浙江省绍兴市高级中学2020┄2021学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题
绍兴市高级中级中学2020-2021学年第二学期高二英语期中考试
高二英语备课组
一，听力（共20小题，每小题1.5分，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，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. What does the woman want to do？
A. To talk to Sanny.
B. To call her parents.
C. To see her boyfriend.
2. Who is the man calling for information？
A. A telephone company.
B. A newspaper office.
C.A travel service.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place？
A. In a chicken.
B. In a garden.
C. At a picnic.
4. What are the speakers talking about？
A. Their plan for a trip.
B. The weekend party.
C. The boat trip they took last month.
5. What are the speakers planning to do？
A. Go home.
B. Look for a job.
C. Buy a new house.
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，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. Where does this conversation take place？
A. In a restaurant.
B. At a hotel.
C. At a party.
7. How many people come with the man？
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What are the two speakers talking about？
A.Summer plans.
B. Piano lessons.
C. Work experience.
9. What will the man probably do？
A. Play the piano.
B. Go to work.
C. Go to the beach.
10. What is the woman going to do？
A. Study for school.
B. Work in shop.
C. Swim in the sea.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.What does the man want Mary to do？
A.Go to the town.
B. Buy a sandwich.
C. Go out for lunch.
12. What’s Mary thinking about？
A. Leaving her present job.
B. Travelling to another country.
C. Staying home for some time.
13. How much time does it take Mary to go to work？
A. Six hours.
B. Three hours.
C. One and half hours.
听第9段材料，回答第14至176题。
14. What does Grey Robinson do？
A. An actor.
B. A student.
C. A theater director.
15. Why does Susan call Grey？
A. She wants him to take an acting course.
B. She wants him to go to a party.
C. She wants him to play a part.
16. How often does the group meet now？
A. Once a week.
B.Three times a week.
C. Every other Thursday.
17. What does Grey promise to do？
A. Attend more group meetings.
B. Go to the practice on Thursday.
C. Give Susan a call.
听第10段材料，回答第18至 20 题。
18. What does the woman say about the meeting？
A. It will be reduced in length.
B. It will be held on Friday afternoon.
C. It will take place in Parkinson Building.
19. What time will Dr. Green’s talk start？
A. At 11:00 a.m.
B. AT 11:30 a.m.
C. At 2；30 p.m.
20. Where will Dr. Green stay in Parkinson Building？
A. In Room 208.
B. In Room 218.
C. In Room 280.
二，单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
21. The news ______ Mandela passed away on December 5th, 2013 was really ______ shock to the
whole world.
A. which; a
B. which; the
C. that; a
D. that; the
22. It’s important to learn to take a positive attitude ______ life when you are ______ trouble.
A. to; under
B. towards; in
C. of; in
D. with; under
23. Everyone who reached the top of Mount Tai was _______ with a magnificent view.
A. awarded
B. rewarded
C. admired
D. appreciated
24. Yesterday, I came across my former classmate, but his name _______ me, which made me
embarrassed.
A. forgot
B. missed
C. escaped
D. reminded
25. Those air conditioners are our best—selling products because they are easy ______ and work
with little noise.
A. handling
B. to be handling
C. handled
D. to handle
26. It is usually warm in my hometown in March, but it ______ be rather cold sometimes.
A. must
B. can
C. should
D. would
27. He was punished severely for making a call while driving on January 1, , _______ the new
traffic rules took effect.
A. as
B. which
C. that
D. when
28. Much to my surprise, she ______ tears _______ she read the letter.
A. burst out; instant
B. burst out; instantly
C. burst into; instant;
D. burst into; instantly
29. ---- I guess you left the office hurriedly. You ______ the working uniform.
----Oh, I forgot to change it.
A. wear
B. wore
C. are wearing
D. were wearing
30. ---- You know who came yesterday？
---- Yao Ming？ We had a basketball match.
---- ________. He came and watched the game.
