2021阜新二高高二下学期期末考试英语试题含答案

阜新市第二高级中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷

一．阅读选择（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

Rome can be pricey for travelers, which is why many choose to stay in a hostel (旅社). The hostels in Rome offer a bed in a dorm room for around $25 a night, and for that, you’ll often get to stay in a central location (位置) with security and comfort.

Yellow Hostel   

 If I had to make just one recommendation for where to stay in Rome, it would be Yellow Hostel. It’s one of the best-rated hostels in the city, and for good reason. It’s affordable, and it’s got a fun atmosphere without being too noisy. As an added bonus, it’s close to the main train station.

Hostel Alessandro Palace   

 If you love social hostels, this is the best hostel for you in Rome. Hostel Alessandro Palace is fun. Staff members hold plenty of bar events for guests like free shots, bar crawls and karaoke. There’s also an area on the rooftop for hanging out with other travelers during the summer.

Youth Station Hostel   

If you’re looking for cleanliness and a modern hostel, look no further than Youth Station. It offers beautiful furnishings and beds. There are plenty of other benefits, too; it doesn’t charge city tax; it has both air conditioning and a heater for the rooms; it also has free Wi-Fi in every room.

Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes   

Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes is located just a 10-minute walk from the central city station and it’s close to all of the city’s main attractions. The staff is friendly and helpful, providing you with a map of the city when you arrive, and offering advice if you require some. However, you need to pay 2 euros a day for Wi-Fi.

1.What is probably the major concern of travelers who choose to stay in a hostel? 

A. Comfort.         B. Security.     C. Location.  D. Price. 

2. Which hostel best suits people who enjoy an active social life? 

 A. Yellow Hostel.   B. Hostel Alessandro Palace. 

C. Youth Station Hostel.  D. Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes.

3. What is the disadvantage of Hotel and Hostel Des Artistes? 

A. It gets noisy at night.  B. Its staff is too talkative. 

C. It charges for Wi-Fi.  D. It’s inconveniently located.

B

After university in 2011, Samuel went to a rural primary school for native children, where, on his first day, another teacher told him, "Samuel, you don't have to do much, they're just Orang Asli-native children." This was what Samuel would spend years fighting against.

The Orang Asli community has struggled with poverty, melting into society, and losing their own identity and culture due to others' disregard(漠视，不尊重)  of it. Samuel saw that the main barrier in teaching these children was the attitude on the part of many teachers that the native children were not worth their efforts. It was thought that whatever was taught would make no difference, so nobody bothered to try. The children themselves ended up believing these stigmas (污名), often doubting what they can achieve. Teachers skipped or slept in classes, and little effort was made to create an appropriate learning environment. Consequently, the school was one of the worst-performing in the district.

Samuel bonded with his native students and accepted their culture, leading him to see their potential. However, he also came to see that they did not have equal opportunities compared to urban schools, due to the lack of facilities. So he set up a crowdfunding project to create a fully equipped 21st-century English classroom with tablets and computers. The Orang Asli children now learn technology, experience English and communicate in English with volunteers all over Malaysia and overseas.

Consequently, the students have improved in national standardized examinations, from a pass rate of 30% in English (2008-2012) to an average of 80% (2013-2017). These efforts have resulted in a shift of what local children are considered capable of academically.

4．What did the teacher's words suggest about the native children?

A．They were hopeless.         B．They were intelligent.

C．They were unfriendly. D．They were independent.

5．What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The change of native students.

B．The importance of learning English.

C．The improvement of native education.

D．Samuel's work for the native kids.

6．What major problem did Samuel need to solve?

A．The poverty of local people. 

B．The lack of facilities in his school.

C．The prejudice against the native kids. 

D．The unsuitable teaching methods.

7．What can we learn from Samuel's story?

A．The academic performance comes first.

B．Respect makes a big difference.

C．Everyone deserves access to education.

D．One method can't apply to each situation.

C

When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.

Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.

Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business."

Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans' corporation makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.

8．Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.

