2021铜仁思南中学高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

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思南中学2020——2021学年度第二学期期中考试高二年级英语科试题第一部分 听力（共两节）第一节（共5小题）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三个选项中选择最佳选项，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．At what time will the speakers get to the sports meeting?A．8:45. B．8:30. C．8:15.2．How will the woman get to New York?A. By car. B. By air. C. By train.3．What can we learn from the conversation?A．The man is handsome. B．The man eats a lot every day.C．The man has been exercising recently.4．Why is the woman studying English?A．It will help her with her job. B．She wants to find a better job. C．She will move to America.5．Who is the woman probably speaking to?A．A shop manager. B．A policeman. C．Her neighbor.第二节（共15小题）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三个选项中选择最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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 does the woman think of the coming examinations?A．Very easy. B．Very difficult. C．Not too difficult.7．What has affected the woman’s choice of career?A．Her family. B．Her hometown. C．Her teacher.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8．Who advised the woman to call the man?A．Her son. B．Her friend Susan. C．Her friend’s son Bobby.9．Why does the woman contact the man?A．She wants to ask something about her son’s studies.B．She wants to give some suggestions to the man.C．She wants to ask for some information on gymnastics.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10．What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Colleagues. C. Doctor and patient.11．What happened to Mark?A．He felt sad about David’s leaving. B．He missed David’s farewell party.C．He drank too much and felt unwell.12．What made Bill happy?A. His friends visited him. B. His wife had a baby. C. He attended a party.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13．What is wrong with the woman?A．She has got flu. B．She has sleeping problems. C．She was sick last night. 14．When did Jerry eat at the new restaurant?A．Last night. B．Last week. C．Last month.15．What can we learn about the woman?A．She does not agree with the man. B．She thinks she has eaten something bad.C．She does not like the food in the restaurant.16．What is the man’s opinion of this matter?A．The restaurant has a food safety problem. B．It is only a coincidence.C．The restaurant needn’t be investigated.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17．What makes fatty meals more popular with children?A．Promotion. B．Toys. C．Discounts.18．Which of the following is recommended to overweight children?A．Apple sticks. B．Sweets. C．Fast food.19．What is the most important thing in getting children to exercise?A．Teaching them to have a strong will. B．Forcing them to exercise every day.C．Making exercise fun for them.20．How many suggestions does the woman offer?A．2. B．3. C．4.第二部分 阅读理解第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATayka Hotel De SalWhere: Tahua, Bolivia How much: About $95 a nightWhy it's cool: You've stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That's something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you'll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets)．The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni,a prehistoric dried-up lake that's the world's biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633­square­mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, India How much: About $240 a nightWhy it's cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)­operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window—there is no glass！—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don't even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley­drawn “elevator”．Dog Bark Park Inn B&BWhere: Cottonwood, Idaho How much: $92 a nightWhy it's cool: This doghouse isn't just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30­foot­tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willy's head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12­foot­tall fire hydrant outside.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: Ayvali, Turkey How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.Why it's cool: This is cave! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉insummer.(Don't worry—there is heat in winter.)21. What is the similarity of the four hotels?A. Being expensive. B. Being beautiful.C. Being natural. D. Being unique.22. What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to?A. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.C. The name of the hotel.D. The name of the hotel owner.23. Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?A. Tayka Hotel De Sal B. Green Magic Nature ResortC. