山西省盂县第三中学校2020-2021学年高二第二学期期中考试英语试卷 Word版含答案（无听力）

盂县三中2020-2021学年高二第二学期期中考试
高二英语
（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分）
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
4 World Heritage (遗产)Sites in China
The Temple of Heaven
Located in the southern part of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven is a magnificent complex (综合建筑群) of fine cultural buildings set in gardens. The sacred (神圣的) place served as a complex of sacrificial (献祭的) buildings for the Ming and Qing emperors, and is the largest one in Beijing among several royal altars (神坛) to Heaven, Earth, the Sun , the Moon and other symbolic forces of nature. It symbolizes the relationship between earth and heaven --- the human world and God’s world --- which stands at the heart of Chinese cosmogony (宇宙进化论).
Mogao Caves
Located on south-east of the Dunhuang oasis, Gansu province, the Mogao caves, also known as the Thousand-Buddha Caves, are the world’s largest and longest used treasure house of Buddhist art. According to historical records, the carving of the caves started in 366 AD and continued for about 1000 years. The 492 well-preserved cells and cave sanctuaries (内殿)in Mogao, housing about 45000 square meters of murals (壁画)and more than 2000 painted sculptures (雕塑), are well-known for their statues (雕像)and wall paintings.
Fujian tulou
Fujian tulou consists of (is made up of) 46 buildings constructed (built) between the 15th and 20th centuries. Several stories high, the earthen houses were built along an inward-looking , circular(圆形的) or square floor plan as housing for up to 800 people each. They were built for defense(防御) purposes around a central open courtyard (庭院)with only one entrance and windows to the outside only above the first floor. Housing a whole clan (家族), the houses functioned as village units and were known as “ a little kingdom for the family”.
The Leshan Giant Buddha
The Leshan Giant Buddha is said to be the biggest Buddha statue in the world. The way in which the cultural features (特色) have been integrated (成为一体)with the natural scenery is considered to be a precious legacy (遗产).The Giant Buddha statue, carved on the mountain, stands 71m high, with its back against Mount Jiuding. There are more than 90 stone carvings and Buddha shrines (神坛)on both sides of the Giant Buddha.
1．Which of the following served as a sacrificial place in the past ?
A．Fujian tulou. B．Mogao.
C．The Temple of Heaven. D．The Leshan Giant Buddha.
2．What feature of Fujian tulou shows its defensive function ?
A．They are several stories high. B．They can hold hundreds of people.
C．They have windows on the first floor. D．They have only one access to the outside.
3．What do Mogao Caves and The Leshan Giant Buddha have in common ?
A．They were both royal places. B．They were both found in caves.
C．They are both religious resorts (名胜). D．They both have historic murals.
B
Let me explain a bit by telling you where the challenge came from. I have many things in common with my dad, like music taste and sense of humour, but sadly reading isn’t one of them. I can happily spend a whole day curled up with a book but my dad can’t read a book for longer than about 5 minutes. He reads emails, websites and documents for work, but not books. I think that sitting down to read for just 15 minutes a day is a good way to relax. Giving yourself a goal or a challenge is a good way to change a habit or achieve something, so why not try to create a new habit of reading?
I know lots of people would rather relax on their computers or in front of the TV. Everyone is different and has their own interests, but I think there are lots of benefits from reading, which screen-based activities (games, films, TV) don’t have.
One thing I personally love about reading is being transported to another world. I often forget the time or things that are going on around me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to a different world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better. While watching a film, I often talk to my flatmates, send texts, or paint my nails. A book, on the other hand, commands your full attention.
Reading gives you the chance to get to know hundreds of new people! It also teaches you to see things from other people’s point of view, and understand other people’s decisions or opinions, With a book, you can hear everything a character is thinking or feeling—you really can be inside someone else’s head!
So give it a go! Take 15 minutes when you’re waking up, going to bed, eating lunch, or having a coffee. If you read a lot, why not try 15 minutes of an English book, or pass the challenge on to someone else? Good luck, and happy reading.
4. What can we learn about the author’s father?
A. He is kind-hearted B. He lacks humor.
C. He has a gift for singing. D. He doesn’t like reading
5. Why is the author fond of reading?
A. Because she bears too much pressure.
B. Because it benefits her a lot.
C. Because it’s the best way to kill time.
D. Because she hates to be in front of the TV or computers.
6. What is the difference between reading and watching TV according to the author?
A. Reading needs more attention than watching TV does.
B. Watching TV makes one more relaxed than reading does.
C. Reading can widen people’s interest while watching TV can’t.
D. Watching TV brings one to a different world while reading doesn’t.
7. What’s the best title for the text?
A. Reading helps to relax. B. Is reading really challenging?
C. The 15 minutes reading challenge. D. The gap between my father and me.
C
Huge areas of the Amazon, which serves as the lungs of the planet by taking in carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, are burning. Smoke from the widespread fires have turned day into night in Sao Paulo. The fires have covered the Brazilian city of San Paulo in dark smoke, and raising concerns that the rainforest, which is one of the most biologically diverse regions on earth.
