内蒙古通辽市科左后旗甘旗卡第二高级中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

甘旗卡第二高级中学2020——2021学年度上学期期中考试
高二英语试题
本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意：1．答卷前，将姓名、考号填在答题卡的密封线内。

2．★★答案★★必须写在答题卡上，在试题卷上答题无效。

第一卷
第一部分听力（略）30分
第二部分阅读40分，每小题2分
第一节：（共15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分30 分）
A
The act of social distancing（社交距离）has become an effective protective measure against the novel coronavirus（冠状病毒）and a part of everyday life across the world. Many countries have launched different social distancing measures. Some are strict while others are creative. Let’s take a look at three special quarantine（隔离）measures around the world. Panama
With more than 3, 000 confirmed cases by April 12, the Central American country Panama has announced strict quarantine measures. One of them is to separate people by gender（性别）to go out.
Starting in April, males in the country are required to leave home on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while females can go out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. No one is allowed to go out on Sundays.
To further prevent the spread of COVID-19, citizens are able to leave their homes for only two hours at a time.
“This absolute quarantine is for nothing more than to save your life, ” the country’s security minister Juan Pino said at a news conference.
But according to the Guardian, the quarantine measures do not apply to civil servants or other essential staff who are battling against the novel coronavirus on the frontline. Colombia
ID numbers are unique identification tools for individuals, but they may also be used to
decide when people can go out in Colombia during the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the BBC, people in some Colombian towns are allowed to be outside based on the last digit of their national ID number.
For example, in northwest-central Colombia, people with an ID number ending in zero, four or seven are allowed to leave the house on Monday, while those with an ID number ending in one, five or eight can go outside on Tuesday. Similar quarantine measures have been proposed in the nearby country of Bolivia.
France
Though outdoor exercise is a good way to keep healthy, it can sometimes cause too many people to gather in one place. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Paris has banned all outdoor exercise between 10 am and 7 pm.
Outside of this time span, people are allowed to exercise individu ally as long as it’s for less than an hour and within one kilometer of their home. If people break the rule, they will face fines of between €135（about 1, 040 yuan）and €375.
21. What can we learn about Panama’s social distancing measures?
A. No one can go out for dinner, starting in April.
B. All citizens should follow the rules of going out by gender.
C. Ordinary citizens can stay outside for at most two hours at a time.
D. Civil servants are allowed to go out every day except on Sundays.
22. Which group is allowed to go out on Mondays in northwest-central Colombia, during the
novel coronavirus pandemic?
A. Females.
B. Males.
C. Those with an ID number ending in one, five or eight.
D. Those with an ID number ending in zero, four or seven.
23. Which of the following follows the rules in France?
A. Cycling around one’s home at 5 pm.
B. Playing basketball with friends at 8 pm.
C. Playing badminton in front of one’s house at noon.
D. Jogging alone near one’s home from 8 am to 8: 30 am.
B
When you say the word donkey, what things come to your mind? A few people might say they’re cute, but the majority think they’re stubborn, dumb and all-round less capable than
their horse relatives.
However, this wasn’t the case for a recently unearthed anci ent Chinese noblewoman who was unexpectedly found buried with her donkeys. Published in the journal Antiquity in March, Chinese archaeologists（考古学家）first discovered the tomb in Xi’an, Shaanxi, in 2012. The team examined the remains and identified the body as Cui Shi, a Tang Dynasty high-born lady who died in 878 AD.
Speaking to Science Magazine in 2012, the study’s co-author, Fiona Marshall, said the finding caused confusion as “donkeys...are not associated with high-status people”.
However, following years of further research, the team discovered artworks and artifacts that showed a sport known as “Lvju”. This was similar to modern-day polo（马球）and was popular among noble（高贵的）women at the time. They preferred to use donkeys instead of full-sized horses for safety reasons, due to their smaller size and slower speed.
Speaking to CNN, Marshall later said, “Historical documents also showed that ladies of the late Tang court loved to play donkey polo. ”
At that time in Chinese history, animals were often placed in tombs so that they could be used for a specific purpose in the afterlife. The study determined that Cui Shi likely requested that her beloved donkeys be buried with her, so that she could continue her favorite sport after death. In total, three donkeys were found inside her tomb with riding gear（装备）, including stirrups（马镫）. “This context provides evidence that the donkeys in her tomb were for polo, not transport, ” lead author Hu Songmei of the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology told Science Magazine.
Before the study, it was believed that donkeys were only used to carry loads, but now it may be time to see them as a sign of achieving high social status（地位）, well, in ancient times.
24. What do most people think of donkeys, according to the text?
A. They are as adorable（可爱的）as horses.
B. They are stubborn and not so capable.
C. They were necessary in ancient sports.
D. They were a sign of high social status.
25. Why did Fiona Marshall feel confused when she discovered the donkeys?
A. She didn’t connect d onkeys with nobles.
B. She hadn’t seen donkeys in ancient tombs before.
C. She didn’t expect to find donkeys in a woman’s tomb.
D. She didn’t understand why animals were in human tombs.
26. What do we know about the sport “Lvju” from the text?
A. Horses were preferred in Lvju.
B. Lvju was similar to modern-day soccer.
C. Lvju was popular among common people.
D. Donkeys were preferred in the sport for safety.
27. The donkeys were found in the tomb of Cui Shi probably because ________.
A. she intended to use them for transport after death
B. her family didn’t want her to be lonely after death
C. she wanted to continue to play Lvju after death
D. noble women needed donkeys to maintain their dignity
C
Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way, said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.
While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.
The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesn’t just deliver general answers to quest ions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.
Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.
Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The company’s “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the product’s location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is
shopping for.
The more interaction that the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.
28. How are social robots different from household robots?
A. They can control their emotions.
B. They are more like humans.
C. They do the normal housework.
D. They respond to users more slowly.
29. What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?
A. Communicate with you and perform operations.
B. Answer your questions and make requests.
C. Take your family pictures and deliver milk.
D. Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.
30. We can learn from the last paragraph that social robots will _______.
A. train employees
B. be our workmates
C. improve technologies
D. take the place of workers
31. What does the passage mainly present?
A. A new design idea of household robots.
B. Marketing strategies for social robots.
C. Information on household robots.