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B D. Gamirasu Cave HotelBOur non-profit organization had just received a large donation of clothing. As three of us walked home for dinner, we saw a woman begging by the bridge. She was old and had no legs. She shivered in her thin sari(纱巾), which offered little protection from the cold wind. Her hunger forced her to beg. My friends and I looked at each other: here was a perfect opportunity, but first it was necessary to do a little bit of research.We went up to the woman to hear her story. She spoke very little due to her poor health and fear, but we learned enough. She lived alone in her small home. She had no one to look after her and ate whatever people gave her. The desire to help her grew stronger. After speaking to her, we headed back to get something to keep her warm. Finding the perfect sweater, we set out again to see the woman. This time, the fear was replaced by distrust as we presented her with the sweater."Are you robbers?" she asked. "You came here before and are back so suddenly with clothes." I was surprised by her principles. Even in her state, she did not want to wear anything that was stolen and gained through ill means."No, we are out doing service work." Her shoulders relaxed a bit. I then helped her put the sweater on and said, "Please don't sell the sweater." "I swear, I won't," she said.A week later, I was out walking with my mother to get some food when I saw the woman again. This time the picture was a little different. She was still begging, but with the gray sweater wrapped around her body and a smile on her face when she saw us. I guarantee that the smile on my face was bigger.24．What can we learn from the first paragraph? A. The writer offered help without hesitation.B. The writer wanted to learn more about the beggar.C. The organization had too many clothes.D. The woman wanted to make a fortune by begging.25．What do the underlined words "her principles" in the third paragraph refer to? A. She never trusted strangers.B. She never accepted donations from the poor.C. She wouldn't accept anything gained illegally.D. She wouldn't take advantage of others' kindness.26．What contributed to their smiles at last? A. Caution and fear. B. Kindness and trust.C. Doubt and distrust. D. Optimism and generosity.27. What is the best title for the passage? A. We Should Trust Beggars B. How to Judge a Real BeggarC. Learn Morality from a Beggar D. The Most Wonderful Gift I Gave to a BeggarCIt's hard for doctors to do a thorough eye exam on small children. But a new smartphone app takes advantage of parents' fondness for taking pictures of their children to look for signs that a child might be developing an eye disease.The app is the result of a father's five-year quest to find a way to catch the earliest signs of eye diseases, and prevent loss of vision. Five years ago, doctors diagnosed(诊断) Noah Shaw's retinoblastoma- a rare type of eye cancer-when he was 4 months old. To make the diagnosis, the doctors shined a light into Noah's eye, and got a pale reflection from the back of the eyeball, an indication that there was something wrong there. Noah's father Bryan, a scientist, wondered if he could see that same pale reflection in pictures of his baby son. Sure enough, he saw the reflection, which doctors call "white eye", in a picture taken right after Noah was born. Then Bryan decided to create an app that could scan photos for signs of this reflection. Now, that app exists, called CRADLE. To test the app, Bryan and his colleagues analyzed more than 50,000 pictures taken of 40 children. Half had no eye disease and half had. "On average, the app detected 'white eye 'in pictures collected 1.3 years before diagnosis," says Bryan.The app isn't perfect. It sometimes misses "white eye" when it's there, and sometimes says it's there when it's not. That latter condition is a problem. Even though the so-called false positive occurs less than 1% of the time, that's not good enough. There are about 4 million children born in the U.S. each year. A 1% false positive rate would mean tens of thousands of children showing up at the doctor unnecessarily.Still, Bryan is upbeat about the promise of the app. "This is exciting new technology, and this is how I think we're going to go about screening for a number of diseases in the future,” he says.What inspired Bryan to create CRADLE?His son’s diagnosis B. His family’s photosHis hobby of taking pictures D. His working experience as a scientist.What do we know about “white eye”?It is a sign of some eye diseases.It hardly causes serious loss of vision.It refers to the white part of an eyeball.It occurs when no light is reflected from the eye.Why is a 1% false positive rate still a problem?It may delay the treatment of a patient.It may badly affect the future of the app.It may raise serious doubts about doctors.It may cause a waste of medical resources.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “upbeat” in the last paragraph?Curious B. Cautious C. Optimistic D. WorriedD What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump, loop and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?This ability would allow us to witness historic wonders, change decisions and see people from the past. We could right wrongs and stop wars from starting.The mysterious puzzle of time has kept people debating its nature for hundreds of years. Science fiction writers have turned it into imaginative stories. Some scientists have even attempted to explain it using math. This math tries to make the dream of time travel come true.The scientist Albert Einstein said that time and space are one thing. He called it "spacetime." Einstein said that there are three dimensions in space: height, width and depth. A scientist named Hermann Minkowski added time as a fourth dimension.Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel. The first is relativity. The idea of relativity is that the force of gravity causes space to bend, which causes time to twist. The second idea focuses on special relativity.The idea is that a traveler moving super-fast through flat spacetime will enter the future. Einstein considered time "relative" because it is measured based on where we are on Earth or in space.Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist. He believes that a time machine will never be built. If it were possible, he thinks we would already know. If a time machine could be built, how come no one from the future has invaded us?The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and television shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep your eyes open and have a sense of wonder.32. What is the author's purpose of writing the first paragraph?A. To show time and space are connected.B. To show people's interest in time travel.C. To draw readers' attention to time travel.D. To make people believe time travel is possible.33. Which of the following statement could Einstein agree with?A. Time travel is possible in the future. B. People can't move faster than light.C. Time travel is against scientific rules. D. Spacetime is not a real thing in theory.34. What is the last but one paragraph mainly about?A. The first science fiction story. B. Some tools used in time travel.C. Edward P. Mitchell, the pioneer. D. Different works about time travel.35. What is the writer's attitude toward time travel?A. cautious B. pessimistic C. skeptical D. optimistic第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容,从后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。For thousands of years, salting was a common way to preserve food. Corned beef, bacon, green beans, and hundreds of other foods were preserved with salt. __36__ Then, in the 1800s, a Frenchman named Louis Pasteur discovered the secret: bacteria.What does salt have to do with bacteria? Two things: First, bacteria need moisture (水分) to grow and multiply. Salt pulls moisture out of food, so the bacteria die._37_ If you cover food with salt or very salty liquid, bacteria outside the food die before they get in, and bacteria already in the food are poisoned by the salt that goes inside.__38__ For meat or fish, you pour on a layer of salt, then rub it in well, leaving a salt crust (盾) all over the outside. Hams are often made this way. Another way is to put food into very salty water, called brine (卤水) __39_. The salt will draw the moisture out of the food, creating a kind of brine that the food sits in.Today, in most parts of the world, salting, is no longer necessary. ___40__ But even though we no longer rely on salt to keep our food fresh, we haven't lost our taste for salt. We don't want to give up our bacon, corned beef or salted beans.A. So how do you preserve food with salt?B. Next, it can make food too salty to eat.C. Second, salt is poisonous to many bacteria.D. But for a long time, no one knew why salt worked.E. You can alternate layers of food and salt in a big jar.F. People buy food in cans, keep it in the refrigerator, or freeze it.G. They use salt to preserve meat, fish, vegetables, and even fruit.第三部分 语言知识运用第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后的各小题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。One morning our new neighbor saw my grandfather planting two rare tree saplings(树苗）in our garden. And he also planted the same kind of tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave 41 enough amount of water to his plants and didn't always give them full 42 while our neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants and 43 them too well. My grandfather's plants were simple but looked good, 44 our neighbor's plants were much fuller and greener.Normally, in summer, we have strong thunderstorms called "Kalboishakhi" which can bring great damage to life and 45 . After a "Kalboishakhi", my grandparents and I came out to 46 the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor was in his garden, too, but look 47 as his plants were uprooted. Our plants weren't damaged and were standing 48  on the ground, our neighbor was 49  to see this, and he came up to my grandfather and said with 50 , I actually looked after my plants better than you did for yours. 