黑龙江省大庆实验中学2018_2019学年高二英语下学期开学考试试题.doc

1、 1 -大庆实验中学 20182019 学年度下学期开学考试高二英语试题本试卷分为第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。全卷满分 150 分，考试用时120 分钟。第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. What will the man do next?A. Turn off the TV. B. Study

2、 with the woman. C. Watch a movie.2. Where does this conversation take place?A. In a hotel. B. In a restaurant. C. In a cinema.3. How much is one ticket?A. 3 pounds. B. 3.5 pounds. C. 10 pounds.4. What does the woman mean?A. She has finished her term paper.B. She is getting on well with her term pap

3、er.C. She is having trouble finishing her term paper.5. Where will the man most probably spend this evening?A. In a concert hall. B. In a restaurant. C. In his house.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或

4、独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What does the man like about his hometown?- 2 -A. Its really very big. B. It has colorful nightlife. C. Its not expensive to live there.7. What is the weather like in the fall in the mans hometown?A. Sunny B. Cold C. Wet听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the woman going to do

5、on her vacation?A. Visit her sister. B. Go to the mountains. C. Do some studying.9. What does the man think of the womans vacation plan?A. Fun. B. Boring. C. Meaningful.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife. C. Interviewe

6、r and interviewee.11. Why does the woman want to change her present job?A. Its difficult. B. It offers a low pay. C. It requires long working time.12. What will the woman do next?A. Go home. B. Leave for work. C. Buy some bread.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the speakers talking about?A. A kind

7、 of hotel. B. The city of Tokyo. C. The mans home.14. What does the man do?A. A house agent. B. A hotel clerk. C. A teacher.15. What do we know about the mans home?A. Its too small. B. It has lots of rooms. C. Its far from his working place.16. What surprises the woman about the capsule hotel?A. Its

8、 cheap. B. Its well-equipped. C. Its - 3 -convenient.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How did the servants deal with their earnings in Victorian times?A. They paid for the housing.B. They bought food and clothes.C. They sent them to their families.18. What was a nurses main duty?A. Cooking meals. B. Look

9、ing after children. C. Educating children.19. How did the Victorian upper class parents treat their children actually?A. Kindly. B. Cruelly. C. Strictly.20. What will the speaker talk about next?A. Lower class families.B. Upper class childrens situation.C. Comparisons between upper and lower classes

10、第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AEmbassy Suites by Hilton Sauta Ana Orange County AirportNeighborhood: John Wayne Airport (SNA), Orange County 1325 East Dyer Road, Santa Ana, CAOVERALL GUEST SCOREVery Good- 4 -Based on 163 Guest R

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13、can favorites. The property also has a business center with copy and fax services. Parking is available for an additional fee. Less than two miles from 1-405, the Embassy Suites is within a half-mile of various restaurants and just three miles from John Wayne Airport. Our guests say the Embassy Suit

14、es location, “brilliant” breakfast and “friendly” staff make it one of their favorite Santa Ana properties.Guest RatingsGood Feb 8, 2017By: HaroldPros: Loved the breakfast and the friendly, helpful staff. Spacious accommodations made this a very good value.Cons: Didnt love the heating/AC system; roo

15、m was too cold for comfort. Also was not aware of the parking fee until we checked in. The parking fee was $ 17 a night.Good Jan 24, 2017By: MicaelaPros: Breakfast was amazing with a variety of choices and the staff were helpful.Cons: The room had a very strange old smell when we first got there. I

16、had to open the door to air it out.- 5 -Very Good Jan 5, 2017By: BrucePros: The location was very good for us and the included breakfast was a plus.Cons: The room was not cleaned properly when we got there. The heating system was not working for the hotel as well.21. _ makes the Embassy Suites a top

17、 choice for its guests in the area. A. Wi-Fi access B. The friendly staff C. The business center D. The convenient location22. According to the guest ratings, all the guests are satisfied with its _. A. heating system B. accommodations C. breakfast D. parking fee23. This advertisement is made more b

18、elievable by _. A. interviewing the guests B. providing the exact addressC. analyzing its pros and cons D. using guests commentsBWhen school started on that warm August day, I threw myself into everything I did, including playing volleyball. I decided to become beautiful, or at the very least, skinn

19、y. I stopped eating completely. Soon I began losing weight, which thrilled me, and I even grew to love the tiredness and the light headache that came with my poor diet, for those feelings meant that I was winning.As the season progressed, things had become tense between my head volleyball coach, Coa

20、ch Smith, and me. She felt that something was wrong with my health. She talked with me about my eating and was angry that I wouldnt listen to her when she tried to make me eat. She tried to persuade me in a determined way and so we fought constantly. Then my hunger started to affect my performance.

21、I was - 6 -so tired that practice and games were becoming a struggle. One afternoon, with hurt in her eyes, Coach Smith asked me what I had eaten and I told her nothing yet. She looked at me, disappointment in her eyes, knowing she couldnt make me stop, and walked away.A couple of weeks later I atte

22、nded a formal dinner for our volleyball team. I stood there as my coach managed to say something nice about me. I realized then that I had ruined my senior year by being disrespectful, and I had probably ruined hers as well. So that evening I wrote her a letter apologizing and thanking her.Then one

23、Saturday, as I was reading in the library, I felt someone gently take my arm and say softly, “Lynn Jones, how are you doing?” I looked up and saw the familiar face. “Thanks for the letter,” she said. “It meant a lot.” When I think of a coach, I think of someone above me, someone who gives instructio

24、n not a friend. But Coach Smith is different, and, like any other good friend, she dealt with my problem in a determined way even when I hated her for it at that time. I didnt deserve her kindness, but she gave it anyway. I will forever be grateful for her help, and now for her friendship.24. How di

