河北省邯郸市大名县第一中学2020_2021学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

河北省邯郸市大名县第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题满分：150分时间：120分钟第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节：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。

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. Where will the speakers go?A. To a park.B. To the classroom.C. To the library.2. What will the woman probably do later?A. Repair her typewriter.B. Turn to Jim for help.C. Buy a new typewriter.3. What do we know about Jane?A. She has an office of her own.B. She is from Africa.C. She can speak two languages.4. Who will probably look after the baby today?A. The man.B. The woman.C. A babysitter.5. What is the man satisfied with?A. The coffee table.B. The curtains.C. The bathroom.第二节：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 are the speakers now?A. In San Francisco.B. In New York.C. In China.7. Why doesn’t the woman want to take the subway?A. It’s too crowded.B. It’s not modern enough.C. There’s nothing to see there.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What did the woman bring the man?A. A computer.B. Some flowers.C. Some fruits.9. How does the man feel in the beginning?A. Confused.B. Surprised.C. Sorry.10. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Work in her company.B. Help her repair her computer.C. Solve some technical problems for her.听第8段材料，回答第11、12题。

11. What will the speakers do first?A. Go shopping.B. Go jogging.C. Visit a museum.12. Where do people welcome the New Year?A. At Times Square.B. At Washington Square.C. On Wall Street.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What did the speakers just do?A. They had a meeting.B. They went to a café together.C. They got some paper ready for the client.14. When did the woman first look at the apartment?A. One week ago.B. Two weeks ago.C. Three weeks ago.15. Who might Rob be?A. The woman’s neighbor.B. The woman’s husband.C. The woman’s classmate.16. What does the woman say about Rob?A. He can’t sleep through the noise.B. He can’t stay awake at work.C. He doesn’t like her complaints.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why didn’t April wear her jacket?A. She did not mind the rain.B. It was sunny and warm.C. She was wearing a sweater already.18. Where did she find the cat?A. Along a pathway.B. Behind a tree.C. Next to some purple flowers.19. What did she do first when she got home?A. She gave the cat a bath.B. She gave the cat some food.C. She dried off the cat.20. Why did she name the cat Rain?A. She found it on a rainy day.B. Her old cat was named Rain.C. Her friend suggested the name.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AThe Hitchhiker’ s Guide to the Galaxy (HG2G) by Douglas AdamsThis is a comedy science-fiction series about a man’s adventures in space. It was initially a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It is extremely funny and inventive, and has a very British sense of humor, whose true meanings foreign readers can hardly make out though it has been translated into French and Italian and so on. But when I read it I feel a strong connection to my home. It was published in paperback by Pan Books, after BBC Publishing had turned down the offer of publishing a novelization, an action they later regretted.The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHave you ever read a description of a landscape or countryside that made you feel like you were actually there? For me, this book does exactly that. It is about a young girl who is taken to live in a big house in my hometown and discovers a secret garden.Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterThis book takes the form of a series of letters, and follows the story of a young orphan(孤儿), Judy, as she goes to university and discovers a whole world of new experiences. This book always reminds me of my family, especially my mother, because she used to read it to me when I was ill in bed.The Railway Children by E. NesbitThis was one of my favorite books when I was younger, and for this reason it still strongly reminds me of England and my childhood. It is also set in Yorkshire where I was born and spent my childhood, and follows three children living next to a railway and their adventures.21. What do we know about HG2G?A. It was based on true adventures.B. Its language is abstract and inventive.C. Its humor is hard for foreigners to understand.D. It was adapted for radio after being published.22. Which books are set in the same place?A. Daddy-Long-Legs & HG2G.B. The Secret Garden & The Railway Children.C. The Secret Garden & HG2G.D. Daddy Long Legs & The Railway Children.23. What do all the books have in common?A. They follow children’s adve ntures.B. They are British countryside series.C. They refer to the author’s childhood.D. They bring memories of home to the author.BJessica Burks’ home is full of opportunities. Packaged slime(黏土) in a variety of colors and pleasant smells lines one w all of living room, and, in the designated “slime room” workspace in the back, bottles of fragrance oil are arranged in rows, next to glu e and an industrial-size kitchen mixer.But it’s not the amount of slime in Burks’ house that shocks people, she said. It’s that her 15-year-old daughter, Samantha Zumwalt, is in charge of their enterprise. The mother-daughter team run Samantha’s Slime Sho p at home and the demand for their products helps them earn six figures a year. Samantha’s slime, offered in a rainbow of colors and a range of textures(质地), is in high demand. Since she started her business, she’s made more than 24,000 sales on Etsy. The customers are generally young —between 9 and 12 years old, Burks said, though some adults and teens buy slime, too. S ome customers buy Samantha’s slime because they say playing with it is calming. Others want it because it gives them something to do with their hands.Last year, Nichole Jacklyne, a social media blogger, who reviews slime and provides DIY lessons for hundr eds of thousands of followers, reviewed Samantha’s product in a video. After Jacklyne’s video, orders poured into Samantha’s shop, Burks said.However, Samantha’s mom was initially resistant to the girl’s slime ambitions. It took months for Samantha to con vince her mom to buy the key materials to make slime. “I told her no for months,” Burks said. Finally, Burks gave in. She had been laid off from her job as an accountant, and the two dove into the slime business. Now, Burks is proud of Samantha for running the business so well, “I hope she can meet all of her business