安徽省铜陵市第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、1铜陵市一中 2018-2019 学年度第一学期高二年级期中考试英语试卷考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分本卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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，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. Who did the woman want to call?A. James. B. Drake. C. Daniel.2. Wha

2、t are the speakers probably going to do?A. Give Robert a phone call. B. Go and pick Robert up. C. Wait for Robert.3. Where are the speakers?A. At home. B. In a restaurant. C. In the street.4. How many members are probably there in the mans group?A. 6. B. 12. C. 18.5. What does the man mean?A. He hid

3、 the glass. B. He broke the glass. C. He gave the glass to a friend.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、7 题。6. What is Nancy doing now?A. Getting up in her room. B

4、. Preparing for a party. C. Performing on stage.27. Why did the man come for Nancy?A. To bring her a dress. B. To get her some flowers. C. To invite her to see a movie. 听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。8. Why did Bill lose his job?A. He made a big mistake. B. He didnt work hard. C. His boss didnt like him.9. Wha

5、t can we learn about Bill from the conversation?A. He has one kid now. B. He didnt get on well with others.C. He is probably a salesman.听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What is the purpose of the womans visit?A. To visit her brother. B. To attend a conference. C. To study abroad.11. Where will the woman

6、stay during her trip?A. At a hotel. B. At her parents home. C. At a university dormitory.12. What do we learn about the woman?A. Her parents are on the same trip. B. She was born in Britain. C. She frequently visits Oxford University.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where did the man go last week?A. Japan

7、. B. America. C. England.14. Where will the woman go first in America?A. New York. B. Los Angeles. C. Seattle.15. In which way did the man mention to book a hotel?A. By calling the hotel. B. On a secure website. C. By visiting the hotel.16. What does the man advise the woman to take?3A. An umbrella.

8、 B. A map. C. A pair of sunglasses.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When was the sports meeting held?A. Last Friday. B. Last Saturday. C. This Friday. 18. Which event did the speaker take part in?A. The long jump. B. The high jump. C. The 100-meter race. 19. Which class won the tug-of-war?A. Class One. B

9、. Class Two. C. Class Three.20. Who was the best basketball player in the school?A. Steve. B. Frank. C. David.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 中 ， 选 出 最 佳 选 项 并 在 答 题 卡 上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。AThe listening skill is the key stone of developing interpersonal(人

10、 际 的 )relationships, but it is also one of the most ignored language skills in teaching environments. The lack of listening skills is a major challenge to children in the classroom. Then what can we do?Teach them how to listen and show why it is necessary for good communication with others. Make it

11、fun and try a new game： Tell them to talk, sit down and be quiet. Do it with them with about five seconds in between. Move it to 10 seconds and then 15.Make another game out of it using a favorite doll. Storytelling is one of the best ways to practice this skill. Let the doll tell a story. Then let

12、the children practice by holding the doll and let them tell a story. When you talk, show them how to pay attention and listen. When they talk, show them how you are quiet and pay attention. Take turns repeating the story to each other.Read to your child. Before you begin, tell the child you are goin

13、g to zip their lips and then pretend to do it. Tell them you are going to lock the 4zipper and throw away the key. When they want to say something, get the pretend key and unlock the pretend lock and unzip the pretend zipper and let them talk.Its a good idea to get started on this as soon as possibl

14、e. If you do, interaction(互 动 ) and communication at playgroups, in school and in many other places will be less stressful and more productive in the end.21. What is usually ignored in the classroom?A. The listening skill. B. The writing skill.C. The teaching environment. D. The interpersonal relati

15、onship.22. How do kids practice listening in the second game?A. By listening to a dolls story. B. By showing how to pay attention.C. By telling some interesting stories. D. By listening to a story and repeating it.23. Why does the teacher pretend to zip the kids lips?A. To please them. B. To stop th

16、em from speaking.C. To draw their attention. D. To teach them to remember key words.24. What is the best title of this text?A. Learn skills by playing games. B. How to improve childrens listening skills. C. Teach children how to communicate. D. What fun games should we play with children?BQuestion 1

