高二期末英语考试(2020-2021学年度)
高二期末考试英语考试（2020-2021学年度）
第I卷
第一部分听力 (共20小题, 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 do you thing the lady is?
A. A nurse.
B. A waitress.
C. An actress.
2. Where does Mary want to study?
A. In the classroom.
B. In the library.
C. In the reading room.
3. How much did the man’s flat cost?
A. 500,000 yuan.
B. 250,000 yuan.
C. 350,000 yuan.
4. What does the man ask the lady to do?
A. To remember him.
B. To buy something for him.
C. To send regards to her family.
5. What language does Jane suggest?
A. Japanese.
B. Chinese .
C. German.
第二节共12小题，每小题1.5分，满分18分。
听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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，你都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 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至8 三个小题。
6. How soon can the man get to Lidu Hotel?
A. In twenty minutes.
B. In thirty minutes.
C. In an hour.
7. Who has booked a flat at a Lidu Hotel?
A. The man.
B. The woman.
C. The man’s wife.
8. What are they in Beijing for?
A. Sightseeing.
B. Business.
C. Visiting their relatives.
听下面一段材料，回答第9至11三个小题。
9. What are the two people talking about?
A. The weather in China.
B. The weather in Paris.
C. Autumn.
10. What does the woman think about autumn in her hometown?
A. It was the best.
B. It was terrible.
C. It was
so-so.
11. Where are they talking?
A. In Paris.
B. In China.
C. In Beijing.
听下面一段材料，回答第12至14 三个小题。
12. What does the man want to do?
A. He wants to charge a room.
B. He wants to buy a room.
C. He wants to rent a room.
13. How much does the woman charge every month?
A. $500.
B. ￡250.
C. ￡200 .
14. When will the man move in?
A. Tomorrow.
B. The day after tomorrow.
C. In one or two days.
听下面一段材料，回答第15至17 三个小题。
15. What does the man ask about?
A. Physical training.
B. Trains to Washington
C. Trains to New York.
16. What time did the last train leave?
A. At 10:30.
B. At 9:50.
C. At 9:55.
17. Where does the next train leave?
A. On track four.
B. Near the ticket window.
C. At the station.
第三节听取信息共３个小题，每小题１.5分，满分4,5分。
听下面一段材料，将18-20 三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过三个单词。听材
料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题５秒钟，各小题将给出15秒钟的做答时间。本段材料读两遍。
John Wenger’s Family
第
部
分：
英
语
知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空共15个小题，每小题1分，满分15分
从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择一个最佳选项。
21. _____ her son has passed the college entrance examination makes her so happy.
A. That
B. What
C. Since
D. Because
22. Rich countries have a responsibility towards poor countries and must do _____ they can to help others.
A. no matter what
B. whatever
C. all what
D.
that
23. The suggestion ______ the students should learn something practical is worth considering.
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. of which
24. The new bridge, when ______, will greatly benefit the development of this area.
A. completes
B. completing
C. completed
D. being completed
25.______ that the air conditioners cause so much pollution, I would never have
bought one.
A. If I knew
B. Did I know
C. If I have known
D. Had I known
26. Not until we know more ______ improve the situation.
A. can we be able to
B. will we be able to
C. we will be able to
D. do we able to
27. He was very busy yesterday, if not, he ______ you.
A. would help
B. must have helped
C. would have helped
D. might help
28. Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else ________ such a beautiful place.
A. can you find
B. you could find
C. you can find
D. could you find
29. Only by changing the way we live ______ the earth.
A. can we be able to save
B. can we save
C. can we be saved
D. we will be able to save
30. S he’s too thin. She _____ gain some weight but she _____ too little.
A. would, ate
B. will, eats
C. would, eats
D. will, ate
31. How I wish she _____ with me for the next three months!
A. be
B. should be
C. will be
D. could be
32.With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony _____ nature.
A. of
B. to
C. with
D. by
33. _____ his arrival at the airport, he was arrested by the police.
A. At
B. Upon
C. Down
D. As
34.The doctor _____ him to give up smoking, but he wouldn’t listen.
A. advised
B. insisted
C. suggested
D. persuaded
35. It was quiet for a long time, when ______ the baby started to cry.
A. all of suddenly
B. all of sudden
C. all of at once
D. all of a sudden
第二节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从36---55题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
On a cold December morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were 36 warmly and equipped with the video we had been dying to watch. I was feeling a little 37 , as I was carrying our shopping, bags of snacks and the video.
They were so heavy that I decided to 38 some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can (垃圾箱)when I 39 a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag 40 his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started 41 it.
I suddenly felt very guilty (内疚). I knew this man would take 42 he could get, so I walked up to him and 43 the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, __43 lines on his face and wrinkles (皱纹)on his forehead, looked up in 45 and took what I gave him.
