2019-2020年高二英语测试题(12月)含答案

2019-2020年高二英语测试题（12月）含答案

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Everyone agrees that all the creatures want happiness and are afraid of pain and grief. The question, however, is “What is real happiness?”　The desire for happiness has no meaning without understanding the real nature of happiness.

Generally, ordinary beings consider sensual（感觉的） pleasures as happiness, and their actions are directed toward gaining these. According to them, searching for

happiness means searching for pleasures of the senses. The question, “What is happiness?”, does not arise（出现） in their hearts, because in their hearts they

think of a life full of sensual joys as a happy life.

Some t hinkers say, “Happiness does not lie in the objects of enjoyment; happiness or unhappiness lies in the imagination.” To prove their belief they give examples

like the following one. A man has a two-storey house. When he thinks of those who

have a house with three storeys or more, he feels unhappy. When he thinks of those

who have just a cottage, he feels happy. Such happiness does not lie in possessions

（占有物）, but in the imagination. They advise people to take inspiration from those who have few possessions but are quite happy. If you only consider people wealthier

than yourself, you will always be unhappy.

If you want to be happy, they say, look at the poor. But it is unreasonable to

hold that happiness lies in the imagination. And it is inappropriate to think that

someone is happy if he only imagines himself better than the poor and the unhappy.

This attitude also satisfies the sense of pride of possession. This can never be called happiness. Unless we find out where happiness lies, we cannot really bee happy.

Some ask people to do this or that, and say, “This way your desires will be satisfied. That way you will get what you want and b ee happy.” People holding these views regard happiness as satisfaction of desires and unhappiness as denial(否定) of such satisfaction.

71. What kind of life can make mon people feel happy?

A. Life without pain and grief.

B. Life full of sensual pleasures.

C. Life with desire for possessions.

D. Life full of imagination.

72. The underlined word “cottage” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to ________.

A. a house in one’s imagination

B. a modern building

C. a desired object

D.

a small house

73. The author may agree that ________.

A. by paring themselves with the poor, people will feel happy

B. people won’t feel happy without a desire for happiness

C. possessing wealth may lead to a sense of pride

D. people have to experience pain and grief before finding happiness

B

Eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping

around in the orchard （果园）of their home in a village near Penrith. They can play

any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at

home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn.

"I want my kids to have freedom in their childhood, not spend it in an institution," says 37-year-old Veronika, "School is all about control and following the rules."

Veronika and her 56-year-old husband Paul have never experienced the daily rush to

get dressed and out of the door that is mon i n most households with school-aged children. "We get up at our leisure - usually around 8:30," says Veronika. "We might visit a

friend, or go to the library, and on Tuesdays we shop at the market. In summer, we

spend most of our time outside and the girls entertain themselves a lot."

New research due to be published this spring reveals a very different picture

of Britain's home educators. "Out of 297 families, 184 said that they never use a

timetable," says Mike Fortune-Wood of Home Education UK. "Ninety per cent never or

rarely use textbooks, and nearly all said that happiness, contentment and self-fulfillment were more important than academic achievement. Only 15% felt that

planning what to learn was important."

So far, so good. But what, you might ask, are the children actually learning?

"It wasn't important to me that the girls could read by a certain age, but they

both picked it up for themselves at around seven," says Robinson. "Weighing cooking

ingredients uses maths, and making a shopping list teaches them to write. Observing

five hens has taught the girls about survival of the fittest. "

But what about when the children grow up? Can they go to university? The home

educators' answer is they can if they want to. There are a variety of routes into

higher education, but probably the most mon is to join a local college. This is what

Gus Harris-Reid has done. "I was educated at home all my life. I'd never had a lesson or been inside a classroom until I started GCSEs," says the 18-year-old. "I'm now

studying for 4 A-levels at Exeter College. I've had no problem with the work or with

fitting in." When a sked to reflect on his experience of home e ducation, his considered response is, "Like a permanent holiday, really!" Not a bad start for someone who plans to take a mechanical engineering degree next year.

74. What is the topic of this article?

A. New ways of learning to read and write

B. Problems with UK schools

C. Home education in the UK

D. New methods of teaching

75. Why do the Robinsons not send their children to school?

A. They think schools control children too much.

B. They do not like the courses taught in schools.

C. They want to teach their children skills by imitating .

D. They live in a remote area where there are no schools.

76. According to the article, in homes with school-going children, ______.

A. mornings are rushed and stressful.

B. the children hardly ever go outside.

C. the family wakes up around 8:30am.

D. the children must ask permission to go

to the toilet.

C

One day Marilla said, “Anne, your new teacher, Miss Stacy, spoke to me yesterday. She says you must study for the examinations for Queen’s College in two years’　time. Then if you do well, you can study at Queen’s in Charlottetown for a year, and after that you’ll be a teacher!”

