陕西省西安市第一中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案.docx

西安市第一中学2022-2021学年度第一学期期末高二英语试题 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分。 第I卷 （选择题 共70分）第一部分 英语学问运用(共三节,满分40分)第一节 语音学问(共5小题；每小题1分,满分5分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中,找出与所给单词读音相同的选项并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。、1. fragile A. librarian B. fragrant C. abnormal D. bathe2. possess A. scholar B. potential C. cottage D. compass3. tease A. abuse B. database C. sense D. practise4. ashamed A. escaped B. amazed C. founded D. glanced5. blank A. mental B. appendix C. trend D. anxiety其次节 语法和词汇学问(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。6.There was nothing special about _ filmit was only _. A. a;usual B.a;average C.the;usual D.the;average7. Although money is important, not many people _the idea that money brings happiness.A.refuse to B.devote to C.subscribe to D.contribute to8. As we all know, it was _ that resulted in the terrible car accident.A. because of her carelessness B. her being carelessC. because she was careless D. she was so careless9. At times, he felt _ difficult to _ himself to getting up early. A. it; adopt B. that; attempt C. that; advocate D. it; accustom10. We _ of gas. Im afraid we cant go much further. I know theres a gas station ahead. Will it last until we get there?A. run out B. have run out C. are running out D. had run out 11.When she woke up, she realized that the things she had dreamt about could not _ have happened.A. possibly B. likely C. hardly D. usually12. It doesnt make _to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.A. decision B. promise C. sense D. difference 13. My dictionary has disappeared. Who do you think _ have taken it?A. should B. must C. could D. would14. Mr. Wang is ill, so we must _ a new teacher to the school to take his place. A. appoint B. appreciate C. assist D. approach15. He suggested we _ the plan later, which suggested he _ against it.A. discussed; was B. would discuss; should beC. discuss; was D. should discuss; should be16. Look at the trouble I am in now! If only I _ your advice !A. followed B. would follow C. had followed D. should follow17. Was it in the village _we used to live in _ the accident happened?A. that; where B. which; that C. where; that D. which; where18. Jody had all these feelings _ she had no way to express herself.A. as if B. even if C. except D. as long as19. Reportedly, the number of students _ to computer games _ been on the increase in recent years, which is a major concern for many people. A. devoted; has B. related; have C. connected; have D. addicted; has20. Sarah pretended to be cheerful,_ nothing about the argument.A. said B. to say C. saying D. to be saying第三节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be 21 . Today things are 22 , the world has become too 23 . We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are 24 our environment with dangerous chemicals . If we continue to do this, human life on the earth 25 survive. Everyone 26 today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea, there will soon be 27 left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fishes are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 28 will disappear and nothing will grow on the earth. Yet we 29 to use bigger and more 30 machines to cut down more and more trees. We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish will die. 31 , in most countries wastes are 32 put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 33 laws to stop this. We know, too, that if the 34 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough 35 . What can we do to solve these problems? If we eat more vegetables and less 36 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops 37 five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will 38 longer if we learn to recycle them.The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 39 . Finally, if we educate people to think about all the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 40 in the future.21. A. beautiful22. A. common23. A. crowded24. A. protecting25. A. must not26. A. wonders27. A. nothing28. A. mountains29. A. continue30. A. friendly31. A. Thus32. A. still33. A. many34. A. production35. A. rooms36. A. fruit37. A. feeds 38. A. use39. A. control40. A. natureB. endlessB. the sameB. smallB. savingB. will notB. realizesB. anythingB. the seaB. haveB. absoluteB. HoweverB. evenB. muchB. pollution B. vegetablesB. meatB. increasesB. stayB. bornB. seaC. unusualC. changeableC. dirty C. pollutingC. shall notC. considersC. noneC. animalsC. oughtC. comfortableC. GenerallyC. alsoC. littleC. populationC. foodC. fish C. suppliesC. keepC. planC. planetD. valuableD. differentD. busyD. fightingD. could notD. discoversD. somethingD. forestsD. go ontoD. powerfulD. ThereforeD. certainlyD. fewD. developmentD. placesD. grainD. helpsD. lastD. payD. forest其次部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 AIn the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans as well. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy. From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They dont get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending were brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness thats in them. Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed. No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can. And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldnt get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak. Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we dont feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we dont pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared. 41. The author feels sad sometimes because _. A. he has a soft heart B. he relies much on others C. some people pretend to be kind D. some people fail to see the kindness in others 42. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights? A. They speed up to pass. B. They waited with patience. C. They tried their best to help. D. They put on their flashlights too. 43. In this passage, the author advises us to _. A. handle problems by ourselves B. accept help from others C. admit our weakness D. show our bravery 44. What is the passage mainly about? A. A Wheelchair Experience. B. Weakness and Kindness. C. Weakness and Strength D. A Driving Experience B No poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching cannot replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analyzing” it, if there isnt time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is “ a criticism(批判) of life”, and “a heightening(提升) of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can save your life”. It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who dont like it should not be forced to put that dislike on anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.45. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should_.A. discuss it with others B. analyze it by oneselfC. copy it down in a notebook D. practise reading it aloud46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry?A. Extending your life B. Saving your lifeC. Criticizing life D. Heightening life47. What does the last sentence in the third paragraph mean?A. More stress should be laid on the teaching of poetry.B. Poetry is more important than any other subject.C. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetryD. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses C People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions, Jack said. Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽视) the mouth. According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, Jack said. Our data suggest that, whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation. 48. The discovery shows that Westerners _. . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth B. consider facial expressions universally reliable C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions 49. According to the fourth paragraph,what were the people asked to do in the study? A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. 50. What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding 其次节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面文章，文中有5处需添加小标题。请从以下选项A、B、C、D、E和F中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项多余选项。 A. Slow Down Your Life B. Escape Now and Then C. Separate Your Actions D. Allow Yourself to Be Weak E. Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying No F. Stop Expecting Everything to Be PerfectHow to Simplify Your Life Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, relax instead of stressing, slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification. 51._ When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didnt even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep grabbing one and then the other, it will take forever, because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off. But if you tie one pig in a place,