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宜城二中2019-2020学年度下学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷考试时间19:00-21:00第一部分听力（共两节,满分30分）第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5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选项，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.Whatisthewomanworriedabout?A.Thepriceofth

etrainingB.ThesizeoftheareaC.Safety2.Whatdoesthewomanthinktheyshoulddo?A.FollowthesingerB.LeavethesingeraloneC

.Takeapicturewiththesinger3.WhenwasJanetsupposedtogiveherpresentation?A.OnTuesdayB.OnWednesdayC.OnThursday

4.Whatistheconversationmainlyabout?A.ApairofbootsB.Theman’sgrandfatherC.Anewmall5.Whatarethespeakersdo

ing?A.Visitingafriend’splaceB.HuntingforanewhouseC.Decoratingtheirkitchen第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5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.Whatdoesthemanwanttodo?A.BuysomebooksB.StartasmallcompanyC.Dosomeresearchforapaper7.Whatisthemanlike?A.Careless

B.ImpatientC.Cautious听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Wheredothespeakersprefertogo?A.ToHawaiiB.ToEuropeC.TotheBahamas9.Whatwillthespeakers

probablydonext?A.CheckthetravelfeesB.CalltheirfriendsC.Booktheirflight听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Whydoesthewomanwanttobuyadress?A.Sheisgoin

gtoaneventB.ShewantstoloseweightC.Shewantstolookmoremature11.Whichdressdoesthewomandecidetobuy?A.TheredoneB.TheblackoneC.Theblueone12.Whydoesthemanap

ologize?A.Hedoesn’thaveanylargersizesB.Hecan’tletthewomanreturnanythingC.Hegavethewomansomewronginformatio

n听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13.WhatdidthemanthinkofAmericans?A.Health-consciousB.IgnorantC.Lazy14.Whydoesthemanmentionorganicfoods?A.Toshowho

winfluentialAmericanfoodcultureisB.Toshowhowpeople’sattitudeshavechangedC.ToshowthatAmericansarespendingmoreonfood15.According

tothewoman,whyarethingsdifferentnow?A.PeoplehaveaccesstomoreinformationB.PeoplearemoreactiveingeneralC.Peoplearemorepositive16.W

hatdoesthewomantrytoavoid?A.WatchingtoomuchTVB.EatingfastfoodC.Drivinghercar听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.Howmuchsleepshouldteenagersget?A.8hoursanightB.9ho

ursanightC.10hoursanight18.Whyisitdifficultforteenagerstogotobedearlyaccordingtotheresearch?A.TheyareunawareofthebenefitsofgoodsleepB.Theyworkto

ohardatnightC.Theirbodiesarechanging19.WhattimedomostAmericanhighschoolsstartnow?A.At8:00amB.At8:30amC.At9:00am20.Accordingtothetalk,whatshouldte

ensdotogetagoodnight’ssleep?A.DosomereadingbeforebedtimeB.FindaschoolthatstartslaterC.Limittheirscreentime第二

部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AWelcometoAdventurelan

d!EveryonelovesAdventureland!TheParksandExhibitionswerebuiltforyoutoexplore,enjoy,andadmiretheirwonders.Everyvisitwillbeanunforgettableex

perience.Youwillgoawayenriched,longingtocomeback.Whatareyougoingtodothistime?TheTravelPavilionExploreplacesy

ouhaveneverbeentobefore,andexperiencedifferentwaysoflife.VisittheAmazonjunglevillage,theTurkishmarket

,theTaifloatingmarket,theBerbermountainhouseandothers.Talktothepeopletherewhowilltellyouabouttheirlives,andthingstheymake.Youcantrymakingacarpet,mak

ingfishingnets...TheFutureTowerThisexhibitionshowshowprogresswilltouchourlives.Itallowsustolookintothefutureandexpl

orethecitiesofthenextcenturyandthewaywe'llbelivingthen.Spendsometimeinourspacestationandclimbintooursimulator(模拟装置)fortheJourneytoMars!TheNat

ureParkThisisnotreallyoneparkbutseveral.IntheSafariParkyoucandriveamongAfricananimalsinoneofourRangeCruisers:seelions,giraffes,elep

