高二上学期英语期中考试试卷第5套真题
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高二上学期英语期中考试试卷一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1. 阅读理解Before he sailed round the world alone,Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He hadtried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.The years passed. He gave up flying andbegan sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old whenhe won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going roundthe world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors didnot think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determinedto carry out his plan. In August 1966, at the age of nearly 65, an age whenmany men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life.Chichester covered 14100 miles beforestopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone hadpreviously sailed alone. He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 daysout from England. He received a warm welcome from the Australians and from hisfamily who had flown there to meet him. On shore, Chichester could not walkwithout help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not goany further. But he did not listen.After resting in Sydney for a fewweeks, Chichester set off once more inspite of his friends’ attempts todissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part,during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn. After succeeding insailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London:”I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not dragme down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again.”Just before 9 o’clock on Sunday evening28 May 1967, he arrived back in England, where a quarter of a million peoplewere waiting to welcome him. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him with the very sword that QueenElizabeth I had used almost 400 years earlier to knight Sir Francis Drake afterhe had sailed round the world for the first time. The whole voyage from Englandand back had covered 28,500 miles. It had taken him nine months, of which thesailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.（1）What can we learn about Chichester?A . He failed the solo transatlantic sailing race in 1959.B . He was a brave and determined man.C . The second half of his voyage was not as dangerous as the first half.D . The radio message expressed his concern about the sailing.（2）What did Queen Elizabeth II do after Chichester arrived back in England?A . She called on the English to learn form him.B . She was waiting to congratulate on his success in sailing.C . She thought poorly of his achievements.D . She knighted him for praising him.（3）We can infer from the text that __________A . Anyone who had sailed alone traveled less than 7050miles before 1966B . Chichester sailed round the Atlantic in 1931C . Most of the English retire at the age of 65D . Chichester died of lung cancer in 1967 after he went back to England2. 阅读理解A British friend told me hecouldn’t understand why Chinese people love eating sunflower seeds as a snack so much. “I’ve met a lot of older Chinese andmany have a crack in their front teeth; I believe that’s from cracking theseeds,” he said.I had never noticed thehabit, but once he mentioned it, I suddenly became more aware. I realized thatwhenever I’m watching TV or typing a report, I always start mindlessly crackingsunflower seeds. My frien d doesn’t like sunflower seeds, and, to him, it seemsunnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.When we were young, thewhole family would usually get together for Chinese New Year. Then, we alllived close to one another, usually in a small city, and sometimes evenneighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Year’s Eve to check out whatevery household was making.I remember my parents wouldbe in the kitchen cooking. Out in the living room, a large table would alreadybe laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, anddishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds. Some of the dishes were to beoffered to our ancestors later, while others were for neighbors and children toeat before the evening feast. I musthave learned how to crack sunflower seedsback then.I don’t think it’s right tocriticize one’s choice in food or eating habits, no matter how strange they mayseem.It’s not only in China.When I went abroad, I found people had all sorts of strange habits when it cameto food. In Denmark, they put salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner,no matter how much it ruins your breath. They think it’s a delicacy , and it’s connected to their certain culture. I think it’s awonderful tradition.（1）What did the writer become aware of?A . She had ever typed a report about seeds.B . She had various snacks while watching TV.C . She damaged her teeth by eating sunflower seeds.D . She had a habit of cracking sunflower seeds.（2）What does the writer prove by mentioning Chinese New Year?A . The traditions of celebrating it disappear.B . Eating sunflower seeds is related to it.C . The families get together for it.D . Children can eat delicious food on that day.（3）The writer’s attitude to Denmark’s way o f eating bread is _______.A . neutralB . criticalC . acceptableD . doubtful（4）What lesson can we learn from the story?A . One kind of food doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.B . It is good to form healthy eating habits.C . Eating habits come from a certain culture.D . Changing your eating habits will change your life.3. 阅读理解“Data is the new oil.” Like thesticky black thing, all those Is and 0s are of little use until they areprocessed into something more valuable. That something is you.Five of the world’s ten mostvaluable companies are built on a foundation of tying data to human beings.Google and Facebook want to find out as much as possible about their users’interests, activities, friends and family. Amazon has a detailed history ofconsumer behavior. Tencent and Alibaba are the digital wallets for hundreds ofmillions of Chinese; both know enough about consumers to provide widely usedcredit scores. Those with a good Zhima credit score, provided by Alibaba, enjoydiscounts. Those without receive few offers. In other words, data are used todecide what sort of access people have to services.That data are valuable isincreasingly well-understood by individuals, too, especially because personalinformation is so often leaked（泄露）or stolen. The list ofcompanies that have suffered some sort of data leak in 2018 alone reads like aroll call of household names: Facebook, Google, British Airways and so on. Suchevents have caused a switch in the public understanding of data collection.People have started to take notice of all the data they are giving away.Yet few people have changedtheir online behavior or exercised what few digital rights they possess. Partlythis is because managing your own data is time-consuming and complex. But it ismore because of a misunderstanding of what is at risk. “Data” is anabstract concept. Far more solid is the idea ofidentity. It is only when”data” is understood to mean “people” that individuals willdemand responsibility from those who seek to know them.The fossils of past actionsfuel future economic and social outcomes. Privacy rules and data-protectionregulations are extremely important in protecting the rights of individuals.But the first step towards ensuring the fairness of the new information age isto understand that it is not data that are valuable. It is you.