甘肃省静宁县第一中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题(无答案)

甘肃省静宁县第一中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题（无答案）第一部分阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans Vacuum(吸尘器)There’s a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next year’s trial s succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42% over 10 years.Easy-On ShoesIn 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $130.An Airport for Drones (无人机)As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.1. What’s the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can be put into wide use soonB. It can grow year by yearC. It can tear plastic into piecesD. It can be a money-saver2. What do we know about Nike?A. It provides customer-friendly servicesB. It is designing new shoes frequentlyC. It offers free shoes to the disabledD. It responded to Matthew’s request passively3. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?A. Because they are receptive to new technologyB. Because there are too many dronesC. Because they’re easier to construct than roadsD. Because road travel there is roughBMySpace，the social networking website，is different from other websites which only provide stories about other people. MySpace is a place that allows you to broadcast your own stories and personal information to as many people as you like. Started two years ago，it is a big source of information for and about American kids. Teenagers and their parents feel very different about it. Teens are rushing to join the site，not sharing their parents’ worries. It signals yet another generation gap in the digital era.For teenagers，it is reliable network to keep in touch with their friends. They will often list their surnames，birthdays，after­school jobs，school clubs，hobbies and other personal information.“MySpace is an easy way to reach just about everyone. I don’t have all the phone numbers of my acquaintances. But if I want to get in touch with one of them，I could just leave them a message on MySpace，”said Abby Van Wassen. She is a 16­year­old student at Woodland Hills High of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Parents on the other hand are seriously concerned about the security problems of MySpace. “Every time we hold a parents meeting，the first question is always about MySpace，”said Kent Gates，who travels the country doing Internet safety seminars(研讨会)．The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children has received at least 288 MySpace-related complaints，according to Mary Beth Buchanan，a lawyer in Pittsburgh.“Your profile on MySpace shows all your personal information to anyone on the Web. And MySpace even lists this information by birthplace and age. It’s like a free checklist for troublemakers and it endangers children，” Buchanan said. 4. From the passage, we can learn that MySpace ________.A. brings about the generation gapB. is very careful about people’s privacyC. lists the telephone numbers of your friendsD. encourages you to list your personal information5. Why are some parents against MySpace?A. Because troublemakers can easily reach their children through the site.B. Because they don’t want to pay so much money for MyS pace.C. Because it takes up too much of their children’s spare time.D. Because they think MySpace has a bad influence on their children.6. What can we infer from “Every time we hold a parents meeting，the first question is always about MySpace”？A. MySpace is quite popular with parents.B. MySpace often holds parents meetings.C. MySpace has become a top problem troubling parents.D. Parents have lots of questions about the website.7. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Internet SafetyB. The Digital EraC. Generation GapD. MySpaceCSpend any time in London, England’s capital, and you’ll quickl y gather that it’s a multicultural community. Look around at your fellow passengers on the underground or the bus. They’re of every skin color and dress differently to one another. Listen, and you’ll hear many other languages besides English spoken. Some of these people will be tourists who are in London to see the sights. But others – in fact probably most – will be living their lives there, along with millions of others.Along with white British people, there are Britons from, or with parents and grandparents from, the Caribbean, India, China and most other places. This makes London a wonderful place in which to live. The reason is that when people settle in a place, they don’t just buy a house and live there, but bring aspects of the culture of their “old country” with them.A number of restaurants offering dishes from different parts of the world can be seen in London. You would come across French, Italian, Chinese, Indian eateries and even Polish restaurants in London .However, London’s multiculturalism isn’t just about food. Many types of people are gathered in one space, but the way they live differently shows in that space. They have different religious beliefs. Alongside one of the most famous old English churches, St Paul’s Cathedral, you’ll find mo sques (清真寺), temples and synagogues (犹太教堂).London even speaks its own special kind of English. Language experts created the term “Multicultural London English” to identify the dialect of English that appeared at the end of the last century.All of this makes London a very surprising and varied place to call your home. But, in a way, this has long been true. In the 18th century, the compiler (编纂者) of the first English dictionary, Samuel Johnson, once said: “He who is tired of London is tired of life.”8. What is the purpose of the author by describing the situation on the underground and bus?A. To inform us of how the population of Britain is made up.B. To explain why London appeals to tourists.C. To prove that London is a great place to live in.D. To show that London is a multicultural city.9. What happen to the people settling in London from other places?A. They are forced to give up their native language.B. They find it easy to buy a house in the city.C. They make up the majority of the population in the city.D. They introduce cultural practices from their original country.10. Which of the following could be used as proof of London’s multiculturalism?A. The city is home to the famous building St Paul’s Cathedral.B. A new London dialect has appeared in recent years.C. There are a variety of French restaurants in the city.D. The city has become a favorite destination for tourists abroad.11. Why is Samuel Johnson mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To show what London was like in the 18th century.B. To inform the readers what to expect in London.C. To prove the cultural diversity of London from a historical aspect.D. To introduce the first English dictionary he compiled.DNot all think laughter is the best medicine, but it seems to help. So scientists carried on a new study of diabetes (糖尿病) patients who were given a good dose of humor for a year to prove it.Researchers divided 20 high­risk diabetic patients into two groups. Both groups were given standard diabetes medicine. Group L viewed 30 minutes of humor of their choice，while Group C，the control group，did not. This went on for a year of treatments.By two months into the study，the patients in the laughter group had lower level of the hormones epinephrine (肾上腺素)，considered to cause stress，which is known to be deadly. After the 12 months，HDL cholesterol rises 26 percent in Group L but only 3 percent in Group C．In another measure，C­reactive proteins，a maker of heart disease，drop 66 percent in the laughter group but only 26 percent in the control group.“The best doctors believe that there is a physical good brought about by the positive emotion，happy laughter，”said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda University. And other research has found that humor makes us more hopeful. Still，more study is needed，Berk said. The research by Berk found that humor can bring about similar changes in body chemistry，which was proved in the new study. The research result will be presented this month at the meeting in the US. Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows that laughter causes the inner lining of blood vessels to expand，increasing blood flow in a way thought to be healthy.“Lifestyle choices have an important effect on health and these are choices which we and patients should pay attention to, rather than prevention and treatment,”Berk said in a statement this week.12. Why did the scientists carry on the new research?A. To discover the best medicine to cure diabetes.B. To find out if laughter was good to health.C. Because the number of diabetic patients is the largest in the world.D. Because diabetic patients need more laughter than other patients.13. After 12 months into the study，________.A. C­reactive proteins increase 66 percent in Group CB. the level of the hormones epinephrine stays the same in both groupsC. C­reactive proteins reduced 66 percent in Group LD. the level of the hormones epinephrine has dropped14. The underlined part “HDL cholesterol” in Paragraph 3 must be ______.A. something good to our healthB. something bad to our healthC. a kind of wonderful medicineD. a kind of dangerous disease15. In what way does laughter bene fit people’s health?A. Blood is made thick by laughter.B. Laughter makes blood flow fast.C. Laughter increases blood pressure.D. Laughter makes blood vessels thin.第二部分：完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。