高二英语试卷

上海市浦东新区建平中学高二第二学期期末模拟测试卷
I.Listening Comprehension(略)
II.Grammar and Vocabulary (20 分)
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
There's a widcly-acccptcd line of thinking, especially in 2019 that says the people and things we love will eventually let us down.
It's never an if, always a when. So our heroes will inevitably to be trash monsters. Our favorite bands will in enter an experimental phase, even though no one asked them to. And our favorite TV shows will 1 fail to reach greater heights, but they won't even come close to the same level of success they once had.
It was with this cynical mentality 2. I approached the second season of 2018's breakout hit Killing Eve. How could a series that was so well written, so well acted, and so fiercely addictive in freshman season possibly 3 (maintain) the same level of quality in Season 2, especially since Phoebe Waller-Bridge. 4 developed the series fbr TV and wrote four of the first season's eight episodes, wasn't involved in the writing of the second? It seemed like an impossible task.
But then a strange thing happened: Killing Eve's second season, at least the two episodes
5 (screen) in advance for critics, didn't let me down. The new episodes generated the same amount of joy I experienced
6 I watched Eve (sandra Oh) and Villanclie( Jodie Comer) dance around each other during the first go-around, only this time the stakes were considerably 7
(high).
As Phoebe Waller-Bridged, noted "Killing Eve is a character study on two lives, two women and their circumstances, their homes, their wants, their fears and 8 keeps them from ending it all. It's just that 9 happens to be an assasin (暗杀者)and the other a spy. If I've done my
C.Photos altered by filters of camera apps are loo subjective to be true.
D.Many members of the media value daily life images over major social events.
46. What may be the best title for the passage?
A.Camera Apps Bury Authenticity
B.Photography Redefined: A Visual Language
C.Smartphone: Killer of Professional Photography
D.The Shifting Standards of Professional Photography
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.
Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there arc two more sentences than you need.
Choosing a brand name
Talk to anyone in the business world and they will tell you that a good advertising campaign can only get you so far 47 So how do you go about choosing one?
A descriptive business name, for example 'Pete's Bakery', might seem the best solution. It effectively communicates what your business is so it is easy for people to understand what you do.This is especially useful if you are a small business with limited advertising budgets. Another bonus is that this sort of name will be thrown up in internet searches, so you may get easy additional business.
However, descriptive names have some drawbacks. The biggest ore is if you later decide to expand your business lo other areas 48 Another disadvantage is that these generic names can easily be confused wrih similarly named competitors—your customers may find them when they were looking for you.
An increasing number of companies and freelancers are creating a brand around their own name. Think of Adidas or Kellogg'—when they set up their companies, Adi Dassler and Wiliam Kellogg were unknown but they have been so successful that their names have become world-famous brands 49 This strategy demands more marketing and a strong advertising campaign, which can be cosily.
So how do you go about inventing a name? One method is to use acronyms or abbreviations, for exemple IKEA (IngvaKumprad Elmtaryd Agunaryd) . If you prefer, you can use combined names
such as Microsoft (Micro+soft) 50 It is well worth taking as long as you need to come up with the name (hat will suit the business and that you can be proud of.
A.Clearly, 'Pete's Bakery' will no longer be a good company name if you want to branch out into catering or gourmet food.
B.The downside of this, of course, is that until you're well-known, it can be hard fbr potcntal clients to find you.
C.Whichever approach you take, don't rush to choose your brand name.
D.Advertising has existed for thousands of years but brand names are a relaively new idea.
E.To get any further, you need a brand name that people will remember and that will make your product or company stand out.
F.They also set your brund apart—they arc disintive and there is no confusion with competitors.
IV.Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored in differ ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
"The *if it bleeds' rule works lor mass media," says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. 4<They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer."
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication-e-mails, Web posts and reviews, facc- to-face conversations---found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive hews shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To (est fbr that possibility. Dr.Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times' website. He and a Penn, colleague analyzed the "most e-mailed" list fbr six
months. One of his first findings was hat articles in (he science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed The Times readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting of funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article was, (he more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book. Contagious: Why Things Catch On.
V.Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
52.光刷题不反思是没有用处的o (no use)
53.即使你在面试中脱颖而出，你也不能骄傲自满(stand)
54.在孩子选专业的时候，父母总是越俎代庖，殊不知，这样并不是对孩子好。

(benefit n.)
55.在毕业典礼上，她回忆起第一次进入高中校园时青涩而懵懂的样子，如今她成熟而自信,
并做好准备，迎接未来的挑战。

(recall)
VI.Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是明启中学的高三学生李华，你的朋友李楠想在高考结束后报班学习驾驶或者第二外语，他发邮件向你询问有没有兴趣一起学习，请给他回复一封电子邮件，必须包括以下内容：•你愿意一起报班学习，并告知感兴趣的内容，二选一；
•阐述你选择的理由。

(注意:文中请不要出现真实的校名人名)
卷二
控江中学高二第二学期英语期末试卷
I.Listening.(略)
II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in (he blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of (he given word; for (he other blanks, use one word best fits each blank.
