高二英语试题
第一部分 听力（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。 1. What did the man just do?
A. See a show. B. Change the sign. C. Get his money back. 2. What does the woman want to drink?
A. Coffee. B. Green tea. C. Black tea. 3. What do we know about the man?
A. He is not at home now. B. He is calling the woman. C. He wants to have lunch with the woman. 4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The eggs. B. The smell. C. The onions. 5. What is wrong with the man?
A. He has a stomachache. B. He doesn’t want to eat. C. He has a high fever. 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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至8题。 6. What are the speakers doing? A. Watching TV.
B. Listening to the radio. C. Doing an interview.
C. A journalist.
7. Who is Christiane Amanpour?
A. A housewife. B. A TV program host. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Why does the woman seldom read the paper?
A. She prefers to watch TV. B. It’s a sad experience for her. C. She doesn’t have the time. 9. What makes the woman happy?
A. Watching cartoons on TV. B. Going to entertainment parks. C. Spending time with her family.
10. What does the woman think of the news on TV and in the newspaper? A. They are similar. B. They are quite different. C. She never watches or reads them. 听第8段材料，回答第11、12题。 11. When is the new appointment?
A. Friday at 2:30 p.m. B. Friday at 4:30 p.m. C. Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. 12. Where does the conversation most likely take place?
A. In a hospital. B. In a meeting room. C. On the phone. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Why is the woman calling?
A. To take a survey. B. To ask for a contribution. C. To give the man some information. 14. What is included in the report?
A. Names. B. ID card numbers. C. Addresses. 15. Where does the woman work?
A. In a factory. B. In a police station. C. In a company. 16. What does the man probably want to forget?
A. All the beans he ate. B. His childhood. C. His former wife. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where is this interview taking place?
A. In Tokyo. B. In Istanbul. C. In Paris. 18. How much longer will the woman’s trip take?
A. More than seven months. B. Twelve months. C. Five months. 19. What did the woman like about the Middle East?
A. The people. B. The scenery. C. The climate. 20. Why can’t the woman go on a regular vacation?
A. She is too busy. B. She is going to the Olympic Games instead. C. She doesn’t care about seeing the world. 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共10小题;每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡
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( A ) Teens For Planet Earth
This is a social networking site for teenagers who want to get involved in protecting our planet. They can connect with other green-minded teens, choose a project or create their own. Teens For Planet Earth encourages young folks to get busy in their own communities. They offer guidance on local projects with categories such as habitats, animals, water and education. Awards are given to active members. Meez
At Meez, teens can create their own avatars(头像), rooms and virtual pets. It is a social community of creative people that combines avatars, virtual worlds and games. Meez offers contests and chat as well as homework help, a fashion central and a writers’ corner. A chat area for younger teens is available. Other areas are music, geek（极客）central, art and sports. Cyberteens
Cyberteens is another cool site that celebrates the teen years. Here teenagers can find community, games, and news. There is a link called “creativity” where teens can share their poems, stories, photos and artwork. The “cool links” section offers a huge variety of options to the curious teens. This site also has surveys and helps with jobs and school work. Student.com
Student.com is a resource site for teens and high school students. Its social network has over 900,000 members. Members earn points to win prizes just by browsing and they offer several multi-player games. Points are used to buy items at auction(拍卖会). Student.com is filled with useful information and articles. 21.What is Teens For Planet Earth aimed to? A. Set up a project. B. Give awards to teens. C. Get young folks busy. D. Give advice on local projects.
22.What makes Student.com special among these websites? A. It has the most members. B. Teens can read articles on it. C. It offers help on school work. D. Teens can make purchases on it.
23.What can we infer about the websites mentioned in the text? A. They provide game platforms. B. They benefit teens in their social life. C. They award outstanding teens. D. They offer various study guidance.
(B)
Taktak tabulaba?
You probably don’t know how to answer that question---unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau. Then you would know it means “What are we doing?” Matukar Panau is one of the world’s rarest languages. It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea.
Several years ago, David Harrison, a language expert didn’t know much about Matukar Panau either. No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules. With so few speakers, the language risked disappearing soon. It was endangered. Harrison didn’t want that to happen to Matukar Panau. So in 2009, he set out for Papua New Guinea. His goal: use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue.
But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss. Studies suggest that by the end of this century, nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could disappear. They’re in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly adults, Harrison says. When those individuals die, their language will die with them. In addition, children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages, such as Chinese, English or Spanish.
In the United States alone, 134 native American languages are endangered. Harrison says, “language hotspots” exist all over the world. These are places with endangered languages that haven’t been recorded. They include the state of Oklahoma, pockets of central and eastern Siberia, parts of northern Australia and communities in South America.
24. The purpose of using the question “Taktak tabulaba?” is to ________. A. introduce a new foreign language B. introduce the topic of the text
C. show the difficulty understanding Matukar Panau
D. stress the importance of Matukar Panau
25. The underline word “discard” in Paragraph 4 means _______. A. get rid of B. pick up C. hear of D. learn about
26. The last two paragraphs imply that endangered languages are _________. A. dying quickly in Siberia B. popular in some special places C. becoming a worldwide problem D. some native tongues
(C)
Friday and Saturday were full of surprises for Chinese, as two places in China were listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The first, a World Natural Heritage, is composed of a series of migratory bird sanctuaries（候鸟保护地）along the coast of the Yellow Sea in Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu Province. The second, the Liangzhu Archaeological Site in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site.
China began the application process for the bird sanctuaries in 2017. It only took two years to successfully complete the process. The reason the migratory bird sanctuary application was successful is because of the special geographical category of the area. It is the largest intertidal mudflat seashore in the world. The success of this application marks the beginning of China's world natural heritage from land to sea. The migratory bird sanctuaries are the central node of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and many endangered species, especially threatened migratory birds including red- crowned cranes and flamingos, go there to hunt for food during the migration season. The birds usually take a month to finish their migration. At about 10 days into their migration, they must stop and find food in order to have the energy to continue their journey.
Compared to the short turnaround for the World Natural Heritage's application, the Liangzhu application was far more complicated. The application team spent six years making their dream a reality. A lot of archaeological work had to be carried out for the Liangzhu site, which means the application and assessment（评定）process
陕西省西安市西安中学2019-2020学年第二学期期中考试英语试卷
