湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2019-2020高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2019-2020高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

英语试卷 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。本试卷共12页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。‎ ‎★祝 考 试 顺 利 ★‎ 第I卷 第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)‎ 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中选择一个最佳选项。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ー小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. When do the speakers plan to get to the sports meet?‎ A. At 7:45. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:15.‎ ‎2. What does the woman want from the store?‎ A. Cookies. B. Milk. C. Peanut butter.‎ ‎3. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. A CD by Johnny. B. A present for Molly. C. A famous musician.‎ ‎4. Why does the man suggest the Fairmont Hotel?‎ A. For its price. B. For its location. C. For its size.‎ ‎5. What is the man doing?‎ A. Waiting for a call. B. Calling his neighbor. C. Opening a window.‎ 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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. What is the woman telling the man about?‎ A. The big storm. B. The sick kids. C. The electricity company. ‎ ‎7. What is the first thing the man is going to do?‎ A.To go back home. B.To buy some candles. C.To make a phone call.‎ 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。‎ ‎8. What’s the weather like now?‎ A. Sunny. B. Snowy. C. Rainy.‎ ‎9. What is the man’s job probably?‎ A. A lawyer B. A waiter. C. A travel agent.‎ 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10~12 题。‎ ‎10. Why doesn’t the man like to go to France?‎ A. He’s been there. B. It is too noisy. C. The time does not fit.‎ ‎11. How much does the tour to Spain cost?‎ A. 345 pounds. B. 385 pounds. C. 470 pounds.‎ ‎12. Where will the man go for his holiday?‎ A. Sweden. B. Spain. C. Italy.‎ 听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13~16 题。‎ ‎13. What does the woman have to do on Mondays?‎ A. Work at the swimming pool.‎ B.Have Spanish grammar classes.‎ C.Have discussions with Mr. Brown.‎ ‎14. When did the tennis club meet last year?‎ A. On Mondays. B. On Tuesdays. C. On Wednesdays.‎ ‎15. Which sport does the man probably prefer?‎ A. Badminton. B. Football. C. Tennis.‎ ‎16. What club will both the speakers join?‎ A. The film club. B. The singing club. C. The guitar club.‎ 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17~20 题。‎ ‎17. How long will Comedy in the Club Level last?‎ A. An hour. ‎ B. One and a half hours. ‎ C. Two hours.‎ ‎18. Who will probably watch the show on October 15?‎ A.Those who want a good laugh.‎ B.Those who love Irish culture.‎ C.Those who love the Beatles.‎ ‎19. What can be heard on October 20?‎ A.Popular songs of a famous band.‎ B.Songs from Broadway shows.‎ C.New songs of some bands.‎ ‎20.When will Brenda Braxton give her performance?‎ A. On October 5. ‎ B. On October 10. ‎ C. On October 27.‎ 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）‎ 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。‎ A Chelesa Fearce had a secret that her classmates didn't know. A secret that could not defeat her. A secret that she was ready to reveal on graduation day: she was homeless.‎ Today, six years later, her story of perseverance continues, from a teenager studying by the stove light at motels to Spelman College graduate and medical researcher now starting Yale Medical School.‎ ‎“Homelessness taught me how to work hard, always persevere and never let anything get in my way,” Fearce said recently.‎ The 23-year-old girl made national news in 2013 with her story of success over a difficult situation. Her academic success landed her a full scholarship to Spelman, where she graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. She has worked full-time for the past two years at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland, doing research on drugs. And this month, Fearce starts Yale Medical School with a full scholarship to cover living expenses. She expects to be at the Ivy League school for eight years and to graduate with her doctorate and a medical degree. Her longtime goal is a career in psychiatry(精神病学).‎ Fearce's story is kept alive on the home front by the Clayton County school system. In her name, the system annually awards scholarships to local homeless students with good academic records. The scholarships of $250 to $1,000 come from donations collected in the whole country, which ranked first in the state in 2016—2017 in student homelessness with about 2,700 students.