银川一中2020┄2021学年度（上）高二期中考试
英语试卷
（总分：150分；考试时间：120分钟）
命题人：任俊玲
第I卷（共105分）
答卷要求:将第一卷试题的答案填涂在答题卡上;第二卷为笔答部分,答案直接写在试卷上。考试结束后交答题卡和第二卷。
一、听力（共两节，满分20分）
（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
请听下面五段对话，选出最佳选项。
What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers？
A .Couple B. Friends. C .Colleagues
Why does the woman keep singing the song？
A. She is learning a new song. B .She practices it for a performance.
C. She wants to get the man relaxed
What will the woman probably do？
A. Speak up .
B. Redial the number.
C. Use another phone
What do we know about the woman？
A. She is interested in studying insects. B .She doesn’t like coming to the park
C .She wants the man to be a biologist.
Which skirt will the woman take？
A .The pink one
B .The white one.
C . The blue one.
（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题
What does the woman think of the man？
A .Greedy.
B .Considerate C. Careless
What will the woman do？
A .Find the man a part-time job. B. Borrow money from the man.
C. Give the man twenty dollars.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
Who is Ann？
A .The man’s girlfriend.
B .The man’s little sister
C .The man’s little cousin.
What are the two speakers plan to do together tomorrow evening？
A. Have a drink
B. See the fireworks C .Have supper.
请听第8段材料，回答10至12题。
What do we know about Regina Spektor’s album Begin to Hope？
A. It was her second album. B .It was very well-received.
C .It was released in 2007
11. What does the woman think of Regina Spektor’s songs？
A .Soft and moving.
B .Funny and educative.
C .Creative and unusual
Why does the man want to know more about singers？
A .He wants to become a singer
B .He wants to study music at college
C .He wants to talk with Anna about them.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
Where did the man work after graduation？
A .In college
B .At a magazine agency.
C .In a car company.
Why did the man choose Coventry University？
A .It was near his home.
B .The tuition fees was not high.
C .Its journalism major was better.
How does the woman feel about her job？
A .Exciting.
B .Difficult
C .Boring
What is the woman interested in？
A .Photography
B .Cars
C .Writing
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
Which section is not referred to on Mondays by USA today？
A .Sports
B .Money
C .Health
Which of the following newspapers has won the most Pulitzer Prizes？
A .The New York Times
B .New York Daily News
C .Los Angeles Times
When was Los Angeles Time founded？
A. In 1851 B .In 1881 C .In 1919
What is probably the speaker？
A .A radio host
B .A newspaper seller
C .A writer
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
21. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ________ failure, so their marriage ended in ________ failure.
A. /; /
B. /; a
C. a; a
D. a; /
22. — I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.
— ________ You looked tired last time I saw you.
A. You’d better not.
B. Why not travel abroad？
C. I am glad you did.
D. Sounds like a good idea.
23. The old man, ________ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.
A. to work
B. working
C. to have worked
D. having worked
24. People are encouraged to speak openly, but careless words are ________ to hurt others’ feelings.
A. available
B. probable
C. likely
D. possible
25.
— Because she stood out in her red dress.
A. pick up
B. pick out
C. take up
D. take out
26. “It is not only you but also Tom who ______________,” said the teacher after knowing what had happened.
A. are to be blamed
B. is to be blamed
C. are to blame
D. is to blame
27. If he shouldn’t have been so ________ about his food, h e would be healthier now.
A. advanced
B. curious
C. particular
D. anxious
28. Whoever ____________ in the robbery must be punished.
A. have involved
B. involves
C. involve
D. is involved
29. . The country itself didn’t have enough gas bec ause of the war, so the government decided to ________ its gas supplies to other countries.
A. put forward
B. cut off
C. in advance
D. break up
30. Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ________ looking for something.
A. even if
B. what if
C. as if
D. only if
31. Most members of the committee were in favor of the suggestion; only a ________ were against it.
A. majority
B. minority
C. quantity
D. amount
32. ---- Mom, I need a new schoolbag.
---- But didn’t I buy you _____ three months ago？
A. it
B. the one
C. one
D. another
33. –Please send us an e-mail _____ you arrive there.
---I will.
A. immediately
B. the moment when
C. immediately when
D. at the moment
34.---Come on ,please give me some advice on the project.
--- Sorry ,with so many things _______ my mind, I almost break down.
A. filled
B. filling
C. to fill
D. being filled
35. I knew nothing about the accident ___________ I read in the newspaper.
A. except that
B. except for
C. apart from
D. except what
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，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选项。
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with_36__problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog（博客）. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very __37__.but what makes blogging different from writing in a（n）__38__diary？
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more__39__than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of _40__ that he does not want to _41__with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog_42__a diary will probably write nearly the same information. I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her __43__. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. __44__ I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but
__45__in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was __46__that my sister might read it.
The biggest __47__with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something__48__about him in my diary, he would never know. __49__, if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might__50__ her blog and get angry.
There are also__51__to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me…” No one will __52__about it. However , if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly __53__and tell her how much they __54__her. Blogs help people __55__in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
A. the same B .interesting C .difficult D .daily
A .simple
B . similar
C . special
D .different
A . traditional
B .ordinary
C .meaningful
D . personal
A .attractive
B .public
C .exciting
D .quick
A .thoughts
B .puzzles
C . secrets
D .ideas
A .tell
B .share
C .publish
D .solve
A . except for
B .as well as
C . instead of
D .besides
A .blog
B .diary
C .report
D .web
A .Although
B .Since
C . Because
D .When
A .only
B .already
C .still
D .never
A .angry
B .sad
C . worried
D . glad
A .problem
B .doubt
C .question
D .mistake
A .boring
B .wrong
C .bad
D .funny
A .So
B .Therefore
C . However
D .Then
A . read
B .break
C .write
D . steal
A .reasons
B .wishes
C .shortcomings
D .advantages
A .care
B .know
C .think
D .ask
A .prepare
B . respond
C . begin
D .feel
A . miss
B . like
C .need
D .stand
A . stay
B . lose C. leave D .find
第三部分：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）
A
The second-hand goods shop in Britain
In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments（装饰）and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between English and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced shee p as the town’s main trade.
There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops” where you can buy small household pieces very
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