【英语】江苏省江阴市二中、要塞中学等四校2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试试题

【英语】江苏省江阴市二中、要塞中学等四校2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试试题

江苏省江阴市二中、要塞中学等四校2019-2020学年 高二下学期期中考试英语试题 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎(　　)1. What does the man ask the woman to do?‎ A. Buy a desk for him. B. Get a key for Joe. C. Share the cupboard with him.‎ ‎(　　)2. How does the woman feel now?‎ A. Nervous. B. Confident. C. Surprised.‎ ‎(　　)3. What is the woman doing?‎ A. Watching a movie. B. Buying a ticket. C. Waiting for James.‎ ‎(　　)4. What does the woman say about the new clothes shop?‎ A. It’s crowded on Saturday. 　　　　‎ B. The clothes are expensive.‎ C. There are many changing rooms there.‎ ‎(　　)5. What will the man probably do?‎ A. Have the fax machine repaired. 　　　　‎ B. Call Mr. Steven in Washington.‎ C. Get the paper faxed next door.‎ 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。‎ ‎(　　)6. Why does the man call the woman?‎ A. To make an appointment. ‎ B. To change an appointment.‎ C. To cancel an appointment.‎ ‎(　　)7. What does the woman ask the man to do?‎ A. Have her pipes checked. B. Repair her front stairs. C. Replace her back door.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。‎ ‎(　　)8. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. In a restaurant. B. Over the phone. C. In the office.‎ ‎(　　)9. When can the man order?‎ A. At 10：30 p．m. B. At 10：00 p．m. C. At 8：00 p．m.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ ‎(　　)10. What does the woman plan to do?‎ A. Rent a house. B. Buy some furniture. C. Move her house.‎ ‎(　　)11. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Landlord and renter. B. Agent and customer. C. Neighbors.‎ ‎(　　)12. How much should the woman pay altogether?‎ A. $260. B. $390. C. $650.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ ‎(　　)13. What can we know about the couple’s TV set?‎ A. It has been sold. ‎ B. It has been given away. ‎ C. It is being repaired.‎ ‎(　　)14. What kind of film will be on at the Silver Star Theater?‎ A. A war movie. B. A western film. C. A comedy.‎ ‎(　　)15. Why does the man refuse to see the film The Killer?‎ A. He has no money to pay for it. 　　　　‎ B. The film is not his preference.‎ C. The theater is far from their home.‎ ‎(　　)16. What time is it now?‎ A. 8：00 p．m. B. 7：30 p．m. C. 7：00 p．m.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎(　　)17. What is the season now according to the text?‎ A. Winter. B. Spring. C. Autumn.‎ ‎(　　)18. Which place does the speaker suggest visiting?‎ A. A beach. B. A national park. C. A camp.‎ ‎(　　)19. How many people died in 2014 in national parks?‎ A. 1，025. B. 129. C. 145. ‎ ‎(　　)20. What may get people into trouble?‎ A. Extra batteries. B. Poor judgment. C. Over preparation.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)‎ 第一节（共10小题，每小题2.5分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A Islands that could disappear in your lifetime Island vacations are dreams for many tourists, but climate change has lifted ocean temperatures, raised sea levels and worsened storm severity. As a result, some islands are threatened and could disappear in the coming decades.‎ Federal States of Micronesia ‎2019 Population: 112，640‎ The average rate of sealevel rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster. The country is at risk of disappearing because of coastal flooding, erosion, and frequent storms.‎ Tuvalu ‎2019 Population: 11，508.‎ Tuvalu is a small chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. For more than 25 years, its representatives have raised alarms that climate change could raise sea levels enough to flood the islands. Even if waters never get that high, Tuvalu could still become uninhabitable as rising sea levels have polluted the nation’s groundwater resources with salt.‎ Marshall Islands ‎2019 Population: 58，413‎ Residents of Marshall Islands, a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the ‎ Shishmaref, Alaska ‎2019 Population: 617‎ In 2016, people living in Shishmaref, Alaska, located near the Bering Strait, voted to central Pacific Ocean, have known for years that they have to either build new artificial islands to relocate or raise the existing ones.‎ ‎ relocate before melting ice and land erosion would forced them to. Alaska had granted the city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost $200 million.‎ ‎(　　)21. The sea level around Federal States of Micronesia is rising as much as ________ or so a year.‎ A. 1.1 mm B. 3.1 mm C. 6.6 mm D. 9.3 mm ‎(　　)22. Which island has been granted some funds to relocate by the state government?‎ A. Federal States of Micronesia B. Tuvalu C. Marshall Islands D. Shishmaref B The term “crocodile tears” refers to insincere sadness. This term has an etymology dating back several centuries. As early as the fourth century, crocodile tears are referenced in the literature with the meaning of insincere sorrow. It is said that crocodiles weep while eating their hunted animals because they are sad; however, this sadness is not honest.