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1、浙江省宁波市效实中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题( 说明：本卷总分为100分，考试时间为100分钟。所有试题必须答在答题卷上。)I. 听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）第一节 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. When does the conversation take place? A. At 4:45. B. At 5:00. C. At 5:15.2. What is the man? A. A salesman. B. A de
2、liveryman. C. A repairman.3. What does the man fail to prepare for his wedding? A. The church. B. The transport. C. The wedding dress.4. What does the woman like most about the apartment? A. Its rooms.B. Its balcony. C. Its location.5. Which kind of furniture will the woman buy? A. The black leather
3、 suite. B. The red leather suite. C. The black wooden suite.第二节 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、7 题。6. Where is the woman going? A. To the library.B. To the cinema.C. To the classroom.7. Why does the woman r
4、efuse the mans invitation? A. She has to prepare for the exam. B. She has to finish her research paper. C. She has to attend another get-together. 听第7 段材料，回答第8至 10 题。8. Who lives by the lake? A. The mans grandma. B. The mans parents. C. The womans grandpa.9. What did the man do on the third day? A.
5、Fishing. B. Swimming.C. Climbing.10. Why didnt the man use his camera to take pictures? A. Because it broke down.B. Because it was missing. C. Because it ran out of power. 听第8 段材料，回答第 11至 13 题。11. Which aspect of English is especially difficult for the man? A. Vocabulary.B. Pronunciation.C. Grammar.
6、12. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. Change his attitude toward learning English. B. Read and speak English frequently.C. Turn to his teacher for help.13. What will the speakers do together next?A. Go to the English Corner.B. Recite English words.C. Communicate in English.听第9 段材料，回答第 14至
7、 16 题。14. How does the woman feel now?A. Upset. B. Nervous. C. Regretful.15. What happened to the woman?A. She made some serious mistakes.B. She quarreled with her parents.C. She had difficulty in socializing.16. What does the man think is basic to bridging the generation gap?A. Respect. B. Patience
8、. C. Communication.听第10段材料，回答第 17至 20题17. What did English people primarily drink before the popularity of tea?A. Coffee and wine.B. Beer and coffee.C. Wine and juice.18. When did people first hear about tea in England?A. In 1266. B. In 1626. C. In 1662.19. Why did tea become popular in the late 170
9、0s?A. It cured many diseases.B. It was cheaper than coffee.C. It was easier to make than coffee.20. How much did a coffee house owner probably charge for a cup of tea?A. Five pounds. B. Eight pounds. C. Twelve pounds.II.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、B、C、和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
10、项涂黑。（A）Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses. They are almost never recycled because theyre too small and could be made from several different types of plastic. They simply contribute to the massive problem of plastic p
11、ollution; eight million tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans every year. Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use. Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2020 by Milo Cress, who was only nine years old at the time. “I noticed that w
12、henever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would usually come with a straw in it, and I dont usually need a straw,” he said. “This seemed like a huge waste. Straws are made of oil, a precious and finite resource. Is making single-use plastic straws, which will be used for a matter of minutes befo
13、re being tossed away, really what we want to do with this resource?” Cress started asking restaurants in Burlington, Vermont, where he lived at the time, to stop providing straws automatically for customers and make them optional instead. Many agreed and his request made ripples nationwide. The rest
14、aurants that make the switch report a reduction in the number of straws they use between 50% and 80%. The anti-straw sentiment has crossed borders into the UK, where straws have been included in a government plan to ban all plastic waste by 2042. Last year, large pub chain Wetherspoons announced tha
15、t it would replace plastic straws with paper alternatives across 900 outlets. After the announcement, many smaller chains and pubs across the country followed suit. According to Wetherspoons CEO John Hutson, the move will save 70 million plastic straws a year and the reaction from patrons has been “very positive”.Offering alternatives or making plastic straws optional, rather than banning them outright, is a common trait among these campaigns. “There