A huge smile spread across his face and this 46 _me to feel indescribable (难以描述的)_ 47 . I felt like I couldn’t be 48 with myself, but then he said: “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some 49 food; this is my daughter’s lucky day!”
He thanked me 50 and started off on his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he 51 away. I now 52 what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can 53 help and everyone will be helped by showing 54 .
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears i n my mind wheneverI have the 55 to do something nice.
36. A. worn B. having C. dressing D. dressed
37. A. excited B. puzzled C. tired D. satisfied
38. A. pick out B. eat up C. put down D. throw away
39. A. heard B. noticed C. helped D. watched
40. A. with B. by C. out of D. at
41. A. living through B. looking through C. staring at D. searching for
42. A. all what B. that C. all D. which
43. A. turned B. sold C. handed D. took
44. A. over B. because C. about D. with
45. A. surprise B. terror C. fear D. excitement
46. A. left B. affected C. made D. caused
47. A. disappointment B. shame C. satisfaction D.
victory
48. A. sadder B. angrier C. happier D. crazier
49. A. cheap B. tasty C. junk D. useful
50. A. happily B. critically C. patiently D. curiously
51. A. walked B. rode C. ran D. died
52. A. remember B. understand C. appreciate D. recognize
53. A. require B. receive C. recommend D. offer
54. A. kindness B. violence C. fantasy D. preference
55. A. chance B. desire C. purpose D. feeling
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，20个小题每小题2分满分40 分）
第一节选择题阅读下面的短文从每题的四个选项中选出最佳选项，共17个小题每小题2分，满分34分。
A
China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile communications operator, has accounted for nearly 40 percent of revenues (税收) in the domestic(国内) telecoms market. That puts it at the top of the six major telecoms operators in the nation, according to the latest official statistics（统计）.
The other five are: China Telecom, 31.1 percent; China Netcom, 16.6 percent; and China Unicom, 13.4 percent; China Satellite Communications Corp and China Rilcom, 1.5 percent.
Mobile communications and the IP phone business have gradually replaced traditional long-distance calls. Mobile communications account for 28.5 percent of the total long-distance communications business. IP phones have 41.4 percent, while traditional long-distance calls are down to 30.1 percent.
In another ranking(排行表), Nokia, Motorola, Bird, TCL and Siemens came
in as the top five mobile phone sellers in China in the first half of this year, according to South Daily. They report also says that during this period, China produced 82 million handsets (including GSM, GPRS and CDMA phones) and sold 80 million. Of the phones sold, 37 million were exported to other countries.
Analysts point out that China’s lack of key technologies and its heavy dependence on overseas technologies have proved to be an obstacle (障碍)for development of home-made phone makers.
56. From the passage, which is NOT true?
A. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile phone sellers.
B. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile communications operator.
C. China Mobile has covered nearly two fifths of the income in the telecoms market in China.
D. China Mobile has taken the first place in the telecoms market.
57. Mobile communications have gradually taken the place of .
A. IP phone service
B. traditional long-distance calls
C. traditional telephones
D. telecom operators
58. Which do you believe to be true?
A. Mobile communications account for the most part of the total
long-distance communi -cations.
B. China produced and sold most of the mobile phones to other countries.
C. Nokia is a very popular foreign phone seller.
D. China has had quite advanced core（核心）technologies.
B
When John Milton, writer of “Paradise Lost”, entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul’s School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools, he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.
Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind
the rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English. As they increased their skill, they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original. The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them. All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in.
After several years of study, the boys began to write compositions in imitation(模仿) of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems, they began to write poems in Latin. Because Milton was already a poet at ten, his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at university, he made regular use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems, which he published among his works in 1645.
59. What does the passage mainly tell about?
A. How John Milton wrote “Paradise Lost”.
B. How John Milton studied Latin.
C. How John Milton became famous.
D. How John Milton became a poet.
60. Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin?
A. It has a strong Italian accent.
B. It was bad and difficult to understand.
C. It was natural and easy to understand.
D. It has an uncommon accent.
61. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. Milton's classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton
B. Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college
C. Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin whe n talking
D. Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys
62. Which of the following is suggested in the passage?
A. The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin.
B. The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory.
C. The schoolmaster usually stood beside the boys with a stick in his hand.
D. Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin.
63. What is the meaning of the underlined part “Latin should be beaten in” that the writer wishes you to understand?
A. Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin.
B. Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin.
C. Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way.
D. Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time.
C
Any mistake, which is made in the printing of a stamp, raises its value to stamp collectors A mistake on a two-penny stamp has made it worth a million and a half times its face value.
Do you think it possible? However, it is true.
