广东汕头潮阳区2019-2020学年高二上学期期末英语试题.docx

1、潮阳区2019-2020学年度第一学期教学质量监测高二英语试卷本试卷共六部分，共8页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、学校、班级、考生号填在答题卡上。2.作答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。答案不能答在试卷 上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定 区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准 使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答无效。第一部分：单项填空 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）一、从

2、每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。1.(2013高考新课标全国卷)Im sorry I made a mistake!_. Nobody is perfect.A. Take your timeB. Youre rightC. Whatever you sayD. Take it easy2.You couldnt have chosen any present better for me._.A. Oh, dont complain about a giftB. Ill give you a better one next timeC. Im glad you like it

3、 so muchD. Oh, nothing much3.Between the two streets _ a modem building where you can see many famous brands of clothes.A. haveB. hasC. standD. stands4.The manager _ a suggestion that we should have an assistant.A put outB. put offC. put forwardD. put up5.Thank you for keeping me _ of what happened

4、in time.A. informingB. to informC. having informedD. informed6.Their child is at the stage _ she can say individual words but not full sentences.A. whyB. whereC. whichD. what7.I _ to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I couldnt manage it.A. had hopedB. am hopingC. have hopedD

5、. would hope8.The headmaster wanted to know _ at the entrance of the school.A. who were you waiting forB. who are you waiting forC. who you were waiting forD. who you are waiting for9.What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we _ a good time together.A. hadB. will haveC. would have hadD. had had1

6、0.The doctor shares his phone number with the patients _ they need medical assistance.A. if onlyB. as ifC. even thoughD. in case第二部分：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，共30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。AHillcrest MuseumEnjoy an experience of digging up the past. Handle pieces of ancient t

7、ools and other objects from many countries. Learn to date them and see what they tell us about how people lived then. School groups should book in advance.Open daily July 1 until Labour Day weekendAdmission fees are $5.00 per adult, $3.00 per student; children under 5 are free.Red HouseTravel back t

8、o the time of the novelist Charlotte Bronte and find out about her friends and local connections. Discover the comforts and discomforts of the 1830s country home where Charlotte sometimes stayed as a guest of Joshua Taylors family and got ideas for her novel Shirley.Admission by guided tour only at

9、11 am. Last admission 45 minutes before closing.Admission fees are $8.00 per adult, $4.00 per child.Castle MuseumThe castle was built looking down on the valley of the River Dean. It is now a museum, where you can learn how the valley has changed over millions of years. There is a collection of inte

10、resting rocks found in the area, and pictures showing how the valley probably looked in prehistoric times.Hours & AdmissionTuesday-Saturday: 10 am-4:30 pmAdults: $1Children: 50 cents11. How much should a couple with their 4-year-old kid pay to visit Hillcrest Museum?A. $10.00.B. $13.00.C. $15.00.D.

11、$20.00.12. Which museum can help you know about Charlotte Bronte?A. Hillcrest Museum.B. Red House.C. Castle Museum.D. Shandy Hall.13 What can you find in Castle Museum?A. A variety of rocks.B. World-famous pictures.C. A large beautiful garden.D. Old tools from many countries.BThe text from my friend

12、 Lorraine said simply: Fancy a family picnic this weekend? My hands began to sweat; my heart beat hard. I wanted to yell, No! Why would you suggest that? I thought we were friends!I hated picnics. My hatred of them began as a child. I always got car-sick and it was hot all the way. Air conditioning

13、in vehicles was pretty much unheard of in 1980s Birmingham, and my mother insisted on having all the windows closed because of the unpleasant smell of gas. We would arrive at some faraway destination, usually a car park with a field attached next to a plant, and unpack tasteless sandwiches, nearly c

14、old sausage rolls and disgusting salads. There were never any toilets, so we had to go behind a bush; the memory of being discovered by a random dog-walker still embarrasses me from time to time. My mother sat in a relaxed way on a rug (小毯子) while we girls were playing nearby or maybe lying next to

15、her. But for me this was a time when I suffered a lot. It was frightening to be attacked by ants or spot a dead rabbit in the grass.As an adult Id avoided all picnics, but this time I couldnt. I just said yes, without letting Lorraine sense my true feeling about them. She is my best friend and somet