hantsinthewild.MoveontotheOceanParktowatchthedolphinsandwhales.AndthenthereisstilltheAviarytosee...ThePyramidThisisthecenterofAdventur

eland.Runoutoffilm,needsomepostcardsandstamps?Forallthesethingsandmanymore,visitourundergroundshoppingcenter.Comehereforinf

ormationandideas,too.21.TheTravelPavilionisbuilttohelpvisitors.A.realizetheimportanceoftravellingB.becomefamiliarwithmountaincountriesC.learn

somethingaboutdifferentplacesintheworldD.learnhowtomakethingssuchasfishingnets22.WhenyouvisitTheFutureTower,whichofthefollowingisNOTavailableforyou

todo?A.Gettoknowaboutwhatpeople'slifewillbe.B.HaveajourneytoMars.C.Enjoyyourtimeinitsspacestation.D.Learnabouttheimpactofprogressonourlive

s.23.Ifyouwanttogetatoyliontotakehome,wherewillyoumostlikelygo?A.TheTravelPavilion.B.TheNaturePark.C.TheFutureTower.D.ThePyramid.BThenexttimey

ourfriendsrolltheireyeswhenyou'resnappingaselfie(自拍照）ortakingaphotoofyourdessert,tellthemthatphotographingeverydaythingscanactuallymakepeople

happier.Inastudyofmorethan2,000people,researchersfoundthatpeoplewhotookphotosoftheirexperiences,whethertheywerewal

kingthroughamuseumorgoingonacitybustour,hadabettertimeoverallcomparedwiththosewhodidn't.Duringeachofthestudy'snineexperimen

ts,peoplewereaskedtoeithertakephotosorgiveupphotographyduringaneverydayactivity,suchaseatingameal.Innearlyeveryexperime

nt,thegroupthattookphotosshowedhigherlevelsofenjoyment.Thefindingmightnotsoundterriblysurprising.Afteral

l,Facebookmembersuploadabout2billionphotosdaily,andInstagramusersuploadabout80millionphotoseveryday.Butsome

peoplearguethattakingphotographscandistractthemselvesfromenjoyinganexperiencewhileit'shappening.Thenewresearchshowsthatitisn'tthe

caseandthatphotographydoesincreaseaperson'senjoyment,becauseitincreaseshisorherengagementintheactivity.Forexample,inoneexperiment,peopletouredam

useumwhilewearingglassesthattrackedtheireyemovements.Thegroupthattookphotosspentmoretimelookingattheartifactsthanthosewhodidn't.However,photosaresome

timesadrag.Forinstance,ifthecameraisdifficulttocarry,itmightnotbringenjoymenttoaperson.Andinsomecases,photographyca

nmakesituationsunpleasant.Forexample,whenpeopleinthestudytookavirtualsafari(游猎）andwatchedsomelionsattackingawaterbuffalo,thepeoplewhotookphotosofth

ebloodyeventwerereportedtohavealowerenjoymentoftheactivitythanthosewhodidn’t,theresearcherssaid.24.Whydoestakingphot

osincreaseenjoyment?A.PeoplecansharetheirphotosonFacebook.B.Peoplehavemoretimetolookattheobjectstobephotographed.C.Somephotosmayendupasvaluablearti

facts.D.Photographygetspeoplemoreinvolvedintheactivity.25.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Photo

graphysometimescanbedangerous.B.Photographyrequiresmorecouragetodo.C.Photographyisanunpleasantprocess.D

.Photographyisn'tfunallthetime.26.Whichofthefollowingisclosesttothemainideaofthetext?A.Photographyhelpsyouappreciatepeopl

earoundyou.B.Snappingaselfieisasymbolofself-confidence.C.Takingphotosdoesn'truinyourexperience.D.Thephoto-takingprocessisamentalchoice.C

