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宁夏银川市2019学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷

【含答案及解析】

姓名___________班级____________分数__________

题号一二三四五六七总分

得分

一、阅读理解

1.

WelcometoArundelCastlewhichissituatedinWestSusx,England.

Thecastlehasahistoryofnearly1000yearsandhaswelcomedvisitors

lCastlealsoplaysastarring

roleinmanyfilms.

TheGardens

TheWhiteGardenisplantedwithsoftwhiteIcebergRos,andSnowWhite

Lilies.

TheRoGardenisnewlyplantedwithlovelyold-fashionedEnglishrosthat

areattheirverybestinJuneandJuly.

TheOrganicKitchenGardenproducesawiderangeofasonalfruitand

vegetables,pears,cherriesandapples.

TheCastleShop

IntheCastleShop,youwilldiscoverawideandinterestingrangeof

rsgiftsandsouvenirsdesignedtoappealto

,china,books,andstationery(文具)areall

esoldinthisCastleShoponly.

AtArundelCastleweprideourlvesonsupportinglocalsuppliersand

activelyencourageenvironmentallyfriendlyproducts.

TheArundelFestival2014

Saturday16thtoMonday25thAugust

e

ofthemostamazing,diverandeasilyaccessibleartsfestivalsintheUK,

offeringamixofvisualarts,music,theatreandstreetentertainment.

Parking

Coachesandmini-buscandropoffatthemainCastleentranceinMill

RoadandparkinthemaintowncarparkthatisoppositetheCastleentrance.

Pleainformuswhenmakingyourbookingofhowmanyparkingpermitsare

required.

sitingthecastle,youcan____________.-fashioned

-friendlyproductsintheCastleShopC.

thelocalgiftsare

beingmade

gdoestheArundelFestivallastthisyear?

th

anyouparkthecoach?

theCastle

ainCastleentrance

2.

fthepeoplewhobelongtobook

nsthepageonthetraditionalideaofabook

group.

Membersgoonthesiteandregisterthebookstheyownandwouldliketo

ossingprovidesanidentificationnumbertostickinsidethebook.

Thenthepersonleavesitinapublicplace,hopingthatthebookwillhavean

adventure,travelingfarandwidewitheachnewreaderwhofindsit.

BrucePederson,themanagingdirectorofBookCrossing,says,“Thetwothings

ossing

combinesboth.”

Membersleavebooksonparkbenchesandbus,intrainstationsandcoffee

rfindstheirbookwillgotothesiteandrecordwherethey

foundit.

Peoplewhofindabookcanalsoleaveajournalentrydescribingwhatthey

thoughtofit.E-mailsarethennttotheBookCrosrstokeepthemupdated

etersonsaystheideaisfor

peoplenottobelfishbykeepingabooktogatherdustonashelfathome.

BookCrossingispartofatrendamongpeoplewhowanttogetbacktothe

“real”andnotthevirtual(虚拟).Thesitenowhasmorethanonemillion

membersinmorethanonehundredthirty-fivecountries.

stheauthormentionbookgroupsinthefirstparagraph?

ainwhattheyare.

oduceBookCrossing.

sstheimportanceofreading.

uragereaderstosharetheirideas.

estheunderlinedword“it”inParagraph2referto?

nture.

ntificationnumber.

llaBookCrosrdowithabookafterreadingit?

safeinhisbookca.

backtoitsowner.

thebesttitleforthetext?

Reading:AVirtualTour

onicBooks:AnewTrend

roupBringsTraditionBack

teLinksPeoplethroughBooks

3.

“Wehaven’tfoundanythingthatwecan’trecycle!”

Cigaretteendsareeverywhere—litteringourstreetsandbeaches—andfor

decadesthey’vebeenthoughtofas“unrecyclable”.ButaNewJerybad

company,calledTerraCycle,hastakenonthechallenge,andhascomeupwitha

waytorecyclemillionsofcigaretteendsandturnthemintoindustrial

istorecyclethingsthatpeoplenormallyconsider

impossibletoreu.

Obviouslyitwouldbeevenbetterfortheenvironmentifeveryonejust

stoppedsmoking,butthestatisticsshowthatalthoughtherehasbeenan

increainanti-smokingadsandmessaging,between2000and2014,global

salesofcigarettesincreadby8percent,andawholelotofthocigarette

ostofourlittereventuallyendsupin

waterways,cigaretteendscansurelypollutethesurroundingenvironment.“It

onlytakesasinglecigaretteendtopollutealiterofwater,”TerraCycle

founder,TomSzaky,said.“Animalscanalsomistakelitteredcigaretteends

forfood.”

Sohowdoyougoaboutturningallthopoisonoundsintosomethinguful?

x

theremainingmaterials,suchasthetobaccoandthepaper,withotherkinds

ofrubbish,anduitonnon-agriculturalland,

filters(过滤嘴)clethe,TerraCyclefirst

makesthemcleanandcutsthemintosmallpieces,andthencombinesthemwith

otherrecycledmaterials,makingthemintoliquidforindustrialplastic

products.

