鹤岗市一高2020—2021学年度高二下学期期中考试
英语试题
时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分
第一部分 单项选择(共20小题:每小题1分,满分20分)
Inventors are also concerned that once the economy improves, people might lose ______ interest in further education.
A. / B.a C.an D.the
At the news of the accident, the girl can’t help ______ worried.
A.to get B.got C.getting D.to be got
_______ the rising costs of many products, fares in this city _______ unchanged.
A.Though; remained B.Despite; remained
C.Despite; was left D.Though; was remained
The boy, _____ with his school work every day, felt rather tired and uncomfortable and wanted to have a whole day to relax.
A.occupied B.occupying C.to occupy D.being occupied
In the past few decades, scientists have made a great _____ in the treatment of cancer.
breakout B.breakdown C.breakup D.breakthrough
At the news that her house was _______, the old woman _______ tears.
A.broken out; burst into B.broken down; burst out
C.broken up; burst out D.broken into; burst into
I remembered _______ the door before I left the office, but forgot _____ the lights.
to lock; to turn off B.locking; turning off C.to lock; turning off D.locking; to turn off
I’d like to invite you to my home _____ your warm hospitality (款待).
A.in return of B.in return for C.in return to D.in return with
Jack has a large _____?of books while Tom has a large _____ of money.
A.amount; number B.plenty; amount C.number; amount D.amount; lot
_____ the computer competition quite well, he won the first prize.
A.Preparing B.Having prepared C.To prepare D.Prepared
If we ______ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting.
A.take B.had taken C.took D.have taken
Mr. White ______ at 8:30 for the meeting, but he didn’t show up.
should have arrived B.should arrive
C.should be arriving D.arrived
It is strange that he _______ have taken the books without the owner’s permission.
A.would B.should C.could D.might
Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway ______ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.
A.didn’t write B.hadn’t written C.wouldn’t write D.wouldn’t have written
_______ not for the support of the teachers, the student could not overcome her difficulty.
A.It were B.Were it C.It was D.Was it
My mom suggests that we ________ eat out for a change this weekend.
A.should B.might C.could D.would
________ rice, we need to supplement our diet with fish, meat and vegetable.
A.In addition to B.In addition C.What’s more D.Beside
The way he did it was ________ to what he had said earlier in the same week.
A.contradictory B.complex C.compulsory D.constructive
Seeing the picture, she could not resist ______.
A.laughing B.to laugh C.laughed D.being laughed.
To their ______, their students narrowly escaped from the shaking building.
A.relaxation B.belief C.relief D.regulation
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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Here we will show you some of the best winter RV (野营车) destinations in the United States.
Casa Del Sol Resort (度假胜地)
At the Casa Del Sol, you are sure to feel right at home. This RV destination offers showers, laundry facilities (设备), restrooms and free Wi-Fi at the RV sites. They don't stop there though, this awesome RV park offers an Olympic sized heated pool, craft rooms as well as planned year-round activities to keep you busy and active.
Golden Village Palms RV Resort
This RV resort in sunny southern California, is a great choice to spend your winter months! This RV park offers a big pool, outdoor barbecues, a lending library and even free coffee! On the RV hook-up sites they feature cheap Wi-Fi and landscaping services to keep the park neat and clean! A great place to park your RV for the winter!
Riverbend Resort Cabins & RV Park
Riverbend Resort Cabins and RV Park is the perfect place for your RV when you want a warm place to return to after a long day of hiking, biking or fishing in the cold! It offers water, sewer and electrical hookups, as well as cheap Wi-Fi. It also offers outdoor grills and picnic tables. There is easy access to hiking and biking trails from the campsite.
Forge Adirondack
Forge Adirondack resort offers many activities to attract you to their campgrounds for winter recreation! It offers snowmobiling which is popular with most tourists, a snowshoe track, boat rentals and even horseback riding! It has 8 different sites for heated restrooms and showers, and each site comes complete with picnic tables.
