湖北省宜昌市秭歸縣第二高級中學(xué)2018-2019學(xué)年高二英語下學(xué)期期中試題.doc

秭歸二中2019年春期中考試高二英語（全卷滿分：150分 考試用時：120分鐘）第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)；滿分30分）做題時，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上，錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘時間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)(共5小題，每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分) 聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. What is the weather like during the weekend?A. Cold. B. Warm. C. Hot.2. When does the film finish?A. At 10:15. B. At 10:30. C. At 11:00.3. Where could the speakers most likely be?A. In a restaurant. B. In a supermarket. C. In the mans house.4. What was wrong with the woman?A. She nearly had an accident. B. She knocked into a taxi.C. She is sick.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. An e-mail. B. A company. C. An old workmate.第二節(jié)（共15小題，每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Roommates. B. Workmates. C. Neighbors.7. What does the woman say about the underground?A. Its less reliable than the bus. B. Its not as much fun as driving. C.Its more convenient than the bus.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題8. What is the mans opinion about Literature?A. It is hard. B. It is helpful. C. It is interesting.9. What subject does the woman like most?A. Photography. B. Art History. C. Geography.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題.10. What does the woman want to do this summer?A. Work in a hospital. B. Study at school. C. Go back home.11. Where is the man thinking about going this summer?A. To Australia. B. To Canada. C. To Italy.12. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Complete school first. B. Get more experience. C. Find a part-time job.聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。13. What is the woman doing?A. Selling CDs to the man.B. Helping the man choose CDs.C. Looking for some new music.14. Why doesnt the man want to buy New Country by Benny?A. He doesnt like Benny. B. He has got one. C. He dislikes country music. 15. What does the man think of boy bands?A. Theyre gifted. B. Theyre creative. C. Theyre untalented.16. What will the man do next?A. Choose more CDs. B. Go to the womans house. C. Listen to his new CDs.聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17. What subject is added this year?A. Comedy. B. Mystery. C. World travel.18. Who is Jenny Paige?A. A childrens author. B. A short story writer. C. A writer of travel books. 19. What will happen to the first prize winners?A. They will have a chance to travel.B. A $2,000 prize will be given to them.C. Their stories will be published in a magazine.20. When is the deadline?A. September 1. B. September 25. C. October 1. 第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A-B-C-D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AJohn Michael Thomas, 14, FloridaWhen John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks(孔雀)He wanted to build a lifesized peacock fountain(噴泉) in Elizabeths favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired.John Michael raised $52,000 to build the fountain.Barrett England,13,UtahThe wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike Shop, a place where young people can earn a free bike by reading and performing community(社區(qū)) service.Barrett visited Karmas owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate(捐贈) them to the shop.He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39.Zachary Blohm,15, WisconsinThe 25yearold playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis., was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time.Thats when Zachary Blohm saved the day:He and some volunteers built a huge playground.To raise money, Zac planned Tshirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly moneyraising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000enough to finish his project.Jack Zimmerman, 16,New JerseyFor some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, its not that easy.That fact didnt sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to lessen childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 mealswell above Jacks goal.21The peacock fountain was built in a park_Ato inspire people Bfor the love of animalsCin memory of a teenager Dto encourage a cancer sufferer22What did Barrett do for Karma Bike Shop?AHe donated bikes to it. BHe repaired bikes there.CHe helped it win customers. DHe offered a reading service there.23What do the four people have in common?ATheyre top students. BThey care about others.CThey like various public activities. DTheyre money raisers for the poor.BIn the four months since I last posted articles on my blog，Ive been spending a lot of time studying Chinese.I wanted to pass the HSK.From the beginning of my program，the HSK was the end goal of my Chinese learning this year.Luckily，I passed it and now I have one and a half months to go home and stay with my family.Its really exciting to learn Chinese in an environment where I can study very fast.Whats more，I can see my own progress in different ways.When I got here eight and a half months ago，I only knew a few of the 150 words tested in the HSK 1.However,until now,Ive taken and passed the 2500word HSK 5.I remember a time around January.I thought my Chinese had reached the point where I was comfortable in my daytoday conversations.So my progress would slow down