1、房山区 2020-2021学年度第一学期期末检测试卷高二英语本试卷共 10 页, 100 分。考试时长 90 分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上, 在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后, 将答题卡交回, 试卷自行保存。第一部分 知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题;每小题1. 5分, 共15分）阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中, 选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项。A Hiking AdventureAfter careful planning, the big morning finally arrived: a two-day 1 in the moun
2、tains with my classmates. Our teachers had given us advice, and would meet us at the beginning and end of each day. We set off at top speed, but the six hours of hiking soon made us realise that walking at a steady pace was better than racing. Luckily, our teachers had given us a great tip: to 2 equ
3、ipment. We had therefore only packed one of the things we could probably use. Even so, we found it a challenge to 3 our backpacks. It became clear that the lighter your backpack. the more comfortable you were. By the afternoon, we were 4 towards the destination but were suddenly surprised to find ou
4、rselves near a forest. We must have taken a 5 turning, and in a panic started arguing about which way to go. We realised that we hadnt been checking the 6 regularly and that was exactly what we should have been doing. Finally, we managed to get back on the right 7 without too much difficulty. The ne
5、xt morning we cooked a huge breakfast. It was a sunny morning and we set off in high spirits. As we walked, it became more humid. The pleasant day was quickly turning stormy and soon the 8 was pouring and we were cold. I understood then how quickly the weather in the mountains could change. Some peo
6、ple started 9 about being tired and wet and the end seemed a long way off But eventually, we arrived home safe and I was really 10 that Id done it. It made me appreciate that I was more capable than I thought. 1. A holidayB. trainingC. classD. hike2. A useB. makeC. shareD. add3. A. dropB. carryC. ch
7、ooseD. identify4. A. walkingB. drivingC. cyclingD. bolting5. A. directB. secondC. wrongD. sudden6. A. mapB. timeC. weatherD. scenery7. A. busB. pathC. fieldD. park8. A. sweatB. smokeC. rainD. sand9. A. caringB. concerningC. forgettingD. containing10. A ashamedB. proudC. regretfulD. surprised第二节 语法填空
8、（共10小题;每小题1. 5分, 共15分）阅读下列短文, 根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词, 在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。AAt the age of ten, Liu Wei lost both his arms in an accident. Despite this, he wanted to live life to the full. He learned 11_(use) his feet for everyday activities. He also 12 _ (start) swimming and won two gold
9、medals at the National Games for People with Disabilities When he had to stop swimming due to health problems, he decided to learn how to play the piano 13_ his toes. It was difficult, 14_ he kept practicing until he had achieved his goal. In 2010, he won in Chinas Got Talent and became famous. BIt
10、seems that emojis have clear advantages over written language. Emojis 15_ (become) more and more popular in recent years. People like them because they add emotional meaning and are easy to use. In fact, this is similar to the gestures 16._we use when we speak. With Emojis 17_(add) to a message or p
11、ost, your reader can see your facial expression while reading your words. Emojis can also help people express their feelings when they can not find the appropriate words. CThink art What comes to your mind? Whatever your opinion, people have been expressing their thoughts and 18_(idea) through art f
12、or thousands of years Nowadays. a variety of tools and technologies are used in art. Technology advances have led to a combination of art and technology. As a result, the art world is changing19_(great). Now art is more accessible to us than ever before. Our concepts of art and the artist 20_ (chang
13、e) by the art-tech combination, too. Not only can we interact with art, but also take part in its creation. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分38分）第一节（共14小题;每小题2分, 满分28分）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和 D 四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。AEffective Educational AppsSchool teachers and anxious parents are trying everything not to let smart phones af
14、fect your education. But all their attempts ended in vain. Now mobile apps are changing the educational landscape. Here, we will show you some of those best free educational apps to help you see smart phones as a tool for learning. Google ClassroomGoogle classroom is a virtual classroom. We can use
15、it for sending announcements, creating classes, starting discussions, submitting and grading assignments, asking for remarks and answers, sharing resources, and so on. Teachers share code with the class and the students can join by just entering the codes. Thats all it takes to create a virtual clas
16、sroom. EDXEDX brings famous universities to your fingertips. No matter what you need to learn, EDX will be there for you every step of the way. There are more than 2000 courses of top universities in EDX, such as computer science, business studies, linguistics, engineering, and many more. The profes
17、sional certificates and university credit you get from these courses will always be valuable for you in building a professional career. Khan AcademyKhan Academy provides a free and world-class education for young students. Khan Academy has a unique way to drive knowledge into your brains. All lesson
18、s are in forms of video tutorials. And the narrator describes each lesson through these drawings. Pretty simple, right?Khan Academy also provides online courses for preparing for standardized tests like SAT, MCAT, LSAT, and so on. DuolingoDuolingo helps us learn many languages like English, French,
19、Spanish, Mandarin, Latin, etc. in a fun and interactive way. It starts with basic picture labeling games. As you complete more levels, there will be many different kinds of engaging games that will improve your vocabulary and grammar skills. The app also tracks your performance to provide insights.