The recent Amazon fires have been widespread and some happened rather suddenly. Farmers cleared land for agriculture and also burned areas of rainforest for further development. Cleared rainforests in this region are typically used for cattle farming and growing soybeans, and much of the land-clearing is done illegally. One contributing factor to the fires in the Amazon is the fact that it is the dry season there, the time of year when wildfires tend to break out from human activities, either intentionally or by accident.
The Amazon, which spans 2.12 million square miles, sucks up about a quarter of the 2.4 billion metric 57 tons of carbon that global forests absorb each year. However, the ability of the rainforest to pull in more carbon than it releases is diminishing weakened by changing weather patterns, deforestation and increasing tree mortality（死亡率）, among other factors.
According to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, the fires have led to a clear increase in carbon monoxide- emissions as well as planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, posing a threat to human health and aggravating global warming.
If the Amazon were to turn into a consistent net source of carbon emissions, it would accelerate global warming while also leading to a huge loss in species that are not found anywhere else on earth.
8．What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A．The introduction of the Amazon fires B．The seriousness of the Amazon fires
C．The likely causes of the Amazon fires D．The influence of the Amazon fires
9．What does the underlined word "diminishing" in paragraph 3 mean?
A．lowering B．decreasing C．increasing D．enlarging
10．Which of the following is not mentioned as a result of the Amazon fires?
A．human health B．global warming C．deforestation D．species loss
11．What can be a suitable title for the passage?
A．Amazon: Where have all the trees gone?
B．Cutting trees should be prohibited in Amazon
C．Why are trees so important in Amazon
D．Amazon fires could accelerate global warming and causing lasting harm to us
D
Singapore researchers say they have developed a form of electronic skin that can create a sense of touch. They hope their invention will give people with prosthetic hands(假肢)the ability to identify different objects.
The skin device measures 1 square centimeter. The system contains 100 small sensors that attempt to recreate things like texture(质地)，temperature and even pain. The researchers call the device Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin(ACES)，which can process information faster than the human’s nervous system. Machine learning methods trained the device to recognize 20 to 30 different textures. It can even correctly read Braille letters(布莱叶盲文)most of the time.
The system does not require the users’ movement to work. They just need to slide to feel texture. But in this case the skin，with just a single touch，is able to detect textures of different roughness.
A demonstration showed that the device could identify the difference between a soft ball and a solid plastic one. “When you lose your sense of touch，you essentially become numb and prosthetic users face that problem，”said Benjamin Tee，leader of the research team. “So by recreating an artificial version of the skin for their prosthetic devices，they can hold a hand and feel the warmth and feel that it is soft. ”
Tee said his idea for the device came from the movie Star Wars，when character Luke Skywalker loses his right hand and it is replaced with a robotic one. In the film，the new hand is able to experience touch sensations just like the real one.
The artificial skin technology is still going through experiments and development. But Tee said there had already been a lot of interest in the system，especially from the medical community. Tee said similar inventions that his team has developed include see-through skin that can repair itself when torn and a material for wearable electronic devices that gives off light.
12．What can we learn about the artificial skin in Paragraph 2?
A．It is sensitive to high temperature. B．It reacts faster than our nervous system.
C．It can recognize different objects. D．It helps the users memorize Braille letters.
13．What can be inferred from Benjamin Tee’s words?
A．The artificial skin feels like a real thing.
B．People with the artificial skin feel warm.
C．People don’t want to lose the sense of touch.
D．He is sympathetic towards the prosthetic users.
14．What inspired Benjamin Tee to create the artificial skin?
A．The desire to help those in need. B．The life of the disabled.
C．A dream of earning more money. D．A scene from a famous movie.
15．Which word can best describe the artificial skin technology?
A．Profitable. B．Stable. C．Promising. D．Challenging.
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。
The world has a water problem which is simple to understand but not to solve. The amount of water in the world is limited. Water usage in the world has increased during the past 10 years. Usages will continue to increase as the population grows and uses more water. A third of the world’s population lives in countries that have too little water. 16
It’s strange to think that there is more than enough water available for everyone’s basic needs. 17 Some countries are much drier than others, for example Sudan in Africa. The UN says that people need a minimum of 50 litres of water a day for drinking, washing, cooking and sanitation (卫生). In 1990, over a billion people did not have even that. Water shortages can mean long walks to get water, high prices to buy it, food insecurity and disease from drinking dirty water. 18
Governments that try to improve water supplies need to think carefully about how to do this. 19 But in many cases, the environment and the habitats of plants and animals are threatened by the dams as a result.
20 New technology can help, especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water usable, and in agriculture, where water use can be made far more efficient. For millions of people around the world, solving the problem is a matter of life and death.
A. So what can help?
B. It’s just not spread evenly（均匀地，平衡地）throughout the world.
C. Unfortunately, it’s poor people who suffer most.
D. By 2025, scientists expect this to increase to two-thirds.
E. Dams and other large projects now provide millions with water.
F. Electricity from these dams can provide people with clean energy.
G. The rest along major rivers in the world have no worry about water.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every day after school, Dorothea Lange walked through the streets of downtown Manhattan. She moved so 21 that no one really noticed her at all. Dorothea didn’t mind going unnoticed--it gave her a 22 to see the things she wanted to see.
