2019-2020年高二英語上學(xué)期第二階段期中試題A卷

1、2019-2020年高二英語上學(xué)期第二階段期中試題A卷本試卷分為第 I 卷（選擇題）和第n卷（非選擇題）兩部分，滿分 100 分?？荚嚂r(shí)間為 90 分鐘。第一部分 閱讀理解（共 15 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂 里。八、AHere are some of the most in flue ntial print journ alists in history.Joh n Peter Zen gerThis man published the NewYork Weekly Journal in the

2、1700s. He wrote honestly about the Britishgovernment, and in 1735 he was arrested （逮捕）. He was found not guilty, since what he wrote wasbased on truth. His case helped in flue nee the America nRevolutio n.Benjamin FranklinWeknow that Benjamin Franklin had a lot of interests. But many people don t re

3、alize that the inven torand founding father was also a journ alist. HisThe Penn sylva niaGazettebegan in the 1730s, and Franklin used it to help get his ideas out and in flue nee the public leading up to the America n Revoluti on.William Ran dolph HearstHearst was well known as one of the biggest pu

4、blishers and journalists of his time. He started with TheSan Fran cisco Exam iner, and went from there. Hearst was one of the starters of “yellowjournalism ” , which started a new field of journalism that used eye-catch ing headli nes to draw the attenti on of readers.Hele n ThomasThis womanis the f

5、irst lady of print journalism.Helen Thomas has been a White Housereporter since 1961. She is known for her bold（大膽的）questions, and for her ability to get to the heartof the matter. Thomas gained new in flue neeand fame whe n GeorgeW. Bush was Preside nt for her sharp questi ons and men ts.1. Why was

6、 Joh n Peter Zen ger not guilty?A. He didn t lie at all.B. The police got the wrong guy.C. He took part in the American Revolution.D. His achievements were greater than his faults.2. Which role of Fran kli n may surprise you most?A. A father. B. A leader. C. An in ve ntor. D. A journalist.3. What s

7、the biggest feature of“yellow journalism”？A. It was created by Hearst. B. Its n ewspapers were in yellow.C. It used little tricks to attract readers.D. It came from The San Fran cisco Exam iner.4. Who has the most con tact with the White House?A. Joh n Peter Zen ger. B. Hele n Thomas.C. Benjamin Fra

8、nklin. D. William Ran dolph Hearst.BThe number of buses, taxis and other vehicles on Kenyas roads is growing everyday. Now, the country s first electric -powered motorbikes are ing onto the market. The bike is designedto cut down on pollution and aimed at low-ine munities. Most motorbikes used in Ke

9、nya depend ongasoline, but not this new motorbike.Three university students developed the new ecotran bike. It catches the sunsenergy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge （充電 ） the electric motor. Robert Achoge is one ofthe student inventors.“Our hope is that by the fifth year, wewill be ab

10、le to cover the whole of Kenya with the electric motorcycle so as to protect the environmentand provide affordable transport. ”The students have set up a charging station for the motorbikes in Nairobi. The small battery can run for70 kilometers when fully charged. Once the power is used up, the moto

11、rbike has to return to the stationwhile another charged battery is connected to the bike. The U.S. African Development Foundation（ADF） is helping set up two solar-powered charging stations in the port of Kisumu.Each ecotran bike costs about $700. One taxi operator says the new motorbike costs less t

12、o operatethan that running on traditional gasoline.“When it es to buyinggasoline, there s no need. It s basically good for various things. As long as you wont take quite aheavy load （裝載 ）, you can go with it anywhere. Otherwise, itmay break down halfway. But now people still have a preference to the

13、 gas-powered bikes. ”A Nairobi businessman Kennedy Kusimba is selling the ecotran bikes. He hopes theywill bee popular.“We also know they are more reliable pared to the gas-poweredbikes. They are more efficient （ 效率高的 ） and they wil l last longer. ”5. What has happened to the vehicles in Kenya?A. Mo

14、torbikes are not allowed on the road.B. A new kind of motorbike is hitting the road.C. There are fewer buses and taxis in the street.D. Traditional motorbikes dont need gasol ine any more.6. What do we know about the ecotran bike?A. It was developed by the ADF.B. It can charge itself while running.C

15、. Its energy es from the sunlight.D. It does more harm to the environment.7. Where does the text probably e from?A. A research plan. B. An advertisement.C. A business report. D. A science magazine.CHave you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place? Lots of people have. Now researchers from BrownUniv

16、ersity in Rhode Island think they know why.They found that one half of the brain remains more awake than the other half whenpeople are trying to sleep in a new place. This appears a case of the brain keeping people ready fortrouble in a new place, the researchers said.The sleep findings were reporte

