湖南省常德市2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题(精编版)

1、湖南省常德市2020学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题时 量 120 分钟满分150 分第一部分听力技能（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， 从题中所给的最佳选项。每段对话仅读一遍。1. what are the speakers talking about?a.a pair of sunglasses.b. weather changes. experience.2. what does the man think of the woman's english?a. acceptable.b. gre

2、at.3. what has robert decided to do?a. go to the office.b. go to the woman's home.c. have a holiday picnic.4. what does the man suggest?a. not going around by the shopping mall.b. not building the shopping mall under a tunnel.c. building a tunnel to avoid traffic accidents.5. why do they want to

3、 go by train?a. it's the fastest way.b. it's cheaper.c. it's easy to buy tickets.b、c 三个选项中选出c.shoppingc.just第二节（共15 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）听下面 5 段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给出的a、b c 三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段材料读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第6 、 7 题 。6. what does the man suggest the woman do tonight?a. go to a party.b. see a

4、film.c. go to a concert.7. what does the woman have to do tonight?a. take care of her brother.b. visit her brother.c. see her parents off.听第 7 段材料，回答第8 至 10 题 。8. what does the woman want to buy?a. a skirt for her daughter.b. a hat for her doctor.c. a hat for her daughter.9. how much does it cost he

5、r?a.$20.b. $22.c. $25.10. where will the woman go next?a. to the third floor to buy some clothes.b. to the second floor to buy some food.c. to the first floor to buy some fruit.听第 8 段材料，回答第11 至 13 题 。11. what kind of room does the woman recommend to the man?a. one room with a kitchen at one side.b.

6、one room without a kitchen.c. one room with a kitchen at the back.12. where does the apartment stand?a. just beside the underground station.b. just in downtown.c. far from the underground station.13. what can we infer from the conversation?a. the room is far from what the man thinks of.b. the man th

7、inks the room is too dear to rent.c. the man finds that it fits his idea of the room.听第 9 段材料，回答第14 至 16 题 。14. what is the topic of the conversation?a.friendship.b. family.15. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the man has no friends.b. the man considers family's help very important.c.

8、the woman has no boyfriend.16. which will the woman support?a. family's not important.b. love's not important.c. friendship's most important in life.第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题 。17. where will the swimming competition be held?a. at the new town swimming pool.b. at the jackson sports center.c.

9、in a university's swimming pool.18. when will the students return to their school?a. at 2:45.b. at 3:10.c. at 3:15.19. who will gather at the front gate at 9:45 in the morning?a. stude nts of years 7 to 10 and their teachers.b. stude nts of years 7 and 8 and their teachers.c. stude nts of years

10、7 to 9 and their teachers.c. marriage.20. what will be available at the sports center?a. cold drinks.b. food.c. hot water.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分34 分 ） 第一节（共12 小题，每小题2 分，满分 24 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，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应位置。aevery year on my birthday, from the time i turned 12, a white gardenia（栀 子花）

11、was sent to my house. it did not come with a card or note of any kind, but i loved the beauty andsweet smell of the flower.and i n ever stopped imag ing who the giver might be. my mother helped me to imag ine. she'd ask me if i had done someth ing kind for anyone. perhaps the neighbor rd helped

12、carry heavy bags for, or one of myclassmates who i helped the lessons with. as a teenager, though, i had more fun thinking that it might be a boy i liked at school.when i was 17, a boy broke my heart and i cried myself to sleep. when i woke up in theglass clea ner, my mother knew everythi ng was all

13、 right aga in. one mon th before i finimorning, there was a message on my mirror, "if we let sadness go, happ in ess will surely come to you." i thought about those words for a long time. whenl fin ally went to get theshed high school, my father left us forever. i lost interest in all the

14、celebrating activities such as the class play, tak ing photos with classmates before leav ing the high schoolwhere i had studied for three years. although my mother was very sad, she still en couraged me to take part in all those. she wan ted her child to have a sense that there was still beauty in

15、the face of bad luck, just like the garde nia lovely, stro ng and perfect.my mother died 10 days after i was married. i was 26. that was the year garde nias stopped coming.21. fromthe age of,the writer began to receive a gardeniaa. 17b. 12c. 26 d. 10every year on her birthday.22. what can we infer f

16、rom the un derl ined sentence in paragraph 3?a. mother was clever.b. i was still sad.c. the glass was dirty.d. mother really un derstood me.24.tinhfeacwtriitewralosstinterestin activities before leavinghighschoolbecausea. no flowers were sent to herb. a boy broke her heartc. her father diedd. there

17、was no beauty in her lifewho sent the flowers.a. the writer's fatherb. the writer's motherd. one of the n eighborsc. a boy classmatebmany people say dolphins are very intelligent. they seem to be able tothink, understand, and learn things quickly. but are they smart like humans or more tha n

