辽宁省锦州市渤大重点高级中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（Word版含答案，无听力试题 ）

2020-2021学年度第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题
注意∶考试时间 120 分钟;满分150分。
本试题共三部分。
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）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
A European Union programme is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time. It uses three dimensional (3-D)printing to recreate famous paintings so that they can be touched.
One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt's The Kis. It is a popular attraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria. The painting shows a man and a woman standing in a field filed with flowers. They are wearing gold robes and have their arms around each other. The man leans down to kiss the woman.
Klimt finished the painting in 1908. Until now. people who have trouble seeing cannot enjoy the artwork. But thanks to the reproduction（复制品）they can touch the piece and feel the ridges（隆起）and depressions（凹陷）. Andreas Reichinger started making 3-Dversions of artwork in 2010. He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple's robes are so detailed（精细的）.
Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor. She touched the reproduction. As she moved her hands around it, she said, "Exactly, can you see these There are so many details. "Raditsch said she can imagine what the original painting looks like when she touches the reproduction. "It's somehow round. You can feel it. It comes with it. And in many places it's so smooth. And then I think to myself it probably shines too!" Raditsch said.
The Belvedere is not the only museum to have 3-D versions of its artworks. Some of the pieces at the Prado, in Madrid, Spain, have reproductions that can be touched. But the piece in Vienna has one special part: it is made with widely available 3-D printing technology. That means one day, blind art fans anywhere in the world could download the source files and print the reproductions themselves.
1. What is The Kiss
A. A European Union project. B. A popular painting. C. A 3-D technology. D. A famous museum.
2. Why did Reichinger say this reproduction was difficult to finish
A. The painting was reproduced detailedly.
B. The original artwork was made in 1908.
C. Blind art fans can't download the source files.
D. The 3-D technology is not available.
3. What is the best title for the text
A. A European Union programme for museum visitors
B. How to reproduce the world-famous paintings
C. A special museum for art fans in Vienna, Austria
D. 3-D printing lets the blind experience famous paintings
B
Photography（摄影） is a very popular art form. Anyone with a camera or a mobile phone can practise it. A picture communicates in a way that words often can't. As the photographer Destin Sparks put it, "Photography is the story I fail to put into words. "And there's no better chance to practise the art of photography than during our vacation time.
Holiday photos have been a part of the culture of travellers for a long time. For decades, vacationers have made sure they've packed a camera along with bathing suits, Hawaian shirts and sunglasses. A camera is an important holiday item. But over the last 10 years, photography has become much more popular. It's easy to capture（捕捉）still and moving pictures of places of interest and it's also easy to show off these pictures on social media. Armed with their smart phones, tourist this year more than ever, are capturing the beauty of our planet.
Of course, travel companies have caught on to this. TrekkSoft has an example of photo-tourism from the United States, a land with a vast choice of beautiful locations. Antelope Slot Canyon Tous in Arizona specializes in tours of the state's famous canyons（峡谷）, which gives photographers the chance to capture them on camera.
Most of the tourists are able to make beautiful images with just their mobile phones. Still, help is on hand from the tour guide for those who aren't great at using their cameras. These tour guides have taken a course in photography in case the skills they've learned would help their customers.
4. According to the writer, which of the following can be the best time to practise photography
A. The time when people are travelling around.
B. The time when people have no words to say.
C. The time when you have a tour guide to help you.
D. The time when you have a mobile phone with you.
5. Why has photography become much more popular in the past ten years
A. More and more people have cameras.
B. The planet is becoming more beautiful.
C. Visiting places of interest becomes easy.
D. Posting pictures on social media becomes easy.
6. What does the underlined word "this" in Paragraph3refer to
A. The beauty of our planet.
B. The tourism in the United States.
C. The popularity of holiday photography.
D. The technology of photography.
7. What is special about Antelope Slot Canyon Tours
A. Its wide choices. B. Its photo-tourism.
C. Its best tour guide. D . Its great photography course.
C
Photographer Lindsey Villatoro gave one family the most beautiful gif. She organized a fake wedding ceremony so that a terminal（不治的）ill father could walk his Il-year-old daughter down the aisle.
