2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第二次周考试题.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第二次周考试题第二部分阅读理解 （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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 AI passed all the other courses（课程） that I took at my university, but I could have never passed botany（植物学）. This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory（实验室） looking through a microscope（显微镜） at plant cells, and I could never once see a cell through a microscope. This used to make my professor angry. He would wander around（徘徊） the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the structure（结构） of flower cells, until he came to me. I would just be standing there. “I cant see anything,” I would say. He would begin patiently enough, explaining how anybody can see through a microscope, but he would always end up angrily, claiming that I could see through a microscope but just pretended（假装） that I couldnt. “It takes away from（减损） the beauty of flowers anyway.” I used to tell him. “We are not concerned with beauty in this course,” he would say. “We are concerned with the structure of flowers.” “Well,” Id say. “I cant see anything.” “Try it just once again,” hed say, and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all, except now and again（时而） something unclear and milky（混浊不清的）. “You were supposed to（应该） see a clear, moving plant cells shaped like clocks.” “I see what looks like a lot of milk.” I would tell him. This, he claimed, was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly, so he would readjust it for me, or rather, for himself. And I would look again and see milk.I failed to pass botany that year, and had to wait a year and try again, or I couldnt graduate. The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes. “Well,” he said to me, happily, “were going to see cells this time, arent we?” “Yes, sir,” I said. Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; whats more, they were. Of course, I didnt see anything.So the professor and I tried with every adjustment（调整） of the microscope known to man. With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk, and that time I saw, to my pleasure and amazement, something like stars. These I hurriedly drew. The professor, noting（注意到） my activity, came to me, a smile on his lips（嘴唇） and his eyebrows（眉毛） high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing. “Whats that?” he asked. “Thats what I saw,” I said. “You didnt, you didnt, you didnt!” he screamed（尖叫）, losing control of himself immediately, and he bent over（弯腰） and looked into the microscope. He raised his head suddenly. “Thats your eye!” he shouted. “Youve adjusted the microscope so that it reflects（反射）! Youve drawn your eye! You were always not able to adjust the microscope properly!”21. Why couldnt the writer see the flower cells through the microscope? .A. Because he had poor eyesight. B. Because the microscope didnt work properly.C. Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly. D. Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to have seen it.22. What does the writer mean by “his eyebrows high in hope” in the last paragraph?A. His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention（认真地）.B. His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them. C. His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures. D. His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings. 23. What is the thing like stars that the writer saw in the last paragraph?A. His own eye. B. Real stars.C. Something unknown. D. Milk. 24. In what writing style did the writer write the passage?A. Realistic（现实的）. B. Romantic（浪漫的）. C. Serious（严肃的）. D. Humorous.BBelow is a housing guide for students going to London. University acmodation (住所) offices Many university acmodation offices have their own list of registered（注册的） landlords. Others also provide information on acmodation agencies（代理） and other housing organization. The advantage of using your university acmodation is that you can get support if you have a problem. The disadvantage（缺点） is that they are unlikely to have enough registered landlords to house all their students.Property papers（财产文件）: Loot and Renting Loot is an important source（来源） of information about private（个人的） housing for co-renters. The offers（报价） are from private landlords, agencies and individuals looking for other co-renters. They also have a website: .loot. The advantage of using Loot is that there are some excellent bargains. The disadvantage is that there is no quality（有质量的） control over the offers. Renting is another useful paper. The offers in this paper are mainly from acmodation agencies. Their website is at .renting.co.uk.Acmodation agencies The majority（多数） of rented acmodation in London is probably advertised（宣传） through acmodation agencies. The advantage of using acmodation agencies is that you will have a large number of acmodations to choose from. A good agent will listen to your requirements（要求） and can save you time in looking for the right acmodation. The disadvantage is that they will make a range of（一系列） charges（收费） to potential renters.Noticeboards（布告牌） Around the universities you will find a number of noticeboards where offers of acmodation will be posted（张贴）. These will either be from landlords or from students. Some universities will also have online noticeboards where students can advertise（做广告） to other students. Advertisements from students can be an excellent way to find acmodation. However, advertisements from landlords can be problematic（成问题的）.Word of mouth（口头传述的） Some of the best housing in London is never advertised but is passed on（传递） from one group of students to another by word of mouth. It might be that you can find out about good offers from final year students（毕业班同学）. However, DONT suppose（想当然） that just because you have found out（找到） about housing from a friend, it is necessarily going to be better than that found through any other source.Family Faced with the very high rents charged in London, some students and their parents will consider buying as an alternative（替代）. In some cases this might be a good choice.25. What is the advantage of using Loot? A. It has more offers from acmodation agencies than Renting. B. It gives you personal information about other co-renters. C. Their website is designed mainly for students. D. There are some good bargains. 