2021湘潭一中高二上学期期中考试英语试卷含答案

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高二英语

时量：120 分钟  总分： 150分  命题人：高二英语备课组  审核人：黄月媛

第一部分：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）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. How did the woman hear from James yesterday?

A. By letter.     B. By email.    C. By phone.

2. What kind of stories has the woman written?

A. Detective stories.   B. Historical stories.  C. Children’s stories.

3. Where will the man show people round last tomorrow?

A. The reception area.   B. The storehouse.  C. The museum.

4. How was the weather in the past two days?

A. Cloudy.     B. Sunny    C. Rainy.

5. What was the woman unsatisfied with about the fair?

A. The weather.    B. The food.    C. The queues.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6. Which course is the man most interested in?

A. Computer science.   B. Photography.    C. French.

7. Where does the man plan to travel this summer?

A. To New Zealand.   B. To Singapore.    C. To Italy.

请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. With whom did the man watch the movie Avengers: Endgame?

A. His parents.     B. His friends.    C. His classmates.

9. What has been the number one earning film in the speakers’ country so far?

A. Avengers: Endgame.   

B. Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

C. Avatar.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What will the woman serve to the visitors?

A. Orange juice.    B. Coffee     C. Water.

11. When will the party end?

A. At 9:30 pm.     B. At 10:00 pm.    C. At 10:30 pm.

12. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbors.    B. Couple.    C. Colleagues.

请听地9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.  What has the man’s piano teacher been doing this week?

A. Taking a course.  B. Doing some exams. C. Resting at home.

14. When is the man’s next piano lesson?

A. On the 8th August.  B. On the 15th August. C. On the 22nd August.

15. Where will the man get the music book?

A. From the library.  B. From the bookshop. C. From the music shop.

16. What will the speakers probably have after shopping?

A. The burger.    B. The fish.    C. The pizza.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many people visit the west Edmonton Mall daily?

A. Around 15,000 people.    

B. Around 20,000 people.

C. Around 55,000 people.

18. Where is Galaxyland Amusement Park？

A. In the mall.    B. Behind the mall.  C. Next to the mall.

19. What does the West Edmonton Mall Water Park offer?

A. Free entry on Sunday. 

B. Cheaper tickets after 5 pm.

C. Longer opening hours on Thursday.

20. What is the speaker doing?

A. Introducing a mall.  B. Advertising a park. C. Looking for employees.

第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节， 满分35分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分， 满分25分）

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Four wreckage sites in Bermuda

With more than 300 shipwrecks（海滩）in its waters, Bermuda is often considered the shipwreck capital of the world. Here Philippe Max Rouja, a Bermuda native, picks four of his favorite wreckage sites.

King

While most of the wreckage sites were the results of accidents, this boat was placed underwater to create a diving site intentionally. Gary Lamb, the owner of the King, gifted the boat to the Bermuda Dive Association, which placed it at a depth of 65 feet off the island’s south shore. “It’s often considered a divers’ favorite, since you can swim through the boat,” Rouja says.

B-50 Bomber

While the vast majority of dive sites around Bermuda are the wreckage of ships, there is one that is different from the others: the remains of an airplane. The U.S.B-50 Bomber’s jet engine exploded and the plane dropped into the Atlantic Ocean. “The bomber’s remains now rest about 25 feet underwater,” Rouja says.

Montana and Constellation

These two wrecks are stacked（堆放）one top of each other. The Montana, a steamer, sunk after hitting a coral reef（珊瑚礁), while the Constellation, a wooden ship, met a similar fate years later.“Divers can experience the site too, since they are located just eight feet below the surface,” Rouja says.

Cristobal Colon

Known as the largest of Bermuda’s shipwrecks, the Cristobal Colon met its fare when it crashed into a coral reef. There were many attempts to save the ship, but when those failed, paintings and furnishings on it were saved. Today, many of the items on the ship can be found in the homes of Bermudians. “My dad has a painting of a bookseller from Paris hanging in his home,” Rouja says. “The story of the ship persists（存留）in locals’ daily lives. Divers can still access the ship, which sits 80 feet below the surface.”