Have you ever seen an old movie called Three Coins in (he Fountain? It is about three young American women (21) _________ (search) for permanent romance in Rome and they all find it. Far- fetched Hollywood? Well, from the world history point of view, romance did, in fact, set down its roots in Rome.
The word romance evolved in Latin from Roma to Romanicus of the Roman language, to the Old French romanz escrive, (22) _____ means "to write in a Romance language." and on to the
English romance.
The romance languages (23) __________ (compose) of seven groups of languages that all have
Latin (24) ________ their basis. These languages include French, Italian. Spanish and Portuguese.
The common people in ancient Rome spoke (25) _________ is referred to as Vulgar Latin, an informal speech, as opposed to the classical Latin of the more educated. Most language experts agree that Vulgar Latin is the chief source of (he Romance languages.
Medieval Romances were tales (26)____________ (write) primary in French verse about brave heroes. The notion of having a romance with another person is thought (27) ______________ (develop) sometime during (he Middle Ages. In the late 18th century and on through the 19th, a romance was not a love story (28) _________ a work of prose fiction that contained far-fetched, mysterious events. Romances of this period (29) _________ (include) English Gothic novels like The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole.
What exactly is a twcnticth-ccntury romance? Docs it have any relationship with the lively. Popular novels written today, with their fantastic plots of love affairs? Or did the playwright Oscar Wilde have it right in the picture of Dorian Gray: "When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving (30) _________ . And one always ends by deceiving others. That is what (he world calls a romance.,,
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that (here is one word more than you need.
suggests that the next time you look at your pup, whether Maltese or Mastiff, you might need to __ 31 __ your words carefully. "Both what we say and how we say it matter to dogs," said Attila
Andies, a researcher at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.
Dr. Andies, who studies language and behavior in dogs and humans along with several other colleagues, ___ 32 ___ t he findings in a paper published in the journal Science. As with people's brains, parts of dogs' left hemisphere （左半球）react to meaning and parts of their right hemisphere react to intonation （i吾调）---the __ 33 ___ c ontent of a sound. Only a word of______ 34 ___ said in
a positive tone can really make the reword system of a dog's brain light up.
The experiment itself was something of a（n） ____ 35 ___. Dr. Andies' team trained dogs to enter a magnetic resonance imaging machine （磁共振成像机）and lie in a harness （背带）while the machine recorded their brain activity.
A trainer spoke words in Hungarian --- ______ 36 __ words used by dog owners like "good boy," "super" and "well done." The trainer also tried neutral words like "however" and "still." Both the praise words and neutral words were _____ 37 ___ in positive and neutral intonations.
It turned out （hat the positive words spoken in a positive lone prompted _______ 38 ___ activity in the caninc brain's reward system. All the other conditions resulted in significantly less action at the same level. In other words, “good boy" said in neutral tone and “however" sa id in positive or neutral tone got the same ____ 39 __ .
The findings mean dogs are paying attention to meaning and emotion, and that owners should, too. In terms of the evolution of language, the results suggest that the ability to ________ 40 ___ meaning and emotion in different parts of the brain and tic them together is not uniquely human. This skill had already evolved in non-primates （非灵长类动物）long before humans began to talk.
III.Reading Comprehension
Section A Cloze
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
A screen door （纱l'1）allows for an open view while at （he same time affording a degree of privacy. ____ 41 ___ , communication between parents and their child away at college should have openness in expressing viewpoints but, at the same time, it should demonstrate a respect for privacy. Slaying in touch with each other is important because without _____42____ , there is no connection and worry can take over. All involved should try to be ________ 43 ___in listening to, understanding and dealing with special concerns or needs that arise whether （hey be from the student, parents or friends.
For the happy student adjusting well at school calls to home can be infrequent. This is not necessarily a cause for parents to _____ 44 ___ . While parents are naturally ___ 45 ___ about what their child is up to. the majority of students are busy getting accustomed to their new home, making new friends and ___ 46 ___ t o new schedules and activities. The fact is that without any ill intention on purpose, they can spend little time thinking about home and they may not appreciate the degree of their parents' __ 47 ___ c uriosity.
For （he student who is not adjusting well at school, calls （o home will probably be made more ___ 48 __ . This circumstance can bring a _____ 49 __ period for both parent and child. For the parents at home, it can be terribly _____ 50 ___ t o sense their child is unhappy. It is difficult to judge
how we should react to this challenge: as _______ 51 _ , we want to bring our children home to （he safety of our nest; in our parcnt-tcachcr role, we want to_______ 52 __ the ties and allow our child the opportunity （o make it on his/her own.
