2019-2020 年北京市东城区高二英语上学期期末试题及答案
;每小题 1 分,共 10 分)
A
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词,在给出
提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Born in 1930, Yuan Longping____1____(graduate) from Southwest Agricultural
College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.
In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world___2___grew rice with
a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more
of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice____3____(produce) in
China each year is from this hybrid strain.
【答案】
1. graduated
2. who##that
3. produced
B
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词,在给出
提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
The skin is an essential part of your body and the___4___ (large) organ of it.
You have three layers of skin___5___act as a barrier against disease, poisons and
the sun's harmful rays. The functions of your skin are also very complex: it keeps
you warm or cool it prevents your body from___6___(lose) too much water; it is where
you feel cold, heat or pain and it gives you your sense of touch.
【答案】
4. largest
5. which/that
6. losing
C
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词,在给出
提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Think about how much time you spent outside last week. Really “outside.”___7___
(walk) from the car into the classroom doesn't count. Now think about how much time
you spent indoors—playing video games on the Internet or watching TV. Kids spend
two fewer hours per week ___8___sports and outdoor____9____(activity) in the early
2010s than the kids did in the early 1990s. Some kids are staying inside because
it's difficult to find a place to go. All kinds of areas are off-limits to tweens
and teens. Even when space is available, personal ____10____ (safe) is an issue.
【答案】
7. Walking
8. on
9. activities
10. safety
二、完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1 分,共 20 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
“If you could have any three things, what would you___11___?"
Eleven-year-old Ruby Chitsey loves asking that question. Even more___12___, she
then sets out to realize someone's_____13_____.
Ruby has long been close to older people. Her mother, Amanda Chitsey, is a nurse
at a nursing home in Harrison. Ruby often____14____her at work after school. “So
I feel free to go up to them and ask
___15___
they need anything," she says.
Last May, Ruby noticed a resident (居住者) named Pearl staring out of a window.
She seemed
___16___ . “What are you looking at? Ruby asked. Pearl, her eyes filling
with tears, said she was watching her____17____being led away by his new owner. Pearl
didn't know when she would see him again.
Ruby learnt that Pearl didn't have enough to pay anyone to____18____ her pet
at the nursing home. Ruby and Amanda also asked around and___19___ that many nursing
home residents are unable to
___20___ even the smallest luxuries (奢侈品). So Ruby
___21___ to do something about it.
She started by asking residents what three things they wanted most in the world.
Amanda____22____that they would ask for cars, houses and other things an 11-year-old
wouldn't be able to provide. ___23___, they asked for chocolate bars, McDonald's
fries, and even just pants that fit properly.
“It broke me as a human," Amanda says. “We left the nursing home that day and
went straight____24____a store and bought as many items as we could."
Using their own money, the Chitseys granted the wishes of about 100 people in
three months. Then they started asking for____25____.
People of Harrison responded ___26___ so much, so that Amanda set up a GoFundMe
page, Three Wishes for Ruby 's Residents, hoping to collect $5,000. They___27___
their goal in a month. After GoFundMe named Ruby a Kid Hero and___28___her story
internationally this past January, Three Wishes raised $20,000 in 24 hours and more
than $250,000 in five months.
Earlier this year, Three Wishes for Ruby 's Residents launched its first
nationwide branch. One of its new____29____ is to set up a communal laptop (平台)
in each state. Ruby doesn't plan to stop there. “I consider____30____ to be my
hobby,” she says, “and I'm very good at it."
11. A. want
B. make
C. use
D. offer
12. A. entertaining
B. amazing
C. convincing
attracting
13. A. wishes
B. promises
C. plans
influences
14. A. asks
B. calls
C. visits
attends
15. A. if
16. A. angry
17. A. nurse
grandson
B. what
B. sad
B. car
C. that
C. bored
C. dog
D.
D.
D.
D. how
D. sick
D.
18. A. look into
B. look at
C. look for
D. look
after
19. A. suspected
B. added
C. predicted
discovered
20. A. accept
B. approach
C. afford
appreciate
D.
D.
21. A. remembered
B. decided
C. regretted
announced
22. A. explained
B. concluded
C. observed
worried
23. A. Otherwise
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D.
D.
D.
Besides
24. A. across
B. at
C. on
D. to
25. A. donations
B. praises
C. instruction
D.
comfort
26. A. peacefully
B. gratefully
C. enthusiastically
D.
naturally
27. A. changed
B. set
C. hit
28. A. spread
B. created
C. finished
29. A. chances
B. goals
C. battles
lessons
30. A. bravery
B. calmness
C. optimism
D. kept
D. heard
D.
D.
kindness
【答案】
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. D
20. C
21. B
22. D
23. C
24. D
25. A
26. C
27. C
28. A
29. B
30. D
三、阅读理解(共三节,35 分)
第一节(共 10 小题;每小题 2 分,共 20 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。
A
Get a taste of the amazing world of engineering
Do you want to help shape the future of everything from entertainment and
transport to sport and the environment? Then you might want to think about the
fascinating world of engineering. Tomorrow's Engineers Week is running 4-8 February
2020, and is the perfect time to get an idea of what engineering is all about.
