浙江省臺(tái)州市黃巖第二高級(jí)中學(xué)2020_2021學(xué)年高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期中試題

1、浙江省臺(tái)州市黃巖第二高級(jí)中學(xué)2020-2021學(xué)年高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期中試題考試時(shí)間：120分鐘；滿分：150分第一部分聽力(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)第一節(jié) (共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分)聽下面5段對(duì)話，每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1where will the man have lunch?ain his office.bat the womans home.cat a caf.2whats the probable relationship

2、between the two speakers?ahusband and wife.bmother and son.cteacher and student.3what does the woman want his son to do?ato be a teacher.bto go into the business.cto follow his dream.4what day is it today?aits tuesday.bits wednesday.cits thursday.5who is henry?athe mans brother.bthe mans classmate.c

3、the mans colleague.第二節(jié)(共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分)聽下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6what is the man poor at?areading.bspeaking.cwriting.7what does the woman advise the man to do?aremember more words.bbuy a

4、 new dictionary.cimitate native speakers.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。8what is the man doing?apainting the fences.bpainting the roof.cpainting the doors.9what will the woman do?aclean the house.bbuy a new carpet.chelp the man paint.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。10how does the woman feel about flying?abored. btired. crelaxed.1

5、1how does the woman kill time at the airport?aby watching free movies.bby shopping in the store.cby talking with business partners.12what does the woman usually buy for her family?aperfume and food.bsouvenirs and food.cstamps and clothes.聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。13what does the man want to do in hawaii?ago

6、hiking.bgo to the beaches.cenjoy the food.14why doesnt the woman want to go to thailand?athe weather is not good.bit costs a lot to fly there.cshe doesnt want a wild trip.15what does the man want to do most in holland?avisit museums.bgo to the forests.ctake boats in the canals.16what are the two spe

7、akers going to do later?afind a travel agency.bbook train tickets.ccheck the cost online.聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17whats a john hughes movie most probably about?alife of high school students.bstories of successful people.chow to make friends online.18why did teresa use myspace at the beginning?ato make mo

8、re online friends.bto look for beautiful pictures.cto keep in touch with others.19what is teresa most interested in now?adrawing.bphototaking.cmusic.20what can we learn about teresa?ashe wastes much of her time online.bshe has been a college student.cshe uses myspace for study now.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分35

9、分）第一節(jié)（共10小題；每小題2.5分，滿分25分閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a、b、c、d中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。awhenever i was cautious about trying something new, my mom would always tell me one thing: you dont know unless you try. ive been holding this belief in my entire life. it lets me explore various opportunities that i would have misse

10、d.over the summer, i helped out at a preschool with the kids who needed some extra learning. at first i thought it would be super crazy with kids running around all over the place. i thought it would be a month of pure annoyance, but it ended up being pretty cool. they actually opened up to us, talk

11、ed to us, and told us things they needed to get off their mind. they were so joyful to be around. i found myself happy that i was helping these kids, no longer afraid of the experience.again in middle school, i experienced this same belief. there were various school dances and school holiday events.

12、 i was not very fond of going to these events, thinking that i would either be made fun of or just simply be bored. i went to my first school dance in the 7th grade. it was a school welcoming dance. at first i really did not want to go but my mom forced me to go anyway. i was not happy with the choi

13、ce my mom made, but soon regretted my doubt. the dance was really fun, with music, food, and friends. my mom was right. i never thought the dance would be enjoyable.after these two events i gained more courage to try new things. i guess my mom was right. id never know if i never tried.21by “you dont

14、 know unless you try”， the authors mom intended to _.awarn the author bblame the authorcdelight the author dencourage the author22before helping out at a preschool, the author thought it would _.abe quite coolbgive her much pleasurecgive her a chance to learndbe an unpleasant experience23the author

15、went to the school dance because _.ashe liked dancingbshe was afraid of missing itcshe thought it would be enjoyabledshe was forced to go by her motherbjo cameron, a 71-year-old scottish woman, has never needed to take painkillers after seeing the dentist and can eat spicy chilies without any discom

16、fort.she thought little of it until she sought treatment for an ankle problem at the age of 65. doctors were astonished to find that she experienced no pain despite severe worsening in her ankle. a year later, she said she felt no pain after experiencing whats typically a very painful operation on h

17、er hand for osteoarthritis( 關(guān)節(jié)炎). she doesnt take any medication and is fit and active, with no medical conditions apart from arthritis.her doctors decided to analyze whether her lack of pain sensitivity was due to genetics and found it was caused by a mutation( 突 變 ) in a previously unidentified ge

18、ne. researchers found cameron had two obvious mutations in her genetic makeup, one in the faah gene and the other in what the scientists dubbed ( 復(fù) 制)faah-out, which has been little studied by scientists.in a case study published thursday, researchers explained the discovery could help guide new tre