For the student away at school, unhappiness can be lonely and frightening and in some
cases, it can lead to depression and illness. There is a sense of _____ 53 __ fbr some homesick students who fear that Mon and Dad will ____ 54 ___ their inability to cope with the new environment. This is especially true when the homesick one sees classmates adjusting somewhat effortlessly. No matter
what the circumstances are that have created ______ 55 __ , communication between parent and child must remain open, honest and in balance.
41. A. Relatively B. Contrarily C. Typically D. Similarly
42. A. sacrifice B. privacy C. appreciation D. communication
43. A. sensitive B. confident C. casual D. modest
44. A. cheer B. regret C. worry D. wonder
45. A. uninformed B. curious C.happy D. sensible
46. A. adding B. referring C. adjusting D. leading
47. A. strange B. increasing C. awakened D. normal
48. A. formally B. frequently C. sincerely D. patiently
49. A. disappointing B. recovering C. challenging D. (raining
50. A. disturbing B. damaging C. demanding D. exhausting
51. A. protectors B. reminders C. inspectors D. individuals
52. A. maintain B. establish C. restore D. cut
53. A. relief B. responsibility C. achievement D. embarrassment
54. A. get bored with B. get upset with C. be ignorant of D. be honest with
55. A. opportunity B. uncertainty C. unhappiness D. nervousness
Section B
Directions: Read the following four passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
1( was near the end of summer in my 16th year. I was riding in the back seat of a large van heading down an endless road. I was at the end of a two-week road trip with several other teenagers to visit a college in Iowa. Along the way I had spent several days in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and on the road, I felt tired, solitary, and homesick. It was the longest (hat I had ever been away from my family.
I glanced out of my window and suddenly my heart leapt. There, in the distance, I could see them: the beautiful mountains of my home. After days and days on the dry, brown plains I finally saw the green hills in which I had grown up again. As we got closer and closer to those green mountains I felt myself becoming happier and happier. My face lit up and my smile returned. Warmth filled my spirit. It felt so good to be going home. It was such a joy to be heading back to the place where I was raised. It was such a blessing to finally know that I was almost back where I belonged.
Looking back on that memory makes me wonder what it will be like when I finally return to my true home. Even fbr (he longest life, this world is just a temporary residence. It is a place that wc learn, love and grow in, but it isn't really home. Our true home lies beyond this world and its love, joy and beauty cannot be described in words. It is where our family awaits us.
Until I reach that blessed place, though, I will do my best to enjoy each day of life's journey
here. I will do my best to use every moment to get a little closer to home. I will do my best to travel through life with a loving heart, a pleasant smile and a giving spirit.
56.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.Getting Closer to Home
B. A joyous Smile
C. An Unforgettable Journey
D. My Beautiful Hometown
57.Which of the following CANNOT describe the author's feelings in the first paragraph?
A.Worn out
B. Lonely
C. Missing his family
D. Pleased and happy
58.Which of （he following is TRUE, according to （he passage?
A.The author went on the trip by bike.
B.The author spent days travelling abroad.
C.The author had been travelling on the plains.
D.The author had once been on a longer trip than this one.
59.According to （he passage, what the author most values is ________ .
A.how long he lives
B. his family
C. his hometown
D. how many places he visits
B
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60.If you carry the Servicecard or the Cashcard, ________ .
A.you can use it to guarantee things as you wish.
B.you can spend as much money as you like without a limit
C.you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently
D.you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK
61.If you withdraw £200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged _________ ,
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D.£5.3
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C.You can use the card in any shop across the world.
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63.The purpose of the passage is to show you how to __________ .
A.play your cards right
B. draw cash with your cards
C. pay for goods with your cards
D. have your cards at your disposal
C
A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally-friendly Americans and their neighbors. On one side stand those who have begun to sec clothes dryers as wasteful consumers of energy (up to 6% of total electricity) and powerful emitters of carbon dioxide (up to a ton of carbon dioxide per household every year). As an alternative, they arc turning to clotheslines as pan of what Alexander Lee, an environmentalist, calls “What-I-can-do environmentalism."
But on the other side arc people who oppose air-drying laundry outside on aesthetic (美的)grounds. Increasingly, they have persuaded community and homeowners associations (HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, which they say not only look unsightly but also lower surrounding property values, those actions, in turn, have sparked a right-to-dry movement that is pressing for legislation (立法)to protect the choice to use clotheslines. Only three states 一Florida, Hawaii and Utah - have laws written broadly enough to protect clotheslines. Right-to-dry advocates argue that there should be more.
Matt Reck is the kind of eco-conscious guy who feeds his trees with both water and recycles condensation drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But Otto Hagen, president of Reck's HO A in Wake Forest, North Carolina, informed him that a neighbor had complained about his line. The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope in the yard. "Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don't take matters into their own hands," says Reck. HOAs Hagen has decided to hold off taking action. "I'm not going to go crazy," he says. "But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain. I'll have to address it again."