21. Which of the following is a man-made wreckage site？

A. King                           B. B-50 Bomber.

C. Cristobal Colon                  D. Montana and Constellation.

22. What is special about the B-50 Bomber site?

A. It is owned by Gary Lamb.      

B. It is the remains of an airplane.

C. It is the biggest shipwreck in Bermuda.

D. It is formed by two sunken boats piled together.

23. What does Rouja say about Cristobal Colon?

A. It was saved completely.

B. It crashed into another ship.

C. Its story is well-known by local people.

D. Its body is preserved in a Bermudian’s home.

B

Some People tend to view math as quite different from language and literacy, but in truth, there is a lot of overlap between them. In fact, they work hand in hand: Math helps children build language skills, and language supports math learning. Both build thinking skills.

Research shows that the extent（程度）to which a child is exposed to math concepts in his early years predicts how well he will do in math in primary school. Even more surprising, it also predicts how well he’ll do in reading. Going further, children who can retell or create stories when they are young tend to do better in math. The good news is that this math-literacy relationship can be developed at the same time.

Everything around us can be better understood with math. It can help children make sense of their world. By helping our children see the connections between their world and math, we enrich their overall learning and development.

Math requires people to think about what words mean. When you “talk math”, you have to be precise（精确的）in your thinking and language. You have to explain your reasoning.

Learning how to use language to express mathematical thinking benefits children in many ways that might not be immediately noticed. When two kids are trying to figure out how to share a toy, math can help: Offer to set a timer for a certain amount of minutes for each child’s turn.

Math connects to everything. Jumping and climbing stairs, for example, are ways to practise counting. When children recognize, draw, play with and combine shapes, they are not only learning about geometry（几何学）, but are also experimenting with visual art, architecture and science.

Count with fingers often. Ask your child to show numbers with his fingers. Ask：How old are you? How many pets do you have? How many cookies did you eat? Ask him to show numbers in different ways—four can be three fingers on one hand and one finger on the other.

24. What does the underlined word“overlap”(in Paragraph 1) mean？

A. The shared area of math and language.

B. The relationship between math and thinking.

C. The great effect that math has on language.

D. The difference between math and language.

25. Which of the following is NOT true according to the first paragraph?

A. Math is good for children to build language skills.

B. Language supports math learning.

C. Both math and language build thinking skills.

D. Everyone tends to view math as quite different from language.

26. What can we know from the second paragraph?

A. The more a child talks, the better he will do in math.

B. The more stories a child reads, the better he will do in math.

C. The earlier a child learns math, the better he will do in writing.

D. The more a child learns math, the better he will do in reading.

27. We can know from the passage that             .

A. math and science are two important courses.

B. math makes our children strong and healthy.

C. math does good to children in many aspects.

D. learning math is the best way to learn the world.

C

I had difficulty in finding work when I was in my twenties. Finally, Seagulls Reuse in Leeds took me on as a volunteer. It’s an environmental social enterprise that rescues 400 tonnes of paint from landfill（垃圾填埋池) annually and repurposes it to offer a bespoke（定制的) paint-mixing service. I carved out my own role, mixing paint, working with other volunteers and assisting customers, before being hired as a decorator and full-time member of staff. It wasn’t until then, in my late 20s, that I realized I’m colour-blind.

Mixing paint is nothing like the colour wheel you learn at school；blue and green doesn’t just make green. You don’t even mix different greens to make green paint. It’s more technical and complex than that, and there are so many subtle(微妙的）variations.

Dulux and other big companies let machines do all the work, but our process is nothing like that. We can also use the colours we have in the warehouse that day, so we sometimes have to get creative. They have scientists, but we have our intuition（直觉），years of experience and an essential human touch and eye.

I’m 38 now, and have been at Seagulls for 11 years. I’ve learned that I struggle most with colours. I see green in dark browns and some reds I see as pink. So,along with the knowledge I’ve now memorized, I use different skills with customers. I get them involved by explaining how I’m creating their paint and encourage feedback（反馈). That way, we’re both helping each other get the perfect result. I write down things I do wrong, so I don’t repeat them.

If I tell customers I’m colour-blind, they’re always shocked and say they’d never have guessed. I do have a visual problem, but I’m not angry about it and wouldn’t change it even if I could. It’s made me push myself harder.

28. What does Paragraph 2 tell us about mixing paint？

A. It’s rather challenging.    B. It’s compulsory at school.

C. It’s attractive to teenager.   D. It’s unbearable to the author.

29. How does the author improve his work?

A. By learning from his mistakes.      B. By depending more on machines.

C. By turning to experts if necessary.    D. By managing to see colours correctly.

30. What can we learn from the author’s story？

A. We shouldn’t regret what we’ve done.

B. We should do what we’re really good at.

C. We shouldn’t let our problems hold us back.

D. We should keep learning new things all our life.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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

两项为多余选项。

  I would love to be happier, as I am sure most people would, so I think it will be necessary to find some ways to become a happier person.