‎ Hearing about her helps "the students know what is possible," said Jacqueline Evans, which deals with the problem of student homelessness. “Sometimes, you have to see somebody else to know it can happen to you.”‎ ‎21. Which word can describe Fearce’s attitude to her homelessness?‎ A. Painful. B. Curious. C. Concerned. D. Thankful.‎ ‎22. How were the scholarships in Fearce’s name gotten?‎ A. Through the efforts of Fearce. B. By way of local donations.‎ C. By way of contributions. D. Through the government’s funds. ‎ ‎23. What’s the best title for the passage?‎ A. Fearce’s Story Inspires Many More B. Strong Will Makes a Girl Well-known C. The Homeless Is at Yale Medical School D. Chelesa Fearce Lets Out Her Secret B Education officials and industry experts are debating the future of online learning.The discussion is important because hundreds of universities in the United States have recently moved classes online because of the spread of the novel coronavirus（冠状病毒）.‎ For Asha Choksi, the rise of Internet-based or online study programs has led to major improvements in higher education. “It’s actually given a lot more power to students in terms of how, when and where they learn,”the head of research for Pearson Education said. ‎ Classes meet online through video conferencing. In this way, students are able to communicate with each other and their professors even when they are far away from school. However, recent research suggests the majority of college students and professors prefer in-person instruction, because they are concerned that companies supervising（监管）online learning programs are not clear about the policies they have with the schools they serve.‎ ‎“Students see in-class lectures as opportunities to engage with instructors, peers, and content.” the researchers wrote. In-person learning is especially important in fields like health care and teaching. Online education can never really take its place, said Stephanie Hall, a fellow with the independent policy research group The Century Foundation. “Students need to experience...what they’re learning about, reading about or hearing about in the classroom. And I don’t know yet the degree to which technology can facilitate that.” ‎ ‎“When schools make agreements with online program managers to run their online programs, they often do not make important information available to students,” Hall said. This includes how much control the company has over the design of the program or whether the faculty leading the classes was involved in their design. In addition, many colleges and universities advertise online programs as a low cost opportunity for students. But in some cases, students attending in-person classes get financial aid and online students do not. ‎ ‎24. What does Choksi think of the online study programs?‎ A.They reform the country’s education system.‎ B.They provide advanced scientific knowledge.‎ C.They promote the development of technology.‎ D.They offer students more choices in study.‎ ‎25. According to most college students and professors, what’s the advantage of in-person learning? ‎ A. It costs less to study.‎ B. It can better meet school policies.‎ C. It can improve students’ communication skills.‎ D. It is convenient.‎ ‎26. What does the underlined word “facilitate” probably mean in paragraph 4?‎ A. Apply. B. Achieve. C. Control. D.Change. ‎ ‎27. What is Hall’s attitude towards online education?‎ A. Critical. B. Uncaring. C. Neutral. D.Hopeful. ‎ C Tired of your ordinary earthly vacations? Some day soon you might be able to board a rocket and get a room with a view of the whole planet—from a hotel in space.‎ At least, that is the sales pitch(高调) of several companies racing to become the first to host guests in orbit on purpose-built space stations.‎ ‎"It sounds kind of crazy to us today because it is not a reality yet," said Frank Bunger, founder of U.S. aerospace firm Orion Span, one of the companies vying to take travellers out of this world. “But that's the nature of these things, it sounds crazy until it is normal.”‎ U.S. multimillionaire Dennis Tito became the world's first paying space tourist in 2001, travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for a reported $20 million. A few others have followed. Since then, companies like Boeing, Space X and Blue Origin have been working on ways to bring the stars into reach for more people—opening up a new business frontier for would-be space hoteliers.