21. Which of the following is free of charge at the Casa Del Sol Resort?
A. Restrooms. B. Wi-Fi. C. Showers. D. Laundry facilities.
22. Which destination offers free coffee?
A. Casa Del Sol Resort. B. Riverbend Resort Cabins & RV Park.
C. Camping Resort Forge Adirondack. D. Golden Village Palms RV Resort.
23. Which attracts most tourists at Forge Adirondack?
A. A snowshoe track. B. Swimming. C. Snowmobiling. D. Horseback riding.
B
US student Vanessa Tahay stands out from the other teenagers in her school. Her skin is dark, her accent is thick, and if you ask her, she will tell you these are the things she is proudest of. Tahay is a poet, and at 18 she was considered among the best in Los Angeles.
When she is on the stage, audiences often go silent. They also laugh, shout and cry. But this doesn抰 come easily for someone who comes from a village that sits at the base of a huge mountain range in Central America. When she first appeared at school, she was teased by others for being short and different. She never spoke, so they called her 搈ouse.
揌ow do I defend myself? Tahay thought. 揑 don抰 know how.
揔eep going, her mother would tell her. 揂t some point, you抣l learn.
She spent hours after school and on weekends watching the same DVDs: English without Barriers.
Tahay抯 elder brother, Elmer, persuaded her to go to the after-school poetry club. In the last six years, her English teacher Laurie Kurnick has turned Cleveland Charter High School抯 poetry program into one of the most respected in the city. Her team draws from the likes of D. H. Laurence, Pat Mora and Kendrick Lamar to create poems about their own lives. The poems focus on many things 梥ome funny, some painful.
The first time Tahay read the group抯 poems, chills went up her spine (脊柱). “I wish I could write like that,” she thought. “I want to say something.”
She wrote her first poem about her first year in America. She called it Invisible. The day her turn came to recite in front of the team, she broke down crying. She cried for 15 minutes. “I had so much held in,” Tahay said. “I couldn’t even finish it.”
But she kept at it despite her less-than-perfect grammar, spelling and diction (措辞). Still, she wouldn’t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they would make fun of her.
But with time, her poems changed her. “They gave me pride,” Tahay said. “They told me that I’m worth something.”
“She had this innocence,” Kurnick said. “This willingness to be genuine and show you things you don’t ever see.”
24.What did Tahay’s mother suggest she do when she was teased by others?
A.Fight with them bravely. B.Report them to her teachers.
C.Ignore them and keep going. D.Try hard to make friends with them.
25.What are the themes of Tahay and her team’s poems?
A.Their admiration for the great poets.B.Their appreciation of natural beauty.
C.Their expectations of a better future.D.Funny and painful stories about their lives.
26.How did Tahay probably feel when she first read the group’s poems?
A.She was cold. B.She was excited.
C.She was nervous. D.She was frightened.
27.How did Tahay benefit from writing poems?
A.She felt more confident about herself.
B.She won many national poetry competitions.
C.She became the first student poet in the city.
D.She improved her grammar and spelling greatly.
C
Twenty-five years ago, most young Britons wanted a career in law, to be a doctor, or, if they were creative enough, to take up singing. But today, things stand differently.
According to a survey by Tesco Mobile, a UK company, the 揹ream job of young people aged between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger, or vlogger (视频博主). The survey, carried out among 1,002 people, found that as much as 40 percent of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of ideal careers.
This change is undoubtedly as a result of the Internet and social media. They have made it so much easier to reach audience of the world, without having to enter a career in show business in the traditional way.
In the past, the biggest stars were trained by the Hollywood studios; now, anyone with a computer camera can become a star. Vloggers are the big stars of today because they are normal people interacting with their fans about everyday life.
However, what people see is only the bright side of being a vlogger and they fail to notice the fact that only those who are successful earn fame and fortune. For every success there are hundreds of others who never get off the starting line. There are the dreams that come true and the dreams that remain dreams forever.
Although being vloggers is popular, some young people choose to follow careers that don抰 necessarily earn them fame, but allow them to make good use of the Internet to share their hobbies. Young Israeli David Leshaw, for example, runs a business called the Finishers Club. It抯 an online platform for runners to keep a record of their races. His job allows him to express his enthusiasm, and is always a learning experience. And that抯 enough for him.
28. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Most young Britons choose to be vloggers as their job.
