【最新】2019-2020学年湖北省黄石市高二上学期期末考试英语试题(Word版).pdf

1 湖北省黄石市2019-2020 学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5 小题：每小题15 分，满分75 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。例：How much is the shirt?A 19 15B 9 18C 9 15答案是 C。1How many times has the woman been to China?AOnce.BTwice.CThree times.2How much will the man have to pay in all?A$60 B$70 C$76 3What is the woman probably going to do?APerform a concert.BGive a speech.CPractice singing.4What is probably the woman s job?.ASecretary.BCoach.CManager.5Where does the woman advise the man to apply for a job?AAt a shop.BAt a school.CAt a factory.第二节（共15 小题；每小题15 分，满分225 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。6What s the probable relationship between the speakers?2 AMother and son.BAunt and niece.CTeacher and student.7How does the woman sound?AStrict BPolite.CHonest 听第 7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8Where are the speakers?AAt school.BAt the police station.CAt the hospital.9When did the woman see the doctor?AAt 5:15 BAt 6:30CAt 7:00 听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。10What s the relationship between the woman and Mr Brown?ACoworkers.BNeighbors.CHusband and wife.11When did the man borrow Mr Brown s laptop?AFriday.BSaturday.CSunday.12Where did Mr Brown probably go?ATo a bookstore.BTo his office.CTo a grocery store.听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13What kind of house is it?AA house with a backyard.BA house with a small kitchen.CA house with one bedroom.14What are they going to do for the kitchen?APaint the walls.BBuy some appliances.CChange the curtains.15What aspect of the house is the woman worried about?AIts price.BIts size.CIts neighborhood.16How many children does the couple have?AOne.BTwo.CThree.听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17Who is the speaker probably talking to?AA manager.BA customer.CA cleaner.18What happened to the dress after the wash?AIt become tight.BIt become loose CIt became faded.3 19What does the speaker mainly complain about?AThe price.BThe quality.CThe service.20How many times has she called before?AOnce.BTwice.CThree times.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35 分）第一节（共10 小题；每小题2.5 分，满分25 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A When Maleficent first appeared in cinemas five years ago,with her sculpted cheekbones and twisted devil horns,she became an instant hit with audiences around the world.Now,she s back with a new movie.The sequel to Disney s 2014 film,Maleficent:Mistress of Evil,hit Chinese mainland cinemas on Oct 18It was expected to be one of the hottest film releases of the month.What makes this film popular with audiences?“Maleficent（2019）is a fierce fairy tale about the joy of being uniquely individual,”Carla Renata,a US film critic,wrote on Twitter.The sequel features new and distinctive characters,Maleficent,played by US actress Angelina Jolie,is an evil fairy witch who hates human beings for the betrayal of her human lover.Then we have Princess Aurora,played by US actress Elle Fanning,who is kind and strong.Even though Maleficent cursed her and took her captive,Aurora refuses to hate fairies.A new character,Queen Ingrith,is Aurora s mother-in-law.Shes a typical villain who will spare no effort to divide Maleficent and Aurora.She hopes lo divide humans and fairies forever.“These characters are so unique that you would remember even many years after you finished watching the movie,”said Renata.Apart from the strong cast of characters,the movies theme of inclusiveness and cooperation between two distinct groups is meant to enlighten audiences.Both fairies and humans must find a way to understand each other if they want to protect the peaceful land where magical creatures live together.“The film is about kindness and acceptance and tolerance,”Fanning told Metro,“We want people to be kind to one another.to understand that it is wrong to out people that arc different.”With such a powerful theme,there s no wonder that USA Today says its among Disney s best live-action sequels.21What do we know about the character Maleficent?4 AShe fights for human beings.BShe betrays her human lover.CShe sees humans as her enemies.DShe makes friends with Aurora.22What did Renata think makes the 2019 Maleficent film special?AA fairy tale.BUnique characters.CA powerful theme.DMany film stars playing roles.23What does the 2019 Maleficent film want to tell viewers?APeace is the key to happiness.BIt takes effort to make the world a better place.CHumans should care about other creatures.DWe should be kind to and tolerant of others.B Reading books and looking at pictures is great,but nothing assists learning like travel,especially for teenagers.Not only do they get to see a world beyond their neighborhood,they also gel to experience it-feel it,taste it,hear it and better understand the world around them.After nearly four decades in the classroom and traveling the world,Phyllis Duvall Bailey knew this perhaps better than