湖北省沙市中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第二次双周考试题.doc

1、1湖北省沙市中学 2018-2019 学年高二英语上学期第二次双周考试题考试时间：2018 年 9 月 27 日 第 I 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，从每题所给的 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 on Saturday evening?A. Attend a party. B. Do the cooking. C. Go

2、 cycling.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a clothes shop. B. In a tailors. C. In a laundry.3. How does the man go to work every day?A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.4. What does the man think of his present job?A. Challenging. B. Boring. C. Well-paid.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A

3、 photo. B. A play. C. A dress.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. Why is the man at the airport?A. To board a plane. B. To pick up some passengers. C. To me

4、et the woman.7. Which flight has been delayed?A. The French flight. B. The Spanish flight. C. The Italian flight.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8. Where can the man put his bag?A. Behind the door. B. In the locker. C. On the desk.29. What should the man do after getting into the exam hall?A. Find his examinatio

5、n number.B. Turn off his mobile phone.C. Show his student ID card.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will the speakers do during the summer break?A. Earn some money. B. Enjoy some arts. C. Do some shopping.11. What can the speakers do in Rosemount?A. Have some nice meals.B. Find a good variety of local

6、 artworks.C. Buy some paintings and handmade jewellery.12. Where will the speakers sleep during the summer break?A. In their house. B. In a hotel. C. In a tent.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What kind of club does the woman want to take?A. The one that has a big number of members.B. The one that offers

7、many different activities.C. The one that has a low entry fee.14. What does the man say about the cross-country cycling club?A. It has many members. B. It looks quite interesting. C. It is too expensive.15. How much does the film club cost?A. $15. B. $30. C. $50.16. Which club will the woman probabl

8、y join?A. The street dance club. B. The table tennis club. C. The film club.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long does it take the buses to get to the camping area?A. About 8 hours. B. About 6 hours. C. About 2 hours.18. What will the listeners do first when they arrive at the camping area?A. Go shop

9、ping. B. Check the e-mails. C. Set up the tents.19. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do?A. Stay in the camp in stormy weather.3B. Listen to the weather report.C. Prepare clothes for wet weather.20. What are the listeners probably unable to do in the hills?A. Ask Mrs. Sanderson questions

10、.B. Go down to the town.C. Use their phones.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。AWould you stop if you saw a 6-year-old girl alone in a public place?A social experiment conducted by UNICEF shows how differently people react

11、ed depending on the girls appearance.The video posted to YouTube on Tuesday features a 6-year-old child actor named Anano. When Anano was dressed in a nice dress and coat, people stopped to ask if she was lost, tried to comfort her and made phone calls on her behalf.Then makeup artists covered her f

12、ace with soot and dressed her in dirty sweats and a knit cap. The video shows people walking right past her without a second glance.UNICEF then repeated the experiment inside a restaurant. When Anono was clean and dressed nicely, diners welcomed her at their tables. Strangers smiled at her, patted h

13、er arm and even rubbed her cheeks.When she returned to the restaurant in the dirty sweats and knit cap, people clutched their purses and bags when she passed by. One man signaled to an employee and asked, “Can you take her out please?”The video shows Anano running out of the restaurant in tears.“We

14、stopped the experiment because Anano became too upset,” UNICEF said.“They were all telling me to go away,” UNICEF quoted the little girl as saying.“Every day, millions of children living in poverty are ignored, pushed 4aside and deprived(剥夺) of everything they need to grow up,” UNICEF stated on YouT

15、ube. “It doesnt need to be this way. Our 2016 State of the Worlds Children Report is a call to action for the world to treat its least fortunate children the way it treats its luckier children.” 21. From the video we know that the little girls _ change how strangers treat her. A. words B. behavior C

16、. manners D. clothes 22. Why was the experiment stopped half way?A. Because too many people stopped to ask if the little girl was lost.B. Because her dirty sweaters and cap needed to be washed.C. Because people were cold to the little girl and she was very sad. D. Because no one ever paid attention

17、to her and bought her a hot drink. 23. What is the purpose of UNICEFs 2016 State of the Worlds Children Report?A. To persuade the rich people to donate money for the poor children.B. To blame people who show no mercy to others.C. To ask the clothes factories to make more beautiful clothes for childr

18、en.D. To call on people to treat the worst-off children equally. BMany people believe that the only way to make our communities safer is to build more prisons. But theres a way to better protect cities and towns by doing just the opposite.In many countries throughout the world, prison populations ha

19、ve risen suddenly over the past decade. One of the main reasons for this is the large number of repeat offenders; that is people who break the law again once freed from jail. Statistics show that about one in four prisoners freed every year return to jail within three years.This is partly because ex

20、-prisoners face huge difficulty finding employment. More than a third of them cannot find any job at all. Data show that having a job greatly reduces the chances that a person will commit a crime again or commit one in the first place. Released prisoners who do manage to find steady 5employment are

21、50 percent less likely to return to prison. Rather than harming a community, having a job helps ex-prisoners to change their ways and make a positive and productive contribution to their communities.Whats more, helping these men and women find jobs would also save taxpayers a lot of money. Few priso

22、ners would save governments millions or possibly even billions of dollars annually: the costs of building and operating jails.There are many things that the government can do to help ex-prisoners find work. More job training programs should be introduced to provide prisoners with work skills before

