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荆州市六县市区2020-2021学年度上学期期末考试
高二英语试题
考生注意：
1.本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
2.答题前，考生务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将密封线内项目填写清楚。
3.考生作答时，请将答案答在答题卡上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对 应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题请用直径0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。
4.本卷命题范围：人教版必修5〜选修6。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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。
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At school. B. At home. C. In a restaurant.
2. How many days does the museum open every week?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
3. What did the woman do on Thursday?
A. She ate a cake. B. She looked after her mum. C. She played with her mum.
4. What does the man think of Seoul?
A. It is a wonderful city. B. It makes him feel bored. C. The weather there is cool.
5. What is the man doing?
A. Telling a story. B. Listening to music. C. Reading a book.
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67题。
6. What did the woman get in her Spanish class?
A. C. B. F. C. A.
7. Which class does the woman like best?
A. Math. B. English. C. History.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is the man's job?
A. A public speaker. B. A DJ. C. A music teacher.
9. What might surprise Sarah's parents?
A. The man's education. B. The man's hairstyle. C. The man's dressing style.
10. What do we know about the man?
A. He is always outgoing.
B. He will continue to study.
C. He is worried about the meeting.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Who introduced Laura to the woman?
A. The man. B. Ian. C. A singer.
12. What does Laura look like?
A. She is tall and a little fat. B. She is short with green eyes. C. She is short with brown hair.
13. When did Laura win the writing competition?
A. In September. B. In July. C. In January.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. What does the man want to look for?
A. The lift. B. The washroom. C. The underground.
15. Where is the drugstore?
A. It is past the toilet. B. It is on the third floor. C. It is on the right of the road.
16. What difficulty did the man meet?
A. Language difference. B. Culture difference. C. Value difference.
17. What's the possible relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Colleagues. C. Strangers.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What did Trevor Baylis invent in 1996?
A. The wind-up TV. B. The wind-up radio. C. The telephone-like shoes.
19. Which word can best describe Trevor Baylis?
A. Funny. B. Creative. C. Generous.
20. Where did Baylis get the idea of the telephone?
A. In a dream. B. On TV. C. Over the radio.
第二部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Part-time English Teacher Wanted
We are looking for a par-time English teacher. The teacher should come from the USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand or Australia. We would like to have 2 lessons a week, 2 hours each lesson.
Please send me your resume（简历）with photo if you are interested. Email： daiinternational@ englishlearn. com. cn.
Private English Teacher Wanted
Senior Chinese manager is looking for a one-on-one English teacher for several hours per week. He would like to learn British pronunciation, so UK nationals will be preferred. The teachers should be flexible to suit his busy schedule and be of professional appearances. Pay is to be discussed directly and will be very high. Teaching experience is not a must.
If interested, please send an email with your background information. Pay expectations and a recent picture to dhanyatk@hotmail. com or admin@163. com.
CALLING—Teacher/Librarian!
We are a small kindergarten to Grade 6 international school in Beijing. We need a teacher/ librarian. The teacher we are looking for will：—Be a Chinese and English speaking librarian.
Qualifications：
Be self-starters, active team players;
Have a positive attitude and love to work with kids；
Provide an exciting and creative library program to students.
If you meet the above qualifications, please send your resume and a recent picture to
principalinchina@yahoo. cn.
21. How long does the first job take to work every week?
A. 2 hours. B. 4 hours. C. 6 hours. D. 8 hours.
22. Who will be welcome as a one-on-one English teacher?
A. A British who speaks native English. B. A Canadian who travels in the UK.
C. An American who lives in England. D. A Chinese who studies in Britain.
23. Which address should you send an email to if you want to be a librarian?
A. daiinternational@engiishlearn. com. cn B. dhanyatk@hotmail. com
C. admin@163. com D. principalinchina@yahoo. cn
B
Christmas came early this year for the children living in these low-income neighborhoods in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
That's because a former resident（居民）of the area returned to the streets where he grew up so he could hand out more than $ 12,000 worth of toys to the local children earlier this week.
Adam Armstrong grew up poor in Harrisonburg. When he was just 18 years old, he was sent to prison to serve a three-month sentence for breaking the law. By the time he was set free, he knew that it was time to turn his life around.
