2019-2020學年廣東省廣州市番禺區仲元中學高二（上）期中英語試卷

第一部分 閱讀理解（共 20 小題；每小題 2.5 分；滿分 50 分）第一節（共 15 小題；每小題 2.5 分，滿分 37.5 分）閱讀下列短文，從每小題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中選出最佳選項， 并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

• 1．We Brits love the idea of a real Christmas tree-but not so many of us like the realities of dragging a 7 ft．Norway spruce through the house and leaving needles all over the place．
     If you count yourself among the reluctant group，then it may be time to go fake（假的）．After all，buying an artificial Christmas tree doesn't mean accepting defeat．There's a huge range of options and sizes，including pre-lit trees，which will save you the frustration of trying to string your own lights．
     Another big bonus of choosing an artificial Christmas tree is cost：artificial trees can last for decades，so they work out cheaper than paying for a real tree every year．Like now retailers（零售商） are offering great deals at the moment；at Tesco，artificial Christmas trees are 25 percent off．Meanwhile，you can take advantage of the current 3 for 2 offer at Argos to fill your house with not one，not two，but three．You may perhaps partner up with friends who are also looking to invest．
     Of course，keep your tree for years and years and it will start to pay you back in terms of carbon footprint；however，a "real" one will always have to be transported，used and dealt with every year．
     Are there any downsides？Yes．You might think you're saving the planet，but a fake tree is actually not an environmentally friendly option．Most are made in factories in Asia．They're made from metal and plastic，and many end their lives in landfills．
     Another problem with a fake tree is that it doesn't look very natural-and of course you won't get that lovely pine smell either．You'll also need to find space for storage．
  
  （1）What does the underlined word "reluctant" in Paragraph 2 probably mean？

  
  A．Passive．
  B．Related．
  C．Unwilling．
  D．Supportive．
  （2）Which is the benefit of buying an artificial Christmas tree？

  
  A．Abundant choices．
  B．The lovely pine smell．
  C．Cheaper than a real one．
  D．Free for transportation．
  （3）What can we learn from the passage？

  
  A．Fake Christmas trees are environmentally friendly．
  B．British people like to drag a real Christmas tree home．
  C．People need to find space to store a fake Christmas tree．
  D．People may get three more if they buy two fake Christmas trees．
  （4）What is the passage mainly about？

  
  A．Different reasons for choosing fake Christmas trees．
  B．Valuable suggestions on choosing fake Christmas trees．
  C．Efficient ways of saving money on choosing Christmas trees．
  D．Advantages and disadvantages of choosing fake Christmas trees．
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• 2．"Farm to table" is the name of a movement that encourages people to eat locally grown food.The farm-to-table idea has become more popular in recent years.But there is also a movement that brings "table to farm".Its purpose is to connect people to the land and to honor local farmers by creating a sort of restaurant without walls.
     Its founder，Jim Denevan，got the idea for this kind of "culinary adventure（美食探險）"，as he called it，ten years ago.He recently prepared tables for more than a hundred people at Briars Farm in Virginia.He and his eight-member team arrived the night before.Chefs（廚師）from a local restaurant prepared the dinner.
     Jim Denevan's brother is a farmer and he himself is a cjye.aif.He thought that the idea of a meal served right on the farm made sense，though not everyone agreed.
     "But I wanted to make the idea work，so I decided to cross the country，" said Denevan. "I went all the way across the United States and set the table on farms，ranches（大牧場） and beaches，and all the places where food came from. "
     "This kind of event connects us with a lot of enthusiastic people，people that we can form relationships with，" said Matt Szechenyi，who operates Briars Farm.
     The tour of the farm ends at the dinner table.The meats in the meal come from Matt Szechenyi's farm.The vegetables come from nearby farms.Guests and local farmers sit together.
     Annoica Ingram came with a friend. "The food is wonderful.I appreciate their hard work.I see everything they have to do to take care of the animals and make sure they are well-cared-for.Without them，I think，we'll have big problems，" she said.
  
