【KS5U发布】江苏省泰州市姜堰区2020-2021学年高二上学期中考试-英语-Word版含答案.docx

2022-2021学年度第一学期期中考试
高二英语试题

命题人：罗塘高中 钱盈盈 审核人：胡春林

第I卷 选择题（共4大题；满分60分）

一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
第一节(共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5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，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和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When does this conversation most probably take place?
A. June. B. July. C. August.
2. What do you know about the woman?
A. She is very busy.
B. She prefers lunch at desk.
C. She doesn’t want lunch.
3. Why can’t the man take exercise?
A. He gets up too late.
B. He has to rush to work early.
C. He can’t spare enough time.
4. What makes the woman mad sometimes?
A. The young stars had a fight.
B. People said they didn’t get along well.
C. The young stars didn’t have a great time.
5. What do you learn from the conversation?
A. The man is being interviewed by the woman.
B. The man once worked in an international company.
C. The man is looking for a new job.
其次节(共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What is the woman invited to do?
A. To give a talk.
B. To give a concert.
C. To teach in her mother school.
7. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She is a pop star now.
B. She is a teacher now.
C. She is a famous actress now.
8. Why does the woman decide to go to her mother school?
A. Because she used to be a good student.
B. Because she likes her teachers very much.
C. Because she doesn’t want to let the students down.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why did the woman start swimming?
A. Her husband persuaded her to do so.
B. She wanted to get fit again.
C. She had nothing to do.
10. How long has the woman been taking swimming seriously?
A. For about three years.
B. For about two years.
C. Since her youngest child was born.
11. What do you know about the woman’s husband?
A. He gives all-out support to her.
B. He wants her to do more housework.
C. He hopes she can practice more often.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Why does the woman come to talk with the man?
A. Because she wants to use the computer.
B. Because there’s some trouble with her computer.
C. Because she had made a plan for the use of computers.
13. How do the students feel about the present plan for the use of computers?
A. The time is too changeable.
B. The time is too limited.
C. The machines are hard to use.
14. What do the speakers plan to do tomorrow?
A. Forbid students to use the computers.
B. Prepare a notice to solve the problem.
C. Allow students to use the computers for longer hours.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. What is the man doing?
A. Studying in a university.
B. Preparing for a party.
C. Asking for advice.

C. It has tough admission requirements.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Why does the girl come to the man’s house?
A. To ask for help.
B. To borrow money.
C. To be a babysitter.
19. Who is Kelly’s financial advisor?
A. Mrs Adams. B. Her mother. C. Her father.
20. What are the two speakers probably talking about?
A. Money. B. Courses. C. Housework.

二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。
21. It’s said that the 4.7-inch screen of an i-phone 6 will be a bit bigger than _____ of an i-phone 5s.
A. that B. one C. the one D. it
22. Tom，_____ his bedroom, found in the corner of it his missing diary, which he had looked for several days.
A. to clean B. having been cleaned C. cleaned D. cleaning
23. —Is this computer working well now?
—Yes. My mother _______ it repaired.
A. need have had B. can have had C. must have had D.should have had
24. Li Xin even doesn’t know the test of TOFEL, however, she _____ that she has studied economics in an American college for four years.
A. adopts B. pretends C. confirms D. prevents
25. I walked up to the top of the hill with my friend, ______ we enjoyed a splendid view of the lake.
A. which B. where C. who D. that
26. Compared with me, my sister is even more ________ to, and more easily troubled by emotional and relationship problems.
A. curious B. addicted C. available D. sensitive
27. I deeply appreciate _______ the opportunity to go abroad for further study.
A. giving B. to be given C. being given D.that I have been given
28. —Peter once ________ English at Oxford University for three years and now is a speaker.
—No wonder he ________ perfect English.
A. had taught ; spoke B. taught ; speaks
C. is teaching ; has spoken D. has been teaching ; will speak
29. Hardly could he this amount of work in such a short time.
A. get through B. get down C. get across D. get into
30. —It’s reported that several college girls have got missing on their way home or to school recently, and some were murdered. I do think we students should learn to protect ourselves.
— . The society is complicated.
A. Don’t mention it. B. It depends.
C. That’s all right. D. I can’t agree more.

