宁夏2019-2020学年高二上学期期中英语试卷

MUSEUM SHOPS

BUFFALO HISTORY MUSEUM

Offers items related to the history of Western New York and its people, such as postcards, posters, fine gift items, children’s books, and a wide selection of publications about Buffalo architecture, the Arts& Crafts movement and Frank Lloyd Wright.

One Museum Court, Buffalo

716-873-9644/buffalohistotry.org

BUFFALO ZOO

The Zootique is full of animal-themed items from around the world, as well as Buffalo Zoo branded T-shirts, sweatshirts, postcards, calendars, and educational toys. A Zootique gift can be the perfect way to remember your day at this attractive zoo, which is set within the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Delaware Park.

300 Parkside Ave, Buffalo

716-873-3900/buffalozoo.org

BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER

While most museum gift shops are filled with knick-snacks (小摆设) and memorabilia, the Burchfield’s shop is filled with works by local artists. There are some seriously cool, collectible items to be found. The museum itself is known for showing cutting-edge artists and exhibitions, and the creativity obviously doesn’t stop at the art.

1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo

716-878-6011/burchfieldpenny.org

ROYCROFT COPPER SHOP GALLERY

You can experience the American Arts and Crafts Movement’s legacy (遗产) today by shopping at the Roycroft Copper Shop, featuring hundreds of works by over 100 local, national, and international artisans including handmade jewelry, woodwork, glass, prints and paintings.

31 South Grove St, East Aurora

716-655-0261/roycroftcampuscorporation.com

1.Which number should you call if you want to know more about Zootique gifts?

A.716-873-9644. B.716-837-3900.

C.716-878-6011. D.716-655-0261 .

2.How is Buffalo Penny Art Center different from other museum shops?

A.Its goods are all artworks.

B.Its gifts are intended for children.

C.It sells a lot of works by local artists.

D.It shows various coins from around the world.

3.At which shop can you learn about the Arts and Crafts Movement in America?

A.Buffalo Zoo. B.Buffalo History Museum.

C.Burchfield Penny Art Center. D.Roycroft Copper Shop Gallery

难度: 简单查看答案及解析

When I was eight years old, I had cancer. It was really hard. One of the worst things was having to sit in the doctor’s office for hours during chemo (化疗) treatments. I’d want to walk around and do things, but dealing with the big intravenous poles (静脉输液架) that hold the bags of medicine was a pain. I’d have to roll them around with me. I’d trip over them, and the poles got stuck on everything. It made my stress over being sick even worse.

Last year for science fair, my teacher said we should think of how to solve an everyday problem. When you have cancer, the intravenous poles are an everyday problem. I started thinking of making a backpack for kids so they could get around and play and go outside while they are getting chemo. I especially want to make chemo easier for kids. I know how frightening it can be.

For my project, I got a backpack and made a model. I took a small box and made it look like an intravenous machine. I had a small pole sticking out of the top, where you’d hang the bag of medicine. Then I painted it to make it look nice.

After the science fair, I got a patent for my invention. That means I officially owned the idea. I was pretty surprised. Companies started talking to my family about making the backpacks. But it’s very expensive. A lot of people have donated money to help. So far I’ve raised $55,000.

Before the backpack project, I thought of cancer as terrible. But now I realize that a good thing that came from it was that I could help others. I don’t like seeing kids with cancer suffer through treatment. I hope my invention can help them.

1.What troubled the author most?

A.Her health. B.Her studies

C.The chemo treatment D.The medicine for cancer

2.Why did the author want to invent a special backpack?

A.To help kids know about cancer

B.To make treatment more effective

C.To make students’ school bags lighter.

D.To help kids feel better during chemo.

3.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A.What the author did to raise money.

B.How the author made the backpacks.

C.What the author got from her teacher.

D.How the author got an intravenous machine.

4.What can we learn about the backpack project?

A.It was fruitful.

B.It has made lots of money.

C.It was started by a company.

D.It was a school-owned business.

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

“ Go ahead,” I told Linda. “ Pick up the rock, and see what’s under it.”

Her 4-year-old arms struggled with the rock buried in the stream bed. Her eyes got big as she examined the worms after their nest was uncovered. She watched quietly, as they walked past her foot. She gently put the rock back and said,” Are there worms under all the rocks?”

This wasn’t school — it was a nature-based summer camp in New York’s Hudson Valley that I ran when I was 17. When I turned the kids over to their parents at the end of the day, they were tired, inspired by nature and knowledge.

Finland’s “forest kindergartens” use the natural world as a jumping off point for early academic instruction to make them enjoy learning. Finland is following in the footsteps of other European countries including Denmark, where outdoor education has been common for many years.

In the Finnish program, kids spend four days of a week, from 8:30a.m. to 6:30p.m., outside with a teacher. Built into the program is quite a bit of playtime. Kids get a lot of exercise and lesson plans are freely made so teachers can use what’s at hand and in season in their lessons.

