辽宁省沈阳二中2020-2021学年高二上学期期末考试-英语-Word版含答案.docx

沈阳二中2022——2021学年度上学期期末考试
高二（16届）英语试题
命题人： 高二英语组 审校人： 高二英语组
说明：1.测试时间：120分钟 总分：150分
2.客观题涂在答题纸上，主观题答在答题纸的相应位置上
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. What will the man do?
A. Tell the woman directions.
B. Ask the old man for directions.
C. Show the woman around the Central Park.
2. What does the man mean?
A. He has already had lunch.
B. He’s happy about the invitation
C. He cannot have lunch with the woman today.
3. When will the woman probably finish the movie?
A. At 2:30pm B. At 3:00pm C. At 3:30pm
4. How did the woman find her time last night?
A. It was awful. B. It was a bit upsetting.
C. It was satisfying.
5. How does the man most probably feel now?
A. Angry B. Confident C. Regretful
其次节：(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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段材料，回答第6～7题
6. What does the man probably find the book?
A. Scary B. Touching C. Funny
7. What will the man do next?
A. Keep reading. B. Listen to some news. C. Go to visit his brother
听第7段材料，回答第8～9题
8. What do the man and the woman’s brother have in common?
A. They both love country music.
B. They both love jazz music very much
C. They both love pop music.
9. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Tell him about some kinds of music.
B. Introduce some friends to him.
C. Introduce her brother to him.
听第8段材料，回答第10～12题
10. What did the woman plan to do this morning?
A. Visit her aunt. B. Go to the airport. C. Prepare for Linda’s party
11. Why did the woman’s aunt most probably go to the airport?
A. To pick up someone. B. To catch a flight. C. To get her luggage.
12. What doesn’t the man think they should buy?
A. Beer B. Soft drinks C. Water
听第9段材料，回答第13～16题
13. What is probably the woman’s father?
A. An astronaut B. A doctor C. A guide
14. Where did the woman most probably learn about the health report of astronauts?
A. From a radio program. B. From a newspaper. C. From a magazine.
15. What happened to the woman’s uncle after eight weeks in space?
A. He suffered a rare cancer.
B. He suffered severe bone loss.
C. His eyes looked a little different.
16. What do we know about the man?
A. He is interested in space.
B. He works as a guide now.
C. He wants to be a guide in the future.
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题
17. How many people did the speaker travel with?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3
18. What did they do on the Great Wall?
A. They flew kites. B. They took many pictures. C. They rode bikes.
19. What was the weather like on July 12 th?
A. Fine B. Cloudy C. Rainy
20. How did the speaker find her time in China?
A. Just so-so B. Tiring C. Great
其次部分 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
Throughout the many junior and senior high mornings I watched my father go to work, I never told him how that vision affected me. I simply wondered at his ability to do what he did: keeping the kitchen full of food, covering the car insurance so I could drive during my senior year, piling the Christmas gifts beneath the tree, driving me to visit college campuses on his day off, kissing and teasing my mother in the living room and nodding off in his easy chair in the middle of a sentence. Perhaps it was because these scene seemed so ordinary that I never spoke of them.
And then at college, away from him – when his presence became merely the voice over the phone during weekend calls – I started to think that other men were more significant than Daddy. Daddy couldn’t teach classes or explain complex philosophies – not with only a high school education. 
As I reached my late 20s, I looked forward to returning home and hearing his warm, fulfilling laughter. I rediscovered Daddy again – not as a boy in awe(敬畏), but as a man with respect. And I realized that Daddy had always been there for me. He was my father, a man who committed himself to a thankless job in a society that had written him off with statistics and stereotypes(成见).
When I reached my early 30s, I became a father myself. I saw my own father with greater clarity. As I worked overtime for my son, I realized I was able to do those things because my father had done for me.
Now, at age 47, when I spend precious moments with my own 13-year-old son, I wonder what he thinks of me. At what point will I slip away from his world of important men, and will there be a point when he’ll return to me with a nod of understanding? Will he claim me in the name of love and respect?
Sometimes the most essential truths are the most difficult to learn. I hope my son will one day cherish all the truths that have flowed to him, through me, from his grandfather. When my son does this, perhaps he will feel the same pride and fulfillment that I do when I say: “I am my father’s son.”

21. When he saw what his father did for him when he was young, the author _______.
A. thought it was just a father’s duty to do those things
B. admired his father for his ability to do those things
C. wanted to tell his father how grateful he was to him
D. wished he could have helped his father
22. When the author was in college, ______.
A. he always missed the days he used to spend with his father
B. he gradually came to understand his father
C. he realized his father was always there for him
D. he worshiped his teachers more than his father
23. In his late 20s, the author _____.
A. looked up to his father in awe
B. wanted to keep his distance from his father
C. began to cherish his time with his father
D. was displeased with the job his father took up
24. What does the underlined part “the most essential truths” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Love and understanding.
B. Secrets of being successful in one’s job.
C. Ways to not be affected by stereotypes.
D. Knowledge of how to get along with one’s father.

B
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Ticket price includes entrance to all museum galleries, planetarium(天文馆) shows, and the wildlife center.
Regular Admission Prices
Adults: $14.95
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Students (w/ID): $10.95
Children (3-12): $10.95
Children (2 and under): Free
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Current Exhibits
Under the Sea!
Now on view through August are 26 award-winning photographs from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Annual Underwater Photography Contest. These delightful images provide Museum visitors a window into our hidden undersea world. The exhibition will be open exclusively on weekends, 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday.
Hurricanes
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Wildlife Center
This unique outdoor experience exhibits alligators, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, and amazing birds of prey including bald eagles, hawks, and owls. Why are they here? The Falcon Batchelor Bird of Prey and Rehabilitation Center of the Miami Science Museum is a facility dedicated to the ecological research, rehabilitation(康复), and release of injured birds of prey. This behind-the scenes space is now viewable to visitors and is dedicated to the treatment of local injured wildlife.

