2019-2020学年辽宁省大连市高二（上）期末英语试卷

第一部分 阅读（共两节， 满分37.5分）第一节（共4小题；每小题2. 5分， 满分37. 5分）阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

• 1．You may think that work can never be fun.But some jobs are interesting and even lucrative（赚钱的）.The Balance Careers created a list of top 15 interesting jobs in the world.We picked out four of them.
     Caretaker of Hamilton Island
     What is the best job in the world？It is being a caretaker of an Australian tropical island—a job that includes a salary of ￡69，000 and involves little more than lazing in the sun，snorkeling（浮潜）and writing a weekly blog about life on the Internet.
     NASA Sleep Tester
     NASA is looking for volunteers who will be paid a total of around ﹩18，000 to lie in bed for -70 days.Sleep tester can play games，read books and chat with friends online，just as long as they don't get out of bed before the test ends.The results of these tests are used to help astronauts maintain their health while in space.
     Electrician at the South Pole
     The British Antarctic Survey once posted an ad calling for plumbers，carpenters and chefs to work on the coldest continent on Earth.Those who were selected received starting salaries of ￡23，000，while travel expenses，food and winter clothing were provided free of charge.
     Professional Cuddler
     Professional cuddling was a new job that appeared in the US four years ago.As the name of the job suggests，the role of a professional cuddler is to give you a warm hug，chat with you and give you comfort when you are sad.Professional cuddlers earn ﹩60 per hour.
  
  （1）According to the passage，who needs to write a blog regularly online？

  
  A．The electrician.
  B．The sleep tester.
  C．The caretaker.
  D．The cuddler.
  （2）The sleep test is made to ensure

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  A．the health of astronauts
  B．the comfort of sleepers
  C．the quality of beds
  D．the pleasure of life
  （3）Who will probably receive the service of the cuddler？

  
  A．A hard-wording student.
  B．A modest author.
  C．A successful psychologist.
  D．A lonely old man.
  组卷：2引用：3难度：0.6

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• 2．Chinese volleyball superstar Zhu Ting has inspired a new English word. "Stay awesome and ZHUperb!" wrote a blogger at Volleywood，a US-based volleyball website.The word combines "Zhu" and "superb" to describe the 24-year-old player's leadership skills.
     Zhu's prolific （多产的） scoring performances put her among the Top 10 Global Outstanding Athletes for 2019 Heracles Prize of the Big Ben Award.As captain of the Chinese women's national volleyball team，Zhu has "created the new golden age of women's volleyball in China，" the award said.
     Although she's a superstar now，it hasn't been easy for Zhu to get to where she is.Born to a farming family in Henan province，Zhu earned a chance to attend a local sports school at age 13.With her father's encouragement，she made steady progress and quickly moved up，from the provincial youth team to the national youth team.
     She rose to fame by helping China's U20 team win the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship.Shortly after，Zhu joined the national team and began playing under legendary coach Lang Ping.At first，the 1.98-meter-tall Zhu found it difficult to move quickly and stay balanced.But Lang took advantage of her height and trained her to jump high and smash balls.Her work paid off.Zhu is now an outstanding spiker （主攻手）.
     Today，Zhu treats her height as an aspect of her physical strength.And she still works up a sweat during training. "Hard work and talent are equally important.I'll move forward step by step，" she told People's Daily.
  
  （1）Zhu is referred to as "ZHUperb" because she is

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  A．tall in height
  B．gifted in volleyball
  C．an outstanding spiker
  D．a powerful leader
  （2）What can we infer from paragraph 4？

  
  A．Zhu learned a lot from Lang Ping.
  B．Zhu became a spiker by accident.
  C．Zhu attained the fame in national team.
  D．Zhu made efforts to move flexibly.
  （3）What's the purpose of the passage？

  
  A．To inspire us to play volleyball.
  B．To explain Zhu's nickname.
  C．To introduce a sports superstar.
  D．To encourage us to work hard.
  （4）Which word can describe Zhu's character best？