‎ U.S. space agency NASA announced in June that it plans to allow two private citizens a year to stay at the ISS at a cost of about $35,000 per night for up to a month. The first mission could be as early as 2020. ‎ But the growing movement has raised questions about the adequacy of current space laws, which mainly deal with exploration and keeping space free of weapons, not hotels and holidaymakers.‎ ‎“It is difficult now to want to do things in space and get a clear answer from space law,”said Christopher Johnson, a space law adviser at the Secure World Foundation, a space advocacy group. “For something as advanced as hotels in space there is no clear guidance.”‎ ‎28. What does the underlined word “vying”in Para. 3 mean?‎ A. Competing. B. Hesitating. C. Risking. D. Promising.‎ ‎29. Why was Tito mentioned in Para. 4?‎ A. To praise his contribution. B. To tell us he was very brave. ‎ C. To emphasize he took the lead. D. To show he was wealthy enough. ‎ ‎30. How does the fifth paragraph develop?‎ A. By comparison. B. By listing figures. ‎ C. By giving examples. D. By summary.‎ ‎31.What can we learn from Christopher Johnson?‎ A. He is in charge of a space law. B. It’s urgent to make a space law.‎ C. Space hotels are badly needed. D. He opposes space travel.‎ D The idea that animals can remember past experiences seemed so absurd that few researchers bothered to study it. Surely only humans could be capable of "episodic" memories — recalling a trip to the grocery store last Saturday, for example. We now know that we were mistaken—and a study from the animal world might even help us improve how we treat Alzheimer’s disease(阿兹海默症).‎ Crystal and her students conducted a study of whether animals are capable of episodic memory. First, they trained 13 rats to memorize 12 odours(气味). They built a special rat “area” with 12 stops, numbered 1 to 12, each scented with a different odour. When the rat identified the odour in a particular stop on the route, such as second-to-last or fourth-to-last, it received a reward. Then the researchers changed the number of odours and watched to see if the training had taken hold: would the rats identify the second-to-last and fourth-to-last odour in the sequence(次序), even if the number of odours was different? This ensured that the rats were identifying the odours according to their position in the sequence, not just by smell. "We wanted to know if the animals can remember a lot of items and the order in which those items occur," Crystal said.‎ After a year of these tests, the team found that the rats succeeded in the task about 87 percent of the time. Further tests confirmed that their memories stuck with them, and wasn’t influenced by other memories. ‎ The new genetic tools such as gene-editing allow scientists to create rats with an Alzheimer’s-like condition, making them the perfect subjects to test new Alzheimer’s drugs. In the United States alone, the ‎ number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s will increase from 5.8 million today to 14 million by 2050 as the population ages. If rats with episodic memory can help to break the Alzheimer’s code, this thief of the past might finally be defeated.‎ ‎32. Which of the following can be an "episodic" memory?‎ ‎ A. To imagine a future scene. B. To recall an early experience. ‎ C. To speak out a person’s name D. To work out math problems. ‎ ‎33. How did the rats get their reward in the experiment?‎ A. By making out the smell in a specific stop. ‎ B. By drawing a circle in their position. ‎ C. By identifying the name of different odours. ‎ D. By finishing the twelve stops. ‎ ‎34. What did Crystal’s team find about the rats? ‎ A. They could hold their attention for long. ‎ B. They could memorize the order of items. ‎ C. They are not influenced by disturbance. ‎ D. They could understand simple words. ‎ ‎35. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?‎ ‎ A. Art. B. Education. C. Science. D. Entertainment. ‎ 第二节(共5小題;每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。‎ How to Keep Mentally Healthy During a Quarantine Several governments around the world have requested or ordered their citizens ‎ to quarantine themselves: to stay at home to avoid contact with others. ‎ Quarantines help slow the spread of diseases like COVID-19.  It first appeared ‎ in China in late December and quickly became a worldwide health emergency. 