Jim Zetz, 62, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and knew that he wouldn't be around for all the big moments in his daughter Josie's life. So when Villatoro heard about the family's heartbreaking story, she decided to do something special for them.
"One day you'll wake up and realize you're given the opportunity to change someone's life for the better, "Villatoro wrote in the description of the wedding video. "If you get an idea, don't think twice and run with it. It was an honour doing this for them. "
Villatoro first met Zetz and his family when she was invited to take one of their final family photos together. When Zetz's wife mentioned that Josie was upset that her father wouldn't be around for "memories down the line", Villatoro decided to help out.
Amazingly, the photographer managed to organize a mini-wedding in the family's backyard within 72 hours! With the help of financial contributions from the local community, she gathered a wedding cake, a dress, flowers, and make-up for the little girl. Friends, family, and even strangers attended the event to show their support.
"Your dad may not live to see you get married, but he is here to walk you down the aisle today, "Gary Galbraith, the pastor（牧师）, said in the ceremony. "The daddy and daughter relationship is one of the most special relationships in life. "
At the ceremony Zetz placed a ring on Josie's finger as the pastor called them "daddy and daughter". Josie's mini-wedding coincided（同时发生）with her 11th birthday. Her mother said, "I knew it would be her last birthday with her dad. If I were Josie, this would be the best gif anyone could give. "
"It was a beautiful ceremony, "the neighbour Jennifer Stout said. "It's sad to think of someone so young losing her dad but at least she will have a memory of this event. "
8. Why did Villatoro help to organize the wedding ceremony
A. To celebrate Josie's birthday. B. To meet Zetz's demand.
C. To comfort the dying father. D. To satisfy Josie's wish.
9. From the passage, we can know that ______________
A. Josie didn't know about his father's illness
B. Josie was not satisfied with the wedding ceremony
C. the wedding ceremony gained much support
D. Zetz was fighting his illness bravely
10. Which of the following words can best describe Villatoro
A. Greedy. B. Skilful. C. Helpful. D. Hard-working.
11. What's the main idea of the passage
A. The dying father walked his daughter down the aisle.
B. The 11-year-old daughter was sad for losing her father.
C. Photographer Lindsey Villatoro filmed an important event.
D. Josie spent her last birthday with her dying father.
D
Black holes were first put forward by Albert Einstein in 1916. However, scientists had not proved their existence directly. That changed on April 10, 2019, with the release of the first photo of a black hole in the centre of the galaxy（星系）M87, located 55 million light years from Earth.
The photo does not show the black hole itself. That's because they are black and so they can't be seen in space. The scientists used radio signals to capture（拍摄） the black hole's "shadow"—the bright ring that forms around its edge, when light bends because of the extreme gravity around the hole.
The M87 black hole, believed to have a mass 6. 5 billion times that of our sun, was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope（EHT）——a network of eight powerful telescopes（望远镜）. The telescopes, located in Hawaii, Arizona, Chile, Mexico, Spain and Antarctica, separately captured the black hole's radio signals over four nights in April 2017, when the weather was fine in all six places. This data was transported to a centre where it was dealt with by a supercomputer to form the photo of the black hole's shadow. The researchers say while the photo is slightly blurry, future photos will be clearer as more telescopes are added to the EHT. Black holes are not easy to capture on camera because they are surrounded by thick dusty and hot gases.
Black holes are areas in space where the pulling strength of gravity is so powerful that even light is unable to escape. They can be different widely in size and mass. The smallest, called "primordial" black holes are as small as a single atom but with a mass of a big mountain. "Stellar" black holes, which are the most common, have a diameter（直径）of about 10 miles and a mass 20 times that of our sun. The largest or "supermassive" black holes, similar to that of M87's, can have a mass greater than millions, or even billions of suns combined.
l2. What can we infer from the first paragraph
A. Einstein's prediction about black holes is right.
B. Einstein captured the black hole a century ago.
C. Scientists haven't proved black holes' presence.
D. The black hole has been known for centuries.
13. What did the scientists use to capture the black hole's "shadow"
A. Moon light. B. Natural light. C. Radio signals. D. Sound waves.
14. What does the underlined word "blurry" in the third paragraph probably mean
A. Not big. B. Not clear. C. Not new. D. Not attractive.
15. What can we know about the M87 black hole
A. It is almost empty. B. It is the smallest one. C. It is very bright. D. It is very large.
第二节（共5小题;每小题2. 5分, 满分12. 5分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The first World Friendship Day was proposed for July 30, 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade, an international civil organization to foster a culture of peace through friendship. 16. ______. Just as in the US and several other countries, the festival has been greatly commercialized（商业化）.