anyone else.Becoming involved with the work in AKA Sorority Inc in US,she worked to educate children about the United Nations.There was no doubt in Bailey s mind that the lessons would mean so much more if the students could see things for themselves Starting in 2015,Bailey,82,set out to take her students to the UN Headquarters m New York City to give them a“Window Seat to the World”，and thus transform them into global citizens.Indeed,it is a great opportunity to give students national and international exposure.Since Bailey saw the students as future leaders,she was desperate to expose them to the UN,its mission,its agendas（议程）and its supporting organizations.She decided to give 10，000（70，720 yuan）of her own money to pay for the late June trip,enough to take 10 student ages 14-17 on a four-night stay in New York.There,they had guided tours of the UN Headquarters and the New York City harbor.It was Quenyaun Payne s first trip to the city and Taylor Sappingtons second.Payne,17，is a senior at McEachern High School in the state of Georgia,US.Sappington,15，is a junior at Therrell High School in Atlanta,Georgia,US.Both said their visit to the UN was inspiring,“I liked how countries are not only working together,they re focused on common goals like global warming and keeping the peace,”Sappington said.Payne commented,“The trip was amazing.I m so thankful Mrs.Bailey made it possible.”Actually,there are a lot of people grateful for the retired teacher s effort.The United Nations Association of Atlanta recently gave Bailey its Humanitarian Award,and the United Notions Association of the US 5 awarded her with the National Education Award.But Bailey wasnt looking for recognition or even gratitude.Over those four days in New York,shed already felt it,seen it in the eyes of those 10 teenagers,Payne and Sappington included,who made the trip.“It has been a real joy to get to see and watch their reaction to new experiences,”she said.24How did Bailey help students?AShe offered students volunteer opportunities at the UN.BShe paid for them to go to school.CShe paid for trips that helped students see the world DShe taught students life-long learning skills.25What can we know from Sappingtons words?AHe is determined to work for the UN in the future.BHe would like to contribute to global affaire.CHe found the trip to the UN meaningful.DHe wants to visit New York City again 26What would Bailey probably agree with?AStudents today are more willing to seek new experiences.BWinning an award motivated her to work hard.CClassroom teaching limits students development.DStudents gains arc more important than the recognition of her efforts.C Artificial intelligence products arc not new.However,researchers have been working to improve the technology.Now virtual assistants,like Sin and Alexa,can have short conversations with us.AlphaGo taught itself to play Go and became better than the top human players.Now an AI system has been tasked with passing a multiple-choice exam.The goal is to improve machines language understanding and logic with so-called computer vision.A system named Anslo was developed by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence,a lab in the United States city of Seattle.It recently passed an eighth-grade science exam taken by many US students,The New York Times reported.It correctly answered more than 90 percent of the questions.Then it was given a twelfth-grade exam.It scored more than 80 percent.It s an example of the progress in AI development.Four years ago,700 computer scientists tried to develop AI systems that could pass these kinds of exams.None scored higher than 60 percent.6 Aristo was able to pass the exams because it can not only understand language but also use logical thinking to solve difficult problems.For example,it can understand what a forest fire is and how it could endanger animals like squirrels or decrease the food supply they need.The system used BERT,a kind of neural（神经的）network technology developed by Google,to answer the questions.BERT has“read”thousands of English articles If it looks at a sentence with a missing word,it can correctly guess what the word is With BERTs help,Aristo“read”many multiple-choice questions and answers.Over time,it was able to find logical patterns on its own.It may still be in the earliest stages,said Jingjing Liu,a Microsoft researcher who has been working on similar technologies“We can t compare this technology to real human students and their ability to reason.”However,Aristo s success means that AI systems are getting better at understanding users,and we might see improved search engines and hospital databases（数据库）in the near future.27Why did scientists develop Aristo?ATo make better multiple-choice exams.BTo improve AI s ability to teach itself.CTo shorten the time AI needs to“read”information.DTo improve the language understanding and logic of AI.28.What can we know about Aristo from its exam results?AIt was smarter than most US students.BIt could only deal with science questions.CIt was best at understanding English.DIt did better than other AI systems in similar tasks.29What does the sixth paragraph talk about?AHow Aristo teaches itself.BHow Aristo reads English articles.CHow Google developed BERT.D How Google designed Aristo.30What can we learn from Jingjing Liu s words?AAI will soon replace humans in many tasks.BAristo still cannot compare to human reasoning skills.CHumans can t live without AI in the future.DAristo performs better with a larger database.