Armstrong, who is now the father of a three-year-old girl, ended up moving to Baltimore and doing different jobs until he finally got into the international business. As Armstrong became more and more economically comfortable, he felt more and more eager to help people living in poverty, so he began donating（捐赠）toys to local neighborhood every holiday season.
This week, the 35-year-old man drove to his former neighborhood in a 26-foot moving truck packed with 1,327 toys to give away to all of the children. Sara Lewis Weeks, an old neighbor there, said that when Armstrong spoke to her about the gifts last week, she was not sure of his plan. To her surprise, however, Armstrong made good on his promise. "It wasn't like simple animal toys-he was giving away bikes, self-controlled cars, real Barbie dolls-not Dollar Store Barbie dolls,“ said Lewis Weeks. "He didn't miss anybody. His heart was truly in this. ”
Armstrong simply told The Washington Post that he was happy to bring joy to little kids for the holiday season.
"The kids were so pure and sweet,“ Armstrong said. "You can't put a price on looking at these kids' happy faces. Some of them have nothing, and to be able to give them a small toy. . . the reward and the pleasure was mine. ”
24. What do we know about Adam Armstrong's childhood from the text?
A. He and his family led a poor life.
B. He did many different jobs to support his family.
C. His parents were always busy during Christmas.
D. He often received donated toys before Christmas.
25. When did Adam Armstrong decide to live a different life?
A. After having a child. B. During his childhood.
C. After finding a good job. D. After coming out of prison.
26. What was Sara Lewis Weeks' attitude towards Armstrongs plan at first?
A. Doubtful. B. Amazed. C. Uncaring. D. Grateful.
27. What can we learn about Adam Armstrongs donation according to paragraph 5?
A. Armstrong wanted a reward for his donations.
B. Only a few children could receive the donations.
C. Armstrong's donations were really great toys.
D. Armstrong was persuaded to donate by his daughter.
C
Food brings us together and connects us to our families, friends, nature and to foreign cultures. Food is universal. Food waste, on the other hand, has become a universal problem, as it significantly contributes to climate change. Luckily, there are countries that have laws to require supermarkets or other businesses to donate unsold food.
About one third of all food grown for human consumption is thrown out or wasted according to the Food and Agriculture Organization （FAO）. This creates both environmental and financial problems, since traditional agriculture requires large amounts of resources including land and water. Food production is also a major cause of greenhouse gases and climate change.
Food waste occurs at every step of food production from the field to the store. In fact, fruits, vegetables, and roots have the highest waste. Donating food that is unusually wasted does not mean giving away damaged food. Sometimes it is simply a case of food being mislabeled（贴错标签），a can that has a torn label, or slightly bruised（碰伤）fruit.
To reduce both the financial and environmental pressure, Italy passed a law to encourage businesses and farmers to donate unsold food to charities. Companies that donate their leftovers will pay lower taxes（税）on waste removal.
Waste management is also a very costly thing for governments. In fact, according to Global Citizen, in 2016, Italy spent over $13. 3 billion on waste management. The idea behind the law is that when it is economic and convenient, companies will happily follow the law.
France was the first country to pass a food donation law in 2016. It required supermarkets that are at least 4,300 square feet to donate unsold food to charity. Since then, 90 percent of supermarkets began donating food, the number of which was 66 percent before the law.
To increase food donations, Israel passed a law in 2018 to ensure that unused food from restaurants, hotels and other places goes to the people that need it most.
28. What does paragraph 2 focus on?
A. FAO's guidelines. B. Human eating diets.
C. Global climate change. D. Food waste problems.
29. What is most likely to be given away according to the law?
A. Heavily broken canned food. B. Unhealthy vegetables.
C. Slightly bruised fruit. D. Damaged food.
30. What benefit will the Italian government get from the law?
A. It will sell donated food to make money.
B. It will ask companies to pay higher taxes.
C. It will save money on waste management.
D. It will attract more international companies.
31. What is known about the food donation law?
A. It seems difficult to pass in Israel. B. It takes effect gradually in France.
C. It is just applied in supermarkets. D. It is an unsuccessful try in France.
D
What does being happy have to do with luck? To answer the question, a team of researchers from the UK and Hong Kong gave surveys to 844 English-speaking university students in Hong Kong. The survey questions measured their thoughts about luck and their happiness levels.