‎ The term crocodile tears became widely popular after it was documented in a fifteenthcentury book titled The Voyage and Travel of Sir John Mandeville, Knight. A passage from the book reads: “These crocodiles kill men and they eat them weeping.” ‎ As you may already know, crocodilians(鳄目动物) likely feel bad about little—especially feeding. However, the assumption of the crocodiletears metaphor may be true. In a 2007 paper published in BioScience titled “Crocodile Tears: And thei eten hem wepynge”(“Crocodile Tears: And they eat them weeping”), researchers observed 7 crocodilians in cages during feeding time at a reserve(4 caimans and 3 American alligators). The researchers observed the animals outside of water at feeding stations to better find out whether tearing developed. ‎ Five of the 7 crocodilians developed something like tears in their eyes before, during or after ‎ feeding. The researchers suggest that these crocodile tears occur because a crocodilian hisses(发出嘶嘶声) while it eats, and this hissing forces air through the spaces in the bone behind the nose and out the eye, in the process picking up nasolacrimal secretions(鼻泪管分泌物)．‎ In humans, “crocodile tears” is a medical condition that causes a person to tear up while eating. Crocodile tears typically occur because of a temporary loss of facial control due to damage of the facial nerve. Specifically, when the facial nerve grows again, it does so incorrectly thus resulting in tears during chewing food.‎ ‎(　　)23. The underlined word “etymology” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________．‎ A. a reference book containing articles on various topics B. the origin and history of a particular term C. a printed sheet of paper that are given free to advertise D. the application and influence of a new theory ‎(　　)24. The term “crocodile tears” ________．‎ A. is a medical condition that causes a crocodile to tear up B. became widely popular as early as the fourth century C. refers to pretended sadness D. proved to be only an assumption ‎(　　)25. From the 2007 paper published in BioScience, we can know that ________．‎ A. crocodilians especially feel bad about feeding B. not all the 7 crocodilians developed tearing C. the crocodilians were carefully observed inside water D. crocodile tears occur because a crocodilian hisses after it eats ‎(　　)26. The passage is mainly about ________．‎ A. what the real truth is about crocodile tears B. when the term“crocodile tears”got popular in literature C. how researchers made the experiment on crocodilians D. why crocodile tears typically occur in humans C For several decades, there has been an organized campaign intended to produce distrust in science, funded by those whose interests are threatened by the findings of modern science. In ‎ response, scientists have tended to stress the success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most things, from the structure of the universe to the relativity of time and space.‎ Stressing successes isn’t wrong, but for many people it’s not persuasive. An alternative answer to the question “Why trust science？” is that scientists use the socalled scientific method. But what is called the scientific method isn’t what scientists actually do. Science is dynamic: new methods get invented; old ones get abandoned; and at any particular point, scientists can be found doing many different things. False theories sometimes lead to true results, so even if an experiment works, it doesn’t prove that the theory it was designed to test is true. ‎ If there is no specific scientific method, then what is the basis for trust in science? The answer is the methods by which those claims are evaluated. A scientific claim is never accepted as true until it has gone through a long process of examination by fellow scientists.Scientists draft the initial version of a paper and then send it to colleagues for suggestions. Until this point, scientific feedback is typically fairly friendly. But the next step is different: the revised paper is submitted to a scientific journal, where things get a whole lot tougher. Editors deliberately send scientific papers to people who are not friends or colleagues of the authors, and the job of the reviewer is to find errors or other faults. We call this process “peer review” because the reviewers are scientific peers—experts in the same field—but they act in the role of a superior who has both the right and the responsibility to find fault. It is only after the reviewers and the editor are satisfied that any problems have been fixed that the paper will be printed in the journal and enters the body of “science”．‎ Some people argue that we should not trust science because scientists are “always changing their minds”. While examples of truly settled science being overturned are far fewer than is sometimes claimed, they do exist. But the beauty of this scientific process is that science produces both creativity and stability. New observations, ideas, explanations and attempts to combine competing claims introduce creativity; transformative questioning leads to collective decisions and the stability of scientific knowledge. Scientists do change their minds in the face of new evidence, but this is a strength of science, not a weakness．‎ ‎(　　)27. Scientists stress the success of science in order to ________．‎ A. promote basic knowledge of science B. remind people of scientific achievements C. remove possible doubts about science D. show their attitude towards the campaign ‎(　　)28. What can we learn about the socalled scientific method?‎ A. It’s an easy job to prove its existence. B. It usually agrees with scientists’ ideas.‎ C. It hardly gets mixed with false theories. D. It constantly changes and progresses.