A.the advantage of chopsticks

B．the difficulty of growing up

C．the strength of family unity

D．the best way of giving a lesson

9．We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the Helene An family ______.

A．left Vietnam without much money

B．started a business in 1975

C．bought a restaurant in San Francisco

D．opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles

10．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Run a Corporation

B．Family Unity Builds Success

C．How to Achieve a Big Dream

D．Strength Comes from Peace

11．What can we infer about the five daughters?

A．They did not finish their college education.

B．They could not bear to work in the family business.

C．They were influenced by what Helene taught them.

D．They were troubled by disagreement among family members.

D

We live in a town with three beaches. There are two parks less than 10 minutes' walk from home where neighbourhood children gather to play. However, what my children want to do after school is pick up a screen-any screen -and stare at it for hours. They are not alone. Today's children spend an average of four and a half hours a day looking at screens, split between watching television and using the Internet.

In the past few years, an increasing number of people and organisations have begun coming up with plans to counter this trend. A couple of years ago, film-maker David Bond realised that his children, then aged five and three, were attached to screens to the point where he was able to say "chocolate" into his three-year-old son's ear without getting a response. He realised that something needed to change, and, being a London media type, appointed himself "marketing director for Nature". He documented his journey as he set about treating nature as a brand to be marketed to young people. The result was Project Wild Thing, a film which charts the birth of the Wild Network a group of organisations with the common goal of getting children out into nature.

"Just five more minutes outdoors can make a difference," David Bond says. "There is a lot of really interesting evidence which seems to be suggesting that if children are inspired up to the age of seven, then being outdoors will be a habit for life." His own children have got into the habit of playing outside now: "We just send them out into the garden and tell them not to come back in for a while."

Summer is upon us. There is an amazing world out there, and it needs our children as much as they need it. Let us get them out and let them play.

12. What is the problem with the author's children?

A. They often annoy the neighbours.        

B. They are tired of doing their homework.

C. They have no friends to play with        

D. They stay in front of screens for too long.

13. How did David Bond advocate his idea?

A. By making a documentary film.          

B. By organizing outdoor activities.

C. By advertising in London media.         

D. By creating a network of friends.

14. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "charts" in paragraph 2

A. predicts      B. records    C. delays       D. confirms

15. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Let Children Have Fun                 

B. Young Children Need More Free Tire

C. Market Nature to Children             

D. David Bond: A Role Model for Children

第二节.七选五（共5题，每题2.5分，共计12.5分）

    How to keep a Relationship Healthy and Strong

Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well，let me give you advice on how to have a healthy relationship with your partners.

16  . Don't hide things from them，and don't lie. Don't be afraid to say things that aren't very flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If there's no trust，there's nothing there. So please be honest and they will learn to open up to you.

Make sure you give them respect. Now，respect isn't just simply treating them nicely. There is a lot more to it. You have to learn to adjust to their liking.  17 ．. Don't just think about yourself，but think about what your partners need out of it as well.

18．. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positive at the time. Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with. This is an important step in a relationship. Your partner needs out of it as well.

Make sure you' have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness. Laugh a lot with them，and joke with them. Laughter may seem silly，but it's the secret to a lot in life. It will keep the sparks alive. 19．

Make sure the communication is good. This goes along with trust，but always communicate how you feel even if it's something that upsets you. Instead of screaming, talk to them.  20．.It's important to communicate this to them，not to keep it bottled up.

A．Show them your personality.

B．Make sure you are reliable to your partners.

C. Be an honest person with them.

D．Basically, learn to study your partners’ moods, wants and needs.

E. Don't start to neglect them and make them feel unwanted.

F. Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.

G. If they did something that made you happy, tell them about it in a respectful manner.

二．语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.分，满分15分）

  Both my parents were born to help plants grow well. Our family    21    the food we grew in our huge vegetable garden. My mother canned much of the produce for winter, and my father sold vegetables to the stores and high schools. Our garden was the    22    of the neighborhood. But one summer, we had a    23   . Someone was stealing some of our vegetables.