（1）The example of Zhima credit scores is mentioned to show __________.A . data help companies target their servicesB . credit scores change people’s way of lifeC . Alibaba gains popularity among customersD . people prefer to be offered discounts（2）What has caused a change in the public understanding of data collection?A . The development of companies.B . The history of consumption.C . Cases of data leak and theft.D . Lists of household names.（3）People don’t protect their data well mainly because __________.A . they find it time-consuming and complexB . they are not fully aware of its importanceC . they have no access to their personal dataD . they are afraid of taking responsibility（4）What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A . To defend comp anies’ use of data.B . To show the economic value of data.C . To call for more regulations to protect data.D . To advocate a new way of thinking about data.4. 阅读理解An old man in a fadedyellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The onlysource of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the roughblanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumbprints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open.At the front desk a tiredlooking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap andthe Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. Thepoliceman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arm’s length to the oldman who took it and made sur e its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palmoil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officer’sface and signed the document declaring he had been returned the possessionsthey had taken off him the night before.No one spoke to him as hewalked slowly towards the exit.“Mr. Easy-nwa? “He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take himfar away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents andpeople who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right.“Ezenwa,” He saidand looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow,Social Services. “A bit far from home” she said as she drove fast andwith confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 milesfrom Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu, a city inNigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman hadplenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughter’s school play...At last she drew up outsidethe block of flats where he lived.“Got here in the end”, said she seriously, “Really Mr. Easy-nwa, if you keep gettinglost, we will have to consider moving you into a home”.“No need, I was notlost,” he answered. Hecarefully rolled up the sleeves of the oversize bomber jacket he wore andturned on the tap to wash his hands, relieved the pipes were not frozen.In a clean pan he placedthe chopped pieces of goat meat. The herbs and spices that had taken him threemonths to track down, the uziza seeds had taken him into the heart of GranbyMarket in Liverpool, his uchanwu leaves down a shady back alley in Manchester,and yesterday, among other food items, the finest goat meat from a SierraLeonean Butcher in Birmingham. That had taken some time, so much he missed thelast train and when the police found him shivering outside the locked-upstation, so cold he couldn’t answer loudly enough the pink-faced big copper whoyelled in his face, “What’s your name sir? “ spraying his face withspittle as he did so, leaving themwith no choice but to search an exhausted, frozen old black man and finding himin possession of mysterious condiments including a bag of dried bitter-leaf which could of course bemistaken for anything that resulted in him getting read his rights and chargedwith ...possession???He lifted the lid of thebubbling soup, the room was filled with the rich and spicy scent of hisculinary effort. He served twobowls, taking the chipped oneand placing the other opposite where Evelyn wouldhave sat. He would tell her about his adventure, it was their anniversary andthis was the perfect pepper soup to celebrate.Ken Onyia, UK Commonwealth Sport Short Story Prize.（1）Why was Mr. Ezenwa taken to the prison for a night?A . He was too weak to move.B . He couldn’t find his way back home.C . He then had nowhere else to go.D . He was suspected of possessing drugs.（2）When Mr. Ezenwa was to leave the prison, .A . his thumb print was taken immediatelyB . the policeman was confused about what he hadC . a social worker was assigned to drive him back homeD . the policeman was so kind as not to damage his belongings（3）What did Mr. Ezenwa do for his wedding anniversary?A . He collected all sorts of valuables as presents.B . He cooked native food as a surprise for his wife.C . He prepared a special Nigerian pepper soup carefully.D . He travelled a lot, attempting to get his wife back.（4）What words can be used to describe Mr. Ezenwa?A . Hopeless and pessimistic.B . Affectionate and persistent.C . Mysterious and troublesome.D . Energetic and sympathetic.二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）5. 任务型阅读Five Ways to EndProcrastinationNever put off till tomorrowwhat may be done today. Waiting until later is one of life’s guilty secrets,but procrastination is linked to poorerhealth,work and relationship outcomes. Here are five ways to try to remedy procrastination.1 A five-minute startFive minutes is nothing —it’s just three hundred seconds. It’s the length of a song or a TV commercial.Pick up a project you’ve been putting off and spare just 300 seconds of yourtime to do it.________After a while, the momentum of beginning the task will push you forward.2 Set goals and rewardsDuring the day, set goalsand rewards. Each time you achieve a goal, you earn the reward: a short break,a funny YouTube video or something else.________Make sure you select a timeto review your progress and adjust your targets accordingly.3 Be good to yourself — me today versus me tomorrowSometimes, when you findyourself buried in work, you are upset with yourself for not having sta rted earlier.Imagine a conversation, between ―you today and ―you tomorrow. ________4 I was there — witnessing accountability________Consider going on a diet: Is there morepressure if you don’t tell a soul, or if you announce it to all your friends,with strict rules to follow if you are invited to dinner? It seems an obviousway of making you feel guilty, but it can also be highly effective.5 Set creative punishments — negative consequencesMake the consequences ofinaction so unbearable that you have no choicebut to get busy now. You couldwrite a note to someone that you don’t like. Give the note to a friend withstrict instructions to mail the note if you do not achieve your goal. The moreyou dislike the other party, the stronger the motivation to get the task done.Procrastination is a silentkiller of dreams.________By understanding and fixingyour procrastination, you’ll discover you jump-start many areas of your life.A. Everyone suffers from it.B. Once the five minutes isup, stop and reassess.C. Everyone likes to have adream of procrastination.D. Going public with a goalincreases your support and accountability.E. What is the future of mylife with the intention of putting off my tasks?F. If you tomorrow could chatwith you today, what would he say?G. It’s important that thegoals are realistic and the rewards are in proportion.三、完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）。
