重庆市第二十九中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

重庆市第29重点中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试

英语试题卷

（满分：150分  时间：120分钟）

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

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 the conversation take place?

A. At the beginning of a term. 　　  B. At the end of a term. 　　  C. During a vacation. 

2. Why can’t the man drive the woman tomorrow?

A. His car is being fixed.       　　B. He has a doctor’s appointment.

C. He will be working in a shop.

3. What will the woman do?

A. Charge her cell phone.       B. Visit her mother.      　C. Make a call. 

4. Who will throw a party for the woman next Sunday?

A. The woman herself.  　　       B. The man.   　　         C. Nancy. 

5. What does the woman mean?

A. Her mother is a housewife.　      B. Only 10% of American mothers work.  

C. Most American mothers work.

第二节

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，各个小题将给出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 are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A festival.     　　　　 B. A birthday party.      C. A class reunion.

7. What does the woman decide to do?

A. Stay with her family.     　　　　B. Go to a party with the man.    C. Go on vacation.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How does the man feel?

A. Confident.          　　　　 B. Nervous.             　　  C. Excited.

9. What does the man want to do next?

A. talking with the woman.    　　　B. Go to the bathroom.   　　   C. Drink some water.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the girl want to have a car?

A. To travel with her friends.    B. To show off.   　　  C. To be independent.

11. Where does the girl study?

A. In a middle school.        B. In a high school.  　　  C. In a university.

12. Why doesn’t the man buy his daughter a car now?

A. He thinks his daughter is too young to drive.  　　 B. He wants his daughter to earn a car.

 C. He can’t afford another car.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. With whom does the woman travel?

   A. She is alone.        B. Her family.       C. Her business partner.

14. What do the speakers have in common?

   A. They both live in New York.     B. They are both traveling on business.

   C. They have both stayed in the hotel before.

15. What is the man’s favorite part of the hotel?

   A. The service.       B. The breakfast.      C. The facilities.

16. What does the woman imply about the hotel?

   A. The prices are reasonable.

   B. It doesn’t seem like a nice hotel from the outside.

   C. The service didn’t use to be anything special.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is The Bookworm?

   A. A literary festival.    B. A café.   　  C. A bookstore.

18. Who is Peter Hessler?

   A. A photographer.    B. A public speaker.    C. A writer.

19. What was the speaker excited about?

   A. Seeing someone give a speech. 　　　　　　　　 B. Hearing a famous band play music.

C. Finding his favorite magazine.

20. What was the speaker’s mistake?

   A. Mistaking the place.     B. Mistaking the year.    C. Mistaking the day.

第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5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

Application and Essays

You can apply to Stanford by submitting online either the Coalition Application or the Common Application.

Both applications include essay prompts for your personal essay. In addition to the personal essay, you also need to reply to the Stanford Questions, which you can access in either application once you add Stanford University to your list of colleges.

When you apply to Stanford, we encourage you to indicate potential majors and career interests in the application, but please now you are not bound by these selections in any way.

Stanford Questions

We ask applicants to choose one of the free topics below and write a short essay.

*Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning in Stanford.

*Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate know you better.

*Tell us about something that is meaningful to you, and why?

How to Submit Required Materials

*We suggest using Coalition or Common Application online forms whenever possible to submit documents, which is the speediest method.

*If online submission is not possible, school personnel may send materials as an email attachment to personnel@ stanford. edu.

*When ordering college transcripts, please use credentials(@ stanford.edu as the contact email.

*If your checklist is not complete by the deadline, simply continue to check your Application Status Portal until we have received all items.

21. What is necessarily included in an application?

A. Personal hobbies.     B. Career interests.21109.

C. A personal essay.     D. The selected major.

22. What is suggested when you reply to Stanford Questions?

A. Writing an essay to include the three topics.

B. Writing an essay on what inspires your learning in Stanford.

C. Writing a note about something that interests you.

D. Writing a note to recommend something meaningful to your roommate.

23. Which online service or website is the quickest way to submit materials?

A. personnel@ stanford. edu          B. credentials@ stanford. edu211093

C. Coalition or Common Application     D. Application Status Portal 

B

Warner Bros.'s Wonder Woman 1984 , the only big movie still scheduled to be released（发行）in theaters this year, will come out on AT&T Inc.'s HBO Max the same day it appears in cinemas, an unusual approach that shows how much the coronavirus pandemic（疫情）has affected Hollywood.

