南充高中2学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题含答案.docx

1、南充高中2学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题含答案南充高中22020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题（试卷满分 150分，考试时间120分钟） 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. What is the woman going to do tomorrow? A. Go fishing. B. Go out with a frie

2、nd. C. Go to the hospital.2. How will the woman get to the museum? A. By taking a shortcut.B. By taking the subway.C. By walking through the park.3. Where will the woman go on vacation? A. To New York City. B. To Los Angeles. C. To Burbank.4. Who is Mike? A. Miguels friend. B. Melvins friend. C. The

3、 girls brother.5. What do the speakers mainly talk about? A. The mans hair. B. A photo of the man. C. The womans new hairstyle.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.

4、 Why does the man say it wasnt easy to win the match? A. The visiting team was really strong.B. The best player on his team didnt play.C. The coach of the visiting team was very good.7. When is the mans next match? A. This Friday. B. Next Monday. C. Next Friday.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. How does the man

5、 know its the womans first match? A. She is wearing a soccer shirt.B. She isnt sure who is playing.C. She doesnt know the teams colors.9. What does the man give the woman? A. A different shirt. B. A scarf. C. Some face paint.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Whats the relationship between the speakers? A.

6、Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Father and daughter.11. What is the last test that the woman failed? A. Greek history. B. The Mongol Empire. C. The Roman Empire.12. Why does the man think the woman will do better on the next test? A. He will help her study.B. She doesnt want to take the class

7、 again.C. Shell be studying her own countrys history.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What will Lucy mainly do during the summer vacation? A. Go traveling. B. Work in a hotel. C. Take courses for college.14. What does Lucy want to do at her friends house? A. Read books. B. Watch movies. C. Go swimming.15.

8、 How long will Lucy stay in Canada? A. Two weeks. B. Three weeks. C. Four weeks.16. Who can show Lucy around in Canada? A. Her aunt. B. Her friend. C. Her cousins.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How many items does each team need to find? A. 20. B. 14. C. 4.18. How will the teams know where to go? A. Al

9、l locations are listed in the book.B. There are clues at each location.C. There are directions inside the envelope.19. What does every team receive in the beginning? A. Several letters with instructions. B. A map with different items. C. Some money.20. How many participants were there last year? A.

10、Around 250. B. Around 500. C. Around 1000.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。AThe Official Residences of the British Royal FamilyBuckingham PalaceWell start at Buckingham Palace, the Queens London home. Situated by St.Jamess Park， Buckingham Pa

11、lace has been the monarchs(君主的) official London residence since 1837. It has 775 rooms, including 52 bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh live here, along with the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.Highlights at Buckingham Pal

12、ace include the Changing of the Guard ceremony, which takes place most Days at11:00a.m., and the State Rooms that are open to the public every summer.Windsor CastleWindsor Castle, situated just outside London, is the Queens weekend retreat. Its the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, bu

13、ilt by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. Over 39 monarchs have used Windsor Castle as their residence. St Georges Chapel is part of the castle and is the venue(会场) for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018.The castle is open all year roundit has a world-famous Royal doll

14、house!and there are also talks, performances, and activities for kids.In 1992, a fire at the castle caused over $50,000,000 in damage.Sandringham HouseSandringham House in Norfolk is one of the Queens private residences. It was brought into the family in 1862 by the future Edward VII, although a fir

15、e in 1891 destroyed much of the original building. Its been passed down through the family into the Queens ownership. The house itself stands within nearly 20,000 acres, with 60 acres of gardens. The rest is a park and uncultivated(未开垦的) land, which is freely open to the public every day of the year

16、. The British royal family spends Christmas at Sandringham, traditionally walking to church on Christmas morning and meeting the local people. Anmer Hall, a private residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is also part of the Sandringham estate.21. What do we know about Buckingham Palace? A.

17、It is the oldest castle. B. It is located in Norfolk. C. It is abundant in rooms. D. It is home to Edward VII. 22. Which residence will you go to if your children want to see a performance? A. Buckingham Palace. B. Windsor Castle. C. Sandringham House. D. Anmer Hall. 23. What can we do in Sandringha

18、m House? A. Watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony. B. Appreciate the wedding of Prince Harry. C. Visit the uncultivated land freely. D. Spend Christmas with the royal family. BMy family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big att

19、raction for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and joined the swimming team but was never really a good swimmer. However, swimming in my younger days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of belonging (归属感). It also became invaluable many years later. Fast-f

20、orward (快进) to 1973 I was married, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more wonderful was when I discovered that four blocks away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were spent around that pool. Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned

21、 all the different swimming strokes (姿势). They later joined the swimming team and competed in meets. My daughter even became a lifeguard at the town pool. I sat back and happily took it all in! As much as I would have liked to have life stand still, it doesnt. My children outgrew their pool days and

22、 moved on. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to take up swimming again. And it was far better than I ever could have imagined. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool so I could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would always come out feeling physically and me

23、ntally refreshed. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the worries and problems Ive had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool! What has swimming taught me? Ive learned that balance is the key to being a good swimmer. If you are balanced in the water, you have

24、 no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the similarities between life in and out of the swim lane (泳道). If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right through the stress and problems life throws at you.24. What can we learn about the author from paragrap

25、h 1? A. Her family taught her how to swim. B. She swam with friends more often in summer. C. She was elected to be the swim team captain. D. Swimming brought her lifelong benefits. 25. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 imply? A. Swimming was losing its appeal to the author. B. The aut

26、hor loved the pool days with her kids. C. She was proud of her kids for winning competitions. D. The author preferred to have a peaceful life. 26. What did the author find after she took up swimming again? A. It enabled her to see how to handle problems in life. B. She mastered more swimming skills

27、than expected. C. Sports can give you the courage to face difficulties. D. Swimming made her remember her younger days. 27. What is the main idea of the article? A. The authors wonderful pool days with her family. B. The influence of swimming on the authors life. C. The physical and mental benefits

28、of swimming. D. The similarities between swimming and life. CLouise Gluck has been no stranger to awards over her long and storied career, since her first publication in 1968. In 1993, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems, The Wild Iris (野鸢尾). And on Oct 8 she became the 16th woman

29、 to win the Nobel Prize in literature with the Nobel prizes first awarded in 1901.Gluck was honored “for her unmistakable poetic voice that, with austere (朴素的) beauty, makes individual existence universal”. Often said to be an autobiographical (自传体的) poet, drawing from the inner parts of her life, “

30、she is not to be regarded as a confessional poet (告白派诗人). Gluck seeks the universal,” Nobel Committee Chair Anders Olsson said in a statement.Gluck, 77, the author of 12 poetry collections, has been able to turn her life experiences into universal themes covering life, loss, and isolation. Because o

31、f this, readers have often found her poetry to be “dark”. However, there is much more than darkness in her voice, as noted by Olsson. “It is straightforward and . also a voice full of humor and biting wit,” he said.For example, in her poem Snowdrops, she uses the coming of spring after winter to show rebirth of life after death. She leads readers down a depressing path only to reconnect with the light at the near end. At the conclusion of the poem, readers are left to feel the “raw wind of the new world” as they watch a new spring. This is often the case in Glucks poetry, being able to feel