Days before the festival, card and gift companies launch a large campaign to attract people into buying cards and gifts for their friends Streets and stores are filed with advertising programmes aimed at young people. 17. _____. This marketing strategy（策略）has been severely criticized by many people. Many feel that such crazy commercialization has damaged the meaning of Friendship Day.
18. ___________, especially the pink and yellow ones. The day is observed with great pleasure and merry. A highly popular thing connected with the day is the well-known friendship band—the modern day symbol of friendship that friends give to one another to form an everlasting bond. Friendship bands are the favourite items for youngsters and available in stores all over the country. Friendship poems and Friendship Day gifts are exchanged between best friends to renew the bond of friendship and express gratitude and love for each other. 19. _____________
Since its beginning in 1935, Friendship Day celebrations have come a long way. 20. ___________ Friendship Day remains the time when you acknowledge your friends' contribution in your life, express love for them, cherish their presence in your life and pay them a salute. Today, Friendship Day is being celebrated around the globe, across diverse cultures and social periods.
A. The popular customs of Friendship Day include handing over roses
B. The idea of honouring friendship was adopted by a few countries in Asia
C. Restaurants offer special discounts to make the most of the time as well
D. These days, however, it is celebrated with a lot of showing off and expenses
E. These are new ways of celebrations of this day that have grown in popularity
F. The original idea for a day of friendship came from Hallmark Cards in the 1930s
G. But however much the ways of celebrations have changed, the basic idea behind the occasion remains the same
第二部分∶语言运用（共两节, 满分30分）
第一节（共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分）
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from Chicago to spend a week with my husband in Florida. We were 21 about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and my daughter _22 her dad terribly.
As usual, the plane was totally 23. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we arrived at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were 24 _by the aisle（过道）. I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, _25_we could be together. They 26, saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats. Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a panic several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and 27 the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row 28 refused to move elsewhere. She was very worried about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody 29 to help her. There were a troop of Boy Scouts（章童子军）on 30. Suddenly the scoutmaster stood up and said, "Ma'am, I think we can help you. "He then spent five minutes rearranging his group so that enough space was 31 for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without 32, and the mother's relief was obvious.
Seeing that, Kallie began to panic at the 33of not being next to me. I told her that there was nothing I could do. Suddenly, the man sitting next to the scoutmaster, 34_to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats " 35 to his and the scoutmaster's. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie's window seat.
After that, I have been calling my kids to join Boy Scouts because I believe it is the sharing and love that matter.
21. A. curious B. anxious C. enthusiastic D. extraordinary
22. A. loved B. considered C. imagined D. missed
23. A. full B. brilliant C. empty D. overweight
24. A. disturbed B. blocked C. separated D. connected
25. A. in case B. even if C. as if D. so that
26. A. prevented B. refused C. agreed D. promised
27, A. however B. otherwise C . therefore D. instead
28. A. too B. also C. ever D. even
29. A. suggested B. offered C. provided D. supplied
3O. A. duty B. watch C. board D. spot
31. A. suitable B. available C. probable D. comfortable
32, A. permission B. excuse C. apology D. complaint
33. A. thought B. end C. feeling D. sense
34. A. turned up B. turned around C. turned out D. turned away
35. A. sticking B. keeping C. feeling D. pointing
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。
Paper cutting is one of the most popular folk arts in China. Today, there is almost no limit 36. _________the number of subjects 37. _________can be explored with paper cuts.