16、imes you must make sacrifices for people you like a lot. Ill bring the food, and you bring the drink, she said.My ridiculously enthusiastic family and I arrived at the picnic site. My expectations were low. Lorraine and her husband Dave unloaded folding tables, chairs, a table cloth and a cool box o

17、f delicious food mostly purchased from a local deli (熟食店), which does all manner of pre-prepared salads and cold cuts. There was fresh bread, olives, even candles to keep away insects, music, and wine. It was completely delightful. There may have been children playing around too, even if one of them

18、 did find a dead bird (told you!).I am now a picnic enthusiast and were planning another. Im even reading up on picnic recipes for it!14. How did the author feel about Lorraines suggestion?A. Excited.B. Ashamed.C. Frightened.D. Embarrassed.15. What did the author say about her childhood picnics?A. T

19、he food was unpleasant.B. She could play with rabbits.C. The destination was crowded.D. She could talk with her mother alone.16. What can we infer about Lorraine and her husband?A. They are great cooks.B. They have good manners.C. They are animal-friendly people.D They made careful preparations for

20、the picnic.17. Why did the author write the text?A. To remember an unforgettable trip.B. To record her memories of family picnics.C. To describe her changed attitude to picnics.D. To express her thanks to her friend Lorraine.CDoes it make sense for countries to invest billions of dollars in space pr

21、ograms when millions of people in their country are living below the poverty line? Many people ask this question and I almost tire of answering it.Lets talk about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) first. This is a terrible disease in which the victims progressively lose the ability to control their

22、body. It affects almost only boys and shows itself when the boys are around age 5. Theyre wheelchair-bound by age 12, and will be dead before their 30th birthday. There is no cure. However, there are treatments. Theyre based on crystalline (晶体) protein structures, whose formation is adversely (不利地)

23、affected by the presence of Earths constant unidirectional (单一方向的) gravitational field. However, according to a study conducted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the International Space Station (ISS), crystalline protein structures form regularly in microgravity conditions, which a

24、llows for targeted drugs designed to double these boys life spans (寿命).And you want to talk about feeding the hungry? We have space lettuce (生菜).And its structurally and nutritionally equivalent to Earth lettuce. Space is pretty much everything there is, which means you can make a lot of lettuce in

25、space. In fact, one of the potential growth markets in lunar colonization (月球殖民) is food trade. Food can be mass produced and sent to Earth to feed the hungry. By the way, as far as I am concerned, as for feeding the hungry, food distribution is the issue rather than food supply.Space exploration is

26、 one of the best things that humanity has ever done.18. What do people want to know by asking the question in Paragraph 1?A. Whether there is a cure for DMD.B. How many people live below the poverty line.C. How much money is spent on space programs.D. Whether space programs benefit people on Earth.1

27、9. What can be learned about DMD?A. It seems to spare girls.B. Its cure lies in the ISS.C. It gets serious in microgravity conditions.D. Its patients need wheelchairs their entire life.20. What is the authors attitude to growing food in space?A. Doubtful.B. Positive.C. Disapproving.D. Uncaring.21. T

28、he text is most probably taken from a _.A. website to buy and sell the newest space productsB. website to ask questions and get quality answersC. legal documentD. science fictionDNola (August 21, 1974 -November 22, 2015) was a northern white rhino（犀牛）who lived at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near E

29、scondido, California. At her death, she was one of only four remaining northern white rhinos in the world. The other three lived in Kenya. World Rhino Day, held on September 22, is to raise awareness of the less than 30,000 other rhinos left on Earth.“Rhinos need our help today, not tomorrow,”Nolas

30、lead keeper Jane Kennedy said. “Last year we lost over 1,200 rhinos just in South Africa. If we continue to lose more than 1,000 rhinos a year, in 10 to 20 years all the rhinos on the planet will be gone.”“Unfortunately, most animals are in danger of dying out because of humans,” Kennedy says.“ Huma

31、ns have either poached（偷猎）animals, or because there are over seven billion of us, we ve taken up too much of the worlds resources ”. Poachers illegally hunt rhinos for their horns. They sell the horns for thousands of dollars per pound, to be used for art, jewelry, and decorations.Experts believe th