51 , my trees came off from the roots, but yours didn't. How is this 52?"D. exactly D. attentionD. waited onD. orD. possessionsD. confirmD. ashamedD. abnormalD. surprisedD. anxietyD. ThereforeD. suitableD. powerD. rootsD. delayedD. sadnessD. turnD. contentD. easilyD. undertakeMy grandfather smiled and said, "You gave your plants more attention and water, so they didn't have the 53 to work themselves for anything. I gave them just the ample（充足的） amount of and manure (肥料），letting their 54 search for more; thus they went deeper and made their position stronger. That is why my plants 55  With an expression of deep 56  our neighbor nodded 57 . It made me realize then that though my grandfather was 58 with me on many occasions even during our vacations with his do's and don'ts, I became aware that anything 59 got or can go off that much more easily and we will not 60 the hard work it takes to earn those things."C. barely C. time C. brought up C. so C. environment C. check C. bored C. bent C. frightened C. embarrassmentC. Otherwise C. alike C. chance C. leaves C. spread C. regret C. approval C. patient C. secretly C. oppose B. nearly B. support B. looked after B. while B. land B. analyze B. upset B. still B. relieved B. sorrow B. However B. exciting B. need B. trunks B. twisted B. doubt B. peace B. annoyed B. mistakenly B. accelerate 41. A. mainly 42. A. hope 43. A. dealt with 44. A. and 45. A. animals 46. A. predict 47. A. tired 48. A. firm 49. A. disappointed50. A. anger 51. A. Anyway 52. A. possible 53. A. reason 54. A. branches 55. A. survived 56. A. admiration 57. A. public 58. A. strict 59. A. occasionally60. A. understand第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。David will never forget what happened to him yesterday．He 61. _________ (eat) something at home when he received a strange phone call from a hospital．The caller said that his son 62. _________ (fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to schoo1．It was he 63. _________ took him to the hospital．David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son’s classroom，only to find him listening to the teacher attentively．He suddenly realized that he had been cheated，but he felt 64. _________ (relieve)．Just at that time the phone rang again，saying，“Your son is in great danger and he needs 65. _________ immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan．The doctors here say they will not operate 66. _________ your son until they receive the money.” When 67. _________ (ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital，the caller rang off．David gave a big smile and said．“What a pity!”     If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a 68.__________(honest) way he was wrong．Such phone calls are common these days， a few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks．Most parents are sensitive to 69._________．It was really silly to cheat well-educated men like David．    Believe it or not，it’s a true story．The 70. _________ (colleague) in his office can confirm it，such as Tom，Peter and so on．第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。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，从第11处起不计分。Our class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone. Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the house looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sports center, there all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.第二节 书面表达（共1题；共5分）假定你是李华，寒假前你从海外网站Amazon.cn 订购了英文原版小说Life of Pi，货到后你找开包装发现了问题。请用英文给店主Alice女士写封电子邮件，要点如下：1).问题：有缺页，封面有污渍； 2).要求：调换新书，尽快发货；3).邮寄地址：因学校放假，新地址：清江市东风街186号； 电话：18867626868.注意：1). 词数100左右； 2).可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3).开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。高二半期英语答案听力 1-5. BBCAB 6-10. CBBCB 11-15. CBCBB 16-20. ABACB阅读理解 21-23 DAD 24-27 BCBC 28-31 AADC 32-35 CADD七选五 36-40 DCAEF 完形填空41-45 CDBBD 46-50 CBADC 51-55 BABDA 56-60 CCADA语法填空 61. was eating 62. had fallen 63. that/who 64. relieved 65. an 66.on 67. asked 68. dishonest 69. them 70. colleagues短文改错 inTiredmorepolishingwhereherreallyand/whileanOur class joined in a meaningful activity during the winter vacation. First, we went to visit the old lady who lived all alone. Some chatted with her but others helped do a thorough cleaning for us. When the work was done, the house looked real neat and tidy. Then we went to the sports center, there all equipment needed polished. We set out to work at once. Everything was dust-free at no time. Having done all this, we saw a pleasant community than before. Tiring as we were, we felt happy as all of our work was paid off.书面表达Dear Alice,    I was very glad to receive my favorite novel Life of Pi. However, when I opened the package, I was sorry to find something wrong with it. firstly, some pages are missing. In addition, there are some dirty spots on the cover, which looks ugly.    I would like you to exchange a new one for me. now that the winter holiday is around the corner, I would appreciate it if you could post the new book as soon as possible according to the new address: No 186 Dong Feng Street, Qingjiang City. I can be reached by 18867626868.    I'm looking forward to your early reply.                                                                                                      Yours,                                                                                                     Li Hua