ManuteaOwenisaheroonhishomeislandofHuahine.HisancestorstookovernearlyeveryislandintheSouthPacificOceaninwhatwasperhapsthegreatestachievementbef

orehumanswenttothemoon.Onlyrecentlyhavescientistsbeguntounderstandwheretheseamazingsailorscamefrom,andhow,withsimpleboatsandnona

vigationequipment,theycouldmanagetofindhundredsofdistantislandsthatcovernearlyathirdoftheglobe.ThisexpansionintothePacificwasachi

evedbytwowonderfulpeoples:theLapitaandthePolynesians.HowdidtheLapitaandearlyPolynesianpioneersdothis?Very

littleevidenceremainstohelpscientistsunderstandtheirgreatsailingskills.However,withlittleevidence,scientistshavebeenabletodev

elopsometheoriesaboutthesecretsoftheseexplorers'success.Sailorshavealwaysreliedupontheso-calledtradewinds,windstha

tblowsteadily(匀速地）andinpredictabledirectionsovertheocean'ssurface.GeoffIrwin,aprofessorofarcheology(考古学)notesthattheLapita'sexpansionintothePacifi

cwaseastward,againststeadytradewinds.Sailingagainstthewind,heargues,mayhavebeenthekeytotheirsuccess.AtholAndersonoftheAustralianNatio

nalUniversitybelievesthattheymayalsohavebeenlucky—helpedbyaweatherphenomenonknownasEINino.E1NinooccursinthePacificOceanwhenthesurfacewatertemperatu

reisunusuallyhigh.Itaffectsworldweatherinavarietyofways,butoneofitseffectsistocausetradewindsintheSouthPacifictoweakenortochangedirectionand

blowtotheeast.ScientistsbelievethatE1NinophenomenawereunusuallyfrequentaroundthetimeoftheLapitaexpansion,andagainwhenearlyPolynesiansbega

ntheirevenmoredistantjourneys.ThesuccessoftheLapitaandthePolynesianmayhavebeenbecauseoftheirownsailingskills,ofreverse(

反向的)tradewinds,ofamixtureofboth,orevenoffactsstillunknown.ButitiscertainthatbythetimeEuropeanscametothePacific,nearlyeverypieceofland,hundre

dsofislandsinall,hadalreadybeendiscoveredbytheLapitaandthePolynesians.27.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“amazingsailors”inPara.1referto?A.TheLapitaande

arlyPolynesians.B.ManuteaOwenandhisislanders.C.Menwhowenttothemoon.D.Today'sPolynesians.28.VhatisIrwin'stheoryabouttheLapita?A.T

heystoppedsailingwhentheweatherchanged.B.Theirsailorsknewhowtosailagainstthewind.C.Theirnavigationalskillsarewellunderstood.D.Theyneededto

findfoodonotherislands.29.HowmightElNinohavehelpedearlyPacificsailors?A.BychangingthedirectionoftradewindsB.Bydecreasingthewa

tertemperature.C.ByprovidingmorefishesforthemD.Bybringingmoreraintothem30.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext

?A.WhattheearlyPolynesiansdiscoveredB.HowE1NinohelpedtheancientpeoplesC.WhatsailingskillstheLapitahadlearnedD.Howancientpeoplesexpl

oredthePacific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。Collegeisatimetostudyhardandgotoclass.Butanewsurveyfindstha

tUSstudentsspendmoretime,workingpaidjobsthanstudying.31Manystudentsfinishschooldeepindebt.Workvs.SchoolResear

cherssurveyed1,507studentsages18to34.Allwerepresentlyadmittedtocollegeorgraduateschool.Resultsshowedt

hat85percentofstudentsworkedwhileincollege.32Thatwasmorethantwicethetimetheyspentinthelibrary.Itwasalmosttwohoursmorethanthey

spentinclass.Anditwas1.4hoursmorethantheyspentstudyingathome.DeepinDebtPeopleintheUSspendmoreoncollegestudentsthanalmosteveryothercountryintheworld

.Thecostofcollegeisatanall-timehigh.Soisthelevelofstudentloan(贷款）debt.33Itisevenworseforyoungeradultswithentry-leveljobs.

