湖南省邵东县第一中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、- 1 -湖南省邵东一中 2018 年下学期高二年级中考试题英 语（邵东一中命题中心）本试题卷分为选择题和非选择题两部分，共 8 页，时量 120 分钟，总分 150 分。第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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）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. When did Sue leave her offic

2、e?A. At 5:00. B. At 5:30. C. At 5:10.2. What will the weather probably be like over the weekend? A. Sunny. B. Snowy. C. Rainy. 3. What does the woman prefer? A. Politics. B. Science. C. Foreign languages.4. Where are the speakers? A. On a train. B. In a hotel. C. On a ship. 5. What has the woman bee

3、n doing? A. Exercising. B. Traveling. C. Doing extra work.第二节(共 l5 小题)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，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听 下面一段对话，回答第 6、7 题。 6. What do you think is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Classmates. B.

4、 Workmates. C. Strangers.What do we know about the man?A. He has been to Australia before.B. He likes diving in the ocean.C. He is deciding between two places.听下面一段对话，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What does the woman think the assignment should be like?A. It should be beautiful. - 2 -B. It should be well organized.

5、 C. It should express ones thoughts.9. Who are the speakers? A. Boss and employee. B. Teacher and student. C. Mother and son.听下面一对对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What is John? A. A doctor. B. A farmer. C. A postman.11. What can we know about Fred?A. He will buy some more fields next year.B. He usually gets up

6、 at 7:00 in the evening.C. He grows cotton in his field.12. What did the woman once do at her brothers? A. Drinking. B. Killing a cow. C. Milking a cow.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至 l6 题。 13. Who are arguing last night? A. The speakers. B. Two strangers. C. The neighbors.14. When was the man woken up? A. At 2:00

7、 am. B. At 3:00 am. C. At 4:00 am.15. How long has the woman been drinking the shake（奶昔）? A. For three weeks. B. For two weeks. C. For one week.16. Why does the woman have the drink? A. To lose weight. B. To make her muscles stronger. C. To get more protein.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What will take

8、place in the main theater next week? A. Some professors will give lectures there. B. There will be an art exhibition there. C. A student film festival will be held there. 18. What is the collection in the Picture Gallery about? A. Life of local artist. B. History of the university. C. Students socia

9、l activities.19. What will the audience visit next? A. A museum. B. An art gallery. C. The entertainment building.20. How soon will everyone meet again?A. In half an hour. B. In an hour. C. In an hour and a half.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 ，

10、选出最佳选项 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 A- 3 -Shanghai: Car rentals(出租 ) are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental

11、players are in thegame, with more than 11,500 cars in their books.The largest player - Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite. Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of

12、 their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Years Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees (白领雇员), who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, market

13、ing manager of Shanghai Angel Car Rental Co.21. The words “deluxe sedans, minivans“ and “station wagons“ used in the text refer to _A. cars for rent B. car rental firms C. cars in the making D. car makers22. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A.70% of the cars can be ren

14、ted out on holiday.B. 70% of the customers are white-collar employees.C. More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.D. Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.23. Shanghais car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to _A. better cars supplied by producersB. fast

15、 service offered by car rental firmsC. the increasing number of white-collar employees - 4 -D. Peoples growing interest in travelling during holidaysBTom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag contained a book. This chance discovery ended a 12-day

16、search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure-a 120-page diary kept 190 years age by Deborah Logan,“ a woman who knew everybody in her day,“ James Green ,the librarian told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also

17、 includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington D. C in the war of 1812.She describes President James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear“ during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent Engl

18、ish The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor(祖先）to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary. Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession“ about fiv

19、e minutes“ when Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi. Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, wi

20、th no luck, “Ive felt sick since then,“ Luxmoore told reporters.According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building .Tom Brennan received a reward(奖励) of 1,000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, “Its wonderful news. Im

21、 on high“.24. This article mainly tells about the story of _.A. Cory Luxmoore B. Deborah Logan C. a lost diary D. the Library Company 25. From the text, we learn that the diary is now owned by_.- 5 -A. Tom Brennan B. an unknown person C. a Philadelphia magazine D. the Library Company of Philadelphia

22、 26. Philadelphia is thought to be the best home for the diary because_.A. it was written in Philadelphia B. it tells stories about Philadelphia C. people in the city are interested in old things D. the British and the Americans once fought in Philadelphia 27. What did Cory Luxmoore mean when he sai

23、d “Im on high“? A. Im excited B. Im famous C. Im rich D. Im lucky.CMaybe ten-year-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father. “But, Dad, you cant be healthy if youre dead.“Dad in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt-a mistake 75%

24、of the US population make every day. The big question is why.There have been many myths about safety belts ever since her first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.Myth Number One: Its best to be “thrown clear“ of a serious accident.Truth: Sorry, but a

25、ny accident serious enough to “throw you clear“ is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are youll have traveled through by a windshield(挡风玻璃)or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty-five times greater in cases where p

