2021铁岭开原二中高二上学期期初考试英语试题含答案

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2020—2021学年度上学期期初考试高二英语试题 (考试时间100分钟、分值150分 ) 第一卷 选择题部分（请考生从21题开始涂答题卡）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）ALast July, my parents and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Seattle, a city on the northwest American coast. Dad did some research and had no difficulty in finding us cheap tickets online.On the day of our flight, we had to wake up very early. When we checked our bags in, we found that one bag weighed too much, so we had to pay a fine. After that, dad insisted that we go and have some breakfast at the airport restaurant. We had a lot of fun watching many different people there. Then we realized it was getting late, so we rushed to the gate. It took one hour for everyone to get on the plane, but finally the door was shut and we were on our way!I think my favorite experience during our trip was our visit to Mount Rainier, a volcano near Seattle. It was nothing like I had expected. Before we left, my aunt lent us hats to protect us from getting sunburned, so I supposed that it would be very hot. Imagine my surprise when we drove up the mountain and I discovered the top was covered with snow and ice!My uncle led us to a small path beyond the main trails to increase our chances of seeing wildlife. We walked over a small hill, and suddenly before us there appeared a field of snow. Small wild flowers grew up through the snow; underneath the snow we could hear rushing water—a small stream. Little animals stood still to avoid being noticed; tiny birds rose into the air. It was the most beautiful sight that I’d ever seen.21. What ticket did the father buy for the family? A.Bus B. Ship C. Train D. Airplane22. Why did they pay a fine?A.Because they got up late. B. Because they didn’t wait in line.C. Because they came to the airport late. D. Because their bag was overweight.23.What was the writer’s most impressive experience?A.The flight to Seattle B. The breakfast in the airport C. The visit to Mount Rainier D. The discovery of a small stream24. Why did they choose a small path instead of the main trails?A. To enjoy more of the wildlife B. To take a shortcut to save timeC. To avoid the snowy road D. To avoid being attacked by animalsBIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tries to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of(厌烦）keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.25. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they _______. A. want to be as rich as their neighbors B. want to be happy C. don’t want others to know they are rich D. want others to know or to think that they are rich26. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____. A. an important name B. a popular name in the United States C. his neighbor’s name D. not a good name27. According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses. A. impossible B. interesting C. correct D. good CHelen Thayer, one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century, loves challenges. She says, “I like to see what’s on the other side of the hill.” She has gone almost everywhere to do that. In 1988, at the age of 50, she became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. She pulled her own sled piled with 160 pounds of supplies, and during her trip no one brought her fresh supplies. Accompanied only by her dog Charlie, she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears. In fact, Charlie saved her life when one of them attacked her. Near the end of her trip, a forceful wind blew away the majority of her supplies. The last week of the trip, she survived on a handful of nuts and a little water each day. Helen goes to challenging places not only for adventure, but also for education. Before her Arctic journey, she started a website called Adventure Classroom. On the site, she shares her adventures in order to motivate (激发) students. She explains, “Although kids often see the world in a negative way, without hope for their future, we work to inspire them to set goals, plan for success and never give up. . .”Helen grew up in New Zealand. Her parents were athletes and mountain climbers. Following her parents’ example, she climbed her first mountain at 9. Later, she climbed the highest mountains in North and South America, the former USSR and New Zealand. In 1996, she took on another challenge—the Sahara Desert. She and her husband, Bill, walked 2,400 miles across it! In 2001, she and Bill traveled on foot from west to east through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They hope to travel to Sichuan and Tibet in China to study pandas this year. Helen plans to continue taking trips. She’ll use her explorations, writing, photography and environmental work to create programs for her Adventure Classroom website. She wants to inspire her students never to stop facing challenges!28. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. Helen Thayer is the first person to reach the North Pole. B. Helen Thayer ate nothing during the last week of her trip. C. Charlie prevented Helen being attacked by polar bears. D. Helen Thayer traveled to the North Pole together with her husband. 29. Why does Helen travel to different places worldwide?A. For education. 　　B. For fun. C. For money. D. For fame. 30. Which is the best title for the text?A. The Woman Who Loves Adventure. B. A Famous Woman. C. A Woman Mountain Climber. D. The Owner of Adventure Classroom. 31. Which of the following places has Helen not visited yet?A. The North Pole. B. The Sahara Desert. C. The Gobi Desert. D. Sichuan and Tibet. DI had to knock on the taxi to get his attention. Finally, the driver, a man about 60, looked up from behind the wheel and apologized, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a letter.” He sounded as if he had a cold or a cough.Since I was in no hurry, I told him to finish his letter. He shook his head, explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heart. Curious, I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild.“This isn't family，” he replied, “though he might just as well have been a regular member of the family. Old Ed and I grew up together.”They were always friends. But since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago, it'd generally just been postcards at Christmas time between them. A couple of weeks ago, Ed died. “I should have kept in touch.” He repeated this, more to himself than to me. To comfort him, I said sometimes we just didn't seem to find the time. “But we used to find the time，” he said. “Take a look.” He handed the letter over to me.The first sentence “I've been meaning to write for some time, but I've always delayed it.” reminded me of myself. It went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together. When I read the part where it said“Your friendship really means a lot to me, more than I can say because I'm not good at saying things like that”，I found myself nodding in agreement.We had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph：“So I thought you'd like to know that I was thinking of you.” And it was ended with “Your Old Friend, Tom.”“I thought your friend's name was Ed，” I said.“I'm Tom，” he explained. “It's a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew he'd died. I never put it in the mailbox. I guess I should have written it sooner.” His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.When I got to my hotel room , I didn't unpack right away, I had to write a letter and post it.32. Who wrote the letter?A. Tom. B. Old Ed. C. The author. D. The driver's grandchild.33. It can be inferred from the passage that the driver regretted ________.A. missing Ed's funeralB. moving away from his neighborhoodC. forgetting to send Ed Christmas cardsD. not being able to keep in touch with Ed34. From Paragraph 4, we can learn that the author of the passage ________.A. often failed to write to his friendsB. had no intention to write to his friendsC. had many great moments with his friendsD. was good at expressing feelings to his friends35. What message does the passage probably try to convey（传递）?A. Comfort your friends when they are feeling down.B. Life is unpredictable, so live each day as if it were your last.C. Remember to always mail your letters after expressing your words.D. Always make time to value and experience your lasting friendships.第二节（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。选项中有两项为多余选项（注意：请把本题答案涂在答题卡上，若所用的答题卡没有E，F，G选项，则选E涂为AB，选F涂为ABC，选G涂为ABCD。）Simple Anger Management TipsWhen things or people act in a certain way that is unacceptable to you, you get angry. _____36____ Here are some things you can do to manage anger.Do not act when you are angry. To avoid regrets resulting from wrong actions, you must learn not to take action when you are angry. A lot of people have done things they regretted later because they acted in anger. ___37___ So train yourself to be calm when you are angry.Be silent until your anger dies down. Often you use words to express how you feel when you are angry. People have said things they didn’t mean to say. Stay silent when you are angry, which shows you have self-control. ___38___ Avoid people or issues that get you angry.Total avoidance is a very good strategy in managing anger. ___39___ It is a good way of avoiding the negative outcomes of anger when there is little or nothing you can do to get rid of the source of your anger.___40___ One good way to handle your anger is to find an exciting activity that you can join in. It could be listening to music, reading, seeing a movie or talking to someone. I have found this particular strategy very helpful. It may work for you as well.A. Learn to accept what happened.B. Engage in activities that you enjoy.C. Practice staying quiet when you are angry.D. It is quite necessary to find out whatever causes your anger.E. Know the things that make you angry and move away from them.F. It is important that you learn how to manage your emotions properly.G Anger pushes you to act without considering the consequences of your actions.第三部分 英语知识运用（共二节，满分30分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）认真阅读下面短文，从短文后每个题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I met my current step mom for the first time when I moved to America and was reunited with my father. I remember when I first ___41__ her at the airport. It was different, but not _42__. Over the past years there is _43_ I needed that she did not provide. I’m the young woman I am today because she made sure to _44__ me properly. Yesterday I went to see her for Mother’s Day. When I gave her __45_, she held my face in both of her hands and kissed me straight on the mouth __46__ I had the flu (流感）.Her simple act of affection _47_ me back to my first night in America. After I was __48__ up from the airport we went home and she __49__ my luggage and took me shopping for new clothes. That night before I went to bed, she came to my room, the first room I had ever had for my own. She told me she was __50__ to have me and that she would take good care of me. Before she __51__, she asked me for a hug. That was my __52__ first hug and I was 11 years old at that time.I’m 23 years old now and I have received many hugs over the past years, __53__ none has given me a greater __54_ or deeper impression. I regard her as my birth mother because my new life began when I came to _55__ with her.41.A taught B caught C saw D hated 42.A strange B easy C unforgettable D uncomfortable43.A something B anything C nothing D everything44.A approach B raise C criticize D value 45.A gifts B keys C money D dresses 46. A so that B in case C as though D even though47. A paid B took C talked D companied 48. A brought B looked C picked D called 49. A packed B unpacked C mended D added 50. A glad B hard C unlucky D anxious 51. A died B awaked C left D entered 52. A very B quite C ever D just 53. A if B because C but D though54. A success B advance C power D excitement 55. A discuss B stay C share D work 第二卷 非选择题部分（请考生将答案写在答案页上）第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mark Twain，born in Florida（56.）