  （1）What is the main purpose of the movement "table to farm"？

  
  A．To provide people with healthy food.
  B．To honor farmers for their hard work.
  C．To help farmers earn more money.
  D．To encourage people to work less and eat more.
  （2）Members of the movement "table to farm" will probably NOT

  .
  A．build restaurants for farmers
  B．walk around the farms
  C．communicate with farmers
  D．make new friends
  （3）Annoica's attitude towards farmers' work is

  .
  A．worried
  B．doubtful
  C．thankful
  D．supportive
  （4）What kind of writing is the passage likely to be？

  
  A．A travel guide.
  B．Popular science.
  C．A diary.
  D．A news report.
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• 3．The forest of today will not be the forests of tomorrow.Rising temperatures，trees being cut down，development and climate-change-caused disasters are changing the very makeup of the Earth's forests，new research published in Science finds.
     Older，bigger trees are being lost at an alarming rate，making the planet's forests shorter and younger.The change is being driven at different rates by different causes in different places，the study's authors say，but the consequences will be global.
     Old growth forests absorb and store massive amounts of climate-warming CO₂.They provide habitats for rare and endangered species and promote rich biodiversity.Researchers found that the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forests between 1900 and 2015.In North America and Europe，they found that tree mortality（死亡率） has doubled in the past 40 years.
     "Warming temperatures，wildfires，logging and insect outbreaks were among the many causes of the decline，" says Nate McDowell，the study's lead author. "What's perhaps more concerning is that the trajectory（發展軌跡） of all these disturbances is generally increasing over time and is expected to continue increasing in the future." he says.
     McDowell's focus is on how trees are affected by rising temperatures，arguably the biggest driver of forest change.To get a broader understanding of how forests are changing globally，he brought in more than 20 other researchers in different fields.Together，they examined more than 160 previous studies about tree mortality and its global causes，applying current satellite data and modeling to create a look at the Earth's changing forests to date.
     "It's not a shock，but it's very sad，" says Kristina，an ecologist and leader of the ForestGEO Ecosystems &Climate Program who helped with the research. "We as a human society are hitting these forests so rapidly with so many different changes that they can't keep up." she says.
  
  （1）What can we know from the figures in the paragraph 3？

  
  A．More trees should be planted in no time.
  B．We are losing old growth forests quickly.
  C．Forests are important habitats for wildlife.
  D．Different trees can absorb CO₂ differently.
  （2）What can we say about McDowell's research？

  
  A．Timely and long-standing.
  B．All-sided and careful.
  C．Time-limited and regional.
  D．Traditional and extensive.
  （3）What's Kristina's attitude towards the findings of the research？

  
  A．Worried.
  B．Optimistic.
  C．Supportive.
  D．Indifferent.
  （4）What's the writer's purpose of writing the passage？

  
  A．To call on people to plant more trees.
  B．To discuss the influence of climate change.
  C．To warn against the loss of old growth forests.
  D．To compare forests of today with those of the future.
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• 4．World Heritage Sites（遺址） You Need to Visit Los Glaciares National Park
     Located in the southwest of Santa Cruz province of the Argentine part of Patagonia in a remote area known as the Austral Andes，Los Glaciares National Park is a heaven of mountains lakes.jye.ai countless glaciers that cover half the 600，000-hectare expanse.Travelling through this amazing scenery is a once- in-a-lifetime experience.
     Jeronimos Monastery
     Travel to the Belem district at the entrance to the port of Lisbon to find the Jeronimos Monastery，which dates back to the 15th century.This highly religious building was constructed and donated to the monks（和尚） of Saint Hieronymus to pray for sailors on their voyages.It's the characteristic of Portuguese Gothic style.
     Old Québec
     Founded by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1608，Québec is among the oldest settlements in North America and one of the most popular travel destinations in Canada.Centuries-old attraction is on full display in its perfectly preserved historic district，a shining example of a city built by early settlers with stone paths，churches and landmarks like Chateau Frontenac and Place Royale.
     Angkor Wat
     Exploring Angkor Wat in Siem Reap，Cambodia tops our list of unforgettable trips that won't cost a lot.It is part of one of the most significant archaeological（考古的） sites in Southeast Asia in the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire，from the 9th to the 14th century.This great temple complex was originally constructed as a place of showing respect to the god Vishnu and is the largest religious structure on the planet!
  