Exercise more

Exercise has such a deep effect on our happiness and well-being that it’s actually been proven to be an effective strategy (策略) for overcoming depression.   31   It can also improve your body image, even if you don’t lose any weight.

Sleep more

We know that sleep helps our bodies to recover from the day and repair themselves, and that it helps us focus and be more productive.   32       

Spend time with friends and family

    33   Several studies have found that time spent with friends and family makes a big difference to how happy we feel. Almost all the other things that we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting along well with more families and friends.

Go outside

Spend time in the fresh air to improve your happiness.   34   One study found that spending 20 minutes outside in good weather not only improves our positive moods, but broadens thinking and improves working memory.

Help others

To make yourself feel happier, you should help others. Spending money on other people makes us happier than buying stuff for ourselves.   35   A study of volunteering showed that volunteers were affected and felt unhappy when their opportunities to help others were taken away.

1. Sleep affects our sensitivity to negative emotions.
2. What about spending our time with other people?
3. It can help you to relax and increase your brain power.
4. People who exercise feel better about their bodies.
5. Going outside on a nice day delivers a huge advantage.
6. It turns out that sleep is also important to our happiness.
7. Social time is highly valuable when it comes to improving our happiness.

第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

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。

In primary school, I   36   felt different or alone just because I was in a wheelchair. My life flowed like a river. I took part in lots of   37  , like dance and music. I even went onstage in my wheelchair and performed dances and won prizes. And I loved using my imagination.

Then came the   38   for a surgery (外科手术) that might help me walk.   39   I went into the operating room, I was hopeful. I shut my eyes, and the world   40   around me. After my surgery, I was in so much pain that I stepped into a state of   41  , shutting out everybody. I even   42   having the surgery and nearly gave up on my lifelong   43   — walking.

My life began to turn back around when I went to an inpatient rehabilitation center（住院康复中心）, along with my mom. At first, I didn’t   44   staying there, with all kinds of therapies（疗法）and doctor visits. There was so much I couldn’t do, like playing at the nearby playground when my dad and brother  45  . What was worse, it was   46   to make friends.

As I felt better, things began to get   47  . I made a good friend, and the playground became a harbor for my   48  . I could paint pictures with my mind and bring characters to life. I was   49   puzzle pieces of myself and putting them back together.

Lately, I’ve been able to stand with help for five minutes straight. I feel  50  again and am dreaming big. I want to   51   companies to create role models for disabled kids to look up to—like maybe a disabled hero in a movie. I’ve also  52  the Just Say Hi campaign, which encourages everyone not to be afraid to accept and greet people who have a   53  .

This journey has changed my life. It’s made me brave and   54  . My message is: stay strong, stay determined, and don’t ever think your   55   are out of reach.

36. A. still    B. never    C. just    D. sometimes
37. A. sports   B. camps   C. activities   D. discussions
38. A. chance   B. room    C. reason   D. price
39. A. Because   B. If    C. Though   D. When
40. A. changed   B. worked   C. continued   D. stood
41. A. confusion   B. safeness   C. sadness   D. relaxation
42. A. regretted   B. imagined   C. enjoyed   D. avoided
43. A. journey   B. search   C. idea    D. goal
44. A. mind    B. like    C. suggest   D. admit
45. A. talked   B. visited   C. passed   D. agreed
46. A. easy    B. important   C. hard    D. dangerous
47. A. clearer   B. worse   C. better    D. stranger
48. A. memory   B. performance  C. tour    D. creativity
49. A. paying for  B. picking up  C. throwing out  D. turning over
50. A. hopeful   B. lucky    C. awful    D. unsatisfied
51. A. teach    B. invite    C. order    D. persuade
52. A. believed   B. joined   C. remembered  D. left
53. A. try    B. story    C. right    D. disability
54. A. polite    B. honest   C. strong   D. friendly
55. A. dreams    B. methods   C. costs    D. needs

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。

It is well-known 56. _________ classics are the antiques of the literary world. They are examples of great writing and wisdom, and even those 57. _________ (write) centuries ago can still be found in bookshops and libraries today. Even some films 58. _________ (base) on them. Charles Dickens is one of England’s greatest writers.

