黑龙江省绥化市安达市第七中学学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题含答案.docx

1、黑龙江省绥化市安达市第七中学学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题含答案黑龙江省绥化市安达市第七中学2019-2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题一、阅读理解A.My First Marathon(马拉松) A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.I remember back to my 7t

2、h year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didnt do either well. He later informed me that I was not athletic.The idea that I was not athletic stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle agai

3、nst myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldnt even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.Shortl

4、y after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!At mile 3, I passed a sign: GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then run

5、ning again.By mile 21, I was starving!As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I go

6、t the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a marathon winner.1.A month before the marathon, the author _.A.was well trained B.felt scared C.made up his mind to run D.lost ho

7、pe2.Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?A.To acknowledge the support of his teacher. B.To amuse the readers with a funny story.C.To show he was not talented in sports. D.To share a precious memory.3.How was the authors first marathon?A.He made it. B.He quit halfway. C.He got th

8、e first prize. D.He walked to the end.4.What does the story mainly tell us?A.A man owes his success to his family support. B.A winner is one with a great effort of will.C.Failure is the mother of success. D.One is never too old to learn.B .Find Your Adventure at the Space and Aviation(航空) CenterIf y

9、oure looking for a unique adventure, the Space and Aviation Center (SAC) is the place to be. The Center offers programs designed to challenge and inspire with hands-on tasks and lots of fun.More than 750,000 have graduated from SAC, with many seeking employment in engineering, aviation, education, m

10、edicine and a wide variety of other professions. They come to camp, wanting to know what it is like to be an astronaut or a pilot, and they leave with real-world applications for what theyre studying in the classroom.For the trainees, the programs also offer a great way to earn merit badges(荣誉徽章). A

11、t Space Camp, trainees can earn their Space Exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets, learn about space tasks and try simulated(模拟) flying to space with the crew from all over the world. The Aviation Challenge program gives trainees the chance to earn their Aviation badge. They learn t

12、he principles of flight and test their operating skills in the cockpit(驾驶舱) of a variety of flight simulators. Trainees also get a good start on their Wilderness Survival badge as they learn about water- and land-survival through designed tasks and their search and rescue of downed pilot.With all th

13、e programs, teamwork is key as trainees learn the importance of leadership and being part of a bigger task.All this fun is available for ages 9 to 18. Families can enjoy the experience together, too, with Family Camp programs for families with children as young as 7.Stay an hour or stay a week there

14、 is something here for everyone!For more details, please visit us online at .5.Why do people come to SAC?A.To experience adventures.B.To look for jobs in aviation.C.To get a degree in engineering.D.To learn more about medicine.6.To earn a Space Exploration badge, a trainee needs to_.A.fly to spaceB.

15、get an Aviation badge firstC.study the principles of flightD.build and fire model rockets7.What is the most important for trainees?A.Leadership. B.Team spirit. C.Task planning. D.Survival skills.C .Plastic-Eating WormsHumans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of th

16、at winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can

17、 break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms chewing alone was not responsible for the polyeth

18、ylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.Federica Bertocchini, co-autho

19、r of the study, says the worms ability to break down their everyday food beeswax also allows them to break down plastic. Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, she explains, The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. J

20、ennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will

21、 be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?Bertocchini agrees and hopes her teams findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industria

22、l process not simply millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.8.What can we learn about the worms in the study?A.They take plastics as their everyday food.B.They are newly evolved creatures.C.They can consume plastics.D.They wind up in landfills.9.According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step o

23、f the study is to_.A.identify other means of the breakdownB.find out the source of the enzymeC.confirm the research findingsD.increase the breakdown speed10It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might _.A.help to raise wormsB.help make plastic bagsC.be used to clean the oceansD

24、.be produced in factories in future11.What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To explain a study method on worms.B.To introduce the diet of a special worm.C.To present a way to break down plastics.D.To propose new means to keep eco-balance.D Taktak tabulaba? You probably dont know how to answer th

25、at question-unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau. Then you would know it means “What are we doing?” Matukar Panau is one of the worlds rarest languages. It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea. Several

26、years ago, David Harrison, a language expert didnt know much about Matukar Panau either. No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules. With so few speakers, the language risked disappearing soon. It was endangered. Harrison didnt want that to happen to Matukar Panau. So in 2009, he s

27、et out for Papua New Guinea. His goal: use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue. But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss. Studies suggest that by the end of this century, nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could disapp

28、ear. Theyre in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly adults, Harrison says. When those individuals die, their language will die with them. In addition, children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages, such as Chinese, English or Span

29、ish. In the United States alone, 134 native American languages are endangered. Harrison says, “language hotspots” exist all over the world. These are places with endangered languages that havent been recorded. They include the state of Oklahoma, pockets of central and eastern Siberia, parts of north

30、ern Australia and communities in South America.12.The purpose of using the question “Taktak tabulaba?” is to _.A.introduce a new foreign languageB.introduce the topic of the textC.show the difficulty understanding Matukar PanauD.stress the importance of Matukar Panau13.What did Harrison go to PaPua

31、New Guinea for?A.Learning their native languageB.Learning their modern technologyC.Helping preserve their endangered tongueD.Teaching the natives a new language14.The underline word “discard” in Paragraph 5 means _.A.get rid ofB.pick upC.hear ofD.learn about15The last two paragraphs imply that endan

32、gered languages are _.A.dying quickly in SiberiaB.popular in some special placesC.becoming a worldwide problemD.some native tongues根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出最佳选项。选项有两项为多余选项。 16_Most big name companies have websites offering information on their products and online stores allowing shoppers to purchase them in the comfort of