2020-2021学年甘肃省武威18高中高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案（无听力音频，无文字材料）

第Ⅰ卷
第一部分? 阅读理解（两节 共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节：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。（每小题2分，共30分）
A
POETRY CHALLENGE
Write a poem about how courage, determination, and strength have helped you face challenges in your life.
Prizes
3 Grand Prizes：Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner's choice. Trip includes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World.
6 First Prizes：The book Sky Pioneer：A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart signed by author Corinne Szabo and pilot Linda Finch.
50 Honorable Mentions：Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart's final flight.
Rules
Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification(不合格).
■Write a poem using 100 words or fewer. Your poem can be any format, any number of lines.
■Write by hand or type on a single sheet of paper. You may use both the front and back of the paper.
■On the same sheet of paper, write or type your name, address, telephone number, and birth date.
■Mail your entry(参赛作品) to us by October 31 this year.
1. How many people can each grand prize winner take on the free trip?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Six.
2. What will each of the honorable mention winners get?
A. A plane ticket. B. A book by Corinne Szabo.
C. A special T-shirt. D. A photo of Amelia Earhart.
3. Which of the following will result in disqualification?
A. Typing your poem out. B. Writing a poem of 120 words.
C. Using both sides of the paper. D. Mailing your entry on October 30.
B
Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(调查) by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.
How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school-age children, ten hours is ideal(理想的). But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV.
“More children are going to bed with TVs on, and there are more opportunities(机会) to stay awake, with more homework, the Internet and the phone,” says Dr. Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical School. She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. Other experts say part of the problem is chemical. Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers’ bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.
Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to. Three years ago, schools in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start time from 7:25 am to 8:30 am. Students, parents and teachers are pleased with the results.
4. What is the general idea of the first paragraph?
A. All American kids get less sleep.
B. American kids have bad habits.
C. Most Americans kids get less sleep and the bad influence of it.
D. American kids feel asleep in class.
5. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. When you sleep depends on your age.
B. Most children watch TV before they sleep.
C. Some children are lacking in sleep.
D. Adults will be healthier if they get more sleep.
6. Why do children find it hard to fall asleep?
A. They get too excited before 11p.m.
B. Hormones get high at night.
C. Their bodies develop adult characteristics.
D. They may watch too much TV.
7. What is the author’s attitude toward the change of school start time?
A. Objective B. Indifferent C. Positive D. Negative
C
Earthquakes usually happen on the edges of large sections of the Earth’s plates. These plates slowly move over a long period of time. Sometimes the edges, which are called fault lines(裂纹线), can get stuck, but the plates keep moving. Pressure slowly starts to build up where the edges are stuck and, once the pressure gets strong enough, the plates will suddenly move causing an earthquake.
Generally before and after a large earthquake there will be smaller earthquakes. The ones that happen before are called foreshocks. The ones that happen after are called aftershocks. Scientists don’t really know if an earthquake is a foreshock until the bigger earthquake occurs.
Shock waves from an earthquake that travel through the ground are called seismic waves(地震波). They are most powerful at the center of the earthquake, but they travel through much of the earth and back to the surface. They move quickly at 20 times the speed of sound.
Scientists use seismic waves to measure how big an earthquake is. They use a device called a seismograph(地震仪) to measure the size of the waves. The size of the waves is called the magnitude(地震级数). To tell the strength of an earthquake scientists use a scale called the Moment Magnitude Scale or MMS(it used to be called the Richter scale). The larger the number on the MMS scale, the larger the earthquake. You usually won’t even notice an earthquake unless it measures at least a 3 on the MMS scale. Here are some examples of what may happen depending on the scale:
4.0 — Could shake your house as if a large truck were passing close by. Some people may not notice.
5.0 — If you are in a car, it may shake. Glasses and dishes may rattle(发出格格的响声). Windows may break.
6.0 — Items will fall off shelves. Walls in some houses may crack and windows break. Pretty much everyone near the center will feel this one.
7.0 —Weaker buildings will collapse and cracks will occur in bridges and on the street.
8.0 — Many buildings and bridges fall down. Large cracks in the earth.