The film will appear in the U. S. theaters and HBO Max on Dec. 25, nine days after it starts appearing at cinemas in international markets , Warner Bros, said in a statement Wednesday. HBO Max subscribers will have a month to see the movie at no additional cost.

The film's director, Patty Jenkins, confirmed the move earlier in a tweet, saying that fans should see the movie in theaters if it's safe to do so --- otherwise, they can enjoy it at home.

Releasing a would-be hit like Wonder Woman 1984 to home and theater audiences meanwhile would have been unthinkable earlier this year, and for decades before that. However, the pandemic has made it impossible for studios to generate the kind of returns at the box office they need to recover their investments in big films. Cinemas in two of the biggest moviegoing markets in the US - Los Angeles and New York City - are closed entirely.

Against this background, several major movies from other studios were shown online this year, including Walt Disney Co.’s Mulan, The studios have been typically charging about $ 20 to see those films at home. Wonder Woman 1984 won't have an extra fee, but it will require fans to sign up for HBO Max, which costs $ 15 a month.

Under any other set of circumstances, a change like this would be decried by theater owners, who have long enjoyed the right to exclusively show new hit films for two or three months. However, they've been struck by the effects of the coronavirus. Most cinemas have been closed for portions of 2020 and those that have reopened don't have many new movies to show. Most big films have been delayed until 2021.

24. What makes the movie Wonder Woman 1984 different from other movies released this year?

A. The time it will be on show.       B. The approach of releasing.  

C. High expectation from audience. D. The theaters where it will be released.

25. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. The tough challenges studios have to face.

B. Ways for film industry to recover from the pandemic.

C. The possible success of the movie Wonder Woman 1984.

D. The influence the pandemic has had on film industry.

26. What does the underlined word “decried” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Appreciated.       B. Valued.     C. Accused.     D. Commented.

27. Where does this text probably come from?

A. A movie advertisement.          B. A film review.

  C. A news report.                   D. A hit fiction.

C

There are nearly 2,800 working satellites in space, which we depend on for technology we use every day, such as video calls, online maps, satellite TV, and weather tracking. Scientists use them to study space and learn more about our planet.

But there are many other satellites in orbit that are no longer working. They're among the objects messing up space. Some of these eventually fall back toward Earth, either landing or burning up in the atmosphere. But much of this space junk circles Earth for years. Space junk is a problem. Debris (残骸) floating around Earth puts technology and future space tasks at risk. Experts are working on ways to solve it.

Orbital debris, a type of space junk, is any human-made object that has stopped working but continues to float around the Earth. This includes satellites that are no longer used and pieces of spacecraft, such as rocket stages. It has been a large problem since the 1960s.

Space junk also includes broken pieces of objects. These occur when satellites hit against things. They also result from an object crashing into an old rocket stage that still contains fuel, causing an explosion . There have been more than 250 space explosions since the 1960s. These tiny broken pieces can damage working satellites, which can affect research in space.

Companies all over the world are working to clean up the area surrounding our planet. A company based in Japan will test the method of using magnets (磁石) to collect space debris. Another mission is led by a company based in Switzerland. It plans to carry out a debris-removal spacecraft in 2025. The craft will get hold of a piece of an old rocket, slow it down, and move it back to Earth. Eventually, the debris will burn out like a shooting star.

Governments are trying to help too. Some are updating their country's space guidelines to limit the amount of debis created. Space is so large that the problem won't be solved by a single organization or a single country. We have to work on this together.

28. What is the biggest harm that space junk does to human beings?

A．It will fall back toward the Earth. 　　　　   B．It puts other space objects in danger.    

C．It circles the Earth for years.        　　　　 D．It will burn up in the atmosphere.

29. How will the Swiss company clean up the Earth orbit?

A．By collecting space junk with magnets.       　B. By sending space junk into deep space.

C．By making the orbital debris fall back to Earth.   D．By putting the pieces all together.

30. What does the author suggest on cleaning up space junk?

A．Global efforts.             　　　　    B．Strict laws.

C．Stopping in space exploration.     　　　　D．Setting up professional organizations.

31. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Earth and its satellites.     　　　　    B．The various uses of man-made satellites.

C．Ways of cleaning up space junk. 　　　　D．The problem of space junk.

D

Bird pattern carved on Yubi in Chinese, comes alive and circles around, while an audio guide introduces the cultural relic and the bird’s connotation (寓意). Such is the experience of watching a cultural relic through a pair of augmented reality (AR) (增强现实技术) glasses at the Liangzhu Museum.