  （1）If you're interested in natural scenery，which place would you visit？

  
  A．Los Glaciares National Park.
  B．Jeronimos Monastery.
  C．Old Québec.
  D．Angkor Wat.
  （2）Which of the following are religious sites？

  
  A．Old Québec and Angkor Wat.
  B．Jeronimos Monastery and Old Québec.
  C．Jeronimos Monastery and Angkor Wat.
  D．Los Glaciarcs National Park and Jeronimos Monastery.
  （3）What can a traveler to Angkor Wat expect？

  
  A．Great voyages.
  B．Low cost.
  C．Mountain views.
  D．Gothic style landmarks.
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第二節 七選五（共 5 小題；每小題 2.5 分，滿分 12.5 分）根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

• 5．When learning English，some students may find it difficult to improve their listening.Here are some tips.（1）

  .
     Relax yourself
     （2）

  .You need to relax.This will help you with your listening.
     Listen carefully to the first sentence
     The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage.For example，if，at the beginning，you hear "Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off their shelves，but some people say it's not a good idea.Our reporter says..." （3）

  .
     Think when you're listening
     （4）

  .For example，you can think of the following questions：What happened？When，where and how？What was the result and what did the speaker want to tell us？In this way，you may understand the passage better.
     （5）

  
     It's important for you to remember some important facts.For example，if the passage is a science report，you should try to remember its findings，and how the scientists got their results.This is also helpful to your listening.
  
  A.Listen to important facts
  B.Pay attention to key words
  C.Maybe they can help you in one way or another
  D.When you're listening，try to do some thinking
  E.This is especially helpful to improve your listening skills
  F.Before you start listening to something，don't get excited or nervous
  G.you know you will hear a piece of news，not a children's story，or a science report
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第二部分 英語知識運用（共兩節，滿分 30 分）第一節 完形填空（共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C 和 D），選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

• 6．Today all kinds of interesting interactions occurred.First，at a soup kitchen（賑濟處），one of the gentlemen gave me several candies!That's the first time that I have ever（1）

  it!It was so sweet and I am happy to（2）

  his kindness.
     Another one is that a lady needed me to（3）

  her and asked me to pray for her husband.I hugged her and said of course I would.I always love hearing their（4）

  if they want to（5）

  .So，so much love in just dissolving any barrier between "you" and "me" and seeing all of us as family.
     Afterwards I went to a cafe to do some paper work and had a sandwich（6）

  heading off to one of my friends' party，I noticed there was an elderly lady who was looking for a（n）（7）

  table.Since there were no empty tables，I pushed my papers aside and（8）

  to her，She understood，and then came to sit across from me.That then led me to getting to listen to her（9）

  World War Two survivor's life story（She is 84 years old!）.It was such a gift to share lunch with her!（10）

  I had to leave after a while，but it was so lovely to have lunch with a（11）

  and feel connected to her.As she said，"The only things that（12）

  in life are health，family and（13）

  ."
     As I was（14）

  to a friend's party，I couldn't help but reflect on the beauty of the day in all of the interactions I had and then I was just shocked by this full rainbow that I could see right next to my car.jye.ai the universe saying "Yeah，you got it! " I will smile to myself for the rest of my life.So much（15）

  in each day.
  
  

  （1）	A．looked for	B．come across	C．gone on	D．struggled for
  （2）	A．express	B．believe	C．receive	D．show
  （3）	A．stare at	B．argue with	C．search for	D．listen to
  （4）	A．information	B．stories	C．sounds	D．advice
  （5）	A．make	B．hide	C．share	D．combine
  （6）	A．before	B．after	C．since	D．until
  （7）	A．full	B．movable	C．complete	D．empty
  （8）	A．returned	B．signed	C．shouted	D．seemed
  （9）	A．puzzling	B．educational	C．important	D．discouraging
  （10）	A．Luckily	B．Excitedly	C．Surprisingly	D．Sadly
  （11）	A．stranger	B．relative	C．neighbour	D．native
  （12）	A．matter	B．ignore	C．remember	D．benefit
  （13）	A．bravery	B．folks	C．friends	D．air
  （14）	A．leaving	B．driving	C．running	D．wandering
  （15）	A．patience	B．duty	C．kindness	D．confidence
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第二節 語法填空（共 10 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 15 分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當的內容（1個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。

• 7．Many Chinese students have studied English for about ten years，but most of them cannot even speak English（1）

  （fluent）.
      Actually，there are several difficulties（2）

  have caused this to happen.The main one is fear!Another is the habit of（3）

  （translate）from Chinese to English and then to change these thoughts（4）

  spoken words and sentences.We must learn to speak as a child does.When we are learning（5）

  second language we need to remember how we learned our native language.（6）

  （learn） to understand and speak a language is one of the first skills a child（7）

  （develop） .How does a child learn the language？He listens for a time and then he wants（8）

  （repeat） the words.（9）

  takes a long time before he knows anything about grammar，spelling or formal sentence structures.
      As for language teachers，they should avoid criticism and be very （10）

