重庆市第一中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题含答案

1、秘密 启用前【考试时间： 7 月 12 日 08:00-10:002020 年重庆一中高 2021 级高二下期期末考试英语测试试题卷英语试题卷共8 页。满分 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。.答选择题时，必须使用 2B 铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑， 如需改动， 用 橡皮擦擦干净 后，再选涂其他答案标号。.答非选择题时，必须使用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。第一部分听力（共两节，满分20 分）第一节（共5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分

2、 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。What is the man looking for?C. A pay phone.A. A book.B. His iPhone.Where is the woman going next?To a snack bar.To a movie theater.To her friend Simons house.What will the man do next?Fill out another f

3、orm.Correct his mistake on the form.Tell the woman his medical history.When will the man most likely get home?C. After 8 ： :00.C. At customs.从题中所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中选出 最A. At 7:00.B. At about 7:30.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On a farm.B. At a fruit market.第二节（共15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15

4、分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。 每段对话或独白后有几个小题， 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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 、 7 题。What relation is the woman to George?19. What is the biggest prize?A. His mother.B. His teammate.C. His coach.What does the woman think is more important?A. Becoming t

5、he best player. B. Being a team player.听第 7 段材料，回答第8 、 9 题。What does the man want to do at the restaurant at first?A. Hold a party.B. Watch the big game.Why does the woman suggest the man try the bar?The restaurant is all booked.They have a different menu there.There is room for five people.听第 8 段材料

6、，回答第 10 至 12 题。When does the woman have to hand in her essay?A. This afternoon.B. Tomorrow.C.What is the woman having trouble with?A. Ending her paper.B. Starting her essay.C.How will the man help the woman?By correcting her mistakes.By showing her some examples.By reading what she has written.听第 9

7、段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。Who do the womans parents probably cheer for?A. England.B. Portugal.C.Who does the woman secretively support?A. Spain.B. Portugal.C.Why does the man support for Portugal?He likes Ronaldo.Spain is way too confident.Portugal hasnt lost a single game yet.How much money do the speakers

8、 agree to bet?A. $10.B. $20.C.听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。How many participants are in the festival?A. 200.B. 700.C.What is different about this years festival?Its not free.There are more prizes.Donald Trump will be attending.C. Impressing the parents.C. Book a table.In a couple days.Giving more thoughts

9、.Spain.England.$40.1000.C. The Great Pumpkin.A. The Grand Pumpkin. B. Celebrity Pumpkin.Who might the speaker be?A. A news reporter.B. A radio announcer.C. A participant in the festival.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）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 项 涂黑。AAre you interested

10、in working with animals? Now here comes the CHANCE. Kirby Wildlife Park has set up the unique Keeper Experience package. The fantastic experience is available to anyone over the age of 18 who is reasonably fit. We regret that for health and safety reasons, participants who are pregnant, in a wheelch

11、air or suffering from illnesses cannot take part.A typical day9:15Arrival9:30Health and Safety Briefing10:00Apes and MonkeysWhile cleaning out the enclosure （围场） you will find out about how enclosures are enriched with novel items and new smells to stimulate （刺激） the animals* senses and imitate thei

12、r natural environment.12:00Lunch14:00Big CatsOn the highlight of most volunteers day, you will feed the cats and learn about their nutritional needs. The keeper will give you an introduction to how cat behaviour can be read to get an idea of their welfare and health.16:30Meet the TeamMeet more of th

13、e staff and learn how you can get further involved with work at the park. Learn about our animal adoption plan, what it takes to be a good keeper and where to obtain the right qualifications for a career in animal welfare.Booking and cancellationThe Keeper Experience is available on Mondays, Wednesd

14、ays and Fridays throughout the year, and must be booked at least two weeks in advance. Full payment is needed when booking.Cancellations must be made more than fourteen days before the event, or you won t receive a full refund （退款） .What kind of people can experience working with animals in Kirby Wi

15、ldlife Park?A. A teenager boy sitting in a wheelchair.B. A man who is quite healthy.C. A pregnant woman.D. A girl under the age of 18,When can you know something about an animal adoption plan?A. At 12:00.B. At 9:30.C. At 10:00.D. At 16:30.What is the requirement of cancelling a booking of the Keeper

16、 Experience?A booking must be cancelled over two weeks before the event.Anyone can cancel a booking throughout the year.The cancelling is available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.You can cancel a booking with a full refund at any time.BIf you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, ifs help

17、ful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my favorite ways to do this is by developing my own helping actions. These little acts of kindness arc opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of what

18、we see is beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the litter that some people throw out of their windows as they are driving on the rural roads. One of the few shortcomings to live in the mountainous area is that public services, such as litter collection, are less available than th

19、ose are closer to the city.A helping action that I practice regularly with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. Weve become so used to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in exciting voices, Theres some litter, Daddy, stop the car! And if we have time, we will

20、often pull over and pick it up. It may seem strange, but we actually enjoy it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we live. He smiled at me and said, I saw you doing it, and it seemed like a good idea.Pi

21、cking up litter is only one of endless supplies of possible helping actions. You might like holding a door open for people, visiting lonely elderly people in nursing homes, or removing snow off someone else 5 s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. Its fun, personally rewar

22、ding, and sets a good example. Everyone wins.What does the author think of developing helping actions?A. It helps us to be winners.B.It is very difficult.C. It requires lots of effort.D.It makes us feel good about ourselves.What do we know about the area where the author lives?A. Its in the center o

23、f San Francisco.B.People can see beautiful sceneries here.C. Its very easy to find litter collection.D.Few people drive on the rural roads.How does the author support his own opinion?A. By sharing his own experience.B. By listing reasons for giving help.C. By explaining different methods to be helpf

24、ul. D. By making a comparison with others.What does the author mainly want to tell us?A. Parents are the best teachers to their children.Everyone should set good examples to others.Small kind acts make the world a better place.Protecting the environment will benefit all of us.C （原创）If youre concerne

25、d about climate change, should you feel guilty about hanging out online? Maybe not.Data, or information, is often processed and stored on a computer. A computer that provides data to other computers is called a server. Servers also store data such as videos, pictures and emails. A building that hold

26、s many servers is known as a data center. Without data centers and servers, we could not access websites on our own computers and phones every day.Some people worry that data centers use a lot of energy, which could be bad for the environment. But recent studies found that data centers do not use as

27、 much energy as they thought.Eric Masanet, a professor at Northwestern University, is the studys main author. Masanet and his team looked at the energy used by data centers around the world, and found that data centers have improved. They saw a 20 percent energy improvement each year.These improveme

28、nts are due to better servers. They use less energy than servers once did. Other technologies have also improved.Masanet said to make sure computers use energy effectively, some things need to happen. Businesses and governments should get involved. Countries need to be open about how much electricit

29、y their data centers use. Large data companies also need to source their electricity from renewable energy, such as sunlight and wind. For example, Google and Apple both purchased or generated enough renewable electricity to match 100 percent of their data center energy use in 2018.People should car

30、e about the energy data centers need, said Masanet. But we dont have to feel bad about staying connected.Why do people need data centers?To help people reduce time on computers.To store information and let them use websites.To provide energy needed to run peoples phones.To save data on the Internet

31、instead of on serversWhat caused data centers to have a 20 percent improvement in energy use?A. Less fuel is being burned in the atmosphere. B. Fewer people are online at the same time.C. Servers and technologies have improved. D. More information is stored in phones.What does the underlined word so

32、urce in paragraph 6 mean?A. Measure.B. Store.C. Choose.D. Obtain.According to Eric Masanet, how to make sure computers use energy effectively?Businesses and governments should be involved.The boundaries of countries should be opened.People need to spend less time online.People need to rely on big da

33、ta companies.DThose who work on the 996 model (where employees work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week ) must envy their counterparts;(对应的人)in an American company, because they have a shorter work week. Basecamp, a Chicago-based web application company gives all his employees a short work week: just fou

34、r days - a total of 32 hours, between May and. September every year. Also, they usually work five days a week for the rest of the year.Thats plenty of time to get great work done. This is all we expect and all we want from people, says JasonFried, a co-founder. Working 60-plus, or 70-plus hours is u

35、nnecessary. In fact, if you have to work 60-plus or 70-plus hours a week, theres a management problem.The companys summer workload must fit reduced hours, Mr. Fried insists, otherwise the benefits of a shorter week - to recover from work, enjoy time with family and develop outside interests - would

36、be undone.His new research finds that it is not just long hours that are harmful to employees physical and mental health. It is also the intensity （强度） of work. Moreover, it suggests that intensity work harms career prospects （前景）.That is because unbearable hours and intensity are in the opposite di

37、rection, reducing the quality of the work.The research concludes that the level of intensity we apply to the work we do is generally a stronger predictor of unfavorable outcomes than overtime work. The research compared people of similar jobs and education levels, and found they were more likely to

38、suffer poorer happiness and worse career prospects, including satisfaction, security and promotion, when they worked at an intense level for long periods.What do we know about Basecamps four - day work week?A. It lasts nearly half a year.B. The work pressure is too high.C. There are some management

39、problems. D. Employees work more than 8 hours a day.What does Mr. Fried intend to say in paragraph 2?Given plenty of time, people can do more.To get work done well needs plenty of time.People can do a job very well in a short work week.A long work week is appropriate for reduced workload.What does t

40、he research mentioned in the text want to tell us?A. Getting much more rest.B. Improving work quality.C. Refusing a five-day work week.D. Avoiding working too intensely.What can be the best title for this passage?More Work, More ProfitsB. Shorter Week, Better RewardC. Less Work, Less BenefitsD. Long

41、er Hours, Higher Intensity第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）（原创）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。Communication is the sharing of information or ideas. No matter our age or background, it is important to know communication is a valuable skill. Its also a skill that everyone can learn. Skillful communicati