20、If you do well, youll receive XPs. The more XPs you get, the more sets of interactive stories will be unlocked to improve your reading and listening comprehension. 21. Which of the following is one of the reasons of Google classroom?A. It supports a virtual classroom.B. It offers different kinds of
21、games.C. It contains many courses of top universities D. It has online courses related to standard tests 22. If you prefer learning through watching, you may like _.A. Google classroomB. Khan Academy. C. Duolingo D EDX23. The passage is manly intended for _.A. school teachersB. anxious parents C. sc
22、hool studentsD. software designersBSmartphone, a smart choice?I was a smartphone addict. My eyes were glued to the little screen whenever I walked down the street, had dinner with friends or lay in bed at night. The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for my phone. I always ask
23、ed for Wi-Fi connections when I went to a new restaurant or coffee shop. A dead battery in my smartphone would make me feel stressed. Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine had taken up too much of my time, but it was difficult to quit the habit. Then the day came when I
24、finally realized I had to make a change. Head down, eyes on my smartphone, I stepped into the road and a car shot past, nearly knocking me off my feet! At that very moment, I made up my mind to spend a whole week without my smartphone. The first day was the hardest. I was used to checking the news a
25、nd my friends social media updates every few minutes, but now I did not know what to do with myself. I kept reaching for my pocket, for my smartphone that was not there. I felt lost and anxious, as if I had missed something of value. It was scary at first. Then somehow I began to feel free. Therefor
26、e, I picked up the classic novel I had always wanted to read and was soon lost in the beautiful language. I kept a journal of my feelings, thoughts and daily activities to see how much progress I was making. I went out for a run and felt more alive than I had in days. My offline relationships benefi
27、ted as well. I went for a long walk with an old friend. With eyes no longer fixed on our phones, we had a chance to really enjoy each others company. I also made sure to spend more time with my parents. We went to the opera, played badminton, and visited museums. One night, my mother took out some f
28、amily photos and we laughed about old times. Most importantly, I thought I began to appreciate the beauty of life with my own eyes, instead of through my smartphone camera. By the end of the week, I almost did not want to turn my phone back on. Those seven days have given me a great appreciation for
29、 life beyond the screen. Real life and real relationships are more important to me now. I cannot escape from the modern world, but I can cut back on the amount of time I spend on my smartphone every day.24 What was probably the authors real problem?A. He missed something of great value. B. He was ad
30、dicted to reading classic novels. C. He was lost on the road and was nearly hit by a car. D. He was used to spending too much time on his smartphone. 25. What did the author like best after getting his problem solved?A. He had the experience of feeling free. B. He benefited a lot from the offline re
31、lationships. C. He could enjoy the beauty of life with his own eyes. D. He developed himself by reading and recording his progress. 26. What does the author learn from his experience?A. Real life and relationships are more important. B. Reading makes him enjoy his life to the fullest C. He should ho
32、ld on to his dream and never give up. D. Breaking bad habits makes him live a successful life. CAs Mark Zuckerberg begins changing Facebook to private messaging and away from public sharing and open conversations, the vision he has thought of for the future of social networking already exists just n
33、ot in the United States. Instead, it is a reality in China through a messaging app called WeChat. Developed by the Chinese internet giant（大公司） Tencent in 201l, WeChat lets people message each other via one-on-one texts, audio or video calls. Users can also from groups of as many as 500 people on WeC
34、hat to discuss and debate the issues of the day. While Facebook users often see ads in their News Feeds, WeChat users only see one o two ads a day in their Moment feeds. Thats because WeChat doesnt depend on advertising or making money. Mr. Zhang said. If WeChat were a person, it would have to be yo
