黑龙江省肇东第四高中2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷 Word版含答案（无听力部分）

肇东四中2020-2021学年下学期高二英语期中考试试题
第一部分　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A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
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When you are about to go to a boarding school in England, there are many different questions that may come to mind. But once you look at them with some perspective, you will certainly feel easy. Here is a normal boarding day.
Early Morning:
Usually boarders get up around 7: 00 am and have around an hour to take a shower and put on their uniform before breakfast.
Lessons:
Classes start at 9: 00 am and every lesson lasts for 50 minutes. After two lessons, at 10: 40 am, you’ll have a short break. The next period of classes will include two more lessons.
Lunch:
Lunch is usually held around 12: 30 pm at the dining hall, where you’ll join your friends to enjoy a hot dish. After an hour of lunch, you’ll have three or four more lessons to attend.
Dinner:
At 5:00 pm you will have finished your school lessons for the day. Most boarding schools in the UK offer their full boarders different kinds of hot meals to choose from.
Activities/ Sports:
All boarding schools in the UK provide many different kinds of activities for their boarders, such as football, swimming, golf or art.
Prep:
An important part of boarding school life is the supervised homework session known as “prep”. Although prep might sound stressful, it’s a great way for you to keep up with your studies.
Free time:
Once you have done all your classes and activities, it’s time to relax.
Bedtime:
In most boarding schools, the lights go out around 10: 30 pm.
Being nervous just before you go to a boarding school is completely normal and understandable. Hopefully, being aware of the usual routine you’ll be following can help you. Once you are there, you will also see how exciting life in a boarding school in England can be.
21. What can help you keep up with your studies in the boarding school?
A. Supervised homework sessions. B. Doing activities.
C. Having lessons. D. Enjoying free time.
22. What do we know about boarding schools in England from the text?
A. Classes usually start at 8: 30 am. B. They turn off the lights around 10: 30 pm
C. Students can have a short break after four lessons. D. They don’t give students any free time.
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23. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To attract more students to boarding schools. B. To introduce a new school life.
C. To help students know about boarders’ life. D. To advertise for boarding schools.
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Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing. There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. Some language experts predict that within 10 years English will occupy the internet — but in forms very different to what we accept and recognize as English today.
That’s because people who speak English as a second language already outnumber native speakers. And increasingly, they use it to communicate with other non-native speakers, particularly on the internet where less attention is paid to grammar and spelling and users don’t have to worry about their accent (口音).
Users of Facebook already socialize in a number of different “Englishes” including Indian English, Spanish English and Korean English. While these different styles have long existed within their cultures, they’re now expanding and coming online. Technology companies are introducing newly-developed English words with products aimed at enabling users to add words that are not already in the English dictionary. And most large companies have English websites, while smaller businesses are learning that they need a common language — English — to reach global customers.
The increasing popularity of the internet allows more languages to develop quickly.
“Most people actually speak several languages — it’s less common to only speak one,” says Mr. Munro. “English has taken its place as the world’s common language, but it’s not pushing out other languages.” Instead, other languages are pushing their way into English, and in the process creating something new.
24. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. English is a common language around the world.
B. English language is developing with the Internet
C. There are now many different language styles.
D. Smaller businesses are learning a common language.
25. Which of the following is NOT true about online communication?
A. Grammar is not so important. B. People do not care about their accent.
C. People need to spell exactly. D. Most English-speakers are not native speakers.
26. What can we infer from the text?
A. We can only communicate online in English.
B. Some technology companies start to publish English dictionaries.
C. Smaller businesses are not allowed to have English websites.
D. It’s impossible to find all the English words in the dictionary.
27. What can we learn from what Mr. Munro said?
A. The other languages are enriching English.
B. One can’t live well without speaking several languages.
C. English will become the only language in the world.
D. Chinese used to be the world’s common language.
C
A smartphone program is helping scientists learn about changes taking place in nature. More than 100,000 citizen-scientists around the world are taking pictures of many kinds of plants and animals using a program called iNaturalist. The program gives researchers much information about where plants and animals live, and how a growing human population is changing plant and animal life.
In Arlington, Virginia, naturalists are making a record of the plants and animals that live in the heavily populated area.
Alonso Abugattas is the local government’s natural resources manager. He works to protect and improve Arlington’s natural spaces. The group is using the iNaturalist smartphone program to record its observations. Then iNaturalist users throughout the world can look at the images and try to help recognize them. The program records where and when the picture was taken. This lets experts like Abugattas and others create maps that show where plants and animals are living, and how that changes because of development and climate change. That is important in Arlington and around the world.