USstudentsalsobuilduppersonaldebtwhileinschool.Theyspendanaverage(平均）of$4,321topaybackthatdebt.StudentsBeartheBurden

(重担）34Americanparentspayforanaverageof$17,314ofcollegecosts.Studentsspendalmost$100,000.Almost75percentofUSparentsusetheirday-to-dayearningstohelpp

ayfortheirchildren'sschooling.VeryWorriedStudentsreportedfeelingveryworriedabouttheirfinances.35Youngladiesfeltmorestress(压力）thany

oungmen.Theypaymoreforstudentloandebt.A.UScollegescostalottoattend.B.UScollegestudentsspendmoretimestudying.C.Researchersalsosurveyedalmost10,500p

arents.D.Theyspentabout4.2hoursadayworkingpaidjobs.E.Studentsareresponsibleforpayingbackmoreoftheirdebt

.F.Studentloansarethesecond-largestsourceofUSfamilydebt.G.Sixintenstudentssaidtheyworried“frequently”or“allthetime”.第三部分语言运用（

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。WhenIfirstenter

eduniversity,myaunt,whoisanEnglishprofessor,gavemeanewEnglishdictionary.Iwas36toseethatitwasanEnglish

-Englishdictionary,alsoknownasamonolingual(只用一种语言的）dictionary.37itwasadictionaryintendedfornon-nativelearners,38ofmyc

lassmateshadone,andtobehonest,Ifounditextremely39touseatfirst.Iwouldlookupwordsinthedictionaryand40notfullyunderstandthemeanings.Iwasus

edtothe41bilingualdictionaries,inwhichthewordsare42bothinEnglishandChinese.Ireallywonderedwhymyaunt43tomakethingssodiffic

ultforme.Now,afterstudyingEnglishatuniversityforthreeyears,I44thatmonolingualdictionariesare45inlearningaforeignlanguage.AsIfoundout

,thereis,46,oftennoperfectequivalence(对应）betweentwo47intwolanguages.Myauntevengoessofarasto48thataChinese"equivalent"cannev

ergiveyouthe49meaningofawordinEnglish!50,sheinsistedthatIreadthedefinition(释义）ofawordinamonolingualdictionarywhe

nIwantedtogetabetter51ofitsmeaning.52,Ihavecometoseewhatshemeant.Usingamonolingualdictionaryforlearnershashelpedmeinanotherimp

ortantway.Thisdictionaryusesa(n)53numberofwords,around2,000initsdefinitions.WhenIreadthesedefinitions,Iam54exposedto

thebasicwordsandlearnhowtheyareusedtoexplainobjectsandideas.55this,IcanexpressmyselfmoreeasilyinEnglish.36A.worriedB.sadC.su

rprisedD.nervous37.A.BecauseB.AlthoughC.UnlessD.If38.A.mostB.manyC.littleD.none39.A.difficultB.interestingC.importantD.practical40.A.t

husB.evenC.stillD.again41.A.newB.familiarC.earlierD.ordinary42.A.explainedB.expressedC.describedD.create

d43.A.offeredB.commandedC.decidedD.agreed44.A.imagineB.recommendC.predictD.learn45.A.naturalB.better

C.easierD.convenient46.A.atbestB.infactC.attimesD.incase47.A.wordsB.namesC.ideasD.characters48.A.hopeB.declareC.doubt

D.hear49.A.exactB.basicC.translatedD.expected50.A.BesidesB.HoweverC.ThereforeD.Instead51.A.understandingB.practiceC.e

xpressionD.consideration52.A.LargelyB.GenerallyC.GraduallyD.Probably53.A.extraB.averageC.totalD.limited54.A.repeatedlyB.nearlyC.imm

ediatelyD.anxiously55.A.AccordingtoB.InrelationtoC.InadditiontoD.Becauseof第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）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。Number1inChineseCultureNumber1isthesimplestnumber,buthas56mostcomplexculturalmeaninginChinesecult

ure.Ithasthemeaningofthebeginning,theorigin,andthewhole,57wasfirstsuggestedbyLaoZi,awell-knownphilosopherinancientChinainhisclassic—Tao

TeChing.Meanwhile,thisnumber58(regard)as"themotherofallcreatures"bysomeotherChinesephilosophersinancienttimes.Chin

esepeoplerespectitforitsmeaningofthefirstandwinnerasthesameinWesternculture.Itiseasy59(find)howpeoplelovethewo

rdfromChineseancientliterature.Thereareover260phrasesandmorethan420idioms60(begin)withthiswordinChineselanguagesystem.InChineseculture,itis61

luckynorunlucky.The62(combine)withsomeothernumbershaspositivemeanings,suchas1314.63(it)pronunciationinChinesesoundssimilartolifetime,whichiswidelyus

edbetween64(lover).Sometimes,1(YiinChinesePinyin)soundssimilartotheword"You"(NiinChinesePinyin).Thecommonuseof5211314innetworklanguagemeans"Iloveyo

uforever".52165(simple)means"Iloveyou",whichisthemostbeautifullinetoall.第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节应用文写作（满分