“That doesn’t matter, Anne. When Matth ew and I adopted you three years ago,

we decided to look after you as well as we could. Of course we’ll pay for you to study.”

So in the afternoons Anne and some of her friends stayed late at school, and Miss Stacy helped them with the special examination work. Diana didn’t want to go to Queen’s, so she went home early, but Gilbert stayed. He and Anne still never spoke

and everybody knew that they were enemies, because they both wanted to be first in

the examination. Secretly, Anne was sorry that she and Gilbert weren’t friends, but it was too late now.

For two years, Anne studied hard at school. She enjoyed learning, and Miss Stacy

was pleased with her. But she didn’t study all the time. In the evenings and at

weekends she visited her friends, or walked through the fields with Diana, or sat

talking to Matthew.

“Your Anne is a big girl now. She’s taller than you,”　Rachel Lynde told Marilla one day.

“You’re right, Rachel!” said Marilla in surprise.

“And she’s a very good girl now, isn’t she? She doesn’t get in to trouble these days. I’m sure she helps you a lot with the housework, Marilla.”

“Yes, I don’t know what I’d do without her,” said Marilla, smiling.

“And look at her! Those beautiful grey eyes, and that red-brown hair! You know, Marilla, I thought you and Matthew made a mistake when you adopted her. But now I

see I was wrong. You’ve looked after her very well.”

“Well, thank you, Rachel,” replied Marilla, pleased.

That evening, when Matthew came into the kitchen, he saw that his sister was

crying.

“What’s the matter?” he asked, surprised. “You haven’t cried since… well,

I can’t remember when.”

“It’s just… well, I was thinking about Anne,” said Marilla. “I’ll…I’ll miss her when she goes away.”

“When she goes to Queen’s, you mean? Yes, but she can e home at we ekends, on

the train.”

“I’ll still miss her,” said Marilla sadly.”

In June the Avonlea boys and girls had to go to Charlottetown to take their

examinations.

“Oh, I do hope that I’ve done well,” Anne told Diana when she arrived back

at Green Gables. “The examinations were very difficult. And I’ve got to wait for

three weeks before I know! Three weeks! I’ll die!”

Anne wanted to do better than Gilbert. But she also wanted to do well for Matthew and Marilla. That was very important to her.

Diana was the first to hear the news, she ran into the kitchen at Green Gables

and shouted, “Look, Anne! It’s in Father’s newspaper! You’re first…　with Gilbert… out of all the students on the island! Oh, how wonderful!” Anne took the paper with shaking hands, and saw her name, at the top of the list of two hundred.

She could not speak.

“Well, now, I knew it,” said Matthew with a warm smile.

“You’ve done well, I must say, Anne,” said Marilla, who was secretly very

pleased.

For the next three weeks Anne and Marilla were very busy. Anne needs new dresses

to take to Charlottetown.

77. Which of the following statements is true?

A. To be a teacher was one of Annes’ dreams.

B. Both Anne and Diana studied hard for the special examination.

C. Matthew and Marilla were Anne’s parents.

D. An ne was adopted by Matthew and Marilla.

78 .Why are Anne and Gilbert enemies? Because _____________.

A. they were petitors in school

B. they didn’t like each other

C. it wasn’t mentioned in the passage

D. Gilbert didn’t stay late at school

79. What will be written in the following paragraph?

A. Anne’s summer holiday.

B. What will Anne talk about her college life with Diana

C. How will Miss Stacy help Anne study.

D. What will Anne do before attending

college.

D

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people

in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some

mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate(使相等) happiness with fun. The truth is

that fun and happiness have little or nothing in mon. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting

emotion.

Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun

activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach

us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that

spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage, if he’s honest, and he will tell you

that he is afraid of making a mitment, for mitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but

they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of

painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep

as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word

fun to describe raising children.

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is

one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can

devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to

increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now

understand that all those rich and glamorous （迷人的）people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

80. We can learn from the passage that____________.

A. fun creates long-lasting satisfaction

B. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

C. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived

D. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness

81. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _________.

A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness

B. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun

C. teach people how to enjoy their lives

D. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties

82. In the author’s opinion, marriage____________.

A. affords greater fun

B. leads to raising children

C. indicates duty and devotion

D. usually ends up in pain

阅读理解专练二

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Researchers found that walking around with a forced smile and fake (假的) happiness simply leads to people feeling unhappier. So, putting a brave face on your sadness could be harmful. The research also found that women suffered more than men

when pretending to be happy.

Dr. Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note

because forcing workers to smile when dealing with the public can result in bad outes.

H e said, “Smiling for the sake of smiling can lead to emotional tiredness, and that’s bad for the organization.”　He also said the research showed customer-service workers

who had “fake smiles” throughout the day fell into a bad mood and didn’t want to work, so their productivity dropped.

