2021乌鲁木齐四中高二下学期期末考试英语试卷含答案

乌鲁木齐市第四中学2020-2021学年度下学期阶段性诊断测试

高二英语试题

第I卷（选择题）

第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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Cultural Diversity Week 2017

Mini Grants (拨款) Guideline

To celebrate Cultural Diversity Week (CDW) 2017 in March, Banyule City Council (Australia) is offering mini grants of up to $300 for people to learn more about Victoria's cultural and religious diversity.

Who can apply?

Clubs, community groups and schools that are located within Banyule can apply for the mini grant.

What can the grant be used for?

1) Supporting your group, club or school to attend a cultural museum.

2) Hosting your own event and inviting a guest speaker or cultural performer.

Museum visits

Melbourne has a number of fantastic museums that display different cultures. A list of suggested cultural museums is included in this document. But you can also visit other museums.

Hosting your own event

The grant can be used to invite a musician, dancer or guest speaker from the Victorian multicultural community to perform at your event. For a list of speakers and performers, visit www.multicultural.vic.gov.au.

How to apply

To apply for the grant visit banyule.smartygrants.com.au. Applications must be sent by 27 January 2017. You will need to provide the following information:

1) Tell us in 100 words or less how your group would benefit from the cultural education experience.

2) Tell us the museum you plan to attend or which cultural performer or guest speaker you will invite.

3) Provide a budget of your activity and the number of people who will take part.

4) If possible, tell us when the event or museum visit will be held.

We encourage applications from groups that intend to hold their event or museum visit during Cultural Diversity Week March 2017. If this is not possible, at the latest, the event or museum visit must occur before the end of April 2017.

If you have any questions please contact(联系) the Community and Social Planning team on 9490 4222. You will be informed of the result of your application by 17 February 2017.

1. Which of the following can make a request for the grant?

A. A cultural museum.                B. A young performer.

C. A local school.                    D. A city office.

2. What should be included in the application?

A. How money will be spent on your event.   B. The cultural events held in your community. 

C. How you understand Cultural Diversity Week. 

D. A description of your event in at least 100 words.

3. When will you know whether you have been offered the grant?

A. By 27 January 2017.               B. By 17 February 2017.

C. By the end of April 2017.           D. By the end of March 2017. 

4. What does the text mainly tell the readers?

A. Ideas for organizing different cultural events. 

B. Suggestions about celebrating CDW 2017.

C. The process of giving a government grant.    D. Information about getting a CDW grant.

B

With rapid advances in medical science, cloning is slowly but surely looking like it could be in our near future. However, is it really an option that should be considered as a way to extend human life?

Reproductive cloning may help human families gain children, but there's also a benefit for the animal world. It brings hope to people eager for children but unable to have their own or adopt. It can also bring about the recreation of species that have long since died, allowing scientists to fully study the species as a living creature instead of simply looking at images or bones.

Many believe that cloning can be used to replace failing organs. This will reduce the waiting list for organ donations and allow more people to be saved. Not only that, but because the organ is, in fact, your own organ, there would be less chance of rejection. 

Cloning could prove helpful in genetic research. Using cloning technologies, genetic researchers would have a better understanding of the composition of genes and the effects of genetic constituents(成分) on human characters. There's also the possibility of changing genetic constituents in cloned humans, and cloning could help fight genetic diseases. 

While the cloning of body organs can help extend human life, it could also cause a lot of malpractice(玩忽职守). Along with the ability to clone desired characters, there could be the possibility of people deliberately reproducing undesired characters. This could lead to a rise in malpractices within society.

Cloning involves a process of creating identical genes. As such, there would be a lack of diversity in humankind. Scientists believe this lack of diversity will lower the human race's ability to adapt.

Whatever your view on cloning may be, studies show that the clone would in fact not be completely identical to the original just as twins are not completely identical. Though they might look alike, twins have different personalities and enjoy different things. The same could be said of clones. Even if technology were created in which your memories and thoughts could be transmitted(传送) to the clone, your clone would still be a different person.

5. What good might reproductive cloning bring?

A. It may help improve human well-being.     B. It could contribute to the rising birthrate.

C. It could help animals survive deadly diseases.

D. It may enable scientists to better study extinct species.

6. According to the text, cloning can also be used for            .

A. organ transplant                             B. solving the aging problem

C. infectious disease treatment                    D. constructing a gene database

7. What's one problem cloning may cause?

A. Great diversity.                             B. Individual security risk.

C. Increased improper conduct.                   D. Serious personality disorder.

8. Why are twins mentioned in the last paragraph?

A. To stress twins' similarities.              B. To show twins are quite common.

C. To carry out deeper research on twins.     D. To better illustrate what a clone will be like.

C

  Can modern life make you sick? Have you ever experienced the following surprising syndromes?

Margaret’s friend is taking a new job in a faraway city. She wants to hold a farewell dinner party at her home. But she can’t. Margaret suffers from CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Her apartment is always messy and she's embarrassed by it. “My best friend gave me some good advice. He told me to get a maid,” she says.

