天津河西四中2020年高二年级第二学期期中线上英语测试试题（含答案）

2020 年河西区四中高二年级期中线上测试英语试题
满分100 分
第一节：单项填空（共15 小题；每小题2 分，满分30 分）
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. The foreigners here are greatly impressed by the fact that _____ people from all walks of life are working hard for _____ new Tianjin.
A. /; a B. /; the C. a; a D. the; the
2. ― What about inviting Tracy to host the party?
— Good idea! She is very quick in mind. Oh, _____ , here she comes.
A. don’t pull my leg B. a little bird told me
C.speak of the devil D. it’s a piece of cake
3. A Chinese proverb has it that a tower is built when soil on earth _____, and a river is formed when streams come together.
A.accumulates B. accelerates C. accommodates D. associates
4. ― Only those who have a lot in common can get along well.
—______ . Opposites sometimes do attract.
A. I hope not B. I think so C. I couldn’t agree more D. I beg to differ
5. In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack______ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a
full meal.
A. less than B. better than C. other than D. rather than
6. More and more people prefer to live in the countryside,______ appeal for them lies in the quiet and slow-paced life.
A. who B. which C. whose D. what
7. ______his conclusion on the evidence he collected on the spot, he proved that the murderer was guilty.
A. Based B. Basing C. To base D. Being based
8. The exchange student from Kenya often shares with us the news of his country and______of his neighboring countries.
A. those B. that C. it D. the one
9. The science competition is a good opportunity to show students______ creativity can add new value to
their school life.
A. where B. whether C. how D. when
10.Five workers______ the mine disaster. After the injured______ to the hospital, doctors and nurses immediately got down to saving their lives.
A. was survived; rushed B. survived from; were rushed
C. survived; was rushed D. survived; were rushed
11.When first coming to the city, my parents often had a chat with neighbors, just as they______ in the countryside.
A.will do B. had done C. have done D. were doing
12.― Mr. Johnson, I’m really sorry _____ you waiting for a long time.
— I know you are very busy at the moment.
A.to have kept B. to be keeping C. to keep D. to have been kept
13.They were initially looking forward to having an overseas wedding but had to drop the idea after facing____from parents.
A.recognition B. toleration C. opposition D. presentation
14.Billy Crystal will host the Academy Awards again this year, and his performances always____the expectations of most audience.
A.sign up for B. drop out of C. give in to D. live up to
15.― Tony____what I did annoying though he didn’t say anything.
— So you think you will have to make an apology?
A.could find B. should have found C. might find D. must have found
第二节: 完形填空(共20 小题；每小题1. 5 分，满分30 分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 ～ 35 各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最
佳选项，将短文内容补充完整。
With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the
world. He 16 played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always 17 his head without a word.
One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). 18 of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever 19 his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift. 20 seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he 21 an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never 22 it.
Several days later, he was 23 to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh 24 . Compared with those of his brothers’ and sisters’, his appeared greener. His father kept his 25 , bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding 26 after growing up.
From then on, the boy slowly became 27 and confident. One evening, he suddenly 28 his biology teacher once said that plants 29 grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?
When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he 30 : Father had been secretly 31 his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.
Decades passed. The boy didn’t become a botanist. 32 , he became the U.S. 33. His name was Franklin
Roosevelt.
34 is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life. 35 it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!
16. A. seldom B. ever C. still D. often
17. A. held B. lowered C. raised D. covered
18. A. Both B. None C. Each D. One
19. A. likes B. grows C. protects D. watches
20. A. And B. But C. Or D. So
21. A. came up with B. got rid of C. put forward D. cared for
22. A. contributed to B. turned to C. got used to D. attended to
23. A. disappointed B. frightened C. surprised D. amused
24. A. roots B. seeds C. branches D. leaves
25. A. balance B. word C. agreement D. opinion
26. A. botanist B. gardener C. president D. teacher
27. A. satisfied B. optimistic C. independent D. upset
28. A. believed B. remembered C. repeated D. knew
29. A. probably B. hardly C. recently D. generally
30. A. understood B. doubted C. wondered D. admitted
31. A. cutting B. watering C. decorating D. fertilizing
32. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. Moreover
33. A. president B. doctor C. lawyer D. teacher
34. A. Water B. Love C. Disability D. Father
35. A. So long as B. If only C. Even though D. Now that
第二部分: 阅读理解(共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项
A
Fitness Center Timetable

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
7:15 a.m. Body Power Aerobics Body Stretch Aerobics Body Burn Body Stretch
10:30 a.m. Beginner Aerobics Beginner Aerobics Aerobics Body Stretch
12:30 p.m. Body Stretch Body Burn Aerobics Beginner Aerobics Body Burn
3:00 p.m. Beginner Aerobics Body Stretch Body Burn Beginner Aerobics
4:45 p.m. Body Burn Aerobics Aerobics Body Power Body Power Body Stretch
5:30 p.m. Aerobics Body Power Body Power Body Burn Body Stretch Body Power
6:30 p.m. Aerobics Body Burn BodyBurn Beginner Aerobics Body Power
7:30 p.m. Beginner Aerobics Body Stretch Beginner Aerobics Aerobics
Body Power: This class uses weights and aerobic movements (a form of very active physical exercise) to increase strength while burning fat. It is suitable for all levels for fitness.