26、eople are “thrown clear.“Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap“ people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.Truth: Sorry again. but studies show that people knocked unconscious(昏迷) due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts ar

27、e usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situations, not to be trapped in - 6 -them.Myth Number Three: Safety belts arent needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour.Truth: when two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other, an unbelted driver

28、would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving headfirst into the ground from a height of 10 meters.28. Why did Elizabeth say to her father, “But, Dad, you cant be healthy if youre dead“?A. He didnt have his safety belt on. B. He was running across the street.C. He was driving at great speed

29、. D. He didnt take his medicine on time.29.The reason Father was in a hurry to get home was that heA. wasnt feeling very well. B. hated to drive in the dark.C. wanted to take some exercise. D. didnt want to be caught by the police.30. Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because

30、 they believe.A. cars catch fire easilyB. they will be unable to think clearly in an accidentC. they will be caught when help comesD. the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident31. What is the evidence given in the text?A. Never drive faster than 30 mile an hour.B. Never forget to wear the s

31、afety belt while driving.C. Try your best to save yourself in a car accident.D. Drive slowly while youre not wearing a safety belt.DFish Ears Tell Fish Tales Fish have ears. Really. Theyre quite small and have no opening to the outside world, carrying sound through the body. For the past seven years

32、, Simon Thorrold, - 7 -a university professor, has been examining fish ears, small round ear bones called otoliths. As fish grow, so do their otoliths. Each day, their otoliths gain a ring of calcium carbonate(碳酸钙).By looking through a microscope(显微镜)and counting these rings, Thorrold can determine

33、the exact age of a young fish. As a fish gets older, its otoliths no longer get daily rings. Instead, they get yearly rings, which can also be counted, giving information about the fishs age, just like the growth rings of a tree. Ring counting is nothing new to fish scientists. But Thorrold has turn

34、ed to a new direction. Theyre examining the chemical elements(元素)of each otolith ring. The daily ring gives us the time, but chemistry tells us about the environment in which the fish swam on any given day. These elements tell us about the chemistry of the water that the fish was in. It also says so

35、mething about water temperature, which determines how much of these elements will gather within each otolith ring.Thorrold can tell, for example, if a fish spent time in the open ocean before entering the less salty water of coastal areas. He can basically tell where fish are spending their time at

36、any given stage of history.In the case of the Atlantic croaker, a popular saltwater food fish, Thorrold and his assistant have successfully followed the travelling of young fish from mid-ocean to the coast, a journey of many hundreds of miles.This is important to managers in the fish industry, who k

37、now nearly nothing about the whereabouts(去向，行踪 ) of the young fish for most food fish in the ocean. Eager to learn about his technology, fish scientists are now lending Thorrold their ears. 32. What can we learn about fish ears from the text? A. They are small soft rings. B. They are not used to rec

38、eive sound. C. They are openings only on food fish. D. They are not seen from the - 8 -outside. 33. Why does the writer compare the fish to trees?A. Trees gain a growth ring each day. B. They both have growth rings.C. Their growth rings are very small. D. Trees also have otoliths.34. Why is it impor

39、tant to study the chemistry of otolith rings? A. The elements of the otoliths can tell the history of the sea.B. Chemical contents of otoliths can tell how fast fish can swim. C. We can know more about fish and their living environment. D. Scientists can know exactly how old a fish is. 35. How would

40、 you understand “fish scientists are now lending their ears”? A. They are very interested in Thorrolds research findings. B. They want to know where they can find fish. C. They lend their fish for chemical studies. D. They wonder if Thorrold can find growth rings from their ears. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10

41、 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。 Everybody in the world is different from one another. But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values of beliefs. These are influenced by society, our family

42、, the education we receive and so on. 36 .Financial experts say that everyone also has their own beliefs of how to manage their finances.This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.37 . They are: the ant, the cricket(蟋蟀), the snail.The antworks first

43、38 .They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low - 9 -risk.The cricket-enjoys firstThe cricket wants to enjoy everyt

44、hing now and doesnt think too much about the future. 39 . They even borrow money when they really want something. These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.The snail-lives under pressure40 . They take big long-term load

45、s from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loads even though they are not sure whether they can afford it.A. Many young people now belong to this group.B. On the other hand, many old people belong to this group.C. According to our different values, exper

46、ts put us in three categories.D. The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves.E. Once this value system is set up, its not east to change later in life.F. Different from ants, crickets are those who make their life overburdened.G. Just like ants who work heat and soul in summer

47、in order to store food for winter, these people dont care about enjoying the moment.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had orde

48、red to arrive, Suddenly I 41 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 42 he knew me . The man had a newspaper 43 in front of him, which he was 44 to read, but I could 45 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 46 the man was clearly puzzled by the 47 way in which the waiter and I 48 each other, He seemed even more puzzled as 49 went on and it became 50 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. - 10 -Finally he got up and went into the 51 . When he came out, he paid his bill and