Scott Loarie is co-director of iNaturalist. He said species are dying at a faster speed than ever, and the mix of life on Earth is threatened. “And we’ve only begun to understand exactly how those ecosystems contribute to our food system, or human health—all these things that we depend on.”
Loarie says iNaturalist lets citizen-scientists help professional (专业的) scientists gather data of the wild plants and animals in the world. More than 100,000 iNaturalist observers on all seven continents have made more than four-and-a-half million observations. The information has been used in studies of other animals.
Alonso Abugattas says the group in Arlington recorded more than 450 kinds of animals and plants. “If you just open up your eyes to the natural world, you’d be amazed at what’s out there.”
28. Which of the following is the function of the iNaturalist smartphone program?
A. Marking the time and places of the photos. B. Creating maps to show climate change.
C. Reminding experts to make out the photos D. Writing down the names of species in the photos.
29. What did Scott Loarie want to tell us?
A. The goal of iNaturalist. B. The value of species to humans.
C. The regret for dying species. D. The importance of scientists.
30. What do we know about the iNaturalist smartphone program?
A. It calls on people in the world to change nature.
B. It directly helps professional scientists to gather data.
C. It lets professional scientists pay attention to humans’ behaviors.
D. It gets wildlife information and data from all over the world.
31. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Two Heads Are Better Than One B. A Cheap Way to Study Plants and Animals
C. Naturalists Use a Smartphone Programme to Take Photos of Wildlife
D. Measures Are Being Taken to Protect Plants and Animals
D
Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he’s an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein’s jobs is guarding an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.
Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts (收银台). The bags are banned in some 90 cities in California, including LosAngeles. Seeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people think.
Among the bag makers’ reasons: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.
The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.
Environmentalists do not dispute (质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.
32.What has Steven Stein been hired to do????????
A. Help increase grocery sales. B. Recycle the waste material.
C. Argue for the use of plastic bags. D. Stop things falling off trucks.
33. What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to??????
A. Effects of city development. B.?Bans on plastic bags.
C. Headaches caused by garbage. D. Plastic bags in trees.
34. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers????????????
A. Producing them requires more energy. B. They are quite expensive.
C. Replacing them can be difficult. D. They are less strong than plastic bags.
35. What is the best title for the text?
A. Industry, Pollution and Environment B. Recycle or Throw Away
C. Garbage Collection and Waste Control D. Plastic, Paper or Neither
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。答案写在答题纸上。
How to Have a Successful Teenage Life
Everyone wants to succeed in their life, don’t they? Even as a teenager, you can achieve success in your life; it really isn’t that hard. 36
Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a productive member in society. Try your best for excellence in school; listen to the teachers, do your homework, study, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better university, which will enable you to have a bright future. 37
Do good in your community (社区). Volunteering can not only improve your community’s status, it could make you happier. Studies show that people who volunteer are less likely to develop depression (抑郁) than people who don’t. 38 For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter. If you love helping the environment, plant trees or pick up litter. When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself.
39 Remember, they’re there to help you be the best that you can be. Respect them and value their opinions, even if they annoy you sometimes. 40 You don’t get to choose your teachers or your family, but you still have to put up with them. Learn how to deal with people now, because when you’re an adult, you don’t get to choose your boss or your co-workers, so learn how to respect them now.
A.School sets you up on the right track!
B. Live life to the fullest.
C. Be nice to your parents and teachers.
D.It will help you pass time and develop your personality.
E. Find chances to do volunteer work that interests you.
F.Keep in mind that they do the things they do because they care about you.
G. Here are some important points that you may find helpful.
第二部分 英语知识运用
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior school. My junior school years were____41____. I remember I was____42____by most of my classmates, being not accepted by the basketball team and____43____to get into the football team for which I so____44____to play. It was a time in which to be____45____and accepted seemed something I could never, in all my life,____46____.
During that time I would eat____47____in the dining room, feeling unloved and____48____. As spring came, one day I said I was____49____because I had no one to eat with. Mom said to me, "_____50_____you want, you can come home for lunch." That day, when lunch came, I rushed from the school and went home to_____51_____. When I got there, Mom was getting a little chicken pot pie out of the oven for me. I sat at our kitchen table and Mom listened to me while I_____52_____whatever was on my mind. She just paid attention to me. It's a_____53_____thing to pay attention to people. And forty years later I remember those times_____54_____.
