2020-2021学年新教材英语外研版必修第二册期中素养评估 Word版含解析

1、期中素养评估(120分钟150分)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。1how will the woman get to the airport?aby bus. bby taxi.cby car.2what's the man's plan for tonight?ato go out for dinner. bto write a work

2、 report.cto cook some chicken.3what's the most probable relationship between the speakers?aclassmates. bworkmates.cteacher and student.4how does the woman most probably feel now?arelaxed. bsurprised.cworried.5what are the speakers most probably talking about?aa book. ba newspaper.can experience.

3、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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6what day is it today?afriday. bsaturday.csunday.7who is the woman speaking to?aa friend. ba performer.ca ticket seller.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8why

4、 will the man go to germany?ato do sight­seeing. bto see his girlfriend.cto visit a friend's family.9how is calling a stranger's family name in germany?anormal. bimpolite.cfriendly.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10what did the man dream of becoming as a teenager?aa writer. ba college teacher.ca succ

5、essful businessman.11how many languages is the man learning now?a1. b2.c3.12what does the woman think of learning new languages?aunnecessary. bimportant.cdifficult.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13who came to david's place this morning?amrs brown. ba repairman.ca tv seller.14what did mrs brown do four days a

6、go?ashe broke her tv. bshe called a tv repair shop.cshe went to the tv repair shop.15what did david decide to do in the end?abuy a smart tv. bask others to fix his tv.cwatch tv on the internet.16how long has david had his tv?afor eight years. bfor ten years.cfor thirteen years.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17w

7、hat is the text mainly about?ahow to live green. bhow to save energy.chow to protect trees.18what does the man suggest doing at first?arecycling plastic bottles. busing reusable bottles.cbuying cheap glasses.19why should we buy local fruits and vegetables?athey cost less. bit's more convenient.c

8、it's good for the environment.20what does cool earth do?agive money to the poor. bproduce clean energy.csave trees.第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。aif you are looking for a day trip with the family, here's a list of festivals and fairs for you.hopsc

9、otch music festivalwhere: downtown raleighwhen: todaysaturdayhighlights: this music festival features performances by more than 175 national and international bands playing in 15 different places, all within walking distance. music genres will include rock, hiphop, heavy metal, dance, classical, fol

10、k and so on.admission: $ 10$ 30details: www. flatwoods festivalwhere: 451 peach tree road, bennettwhen: 10 am saturday5 pm sunday.highlights: this annual festival, which is in its 15th year, features family fun, food and horse rides. there will also be musical entertainment and a grand parade with c

11、ars, trucks, tractors, horse­drawn vehicles, floats, farm equipment and many other things.admission: on saturday, free; on sunday, $10; $5 for children aged 13 and under.details: telephone number: 9195485192; www.visitpittsboro. comnc mountain state fairwhere: 1301 fanning bridge road, fletcher

12、when: todaysept. 16highlights: in celebration of the people, agriculture, art and traditions that make our region great, the fair offers performances and even a man who carves artwork with a saw.admission: $ 7; $ 3 for kids aged 612details: telephone number: 8286871414; www.mountainfair. org21what d

13、oes the underlined word “genres” refer to?atypes. bactivities.clessons. dprograms22how can you know the details about the flatwoods festival?aby surfing the website: www. mountain fair. org.bby dialing the telephone number: 8286871414.cby dialing the telephone number: 9195485192.dby surfing the webs

14、ite: www. hopscotchmusic fest. com.23where can visitors see a special kind of artwork?aflatwoods. bdowntown raleigh.cbennett. dfletcher.boctober sixteenth is world food day. this day is also the anniversary of the united nations food and agriculture organization (f.a.o.). the un agency leads interna

15、tional efforts to defeat world hunger. it was created in 1945.the fa.o. says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate world food day. at fa.o. headquarters in rome, for example, runners will compete in a five­kilometer race through the city's historical

16、area. events in other countries include discussions among experts, press conferences and musical programs.the message of this year's world food day is “investing in agriculture for food security”. the fa.o. says, “during the early 1990s, the foreign aid for agriculture was nine thousand million

17、dollars each year. but now, it has declined to less than five thousand million dollars a year.” yet, the fa.o. estimates that more than eight hundred and fifty million people around the world do not get enough food.the un agency notes that seventy percent of the world's hungry lies in the farmer

18、s who grow small amount of food. many also face problems of feeding themselves. the fa.o. says agricultural aid could help small farmers make a profit from their crops. farmers would also be able to feed their families throughout the year and reinvest in their farms. they could buy better seeds, equ

19、ipment and chemical fertilizers to help their crops grow.muhammad yunis the winner of the nobel peace prize for his efforts to improve the lives of poor people, as well as his bangladesh microfinance organization, the grameen bank, has lent small amount of money to poor people who are unable to get

20、traditional loans, especially women. minister yunis says that he plans to give his share of the one million three hundred thousand dollars nobel award to good causes. he says he wants to establish an eye hospital and start a project to produce low­cost food for the poor.24to celebrate world foo

21、d day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?atwo. bthree.cfour. dfive.25which of the following statements is true?athe fa.o. is established to invest in agriculture for food security.bthe foreign aid for agriculture has reduced by nearly 50% in recent decades.cthe grameen bank h

22、as provided large amount of loans for poor farmers.dyunis will donate his entire nobel award to help solve the hunger of the poor.26with agricultural aid, farmers can _.apromote the production of crops bproduce low­cost foodcinvest money in other fields dhelp to improve crop seeds27the writer w

23、rote the passage mainly to _.agive an introduction of the fa.o. binform us of the situations of the world foodcappeal for more investment on agriculture dshow how to deal with the world's hungercfrom now, if all goes well, a high­tech spacecraft will land at the south pole of the moon. ther

24、e, it will drill 66 feet down into the surface and collect samples of the mantle (地幔样本) to bring back to the earth.but before it leaves, it will have a two­part time capsule (时间胶囊): a public part, full of the earth's history, and a private part, full of digital memory boxes created by indiv

25、iduals. these memory boxes can hold digital filesrecords of family trees, videos or actual dna in the form of human hair. not everyone can have a digital memory box, though. the boxes are only delivered for the people who donate money to the project.the project, called lunar mission one, has already

26、 raised more than half of its 600,000 goal since its start just a few days ago. the founders thought that it would succeed because of the attraction of both exploring the moon surface and leaving a time capsule behind. the mission was a technical action, but it was also an emotional one, bringing th

27、e excitement of knowing that something humans built on the earth reached somewhere else in space.still, it does seem risky (冒险的) for a person to donate 60 to keep a digital memory box for a project that won't come true until 2024. what if the project never takes off? what if the technology isn&#

28、39;t good enough? what if those digital memory boxes break on the moon's surface? and how will anybody ever even know if that happens? ian crawford, a professor at birkbeck college in london and scientific advisor to the mission, says it is not necessary to worry about these. the plan to leave a

29、 time capsule on the moon isn't really about physically leaving something on the moonit's more an opportunity to encourage people's interest in space.28who can have a digital memory box on the moon?aa person who donated 60 to the project.ba person who has records of family trees.ca perso

30、n who is in charge of the project.da person who is interested in exploring the moon.29what can be learned about lunar mission one from paragraph 3?athe spacecraft was successfully started just a few days ago.bit will explore the moon surface and leave a time capsule on the moon.cit was created becau

31、se of the excitement of knowing something in space.dit was a technical action because it was designed with rich emotion.30why does it seem risky to donate 60 to keep a digital memory box?abecause the spacecraft won't be sent on time.bbecause the technology isn't good enough.cbecause the proj

32、ect won't come true until 2034.dbecause there are various possibilities in such a long time.31what can be concluded from the last sentence of the passage?aeverything about the project will be ok.bthe time capsule on the moon is not meaningful.cthe plan to leave a time capsule on the moon is scie

33、ntific.dthe message of the project is to call people's more attention to space.di first began experiencing anxiety and depression (抑郁) at the age of 14，after being bullied at school for years. while at first anxiety and depression would come and go, it eventually became a constant part of my lif

34、e.i was so eager to find a solution to overcoming my anxiety and depression that i tried almost everything: moodchanging medication (药物), special teas, yoga, anything i read about in books, and advice given by doctors. despite this, i still felt i hadn't even come close to managing the problem.b

35、ut one afternoon, my eyes fell upon an article in a magazine i was reading that talked about how dogs were able to help people with anxiety and depression. the very next day, i decided to get a doga corgi. when i brought my little corgi, buddy, home, i didn't realize how much he would change my

36、life. it didn't happen right away, however.once the “puppy excitement” went away, my anxiety and depression came back as usual. one morning, i woke up with those familiar feelings again. i didn't want to get out of bed. i turned to pull the covers back over my head and gave up. that's wh

37、en i saw buddy.buddy started jumping all over me，licking my face，letting me know that it was time to go outside. it was as if he were saying, “there's no time to be sad; the world is amazing！”and for the first time in my life, my life was changing. i really was a new person. this was my new begi

38、nning. it's been more than a year since that day, and i've never spent another morning unable to get out of bed. i've not cried myself to sleep or spent my days stuck_with fear and regret. sure, i still have days when i feel sad or anxious. but with buddy, my best friend, by my side, i&#

39、39;ve finally learned how to manage these feelings and emotions.32which cannot describe the author before she got a corgi?aanxious. bdepressed.chopeful. dfearful.33how did the author know having a dog might help with her depression?ashe read about it in an article by chance. bshe knew it from her do

