(16份试卷合集)湖南省益阳市名校高中2020届英语高二下学期期末模拟试卷

are in fact string puppets without strings！They have a single rod（棒）attached to their heads,

which

means the puppeteers aren’t able to raise the arms and legs, but can move the body up and down

and

the head from side to side. Many of the stories used to be historical or religious but it is

Tchantches,

a ic character wit patched trousers and a big black hat, who is the best loved character today.

Like

Mr. Punch, he is a simple man who is also greedy, quarrelsome and lazy. He makes fun of everyone, but is often warm--hearted and tender.

25. We can learn from the first paragraph that______________.

A. puppets are much more popular nowadays . B. people prefer puppets to special effects C. puppets were mainly intended for children D. people used puppets to make fun for adults

26. The underlined word “invariably”in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to___________.

A. constantly

B. naturally

C. immediately

D. bravely

27. The biggest difference between puppets in Britain and puppets in Belgium is their___________.

A. performing time B. operating ways C. producing material D. decorating characters

28. The passage is mainly about__________________.

A. different kinds of puppets B. how puppets came into being C. why puppets are popular

D. story---telling through puppets

C

Our Web Editor Jan Fields has always loved two things----writing and teaching, so she’s

done

both throughout her professional career. After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism,

she

quickly found that writing for newspapers didn’t fulfill her dream. So she switched to magazines

and

soon began teaching magazine writing. Still, something didn’t feel quite right. She wanted more challenges and creativity.

In the 1980s, Jan answered a call to rewrite a year’s children’s church lesson. She quickly

found

That writing stories and activities for children offered all she desired. She dove in and has

never

looked back. Her work has appeared in Ladybug, Shining Star and many others.

As Jan continued building credits in children’s magazines, educational magazines, and

parenting

Magazines, she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other writers.

Soon,

teaching small munity college classes wasn’t enough---she wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children.

In 2001, she discovered the Institute of Children’s Literature and she’s been happily

instructing

students here ever since. To best meet her students’ needs, she’s constantly searching out

new

information. As a web editor, Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site. She

moderates

the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writer’s Retreat forum, writes for the Writer’s Support Room, and edits the Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips articles.

Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing munity. Feel free to email her. She’s eager to hear from you. 29. Jan Fields finds_________ what she really wants most.

A. writing for newspapers. B. teaching magazine writing.

C. writing stories and activities for children. D. teaching small community college classes.

30. Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because___________.

A. she was badly paid as a journalist

B. the job didn’t seem challenging or creative C. she was not good at writing at college D. she likes teaching better than writing.

31. It can be inferred that the Institute of Children’s Literature is________.

A. where Jan Fields graduated

B. where she cooperates with other writers. C. where writing materials are on sale

D. children are taught writing by Jan Fields.

32. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?

A. Jan fields is now working for magazines like Scheduled Events, and Writer’s Retreat. B. Jan has stopped writing for magazines related to children, education and parenting. C. Jan works for web sections like Writer’s Support Room and Writing Tips.

D. The passage is an advertisement to sell a children’s church curricula.

D

“The child has bee part of the management of family life, ”says Adele Schwartz, research director for Stars for Kids, a children’s market---research firm. “This is a big role change

in family

life. Housework is changing. It used to be to take out the garbage and walk the dog. This is

a little

bit bigger than that.”

Three---quarters of students between the ages of 8 and 14 say they have pleted an online transaction(交易)，according to a national survey on May 9. Nearly one---fourth of the 6,000

young

people asked say they shop with their parents’ credit cards, 26 percent use gift cards, and

8 percent

say they use their own credit card. Almost half say they help with electronic transactions because their parents are helpless online. One—third help because their parents don’t have enough time

to shop.

“Kids do a large amount of parison shopping,”Ms. Schwartz says, “including clothing, household items, family vacations, and even large items like a car.

All this cyber---help “clearly gives kids a power that they might not have had before,”

says

Gary Rudman, in San Francisco. “Parents still make the decisions, but kids have more and more effect than ever before, because they have access to information. They are more involved with

the

household, so they have more effect on some of the decisions.”

Parents have different opinions about letting their children use credit cards online. Mr.

Rudman

Says, “Some parents are open to it, others are not for it.”

Like many parents, Mrs, Hanstein keeps a watchful eye on Jacob’s Internet use.“he loves

to

order something, but it’s always with our guidance. He doesn’t understand that a lot of the

pop—up

advertisement ‘You’ve won this！’or ‘You can get this for $1.’is a scam.” 33. __________ is playing a more and more important role in the family management.

A. The Internet C. The child

B. The electronic transaction D. The father or mother

34. It seemed that________ has just been included as housework.

A. taking garbage outside C. going shopping online

B. walking the dogs D. using puters

35. According to Mrs. Hanstein, _____________________.

A. kids shouldn’t order anything online.

B. kids should go shopping online considering their parents’ advice. C. pop—up advertisement is something useful.

D. kids should make full use of the pop—up advertisement.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 In every school a “top”crowd sets pace, while the others follow their lead. Let’s say the

top

crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters . 36 . There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people a bright red sweater

is

extremely unbeing. The situation can even bee dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. 37 they are like the sheep being led to the butcher. 38 chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong . You may have excused yourself by saying, “Gee, the crowd does it.”Well, let the crowd do it , but don’t do it yourself.

39 .

Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely. 40 .

A. Learn to say , “No”.

B. Once you do, you can learn to speak out.

C. You’ll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet. D. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater.

E. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. F. “No”may even take you further in the business world than “Yes”.

G. Chances are that you have e across situations like these more than once in your life. 第三部分；英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节；完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41---60各题所给的四个选项A，B，C，D，中选出最佳选项，

并填在答题卡上。

munication is part of our everyday life. Humans are social beings and we need to 41 with other people. When we municate , we can make use of both 42 and written language. But are they 43 ? The answer is No. Sometimes we have to municate by using body movements