The study is one of the first of its kind to examine emotional

expressions over a period of time and pare the different effects on men and women.

Dr. Scott’s team examined the effects of “surface acting”, or fake smil ing, pared to “deep acting”, or making people smile by thinking of pleasant memories.

Dr. Scott said, “Women were harmed more by surface acting, meaning

their moods worsened even more than men’s. However, they were helped more by deep

acting, which means their moods improved more by thinking of pleasant memories. ”

According to Dr. Scott, women tend to suffer more when pretending to

be happy because they are expected to be more emotionally expressive than men.

Therefore, forcing a smile while feeling down is more likely to go against their normal behavior and cause more harmful feelings.

Although deep acting can improve moods a little in the short term, Dr. Scott says, it’s not a long-term solution to feeling unhappy. “There have been some suggestions that if you do this over a long period you start to feel unreal. You’re trying to develop positive emotions, but at the end of the day you may not feel like

yourself any more.”

59. According to the passage, Dr. Scott’s study ______.

A. is supported by some big employers in the USA

B. is meaningful as there haven’t been many similar ones

C. examined more women than men for a long time

D. aimed to make the employees more productive

60. Women suffer more from fake happiness mainly because ______.

A. they usually bee shy in public places

B. they are supposed to be more emotionally expressive

C. they are often treated in a terrible way

D. they like thinking

of pleasant memories

61. It is implied in the passage that deep acting _____.

A. doesn’t have any effect on men

B. cannot improve our moods in any case

C. harms our feelings in the long run

D. pleases people by feeling like another person

B

If a business wants to sell its products internationally, it had better do some

market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have

learned the hard way.

What’s in the name?

Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova

int o Latin America, it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesn’t go”. Sure enough , the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.

Translation problems

Sometimes it is the slogan that doesn’t work. No pany knows this better than

Pepsi-Cola, with its “e alive with Pepsi!” campaign. The campaign was so successful

in the United States , Pepsi translated its slogan literally for its international

campaign. As it turned out , the translations weren’t quite right. Pepsi was begging Germans to “e out of the grave(坟墓)” and telling the Chinese that “Pepsi brings

your ancestors(老祖宗) back from the grave.”

A picture’s worth a thousand words

Other times , the problem involves packaging . A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When G erber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later

they learned that in African countries , the picture on the jar shows what the jar has

in it, for many p eople there can’t read.

Twist of fate

Even the culture and religious factors and pure coincidence can be involved . Thorn McAn shoes have a Thorn McAn “signature” inside. To people in Bangladesh, which is

a Muslim country , this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah. In that country , feet are considered unclean, and Muslims felt the pany was offending God’s

name by having people walk on it.

62.From the text we learned that _________.

A. Chevy Nova was brought in Latin America

B. General Motors did the best market research of all panies

C. Pepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problems

D. the “e alive with Pepsi” campaign worked well in the US

63.What was “Gerber’s problem”？

A. A translation problem

B. Cultural factor

C. Religious factor

D. The picture on the jar

64. For what reason were Thorn McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh?

A. They are not designed attractively

B. Their advertisements are not persuasive

C. A signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes

D. Problem for Thorn McAn was the pany’s name

65. What does the text mainly tell us?

A. Lessons from some large corporations.

B. How to make use of

advertisements

C. The importance of market research

D. The importance of packaging

C

When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure

and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll

have something to rely on. " Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that

moment o n, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,"

she recalls.

The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards.

Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring

her mom," I don't know how to use a puter," she admits.

Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自传), After All, her second book is less about

life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

(JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a

need for a book like this," she says. " I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease. "

But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes

that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing

news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that

she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to

a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow

up ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then

did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overe her addiction to alcohol,

and begin to follow a balanced diet.

Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines

of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one

is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make

things better by helping others. I've e to realize the importance of that as I've

grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be. "

66. Why did Mary feel regretful?

A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

B. She didn't take care of her mother.

C. She didn't plete her high school.

D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

67, We can know that before 1995 Mary __________.

A. had two books published

B. received many career awards

C. knew how to use a puter

D. supported the JDRF by writing

68. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her__________ .

A. living with diabetes

B. successful show business

C. service for an organization

D. remembrance of her mother

69. When Mary received the life-changing news, she_____________ .

A. lost control of herself

B. began a balanced diet

C. tried to get a treatment

D. behaved in an adult way

70. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Mary feels pity for herself.

B. Mary has recovered from her disease.

C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

任务型阅读

You probably have lists to remember and steps to follow in order to have the best pet-friendly trip. There are, however, a few things that are best left at home.

Here are a few things to forget when you’re traveling with pets. Forgetting them

will make your trip run more smoothly and more effectively.