第二节（共5 小题：每小题2 分，满分10 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。7 Many of you may know that Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia 31 In September,Indonesia announced that the country will move its capital from Jakarta on the island of Java,to Kalimantan,on the island of Borneo.This is big news for Indonesia.Indeed,it would be for any country.The word“capital”comes from the Latin word“caput”，meaning“head”.Government institutions,such as legislative and judicial bodies,are located in capital cities.32 In English-language news reports,when you read“relations between Beijing and Moscow”，it actually means“relations between the Chinese and Russian governments”.33 In many countries,the capital is the richest city.This is because when a city becomes a major business center,it takes a more important place on the world stage.London,for example,has been the economic center of Britain for nearly 2，000 years,so it s naturally been the capital for much of that time.34 Brazil s capital used to be Rio de Janeiro,a coastal city.Later the capital moved to the inland city of Brasilia.Part of the reason is that coastal cities can be attacked（攻击）more easily.In the case of Indonesia,the new capital was chosen in order to achieve balanced development in different areas.Kalimantan is an underdeveloped area.35 AThis will soon change.BSometimes,capitals are chosen for safely reasons.CSome new capitals are planned and built in undeveloped areas.DCountries sometimes move their capitals from one city to another.ETherefore,it is important to choose a good spot for one s capital.FBy becoming the new capital,it can expect faster economic growth.GThe leaders of a country usually work and live in the capital as well.第三部分语言运用（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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。In November,2018，a wildfire broke out in California.It was reported that the most destructive fire was 36 by bad electrical cables in the town of Paradise.It burned for 17 days and caused 165 billion in 37，destroying nearly 19，000 buildings,killing 85 people and leaving 50，000 others homeless.Paradise was 38 a paradise（乐土）.Shane Grammer grew up 15 miles away in Chico,and he 39 the news of the fire s deadly path from his home in Los Angeles The 47-year-old father of three works as a creative director for Disney s theme parks.Grammer still has 40 in the Paradise area.When his childhood buddy,Shane Edwards,8 posted pictures of his white chimney-the only pan of his house to 41-Grammer felt helpless.And then he had a（n）42 .“I ve got to paint that 43 he told Inside Edition.“It was an opportunity for me to express myself and be a（n）44 .”On Dec 31，Grammer 45 three hours painting a beautifully sad black-and-white image of a woman on the chimney a reminder,perhaps,of the 46 of life,or even just of life itself.Grammer 47 the image on Instagram.The victims of the fire,especially,had 48 feelings.“You bring beauty and hope.”one said.49,Grammer realized that his artistic expression had 50 into something deeper,the characteristic of true art.Over a period of three months he returned eight times,51 17 pictures of victims and mythical（神话里的）heroes on walls,pickup trucks,and ruined buildings.“There is 52，”he explains.“There is beauty in the ashes.”Grammer s work in Paradise has become a bigger 53 .He has traveled the world painting big pictures in 54 places（hat needed some light:a home for orphans（孤儿）in Tijuana,Mexico;a youth center in San Francisco.“I want to do something powerful and create art that 55 people,”he says.36 Aturned down Bput forward Cbrought about D cut down 37 Adamage Buse Cwaste D question 38 Aas usual Bat last Conce again D no longer 39 Amade Bfollowed Cignored D missed 40 Astudents Bco-workers Cfriends D children 41 Asurvive Bdisappear Ccontinue D exist 42 Adream Bidea Cexcuse D chance 43 Afire Bwall Chouse D chimney 44 Aartist Bdirector Creporter D tourist 45 Awasted Bsaved Ctook D spent 46 Apurpose Btroth Cbeauty D choice 47 Asold Bnoticed Cdiscovered D posted 48 Aangry Bupset Cstrong D Hopefully 49 AGenerally BSuddenly CLuckily D Hopefully 50 Achanged Bdivided Cslide D put 9 51 Aprinting Bpainting Cbuying D collecting 52 Aluck Bdoubt Chope D happiness 53 Atask Bgame Cexperiment D project 54 ABusy Bdark Clonely D surprises 55 Amoves Bexcites Cwarns D surprises 第二节（共10 小题；每小题15 分，满分15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Schoolwork can be stressful sometimes,56（especial）in th