四川省泸州市泸州老窖天府重点中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（Word版含答案，无听力音频含文字材料）

四川省泸州市泸州老窖天府中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷
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）
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三个选项中选出最佳选项， 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. When does the rainy season start
A. In January. B. In February. C. In November.
2. What’s wrong with the man’s food
A. It’s hot. B. It’s salty. C. It’s tasteless.
3. What is Jennifer learning in school now
A. To make sculptures. B. To take pictures. C. To draw.
4. Which room has the man finished decorating
A. The living room. B. The bathroom. C. The kitchen.
5. Where are the speakers
A. At a hospital. B. In a classroom. C. At a ball field.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
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三个选项中选出最佳选项， 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 6段材料，回答第 6、7题。
6. Where does Sam suggest going
A. To a cinema. B. To a restaurant. C. To a coffee shop.
7. How does Rita feel about the plan
A. Excited. B. Concerned. C. Disappointed.
听第 7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What will Clark help Annie do
A. Clean her apartment. B. Water her plants. C. Feed her dog.
9. What day will Clark go to Annie’s house
A. On Monday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.
听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。
10. What was the program mainly about
A. Horses and wars.
B. Horses from different countries.
C. Different uses of horses.
11. What seems to surprise the man
A. People use horses for fun.
B. Horse races take place everywhere.
C. Horses are still used for hard labor.
12. What will the woman do this weekend
A. Work on a farm. B. Attend a wedding. C. Go horse riding.
听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。
13. Where is the island
A. It is in Asia.
B. It is in the Pacific Ocean.
C. It is off the coast of Europe.
14. Why did the man choose to go to the island
A. It’s free of pollution. B. It’s not far away. C. It’s small.
15. What does the woman think of the island
A. Beautiful. B. Wild. C. Unusual.
16. How many people live on the island now
A. Eight. B. Seven. C. Six.
听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。
17. Who are the announcements for
A. The manager. B. The employees. C. The customers.
18. What time does the store usually close
A. At five o’clock. B. At eight o’clock. C. At ten o’clock.
19. What item is free for another one if you buy one
A. Women’s dresses. B. Men’s suits. C. Shoes.
20. What does the speaker suggest people do in the end
A. Go to a café. B. Leave the shop early. C. Buy some music CDs.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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
With increasing competition in education, some of the best universities worldwide are having a global view to best prepare their students for the future.
China
China has been determined to play its key role on the global educational stage. Take Project 21l, a program created in 1995 to bring 100 Chinese universities up to a world-class standard. Similarly, in1999 Project 985 got started to produce more top universities. To further improve the global position of Chinese education, in 2009 the C9 League was also created, hoping to be an eastern equal to the US Ivy League (常春藤联盟).
Germany
Germany offers a menu of educational choice from smaller but high-quality institutions to some most famous universities in Western Europe. Germany also creates many scholar-ships to help international students afford their tuition fees (学费).
Italy
There are more UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) Sites in Italy than in any other nation in the world. These attractions, alongside Italy’s world-famous food and endless culture make it among the world’s most visited countries each year.
Poland
Over years, Poland’s universities have produced some of the world’s most famous thinkers and scientists. Poland also provides many private and public education to both Polish students and international students.
21. For what purpose has China created some projects
A. To offer free education to the public.
B. To create more educational companies.
C. To attract more world-famous scientists.
D. To promote its global position in education.
22. How can Germany help international students
A. By making tuition fees affordable.
B. By offering many educational menus.
C. By planning some cultural experiences.
D. By providing free capital-based travels.
23. Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites
A. China. B. Germany. C. Italy. D. Poland.
B
Last Thursday, Michael and Linda stood behind large food trucks distributing meals to 4,000 homeless people for their wedding party on the border town of Kilis. The couple had decided that instead of hosting their friends and family for a traditional feast party, they would feed the victims from an earthquake-stricken area.
The idea came from the bridegroom’s father, Ted, who volunteers for a Turkish relief organization. For the past few years, the organization has distributed(分发) daily meals to thousands of people who’ve suffered from natural disasters. He approached a representative of the organization and suggested that the family cover part of the costs of feeding them for the day.
Then he told his son, who was surprised by the suggestion, but soon won over. When he told that to the bride, she was really shocked but finally accepted because in southeastern Turkey there is a real culture of sharing with people in need. They love to share their food, their table and everything they have. And afterwards she was quite amazed about it. So, they arrived at the distribution center on Thursday to spend the day serving food and taking photographs with their grateful recipients (接受者).