They’renowalsoexpandingtheirrecyclingofferingstotherestofthe80

percentofhouholdwastethatcurrentlycan’tberecycled,suchas

chocolatepackaging,pens,listouthelatest

rearchtofindawaytostopsomuchwasteendingupinlandfill(垃圾填

埋),ar,

it’sworking.

“Wehaven’tfoundanythingthatwecan’trecycle,”communications

directorofTerraCycle,AlbeZakes,said.“Butwiththeamountandvariety

ofpackagingandlitterintheworld,wearealwayslookingfornewwaste

streamstoaddress.”

esTerraCycleintendtodo?

forrecyclablematerialsforu.

thasmanycigaretteendsaspossible.

enewkindsofindustrialplasticproducts.

ewhatudtobeconsideredunrecyclable.

erlinedword“trash”inParagraph2probablymeans______.

esParagraph3mainlytalkabout?

ectiveuofcigaretteends.

cessofrecyclingcigaretteends.

ficultyinrecyclingcigaretteends.

sonforbreakingdowncigaretteends.

besaidinthelastparagraphimpliesthat______.

smoreandmorewastetoberecycled

fficultforTerraCycletorecycleeverything

ycleistryingtomeetthechallengeofnewwaste

yclehassuccessfullyrecycledalargeamountofwaste

4.

Sometimesthetoughestthingaboutfeelingsissharingthemwith

others．Sharingyourfeelingshelpsyouwhetheryourfeelingsarewonderfulor

terrible．Sharingalsohelpsyoutogetclortopeopleyoucareaboutand

whocareaboutyou．Buthow?

Youcan’ttellyourfriendswhat’sinsideyourbackpackifyoudon’tknow

what’sinthereyourlf．Feelingsarethesameway．Beforeyoucanshare

themwithanyone，youhavetofigureoutwhatfeelingsyouhave．

Makingalistofyourfeelingscanhelp．Youcandothisinyourmindorby

writingitoutorevenbydrawingpictures．Issomethingbotheringyou?Does

itmakeyoufrustratedorterrified?Doyoufeelthimotiononlyonceina

whileormuchofthetime?

Thewayapersonfeelsinsideisimportant．Ifyoukeepfeelingslocked

inside，itcanevenmakeyoufeelsick!Butifyoutalkwithsomeonewhocares

foryou，youwillalmostalwaysstarttofeelbetter．Itdoesn’tmeanyour

problemsandworriesmagicallydisappear，butatleastsomeoneelknows

what’sbotheringyouandcanhelpyoufindsolutions．

Yourmomanddadwanttoknowifyouhaveproblemsandwhat’shappeningin

yourlife．Butwhatifakiddoesn’twanttotalkwithparents?Thenfind

anothertrustedadult，likearelativeorateacheratschoo1．Maybethis

personcanhelpyoutalkwithyourparentsaboutyourproblemorconcern．

Onceyouknowwhoyoucantalkwith，you'llwanttopickatimeandplaceto

talk．Youcantalkpubliclyinyourfamily．Butsomekidsaremoreprivate

thanothersandtheywillfeelshyaboutsharingtheirfeelings．Thenfinda

quietplaceorwriteitdownonapieceofpaper．Akiddoesn’thavetoshare

everyfeelingheorshehas．

esthepassagemainlytellus?

ortanceoffeelings．________igureoutyourfeelings．

hareyourfeelings．________plesharingyourfeelings．

nwelearnfromParagraph2?

n’ttelltheirfriendsabouttheirbackpack．

ouldknowaboutthemlvesfirstbeforesharing．

edtofindoutwhatothersthinkofthemfirst．

’feelingsarethesameinaway．

ghthappenaftersharingyourfeelingswithothers?

’11recoverfromyourillness．________rrieswill

magicallydisappear．

’11likemoreprivatetalks．________lfeelrelieved．

sthispassageprobablytakenfrom?

cefiction．________ts’brochure．

ren’smagazine．________eboard．

二、七选五

5.

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项

为多余选项。

Astudent'

preparationsareneededsoyoucanbesuretogohack

homewithadiplomaandabrightfuturewaitingforyou.

Thefollowingaresomebasicthingsyouneedtodobefore

evenizingthatpassportandboardingontheplane.

●Knowingthecountry.

Youshouldn'tbotherrearchingthecountry'shottesttourist

'tgothereasa

tourist,'llbehelpfultoreadthe

mostimportantpointsintheirhistoryandtoreadupon

theirculture.2.________Yousurelydon'twanttoface

legalproblems,especiallyifyou'reawayfromhome.

●Studyingtheirlanguage.

Don'texpectthatyoucangraduateabroadwithoutknowing

leavingyourhome

country,takeonlinelessonstoatleastmastersomeof

theirwordsandntences.3._________Doingthiswill

alsoprepareyouincommunicatingwiththowhocan'tspeak

English.b

●4.

Checktheconversion（兑换）ofyourmoneytotheirlocal

currency,tupyourbankaccountsoyoucanuit

there,getaninsurance,ernet

oryourintendedschoolwillbeveryhelpfulinfindingan

apartmentandhelpingyouunderstandlocalcurrency.