42、on can even turn a potential fight into a productive talk. 36_Place yourself on even ground. Make sure not to stand over the other person as you are talking. 37 If your listener is sitting, you should sit with them.Listen to the other party. Let listeners share how they feel and wait until they are

43、finished talking before speaking yourself.Speak in a calm voice. 38_ You can try taking deep breaths to calm down.39 Sometimes a conflict takes time to work itself out. Rather than trying to rush a decision, considerstopping the discussion with a plan to revisit it at a later point.Use I messages. W

44、hen raising concerns, try to start your sentences with I. instead of You, stating clearly how you feel about the situation rather than blaming others. 40 For instance, instead of saying Youre messy and it drives me crazy, you might say, Im really uncomfortable surrounded by clutter like this. Is the

45、re something we can do to deal with it to keep it from being a problem?Good communication is a great tool. Practicing will help you get better at it. Having strong communication skills will improve your relationships. Youll see a difference at home, at school and anywhere else you go.A. Speak clearl

46、y but simply.Dont force an agreement.Dont yell or attack the other person or their behavior or actions.This posture can make people uncomfortable and may even upgrade a conflict.I messages improve the chances that listeners will consider your point of view.Whether you mean to or not, disrespecting o

47、thers will hurt the communication process.There are some steps to take to communicate better when you are in conflict with someone.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Many years ago, I worked in a marathon. I was required to sta

48、nd by the road to give out water to the runners. I felt so excited to 41 all the different kinds of runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some walked past, some jogged past and a few 42_ past.The next year, I signed up for the 43 and gave it a try. With 44 running practice, I just w

49、anted to finish.On the day of the race, it was terribly hot. Only after 2 miles, I felt sweat 45 off me and my legs swelling （肿胀）.I began to 46 ,“Why am I doing this? What was I thinking? I must be47 And at one moment, I saidto myself: I am never doing this gain. For the following miles, I jogged. I

50、 walked. I jogged and walked. At times, I wonder if I could 48_.Near the end, a 70-year-old man rushed past me, very 49_and I felt a little 50 that I was more than 50 years younger than him and I couldnt keep up with him. But then I 51_something: he was running his race and I was running mine. He ha

51、d 52_abilities, training and goals for himself. I had mine. How often in life do we 53 一 ourselves with others and feel 54 in ourselves when we really shouldnt?We are all unique human beings with unique 55 Its really no good focusing on others race. I decided that I would not 56_running, and that on

52、e day I would be one of those 57_people who were still running races. As I crossed the finishing line, I was 58_ of myself.In life we all have those moments when we compare ourselves with others. Its only 59 . Dont allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into 60 and let them inspire you.A. seeB

53、.inspectC.stareD.noticeA. struggleB.draggedC.rushedD.movedA. serviceB.raceC.experimentD.task44. A. someB. littleC. muchD. any45. A. jumpingB. takingC. pouringD. setting46. A. doubtB. rememberC. imagineD.suppose47. A. friendlyB. crazyC. generousD. tired48. A. winB. stopC. makeD. finish49. A. slowlyB.

54、 gentlyC. heavilyD. fast50. A. pleasedB. frightenedC. delightedD. embarrassed51. A. rememberedB. forgotC. realizedD. abandoned52. A. valuableB. wonderfulC. differentD. proper53. A. compareB. devotedC. recommendD. show54. A. disappointedB. surprisedC. astonishedD. satisfied55. A. significanceB. paceC

55、. principleD. experience56. A. insist onB. look up toC. put up withD, give up57. A. elderlyB. professionalC. internationalD. educated58. A. awareB. ashamedC. proudD. afraid59. A. terribleB. frequentC. importantD. natural60. A. conditionB. motivationC. situationD. protection第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）（原

56、创）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。During the COVID-19 virus outbreak, many people 61_ （force） to stay inside are looking for new hobbies. Some of them are even learning to cast spells with Harry Potter-related websites.In early April, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced the launch of Harry Po

57、tter at Home. The new website aims 62_ （cure） boredom during the long days of 63（stick） indoors. Its particularly designed forstudents and teachers 64 seek relief from the long days of lockdown. Superfans can test their Potter knowledge through various quizzes. Meanwhile newcomers to 65 magic world

58、can read interviews with some of the film series actors. The project is a cooperation between Rowling and several on-line 66 （ company） . Audible, Bloomsbury, OverDrive, Pottermore Publishing and Scholastic are involved.Rowling has also lifted copyright restrictions for educators as well. Teachers c

59、an now 67（free） share theHarry Potter series with their students online. They may record videos of themselves reading the books aloud. The e-book for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone is also 68（access） to users of Harry Potter at Homewebsite, free 69_ charge.Rowlings first book 70_ （publish） in

60、 June 1997. Almost 23 years later, the world is very different. Still, the attraction of magic remains. It feels especially needed in times of great difficulty, like today. 第三节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（原创）She was a （积极地）looking For a job.The film The Dark Materials is a （改编）from one of the His Dark Ma