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little river flowed down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests until it reached a desert. It then thought, “I’ve overcome countless difficulties. I should have no 31 crossing this desert!” But when 32 her journey, she found herself gradually disappearing into the sands. “Maybe I cannot reach the ocean.” she said 33 to herself.
At this time, a deep 34 came, saying, “If a breeze(微风) can cross the desert, so can a river. ”
It was the voice of the desert. The river replied, “That’s because a breeze can fly.”
“That’s because you 35 what you are. If you give it up, and let yourself evaporate(蒸发)into the breeze, it can take you across,” said the desert.
“Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze? No!” She could not accept this 36 . Wouldn’t it be self-destruction to give up what she was now?
“How do I know if this is true?” asked the little river.
“The breeze can carry the steam across the desert and the steam can 37 into rain at an/a 38 site. The rain will form a river again to continue its 39 ,” answered the desert very 40 , “whether you’re a river or invisible steam, your inner nature never 41 . You stick to the fact that you’re a river because you don’t know your nature 42 . ”
Now the little river vaguely (模糊地) 43 before she became a river, 44 was the breeze that had carried her up a high mountain, where she turned into rain and 45 onto the ground and became what she was now. Finally the river 46 her courage and rushed into the open arms of the 47 , which carried her to the next stage of her life.
The course of our lives is like the 48 of the little river. If you want to 49 difficulties in your life, you should also have the wisdom and courage to change yourself.
Perhaps you can try asking yourself these questions: What is my inner 50 ? What is it that I stick to? And what is it that I really want?
31. A. problem B. way C. power D. time
32. A. ending B. starting C. planning D. considering
33. A. immediately B. directly C. slowly D. sadly
34. A. breeze B. desert C. voice D. rain
35. A. think of B. stick to C. take up D. refer to
36. A. order B. requirement C. idea D. trick
37. A. disappear B. change C. get D. flow
38. A. beautiful B. appropriate C. historic D. familiar
39. A. cause B. road C. route D. course
40. A. patiently B. proudly C. angrily D. aimlessly
41. A. improves B. forms C. changes D. exists
42. A. outside B. upside C. downside D. inside
43. A. understood B. realized C. found D. remembered
44. A. it B. she C. he D. which
45. A. dropped B. fell C. flew D. dived
46. A. decided B. saw C. gathered D. exposed
47. A. desert B. mountain C. breeze D. God
48. A. experience B. appearance C. performance D. style
49. A. meet B. overcome C. avoid D. refuse
50. A. thought B. course C. nature D. courage

四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes
When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.
Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their desire to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.
With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away. In just the past couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and counselors(顾问) in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.
The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill. Dr. Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality.
Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him.
Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?
Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.
If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use. Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.
51. Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?
A. Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.
B. More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes.
C. Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.
D. Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.
52. The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means __________.
A. control B. ignore C. develop D. rescue
53. The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that .
A. women use cell phones more often than men
B. talking on the phone while driving is dangerous
C. cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy
D. cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

B
Each Indian tribe(部落) had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language；the other way by signals.
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.
Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other's language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
54. From the passage we can infer that _________.
A. Indian language was difficult to learn, so many Indians never learned it
B. among the Indian tribes there was no common spoken language
C. many Indians couldn’t communicate with each other
D. Indians talked with each other only in two ways---sign and signal language
55. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. One or two clouds of smoke sent different message.
B. In Indian sign language, “man’’ meant friend and “horse” meant enemy.
C. If an Indian rode his pony in a large circle, it meant there was danger.
D. Signals with smoke could be used to send messages at night.
56. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Indians’ way of life B. Each Indian tribe had its own language
C. How to use signals and sign language D. Talking without sound

C
When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?
Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term. If