Now you know a little more about how I_____55_____home and mothers. Home is a place where you don't have to sit alone and eat. Home is a place where people_____56_____you. Moms are people who listen to you when_____57_____ else cares about you. Moms don't_____58_____your dreams. Great_____59_____fix you something warm to eat and just pay attention.
I'm not sure what was happening at the time_____60_____I know those little chicken pot pies were worth running from school to home.
41.A. strange B. painful C. golden D. busy
42. A. supported B. invited C. hit D. refused
43.A. deciding B. failing C. pretending D. hoping
44. A. promised B. agreed C. wanted D. managed
45. A. loved B. used C. ignored D. remembered
46. A. get B. know C. explain D. doubt
47. A. healthy B. hungrily C. aloud D. alone
48. A. unaffected B. unexpected C. unnoticed D. unchanged
49. A. unhappy B. lucky C. frightened D. quiet
50. A. Unless B. As C. Although D. If
51. A. eat B. play C. sleep D. drink
52. A. asked for B. talked about C. set down D. cut off
53. A. brave B. funny C. common D. powerful
54.A. calmly B. clearly C. strongly D. actually
55. A. miss B. find C. choose D. see
56. A. watch B. love C. control D. thank
57. A. no one B. anyone C. everyone D. someone
58. A. depend on B. look for C. laugh at D. care for
59. A. teachers B. fathers C. moms D. parents
60. A. so B. for C. but D. or
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分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。
English plays are one of the traditional 61 (part) of the English festival in our school. This year, two plays were performed on stage—the musicals Cats and Beauty and the Beast.
Cats, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, 62 (tell) the story of a tribe (部落) of cats. During the night, all the cats in the tribe choose one cat 63 can be reborn into a new life.
In this play, we had 15 students to play the roles, including six boys and nine girls. I was lucky enough to play a role. In order to perform 64 (good), we practiced a lot. Every day, we made use of our spare time during lunch and after school 65 (practise) our lines together with our teachers. We practiced sentence by sentence, 66 (make) sure to pronounce each word properly.
Finally, we rehearsed (排练) on the stage more than 20 times. During that time, we got a lot of help
67 advice from our teachers. We made progress day 68 day, until we gave our first performance. The show was successful and was praised by the audience.
Through this play, my fellow students and I developed our acting skills, increased our interest in English, and gained a 69 (deep) friendship with one another than before. More 70 (important), we discovered the beauty of musicals and the English language.
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)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之同交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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：在缺闻处加个漏字符号(?)， 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;
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Chinese idioms reflect the Chinese way of thinking and cultural meanings. In order to promote our understanding of it, we have recently set up a new column being called Chinese Idioms in our school newspaper. In the column, we need some article to introduce Chinese idioms with English.
You must make brief introduction to a Chinese idiom that impress you most in your article. Besides, you should give some situations that the idiom is used, helping us to understand it. Apart from that, you need to express what you had learnt from the idiom. Neither electronic or handwritten versions are acceptable. Contributions are expected to be within 200 words.
Don’t miss this opportunity! We are looking forward to your actively participation!
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
51. 假如你是白贺，你的英国朋友Jack打算出国旅行，但是对于去哪个国家犹豫不决。你听说之后，决定给他写一封邮件，劝说他到中国来。要点如下：
1.写信理由； 2. 中国旅行的优势； 3. 表达希望。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.可以根据内容要点适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack
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Yours truly,
Bai He
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短文改错
Chinese idioms reflect the Chinese way of thinking and cultural meanings. In order to promote our understanding of it, we have recently set up a new column being called Chinese Idioms in our school newspaper. In the column, we need some article to introduce Chinese idioms with English.
You must make brief introduction to a Chinese idiom that impress you most in your article. Besides, you should give some situations that the idiom is used, helping us to understand it. Apart from that, you need to express what you had learnt from the idiom. Neither electronic or handwritten versions are acceptable. Contributions are expected to be within 200 words.
Don’t miss this opportunity! We are looking forward to your actively participation!
写作
Dear Jack













Yours truly,
Bai He
答案
阅读 ABC BCDA ABDC CBAD GAECF
完型 BDBCA ADCAD ABDBD BACCC
语填 parts tells who/that/which well to practise making and by deeper importantly
改错 it--them, being去掉, articles, with---in, make a brief, impresses,
that--where, have learnt, neither--either, active.
书面表达：略