A. You guessed it !
B. How did you know that？
C. Well done!
D. That was good news!
三、完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下面的材料，掌握其大意，然后在31—45各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Most peo ple believe they don’t have much imagination. They are 31 .Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to 32 it. Creativity isn’t always 33 with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time 34 think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections .This technique involves taking 35 ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the idea/words 36 with candles：light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the 37 to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original 38 ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t 39 . You have as much
time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new 40 .If your goal is to learn to ski, 41 , you can now practise skiing every day of your life （because you have the
time and the money）. Now 42 this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a 43 point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the 44 in their books. They ask question：What does this character want？Why can’t she get it？ What changes must she make to get what she wants？ If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their 45 . The best fishermen think like fish!
（）31. A. realistic （）32. A. put up with （）33. A. connected （）34. A. skillfully （）35. A. familiar （）36. A. presented （）37. A. ambitions （）38. A. present
（）39. A. work （）40. A. practice
（）41. A. for example （）42. A. devote （）43. A. private （）44. A characters.（）45. A images B. unbelievable
B. catch up with
B. compared
B. deeply
B. creative
B. marked
B. ideas
B. service
B. exist
B. limitations
B. in particular
B. keep
B. different
B. themes
B. dreams
C. reasonable
C. keep track of
covered
C. vividly
C. unrelated
C. lit
C. achievement
C. experience
C. last
C. tendency 倾向
C. as a whole
C. lead
C. global
C. creatures
C. positions
D. wrong
D. make use of
D. equipped
D. routinely 常规
地
D. imaginary
D. related
D. technique
D. object
D. change
D. possibilities
D. in fact
D. adapt 适应于
D. practical
D. features
D. directions
四、阅读理解（本题有两节，共16小题，每小题2分，共32分）
第一节：阅读下列材料并做46—61题。从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing？ Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it？’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”
Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue int0 adulthood.
No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of p arents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.
“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s paren ts, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”
46. The underlined word gulf in Para.3 most probably means _________.
A. interest
B. difference
C. distance
D. separation
47. Which of the following shows that the generation gap is disappearing？
A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.
B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.
C. Parents share more interests with their children.
D. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.
48. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.
A. new equality between parents and children
B. more confusion among parents
C.1ess respect for parents from children
D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents
49. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’side.” the author
means that today’s parents _________.
A. can set a limit to the change
B. fail to take the change seriously
C. follow the trend of the change
D. have little difficulty adjusting to the change
50. The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with
B. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship
C. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past
D. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship
B
The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronest.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm （Fridays 10anm to 9pm） and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations：Charing Cross （2-minute walk）. Leicester Square （3-minute walk）, Embankment （7-minute walk）, and Piccadilly Circus（8-minute walk）.
51. In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings？
A. The 18h
B. The 17th
C. The 13h
D. The 20th
52. Where are Leo nardo da Vinci’s works shown？
A. In the East Wing.
B. In the Sainsbury Wing.
C. In the main West Wing.
D. In the North Wing.
53. Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery？
A. Piccadilly Circus.
B. Charing Cross.
C. Embankment.
D. Leicester Square.
C
In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressure even within the same racial or ethnic group, if some members are darker skinned than others. The result is that skin lightening has become a common activity across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world. More and more people with dark skin are using skin-lightening products, even if they may face health risks.
They believe that having whiter skin will improve their lives. Many people think they will have a better chance of getting a job or marrying into a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. This process is also called bleaching. But some the chemicals are extremely dangerous. One of the most dangerous is hydroquinone.
Hydroquinone has been banned in several countries. This chemical has been linked to kidney damage and some kinds of cancer. It also causes low birth weight in babies when mothers use it during pregnancy.
At first, bleaching products make the skin color lighter. But after long-term use they can cause problems. They can even make some skin darker. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural process that gives color to skin. The skin loses its natural barrier to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, but this only makes it worse.
Fatimata Ly treats skin conditions in the Senegalese capital. Dakar. Doctor Ly says skin bleaching has become a problem throughout Senegal. She says the chemicals are now more dangerous because they are stronger. Some cases have resulted in blackened fingernails, infections and permanent skin damage.
And these are not the only risks. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regret and sadness. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to love and accept their skin color as it was.