greatly.However，it turned out that I was totally wrong.The conversations I can have now far surpass(超過) the ones I was having in January.Today I hit a languagelearning landmark(里程碑) that was particularly exciting for me：I finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone in Chinese.It might not seem that exciting，but it was for me because its the first full book Ive read in Chinese.And its the third language Ive read Harry Potter in.Im especially proud because I spent about seven months reading the first 35 pages,but in the last month and a half,I managed to read about 150 pages.My next challenge is to read a novel written by a Chinese author，rather than one that Ive already read many times in English!Hopefully，Ill be able to keep up my languagelearning progress over the next month and a half，because I know Ill probably never have another opportunity to learn a language like this.Do you want to learn a new language？If you do，go to the country where people speak it and learn it from the locals.24What do we know about the author when she first came to China?AShe didnt want to learn Chinese. BShe took the HSK 1 immediately.CShe was extremely poor at Chinese. DShe just knew 150 words tested in the HSK 1.25Why does the author say she was totally wrong in Paragraph 3?ABecause she didnt really know how to learn Chinese.BBecause she could learn better in a Chinese environment.CBecause she was uncomfortable in her daytoday conversations.DBecause she made rapid progress in her daytoday conversations.26What does the author want to show by mentioning reading Harry Potter?AShe could read books really fast.B. Its good to learn through reading.CShe learned the Chinese language quickly. DThe Harry Potter books are worth reading.27What does the authors Chinese learning experience mainly tell us?AWe should learn a language through travelling.BLearning a second language is really important.CThe Chinese language is not so difficult to learn.DThe languagelearning environment is important.CIn the waters off Brisbane, Australia, a sevenfootlong sand tiger shark swims in pain. A twofootlong spike sticks out of her side. Its a piece of fishing equipment that the shark ate carelessly. After traveling into her body, the spike punctured(刺) through the sharks stomach.A man swimming in the water notices the shark. Then, he warns Sea World Marine Park in the nearby town of Gold Coast. Sea World sends a 12person team from its rescue center to where the shark was discovered in Moreton Bay Marine Park. Soon, they find her lying on the seafloor. “Shell die without help，”says Trevor Long, leader of the rescue center.Using an onboard crane(吊車), the rescuers move the shark into their boats 13footlong tank(缸). Then Dr. David Blyde gives the shark pain medicine and performs an operation to remove the spike. After that, the team sails with the shark to Sea World 33 miles away. They place the fish in a 49footlong tank and wait to see if she gets better.To give the sharks stomach time to get better, she isnt fed for the first few days. A week after her operation, Long offers the shark a small, dead fish. The animal refuses to eat. But days later when he drops another fish into her tank, the shark enjoys her meal. By now the sharks wounds are getting better.Two weeks after her rescue, they take the shark back to the boat and return her to Moreton Bay Marine Park. As the fish is lowered by the crane to the waters surface, two rescuers jump into the ocean and guide her into the sea. From the boat, Long watches her swim away.“The shark has another chance，” Long says.28What happens to the sand tiger shark?AShe is unlucky and gets hurt badly. BShe has nothing to eat for a few days.CShe swims in Sea World and loses her way.DShe is seriously ill because of sea water.29According to the text, Sea World_Ahelps protect and save animals Bis 33 miles away from Gold CoastChasnt enough space for another sharkDhas never performed operations on sharks30How does Long feel when feeding the shark for the first time after the operation?AVery proud. BQuite worried. CReally relaxed. DExtremely afraid.31What would be the best title for the text?ADangers from sharks BSand tiger shark rescueCMoreton Bay Marine Park DA rescue team from Sea WorldDTheres a good chance something youve bought online has been in the hands of a “ picker” first. These are the workers in warehouses(倉庫）who pick, pack and ship all those things were ordering.At Amazon and other companies, theyre working side by side with robots. Experts say while the robots are replacing some human workers, the machines arent quite ready to take over completely.When a robot finds its storage unit, it slides underneath, lifts it up and then delivers it to a worker 一 theyre called pickers. On a recent day, the computer told a picker to grab what looked like a fantasy board (棋盤)game. The picker found it, canned it and placed it on the conveyor belt.“In a traditional fulfillment center where the associate would walk to the different items , it can take hours to fulfill a customer order. “ Robinson says.Now, with the help of robots, that task takes minutes 一 and fewer humans.So is this a sign were entering a new industrial revolution?“Its definitely going to take over a lot of jobs. says Karen Myers, a scientist at SRI, one of Silicon Valleys oldest research centers.At the same time, she says, were running against the limits of technology. Take “the picker” at the Amazon fulfillment center. Myers says those skills are proving to be uniquely human.