高二英语下学期期末考试试题II.docx

1、高二英语下学期期末考试试题II2019-2020年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(II)注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。2. 将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I卷（选择题，共70分）第一部分 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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ADoes Fame Drive You Crazy？ Although being famous might sound like a dream e true，todays stars，f

2、eeling like zoo animals，face pressures that few of us can imagineThey are at the center of much of the worlds attentionPaparazzi （狗仔队） camp outside their homes，cameras readyTabloids（小报） publish thrilling stories about their personal livesJust imagine not being able to do anything without being photo

3、graphed or interrupted for a signature! According to psychologist Christina Villarreal，celebrities-famous people-worry constantly about their public appearanceEventually，they start to lose track of who they really are，seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them，not as the people they were befo

4、re everyone knew their namesOver time，Villarreal says，they feel separated and alone The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for agesIn the 4th century BC，painters followed Alexander the Great into battle，hoping to picture his victories for his admirersWhen Charles Dickens visited Amer

5、ica in the 19th century，his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans，leading him to plain about his lack of privacyTabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do Being a public figure today，however，is a lot more difficult

6、than it used to beSuperstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern camerasWhen they say something silly or do something ridiculous，there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep theirstoryalive forever If fame is so troublesome，why arent all celebrit

7、ies running away from it？The answer is there are still ways to deal with itSome stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big citiesThey focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous

8、 in the first place Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justiceStill，even stars who enjoy full justice often plain about how hard their lives areThey are tired of being famous already 1.It can be learned from the passage that stars today _ A.are often misunderstood by the public B.can no lo

9、nger have their privacy protected C.spend too much on their public appearance D.care little about how they have e into fame 2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3？ _ A.Great heroes of the past were generally admired B.The problem faced by celebrities has a long history C.Well-known actors are usuall

10、y targets of tabloids D.Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers 3.What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today？ _ A. Availability of modern media B.Inadequate social recognition C.Lack of favorable chances D.Huge population of fans 4.What is the authors attitude toward modern celeb

11、rity？ _ A. Disappointed B.Sceptical C.Disapproving D.SympatheticBJust what is a tiger mother？Amy Chua is a law professor at Americas Yale University and her recent book on the subject is making wavesShes been calleddangerous，outrageous，even amonsterfor her descriptions of how she brought up her two

12、daughters Her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother describes fighting with a daughter for hours at the piano to ensure the child gets a piece of music rightShe rejected birthday cards made for her by her girls because she didnt think they had made enough effortsShe pared one child negatively with th

13、e other，threatening to burn their toysHer rules include：schoolwork always es first； an A-minus is a bad grade； children must be two years ahead of their classmates in math，and playing the violin or the piano is a must MsChua considers the Chinese hard work ethic as a way of creating happy，successful

14、 children-at least in her caseAlthough shes had a large amount of flak for her theories，one thing cant be ignored-the success of Chinese children in the education system In Britain，shocking research shows that Chinese girls，for example，are outperforming all other foreign groups at GCSE-79 percent ge

15、tting 5AC Grades，pared with 58 percent of white British girlsSo what is it about Chinese parenting thats leading to high achievers？And how do Amy Chuas theories play into that success？ She told me that if her daughter came back from school with 96/100 in a test，Chua would ask her what happened to th

16、e other4pointsIts about always knowingyou can do better，she told me Interestingly，in China，the birthplace of the tiger mother，people are moving away from traditional Chinese parentingThey are following more western parenting styles 5.After reading Amy Chuas recent book，the public _ A.feel very sorry

17、 for their own children B.consider her a very successful mother C.realize their methods of bringing up children are wrong D.dont think highly of her methods of bringing up her children 6.What can we learn about Amy Chua according to Paragraph 2？ _ A.She is very strict with her children B.She doesnt

18、think her children are clever C.She is very interested in playing the piano D.She knows playing is important to children 7.Paragraph 4 shows that _ A.Chinese parents dont think grades are very important B.Chinese children are cleverer than British children C.Chinese parents are proud of their childr

19、en D.Chinese children do well in their study 8.The underlined word flak in the third paragraph probably means _ A.attention B.criticism C.curiosity D.contributionCTeaching materials for learning Chinese are provided hereThere are sites where you may find interesting instructions suitable for youHere

20、 are some sites to begin your surfingYou may start with these pages from this website-just to get a little taste of it without working too hard A Is For Love Flash cards for learning a few Chinese words Listening to the sound of Chinese Play a few words of Chinese on your puter A few Chinese words E

21、ach word is enlarged for easy study If you are studying Chinese，these tools can help Zhongwen site More than a dictionary! Clavis Sinica Excellent program by Professor David PorterIt displays a whole document in ChineseGBorBIG5，and gives individual words definition，pronunciation as well as much more

22、 information when you click on that wordIf you are studying Chinese，this is a very useful tool Chinese Character Visual Dictionary If you like to know more，go to the following sites on the Internet The Chinese Outpost Pronunciation，Character and Grammar By Mark Andrew BakerThe bestA must-visit site

23、Learn Cantonese/Mandarin Online Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning Rainland Kids discover Chinese-Site is in Germany If you want to have a better understanding of China，go to this one Wanfang Data As an affiliate of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology，Wanfang Data has been the leading

24、 information provider in China since 1950sWith a wide range of database resources and value-added services，Wanfang Data has bee a gateway to understanding Chinese culture，medicine，business，science，etc 9.This passage is most probably from _ A.a TV programme B.a teachers lecture C.a newspaper D.the In

25、ternet 10.If you want to know each Chinese characters definition，pronunciation and much more information，youd better surf _ A.Zhongwen site B.A Is For Love C.Clavis Sinica D.A few Chinese words 11.If you want to know China about its culture，medicine，business，science，youd better surf _ A.Learn Mandar

26、in online B.Wanfang Data C.Rainland kids discover Chinese D.The Chinese Outpost 12.The underlined word gateway in the last paragraph probably refers to _ A.an opening in a wall that can be closed by a gate B.a place through which you can go to another place C.the space when a door is open D.a means

27、of getting or achieving somethingDTop lists are lecturing people on everything from 100 places to visit or 100 books to read . Arent you just tired of being told what to do with your time? Now you have a list to end all lists! Take a look at the following two examples from the list of 101 things not

28、 to do: Swim with Dolphins (海豚)? Swimming with dolphins is one of the worlds most profitable tourist activities. However, not every dolphin will wele having their busy, tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boa

29、ts loaded tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers (螺旋桨). Heres a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually theyre just opening mouths. Go to See the Mona Lisa? There must be something about the mysterious (神秘的) smile. The 6 million people who the lad

30、y in the Louvre every year cant all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After qu

31、euing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most. If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldnt just be smiling, shed be laughing. So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Tings NOT to D