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2019-2020年高二期末考试试卷 英语 含答案
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，从题中所给我A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题有阅读下一小题。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. What time is it now?
A. 9:10               B.9:50            C.10:00
2. What does the woman think of the weather?
A. It’s nice.            B. It’s warm.       C. It’s cold.
3. What will the man do?
A. Attend a meeting     B. Give a lecture    C. Leave his office
4. What is the woman’s opinion about the course?
A. Too hard            B. Worth taking     C. Very easy.
5. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Speak louder         B. Apologize to her   C. Turn off the radio.
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，从题中所给我A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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段对话，回答第6、7 题。
6. How long did Michael stay in China?
A. Five days.       B. One week         C. Two weeks
7. Where did Michael go last year?
A. Russia         B. Norway           C. India
听第7段对话，回答第8、9题。
8. What food does Sally like?
A. Chicken       B. Fish              C. Eggs
9. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Cook dinner    B. Go shopping       C. Order dishes
听第8段对话，回答第10至12题。
10. Where are the speakers?
A. In a hospital          B. In the office       C. At home
11. When is the report due?
A. Thursday            B. Friday            C. Next Monday
12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?
A. improve             B. Hand it in later     C. Leave it with him.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer     B. Homeowner and cleaner   C. Husband and wife
14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?
A. One with two bedrooms.     B. One without furniture    C. One near a market.
15. How much rend should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?
A.＄350.                   B. ＄400.              C. ＄415
16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?
A. On Lake Street.         B. On Market Street.   C. On South Street.
听第10材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain?
A. Almost 15%             B. About 30%           C. Over 40%
18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk?
A. Most British people drink tea that way.
B. Tea tastes much better with milk.
C. Tea with milk is healthy.
19. Who suggests a price for each tea?
A. Tea tasters.            B. Tea exporters.       C. Tea panies.
20. What is the speaker talking about?
A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
There are stories about two U.S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We don’t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting.
The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write “all correct” on it. The problem was that he didn’t know how to spell. So what he really wrote was “ol korekt”. After a while，he shortened that term to “OK”.
The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York. Van Bnren’s friends organized a club to help him bee President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK”.
21. The author____________.
A. believes both of the stories B. doesn’t believe a word of the stories
C. is not sure whether the stories are true D. is telling the stories just for fun
22. According to the passage, President Jackson__________.
A. couldn’t draw up any documents at all
B. didn’t like to read important papers by himself
C. often had his assistants sign documents for him
D .wasn’t good at reading，writing or spelling
23. According to the first story, the term “OK”____________.
A. was approved of by President Jackson
B. was the title of some Official documents
C. was first used by President Jackson
D. was an old way to spell “all correct”
24. According to the second story, the term “OK” was first used __________.
A. by Van Buren
B. in a presidential election
C. to organize the Old Kinderhook Club
D .by the members of the ‘‘Old Kinderhook Club”
B
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may bee lifelong feelings, extending sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy weling us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their wele usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the wele will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
25. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chinese C. a professor D. a student
26. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
D. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
27. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time B. serious with time
C. careful with time D. willing to spend time
28. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
C
BUS SERVICE 
New York City — Brennan, New Jersey (Trip time: 30 minutes each way) Timetable 
●Buses leave the Railway Station, New York 7:00 a.m. and every half-hour thereafter (此后) until 11:30 p.m. (7 days a week). 
●Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. (7 days a week). 
●Evening rush hours(5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) buses leave the Railway Station, New York every 15 minutes (Monday — Friday). 
●Holidays: buses leave every hour on the hour time, each direction. 
All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York, or at the Brennan Station Window before boarding buses.
29. What time does a bus leave New York for Brennan every Thursday?     
A. 10:20 a.m.            B. 6:30 a.m.  C. 6:45 p.m.               D. 4:40 p.m. 
30. Which is the latest bus you should take from Brennan if you have to arrive at the Railway Station, New York before 4:00 p. m. on Monday?     
A. The 3:20 p. m bus B. the 3:00 p. m bus
C. The 3:30 p. m bus D. The 3:40 p. m bus 
31. What time does a bus leave Brennan for New York on Christmas Day?     
A. 1:00 p. m        B. 9:40 a. m           C. 3:15 p. m           D. 8:30 a. m 

D
The other day I heard a few local musicians talking:
“I hate all the terrible pianos in this town. I hate that rubbish they play on the radio. They can’t even understand a bit of music.”
“I’m never playing in that club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to us.”
But, one younger musician said, “There are a few clubs that book my band a few nights a month, and I’m trying to find other places to play. I’m also looking to book a few summer festivals this year.”
I’ve heard that you are the average of the five people whom you spend the most time with, or to put it another way, you are who your friends are.
Attitudes are important. Whether they’re positive or negative, they’re rubbing off on you. If you’re around people who plain about lack of work and about other musicians, or blame others, and you play the role of victim, chances are you will start to as well. So it’s time to take a look at the people you call “friends”.
This is an easy exercise: Make a list of the people who you hang out with, and simply stop spending time with the negative people on your list. Set a new standard for yourself and don’t bee friends with people who fall below that standard.
Keep successful people around you and your own chances for success will be much better. Ask them how they do it. Ask if they will help you get the work you’re looking for, or maybe give you some advice to help you on your career path.
32. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed B. How to make friendship last for ever
C. You are who your friends are D. Friends are the most important in one’s success
33. The underlined sentence “they’re rubbing off on you” in Paragraph 6 means ______.
A. they’ll push you ahead B. they’ll influence you
C. they’ll cover your shortings D. they’ll help you achieve your goal
34. The musicians’ words at the beginning are written mainly to show ______.
A. the musicians’ living conditions are quite poor
B. people have poor taste in music
C. people have different attitudes towards the same thing
D. young people have greater chances of succeeding
35. The passage is mainly written for ______.
A. musicians B. managers C. negative people D. people wanting to succeed
第二节 （共5小题，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。

For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. __36___. Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. __37___ He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before being an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. __38___When he heard miners plaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets (铆钉). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. __39___.
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion. ___40__ The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' pany is now one of the largest clothing panies in the world.
A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.
B. Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.
C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.
D. However, he did not get much business for those products.
E. He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry.
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have bee a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；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和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。
Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 41 . Now she was Portia, a strong–willed 42 in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 43 from her.
44 , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She 45 being in front of other people. She was very 46 _ at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 47 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making 48 friends. She had excellent grades, 49 she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and 50 her to join in.
“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 51 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”
Her mother wouldn’t let the 52 drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕) .Everyone gets scared. You know you 53 do it. The trick is to look past the 54 to find the love of what you’re doing.’’
So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 55 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, 56 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she 57 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 58 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she 59 two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Cl