学年下学期高二期中备考金卷 英语含听力解析版.docx

1、学年下学期高二期中备考金卷 英语含听力解析版2020-2021学年下学期高二期中备考金卷英 语注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷（选择题）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

2、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 was the weather like in the early morning?A. Rainy. B. Fine. C. Foggy.2. How did Grace get to school?A. By car B. By bus. C. By bike.3. Which button has the man lost?A. The one on the pocket.B. The one

3、on the collar.C. The one on the sleeve.4. What will the man do next year?A. Look for a part-time job.B. Attend a marketing course.C. Continue to work in the company.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A dish. B. A supermarket. C. A restaurant.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

4、后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选岀最佳选项。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，各小题将给岀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。6. What is the woman dissatisfied with about the first dress?A. The wide belt.B. The long sleeves.C. The white flowers on the sleeves.7. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Get her dress back

5、 from Angela.B. Borrow a nice dress from Angela.C. Give her short-sleeved dress to Angela.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is wrong with Shannon?A. She cannot find her dog. B. She cannot please her boss. C. She is under great pressure.9. What does the man try to do?A. Comfort the woman. B. Refuse the woman. C

6、. Scold the woman.10. How does the woman feel?A. Satisfied. B. Upset. C. Busy.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Why does the man want some furniture?A. To receive guests. B. To let his apartment out.C. To make his apartment look different.12. What does the woman offer to give the man?A. A sofa. B. A television.

7、C. Two tables.13. Where will the man probably get a shelf?A. From a garage sale.B. From a furniture store.C. From his parents house听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. When did Elena decide to become a dancer?A. At the age of 7. B. At the age of 9. C. At the age of 11.15. What does Elena say about the ballet Cinder

8、ella?A. She saw it when she was little.B. The music was unfamiliar to her.C. It will be very popular with children.16. What does Elena often do for her fans?A. She gives them a flower.B. She sends them a free ticket.C. She gives away her photographs.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the purpose of the t

9、alk?A. To recommend a music course.B. To invite people to visit a music college.C. To attract more students to Brownstoke College.18. What did Lena Phipps use to be?A. A teacher. B. A jazz singer. C. An opera singer.19. Why were there no more than ten students in Lena Phipps class?A. The classroom i

10、s not big enough.B. Students can get enough attention.C. Not many people are interested in the course.20. What does the speaker advise listeners to do?A. Cook their own meals.B. Make a reservation early.C. Perform songs confidently.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）

11、中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHere we will show you some of the best winter RV(野营车) destinations in the United States.Casa Del Sol Resort(度假胜地)At the Casa Del Sol, you are sure to feel right at home. This RV destination offers showers, laundry facilities (设备), restrooms and free Wi-Fi at the RV sites. They d

12、ont stop there though, this awesome RV park offers an Olympic sized heated pool, craft rooms as well as planned year-round activities to keep you busy and active.Golden Village Palms RV ResortThis RV resort in sunny southern California, is a great choice to spend your winter months! This RV park off

13、ers a big pool, outdoor barbecues, a lending library and even free coffee! On the RV hook-up sites they feature cheap Wi-Fi and landscaping services to keep the park neat and clean! A great place to park your RV for the winter!Riverbend Resort Cabins & RV ParkRiverbend Resort Cabins and RV Park is t

14、he perfect place for your RV when you want a warm place to return to after a long day of hiking, biking or fishing in the cold! It offers water, sewer and electrical hookups, as well as cheap Wi-Fi. It also offers outdoor grills and picnic tables. There is easy access to hiking and biking trails fro

15、m the campsite.Forge AdirondackForge Adirondack resort offers many activities to attract you to their campgrounds for winter recreation! It offers snowmobiling which is popular with most tourists, a snowshoe track, boat rentals and even horseback riding! It has 8 different sites for heated restrooms

16、 and showers, and each site comes complete with picnic tables.21. Which o the following is free of charge at the Casa Del Sol Resort?A. Restrooms. B. Wi-Fi. C. Laundry facilities. D. Showers.22. Which destination offers free coffee?A. Casa Del Sol Resort.B. Riverbend Resort Cabins & RV Park.C. Golde

17、n Village Palms RV Resort.D. Forge Adirondack.23. Which attracts most tourists at Forge Adirondack?A. A snowshoe track. B. Swimming. C. Snowmobiling. D. Horseback riding.BWhen it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did

18、not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself , “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me”. No one could have had a more active old age. She was born on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At 12 she left ho

19、me and was in domestic service until at 27 she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a

20、little as a child and made embroidery(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands became too stiff(僵硬的) to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a busine

21、ssman who bought all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so lon

22、g, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it,” she said. 24. What can we learn about Moses?A. She stopped painting in her late seventies.B. She still led an active life when she was old.C. Her marriage life was not hap

23、py.D. She painted oils as a child.25. What did Grandma Moses spend most of her life doing?A. Embroidering. B. Farming. C. Nursing. D. Painting.26. What does the underlined word “portrayals ” in the last paragraph mean?A. Directions. B. Stages. C. Surveys. D. Descriptions.27. Which of the following w

24、ould be the best title for the passage?A. Grandma Moses: the Best Woman PainterB. Grandma Moses and Her Farm LifeC. Grandma Moses and Her ExhibitionD. Grandma Moses: A Famous Woman Painter of 20th CenturyCIf you dont use it, you lose it. At least, thats how the old saying goes. It refers to the idea

25、 that something which does not get used regularly quickly falls into a state of decline. Muscles, for example, will waste away without use. In order to resist this, people take regular exercise to keep their skills sharp.Well, what about the brain? As we age, our brains can naturally begin to declin

26、e. In some cases, this can lead to certain mental conditions such as dementia(痴呆), which Im sure you will agree, no one wants. However, all is not lost because these days its relatively easy to train your brain. Smart phones and apps have put programmes into our hands that can test, maintain and eve

27、n improve our memories, mathematical skills and a lot of other mental abilities. With a little practice every day, we can keep our brains nice and sharp, right?Well, no, actually. According to a report from the Global Council on Brain Health, even though many people thought it was important to play

28、online games, such as puzzles and mind games, which are designed to improve brain health, the evidence of the benefits was “weak to non-existent”.There are other ways to promote the old grey matter. It recommends seeking out new activities that challenge the way you think and are socially engaging,

29、while leading to a healthy lifestyle. Among their suggestions are practising tai chi, taking photography classes, learning new technologies, gardening, art projects or volunteering.Theres more good news, too. James Goodwin, chief scientist at Age UK has said that brain decline is not inevitable(不可避免

30、的). As long as the activities are “new to you and require your concentrated attention”, they can provide benefits for brain health. So, hurry up, get out there and try something new. Maybe its time to try that hobby youve always wanted to do. And as for me? Im off to learn the piano.28. From which i

31、s the text probably taken?A. A biology textbook. B. A research paper.C. A travel brochure. D. A healthy magazine.29. According to the passage, what can the brain training apps help you?A. It will improve our brain health. B. It can make us smarter.C. It does little to sharp our brain. D. It can prevent us from aging.30. How to maintain brain health according to the author?A. Using smart phone regularly. B. Trying something new.C. Playing games online. D. Doing what you are good at.31. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. How to spend time meaningfully at an old age.B. How to keep brain sha