17、: What is brown and sticky? Answer: A stick. Question 2: How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: One.5Did you find them funny? If not, it probably means you are not a fan of anti-humour. We normally laugh at jokes because the joke-teller creates certain expectations while

18、telling the joke and we start laughing at the punchline (好笑的部分) when it does not meet these expectations.Anticlimax (虎头蛇尾) jokes, like the stick and light bulb jokes above, also do not meet our expectations, but in this case its because they are not funny. Ironic, isnt it? They tell the obvious, by

19、giving an answer that is easier than you expect. A shaggy (毛发蓬松的) dog story is another example of a joke that ends with a silly punchline. So, in other words theres this joke . and it doesnt matter what it is about . the joke can start in a hotel . or in a small town . thats not the point. The joke

20、goes on and on . and on. The joke-teller gives you detail after detail; the joke grows a tail, it becomes shaggy . when you have imagined all the events in this long and complicated story . Bam! The punchline! And whats so funny about the last line? Nothing!Many stand-up comedians use anti-humour, w

21、hich seems to be funnier because they always look serious. Perhaps its not funny at all, but as they say, laughter is contagious (传染的). So if you are laughing because the joke was ridiculous, its likely that other people are also laughing. And if you are not laughing because you didnt think it was f

22、unny, maybe you were missing the most important ingredient, according to scientists: other laughers.One last question: What did the doctor say to the patient who couldnt laugh? Maybe you can think of a punchline that will make the patient start laughing . or maybe not!25.Why does the author present

23、two jokes at the beginning of the text?A. To show what anti-humour is like. B. To give examples of popular jokes in the UK.C. To give examples of a good punchline. D. To show what kind of jokes can make people laugh.26. What is the humor of anticlimax jokes based on?A. An ironic ending. B. A complic

24、ated ending.6C. A meaningful ending. D. An unexpectedly simple ending.27. What can we conclude from the last three paragraphs?A. Anti-humour is the best skill for stand-up comedians.B. Anti-humour is very communicative and contagious. C. Doctors are recommended to tell anti-humour jokes to patients.

25、D. Anti-humour jokes may only seem funny when others laugh at them.CIts hard for a 30-year-old person like me to find a job today. And one in four adults between 18 and 34 years old say they have moved back to live with parents after living on their own for some time.It is reported that only 54% of

26、the American adults aged 18 to 25 now have jobs, which was the lowest in over 60 years. Breaking from tradition, my generation may grow up to be less wealthy than our parents generation.However, many people dont like the millennials (people who were born between the 1980s and the 2000s). They think

27、we are lazy and selfish and call us the Me Me Me Generation. But based on the young people I know, the view couldnt be farther from the truth. Millennials want to work. Even though being shackled by debt and work stress, they arent motivated by money. Instead, theyre driven to make a difference in t

28、he world.When I interviewed dozens of millennials about their career choices, almost no one answered that they wanted to make lots of money or have lots of power. Instead, they said things like, “I want to teach kids living in a food desert how to grow their own food.”These young people arent intere

29、sted in climbing the career ladder. Most millennials have already changed careers and over 90% of the millennials expect to stay in a job for less than three years. As Nathaniel Koloc, CEO of Rework, said, “There is no clear way up anymore. Its just a series of projects or jobs, one after another. Y

30、ou can move in any direction; the only question is how youre making your plan of where to move and where you can land, that is, what youre competitive for.”728. Why do some adults move back to live with their parents?A. To follow the old tradition. B. To look after their parents. C. To reduce their

31、own pressure. D. To balance work and family.29. Which word can replace the underlined word “shackled” in Paragraph 3?A. troubled B. beaten C. shocked D. disappointed30. What does the author think of the millennials?A. They are lazy and selfish. B. They care more about power.C. They are less rich tha

32、n their parents. D. They want to make the world a better place.31. What can we learn from Nathaniel Kolocs words?A. Young people have many jobs to choose from.B. The jobs that share a persons purpose really matter. C. There are lots of positions waiting for young people.D. Young people should have g

