to have this habit of shying away from expressing how _41 our mother or our father is to us. I must42that I am not used to expressing how much I love my parents. Seldom did I say the most used three43 : IL

42、ove You.But that 44 the moment I learned about my mothers diagnosis （ 诊断）.When it was confirmed that my mother had stage 3 breast cancer, I knew that the 45 of beating this illness was 50/50.However, we followed all her physicians 46 . She went through the process of 47 . Cancer isnt easy to _48_. I

43、t took my mother two years to _49 against cancer. I also _50how people were there to help her in any way they could -51 , morally, and even for her food. I couldnt bethankful for their 52 .Unfortunately, my mother 53 her battle. Her body had given up. It wasnt easy for me to54 . It wasnt easy not to

44、 55 all the things she had done for me and my siblings. I regret I didnt conveymy love and my thanks to my mother who had devoted all her life to her 56 .I miss everything about my mother. And 57 I miss her more. We tend to 58 to show our gratitude to them. While your mothers are still 59 , remember

45、 to appreciate their unconditional love for you. Let them 60 how much you love them. Please say I Love You to your mother today.41. A. permanentB. importantC. cautiousD. powerful42. A. concludeB.denyC. admitD. predict43. A. wordsB. sentencesC. lettersD. forms44. A. failedB. developedC. dismissedD. c

46、hanged45. A. differenceB. abilityC. luckD. chance46. A. judgeB. resultC. adviceD. habit47. A. solutionB. treatmentC. traditionD. symptom48. A. winB. operateC. limitD. beat49. A. protectB. defendC. fightD. compete50. A. agreedB. witnessedC. persuadedD. promised51. A. naturallyB. accidentallyC. financ

47、iallyD. smoothly52. A. generosityB. approvalC. connectionD. recognition53. A. shookB. survivedC. lostD. avoided54. A. argueB. acceptC. ignoreD. refuse55. A. rememberB. informC. receiveD. check56. A. friendsB. relativesC. neighborsD. children57. A. alsoB. nowadaysC. meanwhileD. always58. A. forgetB.

48、arrangeC. chooseD. pretend59. A. hopefulB. delightedC. normalD. alive60. A. knowB. clarifyC. considerD. assess第二卷 （60分）第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5 卜，满分15分）Never 61 Zhou Yang forget his first assignment 62 a newspaper reporter. When he asked his boss whether he could go out on a story at once, the boss tol

49、d him that not63 he was more 64(experience) could he cover a story. So he was going to be sent to work with a colleague and a65(profession) photographer. The boss also told him that if he wanted 66 (acquire) all the information he needed, he must ask many questions and had to listen to the detailed

50、facts_67(careful). Meanwhile he had to prepare for the next question_68 (depend) on what the person said.The boss said if the person 69 （interview） agreed, he could use a recorder to make sure that he got allthe facts straight. Now Zhou Yang has learned that only by getting the hang of all the trick

51、s of the trade 70 he become a good reporter.第三节：单词拼写（每小题1分，共计10分）（71-75题）根据首字母或汉语意思写出单词的正确形式。At first my new s were difficult to tolerate, where the air seemed thin as though itscombination of gases had little oxygen left.For second degree burns, keep cloths cool by putting them in a basin of cold w

52、ater, s the water out and placing them on the burned area over and over again for about an hour.Frick had a（偏爱）for pre-twentieth century Western paintings.List poems have a（灵活的）line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem.We are required to clean our hands（不断地）

53、in order to protect ourselves against infection.（76-80题）根据句意，从下列所给的短语中选取最合适的5个短语，并运用正确形式填入空格，每个空一个短语。take up; be back on ones feet; sweep up; slide into; accuse - of; approve of;put ones hands on; concentrate on; appeal to; run out ofIf we our energy, we wouldn t have won the football match.The muse

54、um will those who love Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.Have you ever had a case where your journalists getting the wrong end ofthe stick?When nobody could any bandages, his father got some tea towels andtape from their house.Exhausted, I bed and fell fast asleep.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分 35分）第一节

55、、短文改错（每小题1分，共计10分）（请按要求改错，否则不得分！）英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下书信为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（A）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意： 1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。During the Renaissance, painters tried to paint people and nature

56、as they real were. Rich people paid famous artists to paint pictures of them, their houses and possessions as well as their activities and achievements. One of the most important discovery during this period was how to draw things with perspective. This technique was first used by Masaccio in 1428.

57、When people first saw his paintings, they convinced that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene. If the rules of perspective have not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such the realistic pictures. By coincidence, oil paints were also developed at this time, th

58、at made the colours used in paintings look rich and deeper. Without the new paints and the new technique, we will not be able to see the great masterpieces for which this period is famous.第二节：书面表达 （满分25分）假如你是李华，由于新冠状病毒严重蔓延，你的美国笔友Sam也不得不在家上网课，他来信说感到焦虑，非常想念自由的学校生活。请你给他回复邮件，邮件内容包括：在这特殊时期如何克服焦虑并保持身 心健康，

59、至少 3条建议。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：自我隔离： self-isolation;网络课程：online classes;Dear Sam,YoursLi Hua银川一中2020届高二（下）期中考试英语答案二、阅读理解（40分，每题2分）21-23 BCD 24-27 ABCD 28-31 BCAD 32-35BCDA36-40 DBFGE三、完型填空（30分，每题1.5分）41-45 BCADD 46-50 CBDCB 51-55 CACBA 56-60 DBADA四、语法填空（15分，每小题1.5分）61.will62.as63.until64. experienced65. professional66. to acquire67.carefully68. erviewed/being interviewed70. can五、单词拼写（10分，每小题1分）71. surroundings72. squeezing75. constantly76. had run out of79. put their hands on80. slid into六、短文改错（共10分）73. preference74