9.0 and up — Whole cities flattened and large-scale damage.
8. If a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit your area, what might happen?
A. Your house might shake violently.
B. People might feel no shaking at all.
C. The family photo may fall off the wall.
D. There might be cracks everywhere on the street.
9. What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence in paragraph 2?
A. It’s still hard to tell foreshocks from main earthquakes.
B. Scientists can’t exactly measure the strength of an earthquake.
C. People may ignore foreshocks when an earthquake is not so strong.
D. The earthquake won’t cause any damage unless it reaches 9.0 MMS.
10. The writer explains the concepts concerning the earthquake by _______. .
A. listing examples B. giving explanations
C. making comparisons D. offering data
11. The passage is written mainly to ________. .
A. enrich people’s knowledge of self-rescue in disasters
B. stress the importance of earthquake rescue
C. issue early warnings before an earthquake
D. present facts about the earthquake
D
You may think that sailing is difficult, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind.
First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.
Let's start with the wind blowing from behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle to the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.
If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat. In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45°angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn't flap(摆动). It shouldn't look like a flag on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.
Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can't go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking(作“之”字形航行). When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.
12. What should you consider first while sailing?
A. Sailors' strength. B. Wave levels.
C. Wind directions. D. Size of the sail.
13. What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The sail. B. The wind. C. The boat. D. The angle.
14. What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?
A. Move in a straight line. B. Allow the sail to flap.
C. Lower the sail. D. Tack the boat.
15. What's the purpose of writing the passage?
A. To advise you to go sailing. B. To teach you how to go sailing.
C. To show the danger of sailing. D. To tell the difficulty of sailing.
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
We need to be responsible for our environment. Being a frugal(节俭的) consumer is one way to help. 16．
Use it up
17． Squeeze that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. Use the last little piece of soap. Don't throw away any bits of the biscuit at the bottom of the box.
Wear it out
You do not always need to have new things. Suppose your sneakers have broken laces(鞋带), but they still fit you. Repair them and wear them longer. 18． Then you can get a new one. Think twice before replacing something that still works.
19．
When something you want is not on hand, look for something else that you already have to take its place. Suppose you are packing your lunch for tomorrow and want a butter sandwich. You are out of butter. What about using cheese to make a cheese sandwich? Learn to fix broken toys instead of just throwing them away. With a little thought, you can make something do, instead of buying something new.
Do without
Think about all those things that you would like to have. 20． How long will you really play with that new toy you saw on TV? Making the things that we want uses resources. And, getting rid of the things we don’t want any more takes up even more resources and space.
A. Fix it
B. Make it do
C. Do you really need them?
D. But, what exactly does that mean?
E. You can use things up instead of wasting them.
F. Make plans to buy what you would like to have.
G. You don’t need the latest iPhone until your old one doesn't work anymore.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A couple of weeks ago, when some friends and I took a trip to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, I immediately 21 it. Since we are all living in North Germany which is not very _22_, it only took us a few hours on the train 23 we were at the heart of this 24 city. The minute we stepped off the 25 , we were surrounded by 26 architecture and weaving canals.
We stayed at a youth hostel(旅社),which was a typical tall Dutch house with lots of stairs. I ___27 staying in youth hostel; it is such a great 28 to meet people from all over the world and __29 your different experiences and 30 . We stayed in a room with an Argentinian, who we befriended right away, and we spent a lot of 31 together.
During our stay, we made sure to make the most of what Amsterdam has to 32 . We took a boat trip through the 33 , which gave us some great 34 of the fantastic architecture and canals. We also made sure to go to the Van Gogh Museum, which is one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions, and consists of a 35 collection of his work, along with details of his 36 and the work of other artists that knew him. One of my favourite parts of the trip, though it was rather 37 , was our visit to the Anne Frank Museum. She was a Jewish girl who hid with her family for 2 years before the Nazis 38 them and sent them to the death camps. It was a very 39 experience, and certainly worth seeing.
Overall, I think Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities that I have ever been to, and I would love to 40 someday!