17、d in Current Biology and by Brown University. In their report, theresearchers said many people reported they had a harder time sleepingthe first night at a hotel or other places outside their home.They call it“first - night effect ”. “In Japan, if you change your pillow, youcant sleep, ” said Yuka S

18、asaki, one of the report s authors. “You dont sleep very well in a newplace. We all know about it. ”The researchers measured brain waves for 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory. The two nightswere a week apart. They found during the first night the left hemisphere （ 半球） of the brain was mo

19、reactive than the right hemisphere. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said.Sasaki said a lot of questions remain. Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long,so they dont know if the left hemisphere keeps “watch” all night. Or whether it “works in shifts

20、（輪流）” with the right hemisphere later in the night.at least according to this new research, makes it harder to get the sleep people need to feel well restedin the morning.8. What can be learnt from the study?A. Brain waves were measured in two separate days.B. The left brain develops better than the

21、 right one.C. The extra activity is limited to the left brain.D. The left brain keeps“watch” all night.9. For a good sleep, the brains “watch” could be _A. helpful B. necessaryC. unpleasant D. irresponsible10. The text aims to _ .A. give some advice to people with sleep problemsB. show the real link

22、 between the brain and sleepC. call attention to the brain activityD. explain the “first - night effect ” 第二節(jié)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為 多余選項(xiàng)（七選五）If you enjoy reading, you should first choose a good book. _11_ if you likeedy, get a funny book. If you like fantasy, get a book about fairy tal

23、es or fantasy. If you get a book that snot right for you, you may lose interest in the book and wont want to read it.12If you rethinking of buying a book, why not headto your local library and read a little part of it to see if it is worth buying?Dont force yourself to read something youre not enjoy

24、ing at all. There is adifference between giving the book achance and being halfway through the bookandstill hating the story or information it depicts（描繪） . If you think you are notenjoying a book that you have picked, stop reading it, because if you keep on atit, it will put you off reading. _ 13_

25、If you find it boring because it is toohard, try an easier one. Or vice versa, if you wish to challenge yourself more._ 14_ Think of what the characters are probably feeling and what their next moves might beThey also do not know why the extra brain of deepsleep, is always on the left hemisphere. Fo

26、r some,this research may be calming. It out for us” in anew place. But it may notactivity, at least during the first phase is good toknow that our brain is “l(fā)ooking help with sleep.That extra brain activity,before you find out what the author actually has them do.Read every day. Readi ng makes you a

27、 lot smarter._15_A. Work out why you are reading.B. Try a different book that you might enjoy more.C. Make sure you have a book that s just right for you.D. Imagine in your mind the setting of what you re reading.E. Peaceful and quiet places will help you focus on the book.F. Readi ng a small sect i

28、on of a book is helpful for decidi ng its value to you.G. If you read every once in a while, you may forget about it and not continue reading.第二部分完形填空（共 20 小題，每小題 1 分，滿分 20 分）Shopp ing for clothes is not the same 16 for a man as it is for a woma n. A mangoes shopping because he needs something. His

29、purpose is 17 and decided in _18_ He knows what hewants, and his _19_ is to find it and buy it. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assista nt forwhat they wan t. If the shop has it in stock, the _20 can be and ofte n is pleted in less tha n five minu tes,with hardly anychat and to every on

30、es _21_. For a man, slight problems may beg in whe n the shopdoes not have what he wan ts. In that case the salesma n tries to sell the customersomething else - he offers the nearest to the article _22 ._ Good salesman bringsout such a substitute（替代品） with _23_:“ I know this jacket is n ot the _24yo

31、u want, sir, but would you like to try it for size. It happens to be the _25 you mentioned. ” Few menhave _ 26_ with this treatment, and the 27 response is:“This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by tryingit on. ”For a woma n, buying clothes is a

32、lways done in the _28_ way. Her shopp ing isnot often _29_ on need. She has _30 _ fully decided what she wants, and she isonly “having a look round ” . She is always_31_ to persuasion, willing to tryon any nu mber of thin gs. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding someth ingthat every one t

33、hinks _32_ her. Most wome n have an excelle nt sense of _33_ and _are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woma n mayeasily spe nd an hour going from one rail to ano ther _ 34_ ing acrossthe dresses she wants to try on .It is a tiresome process, but o

34、bviously a（n）35 one.16.A.experie neeB. effectC. priceD. event17.A. settledB. un certa inC.cha ngeableD. high18.A.detailB.advaneeC.hurryD.full19.A.reas onB.n eedC.dreamD.purpose20.A. dealB. argume ntC. resultD.success21.A.c on fide neeB.amuseme ntC.surpriseD.satisfaction22.A.askedB. appo in tedC. sto

35、redD. wan ted23A.careB.skillC.atte nti onD.i nterest24.A. priceB. styleC. productD.clothes25.A. sizeB. jacketC. colorD.one26.A.experienceB.moneyC.interestD.patience27.A. ordinaryB. usualC.goodD.most28.A.sameB.similarC.oppositeD.different29.A.reliedB.doneC.dependedD.based30.A. alreadyB. neverC. yetD.