35、ur best friend so that you would be willing to spend so much time with it. How could I post an ad on the face of your best friend? WeChat has a mobile payments system that has been widely adopted in China, which allows people to shop, play games, pay bills and order meal deliveries all from within t
36、he app. WeChat gets a commission（酬金）from many of these services. WeChat has shown that private messaging, especially the small groups, is the future, sad Jeffrey Towson, a professor of investment at Peking University. It has shown the path of business and life. What is happening in China offers clue
37、s to not only how Facebook may carry out its shift, but how the internet more broadly might change. Many of Silicon Valleys tech giants depend today on online advertising to make enough money to keep growing and innovating on new services. Some call online ads the lifeblood of the internet. But WeCh
38、at, which has 1. I billion monthly active users, shows that other modelsparticularly those based on payments and commercecan support massive digital businesses. On WeChat services are underpinned by its mobile payments system, WeChat Pay. Because payment is already tied into the messaging service, p
39、eople can easily order meal deliveries, book hotels, hail ride-sharing cars and pay their bills. WeChat Pay itself has 900 million monthly active users. People also use WeChat Pay to transfer money and to buy personal finance products. More than 100 million customers have purchased WeChats personal
40、finance products, which managed over 500 billion yuan, or $74 billion, by the end of last September, Tencent has said. Its users can buy everything from bonds and insurance to money market funds through the appFacebook lacks such a payment system. To make Facebook a private messaging product, Mr. Zu
41、ckerberg may have a lot else to learn from Allen Zhang, the creator of WeChat. 27. Compared with WeChat, Facebook _.A. has more online users B. is a more private productC. has a better payment system D. relies more on online advertisements 28 What does the underlined part underpinned in the sixth pa
42、ragraph mean?A. Separated. B. Supported. C. Decided. D. Restored.29. According to the author, Facebook should_.A. depend on personal finance products B. learn from WeChat to make improvement C. offer public sharing and open conversations D. buy the mobile payment system from Tencent 30. What does th
43、e passage imply?A. Facebook needs a payment system to meet the market. B. Both WeChat and Facebook support digital businesses. C. Facebook as an online social media company is not popular. D. Facebook will show the path of business and life in the future. DWhen I was younger, I thought science would
44、 make good things for everybody. It was obviously useful. But then during the War I worked on the atomic bomb. This result of science was obviously very seriousit represented the destruction of people and it put our future at riskI had to ask myself, Is there some evil （罪恶）involved n science? What i
45、s the value of the science I had long devoted myself tothe thing I had lovedwhen I saw what terrible things it could do?It is a responsibility to consider the value of science itself. The first way in which science is of value is familiar to everyone: scientific knowledge enables us to do and make a
46、ll kinds of things. Of course, if we make good things. Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or badbut it does not carry instructions on how to apply it. Such power has obvious value; however, the power may be decided by what one does with it. Our responsibility is to do what w
47、e should to improve the solutions and pass them on. Another value of science is the intellectual enjoyment it can provide us with. When we look at any question deeply enough, we feel the excitement and mystery coming to us again and again. With more knowledge comes a deeper, more wonderful mystery,
48、inspiring one to look deeper still. Never concerned that the answer may let us down, with pleasure and confidence we urn over each new stone to find unimagined strangeness leading on to more wonderful questions and mysteries. Thanks to the scientific effort, we have been led to imagine all sorts of things more fantastic than poets and dreamers of the past ever could. I would now
