河北省保定市高碑店第三 2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷.docx

1、高碑店三中2020年高二年级第二学期期末试题英语（满分150分, 考试时间120分钟）第一部分听力（共两节, 满分30分）做题时, 先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后, 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15. 答案是C. 1. Whats the wea

2、ther like now?A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy. 2. Who planted the flowers?A. Mary. B. Peter. C. Marys parents. 3. What does the woman mean?A. She buys what she sees. B. She acts as the man. C. She saves money. 4. What does the man plan to do this evening?A. Go to the theatre. B. Do his homework. C. At

3、tend a class. 5. How much did the man pay?A. 60 yuan. B. 30 yuan. C. 15 yuan. 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。每段对话或独白后有几个小题, 从题中所给的A、B、C二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. When will the speakers see the movie?A. On the weekend. B. Tomo

4、rrow. C. Later in the evening. 7. Where will the two speakers meet?A. At the womans home. B. In front of the cinema. C. At the subway entrance. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman think of the man?A. He is friendly. B. He is unfair. C. He is handsome. 9. What did the man do in the end?A. He fined

5、 the woman. B. He changed his attitude. C. He bought her a ticket. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. What is the man doing?A. He is drawing a skirt. B. He is studying an artists works. C. He is preparing for an exam. 11. When does the man usually do some drawing?A. Every weekend. B. Every day. C. Every Monday.

6、12. What does the man want to do after graduation?A. To go travelling. B. To teach drawing. C. To be a boss. 听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. What is the man doing?A. He is on duty. B. He is working overtime. C. He is waiting for his colleague. 14. How does the man feel now?A. Stressed. B. Excited. C. Relaxed.

7、 15. What does the man hate doing?A. Taking exercise. B. Asking for help. C. Cleaning the office. 16. What does the woman suggest?A. Stopping working. B. Thinking positively. C. Keeping independent. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题, 17. Which place did Jeremy first visit?A. The kitchen. B. The garage. C. Uncle Ja

8、sons room. 18. What is in Uncle Jasons bedroom?A. A cupboard. B. A snake box. C. ATV set. 19. How will firefighters deal with the snakes?A. Kill them. B. Free them later. C. Send them to zoos. 20. What can we learn from the text?A. Two fire trucks have been started. B. Uncle Jasons bedroom is just f

9、or himself. C. The firefighters cook their own meals. 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, 满分25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。ANoticeDate: February 8, 2019To: All community membersFrom: Steven Bay, director of the community committeeSubject: Paving project in Hyde Parking Lot next to Buildi

10、ng FWe would like to remind you that the work is about to begin on the repair of Hyde Parking Lot, to becompleted by late September. The paving project will occur in stage. The first stage of the project will begin in mid-March. Please move your car from the parking lot by February 28. The restricte

11、d area will be marked and cars parked in the closed area will be pulled away. The second stage is expected to begin as early as June with the aim of spreading asphalt（沥青）andrepairing damaged parking lot areas next to Building F. During this time, it is probable that. the repair will- cause a certain

12、 degree of disruption（混乱） to our community. There will be more traffic jams for the nextcoming 4 months as several streets and entrances will be temporarily closed as paving progresses. However, every effort will be made to minimize this disruption. Plans have been made to provide traffic advice dur

13、ing the repair. For more information, please contact Kevin Johnson (ext. 5894, kevinjohnsoncommunity. com). Should these time lines change in any way as this work progresses, we will keep the communityinformed. Your cooperation, and patience is appreciated during this time. 21. Whats the authors pur

14、pose in writing the text?A. To investigate a new construction. B. To revise the schedule for a project. C. To announce a possible inconvenience. D. To encourage parking in Hyde Parking Lot. 22. When is the first stage of the project expected to begin?A. On February 28. B. On March 1. C. On September

15、 29. D. On March 16. 23. What does the second stage of the project include?A. Repairing Building F. B. Completing another road. C. Covering and fixing the ground. D. Building a parking lot entrance. BIn the age of Amazon and the Internet, the idea of going to a public library to borrow a book may se

16、em ever more unusual and old-fashioned in many parts of the world, but one country, at least, is holding on ittightly: the Czech Republic? There are libraries everywhere you look in the country. There is one library for every 1, 971 Czech citizens-four times as many, relative to population, as the a

17、verage European country, and 10 times as many as the United States, which has one for every 19, 583 people. Why so many Czech libraries?Well, for decades they were mandatory-every community, from a big city down to a tiny village, was required by law to have one. The law was enacted in 1919, soon af

18、terCzechoslovakia emerged as an independent country. The library law survived the German occupation andthe breakup with Slovakia in the early 1990s. What it couldnt survive was budget pressure. To save money, the requirement was dropped in 2001, when there were about 6, 019 libraries in the country;

19、 since then, about 11 percent have been combined or closed. Now, the surviving Czech libraries are doing what they canto stay vibrant（生气勃勃的）and relevant. They serve as local meeting places.They organize reading clubs and art exhibits and offer computer literacy （读写）courses, and they welcome groups o

20、f schoolchildren and retirees during the day. But mostly, they do what 92 percent of Czechs still want them to go on doing: They lend books. 24. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. The rise and fall of Czech libraries. B. The difficulties Czech libraries face. C. The transformation of librar

21、y services in Czech. D. The amazing number of Czech libraries. 25. Whats the reason for Czech libraries combination or close?A. The money shortage. B. The German occupation C. The governments policy. D. The breakup with Slovakia. 26. According to the text, people go to todays Czech libraries most of

22、ten to _.A. admire works of artB. borrow booksC. join reading clubsD. learn computer skillsCA company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into womensshoes. Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60million