North Carolina lawmakers tried and failed earlier this year to insert language into an energy bill that would expressly prevent HOAs from regulating clotheslines. But the issue remains a touchy one with HOAs and real estate agents. "Most aesthetic restrictions are rooted, to a degree, in the belief that homogenous (统一协，调的)exteriors are supportive of property value," says Sara Stubbins, executive director of the Community Association Institute's North Carolina chapter. In other words, associations worry that housing prices will fall if prospective buyers think their would- be neighbors are too poor to afford dryers.
Alexander Lee dismissed the notion that clotheslines devalue property assets, advocating
that the idea "needs to change in light of global warming." "We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint,M Alexander Lee says.
64.What is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of using clothes dryers?
A.Electricity consumption.
B. Air pollution.
C. Waste of energy.
D. Ugly looking.
65.Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A .Opposers (hink air-drying laundry would devalue surrounding assets.
B.Opposers consider the outdoor clothesline as an eyesore to the scenery.
C.Right-to-dry movements led to the pass of written laws to protect clotheslines.
D.Most of states in the US have no written laws to protect clotheslines.
66.In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that ____________ .
A.we should protect the environment in the community.
B.clotheslines wouldn't lessen the property values.
C.the globe would become warmer and warmer.
D.clotheslines should be banned in the community.
67.An appropriate title for the passage might be ___________ ,
A.Opinions on Environmental Protection.
B.Opinions on Air-drying Laundry.
C.Whal-I-Can-Do Environmentalism.
D.Restrictions on Clotheslines.
D
Genetic testing offers people insights into the types of diseases they are most likely to develop --- but a new study suggests most people do not alter their lifestyles based on this information. These tests …known as genome sequencing analyze a person's DNA, telling patients about their known risk for diseases like cancer or diabetes. But being told you're at a higher risk fbr lung cancer doesn't seem to motivate anyone to quit smoking or alcohol, this study suggests. Because of this, the scholars argue that genetic testing should be banned as a tool fbr improving people's health.
Today's findings came from pulling data from 18 other studies that followed people after (hey received the results of genetic tests. Receiving information about genetic risks didn't inspire people to cat differently, exercise more, or stop smoking. "Expectations have been high that giving people information about their genetic risk will empower them to change (heir behavior, but we have found no evidence that this is the case,'' study author Theresa Marteau, director of behavior and health research said in a press release.
Genetic testing, which the National Institutes of Health says costs anywhere from $ 100 to $2,00(), has become much more accessible as commercial testing companies such as 23andMe and Sure Genomics have sprung up. These companies are not allowed to share disease risk estimates with consumers thanks to the Food and Drug Administration. However, today's study didn't specify whether the genetic testing were purely from academic sequencing, or if any of these companies had had a role in supplying the data.
Genetic testing doesn't get people to change their behavior fbr the better, but it doesn't have any known negative effects either. Knowing the results of these tests didn't change people's
depression or anxiety levels. And there's no indication that testing inspires people to pick up risky or dangerous health habits either, the study found.
Actually a genetic Predisposition to a certain disease is common among people. Sonic people are bom weak in heart. Some are innately vulnerable in digestive system. But these most common risk factors usually don't raise a person's chances of getting the disease by a significant amount. It's possible that some of the patients in the study had substantially high disease risks based on their DNA profile, but those patients tend to be rather rare. Tt's still likely that communicating this type of information is very valuable to some people, but it,s just that there aren't that many of those people," Zikmund-Fisher from the University of Michigan said, "The idea that providing genetic risk information is going to be transformative to everyone seems unlikely."
68.Why did some expert suggest stopping genetic testing?
A.Genome sequencing aren't accurate in detecting certain disease risks.
B.Genetic testing results fail to encourage people to remove bad habits.
C.Genetic testing does neither good nor harm to people's behavioral improvement.
D.Genetic testing results are offered by commercial testing companies.
69.The underlined word oredisposition to in the passage is closest in meaning to ____________ .
A.testing on
B. prediction about
C. sensitivity to
D. insight into
70.Which of （he following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Sure Genomics is forbidden to deliver illness risk expectations to patients.
B.Theresa Martcau believes genetic testing helps to change people's behaviors.
C.Genetic testing results are totally coming from academic sequencing.
D.Genetic testing results in a way worsen the patients, moods and emotions.
71.People's unconcerned response to genetic testing doesn't cause much harm because ____________ .
A.getting rid of bad life habits doesn't do much good to people's health
B.almost all people have certain disease risks based on genetic testing
C.providing genetic risk information interferes with the medical treatment
D.genetic testing shows few people arc at a high risk of getting certain diseases
Section C
Directions: Read the fbllowing text from which four sentences arc removed. Choose from the sentences A-F the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
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