26. A good agent can help you _. A. know more people B. find cheap acmodationC. get the right acmodation quickly D. get free information about most acmodations 27. The information passed on by word of mouth is important because _. B. it helps you find some of the best housing never advertisedC. the final year students always offer better information D. the landlords have little valuable information CThe unquestioned(无疑问的) role of a student is to learn as much as possible through whatever means(方式） it takes to acquire（获得） knowledge. Teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect. No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit（限制） the questions to a certain （领域）field of study. Having certain skepticism (质疑) about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation（错误信息）.Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn. Teachers should act more as guides（指路人） along the way rather than try to force（强迫） each student to learn. The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated（没有动机的） student. If the teacher, for whatever reason, cannot motivate（激励） the student, then the student must somehow（不管怎样） find a way to motivate himself or herself.One method of doing this is by being an active rather than a passive（消极的） student. The more the student involves（参与） himself or herself in the act of studying, the better he or she can learn. One of the best ways to bee more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions. Students who passively（被动地） sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted（认为.是理所当然的） are not fully using their mental capacities（能力） to learn.Better education es from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject（科目） rather than merely absorb（吸收） a certain amount of information. Having a healthy skepticism can improve a students ability to both think and absorb knowledge in a learning situation.Teachers are human beings and no one is pletely（完全地） right all of the time, even in a classroom situation. Perhaps a teacher would simply unconsciously（无意识地） say the wrong word or pass on some misinformation that the teacher truly believed was correct. A students question could prevent（阻止） an entire classmates from being confused or misinformed（误导）.There is of course a fine balance（平衡） between a student having a healthy skepticism and just being a downright（完全的）skeptic（怀疑者）. But with the proper attitude toward learning and a little skepticism, both the students and teachers can improve upon the learning process and maximize（最大化） learning efficiency（效率）.28. Which of the following is the authors main argument（论点）?A. Passive learning results from passive teaching in class.B. A healthy skepticism and proper attitude contribute to（有助于） effective learning.C. A healthy skepticism fully depends on students motivation and ability.D. A students ability plays a huge role in the learning process. 29. Being passive learners, the students .A. use lots of their mental ability while studyingB. ask their teachers questions as many as possible C. can hardly tell the right from the wrong in classD. seldom involve themselves pletely in learning 30. According to the passage, a good teacher should .A. help the unmotivated students impatiently B. Instruct（指导） students in the learning processC. make no mistakes in the teaching process D. answer all the questions raised by students31. The author will most probably agree that .A. keeping skepticism to a certain degree（到达某种程度） is importantB. having a passive attitude can ensure the learning processC. taking everything for granted makes a student learn somethingD. a teachers ability cannot be improved by encouraging doubtDBenefits of Cross-Country Skiing（越野滑雪） Cross-country skiing can be enjoyed by a wide range of（范围广泛的） students, from the youngest kindergartners（幼儿园小孩） to those secondary students. It is really a fun activity, providing students a gentle workout outside in winter. While having fun, students can gain physical and mental benefits. The physical（身体的） benefits of cross-country skiing are well known. If we look at Olympic cross-country skiers, we can see the positive（积极的） effects on the body that result from（由于） training for cross-country skiing. The average（平均） best female cross-country skier carries 11 percent body fat（体脂）, and best male skiers carry 5 percent. These percentages（比例） are well below the average for people who are considered to be athletic -17 percent for females and 10 percent for males. The high number of calories burned while skiing helps to keep skiers slim（苗条的） in a healthy and attractive way. Cross-country skiing is also an efficient（高效的） way to exercise a large number of muscles at once. Because skiers use ski poles（杆） as a means of propulsion（推进）, the force that drives（驱动） skiers forward, the upper body gets much more of workout. Of course, the leg muscles also do their fair share（公平分配）. People who use cross-country skiing as a workout over several weeks will discover that the muscles of their entire body increase in strength. Cross-country skiing on a regular basis has a tremendous（极大的） effect on a persons cardiovascular（心血管的） system. In addition to gaining strength in the muscles of the upper and lower body, people who use cross-country skiing as a