吉林省扶余市第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、- 1 -扶余市第一中学 2018-2019 学年度上学期期中试题高 二 英 语本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1开始答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名和准考证号填写清楚。2将答案填在相应的答题卡内，在试题卷上作答无效。第 一 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、、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。例：How much is the shirt?A19.15. B9.15. C9.18.答案是 B。1Where does the conversation take place?AAt the ticket office. BAt the restaurant. CAt the bus stop.2What does the woman mean?AHer health is not so good.BThe man may pay back her

3、money.CThe man can never be rich.3What are the two speakers probably going to do?AWork in London. BHave a trip. CDo some shopping.4What will probably happen next?- 2 -AJohn will answer the phone. BThe man will call again. CThe man will meet John.5What does the man mean?AThe price it reasonable.BHe h

4、opes the price is lower. CHe thinks the car is bad.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，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，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 至 7 题。6What do you know about Flight 10 to Beijing?AIts a nonstop flight.BIt

5、s tickets for today are sold out.CTheres a flight every two hours.7What ticket does the man reserve finally?AFlight 10 to Beijing for today.BFlight 10 to Beijing for tomorrow.CFlight to New York for today.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8Where does the library stand?ABehind the No. 5 Building.BBehind the Stud

6、ent Union Building.COn the left side of the red brick building.9What can you learn about the woman?AShe is an American. BShe is a new comer here.- 3 -CShe knows the man well.10When does this conversation probably take place?AIn the morning. BIn the afternoon. CAt night.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11What

7、should the woman do first?ATurn on the machine. BGet some changes. CChoose the right machine.12What is the price for the dryer for 20 minutes?ATwenty-five cents. BSeventy-five cents. COne dollar and twenty five.13What is the womans opinion of the mans service?ASatisfied. BDisappointed. CAngry.听第 9 段

8、材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14What makes the garden so untidy?AThe dead tree. BThe dead flowers. CThe dead grass.15What is the man going to do on this Sunday?ACut off the tops of the dead flowers.BPull up the roots of the flowers by the walls.CDig up the dead tree at the bottom of the garden.16What season is i

9、t now?AIt is in autumn. BIt is in winter. CIt is in summer.17Why will the man not water those new fruit trees?ABecause hes just watered them.BBecause they dont need watering.CBecause it is going to rain.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。- 4 -18What happened to the ladies?AThey were invited by a gentleman.BIt

10、took them a short time to find the right house.CThey were late for the wedding.19Why did the ladies fail to speak to the speakers husband?AThey didnt notice him. BThey were busy talking. CThey didnt know him.20What would the four ladies do in the end?ASpeak to the speakers husband.BGo to the other s

11、ide of the village.CStay at the speakers home for supper.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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Imagine this;your child has just been involved in an emergency. You call 911. The medical workers rush in and begin asking you questions as the

12、y work to rescue your child. But they also ask questions about your childs medical history. Its hard to think clearly. You begin to answer and then end up saying, “I dont remember . I dont know.”So many doctors suggest that parents keep handy a record of their childrens important healthy facts. This

13、 can often help the medical team make a better and more rapid diagnosis of a problem at a time when time really counts. The most important information to know is the childs allergies(过敏). It is especially crucial if the child is allergies to any medicine- penicine, for example. Food allergies can co

14、me into play,so make a note of those as well. Children who have been hospitalized in the past may have developed latex(胶乳) - 5 -allergies. Often this information can help emergency workers find a cause for problems like breathing difficulties.Keep a list of any medicine, including what your child is

15、 now taking. Some medicines can cause adverse reaction when they are taken together, so the doctors need this information before they give your child anything. Youll need to know when the child took the medicine last and how much was taken. It is also important to tell emergency workers about any he

16、alth problem or illness that your child has had. These preexisting conditions can have a huge effect on the type of tests and treatment in an emergency. Consider having any child who has a health problem wear a tag around his neck. This kind of rapid notice can help doctors who are providing emergen

17、cy care, especially if your child suddenly becomes ill at day care, school or a friends house. 21. Whats the function of the example in paragraph 1.?A. To tell us what we should do in an emergency.B. To tell us the importance of keeping a record of childrens health factsC. To remind us emergent situ

18、ation is everywhere.D. To tell us what doctors will ask22How many types of allergies are mentioned in Paragraph 2 ?AOne B. Two C. Three D. Four23. The underlined word “crucial ”in Paragraph 2 probably means_.A. essential B. professional C. convincing D. admirable 24. Doctors can make a rapid diagnos

19、is of a problem with the help of knowing the following EXCEPT_.A. the medicine the child took last and the amount. B. if the child is allergic to any medicineC. if your child suddenly becomes ill at day care, school, or a friends house.- 6 -D. if your child has had any health problem or illness.BIvy

20、 League is the name generally applied to eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale) that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in athletics. Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune sports writer, coined the phra

21、se in the early thirties.In 1936 the undergraduate newspapers of these universities ran an editorial advocating（提倡）the formation of an “Ivy League”, but the first move toward this end was not taken until 1945. In that year, the eight presidents entered into an agreement “for the purpose of their int

22、ention of continuing interuniversity（大学间的）football in such a way as to maintain the values of the game, while keeping it in fitting balance to the main purposes of academic life.” To achieve this aim two interuniversity committees were set up: one, made up primarily of the college deans, was to make

23、 rules of eligibility（资格）; the other, composed of the athletic directors, was to set up policies on the length of the playing season and of practice before the season and related matters. Two other interuniversity committees on admission and financial aid were added later.The first step toward organ

24、izing full league competition came in 1952 with the announcement that, beginning with the fall of 1953, each college would play every other college in the group at least once every five years.Later, the Ivy Group established schedules in other sports, including some in existing leagues with non-Ivy