21. A. remembered B. loved C. recognized D. knew
22. A. hilly B. open C. similar D. far
23. A. before B. when C. unless D. since
24. A. remote B. warm C. beautiful D. industrial
25. A. train B. taxi C. boat D. flight
26. A. strange B. modern C. low D. amazing
27. A. regret B. enjoy C. imagine D. miss
28. A. difference B. pity C. decision D. chance
29. A. protect B. declare C. share D. ignore
30. A. clothes B. cultures C. attitude D. knowledge
31. A. time B. money C. energy D. effort
32. A. create B. teach C. offer D. promise
33. A. city B. country C. field D. bridge
34. A. news B. expectations C. views D. ideas
35. A. recent B. huge C. daily D. growing
36. A. performance B. life C. team D. progress
37. A. interesting B. terrible C. crazy D. sad
38. A. found B. served C. blamed D. misunderstood
39. A. subjective B. common C. direct D. moving
40. A. visit B. travel C. return D. go
第Ⅱ卷
第二节 语法填空（给出词的填词的正确形式，没有给出词的填冠词，介词，连词或副词。每空1.5分，共15分。）
Christmas is no fun when you're poor. Twenty years ago, I was a young, _1． (struggle) , substitute teacher (代课老师) whose calls into work had been few. Money was tight, but bills were due(到期的) and my wife and I couldn't even afford _2．(get) Christmas gifts for each other. The only gifts we could get for our children 3． (be) a few soft toys that I had found 4． (sell) at half price in the supermarket. I opened the door and brought in the gifts I had hidden in our old car's trunk. Then I handed them to my son 5． daughter. I watched with a sad smile as they did their best to tear off the wrapping (包装) paper. As they pulled out their 6．_ (toy) , though. I noticed their eyes lit up and they jumped up and down. My daughter 7．__ (happy) hugged her toy and then hugged her mom and me as well. I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys 8． hours, and I thanked God for the 9．__ (great) gift I had ever been given. Till today I still treasure the gift of pure love 10．my son and daughter gave me that day.
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)
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。
I have always dreamt returning to my childhood. Just as many people say, childhood is the happier time in one’s life.
I grow up in the countryside. There are many highly mountains, colorful flowers and different kind of trees. Often my parents took me to go hiking and catching insects. My grandma, whose seemed to be full of memories, always shared his stories with me. She told me that I was such gentle and quiet that she never felt worried about me. Now it has been 5 years since then she passed away. I still miss her very much!
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友George不久前去美国留学，他给你发email说很不适应那里的生活、请你根据以下提示用英语给他回一封email，鼓励他勇敢面对。
1.尊重当地的风俗习惯
2.与美国学生多交流；
3.积极参加户外活动。
注意：1.词数100左右，文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.参考词汇：礼仪manners；适应adapt to
Dear George,
How nice to hear from you again!_____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
2020—2021学年第二学期高二英语期中英语试题答案
一、阅读理解（共30分，每小题2分）
1-3 ACB 4-7 CCDA 8-11 CABD 12-15 CADB
二、七选五（共10分，每小题2分） 16-20 D E G B C
三、完形填空（共30分，每小题1.5分）
21-40 BDACA DBDCB ACACB BDADC
四、语法填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）
1．struggling 2．to get 3．were 4．sold 5．and
6．toys 7．happily 8．for 9．greatest 10．that
五、改错（共10分，每小题1分）
1. dreamt后加of/about 2. happier → happiest 3. grow → grew
4. highly → high 5. kind → kinds 6. catching → catch 7. whose → who
8. his → her 9. such → so 10. 去掉then
六、作文（共25分）
Dear George,
How nice to hear from you again! I think it is natural for you not to get used to the life there. Here I have some suggestions for you.
First of all, you should respect the local customs there and try to involve yourself in the natives' lives. Just as the saying goes, "When in Rome, do as Romans do." Secondly, don't be afraid to communicate with American students and make friends with them. Friendship will bring you happiness. What's more, it is better for you to join in more outdoor activities with your friends, which may help you relax and have fun. Finally, mind your won manners and remain modest and honest when getting along with your friends.
I do hope my suggestions will help. May you adapt to your new life and enjoy your stay there.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua