高二下学期英语期末考试试卷第19套真题

高二下学期英语期末考试试卷

一、阅读理解（共15小题海小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 1. 阅读理解

The best London hotels near OxfordStreet

An expert guide to the top Londonhotels near Oxford Street—eight minutes’ walk or less— including the besthotels for their family-friendly services and budget accommodation.

The London EDITION Soho, London, England

This place is just off Oxford Street inleafy Fitzrovia. It will suit those who want more than a bed for the night. Themulti-functional lobby makes a great entrance, though it’s therestored ceiling, old not new, that really grabs the attention. The picture-lined restaurant is an equally successful space. The rooms are a bit like beinginside a luxurious cigar box, with their wood-panelled walls and artful fursofa covers that add a feeling of warmth.

The Langham, London Marylebone, London, England

An advert from the late 19th centurydeclares that the Langham is situated in the “most healthy, convenient andfashionable position in London. “Today this still holds true; the hotel is right in the centre ofLondon. This is one of London’s oldest grand hotels. Everything feels as if ithas been running

the way it should for a long time. Expect enormous vases offresh flowers in public areas, oriental furnishings and marble baths in therooms. This is also home to Michel Roux Jr’s Roux, which does tasty Frenchcuisine.

The Grazing Goat

Marylebone, London, England

The hotel is located on New QuebecStreet, a quiet road lined with clothing shops and beauty salons about threeminutes’ walk from Oxford Street. There’s something of a village feel to thisarea of London that is difficult to correspond with the tourist groups momentsaway—but it’s most welcome. Rooms have Egyptian cotton beds, Aesop toilets andwalls in the color of moss green and steel blue. The food menu offers seasonalBritish foods with the latest trendy ingredients.

（1）In The London EDITION, customers are most likely to be attracted by its .

A . multi-functional lobbyB . restored ceilingC . luxurious cigar boxD . wood-panelled walls

（2）What do The Langham, London and The Grazing Goat have in common?

A . They are old grand hotels.B . They serve delicious French cuisine.C . They offer fresh flowers in their bedrooms.D . They are located in Marylebone, London.

（3）Which hotel gives customers the feeling of being in the rural area? A . The London EDITION.B . The Langham, London.C . The Grazing Goat.D .

All the above.

2. 阅读理解

Rome is recognized across the globe for itsclassical artwork, but recently the city’s street art has been drawingattention. While many urban artists stick to painting murals（壁画），one Italian sculptor is resisting the trend with his wonderfulworks made from an unusual material. Andrea Gandini, a native of Rome in hisearly twenties, has been recognized for his wood carvings of old tree trunksscattered across the city’s landscape.

Gandini’s Trocomorto, or “dead trunk”project, began in 2018, when the artist ran out of sculpting clay. That’s whenhe noticed the remains of an old tree stump in his neighborhood. He realizedthat Rome was full of potential canvases just waiting to be given anew life. “Bringing trees back to life” is exactly how Gandini andothers describe his art.

Due to years of poor care by the city, manytrees became diseased and had to be cut down. This resulted in lots of oldstumps that degraded the streets of Rome, which were costly to remove. However,they have been a perfect canvas of Gandini, who has completed over 50 carvingsacross the city.

Gandini gives each old tree trunk a face andpersonality of its own. By recognizing each formerly living tree as individual,he hopes to give them some dignity in death and respect each of them with theirown headstone of sorts. For those that can’t make the trip to Rome, Gandinidocuments his works of art on Facebook.

Gandini’s “dead trunk” project remindsus of what Auguste Rodin says,

“There is no lack of beauty in the world,but a lack of eyes to find it.” All is beautiful in the eyes of theartist, for his keen eye sees through the heart of all living things. Todiscover its character is to pierce its outer form and touch its inner truth.This “truth” is also “beauty”.

（1）What has drawn people’s attention recently in Rome according to the passage?

A . Its classical artwork.B . Its traditional murals.C . Its street wood carvings.D . Its unusual material.

（2）Which statement is NOT correct about Gandini’s works?

A . They are full of life.B . They follow the trend of murals.C . They beautify the city.D . They are appreciated by some artists.

（3）What does Gandini try to put in his works?

A . Dignity and respect.B . Beauty and kindness.C . Hope and personality.D . Death and art.

（4）What can we learn from this passage?

A . Beauty is always around for keen eyes.B . Inner truth is difficult to find.C . We live in a world lacking beauty.D . Grandini is a person who loves nature and truth.

3. 阅读理解

This new packaging material looks likeconventional plastic, but it’s actually made from fish waste and algae--and unlike plastic, if itescapes into the ocean, a fish could likely eat it safely. The material, calledMarinaTex, is the winner of this year’s James Dyson Award.

“It began with my desire to work withwaste,” says Lucy Hughes, a recent graduate from University of Sussex, whoonce visited a fish processing factory to see the massive quantity of wastegenerated by the industry and find new ways to use it. She focused on fishskins and scales . “When I had itin my hands, I realized this has got potential, she says. “It’s superstrong and flexible.” Hughes spent months experimenting with fish waste inher kitchen, running more than 100 experiments to find a binder and a processthat could hold together the proteins in the fish skins and scales. “I hada lot of failed attempts—a lot of things either were too easily broken or toosoft or easily went bad,” she says. She finally landed on a type of algaethat can be locally got.