25、members. In 1977, the Ivy League colleges competed in football, soccer, basketball, fencing（击剑）(except Brown and Dartmouth), ice hockey (except Columbia), squash（壁球） (except Brown, Columbia, and Cornell), swimming (except Columbia, but also Army and Navy), tennis (also Army and Navy), and wrestling

26、(except Brown and Dartmouth).25What may the eight universities care about first?- 7 -AScholarship and athletics. BThe relations among the universities.CVolunteers. DContests among the universities.26How many committees are there in the Ivy League?ATwo. BThree. CFour. DFive.27When did the full league

27、 competition begin?AIn the spring of 1952. BIn the autumn of 1952.CIn the spring of 1953. DIn the autumn of 1953.28What can we learn from the last paragraph?AThe colleges in the Ivy Group only play games among themselves.BThe colleges in the Ivy Group are not famous.CThe colleges in the Ivy Group ca

28、n play games with non-Ivy members.DThe Ivy Group becomes bigger and bigger.CI was reading these intriguing stories behind great logos in the world. Personally Nike is my favorite one. Its so simple, and I liked the story behind it, which made me forget all other things. McDonalds, Apple, Mercedes Be

29、nz, Adidas and KFC own great logos are among my favorites.NikeIn the Greek myth, Nike is the goddess of victory and the source of inspiration（灵感） for soldiers. This logo represents the wing in the famous statue of the Greek goddess. Nikes logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971.McDonaldsThe lo

30、go was designed in 1962 to resemble the arch-shaped（拱形的）signs on the companys hamburger stand. Later on, the two golden arches were combined together to form the M. The McDonalds name was added to the logo in 1968.Apple- 8 -There are different stories behind Apples logo. The first logo is from the r

31、eligious story of Adam and Eve, in which the apple represents the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One year later, the second logo was designed in 1977 by Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne, and described Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. This logo was replaced soon by Rob Janoffs “rainbow Apple

32、,” a rainbow-colored silhouette（轮廓）of an apple with a bite taken out of it. And then the rainbow-colored apple was replaced by the one-color logo in 1998. It has not been changed so far.Mercedes BenzThe Mercedes Benz logo, created by Gottlieb Daimler in 1909, was a three-pointed star, representing i

33、ts rule of the land, the sea, and the air. The company was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Mercedes is the name of Maybachs elder daughter, while Benz came from a combination with Benz and Cie Company in 1926.AdidasThe Adidas logo, created by the founder of the company Adi Dassler,

34、represents mountains, pointing towards the challenges that are seen ahead and goals that can be achieved. The logo was first used on Adidas products in 1972.29What does Nikes logo stand for?AThe goddess of victory. BThe source of inspiration for soldiers.CThe statue of the Greek goddess. DThe wing o

35、f the Greek goddess.30We can learn that the present idea of Apples logo comes from .Athe religious story of Adam and Eve Ban apple with only one colourCNewtons sitting under an apple tree Dthe rainbow-colored bitten apple31Which of the following time orders describes the births of great logos?AMerce

36、des BenzMcDonaldsNikeAdidasApple.- 9 -BNikeMcDonaldsAppleMercedes BenzAdidas.CMcDonaldsAppleNikeMercedes BenzAdidas.DNikeMercedes BenzAdidasMcDonaldsApple.32What may the author talk about next?AThe Mercedes Benzs development. BThe Adidas logos designer.CKFCs logo. DSteve Jobs life.DThere are now abo

37、ut 376 million people who speak English as their first language and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. They are said to be one million people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.Is this a good thing or a bad th

38、ing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about dangers of “nonculturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?Does it matter if

39、an increasing number of people speak the same language? Not necessarily, I have never agreed that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India, where many of them speak at least some English, and Pakistan, the same situation with India.If we all spe

40、ak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant（控制）, will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related

41、 languages, as well as English and perhaps more French or German as well.When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe its like a rose. ” he said. “But who would e

42、ver - 10 -want their garden just full of roses? ”Well, I love rose and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you dont necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, thatll be fine

43、by me.33By saying the underline sentence in Paragraph 3, the author is trying to show that .Aspeaking the same language doesnt necessarily bring peaceBwars can destroy the relationship between two countriesCEnglish doesnt kill other languagesDEnglish is widely used in the world34What does “rose” in

44、the last paragraph stand for?AThe world. BA kind of flower.CA language. DThe earth.35The author would probably agree that .Aits very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a gardenBits all right for people from other countries to learn EnglishCmore and more people like to plant roses in their garden

45、sDEnglish is easier to learn than other languages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。10 years ago, I met my closet friend. It took him a while to fully grow on me at first, but he would become a constant companion before I was 16. He was there when I got my drivers li

46、cense, he was with me when I graduated high school and he stood with me on my wedding day. 36 - 11 -Over the past decade, my beard and I have become inseparable. The last time I had put a razor（剃刀） to my face was five years ago. That all changed on Saturday, though.I had been wondering what I would

47、look like without my full beard for quite some time now, and Halloween provided me with the best reason to find out. It is strange to feel my upper lip for the first time since last century. The air is colder, water is wetter and I no longer have a “flavor saver” for my food. 37 38 I lay awake in be

48、d for hours, eyes open wide, replaying the memory of watching thousands of hairs swirling（旋转）around the dirty river. When I actually do get to sleep, a reoccurring nightmare of my vengeful（报复的）beard flying in through my bedroom window visits me regularly. It knows what I did, and my conscience wont

49、let me forget.39 Also, my neighbors can hear me singing Michael Boltons “How Could I Ever Live without You” through heavy sobbing. I never told him how much I appreciated him or praised his comfortable appearance. The time spent together was too short and too unappreciated. Its true what they say, you never know w