2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 (II).doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 (II)第一部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ABest holiday houses and B&Bs in Sicily and its islandsA Picciridda, PanareaOff the northeast coast of Sicily is tiny, carfree Panarea, an inactive volcano. Its streets contain Dazwhite houses and the views out to sea are dramatic. A Picciridda“the little one” in Sicilianis a small house with sea views from the bedroom. Ferries to the island leave from several ports in Sicily and the Italian mainland.Doubles from 85 per nightTel: 338 9509366La Casa del Vigneto, SalinaA quiet island retreat(隐居处) where theres little to do besides walking, wine tasting and enjoying sunsets. Its a surprisingly stylish place for naturelovers seeking privacy and peace. There is a large lawn with sun beds and some chairs. The balconies covered with climbers mean you can eat outdoors or sit and admire the ocean views.Doubles from 1，465 per weekTel: 338 9608713Baglio di Pianetto, Santa Cristina Gela, SicilyThis 18thcentury farm reflects the status of its original Venetian owners. Now you can stay in formalyetfriendly Baglio. Bedrooms have extra kingsize beds and big, bright bathrooms. Sitting by the 3.3metre pool, it feels more remote here than it really is. Take a cookery course, go walking and explore by bike (provided)Twins and doubles from 122 per nightTel: 091 8570148Villa Punta Secca, Ragusa, SicilyThe beach is what its all about in Punta Secca. With its beautiful sands and clear waters, its busy in summer, heaven out of season. It was built 10 years ago by the architect owner. There are no sea views but its steeped in character. The kitchen is aimed at real cooks.Doubles from 139 per nightTel: 093 30109991What can we know about a Picciridda, Panarea?AIt provides free parking. BIt can be reached by water.CIt is the smallest hotel in Italy. DThe volcanoes there often erupt. 2Which is a good place to escape from the crowded world?AA Picciridda, Panarea. BLa Casa del Vigneto, Salina.CVilla Punta Secca, Ragusa, Sicily. DBaglio di Pianetto, Santa Cristina Gela, Sicily.3What can visitors do living in Baglio di Pianetto?ASwim in the pool. BRent bikes to explore.CExperience ancient life. DChat with the original owners.4Which number should you call if you prefer a holiday on the beach?A338 9509366. B338 9608713. C091 8570148. D093 3010999.BNaylor was working as an artist, doing jobs for a PR pany. But a phone call years ago found him a new career.“I got a random phone call one day，” he says. “They asked me if I could make a picture in somebodys lawn(草坪), and I thought: well, you can make a picture out of anything, cant you？” As a result, the finished masterpiece ended up in the newspapers and, before he knew it, Naylor had a new profession: lawn artist.With a background in art, rather than gardening, battling nature was a new experience for Naylor when he started. “It was a new challenge and it was very hard to research lawn art. How do you do it? Theres not much of it out there. So I had to work out how it would work, and what Id need.” He says.As a lawn artist, however, there is no room for error. And theres no time to wait for the grass to grow back again if it all goes wrong. So Naylor has to get it right for the first time. “If you accidentally cut the wrong bit off, you cant just patch(修补) it up again. You cant start again.”“Planning is key，” he says. “Grass is not a nice artistic medium. Its not very easy to handle.” Besides, lawn art may be impressive, but it only happens during the summer. “The rest of my year, Im painting or using pens, pencilsnormal things.”He may have cut out a new professional field, but he sees it like any other art project. “When you bee a lawn artist, you have to say yes to any challenge.”However, as the rain falls over each new artwork, the grass soon grows back and the image is quickly lost. “Thats the annoying thing about nature，” says Naylor.5How was Naylors first art work in the lawn?AIt was only a small one. BIt was difficult to create.CIt made him famous. DIt was created in winter.6What matters most to a lawn artist?AAccuracy. BOpportunity. CKnowledge. DCourage.7What can we infer about lawn art?AIt has a long history. BIt can be created randomly.CRain is a help to the lawn art. DIt is a bination of art and gardening.CThe days of staring at the puter screen pretending to take an interest in an assignment even though you are bored out of your mind may soon be ing to an end. Thats because puters of the future will be able to detect boredom and even react to it in real time.But before you get concerned, the machine is not reading your mind. It is just keeping track of the constant involuntary movements that people exhibit when in front of a puter or even a television. These are not the bigger instrumental actions like moving a mouse or using the remote, but sensitive hardly noticeable movements like scratching. Researcher Witchel says the level of movement directly shows how absorbed the person is in what he/she is reading or watchingthe higher the interest level, the less the movement!To test the theory, Witchel and his team invited 27 people and exposed them to a variety of digital content for three minutes at a time. The activities ranged from playing online games to reading documents like the EU banking regulations that most people would find boring.A video motion (动作) tracker monitored their movements as they powered through each assignment. Just as the researchers had suspected, the involuntary actions decreased remarkably, by as much as 42%, when the subjects were totally absorbed in what they were reading or seeing.Fortunately, the scientists are not planning to use the findings to create machines that report students who are not focusing at school. Instead, they believe that applying the motion detecting technology to future puters will help improve the digital learning experience.The scientists say being able to judge the students interest level will enable