15分）假定你是李华，你打算假期去悉尼旅游。请你用英语给笔友Susan写一封邮件，内容包括：1.介绍你的行程安排；2.询问她能否担任导游；3.期待对方的答复。注意：1.词数80左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。DearSusan,Yours,LiHua第二节读后续写（满分25分）阅读下面

短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。Afarmergrewsomevegetablesinhisgarden.Onedayhiswifewasillandhehadnomoney.Hehadtosellsomecabb

agesandcarrotsinthemarket.Thenextmorninghetooktwobasketsofvegetablestotown.Butitwasraininghardthatafternoonandtherewerefewpeopleinthestreet.Whenhi

svegetablesweresoldout,itwasdark.Heboughtsomemedicineandhurriedtohisvillage.Onhiswayhomehesawapersonlyingonthesnow.Heplacedhisbaske

tsonthegroundandwasgoingtohelpthepersontogetup.Atthattimehefounditwasadeadmanandtherewasmuchbloodonhisbody.Hewassoafraidtha

theranawayquickly,withouttakingthebasketswithhim.Thenextafternoonthefarmerwassenttothepolicestation.Havingshownthebaskets,anofficerasked,“Aretheseyo

urs?”“Yes,sir,”thefarmeransweredtimidly（胆怯地）.“Haveyoukilledtheman?”“No,no,sir.”thefarmersaidinahurry.“Whendidyouseethedeadm

an?”“Aboutsevenlastevening.”“Didyouseewhokilledtheman?”“No,sir.”Theofficerbroughtoutaknifeandasked.“Haveyouseenityet?”“No,sir.”Theoffic

erbecameangryandtoldthepolicemantobeathimupandsenthimintoprison.Theofficerwantedtotrapthefarmerintotheconfession(供认),butthefarmerdidn’ta

dmithewasthemurderer.注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph1:Theofficer

wassoangrythatheaskedthepolicemantobeathimupagain.______________________________________________________Paragraph2:Thefarmerw

aslucky.Afewdayslater,期中考试英语答案1-5CBBAB6-10BABAA11-15CBCBA16-20CBCAC21—23CBD24—26DDC27—30ABAD31—35ADFEG36—40CBDAC41—45BACDB46—50

BABAC51—55ACDAD56.the57.which58.wasregarded59.tofind60.beginning61.neither62.combination63.Its64.lovers65.simplyDearS

usan,How'sitgoing?I'mthinkingofgivingmyselfabreakforafive-daytriptoSydneyfromOctober1sttillOctober5th.ThetwothingsIwouldliketodomostarese

eingyouandgoingonatourofthecity.IhaveneverbeentoSydneyandwillbeallbymyself.Couldyoutakesometimeofftoshowmearoundsom

efamoustouristattractionsthere?I'mlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.Yours,LiHuaParagraph1:Theofficerwassoangrythatheaskedthepo

licemantobeathimupagain.Thefarmerwassoafraidthathethoughthewouldbesentencedtodeathbykillingpeople.Buthewouldnotgi

veinbecausehewasinnocent.Hemusttellpeoplethetruth,butnoonecouldhearhisvoice.Hehopedthatsomeonecouldcomeandsavehim.Paragraph2:Thefarmerwaslucky.Afewda

yslater,ayoungmancametothepolicestationwithalotofjournalists,sayingthathesawthemurderer.Itwasthepoliceofficerwhokilledthemanonthesnow!Hes

awthepoliceofficerusedaknifetokillthemanlateintheevening.Hewassofrightenedandranaway.Buttheyoungmanthoughtthefarmerwasinnocent.Sohetookthegr

eatcouragetoexposetherealcriminal.Aftertheinvestigation,theyoungmanwasright.Thepoliceofficerwassentintoprisonandthepolicemanwhobeatupthefarm

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