19、atments for a range of conditions, from post-operative pain to anxiety. the study said that camerons mother and daughter appeared to perceive pain normally. however, her late father had little need for painkillers, and her son reported having some degree of pain insensitivity, but not to the same ex

20、tent as her.now that we are uncovering how this newly identified gene works, we hope to make further progress on new treatment targets, cox said. we need to learn from people who are suffering from pain but also those who are less sensitive to pain, said keogh, who is also the director at the univer

21、sitys center for pain research.the implications of these findings are of great value, said dr. devjit srivastava, who diagnosed cameron.one out of two patients after surgery today still experiences severe pain, despite all advances in painkiller medications, he added.the findings point towards a nov

22、el painkiller discovery that could potentially offer post-surgical pain relief and also accelerate wound healing. we hope this could help the 330 million patients who have surgery globally every year.24. how did cameron find she was lack of pain sensitivity?a. by seeing a dentist b. by eating chilie

23、sc. by taking painkillersd. by seeking treatment25. what does the underlined word mean?a. understand b. know c. feel d. see26. what can we conclude from what keogh said?a. more than one person is less sensitive to pain.b. they have made great progress in this gene.c. their study merely focuses on th

24、e treatment targets.d. they are uncovering the secrets of mutation.cwhen denis wants to relax at work, he steps into a quiet room, sits in a chair, slips on a virtual-reality headset,and escapes to the beach. for denis, those minutes are a tool he relies on regularly to both relieve and prevent stre

25、ss.hes not the only one at his company to use the room, where workers can also use a headset to watch a moon walk, take a virtual roller-coaster ride or access a meditation (冥想) app.research shows vr can help reduce pain and anxiety. but its not yet clear why it works. experts believe its related to

26、 the technologys power to distract. whatever their problems are, whatever their stresses are, they can literally neglect them and have a different emotional pulse, denis said.virtual-reality headsets havent taken off with consumers, but theyre now powerful and inexpensive enough for companies to con

27、sider investing in them to help make workers and customers happier.the headsets may help people take a virtual break from their surroundings, but there are challenges to consider. ramon llamas, a tech market researcher, noted that there could be challenges in handing out headsets. some people get si

28、ck or dizzy while using virtual reality, and the headsets may get dirty or broken. theres also the task of quickly familiarizing people with using the headsets, especially since vr adoption has been so limited and the ways they arecontrolled can vary.for now, llamas said, hes concerned about privacy

29、 and security. what if, for instance, someone manages to back into a headset and insert some content into what youre watching?another potential issue is the managing of the headsets and software that goes along with them. this is likely not a complication for an office like umber realtys, where peop

30、le can simply take a headset off if they feel something wrong. but it could be more of a problem if youre stuck in a dentists chair. the last thing you want is that in the middle of extracting a tooth something goes wrong. llamas said.27. what does deniss company use virtual reality for?a. improving

31、 the customers experience.b. displaying the schedule of his company.c. relieving the staffs work pressure.d. saving the trouble of transportation.28. how can the vr devices help the users by denis?a. investing in a new industry.b. improving their thinking.c. designing work for the company.d. ignorin

32、g reality for the moment.29. what does the author focus on in the last three paragraphs?a. the potential problems with vr.b. the privacy policy available for vr.c. the management of these devices in the market.d. the standards the vr technology is to follow.30. what is the best title of the passage?

33、a. vr, a promising business in future!b. the adoption of vr needs investments.c. is vr always making us relax?d. are we saying goodbye to vr？第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分)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)。top tips to be safe while traveling aloneyou can be safe while traveling alone if you follow the

34、tips below：_31_traveling is quite distracting (令人分心的) and thus you are likely to leave behind one or two items on the caf table or in the restaurant. losing your credit cards or even your jacket can create trouble for you.separate all sources of money. are you in the habit of carrying all sources of

35、 money together? never do that while traveling. _32_ it is better not to carry them all in person. if you lose your cards on the way, it is difficult to get replacements._33_ conduct research on the destination before you pack your bags and start traveling. use online information to find how safe th

36、e place is. find whether there will be any festival during that time. no doubt these events are great, but you need to remember that if you do not book hotels in advance, you may fall into trouble in festive seasons.avoid cultural mistakes. every destination has its own specific set of traditions an

37、d customs. travelling is one of the best ways to learn more about tradition and culture, but take steps not to make cultural mistakes. _34_note all local emergency numbers. _35_ save the number of your embassy if you are traveling abroad, the local police, fire stations and the nearest medical facil

38、ities.achoose destinations with care.bnever carry your wallet in your back pocket.ckeep at least one of them in a different place.dmake a habit of looking back as often as you can.eyou need to have some contact numbers stored in your phone.fbeing without money is certainly not fun when traveling alo

39、ne.geven if a gesture appears normal to you, it may not seem so to the locals.第三部分語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)第一節(jié)：完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的a、b、c和d四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。i have been a member of an organization. this organization fights for the protection of _36_ rights. as a result, we may _37_ from