Great Expectations is one of his famous 59. _________ (novel). The story begins when Pip is seven. There is a twist in the plot when a stranger gives Pip a large fortune 60. _________ (generous). Pip moves 61. _________ London. Money and 62. _________ (educate) have changed him. He becomes vain and ashamed of his background and even dislikes 63. _________when Joe comes 64. ___________(visit) him because he is not a gentleman. He wins Estella’s love. But later Pip changes a lot. He learns that happiness and friends are 65. ___________ (important) than wealth.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

根据表格中提供的信息，写出一篇关于“The home-made ball”的文学评论。词数：80左右。

【写作内容】

第二节 读后续写（满分25分）

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

The story between Miss Jordan and me was the most amazing story I wanted to share. Miss Jordan was one of the teachers who I could hardly forget.

When I was young at school, I loved to talk, a characteristic not always appreciated by Miss Jordan, my tenth-grade English teacher.

She was a teacher no one liked because she was so strict. She stood about five-foot-five, was very thin and wore her hair pulled back in a way that gave her a horsy look. She wore those half-circular reading glasses. Whenever she got upset, she would lower her head and look at you over the top of her glasses.

One day in her class I was busy talking. I didn’t realize she had stopped teaching and was staring straight at me. “Young lady, Mary, I would like to see you after school.”

Later Miss Jordan explained in a low, but very firm voice that showed she expected me to listen when she was talking. For punishment she told me to write a thousand-word essay on education and its effect on the economy. She wanted it in by the following Wednesday.

Well, I met my deadline. I was confident. It was a good paper. And I expected a sign of approval from her. The next day in class, However, she was looking at me over her glasses. She called me forward and returned my paper.“Go back and rewrite,” she said. “Remember, each paragraph is supposed to begin with a topic sentence.” When she gave my paper back a second time, she corrected the grammar. The third time, The spelling. The fourth time, it was punctuation. The fifth, it wasn’t neat enough. I was sick!

The sixth time, I rewrote the whole paper slowly in ink, leaving generous space. When she saw it, she removed her glasses and smiled. She finally accepted the paper. After that, I put the whole thing out of my mind.

注意：

1、所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2、续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1：

One day after two months, Miss Jordan came into the class and said,         

Paragraph 2：

I was amazed, thrilled and grateful.                                    

答案：

听力：1-20 CACCB   BABBC   BAABB  CCABA

阅读理解 21- 23   ABC   24-27 ADDC   28-30 AAC

七选五    31-35   C F G E B

完形填空36-55   BCADA   CADBB   CCDBA   DBDCA

语法填空

56. that     57. written      58. are based   59. novels     60. generously

61. to      62. education    63. it         64. to visit     65. more important

写作

①“The home-made ball”is a short story written by Jerry Johnson.

②The story is set in modern-day America.

③The main character is a boy called Kevin. Kevin and Mike are good friends who play soccer with their home-made ball every day, but when Kevin gets new sneakers and a new soccer ball, things are changed.

Friendship is an important theme in this short story. The author, Jerry Johnson, uses the old and new things, like the old home-made ball and the new soccer ball, the old bench and the new sneakers as symbols. The old things symbolize the most valuable thing--friendship, which needs to be valued. The new things symbolize the challenges that the most valuable thing meets.

④From my point of view, this story is really good and worth reading, which is educational to us. That is, nothing is more important than friendship. So I give a five-star rating.            

 Paragraph 1：

One day after two months. Miss Jordan came into the class and said, “Class, do you still remember an essay contest held citywide? They’ve announced the winners! I am so happy to inform you that Mary has won the third prize in the essay contest with the title ‘Education and Its Effect on the Economy’.”Then thunderous applause rocked the classroom. After class, many classmates asked me how I made it. Without excellent writing skills, I well remembered that I told them it was all about six-times rewriting urged by Miss Jordan.

Paragraph 2：

I was amazed, thrilled and grateful. It was the first time I had ever won a prize. Years later, I told many people that story, and my comments, including my unfriendly description of Miss Jordan’s appearance. Unexpectedly, Miss Jordan wrote to me, and said that her look wasn’t important. What was important was the lesson I had learnt. When I wrote and rewrote that paper for her, I began to learn how to discipline myself. I was grateful for the lesson she had taught me.(158 words）