Dorothea had a 23 childhood and she felt different from other people. She had a 24 disability. When she was seven, a disease 25 her with a limp (跛行). Also, when she was twelve, her father 26 the family, leaving her mother to care for the kids. Dorothea spent many hours alone, 27 people around her going about their lives. Over time, she gradually developed a special 28 ---she saw beauty in things that others didn’t even 29 . Even before she held a camera in her hands, she could still capture these pictures in her 30 .
In 1914, Dorothea, 31 Arnold Genthe, a famous photographer to make her his assistant. She watched 32 he did and soon became an accomplished photographer. In 1919, Dorothea 33 her own studio and became successful. The pictures Dorothea took during the Great Depression captured people’s 34 and their hopelessness. 35 the photos also captured their pride and honor. She saw in these people a determination that nothing could 36 . Using her camera, Dorothea kept a 37 of people who would have otherwise been forgotten.
Throughout her life, Dorothea 38 her camera around her neck almost every day. The pictures she made 39 ago are still teaching us to see that 40 can always be found in the determination of human spirit.
21. A. excitedly B. hurriedly C. anxiously D. quietly
22. A. chance B. call C. lift D. memory
23. A. simple B. happy C. hard D. starving
24. A. mental B. physical C. hearing D. speaking
25. A. caused B. kept C. left D. led
26. A. abolished B. abandoned C. delivered D. dismissed
27. A. ignoring B. searching C. following D. watching
28. A. habit B. hobby C. gift D. ambition
29. A. solve B. tolerate C. notice D. foresee
30. A. mind B. photo C. face D. hurry
31. A. encouraged B. invited C. forced D. convinced
32. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
33. A. made up B. took up C. came up D. set up
34. A. despair B. honesty C. willingness D. carelessness
35. A. For B. But C. So D. As
36. A. get across B. take away C. break out D. give up
37. A. record B. message C. chart D. note
38. A. pulled B. hung C. showed D. hid
39. A. days B. weeks C. months D. decades
40. A. regret B. experience C. beauty D. depression
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。
After 41 (select) to be on behalf of our high school in a huge, citywide festival, I knew that I would have to give a speech before hundreds of people. In spite of my 42 (anxious), I decided to take on this challenge and overcome my fear of public speaking.
I stood on stage in my white dress with seven hundred pairs of eye 43 (stare) at me. Some people were watching quietly, while others were laughing. Little 44 they know that as I stood there looking confident, my heart was beating 45 a drum.
At the beginning of my speech, the nervousness which showed in my voice was easy 46 (notice). However, as the crowd quieted down, 47 sense of confidence began to build in me, 48 relieved my muscles and rapid breathing. This showed that the weeks I had spent 49 (practise) before my bedroom mirror was paying off. At the end of the speech, I took a bow, realizing that inside of me, there was a girl 50 (strong) than her fear.
第三部分 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）
英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号 （^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词。
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。
We are in the last year of high school. It's time for us to have clear future career plan. Since my childhood, I had been dreaming of becoming a doctor. When known Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize, I was great inspired by her to learn medicine. Especially this year, the spirit of doctors has hardened our determination to study medicine to save people's lives. It is their wisdom and efforts which have saved tens of thousand of people. Difficult though it is to make my dream to come true, something will stop me achieving it. I will concentrate on my study to get ready to my future major in college.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，上周在某团定了一次pizza外卖。但是送餐时间比预定时间晚了近一个小时。你打电话询问商家和送餐员时，他们却互相推卸责任。请你根据以下提示，给该网站负责人写一封投诉信：
1．表明写信的目的
2．陈述你遇到的具体问题
3．提出解决问题的方案
注意：
1．词数为100左右；
2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
提示词：送餐员：delivery boy
Dear Sir/ Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
英语答案
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分60分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
1-3 CDC 4-7 DBAC 8-11CBCD 12-15 BADC
第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
16-20 DBCEA
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
21-25DACBC 26-30BDCCA 31-35DADAB 36-40BABDC
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
41. being selected 42. anxiety 43. staring 44. did 45. like 46. to notice 47. a 48. which 49. practising 50. stronger
第三部分 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）
51.clear前加a 52.had改为have 53. known改为knowing 54. great改为greatly 55. our改为my 56. which改为that 57. thousand改为thousands 58. 去掉come前的to 59. something改为 nothing 60. to改为for
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m Li Hua, and I am writing to express my dissatisfaction about the service your website promises. There are some main reasons why I am not content with it.
Last week, I ordered a pizza in one of the shops in order to enjoy a happy time with my family. However, to my disappointment, the pizza delivery was an hour later than scheduled. What made me even more upset was that the restaurant shifted off its responsibility to (put the blame on) the delivery boy when I asked for their proper explanation. But the delivery boy said he was not the person to blame.
I know your website is a famous one, but my experience shows that your service needs improvement. Not only your web but also the restaurant should give me a reasonable explanation. I trust that you’ll take this seriously and make an effort to prevent such things from happening again.
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua