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1、只做精品河南省2021年上学期南阳市高二英语期中考试试题 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。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。例：How much is the shirt？ A. 19. 15. B.9.18. c.9.is.答案是C。1. Who will the man go traveling with? A

2、. His friends. B.His workmates. C.His wife and children.2. What would the man like to do tonight? A. Attend a meetlng. B.Stay at home. C.Go to the cinema.3. Where are the speakers? A. In Salt Lake City. B.In San Franclsco. C.In New England.4. What did the womans mother do? A.A babysitter. B.A teache

3、r. C.A lawyer.5. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B.Father and daughter. C.Waiter and customer.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。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、7题。6. Why was the woman a

4、bsent from class this morning? A. Her car wouldnt start. B. She couldnt find her car key. C. Her car had problems on the way. 7. What will the woman probably do next？ A. Rent a car. B.Get another job. C.Buy a new car. 听第7段材料，回答第8.9题。 8. What are the speaker,s talking about? A. Their future plans. B.

5、Their favorite classes. C.Their graduation party. 9. What does the woman want to learn? A. Finance. B.Medicine. C.Computer science. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What does the man decide to eat later? A. Only potatoes. BLots of vegetables. CMostly meat. II. Why does the man choose this new diet? A. It makes

6、 him stronger. B. It helps him feel more balanced. C. It keeps him from getting sick. 12. What attitude does the woman have to the mans decision? A. Positive. B.Disapproving. C.Uncertain. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Where did the speakers plan to go at first? A. Wales. B.England. C.Scotland. 14. What is t

7、he man doing? A. Planning where to go. B. Listening to the radio. C. Helping Emma with her packing. 15. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a bus station. B.In the street. C.At home. 16. What will the weather be like in Eastern England tomorrow evening? A. Rainy. B.Hot. C.Cloudy. 听第10段材料，回

8、答第17至20题。 17. What should a teacher do to be attractive? A. He should be good-looking. B. He should draw the students attention. C. He should try to be perfect. 18. Why should a teacher be a bit of actor? A. To be attractive. BTo show himself. C. To make lessons interesting. 19. What should a teache

9、r study for his profes,sion? A. Fashion, methods and students. B. Subjects, methods and students. C. Parents, subjects and methods. 20. How many teaching qualities are mentioned in the speech? A. Five. B.Four. C.Three. 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AA

10、Poem ContestPublic Poetry is making this contest FREE. All our activities are focused on creating newopportunities for poets and poetry. While we withdraw from social life in the face of the pandemic（全球流行病），we can also be productive, allowing ourselves to reflect and start things in afresh state of

11、mind-all good stuff for writing poetry inspired by these times we re in now.Normally, our contests come with cash awards, a print anthology（诗选） and book launch. This time, we need your help to accomplish this. What you give is what weII give.100% of donations will go towards prizes, readers and judg

12、es fees, and anthology publication costs.GUIDELINESAnyone can submit, including outside the USA.Only new，0riginal poems accepted.ONE entry per person non-members; up to TWO entries for all Public Poetry Members.40 lines maximum per poem (The title and blank lines do not count).Your name and other id

13、entifying information CAN NOT appear anywhere in the submission itself.YOUTH poems will be judged in 3 categories:7 and under; 8-12 years old; 13-18 years old.All submissions should include the date you wrote the poem at the top right corner above the title.Submissions may not be modified（修稿）in any

14、way after entry.Failure to follow any contest guidelines may result in your submission disqualification（取消资格）Winners will be informed on our website and from a link in our free e-newsletter. Wereaiming to notify you in October.21. What do we know about Public Poetry? A. It holds poetry competition.

15、B. It charges applicants for entry. C. It provides a free trip to USA. . D. It enables competitors to be creative.22. Whats the purpose of the second paragraph? A. To make a comparison. B. To tell about Public Poetrys history. C. To encourage donations. D. To show special features.23. Which of the f

16、ollowing will result in disqualification? A. A Chinese submitting an entry. B. The writers name on the submission itself. C. A submission covering 30 lines. D. The date of poem written at the top right corner.B LaShenda Williams was a woman who had been sleeping in a parking lot for a year. It wasa

17、pity that she had been battling alcohol addiction and had been spending the nights in her carat a Nashville Kroger after driving around different locations during the day. Williams was re-ally poor, and she would lean her seat in the car all the way back so that no one would see herbecause she wasnt

18、 supposed to be there. At the end of last year, Jackie Vandal, a hiring manager at a Kroger grocery store, noticed Williams and encouraged her to attend an upcoming job fair. With some help from Vandal, Williams spent a few hours filling out the application. Once Vandal saw the message indicating sh