36、 little31.A. openB. readyC. easyD. hard32.A. performsB. expressesC. suitsD. adapts33.A. valueB. qualityC. clothingD. beauty34.A.afterB.beforeC.asD.by35.A. tiringB.boringC. enjoyableD. peaceful第n卷(滿分 50 分)第一節(jié) 課文填空(共 10 小題，每小題 1 分，共 10 分)I can still remember the moment when the space _ 36_ called us a

37、ll tothe capsule and we climbed in through a small _37_.Then WangPing _38_ a switch on a puter screen, and a table and some chairsrose from under the floor as if by magic.So we wrote an article suggesting he was _ 39_ . It was a_ 40_ because the footballer could have _ 41_ damages if we were wrong.

38、Hetried to stop us 42_ it but later we were proved right.For second degree burns, keep cloths cool by putting them back in a _43_ ofcold water, _44_ them out and placing them on the _ 45_ area over andover again for about an hour until the pain is not so bad.第二節(jié) 用括號內(nèi)單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空(共 5 小題，每小題 1 分，共 5 分) 4

39、6.This is the( type)style of music that appeals to the young.47.Something he_(predict) years ago really happened, but some peoplethink it is a pure coincidence.48._ You can t be in (possess) of the house until all the papers havebeensign.49. The program was _(aim) at the teenage audience.50. She has

40、 a _(prefer) for cartoons.第三節(jié) 語法填空(共 10 小題，每小題 1 分，共 10 分)At one time,_ 51_(make) a film was an expensive activity only for smallgroups and film panies. Not only were the tools and machines expensive _52_ also the cost of filmwas also far greater than most people could afford. However, modern techno

41、logy has changed all thatrecently.Newtechnology has really opened up the world of film-making for film fans. Now a camera does notcost much and most young people are _53_ (certain) able topay for it. So all you need is to get one for _54_(you). With that, you maythen start your own film-making. Howe

42、ver, film-making is _ 55_ (tire) work.You probably need others to help you._ 56_ example, the number of actors and actress _ 57（be） very important inyour film. Of course, they may be_ your schoolmates, friends orfamilymembers. You don t even need _58_（pay）them a cent while they are glad to be part o

43、f your job.Besides, you need to make up a story. Can you write your own one? If you have good 59（imagine）, you can create an attractive story, _ 60_ is thekey to a successful film. Many world-famous film makersand producer are also goodstory-writers. If not, perhaps you need someone else to write it

44、 for you. 第四節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文， 請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。 文中共 有 10 處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（人），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意： 1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計(jì)分。An accident was reported in yesterday s newspaper. Someo

45、ne was badly hurt bya bottle throwing out of the window of a building. Obvious, if we look around, we will find things of thiskind is mon. Rubbish can be seen here or there. Such behavior will ruin ours environment if we donothing to it. In my opinion, we should make it sure that we don t throw rubb

46、ish around andpersuading others not to do so.Besides, rule should be made to stop such behavior as some people do carelessly. Only by this way canwe hope to build a good environment.第五節(jié) 寫作（共 15 分）假定你是李華，你校英語刊物 Students Stories 擬刊登一篇有關(guān)學(xué)習(xí)急救知識重要性的 短文。請你根據(jù)以下要點(diǎn)信息投稿：上周六你和陳輝在張貼圖畫時(shí)， 他不慎從椅子上摔下來扭傷了腳踝， 你立刻讓他坐下

47、， 把腿 抬高放于椅子上，進(jìn)而冷敷，最后纏上繃帶。1.詞數(shù) 100 左右；2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。英語 A 卷答案 閱讀：1. A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的 si nee what he w rote was based on truth 可知，因 為他所寫的都是基于事實(shí)的，所以他被無罪釋放。2. D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的 But many people don t realize that the inventor andfounding father was also a journalist可知，很多人并不太了解富蘭克林原來還是一位記者。3. C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的

