湖北省沙市中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期第一次双周考试题.doc

1、- 1 -湖北省沙市中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语下学期第一次双周考试题考试时间：2019 年 2 月 28 日 第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19. 15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是 C。1. What does the man think of the lecture?A. Interesting. B. Lo

2、ng. C. Difficult.2. Why is the woman disappointed?A. She missed the speech competition.B. She has trouble learning English.C. She got the last prize in the competition.3. How long has the woman been workingon the report?A. Two and a half months. B. Three months C. Half a month.4. How much did the ma

3、n save?A$5 B$10 C$155. What part of the movie didnt the man like?A. The first half. B. The middle part. C. The ending.第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）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. Whats wrong

4、with the man?A. He has a fever. B. He has a stomachache. C. He has a toothache.7. What harmed the mans health?- 2 -A. Surfing the net too much.B. Working at his desk.C. Playing cards late into the night.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8.9 题。8. Why did the man go to the garage?A. To park his car. B. To get his car back

5、. C. To have his car checked.9. Why was the man very angry?A. The garage men charged him too much.B. They didnt repair his car properly.C. His friend didnt help him.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What is the man? A. A teacher. B. A vet. C. A businessman.11. Why do animal owners sometimes annoy the man?A

6、. They beat their animals.B. They abandon their animals.C. They dont take care of their animals properly.12. What does the man ask some animal owners to do?A. Feed their animals medicines.B. Give their animals the right food.C. Give their animals regular baths.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 1 6 题。13. Where did t

7、he woman find the forks?A. In the cupboard. B. Under the tablecloth. C. In one of the boxes.14. How is the new house?A. Large. B. Expensive. C. Satisfying.15. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. husband and wife. B. boss and employee. C. salesman and customer.16. What are t

8、he two speakers talking about?A. starting a company. B. decorating the house. C. preparing to move - 3 -out.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where may we hear this announcement?A. In a department store. BAt an airport. CIn a theatre.18. Why were the people asked to leave the building?A. A shopping bag wa

9、s giving off harmful gas.B. Something explosive was discovered.C. A fire caused by cigarettes broke out.19. Where was the explosive material found?A. On the street. B. In a dressing room. C. By the exit.20. What were the people asked to do while leaving?A. To move away quietly and orderly.B. To hold

10、 the elderly and disabled.C. To go anywhere as quickly as possible.第二部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A. B. C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhats best to read this year?Secrets I Know (Random House Childrens Books, ages 3-7)This tale written by Kallie George

11、and pictured by Paola Zakimi follows a young girl and her little friend as they move from rain to sunshine, from pleasant loneliness to sweet friendship, and finally from adventures on earth to an exploration of the sky above. The colors of Zakimis pencil drawings are calming and Georges poetic text

12、 tells her story with simple language.Pandora (Clarion Books, ages 3-7)The award-winning author Victoria Turnbull tells the story of a little fox Pandora. Pandora lives alone. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky - a bird with a

13、 - 4 -broken wing. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora feel less lonely. Turnbulls watercolor and colored pencil drawings make this story of friendship and growth an atmospheric delight.Prince and Pirate (G.P. Putnams Sons Books for Younger Readers, ages 5-8)A different kind of friendship is de

14、scribed in this book, by Charlotte Gunnufson with pictures by Mike Lowery. Prince and Pirate are a pair of mismatched fish put into the same aquarium（水族馆）. At first it seems that theyll never learn to be friends. Its only when both take pity on a frightened dogfish that they learn the benefits of co

15、operation, and soon all three fish become good friends.The Giant Jumperee (Dinal Books, ages 3-5)The story was written by the award-winning British author Julia Donaldson. When Rabbit hears a loud voice bellowing（吼叫）threateningly from inside a cave, he gathers Cat, Bear and Elephant to help him deci

