辽宁省清原满族自治县第二重点中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（Word版含答案，无听力试题 ）

清原第二高中2020—2021学年度下学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
试卷总分：150分
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分50分）
（共15小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分37. 5分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
A
Summer Classes at the Community Center
The Community Center is offering adult summer classes again this year. The schedule(时间表)includes classes in basic computer skills, painting, drawing, and dance.
Registration
There are two ways to register for classes：
1. Go to our website：www. cc. org/classes/summerschedule. Click on “Class Descriptions”to see a full listing of the classes this summer. Decide which class or classes you are interested in.
Then click on “Register Now” and a registration form will plete the form and work out the amount of money you should pay for your classes. This will include the cost of your classes plus a $15 registration fee(费用). Any material fees will be payable to the instructor on the first day of class. In addition, if your address is outside of the city, you will pay an additional fee of $25 per class.
Fill in your credit card(信用卡)information and click “Send Now”. You will receive registration confirmation by e mail.
2. If you do not have access to a computer, you can call the Community Center at 872 555 5068 to request a class schedule and registration form. Choose your classes from the schedule, complete the form, and return it by mail with your credit card information.
Withdrawal(退学)Policy
Full refunds（退款）, minus(减去)the $25 registration fee, will be given for any withdrawals made up to one week before the class begins. Withdrawals made before the start of the second class will receive a 50 percent refund, minus the registration fee. No refunds will be made after the start of the second class.
Classes offered by the Community Center are for adults only. You must be eighteen years of age or older to participate. Classes for children and teens are offered through the City Department of Recreation.
1. Who can take part in the Community Center summer classes
A. Citizens only. 　 B. Adults only.
C. High schoolers. D. Children and teens.
2. What do you have to do for summer classes' registration
A. Pay a $25 registration fee.
B. Sign up for classes online.
C. Provide your credit card information.
D. Pay material fees before the class begins.
3. How much will you be refunded after the start of the second class
A. None. B. $15. C. A full refund. D. A 50 percent refund.
B
Most of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. We go fishing, sit in the garden, have a picnic, live in the suburbs or go to the seaside. The most popular leisure activity in Britain is going for a walk. When joggers jog, they don't run on the streets. Every one of them tends to go to the park or the river.
But despite this, our children are growing up nature deprived（剥夺）. I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of the ancient freedom, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open space and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.
The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US：families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD—Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(注意力缺陷多动症). Those whose accommodation had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%；those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.
ADHD is one of the great problems of modern childhood. One study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However, we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.
The life of old people is measurably better when they have access to nature. The increasing concern for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality. Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.
We need the wild world. It is essential to our well being, our health and our happiness.
4. According to the author, people enjoy to seek nature.
A. jogging on the street B. running in the gym
C. shopping in the supermarket D. sitting in the garden
5. From the second paragraph, we can see that .
A. Children don’t want to approach nature
B. children probably spend less time in nature nowadays
C. climbing trees will certainly do good to the children
D. children tend to be happier as a result of their material satisfaction
6. In what way do people benefit from their contact with nature
A. Children with ADHD can be cured.
B. Children's performance at school is greatly improved.
C. Problems with crime and violent behavior will easily be solved.
D. A garden nearby improves the quality of old people's life.
7. what is the main idea of this passage
A. Access to nature improves our life.
B. Nature treats children for ADHD.
C. Getting close to nature reduces crime.
D. Man can’t live without natural areas.
C
For many people, barbecues（烧烤） are a chance to enjoy a meal with family and friends. For Stan Hays, however, barbecuing becomes his skill to feed people in need when the disaster happens.
The unique effort began in May, when a severe tornado (龙卷风) hit Joplin, about hours from Hays’ home. His wife asked him to help. So, he put out the word to his partners and headed down with his barbecue. “We thought we’d be there three to four days, serving maybe 5, 000 meals, ” Hays said. But the need was there, so Hays and over 300 volunteers worked for 11 days to meet the need.
It was a life-changing experience for Hays, who had never organized any type of large voluntary effort before. While preparing to head home, he and his friends Will Cleaver and Jeff Smith came to the realization. “A barbecue community is able to respond to disasters like this quickly, ” Hays said. “So, before we left, we put together a plan to create the Operation BBQ Relief. ”
During the last eight years, the group has responded to almost 60 disasters across the United States, including Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the wildfires in northern California. More than 6, 800 volunteers have joined the effort, and the group often partners with other organizations to serve the meals.