18、 cats or dogs? dolph ins use their brains differe ntly from people.but scientists say dolphin intelligence and human intelligence are similarin some ways. how?fact 1: talk to melike humans, every dolphin has its own "name". the nameis a special whistle.each dolphin chooses a specific whist

19、le for itself, usually by its first birthday. actually,scientists think dolphins, like people, "talk" to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. and, like humans, dolphins use a system of sounds and body language to communicate. but understandi

20、ng their conversations is not easy for humans. no one speaks "dolphin" yet, but some scientists are trying to learn.fact 2: let's playdolphins are also social animals. they live in groups, and they often join others from different groups to play games and have fun just like people. in

21、fact, playing together is something only intelligent animals do.fact 3: fishermen's helperdolphins and humans are similar in another way: both make plans to get something they want. in the seas of southern brazil, for example, dolphins use an interesting strategy to get food. whenfish are near a

22、 boat, dolphins show signs to the fishermen to put their nets in the water. using this method, the men can catch a lot of fish. what is the advantage for the dolphins in doing so? they get to eat some of the fish.25. what does a dolphin often use as its "name"?a. a body language.b. a speci

23、al whistle.c.its feeling.d. its age.26. why do dolphins join others from different groups?a. to learn to "talk".b. to meet their families.c. to play games.d. to find food.27. how do dolphins help fishermen catch fish?a. by showing signs to the fishermen.b. by leading the fish into the net.

24、c. by following fishing boats.d. by playing with other fish.28. what is the passage mainly about?a. dolphins are smarter than humans.b. dolphins make friends with humans.c. dolphins teach humans to speak "dolphin".d. dolphins and humans are similar in some ways.cthe world health organizati

25、on says air pollution is now the world's single-largestenvironmental health risk. a new report from the who says nearly eight million people died in 2020 because of air pollution. that is more than twice as many as the number in 2020.air pollution is an international problem. the world health or

26、ganization says one in eight people die from air pollution, from both inside buildings and outside. it says new information shows air pollution is partly to blame for people dying at an early age from heart disease. it says other causes of death include cancer and or long-term diseases of the lungs

27、and breathing passages. the who report says most deaths from air pollution take place in low and middle-income countries in southeast asia and the western pacific ocean. about half of the world's population lives in those countries. many people who live there use open fires or simple equipment t

28、o cook food and heat their homes.health officials say 4.2 million people died at an early age in 2020 because of the burningof coal and biomass fuelssuch as wood, crop waste and animal wastes. they say 3.7 million others died in cities and rural areas becauseof outside air polluti on.carlos dora say

29、s countries must work together to reduce air pollution because what happe ns in one country can affect lives in ano ther coun try.dr. dora says at one time, air pollution was worse in developed countriesthan in developing ones. but he notes developed countries especially britain and the united state

30、s have taken steps to greatly reduce air pollutio n duri ng the past 10 years.he says measures that help cut air pollutioncan be costly. but he says they may save money in the long term by loweri ng health care costs.29. according to the passage, air pollution can cause the following diseases except

31、 .a. heart diseaseb. can cerc. lung diseased. memory loss30. how many people died of air polluti on in 2020?a. about 4.2 millio n.b. about 3.7 millio n.c. about 3.9 millio n.d. about 7.9 millio n.31. to reduce air polluti on, people should .a. use more woodb. avoid using coalc. use more ani mal wast

32、ed. improve the way to use fuels32. it can be see n from the passage that .a. people worldwide should work together to reduce air polluti onb. develop ing coun tries have done better tha n developed coun triesc. it is not worthwhile to make efforts to reduce air pollutiond. more people died from air

33、 pollution in the countryside than in cities第二节（共5 小题，每小题2 分，满分 10 分）请从以下选项（ a、b、c 和 d）中选出符合语境的选型，并在答题卡上将答案填写在相应位置。选项中有两项是多余选项。3 ways to make respo nsibility funhere are 3 great ways to teach your childresp on sibility while still hav ing fun:caring for a petrve heard many pare nts say to their kids

34、, "now, if you get this cat, i'mnot going to take care of it. you have to!" this is an un reas on able expectati on for small childre n and sets them up for failure. 33. in_ whe n your child gets a pet, accept that you will have to care for the pet too. pick two orthree fun pet tasks t

35、hat your child can do.34. if your child sees you are carefully cari ng for your pets, you'llbe teaching him howto look after them! and you won't have to do that anymore! volun teer work for childre nchildren need volunteer jobs that use their skills and allow them to see the positive results

36、of their actions. 35. thiscan be an eye-opening experie nee that en courages him to help others.36.many parents refuse to reward their children. but the truth is that rewardswork when you encourage responsible behavior in your kid. children under 10 usually can't understand ideas like social res

37、ponsibility. older kids also ben efit from rewards because the reward means that people no tice their excelle nt behavior.37. so it is important to help your child grow into a healthy and resp on sible member of society.a. rewards for kidsb. live your life resp on siblyc. childre n love repeat ing t

38、he things adults do.d. give your kid a cha nee to expla in his acti ons.e. without personal responsibility, society can't be healthy.f. also, it teaches children that caring for pets is a difficult task.g. volun teer work teaches your child that not every one has the things he has.第三部分知识运用（共三节，满

39、分55 分）第一节完形填空（共20 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后就从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c 和 d） 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将答案写在相应位置。i will n ever forget the two impressive thi ngs that happe ned last win ter.one of my classmates and i were 38 our project work late at ni ght at school far from home. si nee there was 39

40、in the forecast, i had worn a win ter 40 to school that day with a rain coat in my bag.throughout our work on the project, i could 41 thatmy friend wastired from a very long day worki ng. as we stepped outside to beg in the 42 walk home, i 43 she was shaking. the temperature was very low and she 44

41、had a sweater on. i 45 offered her my warm jacket. she accepted it and asked me what i 46 wear the n. i told her i hadano ther one and prete nded that my 47 was a jacket. she said later that she 48 the n ext morning and the first thing on her mind was feeli ng moved about my49 of the jacket.coincide

42、ntally,the next day i went to an open-air play and i was freezing50 i didn't expect it to be so 51 .a person who i hardly 52 insisted that i wear his jacket. i was 53 touched by this warmgesture. he was somatter-of-fact about me 54 his coat. he simply took it off and han ded it to me, telli ng m

43、e that i should 55 it. i used to thinkthat this world was a cold 56 .it turns out that eve n whe n the temperature drops low, the people n ever57 warm ing each other'shearts.38. a. starti ngb. destro yingc. show ingd. doing39.a. rainb. fogc. snow d. cloud40. a. suitb. jacketc. cap d.41. a. thi n

44、kb. guessc. see d.coat check42. a. easyb. shortc. safe d. long43. a. heardb. believedc. nod. ticedexpected44. a.mostlyb. n earlyc. only d. usually45. a. sudde nlyb. immediatelyc. madlyd.calmly46. a. wouldb. couldc.d. shouldmight47. a. blouseb. sweaterc. dressd. rain coat48. a. ran awayb. woke upc. f

45、ell illd got hurt49. a. saleb. sizec. colord.offer50. a. thoughb. untilc. sinced. if51. a. warmb. coldc. sunnyd. dark52. a. knewb. un derstoodc. lovedd.blamed53. a. deeplyb. wron glyc. fin allydfirmly54. a. envyingb. watchi ng weari ngc. holdidng55. a.keepb. buyc. borrowdthrow56. a. en vir onmentb.

46、place situatio nc. wi ndd.57. a. denyb. agreec. helpd. stop第二节 ( 共 10 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分 15 分)阅读下面的材料，在空白出填入适当的内容( 1 个单词 ) 或括号内单词的正确行使，并将答案转写到答题卡上。i read an article in my local n ewspaper a week ago. there was a couple in my n eighborhood 58.house had bee n badly damaged in a storm. irememberd it 59. i

47、had n ever experie need such a big storm in mylife.this couple did n't have in sura nee and they had bee n sav ing for five60. (year) to get their home. unfortunately their house was badly61. (damage) in the storm.then one day 62.(them) came home from work and found anenv elope in their mailbox.

48、 whe n they 63. (ope n) it, they found100 dollars with a note 64 (say) “ i was driving past your houseon my way home to work yesterday, and i know you n eed this more tha n i do. best wishes!” no name was left; it was simply an act of 65.(ki nd).they wrote to the local newspaper to thank the strange

49、r. the article later caught the eye of some other people who volun teered to pay for the costs of repairs to the couple's home.i was really in spired 66._ this story, since it shows thatan act of kindn ess has the ability 67. （cha nge ） the world byin spiri ng others to help.第三节改错（共 10 小题，每小题1 分

50、，满分 10 分）下列句子中各有一处语言错误，请把错误改正，其他部分不得改动。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（a），并在右边的横线上写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，并在右边的横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉。修改：在错误的词下划一横线，并在右边横线上写出改正后的词。68. i live in beijing, where is the capital of china.69. the questi ons rais ing by the boy are very importa nt.70. it was very kind for them

51、to meet me at the station.71. the doctors came to help because they have heard about the accide nt.72. you must agree absolute and try not to change matters later.73. see the big sn ake, the little girl stood un der the tree frighte ned.74. when hearing the news, the children felt exciting.75. our t

52、eacher in sisted that we came to school on time every day.76. my brother and i have in vited to her birthday party.77. the gover nment has promised to take measure to help the un employed.第四部分写作技能（共两节，满分31 分）第一节双向翻译（共5 小题， 78,79,82 题 1 分， 80， 81 题 1.5 分，满分 6 分）请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。recently, i have experieneed someproblems in the school computer room.78. the computers are old and slow, and sometimes they eve n do not work. onsun day, 2 march, for example, 79. i had to spe nd four hours doing myhomework, all because of the pr