While all this sounds less strict than a classroom-based kindergarten program, the results show that these types of programs have better results for overall physical health as well as academic performance and social development. But aren’t the kids who do this coming from wealthy, educated communities — so, of course they score better on tests? In fact, the greatest gains from spending time outdoors can be found in kids who are coming from less advantageous background. At a school near Atlanta, where kids spend 30 percent of their day outside, students have improved scores more than students from any other school in their area, and most of the kids there come from poor families.

1.Why did the author ask Linda to turn over the rock?

A.To help Linda be independent.

B.To see if Linda had enough courage.

C.To give Linda a chance to study nature.

D.To teach Linda how to protect animals.

2.What’s the purpose of Finland’s “forest kindergartens”?

A.To help kids learn about forests.

B.To popularize outdoor education.

C.To show the importance of play.

D.To develop kids’ interest in study.

3.Compared with classroom-based kindergartens, “forest kindergartens”____________.

A.seem to be less tiring B.have no fixed lesson plans

C.set many strict rules D.have no teachers around

4.What is an advantage of outdoor programs according to the last paragraph?

A.Kids joining them score higher on tests.

B.They help change poor kids’ families.

C.They do good to communities.

D.Kids meet people who are different from them.

难度: 困难查看答案及解析

In June 2015, Hedlund gave herself a challenge: She would go an entire year without buying any clothes. At first she thought she’d try it out on her own. But because she was also in charge of clothes shopping for her husband and young son, she expanded the experiment to also include them. Hedlund found that she spent hundreds of dollars each year on clothes she and her family never actually wore.

With the exception of a single pair of running shoes, Hedlund succeeded in not buying any clothing for anyone in her family for one year. Along the way, the experiment brought her attention to something else: the clothing industry’s wastefulness. This problem, Hedlund realized, was fueled partly by people like herself, who bought too many clothes they didn’t need. These purchases power an industry where pollution, waste and unsafe working conditions are too often seen.

“ I wasn’t really aware of this dark side of the clothing industry,” said Hedlund. “It wasn’t the first thing I took into consideration when I started the challenge, but now it just makes me want to keep not buying clothing.”

It’s possible that consumers’ (消费者) actions can affect a trillion-dollar global industry. By controlling their consumption, consumers can send a clearer signal to clothing producers that they don’t want to buy so much and they don’t want to buy badly-made clothing.

However, minimalism (极简主义) has earned plenty of critics. “Minimalism is OK only when it’s a choice, and its followers are in the well-off middle class,” said Stephanie Land, a journalist for The New York Times. “ For people who are not so well off, it is not really a choice.”

1.Why did Hedlund include her husband and young son in her experiment?

A.She needed their help.

B.She loved them very much.

C.She was responsible for their clothes.

D.She wanted to face a great challenge.

2.What was one result of Hedlund’s challenge?

A.She did a lot of running.

B.She bought fewer clothes.

C.She stopped buying anything.

D.She changed her living conditions.

3.What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Overconsumption.

B.Leading a simple lifestyle.

C.The experiment she did on clothing.

D.The negative effect of the clothing industry.

4.It can be inferred from Stephanie Land’s words that minimalism __________.

A.is not suitable for everyone. B.should be spoken highly of.

C.is popular with poor people. D.can’t be thought of as a good idea.

难度: 困难查看答案及解析

Learn How to Have a Learning Vacation

Going on a vacation to learn a skill you have long hungered to pick up sounds like a good thing, but be careful, said John Spence, the president of a travel company in Calif. “If you don’t pick the right skill for you, or go in without realistic expectations, your time won’t enjoyable,” he said.

Here, he shares his advice on planning a learning vacation that you won’t regret taking:

◆Follow your passion. 1.. They include cooking, photography, art history, farming or a sport such as diving or horseback riding. To get the most out of the trip, choose something you’re passionate about.

◆2.? With whatever skill you intend to learn, figure out whether you want an immersion (沉浸) or only to occupy a part of your trip. It’s possible to learn cooking basics, for example, by taking a weeklong course at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Another choice is to attend several half-day classes at the school and have more free time to explore the destination itself. “3., so make sure that it’s what you really want,” Mr. Spence said.

◆Consider your budget. No matter the skill, you can learn it by taking a vocation in a wide range of price choices. 4.. If you want to learn scuba diving (水肺式潜水), for example, heading to the Maldives will cost several thousand dollars per person, while a scuba diving trip to the Florida Keys is a more wallet-friendly choice.

◆Don’t forget the children. 5., if they are fun. “ Yes, you want your kids to learn, but you don’t want them to be bored by overloading them with too much information,” Mr. Spence said.

A. A little, or a lot

B. Don’t be influenced by others’ interest

C. What skill do you want to learn

D. Learning vacations can be great family trips, too

E. The choices for what you can learn on your vacation are limitless

F. Having a clear idea of your budget will help you home in on the right trip

G. Spending your entire break learning something new can be stressful

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

On New Year’s Eve, I came across an old couple at a secondhand store. They moved slowly around me _______something.

“Can I help you?” I asked.

They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for _______ things that look new.”

Then they _______ . I didn’t. It must have been a private joke between them.

