甘肃省张掖市2020-2021学年（外研版）高二上学期期末学业水平质量检测英语试题（无答案）.doc

1、张掖市 20202021 学年第一学期期末高二年级学业水平质量检测 英语试卷 命题学校 第一部分：阅读理解第一部分：阅读理解 ( (共两节，满分共两节，满分4040分分) ) 第一节第一节 ( (共共1515小题；每小题小题；每小题2 2分，满分分，满分3030分分) ) A Things to Do in Manhattan Food for Thought Transportation: 5：30pm，Feb.15，2021 People: All ages Charge: FREE Join Alexis in the “Nourishing Japan Kitchen” for a v

2、irtual cooking class to learn more about healthy eating. Alexis Agliano Sanborn is a cook, podcast host, filmmaker, writer, researcher, and illustrator. She is passionate about exchanging cooking skills and food education. Scientists at Home: The Deep Ocean Transportation: 2：00pm，Feb.15，2021 People:

3、 All ages Charge: FREE Watch live as Museum Research Associate Mercer Brugler shows some attractive photos and videos from the deep ocean. Submit a photo of your favorite sea creature to have it identified, or ask any questions you have about the ocean and its depths! Baseball Yoga Adventure Transpo

4、rtation: 1:30pm，Feb.16，2021 People: Pre-school Young elementary Charge: FREE Join Power Tots, Inc. for a free live baseball yoga adventure on YouTube. Come along with Ms Natalie for a yoga adventure to the ballpark! Make sure to dress up as your favorite player! If you have props (道具), like cotton b

5、alls, baseball glove and /or a soft baseball bat, feel free to bring them along! Birds of Prey Hatchlings Watch Party Transportation: 10：30am，Feb.16，2021 People: All ages Charge: FREE Join ornithologist(鸟类学家) Paul Sweet for a live YouTube Watch Party to see eggs, nests, and hatchlings of birds. Swee

6、t will offer a look at some of the eggs in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History and answer questions live about birds. 1Who can you join if youre interested in sea creatures? AMs. Natalie B.Mercer Brugler C.Paul Sweet. D.Alexis Agliano Sanborn. 2What do we know about the activity

7、 in the morning? AIt is organized by Power Tots, Inc. BIt will help people keep a healthy diet. CIt will be rather appealing to bird-lovers. DIt aims to improve people s baseball skills. 3What do the four activities have in common? AAll will suit everyone. BAll will be available online. CAll will ta

8、ke place on the same day. DAll will end with a question-and-answer session. B Before I turned 10, I lost my parents. I lived alone in a room that a family member allowed me to use rent-free. To support myself, I began to deliver newspapers. I would be up every morning by 5 am and walk five kilometer

9、s to the newspaper office. By 6 am, I would collect 50 copies of Manzil. After distributing (分发) the copies, I would rush homeanother 3 kilometersquickly eat and be off to high school. One winter morning in 1945, I got home after my deliveries to find a boy of my age at my doorstep. He introduced hi

10、mself as Afzal and said his father wanted to see me. I was greeted at the door by Afzals mother, Naseem. She served tea and snacks as Afzals father, Mr. Kader, joined us. She gently asked me about my daily routine. I told her about my morning job. Later, as I was about to leave after thanking them,

11、Mr. Kader asked me to wait. Naseem asked me, “How many miles do you walk every day?” “A little more than six,” I replied. My reply shocked her. I saw Mr. Kader wheeling a new bicycle. “This is for you!” he said. It took a few seconds for the love to sink in. I didnt realize tears were rolling down m

12、y face. Mr. Kader said, “Your newspaper editor is a friend of mine. He gave me your address, so I knew you lived close by. Then Afzal told us more about you.” I bowed, gratefully, shook hands with Afzal and left. This time I did not have to walkI had the bicycle. The bicycle saved my life for many y

13、ears thereafter and taught me a lifelong lesson: Help should always be need-based. Never try to feed a person who is dying of thirst. 4What difficulty did the author have when he delivered the newspaper? AHis bike is too broken to use. BHe had no money to rent a room. CHe did have enough time to sch

14、ool. DIt is a long way to deliver newspapers. 5From the underlined sentence we can know the author was _. AConfused BUninterested CMoved DSatisfied 6How did Mr. Kader get to know about the author? AFrom his friend. BFrom newspaper. CFrom his neighbors. DFrom the authors teacher. 7What lesson did the

15、 author get according to the last paragraph? ADo whatever you can to help others. BKnow what others need when giving help. CHelping should avoid hurting others feelings. DYou should be grateful for whoever helps you. C Modern agriculture and its ability to feed billions of people may be among humani

16、tys greatest successes. However, it comes with hidden costs. For example, have you ever considered how much water is needed to provide you with a steak or a salad? It may surprise you. In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Re

17、search Organization(CSIRO), Australias national science organization, took a close look at the diets of 9,341 adult Australiansspecifically, their “water-scarcity footprints(水消耗足迹)”. It turned out that a sweet tooth not only adds to our waistlines(腰围) but also stresses our water resources. The water

18、-scarcity footprint is a widely recognized measurement of water consumption. First, it counts the liters of water you used. Then, it looks at the place where the water was used. The more lacking water is in your area, the larger your water-scarcity footprint. The scientists found that the average Au

19、stralians diet had a water-scarcity footprint of 362 liters per day. Snackscookies, cakes and alcoholaccounted for 25 percent of the water-scarcity footprint. The research also included a glass of wine(41 liters), a single serving of potato chips(23 liters), and a small bar of milk chocolate(21 lite

20、rs). Not surprisingly, cutting out snacks would be the N0.1 priority if you wanted to lower your own water-scarcity footprint. Earths surface is 70 percent water, but only 2.5 percent of that can be used for drinking or farming. By 2030, a world of about 8.6 billion people will need 35 percent more

21、water, 40 percent more energy, and 50 percent more food, according to the United States National Intelligence Council. So, we need to watch what we eat, not just for our personal health but for the health of our societies. 8What did the recent study closely focus on? AModern agriculture. BAverage Au

22、stralians. CWater resources. DWater-scarcity footprints. 9What did scientists from CSIRO find in their study? ASweet teeth lead to thin waistlines. BAustralians diets are mainly made up of snacks. CThe water-scarcity fooprint is a measurement of saving water. DLacking water in our area means a large

23、r water-scarcity footprint. 10What does the underlined part “the N0.1 priority” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? Athe least important thing Bthe least impossible thing Csomething to be done first Dsomething to be prevented first 11What does the last paragraph intend to tell us? ATake care of our diets.

24、 BProtect our drinking water. CMake good use of energy. DProduce more healthy food. D Humans are no strangers to widespread viruses,and each time a vaccine(疫苗） is developed, it gives us hope for the future. Now, the world is waiting for a vaccine to fight COVID-19. Scientists worldwide have been rol

25、ling up their sleeves to work toward an effective novel coronavirus vaccine. Under the coordination(协调）of the World Health Organization (WHO),up to 172 countries have been engaging with the largest and most diverse COVID-19 vaccine portfolio,a plan known as the COVAX Global Vaccines Facility. COVAX

26、is a system for joint purchasing and balancing the risks of multiple vaccines. When a vaccine proves to be safe and effective, all countries within the facility will be able to access it, according to Xinhua. The plan is aimed to ensure that all countries, no matter their economic status, can get th

27、e vaccine in a timely manner when one is available. It also makes sure that prices will be kept as low as possible. A number of vaccines are now in the final stage of clinical trials, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Aug 24,adding that the goal of COVAX is to deliver at least

28、2 billion doses of a vaccine by the end of 2021. According to the WHO, at present, nine potential vaccines are part of the portfolio. To guarantee the equal access and fair assignment of COVID-19 vaccines,the WHO has said that the world needs to prevent vaccine nationalism-countries putting their ow

29、n interests ahead of others in trying to secure supplies of a possible vaccine. Vaccine nationalism only helps the virus,Tedros said, warning that it would lead to a prolonged pandemic(拖长的疫情）if only a small number of countries got most of the supply. Like an orchestra,we need all instruments to be p

30、layed in harmony to create music that everyone enjoys, he said. Vaccine development looks promising,as several countries have made great progress. Russia began production of its first batch of a COVID-19 vaccine on Aug 15, according to its health ministry. Its the worlds first registered vaccine. Fo

31、ur Chinese vaccine candidates have started international stage-3 clinical trials. 12Which of the following is true according to the passage? ARussia is the first country to have made progress in fighting COVID-19. BCOVAX ensures all the countries get the vaccine at the same time. CWHO plays an impor

32、tant role in fighting COVID-19. DScientist have produced 2 billion doses of vaccines. 13Whats the authors attitude towards vaccine nationalism? ASupportive. BCritical. COptimistic. DSympathetic. 14Tedros compared fighting COVID-19 to an orchestra to_. Ashow his deep love for music Bmake the passage

