高二英语起点考试试题.docx

1、高二英语起点考试试题教学资料范本2020高二英语9月起点考试试题编 辑：_时 间：_英 语 试 题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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1.5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. What does the man want to do?A. Build a garden B. Water the flowe

2、rs C. Pick some flowers2. Why does the woman want to return the dress?A. It is too expensive. B. It is the wrong size. C. It is of poor quality.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. At school. C. In a restaurant.4. What is the man doing?A. Making a phone call. B. Applying

3、 for a job. C. Preparing a speech.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. The mans health. B. The mans breakfast. C. The mans favorite food.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至7题

4、。 6. Why does the man feel upset?A. He lost his money. B. He made a big mistake. C. He quarreled with his boss.7. What does the man decide to do?听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. What do the speakers think of Mias act?A. Inspiring. B. Unbelievable C. Annoying9. What do the speakers plan to do?A. Go to the shop. B.

5、 Turn to Mia for help. C. Take exercise together.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why will the woman go to the park? A. To meet a friend . B. To talk with others. C. To play with the man. 11. When will the speakers meet tomorrow? A. At 4:00pm. B. At 5:00 pm. C. At 6:00 pm.12. Whats the most probable relationsh

6、ip between the speakers?A. Dance partners. B. School friends. C. Family members. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. How often does Brian visit his grandmas town? A. Once a year B. Twice a year. C. Once a month. 14. What does Brian think of the town? A. Clean and quiet. B. Crowded and noisy. C. Quiet and less de

7、veloped. 15. Why do few people in big cities go to work by bike? A. It is too slow. B. It makes people tired. C. It is unsafe to ride in traffic.16. What does the woman think are necessary in big cities? A. Car-only paths B. Bus-only paths C. Bike-only paths请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the aim of

8、the new rule? A. To improve childrens living skills. B. To reduce inequality in education C. To build more responsible schools.18. Why will the rule make little difference in France?A. Most parents disagree with the rule. B. Most children start attending schools at 3 now. C. Most people have no conf

9、idence in early education.19. What is the school starting age in Finland?A. 3 years old B. 5 years old C. 7 years old20. What is the speaker doing?A. Hosting a news program B. Giving a speech on education. 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。ABig Messaging A

10、pps AbroadWhile WeChat is Chinas biggest mobile messaging app, there are many similar apps in other countries that offer similar features.WhatsApp (US)Users: more than 300 millionPlatforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerryFeatures: Text chat, push-to-talk, file sharing, location sharingDevelo

11、ped by two ex-Yahoo employees in 20xx, WhatsApp originally focused on text chat, but on Aug. 6 it also started push - to - talk service. Its noted for its accessibility, easy use and the absence of advertisements. The service is free for the first year, after which $ 0.99 (6. 06 yuan) is charged for

12、 a one year subscription.Kakao Talk (South Korea)Users: more than 100 millionPlatform: Android, iOS, windows Phone, BlackBerry and Bada (an operate system developed by Samsung)Features: Text chat, group chat, pushtotalk, group calls, file sharingWith more than 100 million users in more than 230 coun

13、tries, Kakao Talk is a multi - platform (多平台) texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for tree. With Kakao Talk, users can message each other one-on-one or in group chats with unlimited numbers of friends. You can also choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share

14、 them with friends.Line (Japan)Users: more than 200 millionPlatforms: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PCFeatures: Text chat, group chat, pushtotalk, file sharing, location sharing, gaming, stickersLine tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries. Apart from text and vo

15、ice messaging, Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emotions to buy from its own shop. In the first quarter of 20xx alone, it made $ 17 million just from stickers. The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the Line games.21. The first paragraph of the pa

16、ssage is used to_.A. introduce the most popular mobile messaging apps in ChinaB. talk about new features in the latest mobile messaging appsC. draw readers attention to various popular mobile messaging appsA. Push-to-talk. B. Stickers . C. File sharing. D. Text and group chat.23. One of the popular