  （encourage） and generous with praise.
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第三部分 詞匯和語法單選（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）

• 8．Before seeing The Revenge of Prince Zidan，I wasn't sure whether I ______ it.But after experiencing it，I found I was deeply attracted by it.（　　）

  A．had enjoyed	B．enjoyed
  C．was enjoying	D．would enjoy
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• 9．He grew up in a small village，________there was a river.（　　）

  A．that

  B．which

  C．when

  D．where
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• 10．Anything that is worth __________ is worthy __________ well.（　　）

  A．doing；doing	B．doing；to be done
  C．doing；being done	D．to be done；doing
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• 11．If somebody else tries to change my mind，they just end up          their own mind.（　　）

  A．to change

  B．changing

  C．changed

  D．change
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• 12．_____ a nice man _____ that we all believed him.（　　）

  A．So；did he seem	B．So；he seemed
  C．Such；he seemed	D．Such；did he seem
  組卷：11引用：1難度：0.9

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• 13．He was busy writing a story， only___________once in a while to smoke a cigarette．（　　）

  A．to stop	B．stopping
  C．to have slopped	D．having stopped
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• 14．The ________expression on his face suggested that he was ________what he had seen．（　　）

  A．amazed；amazing	B．amazed；amazed
  C．amazing；amazed	D．amazing；amazing
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• 15．Most colleges now offer students a lesson ______ to help them succeed.（　　）

  A．designed	B．designing
  C．to design	D．being designed
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• 16．Hardly ________ when she ________ someone knocking at the door.（　　）

  A．did she sit，heard

  B．did she sit，had heard

  C．had she sat，had heard

  D．had she sat，heard
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• 17．About sixty percent of the students ______from the south；the rest of them______ from the north and foreign countries.（　　）

  A．are；is

  B．are；are

  C．is；is

  D．is；are
  組卷：127引用：1難度：0.5

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• 18．________ with traditional shopping，online shopping can provide more convenience and choices.（　　）

  A．Comparing

  B．Compare

  C．To compare

  D．Compared
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• 19． President Biden has urged congress to act now to ban assault weapons                   the deadly school shooting in the US city of Nashville.（　　）

  A． to follow	B． followed
  C． to be followed	D． following
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• 20．Only very rarely ________ attack larger mammals.（　　）

  A．will it be

  B．it will

  C．will it

  D．it will be
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• 21．His girlfriend couldn't resist        him about his family background in order to adapt         his home atmosphere.（　　）

  A．asking；to	B．asking；from
  C．to ask；to	D．to ask；with
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• 22．Only when thousands of flowers bloom together _________.（　　）

  A．spring will be considered here.

  B．spring can be considered here

  C．could spring be considering here

  D．can spring be considered here
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第四部分 單詞拼寫 （共 10 小題，每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分）根據漢語提示或首字母，在空白處填入括號內單詞的正確形式。

• 23．I can do 50

  （push-up） every morning.
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• 24．A

  the city center，we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height．
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• 25．A committee was

  （建立）to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings.
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• 26．It seemed

  （難以置信的） that she had been there a week already.（根據漢語意思填空）
  組卷：21引用：8難度：0.9

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• 27．I didn't do well in the exam.What

  I can't pass the exam.
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• 28．使命
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• 29．At the request of some English learners，he has published a lot of books，one of which is about English i

  （習語）.
  組卷：11引用：2難度：0.8

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• 30．

  （judge）by appearances can be misleading.
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• 31．The article made no

  （refer） to previous research on the subject.
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• 32．You must be

  （積極的） about learning English and believe that you can do it．
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第五部分 作文 （25分）

• 33．假如你是李磊，你的英國筆友Jack來信詢問中國的春節。請根據以下提示，給他回一封不少于100詞的電子郵件，介紹中國的節日——春節，開頭、結尾已給出，不計入總詞數。
  要點提示：
  1.春節是中國的傳統節日之一，它也是中國最重要的節日；
  2.慶祝春節的目的在于辭舊迎新；
  3.在中國，人們以多種形式慶祝春節，如：在一些地區放煙花爆竹，吃團圓飯等；
  4.春節時，家家戶戶吃餃子，長輩給小孩發壓歲錢；
  5.人們見面時，相互拜年，祝福大家在新的一年里有好運氣。
  Dear Jack，
  ______________________
  Yours，
  Li Lei
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