36 ‎ People are at greater risk of anxiety and depression as a result of the isolation ‎ caused by quarantines. So, health experts around the world are offering  advice to ‎ help deal with the undesirable effects of quarantines on mental health.‎ Keep your usual routine Allen says continuing with normal routines as much as possible will help you ‎ stay healthy during quarantines. For example, 37 She says with some people ‎ staying in pajamas all day could lead to feelings of being unproductive or without ‎ purpose.‎ Make a plan She also advises people to make plans. Write a list of activities and times to ‎ carry  them out. These activities might include cleaning your home, paying bills, ‎ making calls and preparing meals. ‎ Don't forget "self-care" activities Allen says everyone should include self-care”activities during quarantine,‎ such as exercise,reading or playing musical instruments.  38 . Even if you must stay indoors, make sure to move your body. Maybe seek some online exercise classes.Keeping a list will help you balance the things you have to do and the things you wantodo.Allen also suggests using a quarantine to develop a new skill or to learn about ‎ something.‎ ‎ 39 ‎ Social media does connect us. But too much of it might cause harm.Psychologist ‎ Claudia Allen says some studies show that social media can make some people feel left out or "less than."  She suggests using it wisely.One way is to meet with friends, family, neighbors and others over video messaging services.‎ Find ways to help ‎ 40 This could be as simple as calling someone who is alone or greeting ‎ a neighbor from your window.‎ You could also provide a service online. For example, if you are a teacher, you  could offer online homework help to friends who must now home-school their children.And, keep a check on your own feelings. If you are experiencing difficulty from the ‎ effects of quarantine, contact a health care provider, a community organization ‎ or an emergency hotline number.‎ A. Use social media wisely.‎ B. Getting exercise is important.‎ C. Quarantines, however, can cause health problems themselves.‎ D. Helping others is another way to lift your spirit during quarantine.‎ E. Being in nature can help to ease boredom and other tensions of quarantine.‎ F. She says people should continue to wake up and get dressed at theirusual time.‎ G. The experts also suggest eating fresh and healthy vegetables to make you ‎ enjoy yourselves.‎ 第三部分:语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节:(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。‎ Dino Impagliazzo cuts onions like a professional cook. The Italian man makes a great vegetable soup, 41 most of his longtime “customers” can’t 42 pay for a piece of bread. Working with a much younger man, the 90-year-old, Impagliazzo is known as Rom’s “chef of the 43 .”‎ Three days a week, he sets out to gather 44 with other volunteers. They are all part of RomAmoR (RomeLove), a group that he started. The 45 go to markets and bakeries to collect 46 food. The other four days of the week, RomAmoR volunteers to cook food and  47 it in different places across the city. Such efforts help Impagliazzo 48 his dream of feeding the homeless.‎ It all 49 15 years ago when a homeless man at a Rome train station asked Impagliazzo for money to buy a sandwich. “I realized that perhaps 50 buying one sandwich, making some sandwiches for him and for the friends who were there would be better, and thus began our 51 ,” he said.‎ He launched his work to 52 the needy with other retired people. Now there are more than 300 volunteers, both young and old. Impagliazzo recently received a(n) 53 from Italian President. He was recognized as a “hero of our times”. He never 54 his idea would become so 55 .‎ ‎41. A. but B. so C. because D. though ‎ ‎42. A. either B. even C. yet D. still ‎ ‎43. A. old B. rich C. young D. poor ‎ ‎44. A. sandwich B. bread C. food D. soup ‎ ‎45. A. friends B. volunteers C. managers D. cooks ‎ ‎46. A. donated B. fast C. canned D. frozen ‎ ‎47. A. gather B. sell C. throw D. serve ‎ ‎48. A. see to B. take over C. live out D. pu t forward ‎ ‎49. A. predicted B. began C. appeared D. arrived ‎ 50. A. because of B. in case of C. for lack of D. instead of ‎51. A. adventure B. investment C. research D. training ‎ ‎52. A. protect B. feed C. save D. inspire ‎ ‎53. A. permit B. cup C. menu D. award ‎ ‎54. A. agreed B. admitted C. dreamed D. promised ‎ ‎55. A. lovable B. successful C. colorful D. impressive 第ニ节(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。