‎ ‎(　　)29. What can we learn about “peer review”？‎ A. It seldom gives negative evaluation of a paper.‎ B. It is usually conducted by unfriendly experts.‎ C. It aims to perfect the paper to be published.‎ D. It happens at the beginning of the evaluation process.‎ ‎(　　)30. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ________．‎ A. it is not uncommon for science to be overturned B. scientists are very strong in changing their minds C. people lose faith in those changeable scientists D. changes bring creativity and stability to science 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。‎ Pick up Your Game A youth soccer coach，Hugo Grajeda，director of Pro Youth Soccer Academy in Chester，New York，shares some tips to help you improve your soccer skills.‎ Start with basic drills. “Go outdoors，get a ball and keep it close to your feet，” Grajeda says.“ 31 If you have a backyard，work on shooting.”‎ ‎ 32 “It’s a good way of building skills without having the pressure of games.Choose a camp that emphasizes building skills and go to one of those.There are plenty of camps that begin right after school ends.”‎ Don’t forget to stretch. 33 Then do a series of stretches to loosen up your muscles.Don’t forget to take a drink of water before you even step on the field.“Water is important，especially in summer，” Grajeda says.‎ Watch the World Cup.Grajeda will be telling his athletes to watch as many games as they ‎ can. 34 Then，you should try to bring some of their moves into your own game.“Pick up something that you like and practice it，” Grajeda says.‎ Keep practicing.Practice may not seem like the most fun part of playing soccer. 35 Look for ways to make practice fun by adding some competition to simple drills，and don’t be discouraged if it takes time to master new skills.“If someone were struggling to improve，I would tell them to keep practicing，keep trying.Practice makes perfect.”‎ A．Sign up for a soccer camp.‎ B．Reduce the pressure of games.‎ C．Study how the best players move with the ball.‎ D．A game is sometimes used as an educational tool.‎ E．However，it’s the best way to develop good techniques.‎ F．That will help improve your ability to run with the ball close to you.‎ G．Before each game or practice，start with a proper tenminute warmup.‎ 第三部分 语言应用（共两节，满分60分）‎ 第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ My father was a Jamaican(牙买加) immigrant while my mother was a white woman. They never got married but I was born. However, my father never __36__ his family about my existence. Whatever the case, I didn’t know I was a __37__ until my thirteenth birthday. ‎ Walking into my aunt’s apartment brought a lot of emotions. What if my __38__ didn’t want anything to do with me because I was half white? How __39__ can I learn the jokes that my family members told? Should I __40__ them for all the years they didn’t spend with me? My mind was full of thoughts when I was __41__ to everyone, trying desperately to understand family members who almost were __42__ strangers. Meanwhile, I was __43__ to just remember everybody’s name. ‎ One of my aunts, who’d been quiet for most of the morning looked at me with tearful eyes. She mentioned how __44__ she was for my father to have a daughter, saying, “He’s always dreamt of having a daughter”. However, she then expressed her __45__ towards my father for keeping the family in the __46__ about me. From this __47__， I have learned more about what it means to be biracial(代表两种人种的). Can I still __48__ myself Jamaican even though my ‎ first time trying curry goat, a traditional dish, was not until my teenage years?‎ I’ve become aware that no matter how much DNA you might __49__ with a particular race, you won’t feel truly connected if you did not __50__ with that culture’s customs. I believe this event has __51__ me into becoming a more understanding person when analyzing someone’s actions. I have realized that I am far from a __52__. I am determined to prove that I’m here for a reason by using my talents to __53__ those around me. I have grown in not __54__ on my parents and families to tell me who I am, but I have understood my uniqueness and __55__ my real self. I really feel proud that among strangers I eventually know who I am!‎ ‎(　　)36. A. told B. said C. talked D. burden ‎(　　)38. A. father B. mother C. family D. aunt ‎(　　)39. A. often B. badly C. quickly D. strangely ‎(　　)40. A. praise B. blame C. miss D. invite ‎(　　)41. A. offered B. devoted C. delivered D. introduced ‎(　　)42. A. complete B. strict C. kind D. helpful ‎(　　)43. A. pretending B. struggling C. competing D. cheering ‎(　　)44. A. nervous B. shameful C. embarrassed D. happy ‎(　　)45. A. anxiety B. anger C. excitement D. enthusiasm ‎(　　)46. A. hope B. regret C. dark D. future ‎(　　)47. A. accident B. program C. coincidence D. experience ‎(　　)48. A. consider B. imagine C. leave D. teach ‎(　　)49. A. share B. replace C. deposit D. exchange ‎(　　)50. A. pick up B. take up C. grow up D. make up ‎(　　)51. A. frightened B. cheated C. tricked D. turned ‎ ‎(　　)52. A. mistake B. master C. milestone D. miracle ‎(　　)53. A. tolerate B. dismiss C. hate D. benefit ‎(　　)54. A. agreeing B. relying C. working D. passing ‎(　　)55. A. protected B. saved C. found D. forgiven 第二节(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。‎ On Sept.4,2017，Gulangyu Island, 56. the coast of Xiamen，Fujian，was certificated ‎ a world heritage site by UNESCO.China now has 52 such sites，which spread across the entire country.Millions of people visit Gulangyu Island every year to enjoy its natural 57._________ (delight)．