16、de what to do. But its Mama Frog who fearlessly confronts（面对）the unknown creature. Helen Oxenburys soft watercolors create a beautiful countryside and her characterizations of the animals are impressive. 21. Who pictured the book Pandora? A. Kallie George B. Victoria TurnbullC. Paola Zakimi D. Charl

17、otte Gunnufson22. Which book tells a story about courage?A. Pandora B. Secrets I KnowC. Prince and Pirate D. The Giant Jumperee23. What do the four books have in common?A. Their publishers are the same one. B. Their characters are all animals.C. They all have pencil drawings. D. They are all for you

18、nger readers.BOne evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with - 5 -dinner, his response surprised me, “Whats a colander（漏勺）?” he asked.I could only blame myself. Nobodys hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a co

19、lander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadnt prepared Ray for. I felt confident that Id raised a self-reliant boy, as we all try to do. But could he boil water? Sew on a button? Wash his clothes without turning them pink? No, no and no. Suddenly it hit me: Hed be leaving the ho

20、use in a year to attend college. No way was I going to set a spoiled prince into the world.As parents, while we focus on our childs confidence and character, we perhaps dont always consider that we are also raising someones future roommate, boyfriend, husband, or father. I wanted to know that Id rai

21、sed a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “Whats for dinner?” So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was delighted to find that he didnt say no.For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he

22、 washed and seasoned a chicken for toasting. Then he rolled out the piecrust（馅饼皮）and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.Three of my four grandparents were tailors, so Ray was genetically programmed to quickly master the basics, like m

23、ending a split seam or refastening a button. One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white shirts or put sweaters in the dryer. I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother - he

24、tried to beg off sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive - but it couldnt be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate more what you do as a mom,” he told me one day.Ray now unders

25、tands the finer points of cooking, and more important, he realizes theres nothing masculine（男子气的）about being helpless. Not only - 6 -can he make his own dinner, he can make it for his family, too. Thats what I call a man.24. Hearing her sons question, the author felt _. A. shocked B. angry C. disapp

26、ointed D. calm25. We can learn from the text that Ray _.A. made great progress in cooking B. preferred sewing to cookingC. was unwilling to take the course at first D. always thought it attractive to do housework26. The underlined part “I appreciate more what you do as a mom” shows that Ray _.A. fel

27、l in love with housework B. did other work in the houseC. acknowledges the authors efforts D. began to be more independent27. What would be the best title for the text?A. Women Are Programmed for Housework B. Boys Should Be Involved in HouseworkC. Im Proud Ive Raised a Curious Son D. A Present for M

28、y Future Daughter-in-lawCWhy do people lie? Many psychologists agree that lying can start from childhood. There are various reasons why children make false statements. They usually tell untruthful stories to cover up the mistakes that they have done in the past. Lying is also a way to avoid receivin

29、g punishments from parents. If parents fail to reprimand their children for making up false stories, then there is a possibility that they will continue to lie during their teenage years.Teenagers lie because they want to be accepted by their friends. This is the main reason why they create stories

30、that are not true just to become presentable and acceptable to other people. In some instances, teenagers tell untruthful - 7 -statements to avoid criticisms from their families and friends.As teenagers grow, lying becomes one of their habits. Their knowledge on making up untruthful stories becomes

31、more developed. People lie in workplaces if they fail to meet the deadlines and if they fail to accomplish and do their tasks efficiently. Some of the common lies made in workplaces are getting sick and having emergencies at home. The danger involved in frequent lying is when it becomes a character.