19、e had successfully applied, Vandal hired her on the spot. It became a great day! Williams was brimming with happiness and smiled from ear to ear. From then on， she loved her work and got excited every day to come in. She couldnt wait to see the workers who she worked with. She couldnt wait to see th

20、e customers. Her positive attitude had been a blessing to the staff, too. Even Jackie Vandal thought that they were so lucky to have Williams as part of their teammembers. Her uplifting spirit was irispiring. She had made such a positive impact on her fel-low team members, and so many customers as w

21、ell. Williams said it was easy to be enthusiastic after everything that had happened. She wassleeping in a parking lot and looking for something to eat last year. However, now，allWilliamss colleagues there love her. No one laughs at her, and no one calls her dumb and stu-pid. For the first time in h

22、er life, she gets peace and happiness.24. How was LaShenda Williamss life last year? A. Enthusiastic and happy. B. Poor and hard. C. Peaceful but boring. D. Exciting but tough.25. What happened to Williams at the end of last year? A. She got a job with the help of Vandal. B. She gained financial ass

23、istance from Vandal. C. She helped Vandal work for Kroger grocery store. D. She attended a job fair organized by a Kroger grocery store.26. Which can take the place of the underlined word“brimming in paragraph 3? A. uncovered B. filled C. increasing D. relieving27. What can we know about Williams? A

24、. She made her family members enthusiastic. B. She won back the customers with her inspiring story. C. She loved her work and felt satisfied with her new life. D. She was so lucky that she made a good impression on customers.C A study showed that people who develop Parkinsons disease （帕金森病) before a

25、ge 50may trace its origin before birth. The research points to a drug that may potentially helps cor-rect these disease processes. The study published in the journal Nature Medicine showed that those patients may havebeen born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades. The researc

26、h team from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center used special stem cells which weregenerated from adult blood cells. They made those stem cells from patients into dopamineneurons (多巴胺能神经元)， and then cultured them in a dish. The researchers identified twoabnormalities (异常) in those dopamine neurons in the dis

27、h. The first one is the accumulationof a special protein which occurs in most forms of Parkinsons disease. The second is the unu-sual cell structures that act as“trash cans forthe cell to break down and destroy proteins. “What we are seeing is the very first sign of young-occurring Parkinsons by usi

28、ng thisnew model, said the studys senior author Clive Svendsen with Cedars-Sinai. 1t appears thatdopamine neurons in these individuals may continue to mishandle this special protein over aperiod of 20 or 30 years, causing Parkinsons symptoms to appear. The investigators also used the stem cell model

29、 to test a number of drugs that might change the abnormalities they had observed. They found that one drug which was already approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating pre-cancers of the skin could reduce the levels of this special protein in both the dopamine neurons in t

30、he dish and in laboratory mice. The researchers are planning more research to determine whether the abnormalities the study found in neurons of Parkinsons patients also exist in other forms of Parkinsons disease.28. Whats the effect of the study? A. Helping cure Parkinsons disease. B. Helping get ri

31、d of disordered brain cells. C. Helping people younger than age 50 be healthy. D. Helping avoid Parkinsons disease. 29. Where did researchers get special stem cells? A. From child blood cells. B. From adult blood cells. C. From dopamine neurons. D. From the dish. 30. What can we infer from Clive Sve

32、ndsens words? A. The model they used is from young. B. The Parkinsons disease is a disease for the young. C. The dopamine neurons develop and grow very quickly. D. The Parkinsons disease may be a long process before symptoms occur. 31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Parkinsons Disease

33、 May Start Before Birth B. A New Way Can Deal With Parkinsons Disease C. We Should Know The Effect Of Parkinsons Disease D. Babies Can Also Fall Into Parkinsons DiseaseD In an experiment to track the effects of insecticide (杀虫剂) on birds in the wild, scien-tists caught 24 sparrows as they migrated(迁

34、徙) north from Mexico and the southern UnitedStates to Canada. The team fed half of those birds on a low amount of the comm only used ag-ricultural insecticide and the other half with a slightly higher amount. An additional 12 birdswere caught and fed on only sunflower oil. Within hours, the birds fe

35、d insecticide began tolose weight and ate less food. Birds given the higher amount lost 6 percent of their weightwithin six hours. The findings suggest that insecticide, already effective in dropping bee populations, couldalso reduce bird populations. There is clear evidence that since 1966, the pop

36、ulations of nearlythree-quarters of farmland birds have dropped. The researchers fed the birds with carefully measured amounts of insecticide mixed withsunflower oil. In the wild, birds might feed on seeds coated with insecticide. Christy Morris-sey, a biologist at the University of Saskatchewan, Ca