On Tuesday evening, the newly married couple were still pleased with their decision to quit a personal celebration for one with a greater good.”It’s like sharing a dinner with your friends and family who have this kind of thing on a daily basis —or sharing something with people who don’t even have the most basic things,”Michael said. “Hopefully, this will also give the start for other wedding dinners to be held here with our brothers and sisters in need.”
24. Why did so many people crowd in Kilis
A. To escape the damaging earthquake. B. To support the organization.
C. To attend Michael and Linda’s wedding. D. To help distribute free daily meals.
25. How did the couple celebrate their wedding
A. They only took photos with the grateful victims.
B. They treated their friends and relatives to a big dinner.
C. They shared their happiness with the homeless in Kilis.
D. They afforded the entire cost of the day for feeding victims.
26. What does the underlined word “approached” in Paragraph 2 mean
A. took in B. moved towards C. came across D. asked advice for
27. What can we know from the text
A. Ted was a representative of the organization.
B. Kilis is a place which lies in southeastern Turkey.
C. Linda adopted the suggestion immediately she heard it.
D. Michael doubted if more new couples would follow him.
C
Cigarette ends are everywhere—littering our streets and beaches—and for decades they’ve been thought of as “unrecyclable”. But a New Jersey based company, called Terra Cycle, has taken on the challenge, and has come up with a way to recycle millions of cigarette ends and turn them into industrial plastic products. Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse.
Obviously it would be even better for the environment if everyone just stopped smoking, but the statistics show that although there has been an increase in anti-smoking ads and messaging, between 2000 and 2014, global sales of cigarettes increased by 8 percent, and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as trash. Since most of our litter eventually ends up in waterways, cigarette ends can surely pollute the surrounding environment. “It only takes a single cigarette end to pollute a liter of water,” Terra Cycle founder, Tom Szaky, said. “Animals can also mistake littered cigarette ends for food.”
So how do you go about turning all those poisonous ends into something useful Terra Cycle does this by first breaking them down into separate parts. They mix the remaining materials, such as the tobacco and the paper, with other kinds of rubbish, and use it on non-agricultural land, such as golf courses. The filters (过滤嘴) are a little harder. To recycle these, Terra Cycle first makes them clean and cuts them into small pieces, and then combines them with other recycled materials, making them into liquid for industrial plastic products.
They’re now also expanding their recycling offerings to the rest of the 80 percent of household waste that currently can’t be recycled, such as chocolate packaging, pens, and mobile phones. The goal is to use the latest research to find a way to stop so much waste ending up in landfill (垃圾填埋), and then get companies to provide money for the process. And so far, it’s working.
“We haven’t found anything that we can’t recycle,” communications director of Terra Cycle, Albe Zakes, said. “But with the amount and variety of packaging and litter in the world, we are always looking for new waste streams to address.”
28. What does Terra Cycle intend to do
A. Search for recyclable materials for use.
B. Deal with as many cigarette ends as possible.
C. Produce new kinds of industrial plastic products.
D. Recycle what used to be considered unrecyclable.
29. The underlined word “trash” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. rubbish B. poison C. disaster D. ruin
30. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about
A. The effective use of cigarette ends. B. The process of recycling cigarette ends.
C. The difficulty in recycling cigarette ends. D. The reason for breaking down cigarette ends.
31. What Albe said in the last paragraph implies that ______.
A. there is more and more waste to be recycled
B. it is difficult for Terra Cycle to recycle everything
C. Terra Cycle is trying to meet the challenge of new waste
D. Terra Cycle has successfully recycled a large amount of waste
D
Rats that eat high levels of a natural sugar known as fructose(果糖) seem to age faster than other rats and the same could be true for people who eat too much sweet junk food, Israeli researchers said Monday.
Fructose, found naturally in honey and fruit, is used widely in foods ranging from soft drinks to yogurt. But while its sweet taste is popular, the sugar could cause wrinkles, the researchers said. Dr. Moshe Werman and Boaz Levi of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology fed large amounts of fructose to laboratory rats. Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, they said the fructose-fed rats showed changes in the collagen(胶原蛋白) of their skin and bones. Collagen basically holds the body together. The loss of collagen is what causes loose skin and deep wrinkles in older people.
The process affected, Werman’s team said, is known as cross-linking(交叉相连). “Too much cross-linking makes the skin stiff, and these are the conditions that encourage wrinkled skin,” Werman said in a statement. He said the same could be true of people, although this has not been shown. “Americans are eating more and more processed foods such as baked goods, canned fruits, jams and dairy products that contain fructose,” Werman said. Other studies have shown that taking in high fructose may cause diabetes(糖尿病).