23、they are freed. Companies and factories should also be given tax benefits if they employ ex-prisoners. Such programs have been shown to work in several countries.Such policies of course assure that freed criminals actually want to work. But shouldnt they be given the chance? Our goal, after all, sho

24、uldnt be to incarcerate as many prisoners as possible, but to build a society that doesnt need to put such a large percentage of its population in jail. We should take a step in that direction and help prisoners find self-respect and purpose through work.24. What percentage of freed prisoners return

25、s to prison within three years?A. 65% B. 50% C. 33% D. 25%25. Which of the following best describes the content of the fifth paragraph?A. Facts B. Arguments C. Recommendations D. Requirements26. What does the underlined word “incarcerate” in the last paragraph?A. set free B. lock up C. employ D. sep

26、arate27. Which of the following would be author agree with?A. Tougher punishment will reduce crimeB. Most prisoners do not deserve to be in prisonC. Economic conditions are a major cause of crime D. Prison populations are likely to increase in the future 6CDid you hear what happened at yesterdays me

27、eting? Can you believe it? If you find those sorts of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible(无法抗拒的), youre hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?A new study suggests its because the rumors are all about us. “Gossip receivers tend to use positive and negative group info

28、rmation to improve, promote, and protect the self,” writes a research team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.

29、 The first featured 178 university undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negati

30、ve information about another group members secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip(“The information received made me think I can learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value(“Th

31、e information I received made me feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip raised personal concerns(“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group”).In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “s

32、ales agent” at a major company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the part

33、icipants in the first experiment.In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to 7be of personal value with different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “Competence-related positive gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve

34、ones own competence(能力). On the other hand, negative gossip has self-promotion value, because it provides individuals with social comparison information that proves self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.” “Contrary to common ideas,“ the researchers think, “most negative gossip

35、is not intended to hurt the target, but to please the gossiper and receiver.“In addition, the results “showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns,” the researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their fames may be at risk, as they may personally become ta

36、rgets of negative gossip in the future, which produces fear.” Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation(感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant(相关的) others.”28. Why are we drawn to goss

37、ip according to the researchers?A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.D. We are likely to learn lessons from others mistakes.29. According to the

38、 first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value?A. Ive done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.C. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.D. I have no comments on what T

39、om said about Mary.30. Whats the key difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?A. The identities of the participants.B. The number of the participants studied.8C. The time during which the experiment lasted.D. The role-play technique used in the experiment.31. What role does “n

40、egative gossip” play according to the researchers?A. A fear killer. B. A motivator.C. A protector. D. A subject provider.D“Beating is a sign of affection，cursing (骂)is a sign of love.”Many may not expect to hear the words of the old Chinese saying in these modern timeswith parents wealthier and bett

41、er educated than they have ever beenbut experts say they still ring true.Today，it seems，Chinese parents are more likely to send their children to precollege military(军事的 ) academies in the United States in the hope that some tough love will pave the way to success.“Good education doesnt mean letting

42、 your children enjoy privileges(特权)，especially our boys.” said Song Wenming， an entrepreneur (企业家)in Jinhua，East Chinas Zhejiang province. “They should be raised in tough conditions to know what to fight for in the future.”In August，Song sent his 17yearold son to Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA)

43、 in Pennsylvania. And he is far from alone， even though it takes a lot of moneyaround $48,000 per yearto send a child to a strict military school.Statistics show that an increasing number of Chinese students have been entering such academies.A few years ago，there were no Chinese students at Valley F

44、orge. Today，there are 28.“All of the Chinese students at Valley Forge came from wealthy families；some of them were spoiled.” said Jennifer Myers，director of marketing and communications at the school.Songs only son，Song Siyu，had a rocky start during his first six weeks at the school. The teenager sa

45、id he went to the school willingly but did not expect it to be as difficult.9Now，three months later，he has perfected the art of taking a bath in 35 seconds，finishing a meal without looking at his food，and making his bed with precision. He can even take criticism，no matter how unreasonable.“The train

46、ing is hard but I know it is good for selfdevelopment of individuals.” said Song Siyu. “The endless training and scolding are just ways to build up our character；they are not personal.”But his enthusiasm is not universal. Ten of the 13 Chinese students who joined the academy this year have transferr

47、ed to other schools.But for those who stick with it，there is a reward for all the hard work.32From the second paragraph，we can know the old Chinese saying _ .Ais out of date in modern times Bis disagreed by rich parentsCis still worth trusting Dis deeply believed by better educated parents33The unde

48、rlined sentence means that _.ASong sent his only son to military school，so he feels lonelyBSong is the only one who sends his child to military schoolCthere are other people sending their children to military school besides SongDthe fee of the military school is so high that only Song can afford it3

49、4How many Chinese students are there at Valley Forge before this year?A10. B. 13. C15. D25.35Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?AIts likely that more and more Chinese students will attend VFMA.BMost Chinese parents approve of educating their children by beating and cursing nowadays.CSong Siyu had no difficulty in adjusting to the life at VFMA.DMost Chinese students support the way of education at VFMA.第二节 (共 5小题 ；每 小 题 2 分 ，满 分 10 分)10根据短 文内