银川一中年高二英语期末试卷及答案

银川一中2020/2020度(上)高二期末考试英语试卷命题教师：韩颖超本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）第I卷（选择题）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）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答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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 does the conversation most probably take place?A.In a shopB. In a hotelC. In a park2.At what time will the speakers get to Changsha?A. 12:15.B. 12:30.C. 12:45.3. How does the woman feel about her essay?A. AngryB. TiredC. Upset4. What are the speakers talking about?A. The woman’s language study.B. The man’s foreign friends.C. Their wonderful jobs.5. What does the man want to do tonight?A. Go to the cinemaB. Watch TV at homeC. Prepare for a meeting第二节：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）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。

听完每段对话或独白前后，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. What will the woman become soon?A. A college studentB. A high school studentC. A middle school student7. What is the woman discussing with the man?A. Their neighbors.B. A seafood restaurant.C. Her summer holiday plan.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. What’s wrong with the car?A. The engine broke down.B. There was no more gas.C. The battery ran out.9. Where is the woman going?A. To an airportB. To a watch shopC. To the man’s house.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. On which floor is the man probably staying?A. 6thB. 7thC. 8th11. What will the man do tomorrow morning?A. Meet someone important.B. Attend a meetingC. Cook breakfast.12. What does the number 1820 refer to if the man dials 3 and then 1820?A. Service.B. RoomC. Time听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who is the woman?A. Ryan’s wife.B. Ryan’s workmate.C. Ryan’s doctor.14. What does the woman say about Ryan?A. He hardly ever gets ill.B. He isn’t very friendly.C. He seldom works hard.15. Why does the man want to see Mr. Ryan?A. To praise him for his good job in the office.B. To show his consideration for his health.C. To deal with his insurance for his car.16. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man will call Ryan after the talk.B. Ryan will be out for several days.C. Ryan called the woman this morning.听第10 段材料，回答第17至20题17. How long has the speaker been working at the present company?A. 30 years.B. 13 years.C. 10 years18. When did the speaker work in Spain?A. Right after his graduation.B. Before he worked as a salesman.C. After he worked in tourist centers abroad.19. Why did the speaker decide to take his present job?A. He could have many holidays.B. He had related experience.C. he loved traveling.20. Which of the following is one of the speaker’s duties?A. Picking up customers.B. Helping customers check in.C. Advising customers on transportation.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWith the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest(投资) 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin(普通话). Do you think it is necessary for the UK pupils to learn Mandarin? Some people share their opinions online.Ted(UK): The learning of any language can be valuable and rewarding, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn and the UK has a poor reputation for teaching foreign languages. Why should they learn Chinese when most people in the world speak English?Mark(US): I studied French for 2 years in high school and German for 4 years in college. I studied Mandarin informally for about 4 months before moving to China. Now I speak Mandarin every day as my wife doesn’t speak English. But it is far from being fluent. Learning additional languages is a great thing, which offers a different perspective on the world around us. Nowadays, it’s almost necessary to be able to speak more than just your native tongue.George (UK): No, unless they’re taught from a very early stage of childhood. Mandarin is so difficult. If China really is going to dominate the world, it’ll have to do so by speaking the world’s dominant language---English.Sam (UK): I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. It is too difficult to learn as a second language. To learn Chinese you completely have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. If you have to learn it besides other subjects you can’t be good at it. But Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.21．What is probably Mark’s main motivation（动机） for learning Chinese?A. Further education.B. Effective communicationC. His frequent travelD. The official policy22．What does Sam think of learning Chinese?A. It’s necessary.B.It’s of little use.C. It takes too much time.D.It’s not popular.23．What seems to be the major problem when foreigners try to learn Chinese?A. Its difficulty as a languageB. Misunderstanding about ChinaC. The great popularity of EnglishD. A lack of learning resources.BReserve seats on any 2020 Rick Steves tour today, and you’ll save $ 100 per person! To receive your early booking discount, you must reserve a 2020 tour by midnight on November 30, 2020. Discounts are for new bookings only and must be secured with a $400 per person deposit(订金).See our Conditions:Tour price guarantee: our tour prices do not include air tickets, and may be adjusted without notice due to possible changes in currency rates and trip costs. However, your price for the tour you’ve selected will be guaranteed the moment we receive your deposit.Included in the price of each tour: Sightseeing tours by a Rick Steves’Europe(RSE) guide, and local guides when appropriate, including all admission to sights seen as a group; all breakfasts and half of your dinners; accommodation each night; all transportation from the first hotel to the