The museum displays various burial objects found in the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City in Hangzhou, showcasing the civilization of prehistoric rice agriculture and a state-level society between 3,300 B.C. and 2,300 B.C. The site was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2019, providing profound and compelling evidence that Chinese civilization started 5,000 years ago.

Using AR to tell Liangzhu’s ancient story and let the young people sense and feel close to cultural relics through modern technology is an important task at the museum, making it a pioneer in using modern technology and a hot place for tourists.

“I found that most students were very curious about it, and it could inspire students to have the desire to learn more,” said Chen Xi, the AR glasses provider. “I’ve never seen this before. The illustration of the ancient wild birds above is not that clear. But with the AR glasses, I know what the ancient wild bird exactly looks like and how it is different from what we see on TV,” said Rong Mei, a visitor in her twenties. “Compared with traditional ways of appreciating a cultural relic, AR glasses guide has virtual images which help people visually understand the information behind the relic, such as in which life scenarios was the relic used, its function and its cultural connotation,” said Zhou Liming, director of the Liangzhu Museum.

From digitalization to intelligentization (智能化), the Liangzhu Museum took more than five years. It started to collect the digital information of the ruins and relics since 2015. It paves the way for the museum to deliver Liangzhu’s story through multimedia approaches to attract more people, especially the youth, as modern technology bridges the gap between young people and cultural relics.

32. What is the essential significance of Liangzhu cultural relics?

A. Unearthing various prehistoric burial objects.

B. Representing the world’s earliest rice culture.

C. Enriching the UNESCO World Heritage List.

D. Confirming China’s 5,000-year-old civilization.

33. Why does the writer use the three quotes in Paragraph 4?

A. To inspire the curiosity of students.

B. To highlight hi-tech brings people close to cultural relics.

C. To show the aim and effects of using AR glasses.

D. To present opinions of appreciating cultural relics vary.

34. What does the underlined “It” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The process of forming intelligentization.

B. The restoration of the ruins and relics.

C. .The discovery of the cultural relics.

D. The reconstruction of the Liangzhu Museum.

35. Which might be the best title for the text?

A. Stories behind the AR Glasses

B. A New Chapter for Liangzhu Museum

C. Adventures in Liangzhu Museum

D. An Encounter with the Prehistoric China

第二节（共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项 为多余选项。

Reading books can exercise your brain. Kids who started reading at an earlier age go on to perform better on certain intelligence tests, such as analyses of their vocabulary size. As one gets older, it might help slow down or even stop cognitive（认知的）decline (下降）.    36   Many Americans don't read frequently. It's time to reverse this trend to give your brain gray matter a good workout.

    37    When you have some down time—you're waiting for a friend, sleeping lightly on the way from or to work, or doing a task that doesn't require your full attention—you can open your text instead of pulling up your favorite smartphone game.    38    While paper is still the clear winner in the court of public opinion, science hasn't proven that physical books are better than digital ones.

Academic research has mostly focused on the ability to remember. A study took place in a laboratory setting: Students all read the same text, but some looked at the words on paper and others viewed an on-screen PDF. It turned out that no meaningful difference between the two media existed. As for audiobooks（有声读物）,they affected the brain gray matter somewhat differently.    39     

Ultimately, if you hope to get a reading habit going, you shouldn't dismiss paper digital, or audio.     40     Don't be afraid to change things up depending on the occasion.

A. Audiobooks still affect your thoughts and feelings.

B. However, they stimulated the brain just as deeply as black-and-white pages.

C. Words on a page can improve the emotional intelligence.

D. This brings about a great debate : pages vs screens vs audio.

E. Keep a book, e-reader, or audiobook app on you as you go about the day.

F. Despite this, the overall book-reading time for Americans is on the decline.

G. Go with what makes the most sense for your needs.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

 It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had    41    to meet at the restaurant at seven o’clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my    42   , I had a good excuse: A business meeting had run over and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.

When I arrived at the    43   , I apologized and told Eleanor I didn’t mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I could   44    she was angry. “I’m sorry but it was not    45   .” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting.    46   , my explanation seemed to make things worse.

Several weeks later, when I    47    the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You    48    a classic mistake. You’re   49    in your own way of thinking. You didn’t    50    to be late. But that’s not the point. What is    51    in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.”

Thinking more about Ken’s words, I    52    recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really    53   . I should have started the conversation by expressing how my actions    54    Eleanor and saved the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really    55    her experience of the results of my lateness, I’ve managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

41．A．started B．agreed C．continued D．managed

42．A．relief B．surprise C．regret D．sorrow

43．A．house B．room C．restaurant D．supermarket

44．A．tell B．say C．admit D．permit

45．A．movable B．comfortable C．avoidable        D．acceptable

46．A．However B．Therefore C．Moreover D．Otherwise

47．A．spread B．wrote C．translated D．described

48．A．knew B．made C．found D．took

49．A．stuck B．recognized C．struck D．fitted

50．A．need B．prove C．intend            D．pretend

51．A．funny B．important C．possible D．simple

52．A．usually B．merely C．hardly D．gradually

53．A．inspires B．matters C．improves D．challenges

54．A．infected B．affected C．disliked D．cheated

55．A．showing B．satisfying C．understanding D．destroying

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。

Bright and 56.__________ (color) pictures describing Chinese landscapes and cultural activities like lion dancing and paper-cutting 57.__________ (attract) hundreds of 58.__________ (visit) on the opening day of the Ottawa Travel and Vacation Show on Saturday.

At 200 square meters, the Chinese booth（展台）was the 59.__________ (large) exhibition area at the Shaw Center in Ottawa. The 60.__________ (beautiful) decorated booth,  61.__________ (establish) by the Toronto Office of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was 62.__________ eye-catching highlight of two-day show, 63.__________ brought together nearly 300 exhibitors from more than100 countries and regions across Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Director Yang Wenting of the Toronto Office of the Chinese ministry told the Xinhua News Agency that China booth 64.__________ (design) to promote "Beautiful China Beyond Imagination."

 65.__________ present, there are nearly 200 flights a week between China and Canada, flying to 15 cities in China. The annual Ottawa Travel and vacation show is a platform for travel agencies and industries to interact and network.

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(满分15分)

假定你是李华．你的美国朋友 David上周来拜访你，你注意到他的饮食习惯不健康，而且他不爱运动。请你给他写一封电子邮件，建议他关心自己的健康状况。内容包括：

1．写信的原因；

2．他的不良健康习惯；

3．你的建议。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear David,

Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

第二节(满分25分)

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文.

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. It’s hard to imagine that the other woman was my mother, who has been living alone for 19 years, but I am too busy to visit her often. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.

“What’s wrong? Are you well?” she asked. My mother always doubts that a late night call is a sign of bad news.

“It would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded.

As I drove over to pick her up, I noticed that she seemed to be nervous about our date. But she smiled from a face that was as beautiful as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,” she said.

We went to a restaurant that was very nice and comfortable. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. I saw mom sitting there looking at me with a smile on her lips.

“I used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time to let me return the favour,” I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation-nothing special but catching up on recent events. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.

注意：续写词数应为150左右。

When I got home, my wife shared her story about her mom who passed away years ago.

Several days later, I received my mother’s invitation.

重庆市第29重点中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中考试

英语试题答案

英语听力：1-5 AACBC   6-10 AABBC   11-15 BBACB   16-20 ABCAB

阅读： 21-23 CBC  24-27 BDCC  28-31 BCAD  32-35 DBAB   

七选五：36-40 FEDBG

完型：41-45 BACAC   46-50 ADBAC   51-55 BDBBC

语法填空：

56．colorful  57．attracted  58．visitors  59．largest   60．beautifully

61．established  62．an    63．which   64．was designed  65．At

写作一：One possible version:

Dear David,

How are you? I write to tell you my concerns about some of your unhealthy habits. I don't mean to upset you, but I really care about you.

David, I found that you picked out all the vegetables when having dinners and you loved the junk food crazily. Besides, you refused to climb the mountain with me, because you thought you would be out of breath if doing so. But a healthy body is the basis of a successful life. I do wish you can try some fresh vegetables.In addition, I want you to get involved in some physical exercise regularly, which will help you improve your physical health．

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节  作文续写：

When I got home, my wife shared her story about her mom who passed away years ago. She said when she was young, she was very naughty, and her mother often punished her for her wrong deeds. Later when she grew up she became aware of her mother’s love. But her mother died of lung cancer and she never had a chance to show her gratitude. At that moment I realise the importance of saying “love” to our beloved ones in time.

Several days later, I received my mother’s invitation. We went out for a movie. You can’t imagine how happy we were that day. We discussed the movie, laughed and even planned the next date. On the way home, I held my mother’s hand, saying to her gently, “Nothing is more valuable than the love of you in the world. Believe me, your dear son will return the favour. Mom, I love you. ” We looked at each other with tears rolling down.