Then one of the neighbors tipped us off that an old bachelor (单身汉), who lived a short distance from us, was seen    24    some vegetables in a nearby town. Benny didn’t have a garden, so he was    25    getting his vegetables from someone else’s garden. Actually, Benny wasn’t a(n)    26    fellow. My dad often    27    him for part-time jobs just to help him out. My parents figured he was taking our vegetables just to earn a few extra dollars.    28    stealing is stealing. My father decided to    29    this situation his own way: hiring Benny to guard the garden. But the others in my family were all    30    it.

When my father asked him about the job, Benny was obviously a bit    31   , but he finally agreed. Needless to say, there were no vegetables missing the next day. Whether or not Benny slept most of the night wasn’t    32   . The fact was that Dad’s plan was working,    33    better than my father had planned. You see, each morning, after Benny got done sleeping, guarding the garden, he’d    34    long enough for breakfast with us.

Now, Benny got to like this garden business. By the following spring, Benny had his own garden with my father’s help. Of course… for some    35   , we don’t need a garden guard anymore.

21．A．stuck to B．referred to C．gave away D．depended on

22．A．prize B．pride C．price D．project

23．A．fear B．point       C．problem  D．thought

24．A．selling  B．growing C．getting D．Buying

25．A．exactly B．obviously C．extremely D．eventually

26．A．strange B．good C．bad        D．Honest

27．A．asked B．offered C．invited D．hired

28．A．And B．But C．So D．Instead

29．A．handle B．risk C．discuss D．charge

30．A．with B．for C．against D．beyond

31．A．disappointed  B．shocked C．relieved D．annoyed

32．A．important  B．true C．right D．necessary

33．A．any B．ever C．so D．even

34．A．leave off B．search about C．stay around D．start out

35．A．degree B．benefit C．sense D．reason

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。

The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It _36__    (build) originally to protect the city 37 the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored  .  It is possible  38___(walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.
We accessed the wall through the South Gate.The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.After 39____ (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what  40___ (good) than to ride on a piece of history!
We  41___ (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky  42___ did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all  43___ way around the Xi'an City Wall.Supposedly you can do it in two hours,but we stopped at the different gates and   44____ (watchtower) to take pictures or just to watch the local people going about their  45____(day) routines

第三部分  写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  应用文写作（15分））

你校英文报Sports and Health专栏正在征稿，邀请你推荐一项适合中学生的健身项目，要点包括：

1.项目名称；

2.推荐理由。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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第二节．读后续写（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。

Amanda was disheartened when she looked across the table at her three-year-old sister. Li sat on a seat, drinking from her sippy cup. Wondering why Li was still afraid of her, Amanda took a cookie off her plate and held it out to Li, “Want a bite?”

As soon as Li saw Amanda reaching over, her eyes widened. She jumped down from her seat and raced to her room. What an annoyance! Amanda complained to Mom that she had thought being a big sister would be fun. Mom took Amanda’s hand reminding her that Li was in a new country with a new family and how scared she might be.

“Honey, she is still getting used to you,” Mom added. “It’s only been two weeks.”

Over a year ago, Amanda’s parents said that they were adopting a daughter from China, and Amanda had danced with excitement. She’d dreamed of taking her sister to the park, reading books to her, and teaching her to ride a bicycle. That hadn’t happened, though. In the weeks since their trip to China, Li had only let their mom and dad near her. Amanda had drawn pictures for her, read to her, and made funny faces, but none had worked. Whenever she got close, Li ran away.

“I just wish I knew how to help her,” Amanda said to herself, thinking of Li’s frightened eyes. As she sat onto the couch, she turned on the TV and began to watch a cartoon about a dog and a cat. After a few seconds, Amanda realized that the cartoon was in another language. The show looked funny, but she didn’t understand any of it. Sighing deeply, she remembered the days when they were in China. She had got frustrated when people talked in Mandarin, the language spoken in Li’s province.

注意：

1. 续写的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

“That’s it.” Amanda sped to Li’s room.

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Paragraph 2:

Mom came to the door and found them sitting side by side.

