四川省泸县第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

四川省泸县第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题

四川省泸县第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题

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四川省泸县第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期中试题（含解析）
注意事项：
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3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. £19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.
答案是C。
1.What does the woman think of her vacation?
A.Exciting. B.Tiring. C.Disappointing.
2.What will the woman do tomorrow?
A.See an eye doctor. B.Go to a bookstore. C.Buy a new cell phone.
3.What time does the museum close on Sundays?
A.At 3:00 pm. B.At 4:00 pm. C.At 5:00 pm.
4.In what aspect is the man weak in Chinese?
A.Reading. B.Writing. C.Speaking.
5.What can we learn about the man?
A.He did well in spelling.
B.He couldn’t spell the words.
C.He was satisfied with the result.
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，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。
6Why does Mary call Mr. Green?
A.To ask about a meeting. B.To make an appointment.
C.To remind him to see a dentist.
7.When will Mr. Green attend a parent-teacher meeting?
A.On Thursday morning. B.On Thursday afternoon. C.On Friday afternoon.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8.What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A.Teacher and student. B.Colleagues. C.Classmates.
9.What does the woman plan to do right after lunch?
A.Find Ms. Wong. B.Go to the gym. C.Have a PE class.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.Anxious parents.
B.Problems of poor children.
C.Children who are home alone.
11.What surprise the woman?
A.There are hidden dangers at home.
B.Many children have ever been home alone.
C.Children enjoy themselves without control.
12.What can we learn from the conversation?
A.Children should be free from parental control.
B.Middle-class kids have more chances to take a vacation.
C.Eight-or-nine-year-olds feel scared about being home alone.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.What abilities to possess.
B.Which professor to follow.
C.What job to do in the future.
14.What subject does the man probably prefer?
A.History. B.Politics. C.Art.
15.What do the woman’s parents expect her to be?
A.A restaurant manager. B.A politician. C.A teacher.
16.What is the woman good at doing?
A.Dealing with people. B.Working with kids. C.Painting pictures.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.Where does the conversation take place?
A.At a store. B.At school. C.At home.
18.How did the man get the mud?
A.He went to the Dead Sea.
B.He dug it up from the backyard.
C.He bought it from an online company.
19.What is the main color of the mud in the backyard?
A.Brown. B.Grey. C.Black.
20.Why does the girl agree to use the mud?
A.She wants her skin to feel younger.
B.She has some skin problems.
C.She is starting to get wrinkles.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change seems to be a major factor（因素）.
The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent.
Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick Mclntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources（资源）.
But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, Mclntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development.
The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The researchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt（融雪）.
Since the 1930s, Mclntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. The seriousness of big-tree loss in California.
B. The increasing variety of California big trees.
C. The distribution of big trees in California forests.
D. The influence of farming on big trees in California.
2. Which of the following is well-intentioned（出于好心的） but may be bad for big trees?
A. Ecological studies of forests. B. Banning woodcutting.
C. Limiting housing development. D. Fire control measures.
3. What is a major cause of the water shortage according to Mclntyre?
A. Not enough snowmelt. B. A longer dry season.
C. A warmer climate. D. Dampness of the air.
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。根据一项研究显示，自20世纪30年代以来，加州已经损失了一半的大树，而气候变化似乎是其主要因素。
【1题详解】
主旨大意题。由第二段The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds.可知新的研究发现，加利福利亚超过46000公顷的森林，直径超过两英尺内的树木数量减少了50%。所以第二段是关于加利福利亚大树损失的严重性。故选A。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources(资源).可知，对野火的控制使得加利福尼亚的森林里挤满了小树，与大树争夺资源。所以说对野火的控制是善意的，但与此同时也对大树产生了不利的影响。所以出于好心但也许对大树不好的是控制野火的措施。故选D。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cause trees to lose more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry season.可知，造成加州水资源短缺的最大因素是温度升高，这导致树木向空气中流失更多的水分，以及更早的融雪，这减少了旱季对树木的供水量。在Mclntyre看来，缺水的主要原因是气候变暖。故选C。
B
On 7, August, 2015, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got to eat a special treat. No, it wasn’t a cookie or cake. It was red lettuce they had grown themselves in space.
“It was one small bite for man, one giant leap for NASAVEGGIE,” astronaut Scott Kelly wrote on Twitter. (Kelly based his tweet on the words astronaut Neil Armstrong famously used in 1969, after becoming the first person to ever walk on the moon. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” he said at the time.)
“NASAVEGGIE” refers to the ISS’s Veggie plant-growth system. It uses special red, blue, and green LED lights to grow plants. The system is a big step toward NASA’s goal of developing a way to grow food in space during future long space missions deep into the solar system.
Kelly and fellow NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren prepared the red romaine lettuce like many people do on Earth. They cleaned it, and then mixed it with olive oil and vinegar. Then they gobbled up the leafy red greens. “That’s awesome!” Lindgren said after taking a bite.
It was the first taste of fresh food the astronauts had had in a long time, since there is no refrigeration on the ISS. They ate half the lettuce. The rest was packaged and frozen so that it could be returned to Earth for testing.