Noticing I looked _______, the man explained, “Look, every new year in the past we _______ to begin the year with new things. It was a goal to surround ourselves with things _______ and new so that we had new direction, new hopes and dreams for the _______ ahead.”

“How did that _______?” I asked.

“Well, after so many years, we discovered it really got us _______,” the woman said.

“Then why do you ________at a secondhand store? Are things bad financially?”

“No, not at all. We just discovered that things don’t have to be ________but to be of great value. ________ it’s old, it’s new to someone who ________ saw it before,” the man said.

“So, each year now we search for things that are ________ to others but mean the world to us,” the woman added.

This couple had spent most of their lives ________ that there was power in “things” and on New Year’s Eve, they should ________ old things and be surrounded with new things. They spent most of their lives believing that by doing so, their life was going to change magically.

________, the truth is, there really isn’t anything different from one day to the next, one year to the next, except for your ________ to it. Everything is there waiting to be ________, so everything is old until you see it for the first time.

I have learned a ________ that day and it has been the best New Year gift I have ever received.

1.A.in search of B.in charge of C.in memory of D.in support of

2.A.strange B.cheap C.old D.pretty

3.A.laughed B.nodded C.shouted D.apologized

4.A.shocked B.worried C.puzzled D.annoyed

5.A.promised B.tried C.struggled D.failed

6.A.fresh B.familiar C.interesting D.useful

7.A.way B.year C.goal D.chance

8.A.carry out B.pick out C.work out D.come out

9.A.somewhere B.anywhere C.nowhere D.everywhere

10.A.work B.volunteer C.stay D.shop

11.A.outstanding B.attractive C.depressive D.expensive

12.A.Even though B.Now that C.If only D.Ever since

13.A.seldom B.never C.sometimes D.often

14.A.common B.funny C.valueless D.harmless

15.A.believing B.proving C.explaining D.arguing

16.A.take hold of B.get rid of C.pay attention to D.put up with

17.A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.However

18.A.approach B.attitude C.contribution D.introduction

19.A.bought B.remembered C.improved D.discovered

20.A.word B.skill C.fact D.lesson

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The actress, singer and former K-pop band member Sulli, 25, was found 1.(die) in her home Monday, the police said. Sulli’s manager found her while checking her home after Sulli failed 2.(answer) phone calls, said an official from the police Department.

Sulli, 3. legal name was ChoiJin-ri, stayed on the stage as a child before she joined the girl group f(x) under SM Entertainment. She formally left the group in 2015 to concentrate on other things, including 4.(act). She 5.(appear) in several films, and this year she became a host of a Korean television show “ The Night of Hate Comments.” Sulli returned 6. music in June and released a new solo album.

Since she started her career at the age of 11, Sulli 7.(consider) as one of the most popular performers in Korea. But meanwhile, she has suffered a lot from 8. Internet for 9.(be) outspoken insistently. Why did so young and beautiful a girl choose to give up her life this Monday? Some fans of the artists suggest that critical comments online have 10.(probable) affected her mental health.

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

仔细阅读下面句子，根据句意及汉语或首字母提示填写出正确的单词：

提示：答案选择仅限于4模块新学单词

1.The lecturer delivered a speech, referring to the fact that smoking was harmful to health. At last, he a_______ those smoking now out of smoking.

2.The rich man went abroad with the hope of getting new chances, while the poor man was i_________ to learn some skills of earning money.

3.The boys went directly to the accident scene, and the spot _____________(挤满) with people.

4.In class, the ___________(疑惑的) problem made all the students in our class spend 20 minutes to work it out.

5.It is hard to imagine a student f_____________ his attention on the textbook while others are playing.

6.She tried to tell me that I was mistaken. What she said was so c______________ that I finally accepted what she said.

7.As a business man, you have made a lot of money in the past decade and more ____________ (幸运), you are supported by the government.

8.At last, I want to say I’m t____________ grateful for your helping me realize my dream.

9.In time of war, lots of money will be spent on ____________(保护，防御) and many measures will be taken to prevent a country from being attacked.

10.At the farewell party, she expressed the gratefulness to the teachers, ______________(代表) her classmates.

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处.每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号() 并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

My grandmother is 73 year old. She is a great reader, but she reads only newspapers. He has a very good habit of reading the newspaper daily. After her morning housework, she sat down to read the newspaper for at least an hour. She doesn’t like to be disturbing at that time. In fact she is so much updated that everyone else in the house depends her for the daily important news, national or international. My grandmother’s habit of reading newspapers are a great help for the other members of my house, especial my parents. As they both are working very hardly, they have very few time to read the news.

难度: 中等查看答案及解析

假如你是李华，你一个在英国的笔友Eric得知上月你校组织了校园义卖活动，来信向你询问活动详情，请给他写封回信，内容如下：

1、活动具体时间、地点；

2、活动过程；

3、你的感受；

注意：1.词数:100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Eric,

Very glad to know that you are interested in the Charity Sale held in our school last month.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

难度: 中等查看答案及解析