“Barbecues are comfort food, ” Hays said. “If you just lost your house or a loved one, getting a hot meal would remind you of the barbecues you had in the backyard and make you forget about the bad stuff in your life. That’s worth it to me. ”
8. What can we learn from paragraph 2
A. Volunteers couldn’t meet the requirements.
B. Supplies were far from enough for the victims.
C. Hays’ home was severely damaged by the tornado.
D. The need for food was beyond Hays’ expectation.
9. What made Hays create the Operation BBQ Relief
A. His friends’ suggestion.
B. His voluntary activity in Joplin.
C. His preference for barbecues.
D. His cooperation with other organizations.
10. Which word best describes Hays
A. Broad-minded. B. Strong-willed. C. Warm-hearted. D. Good-tempered.
11. What’s the best title for the text
A. When Disasters Fall, They Bring Barbecues
B. Barbecues: the Best Comfort Food
C. The Role of Barbecues in Voluntary Activities
D. The Bright Future of Barbecues
D
Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows You are not alone.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried about the weight that comes along with the delicious foods.
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don’t have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Do not miss meals. Before you leave home for a feast, have a small, low-fat snack. This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.
Begin with clear soup, fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat. Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
If you have a sweet tooth, try mints(薄荷） and fruit. They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.
Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess calories.
12. Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may　　　.
A. make you worry about your foods
B. bring you much trouble in your life
C. bring weight problems
D. make you hate delicious foods
13. In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight, you’d better　　　.
A. drink much water and have vegetables only
B. turn away from delicious foods
C. not accept invitations to feasts
D. not eat much food in high fat
14. According to the passage, 　　　 is a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight.
A. clear soup B. physical exercise C. calories of energy D. water
15. Many people can’t help putting on weight after the holidays because they　　　.
A. can’t control themselves B. go to too many feasts
C. enjoy delicious foods from D. can’t help turning away from the foods
第二节：七选五（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。
　16　 People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 　17　 One of the first kinds of money was shells.
Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 　18　
Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money.
　19__ Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 　20　 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
A. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡).
B. Money, as we know, is all made of paper.
C. They began to use paper money.
D. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.
E. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.
F. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.
G. People strung (串联)them together and carried them from place to place.
第二部分 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Finding Home
“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!” I ____ 21____ to my mother as we moved boxes. ____ 22____, going home was not easy because my home was 1, 100 miles away.
I was born and ____ 23____ in northern Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never expected that to ____ 24____ In 2014, my family experienced a tragedy (悲剧), so my parents decided to move to my mom’s hometown of New Orleans.
Only three months after my parents made the ____ 25____ to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. My announcement to my mother that I ____ 26____ the new environment was partly motivated by how hot it was, but it was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down. 1, 100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known, I was ____ 27____. To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Beginning high school is a scary ____ 28____ on its own.
I spent my first few months in New Orleans, ____ 29____ wanting to go home to Virginia. But after a few months of missing home, I ____ 30____ that I had a choice. I could continue thinking about how much I missed my old home, ____ 31____ I could start trying to build a new home right here. I chose the latter.
As soon as I stopped giving all my ____ 32____ to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that people were already giving me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbor taught me how to cook some New Orleans food, and I found a wonderful ____ 33____ of fellow cooks and neighbors. Overall, I seized every possible opportunity to ____ 34____ myself and to rebuild my life.
Because of my resilience (复原力) in creating a new home for myself and the ____ 35____ that people have shown to me, home is right here.
21. A. pointed B. replied C. turned D. announced
22. A. Therefore B. Instead C. Besides D. However
23. A. trained B. raised C. promoted D. fed
24. A. develop B. continue C. change D. exist
25. A. decision B. suggestion C. excuse D. command
26. A. hated B. missed C. preferred D. imagined
27. A. surprised B. frightened C. delighted D. relieved
28. A. performance B. region C. presentation D. experience
29. A. partly B. slightly C. badly D. hardly
30. A. remembered B. realized C. observed D. complained
31. A. and B. but C. or D. so and
32. A. confidence B. patience C. trust D. attention
33. A. generation B. community C. race D. school
34. A. better B. accept C. judge D. teach
35. A. belief B. freedom C. love D. interest
第三部分 语言知识运用(每题1. 5分, 共15 分)
阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Music is one of the most powerful things in my life. 36. ______ (listen)to music can help to motivate me in trying times. When younger, I 37. (have)no great love for music as I do now. I mainly listened to 38. my parents were listening to. Whether I was in the car, in the house, or anywhere else there was sure to be some Beatles, Buddy Holly, or The Dubliners. Now as I'm older, I enjoy it 39. ______ the reason that it allows me to remember my childhood.