  
  A．Open-minded.
  B．Determined.
  C．Outgoing.
  D．Considerate.
  组卷：2引用：4难度：0.5

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• 3．When The Alchemist was first published twenty-five years ago in my native Brazil，no one noticed.A bookseller in the northeast corner of the country told me that only one person purchased a copy the first week of its publication.It took another six months for the bookseller to unload a second copy.And who knows how long it took to sell the third.At the end of the year，my original publisher decided to cancel our contract.I was forty-one and upset.
     But I never lost faith in the book.Why？Because it was me in there，all of me，heart and soul.I was living my own fantasy.A man sets out on a journey，dreaming of a beautiful or magical place，in search of some unknown treasure.At the end of his journey，the man realizes the treasure was with him the entire time.I was following my personal legend （传奇） and my treasure was my talent to write.And I wanted to share this treasure with the world.
     I started knocking on the doors of other publishers.One opened，and the publisher on the other side agreed to give The Alchemist a second chance.Slowly，through word of mouth，it finally started to sell — three thousand，then six thousand，ten thousand — book by book，gradually throughout the year.
     Eight months later，an American visiting Brazil wanted to translate the book and help me find a publisher in the United States.But it still took some time to sell，slowly finding its audience in the United States by word of mouth，just as it did in Brazil.And then one day，Bill Clinton was photographed leaving the White House with a copy.Then people from different walks of life were suddenly talking about it.
     The Alchemist became a phenomenon.The book hit the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for more than three hundred weeks.It has since been translated into more than eighty different languages，and is widely considered one of the ten best books of the twentieth century.
  
  （1）How many books did the writer sell in the first year？

  
  A．One.
  B．Two.
  C．Three.
  D．Unknown.
  （2）Why did the writer have faith in his book？

  
  A．It's about treasure seeking.
  B．It's a fantasy story.
  C．It's about his talent to write.
  D．It's a mirror of his life.
  （3）What finally helped the book become popular in the US？

  
  A．The door-to-door sale.
  B．Good word of mouth.
  C．A photo with the book.
  D．An American publisher.
  （4）Which of the following is the best title？

  
  A．A Personal Legend
  B．Time Tries All
  C．The Alchemist
  D．All Roads Lead to Rome
  组卷：2引用：3难度：0.5

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第三部分 写作（共两节， 满分15分）第一节（满分15分）

• 8．假设你是李华，请给你的外教Peter写一封邀请信。请他在元宵节晚上到劳动公园参加游园活动，内容包括：1.时间、地点；2.活动内容：赏，吃汤圆，看烟花……
  注意：1.词数80左右2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.信的开头已为你写好。
  参考词汇：劳动公园Labour Park
  Dear Peter，
      I am writing to invite you to join us in the Lantern Festival activities.————————————————————————
  
  Yours，
  Li Hua
  组卷：4引用：1难度：0.6

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第二节（满分25分）

• 9．阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
      Now that Maria was a tenth grader，she felt she was too grown-up to have to go on family vacation.Last year，the family had driven three hundred miles to see their uncle in West Covina.After the first four days of doing nothing while the adults sat around talking，the kids finally got to go to Disneyland.
      The parents gave each child five dollars.Maria's younger sister，Irma，bought a Pinocchio coloring book.Her brothers，Rudy and John，spent their money on candies.Maria knew everything was overpriced so she saved her money.She sat on a bench，jealously （嫉妒地） watching other teenage girls who seemed much better dressed than she was.She felt stricken by poverty.
      This year Maria's family planned to visit an uncle in San Jose.Her father promised to take them to Great America，but she knew that the grown-ups would sit around talking for days before they remembered the kids.They would have to wait until the last day before they could go to Great America.It wasn't worth the boredom.
      "Dad，I'm not going with you this year，" Maria said to her fatjye.air.He thought for a moment and said， "When I was a kid，we didn't have money for vacations.I would be happy to go with my father. "
      "I know，I know.You've said that a hundred times， "she said in a sharp voice.The father's eyes were fixed on her with a dark stare.It seemed as though time had frozen.
      "Let the girl stay.She's big now，" Eva，his wife，said.The father argued，but eventually （最终） agreed to let his daughter stay.
      The family rose just after six the next day and was ready to go by seven-thirty.Maria stayed in her room.She wanted to apologize to her father but she couldn't.She knew that if she said sorry to her father，she would break into tears.Her father wanted to come into her room and say "We'll do something really special this vacation.Come with us，honey"，but it was hard for him to show his feelings.
      They left at last，leaving Maria at home on her own.——————————————————
      "It must be from them，" she talked to herself.——————————————————————
  组卷：1引用：2难度：0.4

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