The researchers observed that less happy people believed in external（外在的）luck-the “Good luck with that!” variety that controls our good or bad. The authors point out that blaming “luck” for events and experiences makes people lose personal self-determination, which diminishes their sense of purpose and, in turn, their happiness. Believing we need luck to be successful may make us less determined to reach goals and take risks.
On the other hand, happier people believed themselves to be personally lucky. Viewing yourself as lucky, the researchers suggest, shows an active and positive attitude that develops hope and self-acceptance. Personally lucky people may feel more confident to try new things or act in ways that help others.
How does luck influence those people? Next, the research team asked those people to fill another survey. They found that people who believed in external luck were more likely to be less active, and in turn were less happy. Those who believe they're especially lucky suffer less of a hit to happiness.
This study has its value. However, the data all come from surveys filled out by those surveyed, which means the responses may be too personal. Moreover, the use of a one-time survey means we cannot say that one thing causes another.
Although there are some limits, this study stresses the value of thinking about luck as something that benefits us. Moreover, this study helps explain why we call people “happy go lucky“---because happy is how we feel when we focus on how personally lucky we are.
32. What does the underlined word “diminishes" in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Explains. B. Reduces. C. Develops. D. Balances.
33. What can we know about personally lucky people?
A. They are always helped by others. B. They have a preference for the past.
C. They have confidence in themselves. D. They like changing their own goals.
34. What does the author think of the study?
A. Its findings are unreliable. B. It has space for improvement.
C. It is actually of little value. D. Its research method is perfect.
35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. The Connection Between Happiness and Luck
B. Being Happy Has Nothing to Do With Luck
C. How Less Happy People Can Become Luckier
D. The Latest Study on People's Happiness Levels
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。
Possibly the funniest day of the year is April Fools' Day. 36 On that day, people usually play tricks and jokes on friends and family, and sometimes strangers. The phrase to use is “April Fools!” after you complete a trick or joke. But there is much more to this day than these common facts. There is a mysterious history of this celebration. There is no real consensus（共识）on when the holiday officially or unofficially began.
The earliest possible mention of April Fools' Day is in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written in 1392. In the story "Nun's Priest's Tale“ t is mentioned that “Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two”. 37 However, modern scholars believe there was a misprint.
The next piece of evidence about April Fools' Day comes from the French poet Eloy d'Amerval. He wrote about “poisson d'avril”. 38 Some scholars say that April Fools' Day started in the Middle Ages in Europe, where some people celebrated the New Year on April 1st Those who had New Year's Day on January 1st made fun of those who partook（共 享）in the celebration on April 1st by sending people fish.
39 In 1686, writer and philosopher John Aubrey wrote about a celebration called
"Fooles Holy Day”. It is certain that the celebration became popular through Great Britain in the 18th. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event. As time went on and the celebration became more widespread, it became a one-day holiday.
As you might have noticed, April Fools' Day has a confusing history. There are multiple theories about its origins. It variously started in many different places. It may also have different meanings. 40
A. It means “fish of April”.
B. This origin comes from Scotland.
C. Lastly, we come back to Great Britain.
D. Accepting it or not depends on your interest.
E. It happens on the first day of April every year.
F. One would have to be a fool to accept one theory.
G. This seems like a jokey way of saying the first of April.
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。
One day, a 10-year-old boy held a dollar coin in his hand and asked the shop owners along the street, “Excuse me, do you sell 41 ?”
Throughout the day, the 42 boy went in and out of many stores, asking the 43 question, but each time he was 44 .
Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a 60-year-old grandpa 45 and asked the little boy, “Why do you want to buy God?”
The boy told him that his parents had died when he was still a baby and his uncle was now 46 him. But several days before, his uncle was ill in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God could 47 his uncle. The little boy thought that God must be a 48 thing. And he had a 49 if he could buy God and let his uncle eat, then his uncle would be fine.
“How much do you have?” the old man asked.
“One dollar,” 50 the child.
“My boy, God's price is exactly one dollar,” said the old man.
Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. “take it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will get well soon. ”
The little boy 51 to the hospital and shouted happily to his uncle, “Uncle, I bought God back and you will get well soon. ”
The next day, a medical team 52 the world's top medical experts came to the hospital. The 53 was very successful. The hospital told the boy's uncle the bill had already been paid by a rich elderly man.
The little boy's uncle went to the 54 to thank the old man. But he was away on holiday, 55 a letter.