“Our fingers are incredibly flexible and the current generation of robotic operators, theyre getting much, much better,” she says. “But theyre just not quite there yet. ”Theres also the robots brain.Remember that board game the Amazon worker was looking for? She could barely see the box filled into the storage bin but she could tell it was a board game. Robots cant do that. Technologists say that, increasingly, humans will work side by side with robots instead of robots working alone.Amazon says robots and humans enabled the Tracy warehouse to fulfill customer orders faster. That means more customers and more human workers.32. A picker does some tasks except .A. picking goods B. producing goods C. spotting goodsD. packing goods33. With the help of robots, some tasks are .A. more efficient B. less straightC. more difficult D. less profitable34. Compared with robots, humans are more .A. powerful B. artificialC. flexible D. energetic35. What is the best title for the text?A. Robots replacing humans completely.B. The advantages of shopping online.C. The future of robots.D. Robots and humans working side byside.第二節(jié)（共5小題; 每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace, Florence, Italy. When she was almost a year old, she returned with her family to England.Florence often helped her mother deliver(運送) food to the poor and sick._36_ Her family was shocked because nursing was not a respected profession.But Florence was determined. She studied books on medicine. Later, she visited hospitals in France, Germany and Ireland and learned everything she could._37_In 1854, Britain was at war with Russia. Florence went to the British hospital in Scutari (now skdar in Istanbul) and she was shocked. The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere._38_ Many soldiers died before receiving help.The doctors wouldnt listen to Florence because they didnt like the idea of women in army hospitalsuntil one day 500 unexpected casualties(傷亡者) arrived. _39_ Florence made changes, making sure the men were washed and their injuries were cared for. Every night she would check the patients with her lamp.When she returned home after the war, a fund had been set up in her honor. Many of the soldiers she had nursed had made contributions(捐款)Now she could set up the Nightingale Training School in London.After years of hard work, Florence Nightingale saw cleaner and more cheerful hospitals._40_ All of this was because of the “l(fā)ady with the lamp”. ANursing became an honored profession.BThere was no running water and no heat.CShe knew she had much to learn about nursing.DFlorence saw the soldiers health had improved.EAs she grew older, she decided to become a nurse.FThey soon realized that Florence knew what she was doing.GUpon returning home, she was an expert on hospital management.第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。When I was three years old, my parents discovered I was totally deaf. After discussing with doctors, they made a decision to send me to a _41_ school.I experienced great _42_ throughout elementary school because I _43_ with most of my schoolwork in order that I could keep up. Because of my _44_ I had to constantly ask everyone，“What did he/she say？”Classmates are warmhearted. _45_， I worried that everyone would soon _46_ repeating everything back to me. Often I was afraid my classmates would make fun of me, so I _47_ answered any teachers question.Mrs. Jordan, my 5thgrade teacher, changed my _48_ with a simple threeword phrase. One morning, she asked the class a question. I read her lips and immediately raised my hand. Yet I darent _49_ it this time I knew the answer. When she called on me, I was nervous. Despite my _50_， I felt confident because I was _51_ that I had the right answer. I took a deep breath and _52_ answered Mrs. Jordans question.I will never _53_ what happened next. Her _54_ surprised all of us. Mrs. Jordan enthusiastically hit the floor with her right foot and ran her right finger in a full circle until it pointed directly at me. With sparkling (閃閃發(fā)光的) eyes and a wide smile she _55_，“THATS RIGHT, STEPHEN！”For the first time in my young life, I was an instant star. My pride _56_ in my heart. My _57_ rose like never before. A simple threeword phrase delivered with _58_ enthusiasm had totally changed my young life.From that day, my grades _59_ dramatically. My _60_ among my peers increased and my outlook on life did a complete turnabout.41A.boardingBnormalCspecialDmedical42A.gratitude BdiscriminationCanxietyDindifference43A.struggledBdealtCtrembledDreacted44A.curiosity BbraveryCcourageDdisability45A.Therefore BbesidesCHoweverDOtherwise46A.get tired of Bget shy ofCget ashamed ofDget skilful at47A.briefly BeagerlyCnarrowlyDrarely48A.belief BsituationCenvironmentDdecision49A.deny BbearCjudgeDbelieve50A.fears BannoyanceCdisadvantageDembarrassment51A.astonished BpleasedCconvincedDexcited52A.nervously BgladlyCsimplyDrespectfully53A.meet BforgetCexpectDdoubt54A.response BanswerCabuseDexpression55A.admitted BnoddedCcriedDexplained56A.disappeared BcontinuedCendedDburst57A.honesty BsatisfactionCfirmnessDconfidence58A.innocent BlittleCincredibleDnatural59A.improved BdroppedCinfluencedDslid60A.strength BpopularityChonorDappreciation第二節(jié)（共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix? In 1969, the polluti