河北省承德联校高二下期末英语试卷

2020-2021学年河北省承德联校高二下期末英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择When I was about 10, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to MrLee. I knew I could see Mr Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, "You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street." That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the cafe? and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no mater how humble they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.I've become vice-president, but that hasn't changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.1．What can we learn from the second paragraph?A．The writer didn’t say hello to anyone in the company.B．The president of the company actually didn’t like the writer at all.C．The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.D．The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.2．For the writer，saying hello to others____________.A．is a way to get what he wantsB．has become a habit and a way of lifeC．is a way to show respect for his motherD．is important in making him remembered3．The underlined sentence suggests that speaking to others can____________.A．make our world much betterB．help people work much betterC．make people much happier every dayD．help people understand each other better4．What is the best title for this passage?A．The influence of the unforgettable experienceB．The power of being talkativeC．The power of saying helloD．The road to successEvery university has a Students’Union. If students are the lifeblood of a university,the union is surely its beating heart.For students,by studentsA Students’Union is run by students and acts independently. At the end of each academic year,it will find six students to hold a sabbatical (带有休假的）position managing the Union for the coming year. That the six successful sabbatical officers have only recently experienced issues affecting students ensures that your needs are very well understood.___________Although the university is spread across a fairly wide area,the Union is centrally located and is only a short walk from any of the main buildings. This makes it very easy to catch up with friends who might be on a different course.At night,the place really comes alive—we have three different bars to suit every occa-sion. The venues are student-only so you can be sure of meeting people with a similar outlook and we throw in a transport service to make sure you get home safely.The Union also organizes various formal balls throughout the year,with the highlight be-ing the end-of-year ball.Supporting youBeyond having fun, we also make sure some of the more serious issues are effectively dealt with. If you have a problem with your course, another sabbatical officer is trained to help you. Being independent from the university means we can represent and support you to the best of our ability,and once you reach the university you may find that you know about more nationalor political issues.5．What does the underlined phrase probably mean?A．Stopping being self-centered.B．Relaxing and enjoying yourself.C．Telling others your feelings and secrets.D．Cutting your hair and letting it fall freely.6．According to the third paragraph,we can learn that___________.A．a Students’Union is close to the homeB．a Students’Union is far away from the universityC．a Students’Union is in the c entral part of the universityD．a Students’Union has different courses for all the students7．The person who takes up a certain post of the Students’Union_____________.A．is very happy and easyB．learns what the students needC．can affect the life of any studentD．has understood everything of the universityTwelve years ago,a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco,California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest,he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight lett quite an impression on him. But weeks later,back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees had been cut down in the area hevisi1ed. That experience led Rhett Butler to begin writing a book about rainforests and threats to their existence. But he did not publish the book. Instead, in 1999, he used his research for the book to create a website,Mongabay. com. His purpose was to inform the public about tropical rainforests. But the subject quickly developed. As a former businessman,he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.The popularity of Mongabay. com attracted advertisers. Small ads on the site pay for its operations. Mongabay. com has grown and led to other sites. For example,there is a site for children which is called Kids. Mongabay. com. Another one,WildMadangascar. o rg, is allabout the island nation that Rhett Butler calls his favorite place.To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer,cameras and sometimes diving equipment. He often callson experts for information. For example,he interviewed Alison Jolly,a top expert on le-murs (狐猴）. He interviewed Rodney Jackson,a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time, com named it one of the fifteen top climate andenvi-ronment websites in the world.8．Rhett Butler didn’t publish his bo ok about rainforests because________.A．he didn’t want to become a writerB．the book was not about rainforest protectionC．he wanted to use the information to create a websiteD．making websites earned more money than writing books9．To keep his website going,Rhett Butler___________.A．kept visiting rainforestsB．raised rare snow leopardsC．traveled around and interviewed expertsD．produced a great number of advertisements10．We can learn from the text that ________.A．Rodney Jackson was once a businessmanB．Kids. Mongabay. com has many stories written by kidsC．Mongabay. com is loved by researchers as well as students D．WildMadangascar. org is better known than Mongabay. com11．What’s the main idea of the text?A．Rhett Butler and his website.B．Rainforests on Malaysian Borneo.C．How Rhett Butler protected rare animals.D．How Rhett Butler made his website popular.As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life,being on the go from morning till night,it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motiva-tion andgive purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.The amount of stress a person can bear depends very much on the individual. Some peo-ple are not afraid of stressand such characters are obviously important material for manageri-al responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stressin whatever formwe react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choices between “fight” and “flight” and in more ancient days the choice made the difference between life and death. The crises (危机）we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress,it involves the same response. It is when_______lasts long,through continued exposure to stressthat health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.12．People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_________. A．they are travelling fast all the timeB．they are becoming busier with their workC．they do not know how to enjoy themselvesD．they do not believe that relaxation is important for health13．In Paragraph 3,” such a reaction” refers to “___________”.A．responding to crises quicklyB．losing heart on seeing difficultiesC．making a choice between ‘flight'and ‘fight'D．reacting to stress both chemically and physically14．We can learn from the text that _______.A．stress is always harmful to peopleB．we can find some ways to avoidstressC．different people can bear different amounts of stressD．it is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work15．What would the passage deal with,if it were to continue?A．How to keep mentally fit.B．Why we have a tight schedule.C．How to handle stress correctly.D．How we can benefit from stress.二、七选五Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness？16．The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.●Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy.Your moods w ill very likely improve if you are going after something you value.●Surround yourself with happy people.It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.17．●When something goes wrong, try to figure out a soluti on instead of being absorbed in self－pity.Truly happy people don't allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favour.●18．These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.●19．Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.●Finding the humour in situations can also lead to happiness.●Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.20．A．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.B．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.C．It's also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.E.Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.F.What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.G.On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.三、完形填空阅读下面短文,从短文后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。