These days we get and receive so much information every day. People call, text, and email us all day long and they expect quick responses from us. It can be very demanding — and it's making some people sick. They have information fatigue(疲劳) syndrome. There is so much information that they become paralyzed and can't think clearly. “I can't sleep at night because I worry,” says Bahman, a college senior. “It’s terrible.”

Do you sometimes engage in “deskfast” (eating breakfast at your desk at work)? If your answer is “yes”, then you may suffer from hurry sickness. Hurry sickness is a straightforward name for another syndrome of modern life. “I'm always rushing. I get headaches a lot. Taking aspirin seems to help,” says Mari, a company employee.

We've all complained about having too much work to do. Well, how about not having enough work? Underload syndrome is caused by having little or nothing to do at the office. You have to pretend that you're working. Steven works as a project manager. “I can finish my work in about four hours, but I'm afraid to say anything about it. I don't want to be assigned too much work!”

If you were these people, how would you reduce your sufferings?

9. What can we learn about Margaret?

A. She is not a tidy person.                   B. She is going to take a new job.

C. She is good at throwing a party.             D. She is unwilling to accept others' advice.

10. What do Bahman and Mari have in common?

A. Both are full of energy.                   B. Both like working greatly.

C. Both are under great stress.                D. Both always seem to be rushing.

11. What's wrong with Steven?

A. He is not well qualified for his job.          B. He tries to stay away from pressure.

C. He is too busy to have his own life.          D. He lacks confidence when working.

D

Going for walks with my two-year-old son, I meet many nice people who ask what my job is. When I say that I teach at Swarthmore College, their faces light up, and the next question is, “What do you teach?” As they hear my answer “linguistics (the scientific study of language)”, they look confused. The smile on their faces tells me that they don't know what to make of my answer. If they are brave enough, they will ask, “So, what kinds of classes do you teach then?” Good question.

I have long been teaching pragmatics(语用学), a branch of linguistics. It is primarily concerned with how the context(上下文) in which a sentence is said influences its meaning. What “I'd love a glass of water” means largely depends on where and when it is said. In a restaurant, it will probably be understood as a request directed toward the waiter. Somewhere out in a desert, however, the same sentence is more likely to be interpreted as an impossible wish. Thus, although the literal (照字面本义的) meanings of two sentences could be exactly the same, their communicative meanings could be very different.

Interestingly, in pragmatics you will discover a message can be well communicated though not literally expressed. This takes place when the speaker and the listener share common ground.

If you see a car stopped on the side of the road, and you have the following exchange with the driver, you both know you've said enough to get your points across:

Driver: Hi. I ran out of gas.

You: There’s a Shell just down the road.

Obviously, the driver is really asking something like, “Could you tell me what to do?” Your reply implies that there is a place nearby where the driver can get gas. No further explanation is needed because Shell, the name of a gas station, is part of their common ground.

12. What do we know about the people in Paragraph 1?

A. They are familiar with the author.        B. They work at Swarthmore College. 

C. They know little about linguistics.        D. They hope to attend the author's class.

13. Why does the author say the underlined sentence has different communicative meanings?

A. Because their speakers are different.      B. Because their literal meanings are different.

 C. Because their wishes are different.        D. Because their contexts are different.

14. Why did the car mentioned in the text stop?

A. To buy some gas.   B. To ask for help.  C. To wait for someone.  D. To take a short rest.

15. How does the author mainly explain pragmatics?

A. By analyzing major causes.             B. By making comparisons.                

C. By using examples.                   D. By presenting research findings.    

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。

How to overcome challenges in your life

We all face tough and difficult challenges in life. To overcome challenges you need to have that “never quit” attitude in life. If you develop it, you’ll overcome quite a bit.

Motivate yourself. Say “YES, I CAN.” The challenge should bring out the best of you in this situation. Slow it down, and think that process through.    16    If you develop that mindset (心态), you’ll get it done.

   17    Remain calm when you’re facing serious troubles and problems in life. You have to recollect yourself, and calm down. You can’t solve problems when you’re panicking. Take a deep breath, relax, and slow it down. Think things through calmly.

Let failure and fear fuel you in a positive way. Everyone fails at times. If you fail the first, second, or third time, don’t give up.     18  

Learn what made you fail at overcoming these challenges.

Simplify the challenge you’re facing. Make the challenge easier than it is.    19    As you get through each step, you develop more confidence and you believe you can get it done, and then you will.

Stay positive and confident.    20    You have to find out all the ways you can use to overcome it, and put them to full use with all your effort. It’s our own mental stability that’s the difficult part. When you do it mentally, you’ll actually be able to do it.