25、d the author feel when she ate a poor diet and had a sense of tiredness? A. Funny. B. Nervous. C. Ashamed. D. Proud.25. The author fought with Coach Smith because _. . A. she refused to go on a dietB. she caused failure of her teamC. she kept her idea of losing weightD. she changed the training cour

26、se26. Why did the author write a letter to Coach Smith? A. She felt sorry for eating too little food.B. She was grateful for Smiths care for her health.- 7 -C. She decided to improve her performance.D. She wanted to build a close relationship with Smith.27. What is the best title for the text? A. Un

27、expected FriendshipB. A Fight with My CoachC. A Strict Volleyball CoachD. My Way of Losing WeightCThere has long been a belief that money buys happiness. However, “although we really, really tried that for a couple of generations, it didnt work,” said Francine Jay, author of The Joy of Less, A Minim

28、alist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life.Thanks to a travel-inspired revelation (启发), Jay has been happily living a simpler life for 12 years. “I always packed as lightly as possible, and found it exciting to get by with just a small carry-on bag,” she told CNN. “I thou

29、ght if it feels this great to travel lightly, how amazing would it be to live this way？I wanted to have that same feeling of freedom in my everyday life.”Jay decided to get rid of all her extra possessions and live with just the essentials. “I wanted to spend my time and energy on experiences, rathe

30、r than things.”Jay is a follower of a movement called “minimalism (极简主义)”. Growing numbers of people have been attracted to this lifestyle all over the world. They share the same feeling of disappointment with modern life and a desire to live more simply. Minimalists are typically progressive and co

31、ncerned about the environment, Leah Watkins, a lead researcher at Otago University in New Zealand, told Stuff magazine in March.But many simply experienced unhappiness caused by owning too many possessions. Depression with the materialism of our world isnt new. English romantic poet William Wordswor

32、th summed up how depressing this was back in 1802, - 8 -at the beginning of the industrial age, when he wrote: “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”. His preference was to go back to nature. Closer to our own times, the hippies (嬉皮士) of the 1960s also sought to “drop out” of modern life.An

33、d for many minimalists, their key is to unload. “Without objects, they believe people are forced more and more into the present moment and thats where life happens,” wrote Stuff.But does simplicity ever feel like a sacrifice？“Its eliminating the excess unused items, unnecessary purchases from your l

34、ife. Well, I may have fewer possessions, but I have more space Minimalism is making room for what matters most,” said Jay.And “the real questions”, according to Duane Elgin, US social scientist, are “what do you care about?” and “what do you value?”He told CNN: “Its important for people to realize m

35、inimalism isnt simply the amount of stuff we consume. Its about our families, our work, our connection with the larger world, our spiritual dimension. Its about how we touch the whole world. Its a way of life.”28. What inspired Francine Jay to live a simple life？ A. A book she came across. B. Her de

36、sire to keep up with modern life.C. The pleasure she enjoyed from traveling lightly. D. A follower of minimalism she met on a trip.29. According to this passage, a minimalist tends to _.a. be fed up with materialismb. like visiting nature c. be angry about his or her current lifed. be environmentall

37、y friendly and live with fewer thingsA. a, b B. a, b, d C. a, b, c D. b, c, d30. The underlined word “eliminating” in Paragraph 8 probably means _. - 9 -A. increasing B. removing C. accepting D. improving31. Which of the following would Duane Elgin probably agree with？ A. Minimalism is a healthy lif

38、estyle that is in conflict with modern life. B. Minimalism limits peoples freedom to enjoy their lives to the fullest.C. Minimalism enables people to reflect on what truly counts in their lives. D. Minimalism means people have to sacrifice some pleasure to live simply.DMeasles (麻疹), which once kille

39、d 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine (疫苗 ). But the disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement and misinformation that is spreading quickly. Already this year, 115

40、measles cases have been reported in the USA, compared with 189 for all of last year.The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend. When vaccination rates are very high, as they still are in the nation as a whole, everyone is protected. This is called “herd immunit

41、y”, which protects the people who get hurt easily, including those who cant be vaccinated for medical reasons, babies too young to get vaccinated and people on whom the vaccine doesnt work.But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in. When some refuse vaccination and seek a free

42、ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.Thats exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from Orange County, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to Brooklyn, N.Y., where a 17-year-old caused an outbreak last year.The resistan

43、ce to vaccine has continued for decades, and it is driven by a real but very small risk. Those who refuse to take that risk selfishly make - 10 -others suffer.Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out (决定不参加) of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children ent

44、ering kindergarten. Seventeen states allow parents to get an exemption （豁免), sometimes just by signing a paper saying they personally object to a vaccine.Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out. But no one does enough to limit exemptions.Parents ought

45、to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons. But personal opinions? Not good enough. Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but theyll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks. 32. The first two paragraphs suggest that _. A. a small number of mea

46、sles cases can start a dangerous trendB. the outbreak of measles attracts the public attentionC. anti-vaccine movement has its medical reasonsD. information about measles spreads quickly33. Herd immunity works well when _. A. exemptions are allowed B. several vaccines are used togetherC. the whole n

47、eighborhood is involved in D. new regulations are added to the state laws34. What is the main reason for the comeback of measles? A. The overuse of vaccine. B. The vaccine opt-outs of some people.C. The features of measles itself. D. The lack of medical care. 35. What is the purpose of the passage?

48、A. To introduce the idea of exemption.B. To discuss methods to cure measles.C. To appeal for equal rights in medical treatment.- 11 -D. To stress the importance of vaccination.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。选项有两项为多余选项。36 It is a new term in todays tourism industry. But in an age of growing environmental awareness, it is not too difficult for us to imagine and understand this new form of holida