The first paper cuts 38.____________(make) during the Han Dynasty. At one point in history, the art of paper cutting was very 39. __________ (common) practiced in Chinese homes In the higher social classes, a woman's status could even be measured 40__________(base) on her paper cutting skills.
When the techniques used in paper cutting spread to different 41_________(part) of the world, the art developed, 42. ________(take) on different local colours. Thus. in China it is called jianzhi 43_________ in Japan it is called monkiri. In modern times, paper cuts are still widely used 44._________ (decorate) doors and windows, particularly during the Chinese New Year. Small paper cuts can also be used to add a 45__________(person)touch to greeting cards and bookmarks.
第三部分∶写作（共两节, 满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假如你是李华, 你的美国朋友 Peter 最近因几次考试成绩不佳而感到很苦恼。为此, 请你用英语写封信安慰他, 主要内容包括∶
1. 鼓励他振作起来;2. 提出合理建议;3. 给予希望。
注意：
1. 词数80左右;
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出, 但不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
After reading your last letter, I am sorry to learn that_____________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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端, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
New Year was just around the corner. I was in the second grade then, 7 years old. One day, on my way home from school, aleady gave me a piece of paper saying that the neighbourhood was asking people to give New Year presents to those who needed them. When I got home, I showed my mother the paper and said that I wanted to take part in this plan. My mother thought this was a very good idea and encouraged me to spread kindness to others less fortunate than us. She said we would become "Neighbourhood Angels（天使）".
Several days later, my mother said, "Get ready, and we will go. ""Where are we going " I asked my mother. "I will drive you to Boots Department Store to buy something that you think would be suitable for a neighbourhood present, "she replied. As we went into the store, my mother gave me f20 to pay for the present. Then she said, "I’ll se you outside in the car. "She left me alone to do the shopping. I was not used to buying things on my own, as I had always been with one of my parents before. Everything seemed very strange and confusing to me, but I carried on. I asked myself what I should buy and for whom. An idea quickly occurred to me. There was a poor boy called Ralph who lived in our neighbourhood. I used to see him often without a jacket during the freezing winter months, so I decided, then and there, to buy him a warm jacket.
I looked at many jackets and eventually chose a heavy blue one. The price was just within my spending limit. The assistant at the checkout asked, "Is this for someone ", as I paid for the jacket happily. I said it was, and she wished me a Happy New Year. I felt as if I were a real "Neighbourhood Angel"
注意∶
1. 所续写的短文词数应为150词左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已经为你写好;
Paragraph 1:
That evening, my mother helped me pack the jacket in beautiful paper.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph2:
My mother and I waited breathlessly for Ralph's front door to open and finally it opened.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
高二英语期中答案
1-5 BADAD 6-10 CBDCC 11-15 AACBD 16-20 DCAEG
21-25 CDACD 26-30 BCBBC 31-35 BDABD
36. to 37. that/which 38. were made monly 40. based
41. parts 42. taking 43. while 44. to decorate 45. personal
写作∶
Dear Peter
After reading your last letter, I am sorry to learn that you are feeling upset because of failing in exams recently.
Personally, as middle school students, we all should take many exams and it is natural to experience failures sometimes, so there is no need to feel too bad. Instead, cheer up and find ways to reduce your worries. Why not go on an outing with your friends or find time to listen to your favourite music What's more, it's better to explore a new learning method which is better and more suitable for you. You can also turn to your teachers for help.
So long as you improve your ways of learning and work harder, I am sure you will succeed in the near future.
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写
One possible version:
That evening, my mother helped me pack the jacket in beautiful paper: She wrote "To Ralph, from a person who cares about you" on it, after which she drove me over to Ralph's house in the neighbourhood. My mother parked down the street. I took a deep breath and dashed to his front door. Seeing no other people notice us, I threw the New Year's present down on his steps, pressed his door bell and then hid in the car.
My mother and I waited breathlessly for Ralph's front door to open and finally it opened. Out came Ralph. Seeing the jacket, he looked astonished and then called his mother to come out. After hearing them say "Thanks" loudly, I felt very proud of what I had done. At that time I decided to be a good person spreading kindness forever. It was on that night that I realized the truth that he who has no kindness in his heart will never find kindness in someone else's.