“You don't need to thank me. The bill has been paid by your nephew（侄子）.To save you, he went into every store to buy God. Thank God, he was the person that saved you!”
41. A. water
B. bread
C. God
D. mum
42. A. excited
B. tired
C. angry
D. frightened
43. A. interesting
B. different
C. serious
D. same
44. A. refused
B. stopped
C. supported
D. offered
45. A. guessed
B. smiled
C. silenced
D. complained
46. A. raising
B. serving
C. protecting
D. controlling
47. A. govern
B. answer
C. save
D. limit
48. A. fool
B. rude
C. active
D. wonderful
49. A. trick
B. belief
C. curiosity
D. adventure
50. A. repeated
B. replied
C. reminded
D. require
51. A. moved
B. jogged
C. rushed
D. pointed
52. A. made of
B. made from
C. made up
D. made up of
53. A. story
B. operation
C. team
D. patient
54. A. store
B. hospital
C. company
D. street
55. A. writing
B. posting
C. leaving
D. answering
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。
Zhouzhuang in Suzhou is not only the "No. 1 water town in China”，but also one of the “ten most beautiful towns in the world".
It 56 (build) in 1086. In the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a man 57 (name) Shen Wansan lived in this beautiful town, who was the 58 (rich) man there. He started doing business with 59 (foreigner) taking advantage of the water. And the town became a trading center of food, silk and many handicrafts(手工艺品).The people of the town finally lived a rich life.
Zhouzhuang is famous 60 its canals, ponds and lakes, especially stone bridges. Among them, the Double Bridge is the most popular, 61 is made up of Shide Bridge and Yongan Bridge. They come in 62 (difference) shapes, one round and the other square. First built during 1573 and 1619, the Double Bridge is the best place to feel the ancient charm of the water town. You can take a boat63 (appreciate) the clear water and green trees,64 (pass) under the bridge.
But Zhouzhuang is not just about water. You might as well enjoy 65 easy walk around the ancient paths or take a boat ride on the lakes to visit the old houses.
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，下周你校将举办一场艺术作品展。请你给你校的外教Mrs. Brown写一封 信，邀请她前来观看展览。内容包括：
1.展览的时间、地点及展出内容；
2.作品情况简介。
注意1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：书法 calligraphy；插花 flower arrangement
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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。
Every day Oscar would do everything his way. Oscar would eat what he wanted, play the games he wanted whenever he liked and sleep whenever he wanted. If his mother asked him to clean up himself or to come down for dinner, he would shout “later!” and continue with whatever he was doing.
One day, Oscar came home late from school after playing out with his best friends in the park. He went off to do the next thing that was on his daily list. He caught an armful of snacks from the cupboard and then played video games until the sun had set.
“Oscar!” his mother shouted from the kitchen. He didn't respond. "Guys come over here!” he shouted at the screen. "Oscar!” his mother repeated. She had shouted louder this time, and she sounded a little tired. "Yeah?!” Oscar picked off his headset（耳机）."Dinner's ready!” Oscar rolled his eyes as he fast had his headset back on and settled himself on the sofa. "Later!” he called back.
A few minutes later, Oscar's mother walked into his room. She carried a plate of food for his dinner. She stopped suddenly just inside the door. "Oscar, can you please clean up this mess?” The more Oscar had eaten, the more pieces had fallen around him. He was surrounded by leftover packages and empty ones collected on the sofa.
Oscar stared at his mother. "Later!” he shouted, over the noise of the video game. His mother let out a sigh（叹气）as she began to clean up the mess.
The next day, it's Thursday. Oscar came home angry and frustrated because he had struggled with a test at school. He decided to treat himself to some cake. Just as Oscar was about to take the first bite, his mother called him from the other room.
He sighed, carried his cake and stepped off to talk to his mother. She looked angry, and a letter was in her hand. "Oscar, we need to talk about something that happened in school. ” She pointed for him to sit next to her. "I've read this letter from your teacher. She says you've been cheating on your tests. ” Oscar grew angry all of a sudden. He only copied because he didn't understand any of it.
His mother sighed as well but then gave him a small smile. "It's OK, Oscar. Look, if you're struggling, I can help. Let's start tonight, OK?” “Later!” he cried. He ran off to his bedroom and had a sleep.
注意:1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
"It's Saturday!” Oscar woke up with an exited smile.
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He finally began to worry. He called everyone he knew, but no one answered. .
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