last hotel of the tour; all RSE guide, local guide and driver tips.The plans of the trip may be changed: Europe is full of surprise, and we need to be flexible enough to take advantage of whatever comes along so that we may provide you with the best possible tour.Tour payments: Your final tour payment must be paid at least 60 days before the departure. Missing the final payment deadline may result in your being removed from the tour! If you sign up for a tour less than 60 days before its departure, the entire tour price must be paid.Transferring(改签) to another tour: Up to 60 days before your departure, you can transfer to any other tour in the same calendar year with seats available, applying your existing deposit and with no transfer fee. If you transfer to a different tour, the price of that tour will be applied, effective on the date we confirm your transfer. Transfers less than 60 days before your tour’s departure may not be possible.24. What can we learn from the text?A. You can save $400 if you book a 2020 Rick Steves tour in advance.B. You must pay all the tour costs three days before its departure.C. Your tour price will be guaranteed the moment you pay for your tour.D. The plans of the trip are not fixed even though you have paid for it.25. All of the following are included in the price of each tour EXCEPT___________.A. accommodation every nightB. all RSE guide and driver tipsC. all breakfasts and dinnersD. all transportation from the first hotel to the last hotel.26. According to the text, what should you do if you want to transfer to another tour?A. Pay another depositB. Pay a transfer feeC. Transfer to a tour that is the same price as yours.D. Transfer more than 60 days before your tour’s departure.It’s been just over a year since 9-year-old Zion Harvey received a double-hand transplant(移植), and now, what he really wants to do is playing football. “I feel happy about my new hands, and I don’t feel different.I like that now I can throw a football further than when I didn’t have hands,” he said.The nation’s youngest hand-transplant patient has been working hard to learn how to use his new hands. He lost his hands and his feet 7 years ago after suffering from a serious infection. In August, the boy showed off his new abilities by throwing out the first ball at a baseball game. Dr. Scott Levin, team leader of Zion’s operation, said Zion was faced with the operation much braver than many adults. “I’ve never seen Zion cry,”Levin said. “He’s just an amazing boy. He has such courage and determination and gives us all inspiration.”Zion said his courage came from the two most amazing people: his mom and his grandma. His mother, Pattie Ray, said, “It’s been a long journey but now I feel like I am living in my dream. It’s his dream, and it’s mine, too. I’m just living through him, and I’m just here to support him in any way and help him do whatever he wants to do.”However，Zion told reporters his mom wouldn’t let him try out for football. His mom said it’s too dangerous. She also pointed out that he might be playing against little kids, not professionals, and she told him they would discuss it later. Zion tried to counter her argument. “My next goal: convince Mom to let me play football,” he said.27. What is Zion’s attitude towards his transplanted hands?A. He likes them a lotB. He tries to ignore themC. He accepts them unwillinglyD. He has mixed feelings about them.28. What did Dr. Scott Levin think of Zion?A. He was unusually quiet.B. He was well worth praising.C. He was cleverer than expected.D. He was a talented football player.29. Which of the following words can best describe Pattie Ray?A. Sensitive and strict.B. Devoted and supportiveC. Optimistic and activeD. Open-minded and outgoing.30. What does the underlined word “counter” in the last paragraph mean?A. AcceptB. ProveC. Be againstD. CommentDWhat would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job? Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you successful career you want. We are constantly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the connections that you have more important than your education? 76% of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially if your family is wealthy.Even if you don’t have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try andencourage staff to meet other people, to communicate and build relationships. It’s a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that networks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that their parents’ income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success. So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important.31. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the underlined part?A. Practice makes perfectB. Nothing isimpossibleC. Hope for the bestD. No pains, no gains32. According to the government survey，the most important factor to helppeople move up the ladder is _________.A. hard workB. educationC. social relationshipD. social activity33. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. 76% of the people think social relationship is most important.B. 41% of the people believe parents’ income is most important.C. 76% of the people think family background ranks first.D. 41% of the people believe they gained their own success.34. From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to _____.A. stress the importance of educationB. challenge the traditional beliefC. make lots of social connectionsD. encourage people to work hard.35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. the Way to SuccessB. Keep Your Dream in MindC. A Wealthy and Smooth CareerD. A Survey on People’s Dreams第二节（共5小题；每小题两分，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得最佳选项。