48、 that used eye-catching headlines to draw theatte ntion of readers可知，黃色新聞是指用一些小伎倆來吸引讀者的新聞報(bào)道，比如吸引人眼球的大標(biāo)題等。4. B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的He l e n Thomas has been a White House reportersince 1961 可知應(yīng)選 B 項(xiàng)。5. B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段 Now, the country s first electric-powered motorbikesare ing onto the market 可知，現(xiàn)在肯尼亞的第一批電動摩托車上

49、市了。6. C。纟田節(jié)理解題。由第二段 It catches the sun s energy, stores it in batteries anduses it to charge the electric motor可知，ecotran bike吸收太陽能并儲存在電池中，用它來給電機(jī)充電。7. D。推理判斷題。文章主要介紹了一項(xiàng)新發(fā)明，最有可能來源于科學(xué)雜志。8. A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段前兩句可知，研究人員分開兩天測試志愿者的腦電波，時(shí)間 相隔一周。9. C。推理判斷題。從文章最后一段中的But it may not help with sleep可知，新環(huán)境下大腦保持警惕狀態(tài)雖然起

50、到一種保護(hù)作用，但是對睡眠來說，卻不是件好事。10. D。主旨大意題。結(jié)合全文可知，本文主要解釋說明了在陌生環(huán)境中第一天會睡不好的 原因，這種現(xiàn)象即“首夜效應(yīng)”。11-15. CFBDG完形填空：16-20 AABDA 21-25 DDBBC 26-30 DBCDB 31-35ACABC課文填空：36. stewardess 37. opening 38.flashed 39. guilty 40. dilemma41.dema nded42.publish ing 43. bas in44. squeez ing 45. burned單句填空：46. typical 47. predicte

51、d48.possessi on49. aimed 50.prefere nee語法填空：51. making 52. but53.certainly 54. yourself 55. tiring56. for 57. is 58. to pay 59. imagination 60.which改錯(cuò)：An accide nt was reported in yesterday s n ewspaper. Some one was badly hurt bya bottle throwing out of the window of a building. Obvious, if we look

52、 around, wewill find things of thisthrow nObviouslykind is mon. Rubbish can be see n here or there. Such behavior will ruin ours_en viro nment ifareandourwe do nothing to it. In my opinion, we should make it_ sure that we don t thr ow rubbisharound and persuading others not to do so. Besides, rule s

53、hould be made to stop such behavior assomepersuaderulespeople do carelessly. Only by this way can we hope to build a good en viro nment.inbetter寫作：One possible version:Last Saturday, Chen Hui accide ntally fell off a chair whe n he and I were putt ingup pictures. As a result, his ankle was sprained.

54、 Faced with this situation,firstly,I sat him dow n and remin ded him not to put his weight on his an kle. Mean while, I helped him to put hisleg up on the chair. After that, I took some ice and put iton that an kle to reduce the swelli ng. Fin ally, I ban daged up his spra ined an kle.Three days lat

55、er, he was fully recovered.Therefore, learni ng first-aid skills is of great importa nee. Not only can we save ourselves but also offerhelp to others.2019-2020年高二英語上學(xué)期第二階段期中試題B卷本試卷分為第 I 卷（選擇題）和第n卷（非選擇題）兩部分，滿分100 分?？荚嚂r(shí)間為 90分鐘。第一部分 閱讀理解（共 15 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） 第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂

56、 里。八、AHere are some of the most in flue ntial print journ alists in history.Joh n Peter Zen gerThis man published the New York Weekly Journal in the 1700s. He wrote honestly about the Britishgovernment, and in 1735 he was arrested （逮捕）.He was found notguilty, since what he wrote was based on truth.

57、His case helped in flue nee the America n Revolutio n.Benjamin FranklinWe know that Benjamin Franklin had a lot of interests. But many people don trealize that the inven torand founding father was also a jour nalist.HisThePennsylvania Gazettebegan in the 1730s, and Franklinused it to help get his id

58、easout and in flue nce the public lead ing up to the America n Revoluti on.William Ran dolph HearstHearst was well known as one of the biggest publishersand journalistsof his time.He started with The San Fran cisco Exam iner, and went from there. Hearst was one of the starters of“yellow journalism ”

59、 , which started a new field of journalism that used eye-catching headlines to drawthe attention of readers.Helen ThomasThis woman is the first lady of print journalism. Helen Thomas has been a WhiteHouse reporter since 1961. She is known for her bold （大膽的 ） questions, and forher ability to get to t

60、he heart of the matter. Thomas gained new influence and fame when George W.Bush was President for her sharp questions and ments.1. Why was John Peter Zenger not guilty?A. He didn t lie at all.B. The police got the wrong guy.C. He took part in the American Revolution. D. His achievements were greater