The material can be used to replace oil-basedplastic in packaging such as bags or the half transparent windows used to showproducts in boxes. As her research continues, Hughes says that she’ll bestudying how MarinaTex works and how long it could be used to store food.

Unlike some “compostable” plastics,which need to be processed in an industrial composting facility to break down,the new material can break down in four to six weeks in a backyard compost bin.’’All the ingredients are food-grade safe,” Hughes says.” So, thisbreaks down much like a piece of food would break down.”

（1）Why did Hughes develop MarinaTex?

A . She wanted to look for a new plastic.B . She would like fish to eat it safely.C . She wanted to win James Dyson Award.D . She wanted to make use of

fish skins and scales.

（2）What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A . The fish processing factory.B . The fish waste.C . Fish scales.D . Fish skins.

（3）What is the main advantage of MarinaTex compared with conventional plastic?

A . It is stronger and more flexible.B . It can be used as plastic bags.C . It has the nutritional value for fish.D . It can break down very easily and fast.

（4）Which one is the best title for the passage?

A . Working with WasteB . Developing New IdeasC . Making Bags from Fish WasteD . Getting Rid of Plastic Pollution

4. 阅读理解

Two years ago this month, a 19-year-old Americanshot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,Florida. Fourteen of the victims were students; the other three were teachers. The gunman was a former student atthe high school.

On this anniversary, as with other anniversariesof school shootings, Americans continue debating how to make sure students aresafe in schools.

To increase preparedness for such an event, manyschools now hold shooter drills for students and their teachers. A reportreleased by Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization, notes thepossible harmful effects of such exercises. It urges school administrators tolook for better ways to make schools safe and to prepare children for an activeshooter.

One problem with the way schools carry outshooter drills is how much they frighten students. When a school fails toinform parents and students about plans for a drill, the children may thinkthat the attack is real. In some communities, the report says, schools deployindividuals who are told to act like “masked gunmen”. Students asyoung as three or four years old may be told to stay quiet in a small space fora long period of time. Experts on mental health say these experiences can haveboth short- and long-term effects on how well the children behave in school, aswell as on their physical and mental health.

Melissa Reeves, former president of the NationalAssociation of School Psychologists, said the drills may “triggereither past trauma or trigger such a similar reaction that it actually ends upscaring the individuals instead of better preparing them to respond in thesekinds of situations.”

In 2007, one study found it better to preparestudents for an “intruder”, rather than a shooter. Another studynoted the value of announcing drills in advance and following them withdiscussion. Students in that situation felt better prepared to handle possibleviolence.

（1）What is the problem with the shooter drills?

A . Students only suffer short-term damage.B . Students’ physical health cannot be affected.C . Students may think they are real and get scared.D . Too young children may not understand what is happening.

（2）What does “trigger” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean? A . Limit.B . Cause.C . Reduce.D . Regulate.

（3）What is Melissa Reeves’ attitude toward the shooter drills? A . Critical.B . Favorable.C . Indifferent.D . Unclear.

（4）How can students be better prepared to handle possible shooter drills?

A . The schools give them a surprise.B . They only prepare for shooters.C . The masked “attacker” carries a toy gun.D . Drills are announced beforehand and discussed afterwards.

二、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） 5. 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。

Whether through advertisements, news articles orsocial media posts, most of us by now have started hearing about the upcomingdata network of the future. What is 5G?

________ To help all of usunderstand them, we have listed some facts everyone should know.

●First, what is 5G?

5G is the 5th generation network. It is a newglobal network after 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G, which can connect everyone andeverything together. ________ With 5G there is apossibility that we can do everything.

●________

Self-driving cars, which will depend onultra-fast data transmission speeds to communicate with other cars as well astheir surroundings, promise a safer transportation system if and whentechnology is fully realized.

●5G will change the way we work or study.

In the post-coronavirus world, having remoteworking capabilities will be more

important

than

ever.

Video

meeting,e-learning

and

other

Internet-enabled work applications will be possible to thepoint where people can use them as easily in their home or on the road as inthe office or classroom. ________

●5G will change society in too many ways.

The use-cases and applications widely talkedabout are only a part of what 5G will make possible. Just as in the early daysof the Internet in the 1990s, few foresaw the rise of useful websites likeWikipedia, org. The same will surely be true of 5G.

With 5G, other technologies don’t seem like adream anymore. ________ Now say goodbye to 4G inyour homes and be prepared for the new wave of 5G.

A. Self-driving will growpopular.

B. 5G will help makeself-driving cars a reality.

C. The computer game playerscan have a faster speed. D. Why does 5G matter so muchin people’s daily life? E. The power to do anything wewant will be at our fingertips. F. 5G means faster data speedsand ultra-low latency （超低延迟）. G. It will be also easier fordoctors to treat patients remotely by 5G. 三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

6. 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。

The team I work in just had 2 new interns , and I happen to be theirsupervisor. After today’s lunch break, I saw that one of them was readingthings on her smart phone, maybe on some social network, I 1. I went to her and said, “There’s anotherdocument here 2translation. Do you have time to finish it for me?” That document was notin her 3workloads. But I thought Icould let her 4herself a little bit withit, seeing that she seemed to have5. “Yes, I do havetime.” She said,” but I’m just an intern.” I didn’t quite know6to say back then. After awhile I mumbled, “Right. Yes.” And I turned around and left.

