2020高二英语下学期期末考试试题

【新教材2020版】 教学资料范本 2020高二英语下学期期末考试试题 编 辑：__________________ 时 间：__________________ 本资料系本人收集整编，以VIP专享文档的呈现方式与各位同仁分享，欢迎下载收藏，如有侵权，望告知删除！1 / 18 【新教材2020版】 【最新】20xx年高二英语下学期期末考试试题 第I卷 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项 A Housework is a frequent source of disputes(争论) between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect men to pull their weight any time soon. A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next four decades, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as “women’s work”. But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr. Oriel Sullivan, a research reader from Oxford’s Department of Sociology, said, “We’ve looked at what is affecting the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as ‘men’s work’ or ‘women’s 本资料系本人收集整编，以VIP专享文档的呈现方式与各位同仁分享，欢迎下载收藏，如有侵权，望告知删除！2 / 18 【新教材2020版】 work’.” Dr. Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking and dancing,” she said. 1. The underlined part “pull their weight” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “ ”. A. lose weight B. be lazy C. earn money D. do equal housework 2. Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because . A. men are too busy to help B. they would like to do so C. they can do better in housework D. housework will still be considered as women’s work 3. From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK . A. men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average B. women now are too busy with their work to do housework C. women now spend less time on housework than before D. housework is shared equally between men and women 4. In Dr. Sullivan’s opinion, what is to blame for the housework inequality? A. Cultural attitudes towards housework Policies made by the government 本资料系本人收集整编，以VIP专享文档的呈现方式与各位同仁分享，欢迎下载收藏，如有侵权，望告知删除！ B. 3 / 18 【新教材2020版】 C. The time spent on work The type of housework D. B As they migrate(迁移), butterflies and moths(飞蛾) choose the winds they want to fly with, and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction. This new finding suggests that insects may employ some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances. Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind. Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights. To their surprise, though, the insects weren’t passive but active travelers on the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate(导航) directly to their wintering homes. The study also found butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that 本资料系本人收集整编，以VIP专享文档的呈现方式与各位同仁分享，欢迎下载收藏，如有侵权，望告知删除！4 / 18 【新教材2020版】 butterflies and moths can travel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help when farmers decide when to spray their crops. 5. What’s the main idea of the text? A. Insects migrate with the seasons insects greatly in migrating C. insects have real direction have trouble in observing insects 6. Scientists originally thought that . A. insects always waited for their favorable winds B. insects chose the winds they wanted to ride C. insects were just blown about by the wind D. insects positioned themselves in the winds 7. It is not easy to study the migrating behavior of the insects because . A. the little creatures can fly very fast B. their flight is long and high above ground C. the wind’s direction is hard to foresee D. they have no regular migrating courses 8. According to the passage, the findings can . A. increase insects in number instruct farmers when to spray 本资料系本人收集整编，以VIP专享文档的呈现方式与各位同仁分享，欢迎下载收藏，如有侵权，望告知删除！ B. Wind helps D. Scientists B. 5 / 18