workout method over several weeks will also discover that their heart is stronger. A strong heart pumps（跳动） more efficiently, sending out more blood to the muscles with each contraction(收缩). Through weeks of skiing, people often discover that their resting（静止的） heart rate has decreased（降低）. Highly trained Olympic cross-country skiers have resting heart rates between 28 and 40 beats per minute. pare that to the resting heart rate of the average person, which is 60 to 80 beats per minute! The benefits of cross-country skiing extend（延伸） beyond overall（全部的） general health. It also has mental benefits. A lot of evidence exists indicating（表明） that regular physical activity increases the release（释放） of mood-lifting endorphin (内啡肽) in the body. After one of the energetic and fun skiing lessons, students will be smiling and laughing; they will be relaxed and in a better mood than when they started class. Students will leave class with a sense of acplishment（成就感）, knowing that they have developed new skills in a fun activity. Cross-country skiing is a great way to work（锻炼） the total body. Now more and more students are taking part in this exercise outside during the winter months. They are enjoying it and benefiting from it! 32. The underlined word “workout” means_.A. mannerB. opportunityC. application D. exercise33. According to the passage, we can learn that cross-country skiing _.A. can balance out（相抵） the skiers increased calories B. requires the use of most muscle groupsC. can increase the athletes resting heart ratesD. offers students a only way to keep fit34. How does the author prove the benefits of skiing in the fifth paragraph?A. By giving explanations（解释）. B. By giving data. C. By making parisons（作比较）.D. By giving ments.35. Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage? A B C DCP: Central point（中心要点） P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion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（社会阶层） 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 brothers dry goods business（绸布行业）. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush（淘金热） 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（矿物）. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies（日用品） to the miners（矿工）. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies（缝纫用品） and cloth. _38_ When he heard miners plaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore（撕扯） their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric（纺织物） 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（申请专利） 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. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. B. Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable. C. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.D. However, he did not get much business for those products.E. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have bee a symbol（象征） of American consumer culture.F. He also made a great contribution to Americas clothing industry.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55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和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Faithful Father My husband kissed me goodbye, kissed（轻拍） the babys cheek and then rushed out of the door, into his busy day. With the cold of the morning fading, I fed my baby and it fell fast asleep. Usually I would place it in bed and quickly have the house somewhat in 41 . However, this morning, I stayed seated, just 42 , with the baby in my arms. The thoughts ran into 43 of the mornings with my husband, a father rushing out of the door to meet the obligations（责任） of life. It was only a small jump to thoughts of my own 44 . My mother passed away when I was ten, and as I looked 45 , I could see how much of a family man my dad was. He went to work every morning and 46 to his family every evening. He 47 food, clothing, warmth, and protection. He was a faithful father. Setting the baby down, I dialed the 48 number. I had just realized the 49 of the ordinary the daily life going on around us that we often took for granted, and that it needed to be 50 . “Hi, Dad.” I said, 51 back tears. “Hey, Bud. How are you?” 52 was in his voice. “Fine, Im just calling to say thank you.” I got it out before my throat 53 too much for me to speak. “What for?” “For getting up and going to work every morning of my life. Now that I have my own 54 and I see my husband doing the same, I just wanted to thank you for being 55 .” There was 56 for a moment as my dad posed（使平静） himself, and with a small 57 in his voice he said, “Youre wele, Bud.” I dont remember much of the rest of the call, 58 that moment of revelation (显露) about my father, I will never forget. There are those who are known for their heroic 59 , and also those who are known for their fortunes and fame, but it is the 60 everyday fathers who are the true heroes. Im thankful that my father was one of them.41. A. useB. lineC. orderD. fashion42. A. thinkingB. dreamingC. imaginingD. praying43. A. conversationsB. strugglesC. incidentsD. memories44. A. babyB. husbandC. motherD. father45. A. outB. awayC. backD. around46. A. moved B. returnedC. escapedD. walked47. A. providedB. collectedC. soughtD. bought48. A. popularB. relativeC. regularD. familiar49. A. differenceB. significanceC. balanceD. absence50. A. recognized B. arrangedC. reducedD. achieved51. A. sendingB. pushingC. holdingD. putting52. A. SympathyB. StressC. DoubtD. Concern53. A. clearedB. hurtC. achedD. tightened54. A. childB. dutyC. lifeD. career55. A. inspiringB. faithfulC. considerateD. admirable56. A. peaceB. calmC. silenceD. rest57. A. trembleB. hesitationC. passionD. sigh58. A. andB. butC. orD. nor59. A. ideasB. deedsC. remarksD. words60. A. outstanding B. patientC. ordinaryD. honest第II卷注意事项：用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当