I 7the time when I was anintern for the first time. I, too, managed to finish my workload so fast, justlike her. So, I asked my supervisor “Is there 8else that I can help?” And she happenedto have a plan to make. But she didn’t .have time. So she let me do theresearch and make a draft for her. I was not very familiar with the job 9still tried to carry it outbased on my understanding and make it as 10as possible. And my supervisor was reallysatisfied with the 11. Later, she told me “You 12me a lot of time. I didn’t need to create itfrom scratch.” And she told me 13how I should have done the plan differently. Ilearned a lot about the operation in the process. After that, she came to trustme completely. I got my current job all because of her recommendation.

Yes, I was just an intern with a low salary, butI 14a better future with my extra labor. Time passing, I got it thatthere’s a kind of 15called short-sightedness.

（1）A . askedB . acquiredC . guessedD . guaranteed（2）A . askingB .

waitingC . providingD . needing（3）A . allowedB . assignedC . achievedD . accused（4）A . challengeB . competeC . complainD . contribute（5）A . ideaB . abilityC . timeD . task（6）A . whatB . thatC . whichD . where（7）A . forgotB . foresawC . remindedD . recalled（8）A . anythingB . nothingC . somethingD . everything（9）A . andB . butC . forD . or（10）A . preciousB . consistentC . professionalD . complicated（11）A . reportB . showC . lessonD . draft（12）A . gaveB . savedC . lentD . borrowed（13）A . in detailB . in surpriseC . in chargeD . in trouble（14）A . persuadedB . beggedC . devotedD . bought（15）A . powerB . pressureC . povertyD . performance四、语法填空（15分）

7. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Du Fu is to Chinese literature what Shakespeareis to English Drama. “We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poetscreate the very values by ________ poetry is judged,”remarked Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu, China’s Greatest Poet, a newBBC documentary that aired on April 7.

________ at introducing thecharm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers ________ the world, the documentary invited famous British actor IanMcKellen, who ________ the Gandalf in TheLord of the Rings in 1999, to read 15 of Du’s poems that have been translatedinto English.

The one-hour film traces the poet’s life________ in detail. Born in 712 AD, Du lived in the timegoverned by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, which was marked by extraordinaryprosperity. However, as the An Lushan Rebellion in 755 AD ________ shocked the empire, Du Fu had to take his family onthe road

as refugees ，and endured ________ , poverty andother sufferings. Despite the ups and downs, the poet never stopped and about1,500 poems ________ down over the ages.

In these poems, he expressed he was ________ for his country and people. Besides, the importance of ________ the simple joys of life was alsoemphasized.

五、书面表达

8. 假设你是李华，你校决定在七月底为高二学生举行成人礼。请代表学生会给你校外教 Mr. Green写一封电子邮件，邀请他参加你们的成人礼。你的邮件内容应包括：

1）举行成人礼的时间、地点； 2）举行成人礼的意义及其它相关信息。 参考词汇：成人礼 adult ceremony 注意：

1）词数80左右；

2）开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。 Dear Mr. Green, Yours, Li Hua

9. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文，续写的词数应为150左右。

On the morning of Jan 25, the very day of the ChineseLunar New Year, I was unpleasantly woken up by a phone call. It was for myfather. He picked it up, and I sensed from his shaky voice that something wentwrong.

As soon as he hung up, my father turned to mymother and then me, saying, “It was the secretary. He called everyone tomeet in the office right now because of the outbreak of the COVID-19.”

“But dad, it’s the Spring Festival!”How I wished my father could change his mind and stay with us. Wasn’t the daymeant for families to be together? My father, an official working in anothertown, seldom came back home. And was the virus serious enough to keep us apart?I was upset. To my great disappointment, father left home without hesitation,comforting me by saying that he would be back soon.

In the following days, news loaded with the fastspread of COVID-19 and the astonishing death toll scared everyone in thecountry. Father never returned home, only occasionally talking on the WeChat,over which he told us how he went from door to door, checking every family andpersuading people to stay at home. I realized that my father was working indangerous conditions under incredibly great burden. He always looked tired butdetermined. Every time I told him to take care of himself, he would smile andsay, “Don’t worry, son. Your father is as strong as a bull.” At thosemoments, tears would well up in my eyes, and all my complaints would go awaybefore I could say anything. The talk was brief but meant a lot to me.

I learned from the media that the medical staff,government officials, and almost everyone involved were working in the battleagainst the COVID-19. It was these guardian angels who, despite the possibility of getting infected themselves,were risking their life so that the rest of us could be safe. Among

them was myfather. He’s protecting the people, me included.

Para 1: Then came bad news that my father was ill at hospital. Para 2: Weeks later, my father came back home healthy.