25. To see the photograph exhibition at Miami Museum of Science, you should ______.
A. come and visit on weekdays
B. arrive before 5:30 pm on weekends in August
C book the tickets online beforehand
D. wait until Thanksgiving Day
26. Those who are interested in real turtles should visit ______.
A. Under the Sea!
B. Hurricanes
C. the Wildlife Center
D. Miami Museum of Science
27. How much would it cost two middle-aged parents and a high school boy to visit the museum?
A. $ 32.85.
B. $ 36.85.
C. $ 40.85.
D. $ 44.85.

C
Britain and France are separated by the English Channel, a body of water that can be crossed in as few as 20 minutes. But the cultures of the two countries sometimes seem to be miles apart.
Last Thursday Britain and France celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of a friendship agreement called The Entente Cordiality. The agreement marked a new beginning for the countries following centuries of wars and a love-hate partnership.
But their relationship has seen ups and downs over the past century. Just a few years ago, there were fierce disagreements over the Iraq war —which British Prime Minister Tony Blair supported despite French President Jacques Chirac speaking out against it. This discomfort was expressed in Blair and Chirac’s body language at international meetings. While the French leader often greeted Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder with a hug, Blair just received a handshake. However, some political experts say the war in Iraq could in fact have helped ties.
The history of divisions may well be because of the very different ways in which the two sides see the world. But this doesn’t stop 12 million Britons taking holidays in France each year, despite only 3 million French going in the opposite direction. Surveys show that most French people feel closer to the Germans than they do to the British. And research carried out in Britain has found that only a third of the population believes the French can be trusted. Perhaps this bad feeling comes because the British dislike France’s close relationship with Germany, or because the French are not happy with Britain’s close links with the US.
Whatever the answer is, as both sides celebrate 100 years of a “doubtful friendship”, they are at least able to make jokes about each other. Here’s one: What’s the best thing about Britain’s relationship with France? The English Channel.

28. What is the article mainly about?
A. A new chance for Britain and France to grow closer.
B. How British and French people talk to each other.
C. The wars between Britain and France throughout history.
D. The love-hate relationship between Britain and France.
29. The war in Iraq ______ the relationship between France and Britain.
A. helped
B. harmed
C. neither helped nor harmed
D. both helped and harmed
30. According to the article, France has closer ties with ______.
A. Germany B. the US C. Britain D. Iraq
31. What does the last sentence mean?
A. As long as the English Channel exists, there will be no further disagreement between France and Britain.
B. The English Channel prevents anything unfriendly happening between France and Britain.
C. The English Channel separates the two countries.
D. The English Channel is the longest route between France and Britain.

D
Everyone has those nights – you lie in your bed for hours, tossing and turning, totally unable to fall asleep. You wish you could just turn your brain off as if it were a light. That would make things much easier, wouldn’t it?
Now it looks like you are one step closer to this wild dream of yours – scientists from Oxford University, UK have just discovered the “switch” that tells the brain to go to sleep, reported Forbes.
To understand the study, you first need to know that there are two mechanisms (机能) that regulate sleep. There’s one that we’re already familiar with – our body clock, which works in a 24-hour cycle based on the light changes throughout the day.
The other one is what scientists call the sleep “homeostat (动态平衡系统)”. This mechanism has nothing to do with daylight. Instead, it keeps track of the brain’s waking hours and urges it to rest if it has been awake for a long time. “[It] is similar to the thermostat (自动调温器) in your home. A thermostat measures temperature and switches on the heating if it’s too cold,” Professor Gero Miesenböck, who led the study, told The Telegraph.
Our bodies use both of the mechanisms to regulate sleep. “The body clock says it’s the right time, and the [sleep thermostat] has built up pressure during a long waking day,” explained Miesenböck.
There is no way that scientists can trick the body clock. But with the sleep homeostat, there might be something they can do.
The researchers found that the sleep homeostat works by activating a specific group of nerve cells, or neurons(神经元), in the brain. They tested their theory on fruit flies by removing the neurons from the insect’s brains. And as expected, they found that the flies without the homeostat neurons did not keep a regular sleep pattern anymore.
Now that scientists have pinpointed (定位) the exact place in the brain—or, the “switch”— that regulates sleep, they can begin investigating (争辩) how to activate these cells at any given time so that people can be sent to sleep instantly.
More importantly, finding out how sleep mechanisms work may also help us to one day unravel one of the oldest mysteries of all: why do we need to sleep in the first place?

32. What is the article mainly about:
A. A new way to treat sleep disorders.
B. The discovery of the sleep “homeostat”.
C. Advice on what to do when you fail to fall asleep.
D. A comparison of the two mechanisms that regulate sleep.
33. How does the author explain the function of the sleep homeostat?
A. Through examples.
B. With comparisons.
C. Through cause and effect analysis.
D. By presenting research findings.
34. What can we conclude from the article?
A. Generally, the sleep homeostat has less effect on people during the day than at night.
B. There is little scientists can do to affect the way the sleep homeostat works.
C. What makes us go to sleep at night is probably a combination of the two mechanisms.
D. The more homeostat neurons there are in one’s brain, the more easily one can fall asleep.
35. The underlined word “unravel” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. put up with
B. figure out
C. keep track of
D. take notice of
其次节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
依据短文内容，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。
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