The rats Werman worked with were fed much more than the average adult person might eat in a day, which is standard in such experiments. The rats were fed 12.5 grams of fructose per kg of weight every day for a year.
32. In the experiments, if a rat was 0.25 kg , it may have been fed about grams of fructose
every day for a year.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
33. Why do older people have deep wrinkles according to the passage
A. Collagen in their body is lost.
B. They don’t drink enough water every day.
C. They don’t take enough exercise every day.
D. Their daily foods do not contain enough fructose.
34. What can we learn from the passage
A. Too much cross-linking makes the skin soft.
B. It hasn’t been shown that taking in high fructose may cause diabetes.
C. An ordinary adult might eat less sugar in a day than the rats in Werman’s lab.
D. The fructose-fed rats only showed changes in the collagen of their skin.
35. The best title for the passage should be “ ” .
A. Sugar-it could reduce collagen
B. Collagen-it could age you
C. Collagen-it could cause wrinkles
D. Sugar-it could age you
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。
Do you dream
Have you ever visited some strange places in your dreams In fact people have wondered about these strange places for long. 36 However, they have been valued as necessary to a person’s health and happiness.
Historically, people thought dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically, believing that they tell about a person’s character. 37 He believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.
The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung’s compensation theory. Jung, a former student of Freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer. 38 Thus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.
Using more recent research, William Domhoff from the University of California found that dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. 39 Until they reach the age of five, they can not express very well what their dreams are about. Once people become adults, there is little or no change in their dreams. The dreams of men and women differ. For instance, the characters that appear in the dreams of men are often other men, and often involve physical aggression.
The meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand. 40 If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.
A. First, there was Sigmund Freud’s theory.
B. Children do not dream as much as adults.
C. Dreams make up for what is lacking in waking life.
D. They think their mind is trying to tell them something.
E. But anyway, people should not take their dreams as reality.
F. It gives scientists chances to better understand human mind.
G. They have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys.
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。
It seemed like any other day when fitness instructor Chantelle Lister set off to work at 7 am. It was the school holidays, so her daughters Loren and Mollie, 17 and 6, and 11-year-old son Charlie were still
41 in bed.
But within an hour, the family home in Kettering, England, went up in flames. The 42 started downstairs, and deadly smoke started 43 the second floor, where the children were sleeping.
44 , the family's beloved dog, Bailey, rushed to their 45 . Although the thick smoke
46 to climb the staircase, the 4-year-old dog made his way 47 and kept barking outside Loren's door until she 48 .
Loren opened the 49 but saw the thick black smoke covering the stairs and heard the sound of smashing (粉碎) glass. Struggling to 50 , the teenager ran into the other 51 and managed to get the 52 children out through a window and onto the roof.
After successfully causing the 53 , Bailey ran back downstairs to try to get out. 54 , he was trapped in the 55 house.
“The firemen pulled Bailey out and tried to 56 him, but he was dead, ” Chantelle said. “They put a blanket over him and I kept 57 , ‘That could have been one of my children.’ Bailey was such a character and so 58 . The children wouldn't be here 59 him. He's my hero and I'll be 60 to him forever. ”
41. A. sleepy B. asleep C. awake D. silent
42. A. light B. smoke C. fire D. noise
43. A. filling B. flowing C. leaving D. escaping
44. A. Finally B. Thankfully C. Naturally D. Obviously
45. A. yard B. kitchen C. school C. rescue
46. A. started B. failed C. happened D. stopped
47. A. out B. through C. upstairs D. downstairs
48. A. watched out B. set off C. went away D. woke up
49. A. eyes B. mouth C. door D. window
50. A. breathe B. walk C. speak D. stand
51. A. house B. classroom C. bathroom D. bedroom
52. A. angry B. curious C. terrified D. confused
53. A. alarm B. voice C. sound D. child
54. A. Surprisingly B. Unfortunately C. Occasionally D. Gradually
55. A. shining B. exploding C. broken D. burning
56. A. save B. protect C. move D. comfort
57. A. apologizing B. thinking C. explaining D. expecting
58. A. interesting B. loving C. strange D. cute
59. A. beyond B. besides C. without D. despite
60. A. loyal B. convenient C. available D. grateful
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。
The passengers were all seated. One of them considered 61 (have) his medicine, so he said to an air hostess，“I need a cup of water to take my medicine before the plane 62 (take) off.” She told him she would bring him the water within ten minutes.
Thirty minutes passed. But the air hostess was so busy in the aircraft cabin(客舱) that she 63
(forget) to bring him the water! As 64 result, the passenger could not take his medicine. When the air hostess hurried to him with a cup of water, he refused to accept her offer 65 (angry), though she kept saying sorry to him. The situation was a little 66 (embarrass).