33、ood plans for their jobs. DLaughter is a kind of universal body language thats shared by people of all countries, skin colors, and cultures. But did you know that the ability to tell real laughter apart from fake laughter also transcends (超越) cultures?Greg Bryant, a professor of communication at the

34、 University of California, US, published a study in Psychological Science in which he found that people are able to identify real laughter through slight changes in sound. In the study, 884 people from 21 countries were asked to listen to random recordings of laughter. Some of the recordings were ma

35、de up of natural laughs, while others were made by people who were asked to laugh on command.The study showed that people around the world have the ability to pick out real laughter, although their abilities vary from country to country. Residents of the Samoan Islands, an island chain in the centra

36、l South Pacific, were particularly good 8at it, correctly identifying real laughter 56 percent of the time.According to Bryant, people from smaller, less industrialized nations “are more accurate in identifying a natural smile” because they rely heavily on emotional relations in order to predict oth

37、ers behavior and create stronger social relationships.But how do people from different cultures detect natural laughter so easily? And what traits does real laughter have? As Professor Jessica Wolf of the University of California told the Association for Psychological Science, in real laughter, our

38、vocal chords (声带) “produce qualities such as higher pitch (音调) and volume, as well as faster bursts of non-articulate (不清晰的) sounds and more non-tonal (无语调的) noise”.By contrast, fake laughter will “sound like speech”. Because fake laughter is controlled by the same brain system that controls the lip

39、s and tongue.Bryant further explained that this system has an imitative (模仿的)capacity, saying “with this speech system, you can make different noises, including crying, laughter or a scream of pain. Thats where fake laughter comes from”. So next time when one of your friends laughs at what you said,

40、 will you be able to tell if its real?32. What did Bryant discover about peoples ability to distinguish between real and fake laughter?A. Not all people are born with this ability.B. It has greatly improved in recent years.C. People can identify natural laughter by small differences in the voice.D.

41、People from different backgrounds are able to laugh in different ways.33. What can we conclude from the 4th and 5th paragraphs?A. Samoans did best in picking out real laughter in the study.B. People across cultures have different abilities to identify real laughter.C. People from developing countrie

42、s are usually not good at detecting natural laughter.9D. The better ones social relationships, the more accurate one can identify real laughter.34. Natural laughter is usually characterized by _.A. low pitch B. clear, loud sounds C. high volume D. tonal noise35. What do we know about fake laughter?A

43、. It is difficult for people to imitate. B. It sounds like high-pitched speech.C. It is produced by a speech system in the brain. D. It is often accompanied with different noises.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 是 多 余 选 项 。Nowadays, ma

44、ny people love to travel. It is very common for people to go on a trip at any time._36_ Perhaps, the reason for its present popularity is that more people have come to realize the benefits of traveling.Traveling provides a good many opportunities for fun, adventure and discovery. When we visit other

45、 countries, we gain a better understanding of the people living there. We learn their cultures, history and background. We discover the similarities they have with us. _37_ It is interesting to learn from people with different backgrounds.Traveling helps to enrich our lives. _38_ When we visit inter

46、esting places, we discover and learn many things. We discover new people, surroundings, plants and animals. If we want to make our travel more exciting and challenging, we can plan our own tour and select the specific places we want to visit.Traveling is refreshing. It is a psychological necessity,

47、especially for people who have stressful jobs._39_ Staying at home during the weekend is not enough to make some people feel relaxed._40_It helps them to handle the stress they experience at work better. After the break , they feel more energetic in their work. 10For many working adults, regular get

48、aways help them keep their energy and enthusiasm they require for their work. Without these breaks, they may suffer from work burnout.A. Years of hard work finally pay off.B. We also get to know their differences from us.C. It increases our knowledge and widens our vision.D. Some even consider traveling as part of their lifestyle.E. In todays society, many people suffer great stress at work.F. Taking periodic (定期的) trips produces better results for them.G. It is indeed a joyful thing to share t