educators to adjust the materials in real time and reengage the student. Witchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audience opinions.8Which movement does the machine keep track of?ABreathing. BTyping. CScratching. DWalking.9What might peoples high level of movement indicate during TVwatching?AThey are getting excited. BThey are feeling bored.CThey are very interested. DThey are thinking actively.10How did the researchers e to the conclusion?ABy a followup survey. BBy analysing previous data.CBy means of questionnaires. DBy observing participants performance.11Which field will detecting technology be applied to?AAgriculture. BPolitics. CIndustry. DEducation.DThis month, Germanys transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles(自主驾驶车辆). They would define the drivers role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes where lives might be lost. The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the “death valley” of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property(财产) damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race; and that if a human removes his or her hands from the driving wheel to check email, say the cars maker is responsible if there is a crash.“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,” says Dobrindt. It will put fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers, he says.Who is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear among car makers, consumers and lawyers. “The liability(法律责任) issue is the biggest one of them all,” says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds, UK.An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human “ be watchful and monitoring the road” at every moment.But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless cars. “When you say driverless cars, people expect driverless cars.” Merat says. “You know no driver.” Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without operation.Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happening in the UK and Singapore, where government-provided driverless vehicles are being launched.That would go down poorly in the US, however. “The idea that the government would take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here,” says Calo.12. What does the phrase “death valley” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A place where cars often break down. B. A case where passing a law is impossible.C. An area where no driving is permitted. D. A situation where drivers role is not clear.13. What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars?A. It should get the attention of insurance panies.B. It should be the main concern of law makers.C. It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.D. It should involve no human responsibility.14. Driverless vehicles in public transport see no bright future in _.A. Singapore B. the UKC. the US D. Germany15. What could be the best title for passage?A. Autonomous Driving: Whose Liability? B. Fully Automatic Cars: A New InventionC. Autonomous Vehicles: Driver Removed D. Driverless Cars: Root of Road Accidents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。Steps to setting your own rulesand keeping them!Google “rules to live by” and youre met with thousands of search results. But how do you know which rules to follow？ 16 Fortunately, here is a 3step process to help you set your own rules. That way, you can actually follow your own advice and do what works for you.Step 1. 17 This can be a goal you want to achieve or a quality you want to own. Once youve decided what you want, you must determine why you want it. Knowing your “why” will take care of your “how”Step 2.Evaluate whats not currently working. Once you know what you want and why you want it, its important to look at whats not currently working in your life. If you want to eat healthily, you need to identify what youre currently not doing. 18 This will prevent you from repeating mistakes.Step 3.Determine what your “ends rule” and your “means rule” will be. These rules should be a guideline that moves you towards your goals. A means rule is what you need to do to get started performing that rule. 19 An ends rule is what you would like your rule to be. For example, “I never miss a workout.”But you can set yourself up to win by making your rule really easy to meet in the beginning. If youre unsure of what your means rule should be, ask yourself, “Would I need to motivate myself to do X？” 20 Once you set your own rules, they bee rules with no exception. Take action and theyll keep you on track with your goals.ASet a goal and determine to achieve it.BAs an example, “I want to lose weight.”CDecide what you want and why you want it.DIf you answer no, thats a good place to start.EWrite down everything that isnt working, or hasnt worked before.FWith so much information available online, its easy to feel confused.GFor example, “I always put my workout clothes on when I get home from work.”第二部分英语知识运用(共两节， 满分45分)第一节完形填空(共20 小题；每小题1.5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。For Dave Moody, the bination of a good education, his wife, and a passion for architecture, led him to be a successful business owner.Moody decided he had a passion for 21 ， so he used his knowledge of architecture as a(n) 22 in the construction business. 23 ， just weeks after accepting his dream job and relocating his family to Atlanta, the pany that _ 24 him went under.Dave often says, “What was my worst day became my 25 day.”With nothing left to lose, he 26 his own business. Today, that business has 27 into the C. D. Moody Construction pany, a fullservice pany that has worked on big 28 like Turner Field, which used to be called Olympic Stadium. When asked if hes a millionaire, Moody 29 not to focus on figures. Instead, he aims at the question, “If we had 30 tomorrow, would people want to be around us 31 who we are or what we have? Thats how we 32 success. Do people feel better after being around us, or 33 ？”