32、 Frequent lying causes the development of the condition known to doctors as pathological(病态的) lying.Pathological lying is a mental health condition, which is associated with individuals who have the urge to tell untruthful statements. Patients suffering from it make up stories about everything and a

33、nything. These individuals lie to meet the standards of other people who they want to please. These patients deceive other people because it gives them an unexplained pleasure. One of the best ways of treating pathological liars is to help them tell true statements and stories at all times. This may

34、 be hard for them, but as they are accustomed to it, they will start to realize that they will be more accepted by their families and other people if they stop themselves from making up false stories. 28. The underlined word “reprimand“ in Paragraph l means “ “.A. scold B. fine C. praise D. disappoi

35、nt29. Whats the major reason for teenagers lying behavior?A. Protecting themselves. B. Pleasing themselves.C. Avoiding embarrassment. D. Becoming popular.30. Pathological lying is a disease because the patients .A. lose interest in everythingB. are critical about themselvesC. cant help lying all the

36、 timeD. have the urge to please others31. The writer addresses pathological lying by analyzing _ .A. some typical casesB. its causes and development- 8 -C. its unexplained pleasureD. the difficulty of its treatmentDPublic transport is declining in the rich world. To those who have to squeeze onto th

37、e number 25 bus in London, or the A train in New York, the change might not be noticeable. But public transport is becoming less busy in those places, and passenger numbers are flat or falling in almost every American city. That is despite healthy growth in urban populations and employment.Although

38、transport agencies blame their unpopularity on things like roadworks and broken signals, it seems more likely that they are being outcompeted. App-based taxi services like Uber and Lyft are more comfortable and convenient than trains or buses. Cycling is nicer than it was, and rental bikes are more

39、widely available. Cars are cheap to buy, thanks to cut-rate loans, and ever cheaper to run. Online shopping, home working and office-sharing mean more people can avoid travelling altogether.The competition is only likely to grow. More than one laboratory is developing new transport technologies and

40、applications. Silicon Valley invented Uber and, more recently, apps that let people rent electric scooters(滑板车) and then abandon them on the pavement. China created sharing-bicycles and battery-powered “e-bikes“, both of which are spreading.Transport agencies should accept the upstarts, and copy the

41、m. Cities tend either to ignore app-based services or to try to push them off the streets. That is understandable, given the rules-are-for-losers attitude of firms like Uber. But it is an error.It is doubtful that most people make hard distinctions between public and private transport. They just wan

42、t to get somewhere, and there is a cost in time, money and comfort. An ideal system would let them move across a city for a single payment, transferring from trains to taxis to bicycles as needed. Building a platform to allow that is hard, and requires much sweet-talking of - 9 -traditional networks

43、 as well as technology firms. It is probably the secret to keeping cities moving.32. What is the change in public transport in big cities?A. It is becoming busier. B. It is getting less popular.C. There are fewer traffic delays. D. There is more new transport.33. In the authors opinion, the reason f

44、or the decline of public transport is that _.A. there are roadworks and broken signalsB. people are becoming healthier and employedC. cars and bikes are more and more availableD. transport agencies are seemingly less competitive34. How does the author develop his idea in Paragraph 3?A. By giving exa

45、mples B. By providing research resultsC. By stating arguments D. By comparing different approaches35. According to the text, the key to keeping cities moving is _.A. to develop an ideal system that satisfies everyoneB. to build a platform that appeals to transport agenciesC. to provide people with m

46、ore means of transportationD. to support the cooperation of both traditional networks and technology firms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。The study habits of top students at Oxford UniversityGo to your lectures.For the first 2 years of Oxford

47、, I went to maybe 4 lectures out of hundreds available. 36 - 10 -In my third year, I went to almost every single lecture available, including those involving topics I was not personally involved or interested in. _37 Firstly, lectures are FUN! I found so many gems (宝石) that influenced my thinking. I

48、 found so many passionate, knowledgeable speakers who got me excited about the topic. Second, I remembered more stuff! An hour in the lecture hall has massive returns on investment.Be an active student.For my first year at Oxford, I barely said anything in lectures. I didnt volunteer in discussions

49、and, as a result, I didnt understand much. My understandings of different texts never matured or became complex. They stayed the same. _38 Then, somewhere in the middle of my second year, I got over myself and offered more of my own opinions. I responded to others, asked thoughtful questions, and interacted way more.Being an active student also means asking for help. The smartest peopl