Aerobics: This is a low to middle level of difficulty aerobic class. It is good for beginner to average levels of fitness.
Beginner Aerobics: This class has a low level of difficulty and simple aerobic movements. It is mainly for people who have not exercised before or who are just returning after a long break or injury.
Body Stretch (hold your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles): This is a relaxation class which stretches all the muscle groups. It is suitable for all levels of fitness. People who exercise regularly or have a stressful lifestyle would also greatly improve their health in this class.
Body Burn: This is a high level of difficulty aerobic class that mainly aims at fat burning. It is only for those people with a very high level of fitness.
36. On Wednesday the fitness class at 6: 30 p. m. is______ .
A.Aerobics B. Body Power C. Body Burn D. Beginner Aerobics
37. The two classes that are suitable for all levels of fitness are______ .
A. Aerobics and Body Power B. Body Burn and Aerobics
C. Body Power and Body Stretch D. Body Stretch and Beginner Aerobics
38. Lena wants to go to the City Gym on Friday. She has not exercised for a long time. The best time for her to go would be______ .
A. 3:00 p.m. B. 5:30 p.m. C. 7:15 a. m. D. 12:30 p.m.
39. The main goal of the Body Burn is to______ .
A.reduce fat B. reduce stress C. increase strength D. increase muscle size
B
As I jogged over the bridge and round the corner on my regular early morning run, he was standing opposite the jeweler’s, looking extremely suspicious. But the moment he saw me, instead of trying to avoid me, he came straight across the road as I drew level with the jeweler’s. Halfway across he began addressing me: “I thought you were going to…” — but his voice trailed away as he received no reply and no sign of recognition from me. It was quite obvious that he had mistaken me for someone else. But he started up again as if nothing had happened．“Good morning, ” he said．“Nice to bump into someone so early. Someone to talk to. I’ve taken to talking to myself on this job.”
I hate meeting people when I’m out early, and I was almost out of breath, so I just paused in my stride,
nodded in a friendly manner, and went on up the road. The stranger had spoken quietly, and quite slowly. And I had noticed that he was well dressed, too. But if he looked suspicious dressed like that at that time of the morning, what about me? I was in a track suit, with an old sweater round my shoulders and a cap on my head．As to his odd remark about “talking to himself on this job”, I hadn’t paid any attention to it, although now it began to worry me. Was he perhaps a plain clothes policeman? At the time I somehow felt he was.
I had just turned the corner into the High Street when I heard the sound of breaking glass somewhere behind me, and I thought the sound came from the street I had just left. I stopped dead and almost without thinking looked back around the corner. The stranger was not there, but almost immediately an alarm bell in the jeweler’s began ringing furiously.
I found out later that a burglar had broken into the jeweler’s shop and stolen watches and rings worth about ￡5,000. The police are still looking into the matter, but I’m afraid to go and tell them what I know now because they might even suspect me of committing the crime, and it might be difficult for me to prove my innocence. After all, I haven’t offered my assistance as a witness, and the only other person around that morning was the “stranger” who had spoken to me.