‎ The recognition of this beautiful, 58. (culture) remarkable island is 59. honor.The word“heritage” refers to the invaluable things that we inherit from the past. Like a time machine，it takes us back to our ancestors and even earlier, 60. (enable) us to wonder at both the natural world and human history.‎ Heritage can also be a reminder of a lifestyle of the past.Just look at Vienna’s coffee culture：the award was for 61. happened there，not for the places 62. (they)．‎ At the end of the 19th century，the cafes 63. (pack) with artists and intellectuals(知识分子)．The popularity of these places reached its height during the last period of the great AustriaHungarian Empire.‎ Just like Gulangyu Island and Vienna cafes，every world heritage item is worthy of care and 64. (protect)．They remind us of our rich and 65. (vary) cultural pasts，and the things that made us who we are.‎ 第三节 单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 66. A fishbone stuck in Janet’s throat and made her ____________ (哽咽).‎ 67. There is a ____________ (急剧的) drop in temperature after the storm.‎ 68. The workers were asked to be _______ (准时的) when they were about to have a meeting.‎ 69. Does the name on the envelope _______ (相一致) with the name on the letter inside?‎ 70. My friend is applying for another two positions as an _____ (保障) against not passing the interview for this one.‎ 71. It was impossible to predict the o_________ of the election.‎ 72. On opening the door, she found a baby lying on the ground, wrapped in a blanket, obviously a_______ by his parents.‎ 73. Unmarried mothers, plus other social p______ call for our immediate attention.‎ 74. Nowadays many of the successful movies, like Pride and Prejudice, are a_______ of classic literary works.‎ 75. Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their ‎ professional c____________.‎ 第四部分 写作（25分）‎ 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。‎ My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is．Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer．When I was younger，I thought sound was very important to us as humans，so I said，"My ears，Mommy．"She said，"No． Many people are deaf．But they are doing well in their life．You keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon．"‎ Several years passed before she asked me again．Since making my first attempt，I had contemplated (深思) the correct answer．So this time I told her，"Mommy，sight is very important to everybody，so it must be our eyes．"She looked at me and told me，"You are learning fast，but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind．"Over the years my mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was："No，but you are getting smarter every year，my child．"Then last year，my grandpa died．Everybody was hurt．Everybody was crying．My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final goodbye to grandpa．She asked me，"Do you know the most important body part yet，my dear？"I was surprised when she asked me this on this occasion．‎ I always thought this was a game between her and me．She saw the confusion on my face and told me，"This question is very important．How you answer it shows whether you have learned about life．For every body part you gave me in the past，I have told you were wrong and I have given you a reason why．But today is the day you will know the answer．"I look puzzled．"All your previous answers-ears，eyes，hands，heart…They are all very important to yourself．But this time I need you to think of something that is important to others．"‎ 注意： 1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2．应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语； 3．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4．续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语． "My dear， the most important body part，" she said,_________________________________ ‎ ‎___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2： "Mom， I understand． And you can cry on my shoulder too．"___________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎【参考答案】‎ 听力 ‎1～5BABAC　6～10BABCA　11～15BCCAB　16～20CBBCB 阅读理解 ‎21-22DD　23-26BCBA　27-30CDCD 七选五31-35 FAGCE 完形填空 ‎36～40ABCCB　41～45DABDB　46～50CDAAC　51～55DADBC 语法填空 ‎56. off　57.delights　58.culturally　59.an　60.enabling　61.what　62.themselves　63.were packed　64.protection　65.various ‎ 单词拼写 66. Choke 67. sharp 68. puncture 69. correspond 70. insurance 71.outcome 72. abandoned 73. pressure 74.adaptations 75. competence 书面表达;‎ Paragraph 1： "My dear，the most important body part，" she said，"is your shoulder．""Is it because it holds up your head？"I asked．"No，it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry，"she replied， "Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life， my dear． I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it．"（高分句型一）I saw her eyes well up with tears．（简单介绍肩膀重要的原因） Paragraph 2： "Mom， I learned．And you can cry on my shoulder too．"And silently， my mother put her head on my shoulder and started to cry． It was not heavy at all，and the wetness didn’t make me uncomfortable either．In fact when her warm tears damped my shoulder，I felt the pain in her heart， and I knew how hurt and lonely and vulnerable she was at that moment．（高分句型二）I felt important．I felt like a man．I was there when someone I loved dearly needed me most．（女儿理解关爱他人的含义）‎