In the following two 67 (hour) on the flight, each time the air hostess passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help 68 not. But the passenger never paid attention to her.
The plane reached its destination(目的地). When the passenger was going to get 69 the plane, he said to the air hostess with a smile, “Thank you！Although I didn’t accept your help, how can I refuse the twelve sincere smiles 70 (give) to me by you ”
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，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am interested at swimming very much. At the first, I often went swimming just to keep health. Now my dream was to swim for my country in the Olympics. Though practicing in the pool is very boring, I still work very hardly in order to realize my dream. Because my hard work, I have already come first in much important competitions. In the competitions, I've made lot of friends and we're very close. It's much easier to have friend who are swimmers because they also have to get up early to practice like you and they understand this kind of life.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
假如你是李华，你的笔友Tom最近总是感觉身体不适，因此写信向你询问如何保持身体
健康，请用英文给他写封回信。
要点：1．健康饮食；2．运动健体；3．充足睡眠。
注意：1．短文应包括全部提示要点，可增加适当细节以使行文连贯；
2．词数100左右；
3．短文开头已为你写出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
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泸州老窖天府中学高2019级高二上期半期考试
英语答案
一．听力
1-5. CCABA 6-10. AABBC 11-15. CBBAB 16-20. CCBCA
二．阅读
21-25 DACAC 26-30 DBDAB 31-35 CAACD
三．七选五
36-40 GACBE
四．完形填空
41-45 BCABD 46-50 ACDCA 51-55 DCABD 56-60 ABB D
五．语法填空
61. having 62. takes 63. forgot 64. a 65. angrily
66.embarrassing 67. hours 68. or 69. off 70. given
六．短文改错
①at—in ②去掉the ③health—healthy ④was—is ⑤hardly-hard
⑥because后加of ⑦much—many ⑧lot—lots或者加a ⑨friend—friends ⑩you-me
七．书面表达
One possible version
Dear Tom,
I'm more than pleased to receive your letter. But at the same time, I'm sorry to hear that
you are not very well these days. In your letter, you asked me how to stay healthy. Here are my
suggestions.
First of all, you should keep a balanced diet. You should avoid eating food high in fat and too much sweet food. You'd better eat more fresh vegetables and fruit. In addition, taking regular exercise every day helps building up a strong body. Why not take more exercise in your spare time As we all know, regular exercise is an important part of keeping us healthy. Last but not least, make sure you have enough sleep and you mustn't stay up too late at night.
By eating properly, exercising regularly and having enough sleep, you can keep your body at a proper weight and stay healthy. I truly hope my advice is of great help and you'll get well soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,
countries.
M: What else can horses help people do Did the program tell you about that
W: Yes. The program also pointed out that horses are still usedin some countries to do farm work. (11)
M: Really What a hard job! (11) By the way, can you ride a horse W: Yes, I can. But I don’t ride regularly. How about you
M: I can ride, too. Perhaps we can go horse riding together this weekend. (12)
W: I’d love to, but John has invited me to his wedding. (12) How about next weekend
Text 9
W: When you said you got a job working abroad, I thought you were going to Europe or Asia.
Where exactly are you going to work
M: I’m going to a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. (13) Here, I’ll show you on a map.
W: Wow, I had no idea you’d be working in a place like that. It’s a bit far away, isn’t it
M: It is. But it’s not polluted, and it’s beautiful there. (14) I’ve seen its photos, and it looks like heaven on earth. After I get settled, you should come visit me.
W: It looks a little wild. (15) Is it hard to get there
M: You would need to take a 19-hour flight from here to the mainland and then a two-hour boat to reach there.
W: What is the population of the island (16)
M: It’s small, which isn’t unusual for an island of its size. W: How small
M: When I move there, it’ll increase to seven. And if you visit, you’ll make eight. (16) Text 10
Hello, shoppers! This is the store manager. I have some special announcements for the holidays. (17) The store will close early every day this week, at five o’clock instead of eight o’clock. (18) We will also be closed all day on Friday and Saturday. We want our employees to be able to enjoy the holidays with their families. The good news is that we are having a huge sale all week! The regular price of all women’s and children’s clothes is decreased by ten dollars. The regular price of all men’s suits is decreased by fifty dollars. If you buy one pair of shoes, you will get another one for free. (19) You should buy something today to use these sale prices. The sale won’t last long! It only happens this week. While you’re here, enjoy the music and stop by the store café for some coffee. (20) Have fun shopping! And thank you for being our customers. Happy holidays!