高二英语上学期第二学段考试试题.docx

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高二英语上学期第二学段考试试题

2021年高二英语上学期第二学段考试试题

注意：

本试卷共8页,满分100分,时间90分钟

第一部分阅读理解（共15小题,满分30分）

A

Threeprettyladieswerebeingtrainedtobeedetectivesbyapoliceman.Totesttheirskillsinrecognizingasuspect（嫌疑犯）,thepolicemanshowedthefirstladyapictureforfivesecondsandthenaskedhowshecouldrecognizehim.Shethoughtiteasy,forthesuspecthadonlyoneeye.Thepolicemanfeltdisappointedatthisfunnyanswer.Heshowedthesecondladythepictureforfivesecondsandaskedherhowshewouldrecognizehim.Thesecondladygiggled,flippedherhair,andsaid,“Ha!

It'seasytofindtheoneearedperson!

”Heransweralsomadethepolicemanangry.Turningtothethirdlady,heasked,“Thisisyoursuspect,andhowwouldyourecognizehim?

”Headdedquickly,“Thinkhardbeforegivingastupidanswer.”Thethirdladylookedatthepicturecarefullyforamomentandsaid,“Hmm...thesuspectiswearingcontactlenses（隐形眼镜）.”Thepolicemanwassurprisedandspeechless,becausehereallydidn'tknowhimselfifthesuspectworecontactsornot.“Well,thatisagoodanswer.WaithereforafewminuteswhileIcheckhisfile.”Helefttheroomandwenttohisoffice,checkedthesuspect'sfileinhisputerandreturnedwithabeamingsmile.“Wow!

Ican'tbelieveit...It'sTRUE!

Thesuspectdoesinfactwearcontactlenses.Goodwork!

Howwereyouabletomakesuchawiseobservation?

”“That'seasy,”theblondereplied,“Hecan'twearglassesbecauseheonlyhasoneeyeandoneear!

”

1.Whichofthefollowingcannotconcludefromthepassagethatdetectivesshouldhave?

A.Theymustbehumorous.

B.Theymustbepretty.

C.Theirobservationmustbekeen.

D.Theymustbegoodatthinking.

2.Accordingtothepassagewecaninferthat________.

A.thepicturewasjustasideofthesuspect

B.thesuspectwaseasytoberecognized

C.thesuspectmustbeadisabledperson

D.thesuspectwascaughtbythepoliceman

3.Whatwillprobablyhappentothethreeladiesafterthistest?

A.Thefirstladymaybeacceptedasadetectiveatonce.

B.Thesecondladymaybeacceptedasadetectiveatonce.

C.Allofthemmaybegivenmoretrainingcoursesorfired.

D.Thethirdladyisgoodatthinkingandneedn'tanytraining.

B

Alanworkedinanofficeinthecity.Heworkedveryhardandreallywantedtotakeaholiday.

Heusuallywenttotheseaside,butonedayhesawanadinanewspaper.“Enjoycountrylife.SpendafewweeksatWillowFarm.Goodfood,freshair,horseriding,walking,fishing.Goodprices.”

“Thissoundslikeagoodidea,”hethought.“I'llspendamonthatWillowFarm.I'llenjoyhorseriding,walkingandfishing.They'llmakeachangefromsittingbytheseaside.”

Fourdayslaterhereturnedhome.

“What'swrongwithWillowFarm?

”

HisfriendJackaskedhim.“Didn'tyouenjoycountrylife?

”

“Countrylifewasfine,”Alansaid,“buttherewasanotherproblem.”

“Oh,what?

”

“Well,thefirstdayIwasthereasheepdied,andwehadroastmuttonfordinner.”

“Freshmeatisthebest.”

“Iknow,butontheseconddayacowdied,andwehadroastbeeffordinner.”

“Luckyyou!

”

“Youdon'tunderstand,”Alansaid.

“Onthethirddayapigdiedandwehadroastporkfordinner.”

“Adifferentroasteveryday,”Jacksaid.

“Letmefinish,”Alansaid,“onthefourthdaythefarmerdiedandIdidn'tdaretostayfordinner!

”

4.AlandecidedtospendhisholidayatWillowFarmbecause________.

A.helivednearthere

B.hethoughtitwouldmakeachangefromsittingbytheseaside

C.hehadagoodfriendthere

D.hewantedtoenjoythefreshairinthecountry

5.Alanusuallyspenthisholiday________.

A.inthecountryB.inthemountains

C.onanislandD.bytheseaside　

6.Howmanydaysdidhestayonthefarm?

A.Afewdays.B.Fourdays.

C.Aweek.D.Threedays.

7.WhatmadeAlanreturnsosoon?

A.Hefellill.

B.Theairtherewasnotfresh.

C.Hewasafraidthattheywouldhavethedeadmanfordinner.

D.Thepricesweretoohigh.

C

Oneofthesimplestandthemosteffectiveformsofmunicationinvolvesnothingmorethanthemovementoffacialmuscles.WhatamItalkingabout?

Smiling!

Everyoneunderstandswhatasmilemeans,andeveryonealsounderstandswhatafrownmeans.Infact,thesetwobasicfacialexpressionscanberecognizedacrosscountries,acrosstheworldandacrosstheglobe,regardlessofthelanguagespokenortheculturelivedin.

Hugsaresobeautiful!

Whenyougivesomeoneahugorsomeoneesupandgivesyouahug,thissimpleactofahugcan“speak”volumesabouthowmuchyoucarefortheotherperson,howmuchloveyouwanttosharewiththeotherperson,howmuchyouhavemissedtheotherperson.Thishughassomuchtosay,andyetthereneverhastobeanywordsspoken.