The mistake was made more than 100 years ago in Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, which was a British colony（殖民地）at that time. In 1847, an order (定单)for stamps was sent to London. Thus Mauritius became the fourth country in the world which had the stamps made in other countries.
Before the order was filled ,that is, the stamps arrived from England, a big dance party was planned by the commander-in-chief (总司令) of all the armed forces on the island. The party would be held in his house and letters of invitation would be sent to all the important people in Mauritius. So stamps were badly needed to post the letters. Therefore, an islander, who was a good printer, was told to copy the pattern of the stamps. He carelessly put the words “Post Office” instead of “Post Paid”, two words seen on the stamps at that time, on several hundred that he printed.
Today, there are only 26 of these misprinted stamps left: fourteen One-penny Reds and twelve Two-penny Blues. Because of so few Two-penny Blues and because of their age, collectors have paid as much as $16,800 for each of them.
64. Which of the following can be a title for the passage?
A. How can a Stamp Be Worth $16,800?
B. Printer Made a Mistake.
C. Stamp-collection Calls for Much Money.
D. A Dance Party Planned.
65. When a mistake is made in the printing of a stamp, the stamps will_____ .
A. be no use
B. be of more value
C. be thrown away
D. be worth only its face value
66. Mauritius is_____ .
A. still the colony of Britain
B. an Indian island
C. the name of a country in the Indian Ocean
D. the name of the commander-in-chief
67.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The commander-in-chief invited many important people of Mauritius.
B. The face value of a stamp raises its value.
C. The two valuable stamps were printed in Mauritius.
D. The two kinds of stamps were at that time not so badly needed
68. In the passage the word “misprint” may mean_____ .
A. print with a miss
B. print without permission
C. use greater letters to print
D. make a mistake in printing
D
We have recently heard a great deal about the effects of computers on our social and economic organizations. In industry, computers mean automation(自动化), and automation means unemployment. Computers in the United States have already begun to take the place of workers whose tasks are simple. The variety of jobs, done only by humans in the past, which the machine can perform more rapidly, accurately and economically, increases with each new generation of computers. If we follow this trend, we will be faced with mass unemployment for all but a handful of highly trained professionals who will be more powerful and overworked than they are now.
What can we do about it? It is foolish to dream of making history backwards. We cannot pass laws forbidding the advancement of science and technology. The computing machines are here, and they will grow because engineers want to build them, and politicians want their help in the process of government. In short they will develop and become popular because they enable us to complete tasks that could never before have been done, no matter how many unskilled laborers we might have set to work. Computers will continue to increase our intelligence for just the same reason that engines continue to strengthen our muscles. The question we must ask is not whether we shall have computers or not have computers, but rather, since we are going to have them, how we make the most humane and intelligent use of them.
69. Which kind of the following persons will be the first to be employed if computers continue to develop?
A. Skilled workers.
B. Highly trained professionals.
C. Ordinary engineers.
D. Government officials.
70. In the article, the author believed that computers will continue_____.
A. to have had effects on social economy
B. to cause mass employment
C. to develop in the future
D. to have good effects on social organizations
71. The article suggests that the computer will continue to grow because_____.
A. we have lost control of it
B. no laws can forbid its development
C. engines can strengthen our muscles
D. it can be and has been put to good use
72. What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?
A. Computers should be better used in more reasonable ways.
B. We are able to build much better computers.
C. Computers have caused industrial loss.
D. Computers are needed by more people.
第二节简答题阅读一篇短文，根据各小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，本节共三个小题，每小题2分，满分6分。
Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people.
The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be made longer..
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientist just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to produce human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep, therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.
73. What does “these two killers” in the s econd paragraph refer to?(回答词数不超过6个)
74. What is the greatest advantage of gene technology?(回答词数不超过８个)
.
75. Find suitable words in the 3rd paragraph to explain hereditary disease.(回答词数不超过3个)
.
第II卷
第四部分书面表达 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节阅读填空题
阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容完成填空题，每空不能超过三个单词，共10个小题，每小题1分，满分10分。
While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stre ss as well as reduce its effect when it can’t be avoided. The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to deal with stress.
Try physical activity
When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, or working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.
Take care of yourself
You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest. If you easily get angry and cannot sleep well enough, or if you’re not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should see a doctor.
Make time for yourself
Schedule time for bot h work and entertainment. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to you over-all well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Make a list of the things you need to do Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “ there’s so much to do, and not enough time”. Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. Instead,
make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the most important tasks first.
Title: 76.How to ___________
第二节 写作题 共一
题，满分25分
湖南卫视策划的“超级女生”节目热播，在很多观众特别是中学生中引起了很大反响, 上周你们班也为此展开了一场讨论。请你根据提示将讨论情况写成一篇英语短文
注意：1、行文连贯，内容应完整： 2、题目和开头语已经给出；3、词数100左右。