Time

Traveling with pets will take longer and will have unexpected turns. In reality, forgetting about time means leaving impatience behind. Don’t be in a rush. Your pets will require more extra stops than you will, and they’ll often surprise you with unpredictable delays. Plan o n leaving early and arriving later and you’ll be right

on time.

Anger

Getting angry at the delay will only make matters worse. Your feelings can add

unnecessary stresses to you and your pets’ travel experience. If you feel yourself

being out of control, stop and take a deep breath. Your pets have little control over their emotions, bowel movements, or motion sickness when traveling. Remember to be

kind and understanding at all times, especially when under pressure.

Work Attitude

This may seem like a no-brainer, but when you are traveling, leave your work

attitude behind. Traveling is not a task to be acplished; it can be an enjoyable and

memorable experience for both you and your pets as long as you have the right attitude. Control

Part of the jo y of traveling with pets is dealing with the unexpected. You can’t control everything and trying to do so will only end in frustration (挫败) and anger. Knowing that things will happen beyond your control will bring great relief to you

and your pets. Messes happen; accidents happen. Once you accept that, traveling with your pets will be far easier to manage.

Selfishness

Traveling with pets often requires an extreme amount of selflessness. Your pets

rely on you to take care of their needs, and sometimes you will need to put their

needs before your own. Leave your selfish ambitions behind when traveling with your

pets. They need your attention and care more than anything else because of the stresses and strains of traveling.

Traveling with pets can and will be a joy if you remember to leave these five

items behind. It can be difficult at times to handle, but the traveling will go well

if you can manage to do so.

Traveling with pets

Benefit

You’ll have a(n)82 and more effective trip by

following the tips.

Five things to 81

_

Time

* Traveling with pets will take longer and have unexpected

turns.

* Plan to 83 early to be on time.

Anger

* Anger will only make matters worse when you

are 84 .

* Your pets can 85 control themselves during the

trip.

Work

Attitude

* Leave your work attitude behind.

* Right attitude can 86 you an enjoyable and

memorable traveling experience.

Control

* Dealing with the unexpected can be 87 .

* Once you accept that, you will find traveling is not

that 88 to manage.

Selfish-

ness

* Traveling with pets often requires you to

be 89 .

* Your pets rely on you to take care of their needs.

* At times you should put your needs behind theirs.

90Traveling with pets can be a joy and your trip will be

successful.

专练1

A) 71-73 BDC

B) 74-76 CAA

C) 77-79 DAD

D) 80-82 CBC

专练二阅读理解（30分）

B. 59-61 BBC

C. 62-65 DDCC

D. 66-70 DBAAC

任务型阅读（5分）

81. forget 82. smoother 83. leave/ start 84. delayed 85. hardly

86. bring 87. joyful/pleasant/…　88. difficult 89. selfless 90. Conclusion

A

When was the last time someone unexpectedly did something nice for you ? Not

someone you knew, but a total stranger? It’s happened to me a few times, but two instances really stand out.

A few years ago, I was dining in a restaurant with a friend who kept talking about himself , pletely not aware of the fact that I was sitting there in misery. It wasn’t my friend’s talks that made me suffer. I was recovering from a broken hear t, and just sitting down to dinner reminded me of my last relationship. I could have burst

into tears right there at the table.

When we picked up the check, the waitress said , “ Your meal was already paid

for .” My friend and I didn’t have a clue how it h appened. Then I remembered a man I saw out of the corner of my eye. He was dressed in mostly white, sat down at the

bar, had a beer, and stayed for maybe ten minutes . The waitress said ,”Yes , the gentleman in white paid for you .”　It felt like an angel was saying “I see you ,honey.

It’s going to be okay.”

Just last year, I was running a half-marathon. With just 1 mile to go, I was out

of gas. Runners call it “hitting the wall”. I thought I couldn’t move another inch. Out of nowhere, a stranger came up to me and said, “What’s your name, sweetie? Jennifer? Okay, Jennifer, let’s go! e on ! It’s just around the corner! You can

do it!” And he ran with me until I picked up my pace. I found him at the finish line

to thank him for the encouragement only to learn h e wasn’t even supposed to be in

the race that day.

I still shake my head when I think of these momentary angels that came to me

at my point of need. Do you have any experiences like these?

56. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The kindness of strangers.

B. Valuable friendship .

C. Two special experiences .

D. Helping others is worthwhile

57. Why did the author suffer when dining out with a friend?

A. Because she didn’t like the dishes.

B. Because she quarreled with her friend

C. Because her friend only talked about himself.

D. Because she was sad for her last relationship.

58. The underlined expression in the passage means “______”．

A. being hurt by the wall

B. winning the game

C. taking a deep breath

D. running out of energy

A. 56-58 ADD