B. The Internet is influencing young Britons career choice.
C. The Internet is taking the place of traditional studios.
D. Young Britons can not find jobs without the Internet.
29. Why do more and more young Britons choose to be vloggers?
A. Vloggers can earn greater fame and more money on the Internet.
B. There is too much competition in the traditional show business.
C. The Internet makes it convenient to enter show business.
D. Anyone with a computer will surely become a star.
30. What can we infer from Paragraph 5?
A. Only a few vloggers can be famous and wealthy.
B. A vlogger can not earn fame and fortune.
C. People often see the bright side of being a vlogger.
D. Dreams will always remain dreams.
31. What do young people like David do on the Internet?
A. Learn from others. B. Become an online hit.
C. Hold running races. D. Combine jobs with hobbies.
D
New Zealand is no stranger to stranded whales (搁浅的鲸). Every year, rescuers help refloat many whales that get stuck in the coastal waters or sand during low tide (潮汐). However, last week’s stranding of two groups almost never happens.
On February 9, over 400 pilot whales were stranded at the base of Farewell Spit at the northern end of Golden Bay. Unfortunately, by the time rescuers arrived, almost 300 whales had died. More than 500 volunteers worked tirelessly to keep the remaining whales cool until high tide. At 3:30 PM local time, the whales had been successfully pushed back into the ocean.
But before the exhausted volunteers could recover, came another piece of news. Late on Friday, February 10, a new group of almost 200 pilot whales was discovered stranded along the
same place. Andrew Lamason, the Operations Manager at the DOC, says they are confident it was a new group because they had tagged (贴标签) all the refloated whales from the first group and none of the whales in the new group had tags.
Unfortunately, nothing could be done to help the stranded whales at night. Early Saturday, hundreds of locals returned to the beach. To their surprise and delight, all but 17 of the stranded whales were gone! DOC spokesman Herb Christophers says they were probably able to 搒elf-rescue when the tide came in during the night. The rescuers took care of the remaining 17 whales until the tide returned.
Thanks to its unique shape and shallow waters that affect the echolocation (回声定位) of whales making their way around, whale strandings are not unusual near Farewell Spit. However,
experts are shocked at the unusually large number. Christophers guesses that a lost whale’s distress (求救) call may have caused the entire group to rush to the rescue. However, another expert, Mike Ogle, has a different theory. After noticing some shark bites on one of the whales, he believes they may have been trying to escape from danger.
32. Which of the following is correct according to the passage?
A. Only about 100 stranded whales in the first group survived.
B. Rescuers arrived to save the first group of stranded whales in time.
C. Rescuers couldn抰 do anything to save the whale before high tide came.
D. Whales seldom get stranded on the beach of New Zealand.
33. The surviving whales of the first group probably returned to the ocean .
A. at the sight of sharks B. by means of the high tide
C. under the guidance of the tags D. with the help of human beings
34. What might happen on the beach during the night of February 10?
A. Many of the second group of stranded whales died.
B. The stranded whales were taken away.
C. Someone saved the stranded whales.
D. High tide came.
35. Why did Andrew Lamason believe the second group of stranded whales was a new group?
A. Because all the whales in the first group had shark bites.
B. Because the whales in the second group looked strange.
C. Because the whales in the second group did not have tags.
D. Because the whales in the first group had left the coastline.
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。有两项为多余选项。
Helping people is the backbone (支柱) of a healthy society. 36 This statement is true and the following are some of the major benefits of assisting other people.
37 Researchers have done lots of work to prove that helping others does have a great effect on a person抯 happiness. Even though we usually feel the urge to compete with other people, taking time to assist others can be very beneficial to us. The key to internal joy and happiness is simply helping those in need.
Build trust. When people see that you have genuine intentions of assisting them, it is likely they are going to be very grateful. 38 Helping people is also a good way to create and develop trusty relationship, particularly if you never expect anything to be given to you in return.
Improve the community. The mentality of helping people is increasing in popularity since more people have realized that we do not need to fight for survival. A rising number of individuals now assist others without asking for anything back. This has resulted in the change in attitude and people are now more giving, more willing and also much readier to offer assistance.
39
Helping other people is important as it helps to connect many people together.
40 The end result is an inspired community in general.
A. Increase happiness.
B. Improve mental health.
C. This improves the whole community and changes the atmosphere.
D. It is believed that helping others is basically helping yourself.
E. As a result, they see you as a caring person and begin to trust you.
F. If you often help others, you will become a more responsible person.
G. Those who offer help and get help come together and inspire one another.
第三部分 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. I believe.