33、more interesting Cillustrate the similarities in between Dstress the importance of cooperation 15What can be the best title for the text ? AUnited for vaccine BVaccine on the way CFighting against COVID-19 DSay goodbye to COVID-19 第二节第二节 （共（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1010 分）分） 根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选

34、出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。 Study Tips for Exams It happens at times that you study for whole nights before an exam but still fail to remember a word in the actual paper. 16 . The following are a few study tips for exams, which will help you to answer your papers with confidence. 17 . It is better to

35、 have all the study material with you before you start reading. This not only includes your texts and notes but also things like a dictionary and reference books with you. Study in advance. 18 . What most of the students do is to study only the so-called important points. As a result, even if the pa

36、per is easy, you get a low score. So start studying at least a month before the exams. If time does not permit you to learn your lessons, at least go through them regularly. Understand the lessons. Do not just recite the answers. Try to understand what you are reading for this is the best method for

37、 good recall at the time of exams. The major disadvantage of reciting the answers is that even if you forget one word of the answer during your examination, you are likely to go completely blank. 19 . Follow some effective study skills. There are some easy ways to study well, like reading the lesson

38、 casually, at least twice. 20 . When you start reading for the second time, read those underlined points first and then the rest of the text. Before going to exams, read only the underlined points. This is one of the last minute study tips for exams. A. Set down the study material beforehand. B. Col

39、lect the study material. C. But how do you deal with the pressure in study? D. This happens because of improper planning and too much stress. E. And while reading, mark the important points with a pencil and move on. F. The most common mistake that students make is that they start studying a day or

40、two before exams! G. Instead of this, if you understand the lesson well, you can write the answer on your own at any time. 第二部分：完形填空（共第二部分：完形填空（共 2020 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.51.5 分，共分，共 3030 分）分） On a Friday_21_, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was_

41、22_, and many people_23_and put some money into the _24_of the young man The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of _25_and put it on the ground. Then he began _26_. The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the _27_on that paper. Last night, a gentleman pu

42、t a（n） _28_thing into my hat. Please come to get it back. When the people saw that, they felt very surprised and began to _29_what it could be. After about half an hour, a man _30_there in a hurry and said, It cant be true! You you The young violinist asked, Did you_31_something? Lottery （彩票）. the m

43、an answered _32_. The violinist took out a lottery ticket. Is it? he asked The man was too _33_to say a word George Sang _34_a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards opened yesterday and he won $500, 000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he _35_50 dollars and put it in the hat when hearing t

44、he music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would _36_to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket. Someone asked the violinist _37_he returned the lottery ticket to

45、 the man. He said, _38_I dont have much _39_, I live happily; but if I lose _40_I wont be happy forever. 21.A.morning B.afternoon C.noon D.night 22.A.quiet B.beautiful C.familiar D.exciting 23.A.slowed down B.speeded up C.passed by D.went away 24.A.wallet B.bag C.hat D.box 25.A.paper B.glass C.plast

46、ic D.cloth 26.A.working B.waiting C.singing D.playing 27.A.poems B.articles C.words D.texts 28.A.important B.fantastic C.dangerous D.interesting 29.A.talk B.care C.expect D.guess 30.A.came B.rushed C.walked D.left 31.A.get B.find C.forget D.lose 32.A.quickly B.anxiously C.seriously D.carefully 33.A.

47、confused B.anxiously C.excited D.surprised 34.A.bought B.made C.found D.sold 35.A.handed out B.took out C.hunted for D.turned out 36.A.forget B.remember C.return D.picked up 37.A.where B.why C.when D.how 38.A.If B.As C.Because D.Although 39.A.money B.food C.time D.luck 40.A.friendship B.hope C.love

48、D.honesty 第三部分：语法填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，共 15 分) For many young people, 41 (go) to university is one of the most important 42 (stage) of their lives. It is the time when young people will move out of 43 (they) home to live with other people, often strangers. 44 (especial) in the US, people often travel

49、 very far from home to study. It is a time to be 45 (dependence). At university, you 46 (teach) by lectures and professors who are leading figures in their study. The opportunity to learn from and to discuss with them is 47 drives some people to apply to university. Students are required to choose a major that they wish to study. Apart 48 the academic benefit, life at university can also allow students 49 (develop) their interests in many fields. Therefore, university is a place 50 y