23、of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products. A San Francisco start-up company called Rothys, however, turns this plastic waste intoenvironmentally friendly shoes. Roth Martin is the companys co-founder. He explains how the

24、y turn plastic into soft material for womens feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press them through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers are then combined together. This isdone by a 3D machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the

25、 shoes. The knitted stuff and the inner part of the shoe are then attached to the shoes outer part, called the sole（鞋底）. This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber. Rothys shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded

26、 or pointed toe. They come indifferent colors and designs. They cost either S 125 or $ 145 per pair, depending on the design. AfterAmerican actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. Martin saysthere is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “Were not goi

27、ng to run out of water bottles any timesoon. So we have a limitless supply of material, and I think that is a good sign for our future.”When theenvironmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses therecycled materials to make other products. For now,

28、the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future. 27. How are used plastic bottles usually dealt with?A. They are buried or burned. B. They are used to make shoes. C. They are changed into soft materials.

29、 D. They are returned to factories for reuse. 28. What does the underlined word knitted in the third paragraph mean?A. Attached. B. Fixed. C. Combined. D. Repaired. 29. Which of the following directly helped to increase the sales of Rothys shoes?A. The design and color. B. The reasonable price. C. T

30、he companys advertisement. D. The star power of Gwyneth Paltrow. 30. What is the purpose of the text?A. To advertise a new kind of shoes. B. To describe the process of making shoes. C. To introduce a new way of recycling plastic waste. D. To stress the importance of environmental protection. 第二节（共5小

31、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。The“Chong Yang Festival” is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. 31Climbing MountainsPeople like to climb mountains on this festival, so Double Ninth Festival is also called “M

32、ountain-climbing Festival”. The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. 32_. It is really refreshing to climb mountains and enjoy the beauty of nature at this bright and clear time in autumn. Climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a higher posit

33、ion”. Another reason why climbingmountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that it has a meaning of “climbing to ligneouslife. Climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty. 33Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower（菊花）WineThe chrysanthemum flower wine

34、is unique in brewing. In ancient times, people usually picked freshchrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them andgrains into the wine. 34. The wine is said to have wholesome effects on sharpness of the eye, drop of high blood pressure, reductio

35、n of weight and removal of stomach trouble, thus contributing to longevity. 35The Double Ninth cake is also known as “flower cake”. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season, and it

36、 gradually grew into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Day. A. Eating Double Ninth CakeB. Making “flower cake” with friendsC. A lot of poems were devoted to this customD. So people love to go sightseeing this monthE. It would not be drunk until the same day next yearF. Here are

37、some traditional customs of the Double Ninth FestivalG. But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival第三部分语言知识运用（共两节, 满分65分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1. 5分, 满分30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, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers

38、. Some years later, they got together again. While having dinner, they36for a long time. They discussed the37 they had given their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The firstsaid, “I had a38house built for Mama.” The second said, “I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer（奔驰经销商）send a39to her.

39、The third said, “I built a beautiful40 for Mama. The fourth said, “You know 41Mama loved reading poems and you know she cant read any more because she cant42very well. I met a businessman who had a parrot that can recite many43. It took him 12 years to44it to speak and he earns his living by renting

40、 it out. I had to pay him $100, 000 a year for twenty years, 45it is worth it. On hearing that, the other brothers were46by hisgood thought. After the holidays, their mother47her thank -you notes, which read, “Milton, the houseyou built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to clean the wh

41、ole house. Its a(an)48job. Thanks anyway. “Marvin, I am too old to49I stay home and haveothers work for me, so Ill50use the car. The51was good, although not realistic. Thanks.”“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for many people to52plays or I watch moviesin it, but all my friends are dead. I

42、ve almost53my hearing and I m nearly blind. I wont use it. Thank you all the same.”“Dearest Melvin, you are the54son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so55I liked it very much. Thank you.”36.A. foughtB. studiedC. talkedD. slept37.A. chancesB. giftsC. wi

43、shesD. challenges38.A. bigB. warmC. safeD. lonely39.A. bookB. bikeC. carD. bag40.A. stationB. museumC. libraryD. theater41.A. howB. whatC. whyD. when42.A. listenB. feelC. seeD. walk43.A. storiesB. poemsC. wordsD. lyrics44.A. protectB. beatC. raiseD. train45.A. butB. soC. unlessD. although46.A. shock

44、edB. embarrassedC. frightenedD. impressed47.A. took outB. put upC. sent outD. picked up48.A. enjoyableB. tiringC. delightfulD. amusing49.A. learnB. workC. exerciseD. drive50.A. neverB. oftenC. regularlyD. sometimes51.A. futureB. ideaC. hobbyD. program52.A. enjoyB. createC. bringD. record53.A. admire

45、dB. lostC. remainedD. discovered54.A. sameB. lastC. onlyD. next55.A. strangeB. unpleasantC. terribleD. delicious第二节、短文语法填空（共10小题；每小题1. 5分, 满分15分）评卷人（李潘、杨威）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。Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wel

46、ls kept rising and_56_(fall). Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in57_. A smelly gas came out of the cracks. In_58_farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous_59_(eat). _60_(mouse) ran out of the fields_61_(look)for places to hide. Fish jumped out of their bowls and p

47、onds. At about 3: 00 am_62_July 28, 1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could_63_(hear) outside the city of Tangshan even when no_64_(plane) were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, 65_thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night. 第三节单句语法填空（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分）66. His mother was concerned _ his future. 67. They have a more _ (power) effect on the feeling of a space. 68. The earth is _(suffer) the severe damage, so it has to be protected.