32、at one rhino is poached every eight hours.In 1975, the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research started the Frozen Zoo, a program through which researchers have collected cell (细胞) samples from more than 8,000 different types of animals, including the northern white rhino. Scientists hope t

33、hat by studying the rhino cells, they will get greater understanding of it, and will find ways to increase its numbers.Jane Kennedy describes World Rhino Day as “a celebration of rhinos along with an awareness campaign for everybody across the world to know that rhinos need our help.”At the San Dieg

34、o Zoo, children and adults are welcome to visit and speak with zookeepers to learn about rhinos. But you don t have to live in San Diego to celebrate World Rhino Day. It is observed around the world, with zoos and wildlife parks holding special events and programs to teach people about rhinos, and e

35、nable them to see the animals up close. For more information, go to www. worldrhinoday. org.22. What do we know about Nola?A. It was a baby white rhino.B. It was one of the last of its kind.C. It lived with other northern white rhinos in Kenya.D. It died on September 22 at the San Diego Zoo Safari P

36、ark.23. What troubled Jane Kennedy according to Paragraph 2?A. The rhinos strange activities.B. The rhinos uncertain future.C. The limited natural resources.D. The rare animals in South Africa.24. What does the Frozen Zoo aim to do?A. Keep animals from dying out.B. Invent new kinds of animals.C. Pre

37、vent rhinos from being hunted.D. Raise public awareness of rhinos.25. What is the main purpose of the last paragraph?A. To help people know more about animals.B. To encourage people to protect animals.C. To report special events in San Diego.D. To introduce World Rhino Day.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内

38、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。Say youre out for a walk in the woods. _26_. Nor can you tell the direction from which youve come. Youre lost. How can you survive? Heres the good news: You dont need to be a survival expert to find your way back to civilization. Just stay calm and remember these

39、tips. Pinpoint (定位) your location.Take a good look around. What do you see? _27_ pinpointing your location will be difficult. If possible, find higher ground, giving yourself a better view of the surroundings. Otherwise, you may end up walking directionless and possibly in circles._28_.While traveli

40、ng through the wilderness, be observant. Look for old campsites, fishing line, food bags, cigarette ends, plastic water bottles, or any other kind of litter. If you find any such evidence, examine your surroundings to determine which way they went.If possible, stick to open country._29_. This type o

41、f terrain (地带) is often a result of farming or logging (伐木), which may put you closer to other people. Plus, being out in the open makes it easier for you to be spotted by a low flying aircraft. Be sure to have something ready to signal with in case a rescue plane flies nearby. Travel downhill.If yo

42、u are lost in hilly terrain, your best choice is almost always to travel downhill. People tend to settle in valleys, usually close to water. _30_, head down and out of the mountains. Besides, you can cover more terrain and conserve energy traveling downhill.A. Find your way outB. Look for signs of p

43、eopleC. If the answer is a thick forestD. Sometimes, its not easy to find open countryE. Suddenly, you dont recognize your surroundingsF. Unless you have seen signs of people at higher placesG. Traveling in open country is a good way to find signs of civilization第三部分：英语知识运用(共四节, 满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题

44、；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say sorry, _31_ number! and move on. But when Dennis Williams _32_ a text that clearly wasnt intended for him, he did something _33_.On Mar

45、ch 19, Dennis got a group text _34_ him that a couple he didnt know were at the hospital, waiting for the _35_ of a baby.Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken, Dennis _36_. The baby was born and update texts were _37_ quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her _38_, she didnt

46、 seem to realize that she was _39_ the babys photos with a complete stranger. Well, I dont _40_ you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby, replied Dennis before asking which room the new _41_ were in.Much to the familys surprise, Dennis stuck to his _42_! He turned up at the hospit

47、al _43_ gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindseys husband was totally _44_ by the unexpected visit. I dont think we would have randomly invited him over but we _45_ it and the gifts.Teresa _46_ a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website _47_ by the touching words: What a _48_ this young man was to our family! He was so _49_ and kind to do this. The post has since gained the _50_ of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.