Engineers are the people who use scientific knowledge, ranging from
long-established scientific laws to cutting-edge discoveries, to solve problems and
improve life for all of us. Tomorrow's Engineers Week aims to get young people
interested in this exciting career. It also wants to change the way we think about
engineers.
One place to find out more about engineers is the website
thisisengineering.org.uk, where you can meet 16 young engineers with amazing and
different jobs. There's Halvard, who builds farm robots; and Olivia, who uses her
chemical engineering skills to create soaps and shampoos kind to the skin and the
environment. Alice digs train tunnels deep underground. Michelle builds rides. As
a child, she loved these thrilling rides. At the age of 14, she attended a lecture
on roller coaster design, and then she realized that engineering was a great way
to turn her passion into her career.
If you want to meet some inspirational engineers, ask if your school has signed
up to take part in the Big Assembly (大型集会) on 6 February. Don't worry if not,
though, you can check it out yourself afterwards on the tomorrowsengineers.org.uk
website.
31. The goal of Tomorrow's Engineers Week is to________.
A. introduce young engineers
B. announce the latest discoveries
C. show the future work of engineers
D. attract the youth' s interest in engineering
32. Which of the engineers fancies building roller coasters?
A. Halvard.
C. Alice.
B. Olivia.
D. Michelle.
33. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To explain what engineering is all about.
B. To advertise Tomorrow's Engineers Week.
C. To encourage schools to sign up for an assembly.
D. To introduce the website thisisengineering.org.uk.
【答案】
31. D
32. D
33. B
B
During his school's “College Colours Day”, a fourth-grade boy in Florida, who
dreams to become a student of the University of Tennessee, wanted to wear a shirt
of the university, but he didn't have one. His teacher, Laura Snyder, suggested that
he should wear an orange shirt to show his spirit.
When the day finally arrived, the boy was so excited to show his shirt-an orange
one with a piece of paper attached to it, on which was his homemade design of the
UT logo.
But by lunch time, the spirited fan was in tears. Some girls bullied (霸凌) him
and made fun of his design that he had pinned to his shirt. Back to Snyder 's room,
he put his head on desk and was crying, devastated.
In hopes of raising the boy's spirits, Snyder planned on buying him an official
University of Tennessee T-shirt, and asked friends online if they had contacts with
the university who could “make it a little extra special for him.”
The post immediately went viral and Snyder was contacted by the University of
Tennessee informing her that they wanted to send the boy a care package of swag and
apparel(服装) in support of him.
The story, however, didn't end here. The University of Tennessee said it was
turning his “U.T.” design into an official T-shirt and had pre-sold more than 50,000
shirts online. The university won't profit from the shirts: It is donating the money
to a charity dedicated to (致力于) getting rid of bullying of all forms.
“When I told him that his design was being made into a real shirt and people
wanted to wear it, his jaw dropped," said Snyder. “He had a big smile on his face,
walked taller, and I could tell his confidence grew!”
In recognition of the fourth-grader's spirit, the university has also extended
an offer of honorary admission for him to join the Class of 2032. In addition, he
has been awarded a four-year scholarship if he decides to attend UT in 2028 and meets
admission requirements.
34. How did the boy react to his school's “College Colours Day”?
A. He prepared for it with a creative design.
B. He dreamed of winning a prize on the day.
C. He was afraid of being laughed at on the day.
D. He was shy of joining it without a university shirt.
35. How did the boy probably feel after lunch on the “College Colour Day”?
A. Excited and thankful.
B. Confident and happy.
C. Shocked and sad.
D. Nervous and worried.
36. What Snyder did for the boy shows that _________.
A. a strong will is vital to success
B. a promise will change one's life
C. the youth should be treated equally
D. caring love can make a big difference
【答案】
34. A
35. C
36. D
C
To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a threat that's harmful to
human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade
ago, the average American family took home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year,
filling our cabinets, kitchen drawers, and landfills (垃圾填埋场). Today the numbers
are slightly better: According to National Geographic, as of 2018, shoppers in the
United States use almost one plastic bag per resident per day.
This is not a story on the evil of plastics, but on whether the reusable bag
can justify its existence. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional
single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made of, are more
energy-intensive (耗能) to recycle.
According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program, “depending
on what they are made of, reusable bags might have to be deconstructed in a costly
recycling process to separate the different materials. As a result, in many cases,
reusable bags are not recycled." That means despite the best intentions, millions
of reusable bags designed to replace the need for traditional plastic shopping bags,
will also end up in landfills.
Another point to consider, not all reusable bags are equal in terms of their
recyclability. There are a wide range of reusable bag options on the market, and
reusable bags tend to be made of more than one material to give the bag added
reinforcement (耐用) and added street fashion. On a life cycle basis, stronger,
heavier bags-no matter what material they are made of-will have a more severe
environmental effect. That's because heavier bags use more resources to produce as
well as distribute.
Just like plastic bags did, reusable bags multiply rapidly. Used for promotional
(促销的)purposes and marketing of all kinds, reusable bags' growing popularity means
bags that have been used very little (or not at all) can be found piled in streets,