高二上学期英语期末考试试卷一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）1. 阅读理解Thebest movies for teenagers are listed here. You can pick one for your teen towatch it with you or their best friends.⒈Eighth GradeKaylais a shy, socially anxious girl trying to get by the last few weeks of middleschool. She earns the “most quiet” girl title in school, but at home,she posts online self-help and motivational videos that not many people watch.Kayla is raised by her single father Mark, who tries to disconnect Kayla fromthe social media.⒉D ead Poets SocietyMr.Keating, an English teacher, introduces his students, all set to become doctorsand lawyers, to poetry and free-thinking. Each of his students deals withseveral issues. He encourages them to form the Dead Poets Society where theyread and write poetry.⒊The Hunger GamesBasedon a book by Suzanne Collins, the story is set in a country called Panem, whichwas once the ruins of North America. Every year, young boys and girls from the12 districts of Panem fight in the Hunger Games, a televised competition inwhich the contestants compete against death.⒋The Break fast ClubItbegins with five students at the Shermer High School, Claire, a princess, Johna criminal, Andrew, an athlete, Brian, a bookworm and Allison, an unfortunateperson, who are forced to spend 9 hours together on a Saturday. In spite oftheir differences, they find that their social problems are more similar thanthey think. The film tries to encourage breaking social boundaries for positiveself-identification in the world.（1）Who helps teenagers form a society?A . Mr Mark.B . Mr Keating.C . Suzanne Collins.D . Ms Claire.（2）Which film is adapted from a book according to the passage?A . Eighth Grade.B . Dead Poets Society.C . The Hunger Games.D . The Break fast Club.（3）Whom is the passage likely to be intended for?A . Teachers.B . Teens.C . Friends.D . Parents.2. 阅读理解A woman in Pulaski, Virginia, says she was stopped by asquirrel, who pulled on her leg repeatedly and led her to help its injuredbaby.Tia Powell was walking in Kiwanis Park when she was “approachedby a squirrel”, the Pulaski Police Department wrote on Facebook. Thesquirrel stood in her way on the path. After realizing that the squirrel didnot mean any harm and wasn’t going to leave her side, Powell turned around andthe squirr el led her down the path to a baby squirrel with an injured leg.At one point, Powell wasn’t sure she could help and shebegan walkingand the squirrel followed her again and actually pulled hertrouser leg! So, she fed the squirrels a sandwich she had with her and watchedthem try to Jump up into a tree. When she realized the baby squirrel was stillstruggling to get up the tree, she decided to call in backup. Powell called thePulaski Police Department.Powell didn’t know how the baby squirrel got injured, b utshe thought a nearby street cat was the culprit . So, the group of rescuers decided to move the squirrels tosafer area. “We were able to get the baby and mother to a different areawith more trees and it was able to climb all the way up and they looked ve ryhappy,” Powell said.She went back a few days later to show her kids where itall went down. In the trees, Powell spotted two squirrels staring at her, andcouldn’t help but wonder if they were the same squirrels she rescued.（1）Why did the squirrel stop Tia Powell?A . To attack her side.B . To save its baby.C . To ask her the way.D . To pull her trousers.（2）What did Tia Powell do after feeding the squirrels?A . Turned and walked away.B . Helped them into a tree.C . Left a sandwich for them.D . Reported them to the police.（3）Who did Powell think injured the baby squirrel?A . The baby squirrel itself.B . The mother squirrel.C . A street cat.D . Tia Powell’s kid.（4）How did the squirrel feel after getting rescued?A . Cheerful.B . Doubtful.C . Sensitive.D . Unhappy.3. 阅读理解People all have something to say. Some express theirpassion through clothe, art, orcommunity involvement. Others express themselves with poetry, which has diversepoetic forms to express unique thoughts, experiences, and imagination a t thefourth annual People’s Poetry Festival held Feb. 28 through March 2.“The People’s Poetry Festival keeps getting bigger andbigger—it’s an event we’re really proud of,” said Dr Mark Hartlaub,College of Liberal Arts Dean at Texas. The festival covered a wide variety oftopics including nature, humor, women and history. From the panels tothe open microphone night, the islander’s community, along with 43 publishedpoets from around the country, local high school students, and the generalpublic came together to share their love of poetry.The panels were full of passionate readings and livelydiscussion. For the first time ever, musical poetry was performed at the event.The “Homebrewed” panel was made up of all local poets. The “FromPage to the Stage” panel focused on slam poetry, and the “Humor” panel greeted levels oflaughter from the crowd. All the panels were live streamed on the People’sPoetry Facebook page. “The poetry and poets were all my students wanted totalk about in class this week,” said Dr. Chuc k Etheridge, professor ofEnglish who attended many of the panel readings.Celebrating exceptional writers is another part of People’sPoetryFestival. On opening night, the People’s Poetry Festival committee namedMadeline Ricondo of Tuloso-Midway as the winner of the Robb Jackson WritingAward for high school students. This award honors the late Dr. Robb Jackson,Texas A&M University System Regents Professor and professor of English atA&M-Corpus Christi, whose poetry shared his life experiences andobservation of Corpus Christi. Ricondo received a $100 gift card, plus, threepoetry books with local ties including a copy of Jackson’s “Open Heart”.The people’s Poetry Festival committee also recognized Juan Manuel Perez,award-winning poet and local history teacher, as the 2019—2021 Poet Laureate of Corpus Christi.（1）What can be inferred about the People’s Poetry Festival?A . It tends to last a week.B . It is held once a year.C . Its poetic form is single.D . It is catching on globally.（2）Which can possibly replace the underlined word “panels” in Paragraph 2?A . Groups.B . Days.C . Topics.D . Poems.（3）What was special about the 4th People’s Poetry Festival?A . It was on live television.B . Diversity was highlighted.C . All the poets were local.D . Musical poetry was introduced.（4）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A . Celebrating award-winning poets.B . Honoring the late Robb Jackson.C . The 4th Peoples Poetry Festival.D . Poet Laureate of Corpus Christi.4. 阅读理解The school year has barely started in Denver, and Frenchteacher Tiffany Choi is already worried that her students are suffering fromabsent-mindedness. The problem isn’t texting, playing video games or passingnotes. It’s Denver’s ongoing heat wave.“Today was a little bit hot, so I noticed kids werevery sleepy and they were having to get up to drink water quite often.”said Choi, who works at Denver’s East High School. “If you lose too muchwater, and you have to keep going to the water fountain, that can take awayfrom their classroom experience.” While nodding off in class on a warm daymay seem like a right of passage for the average teen, Choi’s observationcarries a bigger consequence than parched lips.“There’s been quite a few media reports about teachersnoticing that students weren’t able to focus on hotter days,” said RJisung Park, a resea rcher, “Does a hotter climate during the school yearactually affect the rate of learning?” The drops in academic achievementcouldn’t be explained by hotter weekends or hotter summers, but the trend wasconnected to higher temperatures on school days alone.The connection between lost learning and a greater numberof hot days is one more example of how climate change is already affecting ourlives-and it’s an alarm bell for what we stand to lose in the future. Humansstill have time to lessen the worst consequences of continued global warming.But unless significant changes occur in the next decade-which seem more andmore unlikely—the world will be locked into an inescapable period of heatwavesunlike our species has ever seen.（1）What may cause students absent-minded according to the text?A . Video games.B . Text messages.C . Heat waves.D . Classroom notes.（2）What can be inferred from the second paragraph?A . Lacking water is vital for kids being sleepy.B . Extreme heat may lower a kid’s ability to learn.C . Nodding off in class is a sign of respecting teachers.D . Kids are more interested in drinking water than sleeping.（3）How does the author feel about dealing with the future global warming?A . Optimistic.B . Uncertain.C . Worried.D . Firm.（4）What is the best title for the text?A . The hotter it grows, the less kids are learning.B . The consequences of continued global warming.C . The reasons why kids are absent-minded in class.D . The hotter it grows, the more focused kids become.二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。