Remember,you'renotonlycarryingyourownreputationbut

yourcountry'ctfoolishly,

peopletheremightthinkthatallofyourcountrymenare

foolishaswell.5.．

gyourclothes.

ingforotherneeds.

portantly,readabouttheirlaws.

llbeufulinlivingandstudyingthere.

uldsurelybeaverybadstartforyourstudy

abroadprogram.

iththeirtrendswillkeepitfrombeingtoo

obviousthatyou'reaforeigner.

venmoredifficultifyouwillhaveto

completeyourstudyinaforeignland.

三、完形填空

6.

IwasgoingthroughmysonMatthew’sbackpackwhenIsawanenvelopein

ately,Iknewitwasa“thankyou”cardfromoneof

his________.TotallynotnecessarysincemyChristmasgiftstothemaremy

wayofsaying,“Thankyou”.I________nIstopped.

I________dcaughtmyattention.“I

loveworkingwithourMatthew.”eword________the

adwritten“Iloveworkingwith

Matthew”,Iwouldknowthatshelovesworkingwithmyson.________by

addingthatoneword,“our”,itmeant“Iloveworkingwiththisboywho

________here,isacceptedhereandwealltakeresponsibilityforcaring

for.”

I________knewthis,ofcour,eingablogIwrotepreviously,but

it’salwaysgoodtobe_______.InthatblogpostImentionedtenreasons

whyhis________hatblogwehavehadhis

IEP(IndividualizedEducationProgram)meeting,whereIwas________ofthat

meeting,someone________“EveryonelovesMatthew.

WeallloveMatthew”.Anditwasgenuineand__________.Aswewentaround

theroomandthestaff________usoninformationaboutMatthew,itwas

apparentthatitwentwaybeyondsharingwhatheisdoing________and

rsonhadauniquelittle________totellaboutMatthew.

StoriesthatshowthattheyreallyknowwhoMatthewisandthatthey________

him.

InfactjusttodayIhadwrittenanoteinhiscommunicationbookthatitwas

________nthe

dayIgotanemailandapictureofMatthew________withsnowinabig

containerinsidetheschool.

AsIwasreflectingonthis,Irealizedthatasafamilywearereally

lucky________schoolisn’ttheonlyplacewheretheythinkofhimas“our

Matthew”.It________tootherpartsofourlivesaswell—ourfriends,

ourfamily,ourneighborhood,andourchurch.

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四、短文填空

7.

yofyouhaveheardofsuccessfulpeople

whohaven’tmadeanyeffort?

uallydon’tfindsuccessfromthevery

beginning.

VanGoghsoldonlyonepaintingduringhislifetime,butthisdidn’tstop

Edison2.(fire)fromhis

,asaninventor,hetried1,000

times3.(create)thelightbulb,onfidentin4.

(he),and5.(eventual)6.(ask),“Howdiditfeelto

fail1,000times?”Edisonreplied,“Ididn’tfail1,ht

ionwith1,000steps.

Thesuccessfulpeoplehavetgood8.(example)uldn’t

haveachievedtheirsuccessifthey9.(abandon)ein

yourlfandtryyourbest,.

五、单词拼写

8.

he__________(潜能)tobecomeaworld-classmusician.

workersfledin_________(惊慌；恐慌)asthefiretookhold.

alweaponsareb_________(禁止；取缔)internationally.

nreceived___________(普遍的；广泛的)supportthroughoutthe

country.

rtainlyfeelthe___________(结果；影响)oftoomanylate

nights.

enhoueffectgivestheearth’ssurfacethea__________

temperatureof15℃.

rainingcatsanddogsoutside,itisnotana__________timeto

haveoutdooractivities.

’reworriedaboutyourhealth,shareyoura_____________withyour

doctor.

kingtimeshouldbef___________enoughtosuittheneedsof

differentpeople.

icefoundalargeq___________ofdrugsathishome.

六、短文改错

9.

文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

ThisafternoonIwenttothebookstorenearmyhou,onlyfinditwasclod.

Justthen,pasdbya

whitewall,an,whosawthathad

happened,feltafraidorranawayquickly.

Afewminuteslater,anotherboyspasdbythewhitewallandsawthe

ghtforamomentandtookoutofapencilfromhis

waswondered,Isawtheboypaintingthepandaonthewall.

Andthefootprintsbecomethepanda’martboyIwas!

七、书面表达

10.

假设你是李华，你所在的学校与美国BASISTucson中学有一个交流项目

（ExchangeProgram），此项目为部分同学提供在美国学习一年的机会。现在你有意要参

加该项目，请根据以下内容要点，用英语向该校写一份申请。

1．渴望了解不同文化，乐于传播中国文化；

2．现正在寄宿学校（boardingschool）上学，习惯离家生活；

3．新的经历对性格培养有益，是学习、锻炼的好机会。

注意：1．短文必须包括以上要点，可适当添加细节。

2．词数：100词左右。开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

DearSirorMadam,

Howiverythingwithyou?

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Yours,

LiHua

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