40、 special discounts and offers. _38_， when we could get special charges on gas and electricity bills a year ago, i _39_ to join a group and take advantage of lower _40_.i must say that i felt quite _41_ with their customer service, because there were no hard selling (硬性推銷) practices. so when i got a

41、_42_ from them, summarizing their actions and the benefits i got thanks to them, i _43_ to it. though there was a field _44_ one could ask about his/her file or ask a question, i wrote: i dont have any _45_ but here is some feedback (反饋) for you.and i _46_ the people and the team who worked hard and

42、 _47_ their customers well. i said how i appreciated their _48_ and the money that they had helped me save. the following day, the manager answered my letter and said that she had forwarded it to her _49_ and she thanked me for my _50_ words.sometimes, we take it for granted that everything has to b

43、e perfect for us and we _51_ high quality prices and service. however, dont _52_ to thank those people who try to make this _53_. more importantly, we are _54_ to do it more often, as well. in other words, we ought to care for people who do care for us. _55_ should it be a onewayticket relationship?

44、36a. strangersbemployers cproducers dconsumers37a. suffer bbenefit clearn dhear38a. besides binstead ctherefore dhowever39a. decided bused cstruggled dhad40a. qualities bdonations cwages dprices41a. disappointed bsatisfied cfamiliar dpatient42a. call bpresent cletter dreport43a. replied breferred ct

45、urned dwrote44a. which bwhile cunless dwhere45a. complaint bquestion csuggestion dcomment46a. encouraged brewarded cthanked dcomforted47a. served btreated cknew dawarded48a. supports bopinions cstrengths defforts49a. family bteam cboss dfriend50a. exciting bloud ckind ddefending51a. expect bget coff

46、er denjoy52a. ask bpromise cfear dforget53a. necessary bpossible cnormal dnatural54a. reminded ballowed csupposed dforced55a. why bhow cwhen dwhat第卷(非選擇題，共55分)第三部分語(yǔ)言運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第二節(jié)語(yǔ)法填空（共10小題，每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, _56_

47、(postpone) for a month to july 7 to 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the ministry of education said. “authorities in hubei province and beijing can come up with their own gaokao schedule based on the epidemic situation, _57_will be published after consulting with the ministry,” it said in a

48、notice on tuesday. the gaokao, widely _58_(consider) one of the most important exams in the country, _59_(hold) every year from june 7 to 8 since 2003. the country resumed(恢復(fù)) gaokao in the winter of 1977 _60_it was suspended(暫停) for 10 years during the “cultural revolution” (1966-76). the exam was

49、held every year in july from 1979 to 2002. in 2001, the ministry decided to move the gaokao dates forward a month from 2003 due to hot weather and frequent natural _61_(disaster) in summer. _62_ total of 10.31 million students participated in the gaokao last year, up 560,000 from 2018. chinese peopl

50、e often compare the _63_(high) competitive exam to _64_(cross) a narrow bridge, because for many students, especially those from rural（農(nóng)村的） areas, enrollment （入學(xué)）at a university is an opportunity _65_(change) their future. 第四部分 寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第1節(jié) 應(yīng)用文寫作（滿分15分）假設(shè)你是第一中學(xué)的學(xué)生李華,欲介紹于下周二舉辦的高二年級(jí)遠(yuǎn)足活動(dòng)( excursion

51、)。請(qǐng)按下列提示,寫一篇活動(dòng)介紹稿要點(diǎn)：1.舉辦遠(yuǎn)足活動(dòng)的意義；2.行程20多千米,含急彎與陡坡,請(qǐng)穿運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋及校服；3.自行準(zhǔn)備午餐,并注意保護(hù)環(huán)境。注:若下雨則活動(dòng)延后。good morning,my name is li hua. i have an announcement to make. _yours,li hua第二節(jié) 概要寫作 (滿分25分) 閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容寫一篇60詞左右的內(nèi)容概要。if there was one thing you could make parents understand about kids, what would it be? that is

52、 one of the questions tfk and kidshealth. org recently asked in an anonymous survey conducted online. more than 8,000 kids answered. we just want to spend time with you, said a 12-year-old. at 13, you cant treat me like im 6,” another kid said. an 11-year-old wrote, being a kid is a lot harder than

53、it looks.” the kids who took our survey made it clear that they want to feel close to the important people in their life-their mom, dad and other caring adults. but their answers also show that it is not always easy to deal with these close relationships.many kids-two out of three-said they get alon

54、g pretty well or very well with their parents. about four out of five kids told us that they have fun with their parents. but that doesnt mean they never disagree. in fact, most kids reported arguing with their parents, at least sometimes. its absolutely normal to disagree and argue, ” says darcy ly

55、ness, a child psychologist. but its also important to learn how to do so respectfully. about half of the kids said they are doing that. when they disagree with their parents, they say they discuss issues calmly.but two out of five kids said arguments tend to involve yelling( 喊叫) at each other. lyness points out that shouting never helps.