______ November 30th，1835，（57.）________ (bring) up in Hannibal，Missouri，along the Mississippi River. He is best known for his （58.）________ (novel) set in his boyhood world on the river，such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He（59.）_______ (love) the river so much that even his pen name was about the river. The phrase “mark twain” means that the water is two fathoms in（60.）______ (deep)．The play in this unit is adapted(改编) from The Million Pound Bank Note（61.）_______ (write) by Mark Twain. It was the summer of 1903，（62.）________ two wealthy brothers made a bet. One of them doubted（63.）______ a man could survive a month in London with a million pound bank note. At this moment，they saw a penniless man（64.）_____ (wander) on the pavement. It was Henry，（65.）______ American businessman，who was lost in London. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节：应用文写作（满分15分) 亲爱的同学们, 到现在你的高中生活已近一年了! 初中的学习生活（ junior school life）也许还历历在目,但崭新的高中（senior school）生活更值得你有所憧憬、有所作为。请你写一篇短信给你的初中英语老师,信中需表达以下要点：1、感谢帮助。2、在高中认识了更多的同学和老师,和大家相处愉快。3、新环境中出现了一些问题,比如……（至少写两点）4、希望老师回信给出建议。5、盼望再次见到老师,祝福老师。要求：词数80左右；可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 Dear teacher, How time flies! It’s almost a year since my senior school life began. _____________________________________________________________________________________第二节 读后续写( 满分25 分)阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。Dana, 14, was an ordinary girl. She was at Parish Hill Middle School. It was a pretty average day for her. At least that was what she thought when she was walking to school as usual on foot, with some schoolbooks in her hand.Dana got to the corner of Main and North streets, just in time to miss the traffic light. She sighed, “I could have walked a little bit faster!” she thought. She raised her wrist to read her watch: it was 8:24. Her first class began at 9 a.m. She had enough time to go to school. So Dana stood at the corner, waiting for the traffic light patiently.When she was waiting, she half noticed the people who were also waiting for the light with her. There was a woman carrying a bag from Walmart, and a man in a business suit who looked a little like her father, and a mother with a half dozen packages in one hand, trying to control her little kid with the other. The kid was two or maybe three. Dana doesn’t have that much experience with little kids, so it’s hard for her to tell how old they are, or if they’re boys or girls. This one was just a wriggling(扭来扭去的) kid in overalls and a blue shirt.Main Street was a busy street, let alone（更不必说） the intersection（交汇点） of it and North Street. Vehicles from four directions came running. Some roared passing the intersection, while some were waiting at the red light. Everything was going as usual.But suddenly the kid managed to wriggle away from its mother. And before she even had a chance to notice it, the kid had run directly into the middle of Main and North streets. Cars were running and no driver noticed the kid. Just at that moment, a big blue car came right at the kid at full speed.注意：所续写的短文的词数应为150左右；续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；Paragraph 1: Dana didn’t think even for one second and ran into the street. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2：Over that noise and the kid’s crying, Dana heard its mother screaming from across the street. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2020—2021学年度上学期期初考试高二英语试题答案页56.________________ 57.______________ 58._________________ 59.________________ 60. ______________ 61._________________62.________________ 63._______________ 64._________________65.________________应用文写作：_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________读后续写：Paragraph 1: Dana didn’t think even for one second and ran into the street. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Paragraph 2：Over that noise and the kid’s crying, Dana heard its mother screaming from across the street. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  高二英语答案二．阅读：(21--35，每题2.5分，共37.5分)(A) 21-24 DDCA (B) 25-27 DBA (C) 28-31 CAAD (D)32-35 A D A D七选五（36--40, 每题2.5分，共12.5分）36-40 FGCEB 四．完形填空：（41--55，每题1分，共15分）41--45. CDCBA 46---50 DBCBA 51---55 CACDB 五．语法填空：（每题1.5分，共15分）56.on 57.was brought 58. novels 59. loved 60.depth 61.written　62.when 63.whether/if　 64.wandering 65.an 六．写作：Dear teacher,How time flies! It’s almost a year since my senior school life began. First, I want to say “Thank you very much” from the bottom of my heart, because you helped me greatly with my study so that I could make great progress. Now I also feel lucky to know more excellent classmates and teachers. We make friends, and help each other greatly. However in the new environment, some problems come along with my study and daily life.( for example, I am no longer the most excellent student…)So I hope you can answer my letter and give me some advice. I’m looking forward to seeing you again. I wish you happy and healthy all the time. Yours, Li HuaDana didn’t think even for one second and ran into the street. “It could hit us!” she thought while pushing the kid hard out of the way. The momentum (势头）of pushing kept her going, and Dana stumbled along, holding the frightened kid, with her schoolbooks scattred around. In what couldn’t have been more than ten seconds, but felt more like ten years, she pushed both of them out of the path of the car. Then she heard the car screeching（呼啸而过） to a halt（突然停止）.Over that noise and the kid’s crying, Dana heard its mother screaming from across the street. She dashed over to them, flung her arms round the kid and failed to utter a word, shaking pretty hard and weeping. Dana collapsed on the ground, realizing just what the car could have done to her. The man in suit picked up the schoolbooks for her. The moment Dana got the books back and decided to leave without being noticed, the mother to squeeze her hands tight, “Oh, how can I ever thank you? You’re our heroine!”