37、nada says. Though the birds fed withthe insecticide continued their migration, theres still much we dont know about how repeatedexposures to the insecticide might affect a bird. After observing the birds in the lab, Morrissey and colleagues tracked the birds with lightweight trackers and kept record

38、s as they continued their spring migration. The highestfed birds stayed 3. 5 days longer near the site where they were caught-possibly to recover and regain strength-than birds that werent fed with the insecticide. Birds given the lower amount of insecticide stuck around for three days, and those wh

39、ich werent fed with insecticide flew away after half a day. Tracking the tested birds showed that they all fell behind the others in their migration.32. Why did the researchers catch the birds? A. To protect them from their enemies. B. To study the rules of their migration. C. To study how insectici

40、de influences them. D. To give them a complete medical examination.33. How many birds were tested for the experiment? A. 12. B. 24. C. 36. D. 48.34. Which of the following may Christy agree with? A. People should be prevented from using insecticide. B. Researchers should observe the migration of bir

41、ds further. C. More research is needed on the seeds coated with insecticide. D. More research is needed on the ill effects of insecticide on birds.35. What happened to the birds fed on the insecticide? A. They lost the ability of flying. B. Their desire for food all increased greatly. C. They stayed

42、 3 days where they were caught. D. They arrived at their migration place later than usual.第二节 （共 5小题;每小题 2分,满分 10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项 。4 Simple Ways to Help Young Children Fall in Love with Literacy Send your kids on a writing and reading adventure! Even in preschool, every sin

43、gle child love writing and the power of writing. It is wonderful for them to understand that these scratch（划痕） marks on paper are actually words and that they can make those words, too! 36 Instead, theyre writirig for fun. Weve chosen four exercises from Adventures with Zap : 107 Creative Prompts fo

44、r Beginning Writers. Share them with your kids to help them develop their love of learning. Just ask your child to 37 They can fill in the following on a sheet of paper: Hi, my name is I am. yearsold The best thing about being my age is The worst thing about being my age is Draw a picture of themsel

45、ves when they were brave. Then ask them to think about whattheyve drawn and write down what they are afraid of. 38 What did it feel like to be brave? Write down what it means to be a friend. 39 It doesnt matter either the friend is real or imagined. And write down what they love about this friend.Br

46、ain storm! If theyre stuck and need a little push back into creativity, ask them a ques- tion and give them l-3 minutes to write down every idea that suddenly occurs to them, the wilder the better. 40 A. Who is their best friend? B. How did they face their fear? C. How many friends do they have at s

47、chool? D. Introduce themselves to someone they dont know. E. Theyre not writing for their teachers or parents in most cases. F. Then, ask them to choose their favorite one and write about it. G. Let them list the things that they are most fond of doing everyday. 第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 （共20小题；每小题1

48、.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。 Michael Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. When the other kids began to 4 1 that, Todd,a freshman at high school, became the 42 of taunts（嘲笑）.There was 43 that Todd could do to change the situation, 44 . H

49、is mother simply couldnt 45 to buy him new clothes.Two of the 46 laughing at him were Antwan Garrett and Kristopher Graham,a pair of freshman football players. However, they 47 over time that their mean 48 felt likebullying（欺凌）and seemed to be slowly crushing（毁坏）Todds 49 omething finallyclicked.“I f

50、elt like I needed to do something, Graham said. So he and Garrett 5 0 a plan.They went home and hunted through their own 51 .The next day, they met Todd and 52 him to come into the hall. He wasnt smiling or wearing any facial expression, and I said, 61 think this is going tomake you 53 ,” Graham sai

51、d.I told him, I 54 for laughing at you, and I want togive you something t0 55 it up. Graham then handed Todd a big bag. Inside were cleanshirts and shorts, plus a brand-new pair of New Balance sneakers. Todd was impressed a lot. 1 was very 56 , he said. Shocked, completely. Todd got much more than n

52、ew 57 . At lunch, he no longer sits 58 . Now he eatswith his new friends, Garrett and Graham. Ive been bullied my entire life, Todd said. Reflecting on the day Garrett and Grahamcalled him into the 59 , he called it the 60 day of my entire life.41. A. notice B. appreciate C. ignore D. imagine42. A.

53、reputation B. target C. feature D. motivation43. A. more B. less C. much D. little44. A. though B. moreover C. otherwise D. therefore45. A. refuse B. promise C. afford D. decide46. A. competitors B. schoolmates C. companions D. enemies47. A. recognized B. assessed C. complained D. recalled48. A. minds B. letters C. words D. talks49. A. body B. brain C. impression D. spirit50. A. adopted to B. drew up C. stuck to D. put up51. A. classes B. desks C. drawers D. of