I was studying chemistry at college because my family thought 41 was the key to success. One day, my professor asked, 揥hy are you in my class when you have little 42 in chemistry? I tried to explain by 43 pressure from my dad but he knew it was just a 44 excuse. He said, 揝uccess can only be 45 by oneself, and your success will be different from mine or your parents. There is no secret, no examination you have to 46 and no guarantee, but there is a secret—passion (激情). To be successful in life, you must 47 your passion. Whether you are passionate about fixing cars or 48 the world, you must be passionate about your goal and set a path to 49 it. Only then will you find the true 50 .”
At just the age of 19, that advice was hard for me to 51 , but I knew instinctively (本能地) that he was 52 . I made a self-examination 53 and found my true passion was 54 . I could play the piano by ear but had only considered it as a 55 .
There was only one way to 56 if I can be a successful musician, so I took my professor抯 advice and switched to the university抯 music school. I felt as though 1 was on top of the world, and that feeling has never 57 me.
I抦 now 54-year-old, and live with 58 . As I look at the walls of my office, I still get a 59 at seeing the awards I received and the photos of the 60 musicians I was lucky enough to play with.
41. A. challenge B. education C. courage D. focus
42. A. effort B. difficulty C. interest D. luck
43. A. comparing B. refusing C. doubting D. blaming
44. A. weak B. natural C. contemporary D. reasonable
45. A. accepted B. reviewed C. described D. measured
46. A. observe B. pass C. create D. escape
47. A. show B. believe C. select D. follow
48. A. destroying B. supporting C. exploring D. instructing
49. A. share B. defeat C. develop D. realize
50. A. happiness B. problem C. regret D. reason
51. A. translate B. turn down C. absorb D. put forward
52. A. independent B. correct C. particular D. ridiculous
53. A. thoroughly B. gradually C. frequently D. mildly
54. A. chemistry B. music C. diploma D. study
55. A. habit B. job C. pity D. hobby
56. A. promise B. discuss C. find out D. deal with
57. A. bothered B. left C. calmed D. attracted
58. A. satisfaction B. pressure C. respect D. confidence
59. A. thrill B. chance C. thought D. recipe
60. A. wise B. proud C. famous D. strange
第四部分 单句语法填空(共10小题:每小题1分,满分10分)
61. On his retirement last month, colleagues ____________ (present) him with a set of golf clubs.
62. Progress so far has been very good. We are, ____________,(因此)confident that the work will be completed on time.?
63. I do some ____________(自愿的)work at the local hospital.
64. Children under 14 must be____________(陪伴)by an adult.
65. Confucius(孔子)is h____________(尊敬) for setting the tone for much traditional Chinese music for thousands of years.
66. He ____________(撕破)the poster off the wall and put up his advertisement.
67. It was ____________(体贴的)of you to turn off the radio when I was sleeping.
68. The plane crashed and there were no s____________(幸存者).
69. We were all s____________ (震惊的)at the news of his death.
70. She f ____________(原谅)him and never argued with him.
第五部分 篇章语法填空(共10小题:每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Life is filled with regrets. As we get older, we often look back and wish that we 71 (make) better choices in our life before. So what can we do 72 (avoid) future regrets? The following are a few tips that you might find 73 (use).
Make plans in advance. If you start to do something, you need to make a plan before doing it. The 74 (early), the better. You should know what comes first and what comes last. Even if something unexpected 75 (happen), you can have more time to deal with it.
Live 76 more active life. More outdoor 77 (active) can keep you healthy, both physically and mentally.
Make good friends. Everyone needs friends. Friends are people with 78 we share joys and sorrows. Make friends with optimistic people, and you抣l also think 79 (positive) if you are surrounded with them.
Never fear failure. Everybody fails, even the greatest people in the world. We should not fear failure. Instead, we should take failure as a chance to learn and improve 80 (we).
Life is so good. Why should we always live in our past and regret what we have done?
第六部分 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。作文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏子符号(∧)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;
只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today I tried cooking a simply dish myself. I like eating frying tomatoes with eggs, and I thought it must to be easy to cook. My mom told me how to preparing it. First I cut the tomatoes into pieces but put them aside. Next I broke the eggs into a bowl and beat them quickly with chopstick. After that I poured oil into a pan and turned off the stove, I waited patiently unless the oil was hot. Then I put the tomatoes and the beaten eggs into pan together. 揘ot that way, my mom tried to stop us but failed.燬he was right.It didnt turn out as I had wished.