Moody and his 34 started a scholarship foundation and have 35 large sums to Georgia Perimeter College, Howard University, and Central State University. He is a survivor of his poor childhood and speaks out about the difficulties and 36 to overe them. “There is somebody out there who can change that persons 37 ， and instil (逐步灌输) that potential for hope. And once you 38 and get hope, youre something. You can do some 39 things，” said Dave.To him, the American Dream is that the 40 to e have a desire and an opportunity to be successful, and he is trying to instil hope in those future generations through construction. 21A. dancingBpaintingCbuildingDmunicating22A. clueBmovementCenquiryDopportunity23A. IndeedBHoweverCBesidesDThough24A. trustedBemployedCinstructedDimproved25A. bestBeasiestCbusiestDcoldest26A. suspectedBanalyzedCbalancedDstarted27A. burstBdividedCgrownDsearched28A .eventsBcoursesCprogrammesDprojects29A. continuesBpretendsCprefersDagrees30A. somethingBeverythingCnothingDanything31A. as forBalong withCinstead ofDbecause of32A. go throughBlook atCpick upDmake up33A. ruderBclevererCwarmerDworse34A. assistantBstudentsCwifeDparents35A. linkedBdonatedCexposedDlent36A. whenBwhatCwhyDhow37A. cheekBlifeCrootDfame38A. loseBlackCtouchDdoubt39A. deadlyBamazingCrelaxingDromantic40A. employeesBpopulationsCgenerationsDtravellers第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分) 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Armed with only a light, some food and a map, the team searched the cave for the dangerous creature. Their leader, well experienced in cave expeditions, 41 (lead) the way. Suddenly he lost his footing and fell into a deep hole. Concerned for the 42 (safe) of their leader, the rest of the team looked down into the hole. Frightened, they turned round to leave the cave, but as they did so they heard 43 strange low noise behind them. They looked round and saw an enormous creature that was 44 tall as a tower. 45 (freeze) with horror, they stood, rooted to the spot, and stared at the creature. It came toward them slowly growling as it came. Just then they heard a cry from their leader. Determined not to leave him for the terrible monster to find, the group rushed 46 the animal shouting and waving their arms. The animal, frightened in 47 turn, ran back. Almost at the same moment their leader appeared, covered in mud like another 48 (small) monster. They screamed, scared to death. When he called them they realized it was their leader. 49 (eventual) they succeeded in 50 (catch) the creature anyway.第三部分 写作（共三节，满分65分）第一节 单词拼写(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)在答题卡上写完整单词51. Is three oclock c_ (方便的) for you ?.52. Ted is one of the most modest p_ (教授) in the college.53. No one questioned his c_ (能力) as a doctor.54. In Britain, education is c_ (义务的) between the ages of 5 and 16.55. He r_ (退休) when he was 65.56. Our top priorities must be profit and c_ (商业的) growth.57. She overcame her i_ (最初的) shyness and really enjoyed the evening.58. M_ (仁慈的) God, save us.59. I could not r_ (抵抗) sneaking a look at her diary.60. I m sorry to b_ (打扰) you.61. His name was d_ (删除) from the list.62. Could you explain the s_ (意义) of this part of the contract?63. She knew that society would c_ (谴责) her for leaving her children.64. He never explains anything p_ (恰当地).65. Leaving ground floor windows open will encourage t_ (小偷).66. Scientists have made a major b_ (突破) in the treatment of cancer.67. Tom felt sick and d_ (眩晕的) in the hot sun.68. Markets are d_ (动态的) and a pany must learn to adapt.69. Your return ticket is v_ (有效的) for three months.70. Finally, the two teams reached a c_ (妥协).第二节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。As we have learned English for a very long time, we may plain it. We once made a joke which foreigners should learn Chinese. Now, it was not a joke anymore. More and more foreign people are interesting in Chinese, and many of us learn Chinese well. There was a hot show calling Chinese Bridge. I had been seen the show, and I was very impressed by the foreign students, whom spoke Chinese very well. We should learn from those foreigner because they showed us a way to learn a language good.第三节 书面表达(满分25分) 假定你是学生李华。今年9月将赴美国进修学习4个月。请给你的美国笔友Peter写一封邮件，希望他能帮你找一个合租房。要点如下：1.对房子的要求；2.对室友的要求；3.表达感谢。注意：1.词数：100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头和结尾己为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Peter,I am writing to ask a favor of you. Looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua北重三中xxxx第二学期高二年级期末考试英语试题答案阅读：1-4 BBAD 5-7 CAD 8-11CBDD 12-15 DDCA16-20 FCEGD完型：2125 CDBBA 26-30 DCDCC 31-35 DBDCB 36-40 DBCBC语法填空：41. led 42. safety 43. a 44. as 45. Frozen 46. at 47. its48. smaller 49. Eventually 50. catching单词拼写:51. convenient 52. professors 53. petence 54. pulsory55. retired 56. mercial 57. initial 58. Merciful59. resist 60. bother 61. deleted 62. significance63. condemn 64. properly 65. thieves 66. breakthrough67. dizzy 68. dynamic 69. valid 70. promise 改错：As we have learned English for a very long time, we may plain it. We once made a joke foreigners should learn Chinese. Now, it not a joke anymore. More and more foreign people are in Chinese, and many of learn Chinese well. There was a hot show Chinese Bridge. I had seen the show, and I was very impressed by the foreign students, spoke Chinese very well. We should learn from those because they showed us a way to learn a language.作文Dear Peter, I am writing to ask a favor of you. This September, I am going to have a 4-month further study in the USA. I wonder if you could help me find proper acmodation. About the flat, can you find one with a kitchen? I am not quite used to the western food, so I would like to cook myself. Besides, Internet connection is a must. As you know, some assignments have to be submitted through the Internet. To lower the cost, I prefer to share the flat with a roommate, hopefully, a native English speaker so that I can practice my spoken English. Also, I hope my roommate is friendly and easy-going. I would be grateful for your help. Looking forward to your early reply.