D. An introduction to social robots.
D
Apple lost its status as the world’s only trillion-dollar public company as shares slumped (下跌) following disappointing results.
The iPhone maker said that it would no longer tell how many iPhones, iPads and Macs it sells each quarter, claiming the figure was no longer relevant to investors. The announcement, combined with a forecast for the vital Christmas quarter, sent shares falling by more than 7 percent in after-hours trading, knocking over $70 billion off its value. If maintained, the drop
means Apple’s value has fallen below the trillion-dollar mark for the first time since it reached the milestone in August.
Apple’s fall come despite it posting record profits and sales after it convinced consumers to buy more expensive versions of the iPhone in the three months to the end of September. During this period, it sold 46. 9 million iPhones, flat on the same period last year and below what analysts had expected. However, a huge increase in the price of each phone meant that iPhone revenues (收益) increased by 29 percent. On average, consumers now pay $793 for each iPhone, up from $618 a year ago.
Apple has successfully pushed its users into paying more for newer versions of its iPhone by adding new features and bigger screen sizes, even as sales growth has decreased. Revenues in the quarter increased by 20 percent to $62.9 billion, while profits were up 32 percent to $14.1 billion. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said sales had been disappointing in some emerging markets such as India, Turkey and Brazil.
Apple sold fewer Mac computers and iPads than a year ago, but said revenues from its software division had increased by 17 percent. Apple said it would continue to say how much revenue it makes from each of its product lines, which it claimed was a more relevant figure than unit sales.
32. What did the iPhone maker’s announcement cause?
A. It caused a stable market.
B. It caused a drop in sales.
C. It caused weaker shares.
D. It caused an increase in sales.
33. How were the sales of iPhones in the three months to the end of September last year?
A. They were better than this year.
B. They were the same with this year.
C. They were not reported to the public.
D. They were more terrible than this year.
34 Why did the revenues increase as the shares slumped?
A. The price was increased.
B. People supported iPhones.
C. The sales were beyond expectation.
D. The iPhone maker started a promotion.
35 What is the situation of the sales in some emerging markets?
A. It has a big market.
B. The unit sales are good.
C. It is not very well received.
D. It is uneven according to places.
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Everyone knows conferences are great for interpersonal relationships. Conferences are all about meeting people and making friends. Of course, some of those new contacts may become customers for your company too, but don’t try to sell to them at the conference unless you really have to. 36 .
The most difficult part of communication is always breaking the ice: 37 . We call it golden time. Actually, it can be incredibly tough to walk into a room full of people, all of whom seem to know each other and are involved in deep conversations. How on earth do you join in?
38 . It’s polite to introduce yourself and ask if you can join the group, but there’s nothing wrong with standing and listening for a few minutes first.
The worst thing to do is to walk around looking busy. This is like holding up a sign saying “Please don’t talk to me”. A much better solution, though, is to move slowly around the room, make eye contact with people, smile and say “hello”. 39 .
Sometimes, we’re our own worst enemies. 40 . However, when someone tries to engage us in conversation, we can’t wait to get away. If someone has made the effort to come up to you, they deserve at least five minutes of your time, no matter how boring that person seems. And if you’re lucky, perhaps more people will join your conversation group.
A.We feel bad when no one wants to talk to us.
B.The best thing to do is to try to get involved in one of the conversations.
C.Just be yourself, and allow any business partnerships to appear naturally.
D.Half the people in the group conversations are nervously trying to get involved.
E.The most important thing to remember is that most people are in the same position as you.
F.Starting a conversation with a stranger and keeping it going for the important five minutes.
G.That way, even if you’re too nervous to start a conversation, other people will understand it.
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was play basketball with Eric, 41 his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had 42 set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just 43 the books in the outside return box. But there was a 44 : it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes 45 closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief 46 in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to 47 Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in 48 — the library lights were off. The place was 49 . The doors had been shut. They 50 be opened from the inside; he was trapped — in a library!
He tried to 51 a telephone call, but was unable to 52 . What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. 53 the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
54 he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “55 ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. 56 , someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, 57 . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to 58 .
He knew he had to 59 , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a 60 thing.
41. A. or B. because C. but D. since
42. A. never B. nearly C. ever D. often
43. A. pass B. take C. carry D. drop
44. A. mistake B. problem C. case D. question
45. A. before B. after C. over D. during
46. A. rest B. walk C. stop D. break
47. A. visit B. greet C. catch D. meet
48. A. delight B. surprise C. anger D. eagerness
49. A. lonely B. crowded C. noisy D. empty
50. A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t
51. A. fix B. make C. use D. pick
52. A. get through B. get up C. get on D. get in
53. A. If B. Though C. As D. Until
54. A. On time B. At last C. By the way D. Now and then
55. A. Come B. Sorry C. Hello D. Help
56. A. Thankfully B. Surely C. Truly D. Gradually
57. A. after all B. at most C. in short D. as usual
58. A. watch B. play C.write D. read
59. A. sleep B. shout C. wait D. work
60. A. bad B. cool C. strange D. nice
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The ancient town of Fenghuang is a place with beautiful village life in rural China. Having travelled directly from the busy city, I regard Fenghuang as a better ___61___ (choose) to have a breath of the fresh air.
When I paid ___62___ visit to Fenghuang, it was July. My friend and I
___63___(excited) explored, walking along the ancient wall and crossing the beautiful, old bridges. People there were very ___64___(relax). They were neither troubled by the hot weather nor by the tourists, walking, eating and playing outdoors. ___65___ the first evening we bought spicy, cold noodles and ate on the riverbank as we watched the sunset.
We stayed in a small hotel ___66___ was similar to many of the traditional ___67___ (building) in the village. Our room was built on high stilts(桩子) over the banks of the river. From our window we could hear the rush of the water and the sounds of of excited tourists ___68___ (travel) in small boats downstream. We saw people at work busy catching fish and young children playing in shallow waters.
Although there ___69___ (be) many visitors to Fenghuang, we did not see any other foreigner during our stay. After several days, I was still unwilling ____70____( leave).
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