第七部分 写作(满分 25分)
高中英语教学改革已经成为社会热点话题。最近,你校同学进行了主题为 “高考英语测试中的听力部分该不该取消” 的讨论。其中,大部分的同学认为听力部分不该取消,另外一小部分同学认为应该取消。请你根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文,介绍讨论的情况并谈谈你的观点。
不应该取消的理由 应该取消的理由
1.听力是语言学习的四项基本技能之一,不能忽视; 2.听是获取信息的重要途径之一;
3.国际合作日益增多,听、说能力应加强。 1.考试中各地收听效果好坏不一,对一些学生不公平;
2.英语老师和语音设备城乡差异过大;
3.今后并非人人都要与外国人进行口头交流。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:取消cancel; 听力测试 listening test
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鹤岗市一高2020—2021学年度高二下学期期中考试
英语参考答案
第一部分 单项选择(共20小题:每小题1分,满分20分)
1-5 ACBAD 6-10 DABCB
11-15 BABDB 16-20 AAAAC
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
A: 21-23 BDC B: 24-27 CDBA
C: 28-31 BCAD D: 32-35 ADDC
七选五 36-40 DAECG
第三部分 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
44-45 BCDAD 46-50 BDCDA
51-55 CBABD 56-60 CBAAC
第四部分 单句语法填空(共10小题:每小题1分,满分10分)
61. presented 62. therefore 63. voluntary?
64. accompanied 65. honoured/honored 66. tore
67. considerate 68. survivors 69. shocked
70. forgave
第五部分 篇章语法填空(共10小题:每小题1.5分,满分15分)
71. had made 72. to avoid 73. useful
74. earlier 75. happens 76. a
77. activities 78. whom 79. positively
80. ourselves
第六部分 改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
1.simply改为simple 2. frying改为fried 3. must to去掉to
4. preparing改为prepare 5. but改为and 6. chopstick改为chopsticks
7. off 改为on 8. unless改为till/until 9. into后面加the
10. us改为me
第七部分 写作(满分 25分)
Recently, we have had a discussion about whether the listening test in the College Entrance Examinations should be kept or not.We have different opinions on this issue.
Most of the students believe that the listening test should not be canceled. They insist listening is among the four basic skills of mastering a language. Besides, listening is one of the important channels for us to get information. It should be strengthened today when international cooperation is becoming much closer. But others have different opinions. They think not everyone has to communicate with foreigners in the future. Moreover, the listening test is unfair to the students in areas where radio signals cannot be picked up effectively. And for certain reasons, there is a big difference in teachers and equipment between the countryside and the city.
As far as I am concerned, the listening test shouldn抰 be canceled, but we can seek for better means to solve the differences in resource and equipment.
作文评分标准:
1.本题总分为25分,按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时,先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次,然后以该档次的要求来衡量,确定或调整档次,最后给分。
3.词数少于80和多于120的,从总分中减去2分。
4.评分时,应注意的主要内容为:内容要点、应用词汇和语法..
5. 如果书写很差,影响正常的阅读,会将分数降低一个档次。
1)英语作文内容太少,阅卷教师无法进行评判的,或者是写作内容和作文要求无关的,这类作文基本不会给分。
2)第一档(差):没有完成作文规定的任务、遗漏了主要内容或者是偏题、语言的结构非常单调、词汇项目少、语法中错误较多等,这类作文阅卷教师一般会给1-5分。
3)第二档(较差):较少使用语法,内容之间缺少连贯性,不能把自己写的内容准确的传达给读者,阅卷老师一般会给6-10分。
3)第三档(适当):就作文整体而言,达到了写作的目的地;文中应用的都是一些简单的语句;虽然有语法和词汇的错误,但是不影响读者理解,这类作文一般会给11-15分。
4)第四档(好):可能会漏掉一两个重点的内容,但是整篇作文覆盖了主要内容,语法也能够满足作文规定。这类作文阅卷老师一般会给16-20分。
5)第五档(很好):很好的完成了人物并且作文覆盖所有内容要点,应用的词汇很多,在语法和词汇上的错误很少,能够完全达到写作目的。这类作文阅卷教师会给21-25分。