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2020-2021 下学期期末英语答案

阅读理解：

1-3. D BC   4-7．ADCB  8-11．CABC  12-15 DABC

16．C 17．D 18．B 19．F 20．G

完形填空 21-25．DBCAB 26-30 CDBAC 31-35BADCD

36.was built  37.in    38. to walk   39. spending  40.better 

41.hired     42. but   43. the     44. watchtowers   45. daily

Walking is the easiest and simplest form of exercise to stay healthy and lose weight. Besides, walking is of great convenience. You can take a walk during the class breaks or after dinner. You can walk at a fast speed or just walk slowly around the campus, and it is up to you to decide where you will walk and whom you will walk with. Importantly, you can avoid some unnecessary injuries which often occur in other sports and all you need may be only a pair of sneakers.

Choose walking and begin your journey to good health and healthy life with each step.

续写：

“That’s it.” Amanda sped to Li’s room. She gathered all her courage to ask Li in Mandarin whether she would like to see a cartoon with her. For the first time ever, Li nodded her head in delight, excitement shining from her eyes. Although Amanda was nearly at a loss to understand what the cartoon was about, Li spared no effort to make the program come across. Both sisters were immersed in the warmth between them.

Para 2:

Mom came to the door and found them sitting side by side. Happiness welled up from the bottom of her heart. Not in her wildest dream could she imagine that her two beloved daughters would get along well with each other. It was not until mom patted the two on the back that they realized mom’s presence. Mom was delighted to see the special bonds created between her daughters. With sunlight streaming into the room, the family were in the seventh heaven.

一．应用文：Sports and Health             第一步：审题

体裁：应用文 时态：根据提示，时态主要为一般现在时。  结构：总分法

总分法指把主题句作为总说，把支持句作为分说，并以这种方式安排所写内容。

要求：1.项目名称；2.推荐理由。        第二步:列提纲 （重点词组）

a form of exercise,stay healthy and lose weight, be of great convenience,take a walk,be up to you

第三步：连词成句1.Walking is the easiest and simplest form of exercise to stay healthy and lose weight. 2.Walking is of great convenience.3.Walking is of great convenience. You can take a walk during the class breaks or after dinner.4.It is up to you to decide where you will walk and whom you will walk with. 根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。

第四步：连句成篇（衔接词）         表并列补充关系：Besides

连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰。

【点睛】  [高分句型1]    Besides, walking is of great convenience. You can take a walk during the class breaks or after dinner.（运用了动名词短语做主语）

[高分句型2]     Importantly, you can avoid some unnecessary injuries which often occur in other sports and all you need may be only a pair of sneakers.（运用了定语从句）

二．续写：本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了Amanda一直无法取得妹妹Li的信任，最后得知妹妹Li是父母在中国收养的孩子，来到一个全新环境中，最后因电视中正在播放中文动画片这一机缘巧合，使得Amanda逐渐发现了不信任的产生源于语言沟通的障碍。

1.段落续写：①由第一段首句内容“有办法了”可知，第一段可描写Amanda找到汉语学习资料，入门并运用，接着打破两人隔阂的过程。

②由第二段首句内容“妈妈来到门口，发现他们并排坐着。”可知，第二段可描写妈妈的反应，以及姐妹互动的过程。      2.续写线索：奇怪的隔阂——失望与困惑——找到原因——学习汉语，打破隔阂——母亲欣喜——姐妹进一步互动

3.词汇激活 ：行为类   鼓起勇气：gather courage / get up the courage

想要做某事：would like to / feel like doing sth.尽力：spare no effort to / try one’s best to

情绪类   困惑：be at a loss / be confused  高兴：in delight / happiness/ delighted/ pleased

【点睛】[高分句型1] Although Amanda was nearly at a loss to understand what the cartoon was about, Li spared no effort to make the program come across. (运用了although引导让步状语和what引导宾语从句)[高分句型2] Not in her wildest dream could she imagine that her two beloved daughters would get along well with each other. (运用了部分倒装)