‎ Doctors evicted from their homes in India as fear spreads amid coronavirus lockdown 在印度，由于冠状病毒被封锁，恐惧蔓延，医生被赶出了他们的家 India 56 (report) hundreds of cases of the novel coronavirus so far, a relatively low number given the country's size and density.But there are signs of rising 57 (anxious) amid a nationwide lockdown, with scenes of panic buying and targeted harassment of doctors and other frontline workers.‎ Medical staff in the national capital New Delhi say they have been excluded and discriminated against by their communities due to fears 58 they may be infected after working with coronavirus patients.‎ Some doctors have even reported 59 (force) to leave their homes, or facing threats that their electricity will be cut off.‎ Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers 60 (involve) in Covid care are being asked to vacate their rented homes and some have been even 61 (force)evicted from their temporary residence by landlords due to the fear that those healthcare professionals make them accessible to coronavirus infection, 62 (say) a letter from the Resident Doctors' Association of New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences, sent on Tuesday to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.‎ ‎"Many doctors are now left on the roads 63 all their luggage, nowhere to go, across the country," said the letter, 64 urged ‎ Shah to take action to protect the embattled medical workers.‎ Harsh Vardhan, the union minister for health and family welfare, tweeted on Tuesday that he was "deeply sorry" to hear of doctors being excluded.‎ ‎"Please don't panic," he urged the public. "All precautions are being taken by doctors and staff on Covid-19 duty 65 (ensure) they're not carriers of infection in any way. Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, also condemned the evictions.‎ 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节：应用文书面表达(满分15分)‎ 假定你是高三学生张磊，你的同学王敏春节去美国纽约探亲。因新冠状病毒肺炎疫情迅速扩散，他有发热症状而暂时滞留纽约，请你代表全班同学给此时处于焦虑和郁闷中的他写一封英文慰问信。‎ ‎  要点如下: 1. 对其表示关心和同情。‎ ‎            2. 对其表示安慰并提供帮助。‎ ‎              3. 表达愿望和祝福。‎ ‎ 4. 字数不得少于110词(否则扣2分）。‎ 生 词：高考：College Entrance Examination 新型冠状病毒：novel coronavirus Dear Wang Min,‎ ‎______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ ‎ ‎__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________‎ Yours,‎ Zhanglei 第二节（满分25分）‎ 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。(字数不得少于140词,否则扣2分）。‎ It was a sunny summer day in Brooksville, where a 19-year-old girl named Cindy was packing for her trip to go hiking with her dog, Ruffles. Ruffles was a Golden Retriever with smooth, silky fur as gold as honey. Cindy had black, straight hair and ocean blue eyes. She had been planning to go hiking for the second time in her life. The first time went well, she walked through the forests with her friends Julia and Rachel.‎ Anyway, she was packing plenty of water, juice, a cap and sunglasses for the sun. She grabbed a black leash and called out to Ruffles. They were ready to start their trip. Cindy drove about an hour to go to her destination, ‎ which was luckily pretty empty. She parked her silver car and grabbed her backpack, and off she went with Ruffles.‎ ‎“Oh, how lovely the sun looks today!” Cindy said. The sun was bright and was beaming through the forest’s trees. The trees were nice and tall and also very green. She walked for about five minutes and was enjoying the warm light wind. “Ah, how relaxed I feel. Don’t you think?” she asked Ruffles. Ruffles replied with a bark.‎ Cindy was searching for the perfect spot to get a better view of the beautiful place she was at. She wanted to get a beautiful picture. So, she hiked some more until she got a good view; then she took a picture with her iPhone. The view was very far down from where she was walking; it had a gorgeous blue river near some trees. She got a picture of that and kept hiking.‎ What she didn’t realize while she was taking a picture of her view was that there was a pathway leading to the river and Ruffles had gone down there for a swim. She ran down the pathway to Ruffles. “Ruffles! Ruffles!!” she yelled. “Get over here; you’re not supposed to be in there!” She cried. Ruffles swam even farther.‎ Paragraph 1:‎ ‎ Not knowing what to do, Cindy made up her mind to hike on without Ruffles._____________ _________________________________________________ ______‎ ‎_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ Paragraph 2:‎ ‎ It started to rain.________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