A. Stay calm and cool headed.

B. Think the best, not the worst.

C. Start by breaking it down into steps.

D. To overcome a challenge, you have to believe you can really do it.

E. Most people will avoid any challenge, because they’re scared of failing.

F. Develop that confidence in saying there’s no way you’re going to fail at this.

G. Pick yourself up, and learn from why you’ve failed, and move on in a positive direction.

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读短文，从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Each fall my wife and I go to visit our children. It isn't that they don't like us   21   their lifestyles and their work have   22   them to the far corners of North America and we don't get to see them very   23  . For several reasons it is   24   for us to visit them than for them to visit us so we get to   25  . Usually trip number one for the   26   is the annual journey to Los Angeles to visit our younger son.

Last fall, when we   27   Los Angeles, our son took us to a holiday center in Indio, about a two-hour drive east of the city. It was hot there and we spent most of our   28   in the swimming pool. I liked warm weather but none of us liked it that   29  . The local people are convinced that the late fall   30   is cool because it doesn't get much over 33 degrees. But it was   31   over 40 degrees when we stayed there.

After a week in Indio, we returned to Los Angeles to   32   the heat. As we drove and looked west across the city, we could   33   a layer of dirty brown haze(雾霾) trapped above the downtown area. That's what we would be   34   for the next few days.

I don’t   35   Los Angeles. In fact, I wouldn't want to live anywhere in the US and Los Angeles, in particular, is not the place I would   36   even if I had to live in the US. To be fair there are many   37   in Los Angeles such as Hollywood, Long Beach and some good restaurants.   38  , having air you can almost taste and traffic jams that can make the simplest trips a nightmare(噩梦) does not, for me, make a   39   atmosphere in which I would want to spend my time. Nevertheless, because my son loves it, we'll still be   40   next year.

第Ⅱ卷   英语知识运用

第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I started working as a volunteer for the City of Surrey this summer. I did this because I’ve always enjoyed 41. ________ (help) people in any way I can. I thought if I became a volunteer for the City of Surrey, I would be able to achieve that goal. And being a volunteer for the City of Surrey 42. ________ (real) helped me branch out in many different directions. I volunteered over 256 hours of 43. ________ (serve) during the summer helping with day camps, teen dances and so on.

I worked hard and did my best to show everyone that this is 44. ________ I love to do. I started by taking every course 45. ________ (offer) through the volunteer program and then began to apply for paid positions. By the end of the summer I 46. ________ (hire) as a dance instructor. Working for the City of Surrey has provided me with so many opportunities 47. ________ would not have presented them-selves anywhere else. I got a well-paid job much 48. ________ (early) than I had expected.

I was 49. ________ (thank) that I had been given the chance 50. ________ (work) for such an amazing city and do my part to make it the best it can be. 

第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

I was looking through some old photo recently when I came across one of Jack, who was my most favorite cousin. It reminded me of the summer I spend with him when I was eight. He lived on a street where had a lot of old, empty houses. At night, it was scared walking past those houses. One night, I awoke to see Jack sitting by the window with his legs outside, talk. I called his name, but he was asleep. My aunt came in and took her back to bed. She seemed unconcerned about how close her son were to falling from the second floor. “Oh, he’s always sleepwalked. He’ll be fine.” She was such calm that I've been unafraid that neighborhood ever since.

第三节：书面表达（满分25分）

 假定你是某国际学校高中生大明，最近你发现你校图书馆阅览室中存在高声喧哗和乱丢垃圾的现象。请用英语给馆长Mr. Smith写一封信，要点如下：

1. 说明写信目的；2. 提出合理建议。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数

乌鲁木齐市第四中学2020-2021学年度下学期期末诊断答案

高二年级英语

第I卷（选择题）

1-4 CABD     5-8 DBCD     9-11 ACB    12-15 BBDD    16-20 FAGCD

21-25 BCBBC    26-30 ADBCA     31-35 BDACC      36-40 BDBDC

 第Ⅱ卷   英语知识运用

41. helping                 42. really                   43. service

44. what                     45. offered                 46. had been hired

47. that / which         48. earlier                   49. thankful

50. to work

短文改错：

1. ... some old photo ...              photo → photos    

2. ... my most favorite ...            去掉most        

3. ... I spend with him ...            spend → spent  

4. ... street where had ...            where → that / which

5. ... it was scared ...                 scared → scary     

6. ... legs outside, talk.              talk → talking

7. ... took her back ...                her → him     

8. ... her son were ...                 were → was

9. ... was such calm ...               such → so     

10. ... been unafraid that ...       unafraid后加of     

书面表达

One possible version:

Dear Mr. Smith,

       I am Daming, a student from Class Five, Senior Two. I am writing to draw your attention to two improper behaviors among students in the reading rooms of the school library: making noises and littering. As you know, it is difficult for readers to focus while some students are whispering to each other or making cell phone calls. Besides, a dirty environment is not only bad for our health but also has a negative effect on our studying.

       Therefore, in my opinion, some measures should be taken to solve these problems. First, put up some signs which forbid such improper behaviors. Second, ask all the students to pick up their rubbish when they leave.

       Thank you for your consideration.