I believe music has the power 40. (convey)all sorts of emotions. The song“A Little Bit Longer”by Jonas Brothers is such 41. _______inspiring song that when I hear it, I always come close to tears. The effect42. music can have on our emotions is tremendous, as it can bring people to floods of tears or bursts of 43. _____(laugh).
I believe music affects people in many different ways. To me music is more than just something to listen to or play；it's something to feel. Music is 44. _______(extreme)important in my life. I think it brings me 45. (close)to my friends and family. I also feel that it helps me to get through a difficult time.
第四部分：书面表达（满分40分)
第一节（满分15分）
假设你是李华, 你的叔叔最近因为吸烟而得了肺病。请你根据以下要点提示给他写一封信劝他戒烟。
1. 想吸烟的时候, 可以试着喝些水或吃些健康的小吃；
2. 远离平时经常一起吸烟的朋友。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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第二节（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。
“I’m going to miss you so much, Poppy, ” said the tall, thin teenager. He bent down to hug his old friend goodbye. He stood up, hugged his parents, and smiled, trying not to let his emotions get the better of him.
His parents were not quite able to control theirs. They had driven their son several hours out of town to the university where he would soon be living and studying. It was time to say goodbye for now at least. The family hugged and smiled through misty eyes and then laughed.
The boy lifted the last bag onto his shoulder, and flashed a bright smile. “I guess this is it, ” he said. “I’ll see you back home in a month, okay ” His parents nodded, and they watched as he walked out of sight into the crowds of hundreds of students and parents. The boy’s mother turned to the dog, “Okay, Poppy, time to go back home. ”
The house seemed quiet as a tomb without the boy living there. All that week, Poppy didn’t seem interested in her dinner, her favorite toy, or even in her daily walk. Her owners were sad too, but they knew their son would be back to visit. Poppy didn’t.
They offered the dog some of her favorite peanut butter treats. They even let her sit on the sofa, but the old girl just wasn’t her usual cheerful self. Her owners started to get worried. “What should we do to cheer Poppy up ” asked Dad. “We’ve tried everything. ”
“I have an idea, but it might be a little crazy, ” smiled Mom. “Without anybody left in the house but us, this place could use a bit of fun. Let’s get a little dog for Poppy.
It didn’t take long before they walked through the front door carrying a big box. Poppy welcomed them home as usual but when she saw the box, she stopped. She put her nose on it. Her tail began wagging (摆动) ever so slowly, then faster as she caught the smell.
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；
Para. 1: Dad opened the box and a sweet little dog appeared.
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Para 2：A few weeks later, the boy arrived home from university.
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清原第二高中2020—2021学年度下学期期中考试
高二英语试卷
试卷总分：150分
第一部分 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）
1-3 BCA 4-7 DBDA 8-11 DBCA 12-15 CDBA
第二节：七选五（共5小题；每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5分）
16-20 DFGAC
第二部分 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）
21-25 DDBCA 26-30 ABDCB 31-35 CDBAC
第三部分 语言知识运用(每题1. 5分, 共15 分)
36. Listening 37. have 38. what 39. for 40. to convey
41. an 42. that 43. laughter 44. extremely 45. closer
第四部分：书面表达（满分40分)
第一节（满分15分）
Dear Uncle，
I'm sorry to know that you are ill. We all know smoking does great harm to our health, and I think you'd better give up smoking as soon as possible. Firstly, whenever you want to smoke, try drinking some water or eating some healthy snacks. Secondly, maybe you have some friends who often smoke with you. Stay away from them.
My father used to smoke heavily and once had a serious lung disease, but now he has given up smoking and is living a healthy life. So give up smoking right now. I hope you will do it!
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
Dad opened the box and a sweet little dog appeared. Poppy approached with caution, trying not to scare the puppy. Sure enough, it was only moments later that the ball of fur lifted its head out of the box to peek at its new home and its new friend. Mom and Dad watched delightedly as the two made acquaintances. They were glad to see Poppy coming back to her usual self, guiding the little dog on daily walks and even introducing to it her favorite toys.
A few weeks later, the boy arrived home from university. Hearing his bags unloaded on the driveway, Poppy’s ears pricked up and suddenly she was on all fours. The boy was greeted with a cheerful high-pitched bark. Then the front door popped open and Poppy darted to his embrace, followed by the little one who licked his fingers fondly. Smiling ever so bright, he called out to his parents, who tugged him in for a long hug. Despite the chill autumn wind, their home was filled with the warmth of love and reunion.
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