40、ctors.cshe knew it after having a dog. dshe knew it from her friend.34which is the closest in meaning to the underlined words “stuck with” in the last paragraph?apleased with. bunable to move.cunable to get rid of. dfree of.35what is the best title for the passage?adogs are our best friends bpet dog

41、s can be a good curechow to overcome depression dgetting rid of depression is a piece of cake第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。it's important to prepare for rainy days. similarly, it's important to save money. _36_ why? it's because they've got used t

42、o spending all the money they make. sometimes, the hardest thing about saving money is just getting started. here are some tips to help you save money._37_ the first step in saving money is to know how much you've spent. for one month, keep a record of everything you spent money on. once you hav

43、e your data, organize these numbers by category (类别) and get the total amount for each. you can make a budget. now that you have a good idea of how much you spend in a month, what can you do now? _38_ to plan your spending, you can build a budget. in this way, you can limit over­spending and ma

44、ke sure that you put money away for unexpected situations._39_ doing so makes it much easier to get started. begin by deciding how long it will take to reach each goal. some short­term goals include starting a fund to cover 6 months to a year of living costs and saving money for a vacation. lon

45、g­term savings goals are often several years or even decades away and can include savings for retirement and putting money away for a child's college education.make saving money easier with automatic transfers (自动转账). automatic transfers are very helpful to your savings account. _40_ by mov

46、ing money out of your checking account, you'll be less likely to spend money you plan to use for savings.ayou can set savings goals.byou can record your costs.cyou can plan your spending.dyou can keep a record of what you do.ethey can make saving money much easier.fhowever, some people find it h

47、ard to save money.gyou can move money out of your savings account.第三部分语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。two miles back down the road i smelled the freshly brewed coffee. i could almost _41_ the hot coffee, as i pulled into the lot. i wondered why it wasn

48、9;t packed. it was still _42_. so, i waited.in the wait, i noticed there were only two cars_43_， and in front of me was a stalled (失速的) car. i had _44_ minutes to arrive where i worked. unexpectedly, a _45_ hurried out of a car toward me. she was in tears. _46_ the stranger asked me to drive around

49、her car. my _47_ went wild. so far, i had a perfect attendance _48_. the baseball parking lot would be filled by the time i would arrive. even worse, i could _49_ my boss in the elevator._50_， i felt impressed to help the lady. i felt a little unsure, _51_ i asked her if she would like me to pray fo

50、r her car to start. she quickly _52_. soon afterward, she began to weep with joy and then speak with a new confidence. she bravely _53_ and asked the on­lookers to help push the car out of the drive­through line.before _54_， i pushed a check into her purse, to help with the much­neede

51、d car repairs. later that day she called to _55_ me for everything. she was filled with excitement. hopefully my desire for coffee will direct me every morning.41a.cook btaste csell ddeliver42a.noisy bwindy cearly dstormy43a.on exhibition bon sale cin fear din line44a.only bstill cmuch dalso45a.tour

52、ist bstranger cdoctor ddancer46a.surprisingly bnormally cgradually dapologetically47a.pulses bthoughts cdreams drequirements48a.gesture breward crecord dsalary49a.treat bpraise cthreaten dmeet50a.basically bgratefully chowever dsuddenly51a.and bso cbut dbecause52a.sped bagreed cwept djoined53a.turne

53、d bbent clied drose54a.checking bleaving csighing dfocusing55a.blame bpunish cthank dmistake第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。i'm here today to share a good lesson with you. it is a true story about a student, 56._ studied in germany.after years of hard work, this student g

54、raduated with 57._ (amaze) achievements. everyone was sure that he was going to get a good job easily and have a bright future. but to his surprise, he was not even given the chance for 58._ interview! the third time he 59._ (refuse), he couldn't help 60._ (telephone) the company to ask why they

55、 didn't want him. the answer was simple. “we don't offer jobs to dishonest people in germany.”you might wonder what was wrong. the truth is, shortly after he 61._ (arrive) in germany, this clever student found that it was easy 62._ (avoid) buying subway tickets in this country. so in order t

56、o save money, he often went in the subway 63._ a ticket. as a result, he had been caught many times.from this story, we learn that we may get short­term 64._ (benefit) in dishonest ways, but the truth will come out sooner or later and the cost is high. so remember: honesty is the 65._ (good) po

57、licy.第四部分写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节应用文写作(满分15分)假定你是李华。下个周日是母亲节，你的美国朋友sandy来信询问你在这一天有何打算。请你根据以下提示，给她写一封回信，谈谈你要做的事情，并简单说明原因。内容包括：1帮助母亲做家务；2送礼物；3写贺卡。注意：1.词数80左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。_第二节读后续写(满分25分)阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。desiree,_a 4­year­old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, ken, who had died nine months befor