And,whoneedstosaythewords“yes”or“no”whenamovementoftheheadsaysthesamething.Thesebasicexamplesshowjusthowpowerfulbodylanguagecanbe.Justknowinghowtoreadandusebodylanguageeffectively,makesitreallyeasytoseewhyitisnotalwaysabadthingtobelostforwords.

Bodylanguageintheworldofloveisaverymonthingandsometimestheonlything.And,mostofthetime,bodylanguageistheveryfirstwords“spoken”beforeanywordsare.Theoldsayingis“loveatfirstsight”,not“loveatfirstword”.Acrossacrowdedroom,theireyesmeetandlinger,hewinksather,andsheraisesaneyebrow.Theconnectionismadewithoutanywordsneeded.Thesedisplaysofbodylanguagesayitall.Infact,sometimestheycansaymorethanwordscan.

8.Howmanykindsofbodylanguagearementionedinthefirsttwoparagraphs?

A.Three.B.Two.C.Four.D.Five.

9.Theauthorthinksitisn'tabadthingtobelostforwordsbecause________.

A.silenceisusuallybetterthanwords

B.bodylanguagecansavemuchtime

C.toomanywordsmaybringsometrouble

D.bodylanguagecanbemoreeffective

10.Thelastparagraphtalksaboutbodylanguageused________.

A.betweentwogoodfriends

B.betweentwopeopleinlove

C.betweenfamilymembers

D.betweencloserelatives

11.Whichwordcanbestdescribebodylanguageaccordingtothepassage?

A.Necessary.B.Powerful.C.Important.D.Wonderful.

D

MadameTussaud'sWax（蜡）Museum,London

MadameTussaud'sWaxMuseumwasfirstsetupinParisin1770,movedtoLondonin1802andmovedtoitspresentaddressin1884.Thecollectionoffamouspeopleofthepastandpresentiskeptuptodate.VisitorswillseeHenryⅧandhissixwives,thepresentQueenandroyalfamily,leadingfiguresoftheFrenchRevolutionandsoon.In1993,anewsectionwasaddedtoit,the“SpiritofLondon”,ajourneythroughLondonfrommedievaltimes（中世纪）tothepresentday.

Address:

MadameTussaud'sMaryleboneRoad

LondonNWI5LRUnitedKingdom

Hours:

Itisopenfrom9:

30to17:

30fromMondaytoSundayandalwaysclosedonChristmasDay（December25）.

Cost:

Adult:

￡25.00.

Child16under:

￡21.00.

Child4under:

FREE.

Tips:

Extramoneyappliesto（适用）somepeakperiods.

Groupratesapplyto10ormorepersons.

binedticketsforMadameTussaud'sandtheLondonPlanetarium（天文馆）areavailableatreducedrate.

Openinghoursmayvarythroughouttheyear.

Directions:

ByTube（地铁）:

MadameTussaud'sisatwominutewalkfromBakerStreettubestation.

ByTrain:

MaryleboneStationiswithin10minuteswalkingdistanceofMadameTussaud's.

ByBus:

ThefollowingbusnumberstraveltoMadameTussaud's:

13,18,27,30,74,82,113,139and274.

12.Fromthe“SpiritofLondon”，visitorscanlearn________.

A.thetubeofLondon

B.whatLondonpeoplethinktoday

C.thehistoryofLondon

D.thefamouspeopleinLondon'sdevelopment

13.IftheSmithsvisittheWaxMuseumwiththeirtenyearoldtwins，theywillhavetopay________.

A.￡71.00B.￡85.00

C.￡92.00D.￡50.00

14.WhatcanwelearnfromtheTips?

A.Visitorsmayhavetopayextramoneyduringsomepeakseasons.

B.Thevisitingtimedoesn'tchangealltheyeararound.

C.VisitorscanenterthePlanetariumforfree.

D.Morethan8visitorstogethercanbuygrouptickets.

15.Thetextiswrittento________.

A.attractmorereaderstovisitLondon

B.explainthedifferentroutestotheWaxMuseum

C.tellreadershowtoenjoymostintheWaxMuseum

D.offerinformationaboutvisitingtheWaxMuseum

第二部分英语知识运用

第一节完形填空（共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分。

）

CharlieChaplin,Mr.BeanandsoonareexamplesoffamousinternationalediansandallofthemareBritish.ButwhyhasBritish__16__beensosuccessful?

Whyisitmoresuccessfulinpleasingothers__17__greatenjoymentthanFrenchorGermanedy?

EverybodyinBritainisexpectedtohavea__18__ofhumour.AndtheBritishpayspecialattention__19__showingothershumourinsituationswhichmightseemverystrange,almost__20__,toothercultures.Professorsgivingseriouslecturesatuniversityoften__21__jokestogetpeoplerelaxedandinterested.Businesspeopleoften__22__humourandnumberwhenmakingimportantpresentations.Somedoctorsare__23__formakingtheirpatientsrelax.Evenpriests（牧师）tell__24__inchurches!

Butwhat__25__makesBritishpeoplelaugh?

AndwhyisBritishhumouroften__26__forforeignerstounderstand?

Jokesareconnectedwith__27__.Theyoftenrefertopeopleandplacesthatare__28__familiartotheBritishthemselves.AnotherthingthatmakesBritishhumour__29__forforeignersisthattheyoftenplay__30__wordsthatsoundthesame__31__havedifferentmeanings,andtherearealotof__32__inEnglish!

However,alotofBritishhumouris__33__andedianslikeCharlieChaplinandMr.Beanhavebeensuccessful__34__theworld.Theirhumourisunderstoodonsightandtheyexpressitinsituationsthatwecantell—peopleoftenfindthemselves__35__inlaughingorbeinglaughedat.

16.A.playB.edyC.