goals —whether that’s still running the slime enterprise, or buying another business out, or starting a new business,” she said. “Whatever her dreams are… is where I want her to be.”24. Why does the author specifically describe Jessica Burks’ home in Paragraph 1?A. To stress the amount of slime there.B. To present how special her home is.C. To introduce Samantha’s slime business.D. To show the business opportunities of slime.25. What do we know about Samantha’s slime from the text?A. It only wins popularity with kids.B. All adults buy it just for recreation.C. Social media contributes greatly to its sales.D. It helps Samantha get more followers on the Internet.26. How does Jes sica Burks’ attitude to Samantha’s slime business change?A.Worried→Favorable.B. Doubtful→Objective.C. Negative→Cautious.D. Disapproving→Supportive.27. What is the passage mainly about?A. Samantha’s slime business is a succes s.B. Samantha promotes her slime online.C. Playing with slime puts people at ease.D. Jessica Burks quits to run her slime business.CFor people, who are interested in sound, the field of sound technology is definitely making noise. In the past, sound engineers worked in the back rooms of recording studios,but many of today’s sound professionals are sharing their knowledge and experience with professionals in other fields to create new products based on the phenomenon we call sound.Sound can be used as a weapon. Imagine that a police officer is chasing a thief. The thief tries to escape. And the officer can’t let him get away. He pulls out a special device, points it at the suspect, and switches it on. The thief drops to the ground. This new weapon is called a Long Range Acoustic Device（LRAD, 远程定向声波发射器）. It produces a deafening sound so painful that it temporarily disables a person. The noise from the LRAD is directed like a ray of light and travels only into the ears of that person, but it is not deadly.For those who hunger for some peace and quiet, sound can now create silence. Let’s say you are at the airport, and the little boy on the seat next to you is humming（哼唱）a short commercial song. He hums it over and over again, and you are about to go crazy. Thanks to the Silence Machine, a British invention, you can get rid of the sound without upsetting the boy or his parents. One may wonder how the Silence Machine works. Well, it functions by analyzing the waves of the incoming sound and creating a second set of outgoing waves. The two sets of waves cancel each other out. Simply turn the machine or point it at the target, and your peace and quiet comes back.Directed sound is a new technology that allows companies to use sound in much the same way spotlights（聚光灯）are used in the theater. A spotlight lights up only one section of a stage; similarly, “spotsound” creates a circle of sound in on targeted area. This can be useful for businesses such as restaurants and stores because it offers a new way to attract customers. Restaurants can offer a choice of music along with the various food choices on the menu, allowing customers more control over the atmosphere in which they are dining. Directed sound is also beginning to appear in shopping centers and even at homes.28. What could be inferred from Paragraph 2 about the effect of the LRAD?A. It causes temporary hearing loss.B. It slows down a running man.C. It makes it easy to identify a suspect.D. It keeps the suspect from hurting others.29. The Silence Machine is a device specially designed to ________.A. silence the people around youB. remove the sound of commercialsC. block the incoming sound wavesD. stop unwanted sound from affecting you30. What feature do spotsounds and spotlights share?A. They travel in circles.B. They clear the atmosphere.C. They can be transformed into energy.D. They can be directed onto a specific area.31. What does the passage focus on?A. How professionals invented sound products.B. Inventions in the field of sound technology.C. The growing interest in the study of sound.D. How sound engineers work in their studios.DAccording to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research, both the size and consumption habits of our eating companions can influence our food intake. And contrary to existing research that says you should avoid eating with heavier people who order largeportions (份), it’s the beanpoles with big appetites you really need to avoid.To test the effect of social influence on eating habits, the researchers conducted two experiments. In the first, 95 undergraduate women were individually invited into a lab to ostensibly (表面上) participate in a study about movie viewership. Before the film began, each woman was asked to help herself to a snack. An actor hired by the researchers grabbed her food first. In her natural state, the actor weighed 105 pounds. But in half the cases she wore a specially designed fat suit which increased her weight to 180 pounds.Both the fat and thin versions of the actor took a large amount of food. The participants followed suit, taking more food than they normally would have. However, they took, significantly more when the actor was thin.For the second test, in one case the thin actor took two pieces of candy from the snack bowls. In the other case, she took 30 pieces. The results were similar to the first test: the participants followed suit but took significantly more candy when the thin actor took 30 pieces.The tests show that the social environment is extremely influential when we’re making decisions. If this fellow participant is going to eat more, so will I. Call it the 4iMl have what she’s having’ effect. However, we’ll adjust the influence. If an overweight person is having a large portion, I’ll ho ld back a bit because I see the results of his eating habits. But if a thin person eats a lot, I’ll follow suit. If he can eat much and keep slim, why can’t I?32.What is the recent study mainly about?A. Food safety.B. Movie viewership.C. Consumer demand.D. Eating behavior.33. What does the underlined word “beanpoles” in paragraph 1 refer to?A. Big eaters.B. Overweight persons.C. Picky eaters.D. Tall thin persons.34. Why did the researchers hire the actor?A. To see how she would affect the participants.B. To test if the participants could recognize her.C. To find out what she would do in the two tests.D. To study why she could keep her weight down.35. On what basis do we “adjust the influence” according to the last paragrap h?A. How hungry we are.B. How slim we want to be.C. How we perceive others.D. How we feel about the food.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。