The rapid develop of the Internet in China has brought us greatly convenience in our daily life and work. We can get whichever we need online. But I do not agree on this opinion, because sometimes I found many students playing the computer games, which makes them fall behind in study. In my opinion, the Internet should be a good tool for us communicate with others rather than an invention for a fun. What’s more, it will do harm to us if we spend too much time look at a computer. In summary, I hope every student value this great invention but makes good use of it.
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
假设某英文网站正在征集读者最崇拜的杰出女性，请你根据以下提示信息介绍二十世纪杰出的女性之一——海伦·凯勒(Helen Keller)。

内容要点如下：
1．海伦·凯勒(1880－1968)在19个月大时，因一次疾病导致双目失明，双耳失聪，从此便生活在无光、无声的世界里。

2．7岁时，她的父母给她找了一位老师——Miss Sullivan。

Miss Sullivan在教海伦的过程中遇到了许多困难。

由于海伦的坚强意志和智慧，以及老师的技巧和耐心，她们克服困难，取得成功。

3．海伦完成了大学教育，取得了英语文学学位；此后致力于盲聋儿童的社会工作。

注意：1.必须包括所有内容要点，但不能逐条翻译；
2．可以适当增加细节，使内容连贯；
3．词数在100左右。

参考词汇：意志和智慧will and intelligence
技巧和耐心 skill and patience
英语文学学位 a degree in English literature
高二英语★★答案★★：
阅读：21-23 CDD 24-27 BADC 28-31BDBD 32-35ACBA
36-40. CFBGA
完型：41--45 CADBA 46--50 CDBDC 51--55 BACBD 56--60 BADCA
语法填空：61. choice 62. a 63. excitedly 64. relaxed
65. On 66. which/that 67. buildings 68. travelling 69. were 70. to leave
短文改错：1. develop → development
2. greatly → great
3. whichever → whatever
4. on → with
5. found→find
6. 加to
7. 去掉a
8. look→ looking
9. value → values 10. but→and
参考范文：
Helen Keller was one of the greatest women in the 20th century.She was born in 1880 and died in 1968.When she was 19 months old, she became blind and deaf because of a serious illness.From then on she lives in darkness and silence.
When she was seven, her parents found a teacher, Miss Sullivan, for her.Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulty in teaching Helen.With Helen's strong will and intelligence, combined with Miss Sullivan's skill and patience, they overcame all the difficulties.Helen became a capable student and finally she received a university degree in English ter on she devoted all herself to helping the blind and deaf children.
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