17、features of WhatsApp is that users_.A. can send and receive messages for freeB. can enjoy live video chats within groupsC. regularly set free stickers and emoticonsD. dont need to worry about unwanted adsB24. Service Foods can solve mealtime boredom by _.C. instructing different ways of cooking D. s

18、upplying natural food without chemicals25 .The underlined word eradicated in the last paragraph can be replaced with _.A. covered B. accepted C. reduced D. removed26. From the passage we can learn that Service Foods can do the following EXCEPT _.C. provide natural and organic meat D. cook food for p

19、icky kids27. What will the readers probably do after reading the passage?A. Pay for Service Foods service. B. Buy organic meat from now on.CAbout 150 years ago, a village church priest, Patric Bronte, in Yorkshire, England, had three lovely, intelligent daughters but his hopes fell entirely on the o

20、nly male successor(继承人), Branwell, a youth with remarkable talent in both art and literature.Branwells father and sisters saved their pennies to pack him off to Londons Royal Academy of Arts, but if art was his calling, he dialed a wrong number. Within weeks he ended up going back home, a penniless

21、failure.Hopes still high, the family landed Branwell a job as a private tutor, hoping this would free him to develop his literary skills and achieve the success and fame that he deserved. Failure again.Still, the selfless sisters set aside their own goals, farming themselves out as teachers and gove

22、rnesses in support of their increasingly indebted brother, convinced the world must eventually recognize his genius. As failure multiplied, Branwell turned to alcohol, then opium, and eventually died as he had lived: a failure. So died hope in the one male but what of the three sisters?During Branwe

23、lls last years, the girls published a book of poetry at their own expense (under a pen name, for fear of reviewers prejudice against females). Even Branwell might have laughed: they sold only two copies.They didnt give up. Instead, they continued in their spare time, late at night by candlelight, to

24、 pour out their contained emotion, writing of what they knew best, of women in conflict with their natural desires and social condition, in reality, less fiction than autobiography (自传)! And 19th century literature was transformed by Annes Agnes Grey, Emilys Wuthering Heights, and Charlottes Jane Ey

25、re.But years of sacrifice (牺牲) for Branwell had eventually ruined their health. Emily took ill at her brothers funeral and died within 3 months, aged 29; Anne died 5 months later, aged 30; Charlotte lived only to age 39. If only they had been highly thought of instead of sacrificed.No one remembers

26、Branwells name, much less of his art or literature, but the Bronte sisters tragically short lives teach us even more of life than literature.28. What might lead to the sad ending of the three Bronte sisters?A. That to be a writer was a really tough road to go.B. The social prejudice against women in

27、 those days.C. Their poor family.D. The failure of their brother.29. What does the underlined part probably mean in paragraph 2 ?A. He gave a wrong call to a person. B. He shouldnt have spent much on art.C. He was not talented in art at all. D. He was actually not promising on the way of art.30. Acc

28、ording to the passage, what can be inferred from the story of Branwell?A. Gift is not necessarily a guarantee of success.B. Gift is a burden for a person.C. A persons success is largely due to the support of his family.D. Too many choices may lead to success in none.31. Were Patric Bronte alive, wha

29、t might he regret most?A. Not taking good care of his children. B. Intending his son for an artist or a writer.C. Putting all of his eggs in one male basket. D. Sacrificing too many pennies for his son.DAccording to a new research from the University of Cambridge in England，sheep are able to recogni

30、ze human faces from photographsThe farm animals, who are social and have large brains, were previously known to be able to recognize one another, as well as familiar humans. However, their ability to recognize human faces from photos alone is novelThe recent study, the results of which were publishe

31、d in the journal Royal Society: Open Science, shows the woolly creatures could be trained to recognize still images of human faces， including those of former President Barack Obama and actress Emma WatsonInitially, the sheep were trained to approach certain images by being given food rewardsLater，they were able to recognize the images for which they had been rewardedThe sheep could even recognize images of faces shown at an angle, though their ability to do so declined by about 15percent - the same rate at which a humans ability to perform the same task declines.Anyone who has spent t