40. From the passage we can infer that the author______ .
A. always goes past the jeweler’s
B. didn’t like talking to the strangers
C. meets a few people every morning
D. saw a plain clothes policeman that morning
41. Why did the stranger talk to the author?
A. Because the stranger took the author as someone else.
B. Because the stranger loved talking to people.
C. Because the stranger recognized the writer.
D. Because the stranger took a job of talking to himself.
42. Why did the stranger seem suspicious?
A. He was about to go into the jeweler’s.
B. He was far too friendly.
C. He was dressed too well for that time.
D. He talked to himself a lot.
43. If the writer had been on the spot, ______.
A. he might have been badly injured
B. he would have seen what happened
C. he wouldn’t have heard the alarm bell
D. the stranger wouldn’t have broken the window
44. What idea does the author convey in the last paragraph?
A. he thinks the stranger is innocent
B. the burglar didn’t steal very much
C. he might commit the crime to the police
D. he hesitates whether to report to the police about what he knew
C
I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happened to be that put-upon member of society ― a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I’m convinced that things are being run just to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a new motto for the so-called “service” organization ― Staff Before Service. How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there aren’t enough staff on duty at all the service counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to increase counter staff. Yet supermarkets, hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that bringing all their cash registers into operation at any time would increase expenses. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service counters to be occupied “at times when demand is low”.
It’s the same with hotels. Because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is lowered. As for us guests (and how the meaning of that word has been cut away little by little.), we just have to put up with it. There’s also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been gradually withdrawn from service in the interests of “efficiency” (i.e. profits) and replaced by coin-eating machines which supply everything from beer to medicine, not to mention the
creeping（慢慢加剧的） threat of the tea-making set in your room: a kettle with teabags, milk bags and sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I don’t, especially when I am paying for “service”.
Our only hope is to repeat our anger whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, restore that other,older saying ― Take Our Custom（买卖） Elsewhere.
45. The author feels that nowadays customers are ______.
A.not provided with proper service
B.considered to be lower members of society
C.not worthy of special treatment
D.regarded as privileged
46. In the author’s opinion, the quality of service is changing because .
A.more consideration is given to the staff than customers
B.customers are becoming more demanding
C.customers are unwilling to be satisfied with
D.the staff are less considerate than employers
47.According to the author, long queues at counters are caused by______ .
A.deliberate（故意的）understaffing
B.lack of cooperation among staff
C.the reducing supply of good staff
D.inefficient staff
48. The disappearance of old-style hotel porters can be attributed to the fact that______.
A.the personal touch is less appreciated nowadays
B.few people are willing to do this type of work
C.machines are more reliable than human beings
D.self-service provides a cheaper alternative
49. The author’s final solution to the problem discussed in the passage is______ .
A.to put up with whatever service is provided
B.to fully use all kinds of coin-eating machines
C.to make strong complaints wherever necessary
D.to go where good service is available
D
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general classes. Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics, and wars. But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology. In addition, information about the daily activities of our ancestors ― or of people very different from our own ― can be provided by art. In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a time and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than what can be found in most history books.
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented: that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is subjective: it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Franciso Goya was perhaps the first truly political artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May, 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people. Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to express the horror of war. Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clements Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros ― as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martinez ― showed these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems.
In the same way, art can reflect a culture’s religious beliefs. Four hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible. Although most people couldn’t read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls. By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was (and still is) its absence of human and animal images. This reflects the Islamic（伊斯兰教的）belief that statues are unholy（不神圣的；亵渎的）.
50.Which of the following sentences is WRONG according to the passage?
A.Art history concentrates on religious beliefs, emotions and psychology only.
B.Art can provide information about the everyday activities of ancient people.
C.Information and facts about politics are given objectively in history.
D.Franciso Goya was perhaps the first truly political artist.
51.History books are objective because______ .
A.personal and emotional opinions are expressed through it
B.it will make the viewers angry and sad about history
C.it can help us understand historical facts better
D.opinions about facts are not expressed
52.The two pictures The Third of May, 1808 and Guernica mentioned in paragraph 2 show that______ .
A.art is subjective
B.artists are very similar even over a hundred years
C.art can reflect political life of a country
D.history books present objective information
53.In paragraph 2, the underlined “another continent” refers to______ .
A.Europe B. America C. Mexico D. Middle East
54.The passage is mainly discussing______ .
A.the difference between general history and art history
B.the development of art history
C.the influence of artists on art history
D.what we can learn from art
55.It may be concluded from this passage that______ .
A.Islamic artists focus on creating architectural decorations with pictures of flowers or geometric (几何) forms
B.history teachers are more objective than artists
C.it is more difficult to study art history than general history
D. people and stories from the Bible were painted on churches and other buildings in order to popularize the Bible






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