Lindgren and Kelly are the only two NASA astronauts currently on the space station. The other crew members are Russian astronauts Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Komienko, and Lleg Kononenko, and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui.
Kelly and Kornienko have been on the ISS since March. They plan to spend 342 days in space, in part to help determine the effects of long-term space travel on astronauts’ bodies. They traveled to the ISS with Padalka, who will return to Earth in September.
Kelly and Komiendo’s job — which will be one of the longest-ever stay in space by astronauts — will help pave the way for future long-term space tasks. NASA plans to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars by the 2030s.
4. Why is growing food in space very important?
A. It is a symbol of scientific development.
B. It will help solve the hunger problem
C. Astronauts can get enough nutritious food.
D. People plan to go into the deep space.
5. What Kelly said in Para. 2 suggests that _____.
A. it is a great success to grow fresh food in space
B. he respected Neil Armstrong very much
C. mankind makes great progress in exploring space
D. humans should speed up to land on Mars
6. Who will remain in the ISS until March, 2016?
A. Padalka and Kononenko. B. Yui and Lindgren.
C. Kelly and Kormienko. D. Kelly and Lindgren.
7. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Astronauts grow their favorite food in space.
B. Astronauts get more fresh food from space.
C. Astronauts plant vegetables for a journey to Mars.
D. Astronauts eat fresh food grown on the ISS.
【答案】4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要关于宇航员可以在国际空间站吃新鲜的食物。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段The system is a big step toward NASA’s goal of developing a way to grow food in space during future long space missions deep into the solar system.“该系统朝着NASA的目标迈出了一大步，即在未来深入太阳系的长期太空任务中，开发一种在太空中种植粮食的方法。”可知，在太空种植物很重要，因为人们计划进入深层空间。故选D。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的句子That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,“这是一个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步，”可知，Kelly说的话说明在太空种植新鲜的食物是很大的成功。故选A。
【6题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段的句子On 7, August, 2015, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got to eat a special treat.“2015年8月7日，国际空间站(ISS)的宇航员吃到了一种特殊的食物。”和倒数第二段的Kelly and Kornienko have been on the ISS since March. They plan to spend 342 days in space, in part to help determine the effects of long-term space travel on astronauts’ bodies. “Kelly和Kormienko自3月以来一直在国际空间站。他们计划在太空中度过342天，部分原因是为了确定长期太空旅行对宇航员身体的影响。”可知，Kelly和Kormienko将在国际太空站一直到2016年三月。故选C。
【7题详解】
主旨大意题。根据文章第三段的句子“NASAVEGGIE” refers to the ISS’s Veggie plant-growth system. It uses special red, blue, and green LED lights to grow plants.可知，“NASAVEGGIE”指的是国际空间站的素食植物生长系统。它使用特殊的红色、蓝色和绿色LED灯来种植植物。由此可知，文章主要关于宇航员可以在国际空间站吃新鲜的食物。故选D。
【点睛】事实询问题，这类试题通常以疑问词what/who/when/where/why/how引起的特殊问句，就文章中某一词语、某一句子、某一段落或某一具体细节和事实进行提问。解答此类试题首先要弄清题目和每一个选项的含义，然后按题目要求寻找与之相关的细节，正确估计答案来源。同时要注意题目和文章中的暗示作用，特别注意辨别各种信息，确认各种信息。本题第2小题，根据文章第二段中的句子That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,“这是一个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步，”可知，Kelly说的话说明在太空种植新鲜的食物是很大的成功。故选A。
C
You probably have heard of many famous people like Marie Curie, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams(1860-1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addans helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need . In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson(1907-1964)
If it weren't for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O'Connor(1930-present)
When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O'Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks(1913-2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in," said Parks.
8. What is Jane Addams noted for in history?
A. Her social work. B. Her lack of proper training in law.
C. Her efforts to win a prize. D. Her community background.
9. What is the reason for O'Connor's being rejected by the law firm?
A. Her lack of proper training in law. B. Her little work experience in court.
C. The discrimination against women. D. The poor financial conditions.
10. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?
A. Jane Addams. B. Rachel Carson.
C. Sandra Day O'Connor D. Rosa Parks.
11. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A. They are highly educated. B. They are pioneers.
C. They are peace-lovers. D. They are truly creative.
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. D 11. B
【解析】
这是一篇广告布告类阅读。文章主要介绍了过去100年里，杰出的几位女性。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据Jane Addams 部分Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need .（Addams帮助穷人，为和平而努力。她通过为有需要的人建立庇护所、促进教育和服务来鼓励社区意识。）由此可以推断出，Jane Addams在历史上，因为她的社会福利工作而出名，故选A。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据Sandra Day O'Connor部分When Sandra Day O'Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman.可知Sandra Day O'Connor被律师事务所拒绝的原因是对妇女的歧视，故选C。
【10题详解】
细节理解题。根据Rosa Parks部分It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement.（它持续了一年多，并引发了民权运动。）可知Rosa Parks为美国民权运动做出了巨大贡献，故选D。
【11题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?（在以下列出的杰出女性中，你认为谁是过去100年里最重要的女性）由此推断出，文章中提到的女性都是先驱者，故选B。
D
Lots of people like a good fright at Halloween. Yet, the most frightening thing of all about the night is that twice as many children are killed while out and about on Hallween compared to any other day of the year, according to a study by Safe Kids Worldwide. It can also be a worrying time for others, especially elderly people living alone. Bu many people think it’s just harmless fun.
But is it harmless fun?
Police forces across Britain are giving warnings about Halloween night. They are asking all those wishing to celebrate Halloween this year to respect those who don’t want to join in.
Some forces, like West Mercia Police, have produced “Sorry, No Trick or Treat” posters which can be downloaded from their website, and put up in windows. They want people to send them t