54Which of the following words can replace the underlined word “bleaching” ？
A. pleasing
B. changing
C. lighting
D.
whitening
55. Why has the skin lightening become a common activity all over the world？
A.There are many products that can make the dark skin light.
B.Relatively speaking, light skin has more advantages over dark skin
C.People with dark skin are forced by the pressure of their families.
D.Many people with dark skin have no confidence.
56. According to the text the following are the risks using the bleaching products EXCEPT______.
A. blackened fingernails
B. a waste of time and money
C. emotional damage
D. permanent skin damage
57.From the text we can conclude the writer’s attitude toward using the bleaching products probably is ___________.
A. supportive
B. positive
C. negative
D. doubtful
第二节：阅读下列材料，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出符合58—61小题要求的最佳选项。
A.Pet-keeping may do harm to animals.
B.Caged pets become increasingly popular.
C.Pet-keeping is helpful for children’s growth.
D.Pet-keeping has a very long history.
58.Pet-keeping is a time-honored tradition. One of the reasons for people to raise dogs or cows was usefulness. While people in the past hunted animals and kept them in their backyards, the civilest man today is less cruel towards them and is less exploitative（利用的）.
59.Pets satisfy man’s desire to care for a bit of nature. The pet owner has the responsibility for supplying those needs that nature provides. Pets are amusing and entertaining, but we are in a way doing animals harm by making them live in a human environment. Are we not enslaving （奴役）them？
60.Many parents find it helpful to have pets in the house for their children. Having pets is an excellent way of developing in children the love of animals and responsibility. Children get the opportunity to take on full responsibility for another creature’s life. It will be an educational experience for a child to watch the natural life cycle of an animal. There are psychological（心理的） benefits for children. Pets are welcome friends for children who are lonely. Pets are excellent companions. Keeping pets means giving love and being loved. We find comfort in giving care and receiving care in return. We get pleasure from their appearance and their behavior.
61.
五，单词拼写（本题有8小题，每小题1分，共8分）
根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。
62. He remained c _______ in face of great danger, which surprised us all.
63. At the meeting, the leaders from many countries expressed their c ______ over the climate.
64.Oprah, the queen of American daytime TV, is r ___________ as one of the most powerful
women in the world.
65. He succeeded in p __________ the strange man not to make noise.
66.One major d ____________ of the area is the lack of public transport.
67.Thousands of soldiers were sent there to rescue those t _______ in the building.
68.Our company is more concerned with q _________ than quantity.
69.The man was s _________ to 10 years in prison for robbing the bank.
六、书面表达（本题有1小题，共20分）
规则是社会文明的标志，人人都应该遵守。请根据下面的提纲，用英语写一篇短文向英语报English Times投稿，简要叙述上周一下午你在学校阅览室做作业时看到的不遵守规则的现象，并谈谈你的看法。
·When and wh y were you in the reading-room？
·What did you notice there？（eg.students talking loudly, …）
·What is your opinion？
注意：（1）短文须包括上述全部要点，应适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
（2）词数：100左右。短文开头已给出（不计词数）。
Rules are important in our daily life. Following rules actually starts with very small acts, in the school reading room for example.
一，听力
1----5 ACBAC 6----10 BBACB 11—15 CACBA 16----20 ABABA
二，单项选择
21----25 CBBCD 26----30 BDDCA
三，完型填空
31----35 DDADC 36----40 DBABD 41----45 ADBAC
四，阅读理解
46----50 BCACD 51—53 CCB 54----57 DBBC 58----61 DACB 五，单词拼写
62， calm 63, concern 64, recognized 65, persuading 66, disadvantage 67, trapped 68, quality 69, sentenced
六，作文
. One possible student version：
Rules are important in our daily life. Following rules actually starts with very small acts, in the school reading room for example.
Last Monday afternoon, I was in the school reading-room, doing my lessons. I had thought that I could have a nice time there. Unfortunately, two students sitting by my side were talking loudly. It went on for quite some time. During my break, when I tried to find myself something to read, I found many magazines were put in the wrong places.
I think every one of us knows such rules for the reading room. However, many never follow them. It is very important for everyone not only to know the rules, but also to act accordingly.