湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2020_2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题202105220329.doc

湖北省武汉市钢城第四中学2020-2021学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分：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。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。1. What did the woman forget to bring to school?A. Her watch. B. Her glasses. C. Her umbrella. 2. How much will the woman have to pay?A. £2. B. £5. C. £7. 3. What does the girl want her dad to do?A. Take her to a match. B. Get her a dictionary. C. Buy her a magazine.4. What does the man think of the romantic film? A.  Boring.       B. Exciting.               C. Impressive.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A TV program. B. A host. C. A game. 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。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。6. Why is the man making the call?A. To make an appointment. B. To change the medicine. C. To know about the meeting. 7. What will the woman most likely do next?A. Put the man through to another doctor. B. Get in touch with Dr. Johnson. C. Go to Dr. Lees office. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. Why did Marsha request the meeting be put off?A. She got the sales report late. B. She will go on a business trip. C. She will be visited by a customer. 9. When does the woman suggest the meeting be held?A. On Tuesday morning. B. On Tuesday afternoon. C. On Wednesday morning. 10. What will the man probably do next?A. Make a travel plan. B. Analyze some data. C. Try to reach Marsha. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Strangers. B. Husband and wife. C. Roommates.12. What equipment will the woman probably leave behind?A. The gas cooker. B. The fridge. C. The dishwasher.13. What does the man like about the bedroom?A. The color of the wall. B. The material of the floor. C. The view from the window. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. How did Toms mother find out about the concert?A. By reading a poster. B. By listening to the radio. C. By looking at a website. 15. When will Tom go to the concert?A. On 19 June. B. On 23 June. C. On 25 June. 16. Where will the girl go first after school tomorrow?A. To the playground. B. To the sports club. C. To the library. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where are the tourists from?A. New York. B. London. C. Paris.18. What kind of hotel will the tourists stay in?A. Three-star ones. B. Four-star ones. C. Five-star ones.19. What will the tourists do at the airport?A. Have breakfast. B. Meet the travel agent. C. Do some shopping.20. What does the speaker remind the tourists to do in the end?A. Be always on time. B. Take care of their baggage. C. Make a plan in their spare time.第一部分 阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A    As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attraction of a good book. Here are our four top picks for the best books.    The Most Fun We Ever Had    By Claire Lombardo    Doubleday    David and Marilyn have been married for more than 40 years. Four kids and decades later, they're still as in love as the day they met. Lombardo paints an extraordinary picture of a family in what could well be one of the best novels published that year.    The Shadow King    By Maaza Mengiste    W. W. Norton & Company    Set during Mussolini's1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King focuses on the female soldiers who take up arms in World War II. In beautiful prose (散文), Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often noticed.    Someone We Know    By Shari Lapena    Pamela Dorman Books    A quiet suburban town is shaken by a series of break-ins and a body that turns up in the trunk of a car in this latest psychological thriller by the author of The Couple Next Door. How are the crimes related? And what does the intruder know?    The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11    By Garrett M. Graff    Avid Reader Press    Journalist Grafif puts together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the story of previously unimaginable and tragic events that changed history.21. Which of the following published the book about the army?A. Norton & Company. B. Doubleday. C. Pamela Dorman Books. D. Avid Reader Press. 22. Which author is good at writing the stories of suspense?A. Claire Lombardo. B. Maaza Mengiste. C. Garrett M. Graff. D. Shari Lapena. 23. Which of the following is TRUE about The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11?A. It's about some female soldiers in World War II.B. It's about some true stories in 9/11. C. It's about a journalist's experience in 9/11. D. It's about a single tragic event in 9/11. B As a child, Jane Goodall had a natural love for the outdoors and animals. And at age 23, she left for Nairobi, Kenya. There, Jane met famed Dr. Louis Leakey, who offered her a job at the local natural history museum. She worked there for a time before Leakey decided to send her to the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. He felt her strong interest in animals and nature, and her knowledge as well as high energy made her a great candidate to study the chimpanzees.    In December 1958, Jane returned home to England and Leakey began to make arrangements for the expedition(考察), securing the appropriate permissions from the government and raising funds. In May 1960, Jane learned that Leakey had gained funding from the Wilkie Brothers Foundation.    Jane arrived by boat at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika with her mother. The early weeks at Gombe were challenging. Jane developed a fever that delayed the start of her work. Finally, an old chimpanzee named David Greybeard began to allow Jane to watch him. As a high-ranking male of the chimpanzee community, his acceptance meant other group members also allowed Jane to observe. It was the first time that Jane had witnessed David Greybeard using tools. Excited, she telegraphed Dr. Leakey about her observation. He wrote back, "Now we must redefine 'tool' and 'man' or accept chimpanzees as humans."Jane continued to work in the field and, with Leakey's help, began her doctoral program without an undergraduate degree in 1962. At the University of Cambridge, she found herself at odds with senior scientists over the methods she usedhow she had named the chimpanzees rather than using the more common numbering system, and for suggesting that the chimps have emotions and personalities. She further upset those in power at the university when she wrote her first book, My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees, aimed at the general public rather than an academic audience. The book was wildly popular, and her academic peers were outraged. Dr. Jane Goodall earned her Ph. D. on February 9, 1966, and continued to work at Gombe for the next twenty years.24.Why did Leakey appoint Jane to Tanzania?A. Jane asked to change her workplace.B. Jane was not suitable for her previous job.C. Jane's abilities and talents were discovered. D. The natural history museum was out of business.25.What does the underlined phrase "at odds" mean in Paragraph 4?A. Agree.B. Resemble.C. Disagree.D. Coincide.26.In the opinions of the academic peers, what was the value of Jane's first book?A. A new direction of knowledge.B. A common achievement.C. Worth farther discussion.D. Absolute nonsense.27.What can we learn from Jane Goodall?A. Challenging senior scientists is a must in gaining fame.B. Cooperation is the only key to making significant discoveries.C. Passion and hard work can make a difference in scientific research.D. The ability to raise funds counts for achieving great success.C    The beauty of the outdoors naturally encourages people to go outside. The drive toward the natural world is present in normal times. Now, as many people are locked indoors, spending hours in front of screens, the pull of watching wind blow branches of neighboring trees is hardly matched. Forest therapy is one way to satisfy the demand while improving personal health and well-being.    Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or "forest bathing", forest therapy is a guided outdoor practice, which encourages people to experience the pleasures of nature through all of their senses and be present in the body.    Research on shinrin-yoku began in Japan in the 1980s when leaders there noticed a sharp rise in stress-related illnesses in the country, resulting from people spending more time working in technology and other industrial work. Specific settings were created to guide people in outdoor experiences. Research showed forest bathing may help reduce stress, improve attention, and lift moods.    Stress raises levels of cortisol, which plays a role in high blood pressure, heart disease and headaches. In test subjects, levels of cortisol decreased after a walk in the forest. Trees give off oils called phytoncides that have special properties and may influence immunity(免疫力). Exposure to natural tree oils helps lift depression, lower blood pressure. One study showed a rise in the number and activity of immune cells, which fight viruses and cancer, among people who spent three days and two nights in a forest compared with people taking an urban trip. This benefit lasted for more than a month after the forest trip!    Don't worry if you don't have three days to spend in the forest. A recent study showed spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature improved self-reported health and well-being. It doesn't matter whether the 120 minutes represents one long trip, or several shorter visits to nature. So, even as we are honoring physical distancing, it's possible and essential to get outside for 20 minutes every day and enhance our well-being.28. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 imply?A. Interaction between neighbors is rare. B. The beauty of nature is often ignored.C. People's urge to be outside is stronger. D. Public physical condition is worsening.29. Why did Japanese researchers start to study shinrin-yoku?A. To find a way to help people work out. B. To deal with a national health crisis.C. To provide an effective exercise guide. D. To get people away from technology.30. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?A. How forest therapy affects the body. B. How long people should stay in nature.C. What long-term stress could cause. D. Whether exposure to forests is helpful.31. What is suggested in the last paragraph?A. Limiting time spent outdoors properly. B. Spending at least 2 hours in nature a day.C. Making a plan to exercise every day. D. Keeping our connection with nature.D    Although we're surrounded by millions of bricks every day, most of us don't think about them too often. For thousands of years, the humble clay-fired bricks haven't changed.    They're made from natural materials, but there are problems with bricks at every step of their production. Bricks are made from claya type of soil found all over the world. Clay mining is harmful to plant growth. In conventional brick production, the clay is shaped and baked in kilns(窑) mostly heated by fossil fuels, which contributes to climate change. Once made, bricks must be transported to construction sites, generating more carbon emissions. With so many bricks produced globally, their impact adds up.    Gabriela Medero, a professor at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University, decided to find solutions to that. With her university's support, Medero set up Kenoteq in 2009. The company's signature product is the K-Briq. Made from more than 90% construction waste, Medero says the K-Briqwhich does not need to be fired in a kilnproduces less than a tenth of the carbon emissions of conventional bricks. With the company testing new machinery to start scaling up production, Medero hopes her bricks will help to build a more sustainable world.    The K-Briq will be comparably priced to conventional bricks. Additionally, as a new product, the K-Briq has been subjected to strict assessment and authoritative certification. Reusing old bricks is an expensive process and there is no standardized way to check the strength, safety or durability (耐久性) of recycled bricks. Medero says that K-Briq could solve both these problems. She claims that K-Briq is stronger and more durable than fired clay bricks.    Over the next 18 months, Medero plans to get K-Briq machines on-site at recycling plants. "This will reduce transport-related emissions because trucks can collect K-Briq when they drop off construction waste," says Medero.32. What inspired Medero to invent the K-Briq?A. The problems with the conventional brick production.B. The outdated style of the conventional bricks.C. The high cost of manufacturing conventional bricks.D. The poor quality of the conventional bricks.33.Why is the K-Briq production sustainable?A. It won't produce waste. B. It brings no pollution to the air.C. The plants occupy much less land than before.D. The K-Briq is mainly made from construction waste.34.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. The popularity of the K-Briq. B.The advantages of K-Briq over traditional bricks.C. The special materials used in K-Briq.D. The advanced technology used for K-Briq.35.Why does Medero decide to put K-Briq machines at recycling factories?A. To ensure fewer emissions.B. To speed up the production.C. To lower the production cost.D. To collect more construction waste.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）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。It's Alarming: What Wakes You Up Each Morning?How do you wake up in the morning? If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep? 36 Sleep inertia is another term for grogginess(昏睡), which means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping, 37 A recent study says yes. The answer is music. Researchers say alarms that have a melodylike the beginning of this songcan help people feel fresher in the morning.The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The study subjects answered questions ab